Chapter 69: Chapter 69 First Love
When Mu Yang and the other four returned to Heaven Dou Grand Hotel, it had already darkened.
"Yan Yu, it's been a while since we gathered together. Why don't you invite your academy friends, and we can all have a get-together?"
Entering the hotel, Mu Xiyue said to Shui Yanyu.
"Okay!"
Shui Yanyu agreed.
"Muyang, Yue'er is here too."
Shui Bing'er pulled Mu Yang with her fingers intertwined.
Mu Yang nodded: "Then I'll go with you."
It was only natural for an elder sister to introduce her boyfriend to her younger sister. Besides, Mu Yang and Shui Yue'er were already friends.
Hearing a knock on the door, Shui Yueer opened the door and saw her sister and Mu Yang holding hands outside.
After being stunned for three seconds, Shui Yueer immediately started to complain: "Oh, sister, you went on a date with Little Muyang, right? No wonder you didn't bring me along."
"Huh? Why did your hair turn blue?"
Halfway through the conversation, Shui Yue'er was surprised to find that Mu Yang's hair color had changed.
"Yue'er, long time no see."
Mu Yang greeted with a smile.
"Little Muyang, we haven't seen each other for a long time. But you, who haven't seen me for a long time, actually took my sister down without saying anything? Or, you were taken down by my sister".pointing to the two people's interlocked fingers, Shui Yueer couldn't help but teased.
"Ahem~, Yue'er, from now on, you can't call me Little Muyang!"
Mu Yang said after clearing his throat.
"If I don't call you Little Muyang, what should I call you?"
"From now on, I'm your brother-in-law!"
Mu Yang immediately said seriously.
"hiss--"
Suddenly, Mu Yang felt a pain in the soft flesh around his waist and couldn't help but gasp.
When he looked down, he saw a tender white hand on my waist, and it was rotated 90 degrees.
"Does it hurt?"
While pinching, Shui Bing'er asked.
"It doesn't hurt~"
Mu Yang shook his head.
Although it was a little painful, how could he say it?
"It doesn't hurt? Then I'll keep pinching you."
A smile appeared on Shui Bing'er's lips.
"It hurts, it hurts, Bing'er, please let go!"
Mu Yang quickly changed his words.
Rolling her eyes, Shui Bing'er released the soft flesh around Mu Yang's waist, turned to Shui Yue'er and said, "Yue'er, from now on, Mu Yang belongs to your sister!"
Although Shui Bing'er spoke in a calm tone, her words carried an undeniable dominance, as if she was announcing her claim to Shui Yue'er.
She didn't mean anything else; she just knew her younger sister too well. Shui Yue'er was mischievous and playful and often asked for whatever Shui Bing'er had.
As an elder sister, she always let her younger sister have her way, willing to share most things. But there was one exception—Mu Yang.
'Little Muyang is so handsome, he will definitely be more handsome when he grows up!'
Looking at Mu Yang beside her, Shui Bing'er thought to herself.
"No, sister, so you really plan to raise little Mu Yang and then eat him up in one bite?"
Shui Yue'er's eyes widened as she asked in disbelief.
The joke she said before was actually her sister's true thoughts?!
Mu Yang: "..."
What? Am I being seen as a pet raised to maturity? No, absolutely not!
"Yue'er, go change your shoes; it's time for dinner," Shui Bing'er said, noticing her sister's slippers.
"Before feeding me dinner, you two are feeding me dog food? I'm already full..." Shui Yue'er grumbled.
Mu Yang: "..."
"Go!" Shui Bing'er ordered with a glare.
"Okay~" Shui Yue'er obediently nodded and went to change her shoes.
"By the way, little Mu Yang, you still haven't explained why your hair turned blue," Shui Yue'er asked after changing into her princess shoes.
"Oh, my martial soul evolved," Mu Yang explained. After a pause, he added, "And remember to call me brother-in-law."
Shui Yue'er: "..."
At the Heaven Dou Grand Hotel, in the dining annex, Huo Lie had reserved a large private room with two tables.
When Mu Yang and the members of Sky Water Academy arrived at the private room, the members of Blazing Fire Academy were already there.
"Eh? Mu Yang, when did you and Bing'er become a thing?"
Seeing Mu Yang holding Shui Bing'er's hand as they entered, Huo Wu's face displayed a look of surprise, followed by a mischievous grin as she asked curiously.
"When? It was love at first sight!" Mu Yang replied without hesitation.
After confirming his relationship with Shui Bing'er, Mu Yang had initially thought it was due to their martial soul fusion. However, after Shui Yue'er accidentally let slip earlier, Mu Yang finally understood: it wasn't just him who had liked the blue-haired girl from the beginning. She had been thinking about raising him from the start!
"Amazing!"
Huo Wushuang gave Mu Yang a thumbs-up.
At that moment, Huo Wushuang was full of admiration for his younger cousin.
He had met Mu Yang half a year ago, and since then, he hadn't seen him. Yet today, after just half a year, Mu Yang had managed to win over such an outstanding older sister, with the full approval of her family!
If Huo Wushuang were as skilled, how could he still be single at fifteen, having never even held a girl's hand?
"Alright, everyone, take your seats as you like," Huo Lie invited the group to sit down.
Soon, everyone was seated. One table was mainly for the girls: ten members of the Sky Water team, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Huo Wu, a young lady from the Blazing Fire team, and, of course, Mu Yang.
"Mu Yang, how about some fruit wine to celebrate?"
After the dishes were served, Huo Wu noticed the fruit wine on the table. She glanced at Shui Bing'er, then turned to Mu Yang beside her with a playful suggestion.
Fruit wine was mild and suited for girls and younger boys.
Besides, soul masters' physiques were far beyond ordinary people's, and there were no restrictions on underage drinking in the soul master world.
Mu Yang turned to Shui Bing'er. "Bing'er, would you like some?"
Shui Bing'er nodded slightly. "Pour it for me."
She was in a good mood today, so she decided to have a little.
Seeing the two about to drink, Shui Yue'er's eyes darted around, and she leaned toward a senior sitting beside her, whispering a few words into her ear.
The senior glanced at the pair showing affection and smiled knowingly. She nodded and whispered the same to the teammate next to her.
Before long, the whispered message had made its way around the ten members of the Sky Water team.
"Sis, Yue'er offers you a toast!"
Shui Yue'er raised her small glass and addressed Shui Bing'er.
"Ding—"
After clinking glasses, the two sisters downed their drinks in one gulp.
"Come on, Bing'er, congratulations on finding your ideal partner. Cheers from me!"
The senior sitting next to Shui Yue'er raised her glass and addressed Shui Bing'er.
"Ding—"
"Bing'er, here's to you!"
"Ding—"
"Bing'er, bottoms up!"
Within two minutes, Shui Bing'er had already downed three glasses. By the fourth, she realized something was off.
Judging by the atmosphere, it was obvious someone was up to no good!
But it wasn't polite to refuse. She decided to finish the first round of toasts—it wasn't much anyway. The glasses were small, and the drink was just fruit wine. No big deal.
After the first round, Shui Yue'er and the ten members of the Sky Water team temporarily let Shui Bing'er off the hook and turned their sights on Mu Yang instead.
Showing off affection and spreading dog food? Neither of you will escape!
"Come, Mu Yang—no, brother-in-law. Yue'er offers you a toast!"
Shui Yue'er raised her glass, smiling mischievously at Mu Yang.
An enemy of two facing eleven—this was a surefire win!
Seeing this, Mu Yang raised an eyebrow.
Although he knew Shui Yue'er was up to something, her calling him "brother-in-law" meant he couldn't refuse.
After downing a glass, Mu Yang hurriedly used voice transmission to call for reinforcements. Otherwise, he and Shui Bing'er were definitely doomed tonight.
If the little sister-in-law had her team, Mu Yang also had his allies!
Two hours later, Mu Yang, his face slightly flushed with drunkenness, looked at the now-passed-out troublemaker Shui Yue'er and her ten accomplices with satisfaction.
Sure, the enemy had eleven people, but Mu Yang's reinforcements outnumbered them!
Blazing Fire team's ten members, plus his elder cousin Huo Wushuang, elder cousin Huo Wu, Huo Yun, himself, and Shui Bing'er—that made fifteen people in total!
Without any superhuman drinkers in the mix, their numerical superiority was more than enough.
What's more, most of his allies were fire-attribute soul masters. With their fire-attribute soul power, they could heat up the alcohol in their stomachs slightly, making it less intoxicating than it would be at room temperature.
Shui Yue'er: You guys don't play fair!
Turning his head, Mu Yang saw Shui Bing'er's flushed face. Unable to resist, he leaned over and gave her a light kiss on the cheek.
Just as he was about to pull away, Shui Bing'er hooked her arm around his neck and gave him two firm kisses on both cheeks.
When it comes to love, while boys are often the ones to make the first move, girls are usually the more proactive ones—especially after drinking.
"Ah, young people these days…"
Huo Lie sighed and shook his head.
"What's so surprising? If I recall correctly, someone here confessed to me when he was only twelve," Mu Xiyue said nonchalantly, giving Huo Lie a sidelong glance.
"Haha…"
Huo Lie blushed as memories of his youth at Blazing Fire Academy surfaced.
After escorting the drunk Shui Yue'er and the Sky Water team members back, Mu Yang returned to his hotel room on the fifth floor. Humming a little tune, he took a delightful shower, changed into his pajamas, and stepped onto the balcony. There, under the moonlight, he began cultivating [Lunar Refining Spirit].
It's often said that women distract men from wielding their swords. But in Mu Yang's view, that wasn't entirely true.
It's not about rich women gifting you better swords; rather, having a girlfriend or wife motivates responsible men to work harder. In Douluo Continent, where strength reigns supreme, this means cultivating even more diligently.
For Mu Yang, he felt he was precisely such a man.
As time passed and the night deepened, Mu Yang stopped cultivating [Lunar Refining Spirit] and began using his innate ability to deduce new techniques.
Tonight, however, he didn't continue his recent efforts to develop a spiritual technique. Instead, he shifted his focus to creating an ice-element meditation method, which he temporarily named [Extreme Ice Meditation].
Yes, it was for Shui Bing'er.
As for the spiritual technique, Mu Yang had always excelled in the realm of "spirit" among the three elements of essence, energy, and spirit. To fully utilize his strength, he naturally needed a spiritual skill in his arsenal.
Once the spiritual technique was perfected, it would become his strongest tool for a long time—aside from using a martial soul fusion skill with Shui Bing'er.
After all, when he consumed the Autumn Dew Tear, his spiritual power had already reached the level of a five-ring Soul King. While still below the standard for a six-ring Soul Emperor, he had made significant progress over the past six months.
With a profound spiritual technique, his spiritual power alone could secure him a place among five-ring soul masters, and not as the weakest one.
Two days later, the Heaven Dou division of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament officially commenced at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
However, this tournament wasn't Mu Yang's story. For the month-long preliminary matches, he and Shui Bing'er attended the arena together every morning, their bond growing stronger by the day.
Whether they were truly watching the matches or simply using the event as an excuse to date was something only they knew.
That said, this year's tournament featured some unusual participants.
It wasn't that the overall quality of the contestants was far superior to previous years. Instead, several competitors had soul ring configurations that exceeded normal limits.
The secrets of Whale Glue had only started becoming known to the soul master world about six months ago. Since not much time had passed, the three-ring participants' soul rings remained normal.
After all, those qualified to represent advanced academies wouldn't have had low soul power levels half a year ago. Anyone still below three rings back then wouldn't have the strength to participate now.
Thus, those with over-limit soul rings were all four-ring Soul Ancestors. Their fourth rings exceeded 7,000 years, surpassing the typical optimal limit by at least 2,000 years.
Of course, Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er weren't the only ones paired up during the tournament. His elder cousin Huo Wu was also being pursued.
But unlike Mu Yang and Shui Bing'er's mutual feelings, Huo Wu was nearly driven mad by Feng Xiaotian's relentless advances.
Every morning, Feng Xiaotian would be waiting outside her door like he was on a stakeout.
Except for places he couldn't enter, like the women's restroom, Feng Xiaotian would follow Huo Wu everywhere. He was relentless, practically glued to her side like a stubborn shadow.
If there were a contest for persistence, Feng Xiaotian might only be rivaled by a certain red-haired youth from Spirit Hall.
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