Chapter 116: You Want to Provoke Me

Facing Si Si Tianming's bitter smile, Jiang Jiang Qinge neither agreed nor disagreed, saying: "Borrowing the momentum — that's where Li Luo is clever."

At their back-and-forth, Si Si Tianming was utterly helpless. In the end, he could only give Li Luo a warning before leaving with his people, a little heartbroken.

Seeing Si Si Tianming's departing figure, Jiang Jiang Qinge asked Li Luo: "Is registration done?"

Li Luo raised the jade token in his hand, indicating everything was in order.

"Then let's go, straight to the Xinshengdian. The Master-Selecting Competition will begin there," Jiang Jiang Qinge said.

"Heading out together?" Li Luo smiled.

"It's already like this, covering our ears while stealing a bell won't do any good." Jiang Jiang Qinge smiled, then winked at Li Luo and said: "But honestly, I'm quite looking forward to this kind of opening. You, you just need a good whipping — having this kind of pressure on you might actually be a good thing."

"Good my ass." Li Luo grumbled discontentedly, then followed Jiang Jiang Qinge forward.

"What's the deal with that Duze Duze Honglian?"

"Just a defeated challenger who's been challenging me for three years. Probably couldn't find any breakthrough with me, so she came to make trouble for you."

"Truly lacking in morals. I'm still just a child."

"Child? I feel like the rumors about me and Duze Duze Honglian fighting over a husband aren't going to die down so easily within this Holy Profound Star Academy."

"Sigh, this is the sorrow of the weak — they can only attack with words."

"Heh, your attack will make her feel a hundred times worse than a good beating would."

As the three talked, they had already headed into the academy, leaving behind countless complicated gazes.

And in the crowd, the sisters Bai Bai Doudou and Bai Bai Mengmeng had also witnessed this whole farce.

"So that's Jiang Jiang Qinge? So pretty," Bai Bai Mengmeng said with some awe, her voice soft and sweet.

"Nine-Grade Light Phase..."

Bai Bai Doudou's expression grew solemn as she said: "Living up to the reputation. That light phase force just now was so domineering and powerful it was frightening. Duze Duze Honglian was clearly so strong, yet Jiang Jiang Qinge still easily shattered her defense."

"That Li Luo, he's the young lord of House Luolan House, right? He actually has a marriage contract with Jiang Jiang Qinge." Bai Bai Mengmeng giggled, then said: "But he's really good-looking."

Bai Bai Doudou gave her own sister a look, then warned: "You stay away from that guy for me. Don't get involved with him in any way."

Bai Bai Mengmeng said softly: "Sister, what are you saying? I don't have any interest in him. My dream is to research the formula for Spiritual Water Wonder Light."

Hearing this, Bai Bai Doudou finally nodded. Her sister's personality was too soft and cute—whenever someone bullied her, she could only hide in grievance. That Li Luo looked like someone not easy to get along with at first glance; it was best to have no contact with him.

"Excuse me, classmate, are you Bai Bai Mengmeng?"

At this moment, behind the Bai Bai Doudou sisters, a warm and magnetic voice suddenly sounded. The two sisters turned their heads and saw a youth with bangs, a hint of melancholy seemingly between his brows.

"Hello, my name is Yu Lang. I wonder if I could be friends with you." The melancholic youth revealed a sunny smile as he spoke to Bai Bai Mengmeng.

Bai Bai Mengmeng glanced at Yu Lang's face, then silently hid behind Bai Bai Doudou.

Bai Bai Doudou said flatly: "Scram."

"I don't have any other intentions, I just purely want to get to know her, be friends." Yu Lang explained sincerely.

"I'll give you three seconds to disappear from my sight, or I'll make sure you can't even participate in the Master-Selecting Competition." Bai Bai Doudou's voice was calm, showing no anger, but it was precisely this calmness that made one's heart turn cold.

So, less than a second after her voice fell, it was as if wind swept past — Yu Lang's figure vanished without a trace.

Bai Bai Mengmeng: "..."

Bai Bai Doudou snorted coldly: "Testicleless rat — dare to hit on my sister right in front of me?"

"It's 'gutless rat,'" Bai Bai Mengmeng couldn't help but hold her forehead, saying: "Also, sister, mom and dad have said it many times — they hope you can drop this catchphrase. A girl saying this all day, how bad does it sound?"

"Same thing." Bai Bai Doudou said indifferently, then took her sister's hand and turned to leave.

Li Luo followed Jiang Jiang Qinge and Yan Yan Lingqing, passing through countless gazes of attention along the way, and arrived at the venue of the Master-Selecting Competition.

This was an extremely spacious Judian, circular in shape, with an openwork dome through which the blue sky was visible. Around the Judian were tiered stands arranged in steps.

And at this moment, the Judian plaza was already packed with a sea of people, a dark mass — at a glance, it looked like several thousand.

"Your new student jade token will have your position in the plaza on it. Find your spot and wait for the Master-Selecting Competition to begin," Jiang Jiang Qinge said to Li Luo.

"The Master-Selecting Competition starts right here?" Li Luo asked in surprise.

"No, this is just a teleportation area. When the competition begins, you'll be sent into a special area through the teleportation array beneath the hall," Jiang Jiang Qinge explained.

Li Luo nodded in sudden realization.

"Li Luo, do your best — we'll be watching you here." Yan Yan Lingqing made an encouraging gesture at Li Luo, then pulled Jiang Jiang Qinge up to the tiered circular stands of the Judian.

Li Luo watched the graceful figures of the two women disappear into the crowd, withdrew his gaze, and looked toward the sea of people in the Judian plaza before him.

He took out his jade token and checked the position number on it.

"North Third Ring, Row 39, Column 56."

Li Luo identified some markers on the plaza, then followed the instructions, squeezing into the plaza and beginning to find his spot.

During the search, Li Luo noticed the ground was covered in complex patterns, with circles of about half a meter divided out from time to time. He guessed these were the teleportation circles — the positions on their jade tokens corresponded to their respective teleportation circles.

After searching for quite a while on this enormous plaza, Li Luo finally confirmed his position. However, when he arrived there, he found that an empty circle had been left here, with people within a few meters walking around this spot.

Li Luo looked, and saw a lone figure standing in that empty circle.

That figure, at a single glance, made one's heart skip a beat — a fierce aura rushed toward him, inspiring fear.

Looking at that fierce youth with shoulder-length hair, dark skin, and some tiger-stripe marks on his face, Li Luo understood why everyone around was walking around him — because this person was precisely the one ranked first in new student strength on Yu Lang's booklet: Qin Qin Zhulu.

"Such a heavy aura of ferocity."

Li Luo shook his head. When he'd seen him on the booklet before, he'd already sensed the fierce aura was strong, but now seeing him in person, that baleful aura had become even denser.

No wonder no one dared to provoke him.

Li Luo's gaze looked at the ground there, and discovered that the spot where Qin Qin Zhulu was standing was actually exactly his position.

So he hesitated for a moment, squeezed out of the crowd, and walked up under the admiring gazes of those around him.

Li Luo's approach immediately drew Qin Qin Zhulu's cold, fierce gaze. For an instant, Li Luo felt as if he were being stared down by some fierce beast.

But he did not feel fear, and walked straight over.

"Excuse me, classmate." He showed Qin Qin Zhulu a friendly smile and said: "Sorry, you're standing in my spot."

Qin Qin Zhulu lowered his head to glance at the spot beneath his feet, fell silent for a moment, then stood where he was, expressionless as ever, like a wooden stake.

"Excuse me, classmate, this is my spot." Seeing this, Li Luo could only remind him once more.

Qin Qin Zhulu's face twitched slightly. He stared at Li Luo, his voice low as a wild beast's: "Are you trying to provoke me?"

Li Luo was a bit dumbfounded — what kind of logic is that? I was just telling you that you're standing in the wrong spot.

"I'm not trying to provoke you," Li Luo explained. "But this really is my spot. Take out your new student jade tablet."

Qin Qin Zhulu took the new student jade tablet from his chest and glanced at it.

Li Luo looked over as well, then said, "See, your spot is South Ring Six, row seventy-six, column fifty-eight. Just go find it."

Qin Qin Zhulu glanced at Li Luo, silently tucked the new student jade tablet back into his chest, and said in a low voice, "Are you trying to provoke me?"

Like hell I want to provoke you! You're the one provoking me, all right?!

Li Luo was a bit stunned. Did this guy come from the Grand General's Manor or the Savage's Manor? Can he not understand plain human speech?

Li Luo stared at Qin Qin Zhulu for a moment, then suddenly said, "You don't mean to tell me you can't find your own spot?"

The seating arrangement in the Judian plaza really was a bit complicated — Li Luo himself had taken a while to find his. Could this guy in front of him really have no sense of direction, with such a single-track mind?

The look Qin Qin Zhulu cast at Li Luo suddenly turned fierce, yet that very fierceness instead made Li Luo sense that he seemed to be feeling some inexplicable guilt.

"It can't really be that bizarre, can it?"

Li Luo shook his head helplessly, and finally couldn't be bothered to waste any more words with him: "Give me your new student jade tablet, we'll swap. You stand here, I'll go find my own spot."

He held out his own new student jade tablet.

Qin Qin Zhulu looked at the new student jade tablet in Li Luo's hand, was silent for several breaths, then slowly took out his own jade tablet and made the swap.

After completing the swap, Li Luo's gaze at Qin Qin Zhulu turned a little strange. Through this little test, he had discovered that this guy really couldn't find his own spot, so he had simply grabbed a random one.

In response to Li Luo's strange gaze, Qin Qin Zhulu remained expressionless, standing as still as a wooden stake, not moving at all. Only, for some unknown reason, Li Luo felt that the color of his swarthy face seemed to have grown even darker.

In the end, he shook his head, took his jade tablet, turned, and walked away.

After Li Luo had walked off into the distance, Qin Qin Zhulu finally turned his head, cast a glance at his retreating back, then slowly closed his eyes again, resting them.