Douluo Continent: The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Ma Xiaotao is Addicted

"Ugh, damn it, you actually lied to me, that's too much..."

Meng Hongchen pinched Ye Chen for a while before stopping.

She nestled in Ye Chen's arms, her cheeks puffed out, her gaze towards him filled with resentment.

Fortunately, this was a corner, and there weren't many customers, so no one paid attention to Ye Chen and Meng Hongchen's playful fight.

"Haha, alright, alright, it's getting late, hurry up and go to class." Ye Chen gently patted Meng Hongchen's bottom and said with a smile.

"Aren't you supposed to be in class too?"

Meng Hongchen sat on Ye Chen's lap, seemingly remembering something, and asked curiously, "By the way, who is your mentor?"

"Xuan Ziwen".

Ye Chen said casually.

He didn't actually have a mentor, but he only knew one, so he just mentioned it offhand.

"Huh? Why is it this teacher? He's so boring."

Meng Hongchen pursed her lips, clearly aware of Xuan Ziwen's personality.

Xuan Ziwen is quite strict and has a rather cold personality. She doesn't have a very good relationship with her students, so it's clear that she doesn't think Xuan Ziwen can take good care of Ye Chen.

"How about I talk to my grandfather and ask him to transfer you to my mentor's lab?" Meng Hongchen suggested.

Her mentor was actually her grandfather's student, an eighth-level soul master who took care of both her and her brother.

If Ye Chen could come to their lab, he would definitely learn a lot.

Of course, the important thing is that she can be with Ye Chen every day.

"Okay, okay, I'll come clean. I don't actually have a mentor."

Left with no other option, Ye Chen laid his cards on the table.

"what?"

Meng Hongchen was stunned, thinking she had misheard. "No mentor? Then... then how are you going to learn about soul tools?"

"I already said I'm a specially admitted student, a student with privileges, so naturally I don't need to attend classes. I can study on my own, and I can arrange all my time freely."

Ye Chen shrugged.

"What!!"

Meng Hongchen's eyes widened instantly, her mouth slightly agape, her face filled with disbelief and indignation.

"There are no tutors, and no classes are required..."

She murmured to herself, feeling a surge of immense grievance welling up inside her, and her little fists clenched tightly.

"Grandpa... how could he do this! It's too much! I'm his own granddaughter! I have to go to class on time every day, and I get punished for being late. I also have to complete the assignments and lab reports given by my supervisor. I'm exhausted. How come you don't have to go to class... It's not fair, it's not fair at all!"

She glared angrily at Ye Chen, her eyes glistening with tears.

Clearly, Ye Chen's privileges made her jealous.

"I am a level seven soul master, so naturally I don't need to attend classes."

Ye Chen reached out and pinched Meng Hongchen's cheek, saying with a smile, "It's getting late. If you don't go to class soon, you'll really be late."

Ye Chen's tone was like that of someone coaxing a kindergarten child.

"Well……"

Meng Hongchen's momentum immediately deflated by his pinch, but she still felt unbalanced.

"Alright, alright, I'll come find you after class this afternoon. As for tonight... you can go wherever you want, your grandpa has already given his approval."

As Ye Chen spoke, he naturally turned to the side and gently embraced Meng Hongchen's slender and soft waist.

Meng Hongchen was startled by his sudden intimate gesture, and two red clouds immediately rose to her face, spreading all the way to her ears.

The warm touch on her waist and Ye Chen's breath so close to her made her heart pound like a drum. The little bit of grievance she had just felt was instantly overwhelmed by the immense sweetness, and her head became dizzy.

"Really...really?"

Meng Hongchen looked at Ye Chen, her eyes sparkling, clearly with some anticipation. "Of course it's true."

Looking at her rosy cheeks, Ye Chen couldn't resist leaning over and quickly kissing her smooth, delicate cheek with a soft "pop".

"Hmph, then it's settled, it's a deal!"

Meng Hongchen hummed and hawed, finally satisfied.

After saying that, she grabbed a piece of dessert from the table, stuffed it into her mouth, and then quickly ran away, clearly afraid of being late.

Although her mentor wouldn't punish her, if her grandfather found out, she would definitely get a scolding.

Watching Meng Hongchen leave, Ye Chen picked up the black tea on the table, took a slow sip, and smiled slightly.

Having left behind his worldly dreams, he was finally free to move around.

The academy is so big, and with the super access card given by Jing Hongchen, wouldn't it be a waste not to take a good look around?

Ye Chen paid the bill and walked out of the dessert shop.

The morning sun was shining brightly, casting dappled light on the metallic buildings and roads.

Ye Chen took out a flat pedal about half a meter long with a streamlined shape from his storage soul tool.

This is the anti-gravity pedal, also known as the flight pedal, that Ye Chen found in the [Myriad Phenomena Catalogue].

Its advantages are that it is lightweight and noiseless, but its disadvantages are that it consumes a lot of soul power and is expensive to manufacture.

Although the core array of this pedal is only level 4, its outer shell is made of several level 9 rare metals fused together, similar to the "alloy" of my previous life. When injected with soul power, it can generate thrust in all directions, but it requires a lot of soul power...

At the same time, this thing also has its own anti-gravity, similar to magnetic levitation.

Ye Chen casually tossed the pedal to the ground, but it didn't land. Instead, it hovered steadily about ten centimeters above the ground.

Ye Chen stepped on it lightly, the pedal sank slightly, and then stabilized again.

With a slight thought, Ye Chen channeled a surge of pure soul power into the core of the pedal beneath his feet.

"call out--"

The pedals started instantly, propelling Ye Chen forward like an arrow released from a bow.

The pedals were incredibly fast, yet remarkably smooth and quiet, with only the faint sound of wind cutting through the air.

Ye Chen maneuvered the pedals, hugging the road, and quickly traversed at a low altitude of ten centimeters, skillfully avoiding pedestrians and obstacles on the road.

This feeling is novel; although it's very energy-consuming, it's also very cool and stylish.

If I had such a pedal in my past life, I would definitely be the coolest guy on the street.

As Ye Chen controlled his skateboard to speed along the wide roads of the academy, he spread his immense mental energy like ripples on water.

Wherever his mental power passed, the buildings on both sides of the road, the students walking, and even some areas inside the buildings were all reflected in his mind.

Ye Chen wasn't wandering aimlessly; he was scanning the interiors of these buildings.

Teaching buildings, laboratories, materials processing center...

Ye Chen wanted to see if there was anything special, such as an area where some secret research was being conducted or where special soul tools were hidden.

After all, this is the highest academy of soul guidance technology in the Sun Moon Empire, so there might be some interesting things here.

The skateboard was very fast, and Ye Chen moved freely, his mental energy spreading out like a large net.

He was walking along a relatively secluded path, preparing to turn into another area that looked like a high-tech laboratory.

Just as the skateboard was about to turn the corner!
"boom--!"

"what--!"

A figure suddenly rushed out from the other side of the corner, moving extremely fast, clearly also in a hurry.

The other party seemed completely unprepared for someone flying so close to the ground at such high speed around the corner, and the two collided solidly.

(End of this chapter)