Inside the room, the little kitten's sobbing sounds of being bullied continued to emanate.
Outside the room, a tall man leaned powerlessly against the door, his tiger eyes brimming with tears.
At this moment, that ordinary wooden door seemed like an impenetrable wall of copper and iron,
separating the inside and outside into two different worlds.
Meng Bei kissed Zhu Zhuqing without letting go.
This made Zhu Zhuqing, experiencing her first kiss, somewhat unable to adapt.
Her cheeks flushed crimson as her small hands continuously beat against Meng Bei's back.
She was running out of air.
Without experience, she didn't know how to breathe in this situation.
But Meng Bei showed no intention of stopping whatsoever,
looking as if he wanted to devour the little kitten completely.
Zhu Zhuqing whimpered.
Suddenly, in her panic, her silver teeth bit down.
"Hiss!"
Meng Bei felt pain.
The cat's teeth had actually injured the tip of his tongue.
Meng Bei grew slightly angry, his azure pupils staring at Zhu Zhuqing with some danger.
Zhu Zhuqing shrank her small head back, wanting to retreat.
Unfortunately, wrapped entirely in the blanket and held in a princess carry by Meng Bei, she had nowhere to retreat to.
"That, I didn't do it on purpose!"
Zhu Zhuqing said weakly.
Meng Bei said nothing.
He simply grabbed the little kitten's two small feet in his hands and lifted them up.
"You, what are you doing!"
Zhu Zhuqing felt greatly ashamed.
A long time later, Zhu Zhuqing left Meng Bei's room with a red face, looking awkward.
After Zhu Zhuqing left, Dai Mubai's figure quietly appeared at Meng Bei's doorway.
[Ding, side quest triggered!]
[Side Quest: Team Unity Crisis. Due to your actions, Shrek team member Dai Mubai has developed extreme resentment toward you. The unity of the Shrek team will face a great crisis. Please immediately resolve the crisis and reconcile with Shrek team member Dai Mubai]
[Quest Difficulty: Hard]
[Quest Reward: Two random 10,000-year spirit bones]
Dai Mubai's tiger eyes stared fixedly at Meng Bei.
"This is how you took care of Zhuqing in my place!"
Hearing this, Meng Bei stepped forward somewhat ashamed.
This matter was indeed his fault.
So Meng Bei apologized to Dai Mubai:
"Brother Mubai, I'm truly sorry. Sister Zhuqing is just too beautiful, I couldn't hold back and..."
"Enough, you bastard!"
Dai Mubai angrily stepped forward and started fighting with Meng Bei.
What use were apologies now?
The anger in his heart at this moment was beyond words. It could only be vented through his fists.
But during the scuffle, Dai Mubai discovered that Meng Bei's physique was such that no matter how he wrestled with him, it was useless.
A punch to Meng Bei's face—Meng Bei didn't even dodge, and instead the recoil force made Dai Mubai's fist hurt painfully.
This discovery made Dai Mubai even more despairing.
They were peers of the same age.
This kind of gap discovered unintentionally was most likely to break one's defenses.
Dai Mubai was exactly in this state at this moment.
After discovering the matter between Meng Bei and Zhu Zhuqing, intimidated by Meng Bei's power, he hadn't dared to immediately expose the situation. This was already an extremely humiliating thing for him.
And now, he thought to vent and make up for it afterward, trying to salvage some face.
But reality gave him a harsh slap.
With his incredibly weak strength, he couldn't even break through Meng Bei's defenses.
This time, Dai Mubai's defenses completely broke.
His tall body curled up in a corner, crying fragilely like a child.
A grown man,
at this moment crying and wailing like a bullied child.
Meng Bei was speechless.
If Dai Mubai had confronted him head-on, he would have had countless ways to make Dai Mubai compromise and ultimately complete the quest.
But now with Dai Mubai crying bitterly, this actually made Meng Bei feel a pang of sympathy.
"Come on, Brother Mubai, you're a grown man—is there a need to be this fragile?"
Meng Bei said helplessly.
Dai Mubai's crying didn't diminish.
Lying on the ground, tears streaming down his face.
"Xiao Bei, Xiao Bei, what did I do wrong for you to treat me like this!"
"Zhuqing is my fiancée. You couldn't not know that, yet you still did this. What am I supposed to do now!"
"Just kill me! My life has no meaning anymore. Just kill me!"
Meng Bei looked at Dai Mubai wailing on the ground.
He really had no other options.
Continuing to cry like this would definitely attract others.
But he couldn't really kill Dai Mubai!
He could be as romantic as Ximen Qing, but he couldn't be as vicious as Ximen Qing.
Meng Bei considered himself not to be a bad person.
Murdering someone for no reason was something he couldn't do.
After thinking for a moment, Meng Bei took out a black spirit bone and gently tossed it beside Dai Mubai.
"Clang!"
The crisp sound of the spirit bone falling on the floor was so obvious.
Dai Mubai's crying stopped abruptly. After glancing at the spirit bone, he immediately stood up.
"Xiao Bei, this, this..."
Meng Bei said indifferently:
"A 10,000-year spirit bone. Consider it compensation for you."
Dai Mubai: "Ten, ten thousand-year spirit bone!"
His voice suddenly rose.
Meng Bei spoke relatively casually, as if a 10,000-year spirit bone wasn't much, but in fact, any 10,000-year spirit bone was enough to become a heirloom treasure of a spirit master family.
Even many Title Douluo spent their entire lives without obtaining a 10,000-year spirit bone.
Although thousand-year spirit bones and hundred-year spirit bones were rare, people could still obtain them every so often, but 10,000-year spirit bones were truly extremely rare.
Some might ask: aren't the drop rates for thousand-year and hundred-year spirit bones lower than for 10,000-year spirit bones? Why say 10,000-year spirit bones are rarer?
Indeed, the drop rates for thousand-year and hundred-year spirit bones were much lower than for 10,000-year spirit bones.
Logically, the former should be considered rarer.
However, no one ever considered how many spirit masters chose to hunt thousand-year and hundred-year spirit beasts each day, versus how many spirit masters chose to hunt 10,000-year spirit beasts.
Spirit masters who hunted 10,000-year spirit beasts were at least five-ring or six-ring existences. There weren't many spirit masters of this level across the entire continent—their numbers comprised less than 10% of all spirit masters.
The remaining 90% of spirit masters were mostly below five rings. More accurately, those in the Spirit Master to Spirit Elder range comprised the vast majority.
These people could hunt hundred-year spirit beasts and could even cooperate in groups to hunt thousand-year spirit beasts, but they absolutely couldn't hunt 10,000-year spirit beasts.
For precisely this reason, hundred-year and thousand-year spirit bones appeared from time to time, but 10,000-year spirit bones rarely emerged.
At this moment, Meng Bei directly tossed out a 10,000-year spirit bone. For Dai Mubai, this was undoubtedly like being dealt a royal flush.
"This is, for, for me!"
Dai Mubai carefully picked up the spirit bone from the ground, asking somewhat gleefully.
Meng Bei nodded.
Instantly, the joy on Dai Mubai's face could no longer be suppressed.
He lovingly wiped the spirit bone in his hand, cleaning off all the dust it had picked up from falling on the ground until it was spotless.
This was like someone in a past life stealing your girlfriend,
but not for free—giving you one billion in cash as compensation.
Some people might think that compared to a girlfriend, one billion in cash was nothing.
But equally, others would think that compared to one billion in cash, a girlfriend was nothing!
As it happened, Dai Mubai was the latter.
In Dai Mubai's heart, although Zhu Zhuqing was important, there were many things more important than Zhu Zhuqing.
For example, spirit bones.
For example, the strength improvement brought by spirit bones.
For example, defeating the First Prince after improving his strength and seizing the throne.
(End of Chapter)