The next day, Lin Jie woke up in Zhu Zhuqing's room. Last night, the two had been intimately tangled too late, so they just ended up sleeping in Zhu Zhuqing's room.
With seven days off, the Shrek Academy students were either resting or having fun.
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai had gone off to fool around in Soto City, and they were still nowhere to be seen.
As for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, no one knew what they were up to.
It was already early morning, and Lin Jie and Zhu Zhuqing had only just woken up, clearly due to the intense "activities" of the night before. At this moment, Zhu Zhuqing nudged Lin Jie, who was still holding her. There was no need for them to be shy about their nakedness; after all, it had been countless times. Zhu Zhuqing softly urged, "Hurry and get up, or if Xiao Wu and the others find out, you won't be able to come over again."
No sooner had Zhu Zhuqing finished speaking than her room door suddenly opened, and a pink figure happily bounced inside.
Lin Jie and Zhu Zhuqing sat up the moment they heard the sound. Zhu Zhuqing quickly wrapped herself in a blanket, while Lin Jie was bare-chested. The room wasn't very large, so the moment the person from outside opened the door and walked in, all three found themselves staring at each other.
Lin Jie had entered through the window last night, so he thought Zhu Zhuqing would have locked the door. He hadn't expected this.
Zhu Zhuqing was also a bit stunned. She suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to lock the door yesterday.
Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong shared a room. When Ning Rongrong returned last night, she immediately began cultivating and finally broke through to Rank 30 this morning.
After spending time together, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu had long become like sisters. So, Xiao Wu had come today to tell Zhu Zhuqing that Ning Rongrong had broken through to Rank 30. She never expected to walk in on such a scene. Although Xiao Wu had already suspected something between Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Jie, she had been caught completely off guard today.
"Ah... mmm...!"
Just as Xiao Wu was about to scream, Lin Jie, not caring that he wasn't dressed, moved with lightning speed, like instant teleportation, appearing in front of Xiao Wu and clamping a hand over her mouth. Their posture looked rather indecent.
Zhu Zhuqing, at this point, was completely red-faced, wrapped tightly in her blanket. She hadn't expected Xiao Wu to burst in suddenly and catch them in the act. When she didn't hear Xiao Wu's scream, Zhu Zhuqing poked her head out from under the blanket, looking towards Lin Jie. Finding that Lin Jie was no longer beside her, she turned her head to look at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu, seeing Lin Jie run over naked and suddenly embrace her while covering her mouth, was somewhat stunned and actually forgot to resist.
Lin Jie then whispered in Xiao Wu's ear, "Don't scream, and I'll let you go."
Snapping back to reality, Xiao Wu nodded gently, her face flushed as she looked at the bare-chested Lin Jie.
Lin Jie then slowly released Xiao Wu and took his hand from her mouth. The moment Lin Jie let her go, Xiao Wu, her face flushed with embarrassment, instantly bolted out of Zhu Zhuqing's room, moving at a speed that even surprised Lin Jie.
At this point, Zhu Zhuqing, from the bed, threw Lin Jie's clothes at him, saying shyly, "Hurry up and put your clothes on."
Lin Jie and Zhu Zhuqing quickly got dressed. Zhu Zhuqing then looked at Lin Jie with an indignant blush. "Great, Xiao Wu really saw us now."
Lin Jie seemed indifferent. So what if she saw? It's not a big deal; they weren't doing anything shameful.
Seeing Lin Jie's nonchalant expression, Zhu Zhuqing became even more embarrassed and annoyed.
Lin Jie then suggested, "How about we go to Xiao Wu's room now?"
Zhu Zhuqing nodded this time, and the two walked towards Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu's room. Since Xiao Wu's room wasn't far from Zhu Zhuqing's, they quickly arrived at Xiao Wu's door.
Inside Xiao Wu's room, Ning Rongrong was looking curiously at the red-faced Xiao Wu, asking what was wrong.
Just then, Ning Rongrong spotted Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Jie outside the door and happily walked up to them. "Zhuqing, Lin Jie, why are you here? Did you come to congratulate me on breaking through to Rank 30?"
"You broke through to Rank 30!" Lin Jie and Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Rongrong with some surprise.
"Yeah, I just broke through this morning. I told Xiao Wu to go to your room, Zhuqing, to tell you. Didn't Xiao Wu tell you?" Ning Rongrong looked at Zhu Zhuqing with some confusion.
Xiao Wu, seeing Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Jie in her room, and remembering what she had just witnessed, felt a flush of redness return to her face.
After Lin Jie and Zhu Zhuqing congratulated Ning Rongrong, the few of them chatted for a bit. Lin Jie then took Ning Rongrong to see Flender.
In the room, only Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing remained. The shyness on Xiao Wu's face was now gone, replaced by a mischievous grin as she playfully teased Zhu Zhuqing. The two then started to playfully wrestle in the room.
Meanwhile, Lin Jie and Ning Rongrong were walking towards Dean Flender's office. Ning Rongrong tilted her head to look at Lin Jie and said, "Lin Jie, thank you so much. If you hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have broken through so quickly."
Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Lin Jie stopped and jokingly asked, "So, how do you plan to thank me?"
Pop. Ning Rongrong kissed Lin Jie on the cheek, then quickly walked ahead.
Lin Jie touched the spot where Ning Rongrong had kissed him, then caught up to Ning Rongrong, saying with a wry smile, "Is that all the thanks I get?"
"That was this young lady's first kiss! Consider it your thanks, hehe." Ning Rongrong finished speaking, then hurried towards Dean Flender's office.
The two soon arrived at the Dean's office, knocked, and entered. Flender was there, and when he heard that Ning Rongrong had broken through to Rank 30 so quickly, he was quite surprised. Flender remembered Ning Rongrong was only Rank 26 when she entered the academy; he hadn't expected her to reach Rank 30 so fast.
After bidding farewell, Flender took Ning Rongrong and Lin Jie to a nearby Spirit Beast Forest in Soto City to hunt a Thousand-Year Spirit Beast. Ning Rongrong then successfully advanced to Rank 31, gaining her Third Spirit Skill: Spirit Power Amplification. The three of them spent a total of five days before returning to Shrek Academy. During these five days, Lin Jie gave Ning Rongrong a Spirit Power Grenade. When Ning Rongrong saw the power of this Spirit Power Grenade, she found its might even greater than the Godly Zhuge Crossbow Tang San had given her, and it was easier to operate and carry. Later, thinking about the situation in her own sect, she continuously pestered Lin Jie with questions, which was precisely the effect Lin Jie wanted.
The rest of the Shrek Academy students offered their congratulations when they learned Ning Rongrong had obtained her Third Spirit Ring. However, only Ma Hongjun's expression was somewhat downcast; he was now the only one at Shrek who hadn't broken through to Spirit Ancestor.
Zhu Zhuqing noticed Lin Jie and Ning Rongrong laughing and chatting animatedly upon their return to the academy, and a clear hint of jealousy appeared on her face.
That night, Lin Jie was cultivating in his room. Suddenly, there was a knock on his door. Lin Jie got out of bed, opened the door, and found it was Ning Rongrong. He was somewhat surprised. "Weren't you celebrating with Xiao Wu and the others? Why are you here?"
Lin Jie opened the door, and Ning Rongrong, unconcerned, walked directly into his room. "Didn't you say you'd help me temper my body whenever you had time? Do you not have time now?" Ning Rongrong, wearing her blue-green dress, put her hands behind her waist, tilted her cute little head, and looked at Lin Jie with a smile.
"I do have time. Let's begin then." Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Lin Jie didn't hesitate and sat directly on the bed.
Ning Rongrong then turned her back to Lin Jie and quietly, rustling, took off her blue-green dress. She then skillfully sat down in front of Lin Jie. Lin Jie leaned forward and embraced Ning Rongrong from behind, placing his hands on her fair, snow-white midriff. The two then began this tempering session.
Meanwhile, in Zhu Zhuqing's room, she was wearing a seductive set of lingerie, which Lin Jie had given her—black lace. When Lin Jie first gave it to her, she never wore it because it was too scandalous. But for some reason tonight, Zhu Zhuqing had put it on. She wasn't cultivating; instead, she was lightly resting on the bed, apparently waiting for someone. However, Zhu Zhuqing was destined to be disappointed tonight, because "someone" was currently tempering another beauty's body.
Inside Lin Jie's room, the two surprisingly found themselves sprawled on the bed, passionately kissing.
After Lin Jie finished tempering Ning Rongrong's body, he thought Ning Rongrong would leave. He hadn't expected her to suddenly kiss him. Was Lin Jie the kind of person to let an advantage slip? Clearly not. He immediately pinned Ning Rongrong down on his bed, and the two began to kiss passionately. At this point, Ning Rongrong was only wearing her underwear.
Ning Rongrong's face was flushed, clearly aroused. But then Lin Jie suddenly pulled away from Ning Rongrong.
Ning Rongrong looked at Lin Jie, who was still above her, with hazy, silk-like eyes, not understanding his intention.
Lin Jie then handed Ning Rongrong her clothes, telling her to put them on.
Ning Rongrong had now calmed down. Thinking about how she had taken the initiative just moments ago, her face flushed with embarrassment, and she couldn't quite meet Lin Jie's gaze.
Lin Jie then softly said to Ning Rongrong, "I'll take that as a momentary impulse on your part, so you should go back now."
Ning Rongrong, her face still red, suddenly kissed Lin Jie on the cheek again, then quickly ran back to her room.
Lin Jie had now calmed his turbulent emotions. He hadn't expected his self-control to be so good, managing to hit the brakes at such a crucial moment.