Chapter 148: The Pestering Wang Hejiu

Lu Qinger is indeed very annoyed right now.

Because for the past few days, this Wang Hejiu has not been pestering her for the first time; whenever this guy has time, he exhausts every means to strike up a conversation or "accidentally" run into her.

It is truly boring to the extreme.

And this time is no different.

She finished her cultivation here but did not leave directly because she wanted to wait for Li Luo; who would have known that Wang Hejiu would still be like a lingering ghost, insisting on pestering her.

"Classmate Qinger, we can be considered to have become friends through a fight. I was a bit too heavy-handed during the Mentor Selection Tournament, and I haven't been able to sleep at night because of it, which is why I've sought you out repeatedly—I just want to apologize to you."

Wang Hejiu's apologetic voice came from the side. He looked at the young girl before him with a smile. Her slender, supple body, slim waist, eyebrows like kingfisher feathers, skin like white snow, and legs wrapped in white, smooth silk stockings under her short skirt were straight and rounded. Especially her hands, covered by ice-silk gloves, still gave one a sense of perfection even under the concealment of the gloves.

It made one's heart skip a beat uncontrollably.

Lu Qinger said coldly, "There's no need for an apology. We were competitors in the Mentor Selection Tournament, and you did nothing wrong, so please don't use this as a reason to find me."

Wang Hejiu smiled helplessly, "Classmate Qinger, why be like this? I have no other intentions; I just want to get to know you. Please believe in my sincerity."

Lu Qinger was truly too lazy to say more to him and lifted her foot, intending to leave first.

Wang Hejiu raised the arm holding his jade fan, smiling as he tried to block Lu Qinger.

However, the moment he raised his hand, several faint whistling sounds suddenly arrived. Wang Hejiu narrowed his eyes, his fan sweeping horizontally as his green resonant power seemed to transform into a howling gale.

Pfft! Pfft!

The green wind swept past, dissolving several water arrows, which turned into droplets and fell to the ground.

"This classmate, your character is quite problematic. If pestering a girl was all it took to succeed, would there be any bachelors left in the world?" A mocking laugh came from the side at this moment.

Hearing this familiar voice, Lu Qinger's eyes brightened. She cast her gaze over and saw Li Luo squeezing out from the crowd, walking over with a smile on his face.

Wang Hejiu looked at the radiance that had suddenly bloomed on Lu Qinger's pretty face. He frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Li Luo, and said, "You are Li Luo?"

"Although you might think I'm being a bit pretentious, I think that among the new students, you won't find a second face as handsome as this one," Li Luo mused.

The corner of Wang Hejiu's eye twitched slightly. Although he knew the other party was deliberately trying to provoke him into losing his composure, facing such shameless words, he still couldn't help but want to make a move.

However, in the end, he forcibly restrained himself and said indifferently, "Li Luo, don't go looking for trouble where there is none. I have no grudge against you, so why provoke me?"

Li Luo stepped forward, standing in front of Lu Qinger. He looked directly at Wang Hejiu and said with a helpless smile, "Although I advocate being kind to others, we already had a bit of a grudge when you hurt her during the Mentor Selection Tournament."

Lu Qinger had gone to block Wang Hejiu for his sake, and since Wang Hejiu had hurt her, Li Luo would certainly have to settle this grudge if he were still a man.

However, in the Mentor Selection Tournament, everyone had their own goals. Wang Hejiu dealing with him to obtain the Purple Glow Seal was, in fact, human nature, and Li Luo would not dwell on that too much. But to continue pestering Lu Qinger after the tournament was going a bit too far.

Behind Li Luo, Lu Qinger gazed at his back with watery eyes.

The sudden confrontation between Li Luo and Wang Hejiu instantly became the hot topic of the area, with many gazes cast their way. After all, Li Luo, who had just broken the Saint Profound Star Academy's Resonant Dawn record with his stamina, still had lingering heat.

Furthermore, Wang Hejiu was no nobody; he was the new student with strength second only to Qin Zhulu.

With these two pitted against each other, it was truly worth watching.

Wang Hejiu watched Li Luo with a calm expression and said, "And what can you do about it?"

Li Luo smiled, "I hope you stop pestering my friend. This kind of dead-set pestering is not only ineffective, but it also makes people disgusted."

Wang Hejiu smiled and said, "I have my own way of doing things, Li Luo. Do you have the qualifications to teach me?"

"You little poisonous bird who doesn't listen to reason," Li Luo smiled.

Wang Hejiu's face sank: "What did you call me!"

"I'm talking to you nicely and you won't listen, insisting on being scolded—are you just feeling cheap?" Li Luo said.

If you want to engage in a war of words, why don't you ask when the Young House Master of Luolan House has ever admitted defeat?!

Wang Hejiu's eyes were cold. The jade folding fan in his hand suddenly turned into a green light, stabbing directly at Li Luo's face, with green resonant power surging upon it, emitting a faint, fishy stench.

Resonant power erupted from Li Luo's body as well. He curled his fingers together, channeled his resonant power, and collided head-on with the jade folding fan.

Bang!

A shockwave of resonant power erupted. Li Luo's body shook slightly, while the folding fan in Wang Hejiu's hand was suddenly opened, neutralizing the incoming resonant power.

"Oh? You've reached the Flower Seed Stage?" Wang Hejiu looked at Li Luo with a strange expression. From the previous contact, the intensity of the resonant power Li Luo displayed had clearly reached the level of the Flower Seed Stage.

"It seems this Resonant Dawn has brought you quite a few benefits."

Wang Hejiu's expression was indifferent as he said, "However, do you think you're the only one who gained benefits?"

He suddenly snapped his folding fan shut. The next moment, a powerful resonant power erupted from his body. The strength of that resonant power caused the expressions of many onlookers to change slightly.

"This resonant power..."

"Wang Hejiu has actually broken through to the second stage of the Resonant Master Stage, the Pattern-Birth Stage!"

"This is not surprising. He was already at the peak of the Flower Seed Stage before, just a thin line away from breaking through. It's normal for him to take the opportunity to break through after triggering the Resonant Dawn."

"Impressive, he is worthy of being the second-ranked figure."

"..."

Wang Hejiu revealed his resonant power and said to Li Luo in a flat tone, "Also, let me teach you a lesson: when dealing with a Poison Resonance, don't easily make physical contact."

He pointed to Li Luo's finger, where green light was actually surging; that was the poison gas eroding Li Luo's body.

Li Luo lifted his finger and looked at the poison gas on his fingertip. His eyes showed a bit of surprise; this Poison Resonance was truly special—just a slight contact and he was already infected.

However, he was not overly panicked. He calmly channeled his Wood Resonance power, and another stream of resonant power, like green waves, appeared at his fingertip, colliding with the poison gas.

As the two collided, a faint fishy smell rose, and the poison gas was neutralized.

Wood Resonance power naturally possessed some detoxifying properties.

Li Luo smiled and commented, "This bit of toxicity couldn't even poison a chicken."

"Stubborn!"

Wang Hejiu's eyes turned cold. Just as he was about to strike, a voice suddenly came, and a figure walked out from the crowd: "Wang Hejiu, I already said this Li Luo is for me to deal with."

Li Luo looked over; the person was none other than Duze Beixuan, who was currently locking onto him with a cold, sinister gaze.

Seeing this, Lu Qinger's willow eyebrows immediately stood up. Was the other side trying to use numbers to bully them?

She took a step forward, intending to stand side-by-side with Li Luo, but just as she moved, resonant power fluctuations suddenly erupted beneath her feet, and flower vines unexpectedly appeared, binding her feet.

Cold air surged from Lu Qinger's body. She turned her head and saw a girl with braids not far away smiling at her.

That girl seemed to be called Qi Luozi, a teammate of Wang Hejiu and Duze Beixuan.

Duze Beixuan locked his icy gaze on Li Luo and said, "Li Luo, I was careless during the Mentor Selection Tournament. Let's go again!"

His figure moved, and he was about to shoot toward Li Luo.

However, at this moment, from the shadows on the side, a pitch-black resonant power suddenly shot out like a sharp arrow, pointing directly at Duze Beixuan's waist and abdomen.

The sudden attack caused Duze Beixuan's face to sink. He threw a punch, his rolling resonant power seemingly carrying a piercing whistling sound, shattering the shadow-like black arrow with a single blow.

At the same time, he looked over and saw that in the shadows, a figure wrapped entirely in a black robe and hood had appeared out of nowhere.

"Xin Fu?" Duze Beixuan's eyes turned cold.

At the same time, specks of fluorescent light suddenly fell onto Lu Qinger's head. The light landed on the flower vines at her feet, and the latter immediately received some kind of stimulation and began to wither rapidly.

Lu Qinger looked toward the edge of the crowd and saw a petite girl with a pure and sweet face smiling at her in a friendly and somewhat shy manner.

That was Bai Mengmeng.