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Tang San approached the counter. "We'd like three rooms, please."
The clerk glanced at Ning Tian and Xiao Wu standing close together, a sly smirk tugging at his lips. "Sorry, we've only got two left."
"Two? That'll work," Tang San said, figuring Xiao Wu could take one, and he'd bunk with Ning Tian.
But the clerk's next words nearly sent him into a rage. "Yep, just two. Don't worry, our rooms are top notch, with beds big enough for your two friends to share."
He shot Ning Tian with a conspiratorial wink.
Ning Tian found it mildly hilarious to be mistaken for Xiao Wu's lover.
Before Tang San could retort, Xiao Wu jumped in. "Fine, two rooms it is. Little Black, you take one; I'll share other with Little Six. We've been in the same dorm at Notting Academy anyway."
"No way! We need three rooms. Xiao Wu, men and women shouldn't share room especially now that we've graduated," Tang San snapped.
On matters of principle, he wouldn't budge. Let Ning Tian and Xiao Wu share a room? Over his dead body.
He added, "How about this: Ning Tian and I share, and you get your own. What do you say, Ning Tian?" His tone carried a sharp edge.
But Ning Tian wasn't playing along. "No need. I think Xiao Wu's plan works fine."
Xiao Wu's heart fluttered 'finally, a crack in his armor.'
"Ning Tian!" she called, her eyes starry with adoration.
Tang San's temper flared, a green-tinged fury rising as if he'd been betrayed.
Ning Tian, unfazed, doubled down. "Just give us those two rooms," he told the clerk.
"Ning Tian!" Tang San growled, teeth gritted.
Just as he was about to erupt, a voice cut through from the entrance.
"No need to bicker, the rooms are mine."
Three figures stepped inside: one man, two women. The women were tall, flamboyant, and identical twins. The man stood a touch taller than Ning Tian, around 1.8 meters, broad-shouldered and handsome, with golden hair and piercing double pupiled eyes.
'Dai Mubai,' Ning Tian thought, sizing him up.
"What's it to you?" Tang San spat, already on edge.
Dai Mubai chuckled, eyeing Tang San. "What are you, a kiln worker or a coal merchant?"
"Probably a stray bear," one twin teased.
"Or maybe his martial soul's a bear," the other chimed in.
They giggled at Tang San's bear like build and blackened skin.
"Damn you!" Tang San roared. His two triggers were Xiao Wu and anyone mocking his darkness. Except for her or his father, Tang Hao, anyone who crossed that line faced his fury.
Eyes blazing red, he lunged, swinging a glowing white fist at Dai Mubai.
"Perfect!" Dai Mubai thought. He craved a fight. He sensed potent soul power from the trio, especially the refined one, who matched his own strength.
Their ages, twelve or thirteen and timing in Soutuo City screamed Shrek Academy hopefuls.
His curiosity piqued, he wanted to test them.
As Tang San's fist flew, Dai Mubai's eyes glinted. He thrust out his right palm, meeting the strike head on.
A dull thud rang out. Tang San staggered back four or five steps, while Dai Mubai held his ground, though his hand throbbed as if he'd punched a wall.
Tang San stared, stunned. His punch, fueled by Mysterious Heaven Skill, blacksmith honed strength, and Mysterious Jade Hand, had been repelled.
Ning Tian watched, amused.
"Not bad, taking my hit. But I'm not here for you. How about you, sir? Fancy a spar?" Dai Mubai turned to Ning Tian.
Ning Tian stepped forward. "Ning Tian." It'd been a while since he'd had a real scrap, and Dai Mubai seemed worthy enough.
Dai Mubai's eyes gleamed. "Let's fight then. White Tiger Possession!" A surge of pale white light erupted as his body doubled in size, sprouting white fur, morphing into a humanoid tiger.
Two yellow and one purple soul rings rose, their rhythm unleashing waves of soul power pressure.
"A thousand-year soul ring," Xiao Wu gasped, panic flickering in her eyes. She moved to join Ning Tian, but Tang San held her back.
"Don't worry, Xiao Wu. Ning Tian's got this."
Now composed, Tang San didn't rate Ning Tian highly. Like Yu Xiaogang, he figured Ning Tian's soul power came from drugs.
With half-level innate soul power, how strong could he be? Breaking past Level 30 seemed impossible.
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