Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 815 You're playing with fire!

Upon hearing Jing Hongchen's words, Jiang Ming raised an eyebrow slightly.

He could see something in Jing Hongchen's eyes, and the two attendants beside Jing Hongchen became noticeably tense when they heard what he had just said, even staring intently at Jing Hongchen.

It seems that Jing Hongchen's status in the Sun Moon Empire is now ridiculously low.
However, based on his understanding of Jing Hongchen, Jing Hongchen didn't seem like the type of person who would put up with this kind of treatment.

So, what made Jing Hongchen suppress her temper and remain calm even when being stared at by her two attendants?
Xu Tianran?
No, it's not Xu Tianran, or at least not entirely Xu Tianran.

No matter how strong Xu Tianran's control over the Sun Moon Empire is, it is still within the Sun Moon Empire.

And this is Shrek Academy!

While Jing Hongchen might need to be wary of Xu Tianran in the Sun Moon Empire, at Shrek Academy, with his abilities, it wouldn't be a problem for him to scheme against and kill his two followers.

Even if these two attendants were carrying level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells that threatened Jing Hongchen's life, it wouldn't have caused Jing Hongchen to act this way.

If you eliminate all the impossibilities, then what remains is the truth!

Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed slightly.

He had already guessed that something had happened to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen!
Putting aside all worldly fame and fortune, what Jing Hongchen cares about most are his grandchildren.

Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen are currently in Mingdu, which is entirely under Xu Tianran's control!
Ugh.
Jiang Ming sighed inwardly.

Jing Hongchen had served as the head of Mingde Hall for so many years and made so many contributions to Mingde Hall and the Sun Moon Empire, but now he's ended up like this, with even his grandchildren being controlled.

Although, this has a lot to do with his identity as Mingjiang.

But this also fully demonstrates that Xu Tianran is a very suspicious person!
Or rather, emperors are all very suspicious!
He knew that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen were under Mingdu's control, and Xu Tianran basically controlled Jing Hongchen.

"Since the Red Dust Hall Master is so loyal to the Sun Moon Empire, then I will not force him."

Jiang Ming placed his hand on the table, tapping the surface lightly with his fingertips, and said in a deep voice, "Let's skip the cooperation. If we're going to continue cooperating, then I have to be the teacher leading the team. Only in this way can we guarantee the safety of our students. After all, during the last cooperation, the reputation of the Sun Moon Empire was almost bankrupt at Shrek Academy."

"However, if I were to lead the team to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, I couldn't guarantee that Mingdu of your Sun Moon Empire wouldn't see the sun next year. I suppose Xu Tianran is still quite concerned about his head."

Cooperation is impossible; after everything that has happened, it's simply unrealistic to cooperate again.

Moreover, the technology brought back from Mingde Hall in the last collaboration has not yet been fully digested, and the academy's Soul Guidance Department already has three level nine Soul Masters. It only takes some time for the Soul Guidance Department to fully develop and cultivate the next generation of outstanding Soul Masters.

By then, Shrek Academy will definitely have more than ten level nine soul masters!

If we can achieve stable growth and become stronger, why take risks?

Moreover, the returns are too low!
"you!"

When Jing Hongchen's two attendants saw Jiang Ming being so arrogant, they became somewhat agitated.

But Jiang Ming's eyes turned slightly cold, and the two men's auras were instantly suppressed. They didn't even have the ability to resist and were directly crushed!

“I’m speaking to the Master of the Red Dust Hall. No one else should interrupt. Otherwise, I won’t hesitate to take your heads off and send them back to Xu Tianran.”

The two attendants fell silent—no, they were unable to speak. Their bodies were under immense pressure, and they needed to muster all their strength to resist it.

Once they open their mouths to speak and lose their composure, their bodies will be instantly crushed to the ground!

Obviously, that was an extremely shameful thing.

Jiang Ming looked at Jing Hongchen and said in a deep voice, "Master Hongchen, you can tell Xu Tianran my words verbatim."

Regarding the ceasefire, Shrek Academy is just an academy and doesn't border the Sun Moon Empire, so there's no direct war between them. Therefore, this ceasefire agreement doesn't need to be brought to Shrek. Of course, if the Sun Moon Empire were to start a war, Shrek would make the same choice as it did thousands of years ago.

Regarding cooperation, everyone knows it's unrealistic to talk about cooperating with the Sun Moon Empire or the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy right now, so there's no need for Master Hongchen to elaborate. However, other forms of cooperation may still be possible.

Upon hearing Jiang Ming's words, Jing Hongchen's eyes flickered.

Jiang Ming has made his point very clear: cooperating with the Sun Moon Empire and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is unrealistic.

But if we collaborate with him personally, there's a chance!
It's up to him to choose.

Jing Hongchen remained silent for two seconds, then finally sighed softly and said, "I understand."

Then, Jing Hongchen stood up, intending to go back.

He didn't plan to stay here for long, and he never had any hope for the things Xu Tianran had asked him to do.

He knew he had been sent to test Shrek Academy and to gauge Jiang Ming's attitude.

After all, relatively speaking, he has a close connection with Jiang Ming's so-called twin brother, and he is the most suitable person to come here in the entire Sun Moon Empire.

The current situation is not much different from what he had expected. Except for the fact that Jiang Ming would try to recruit him, everything else was within his expectations.

Or rather, this was expected by everyone. He came here merely to go through the motions and, incidentally, to do some disgusting things like sowing discord.

Jiang Ming doesn't intend to do anything to him now, but there's no point in him staying here; he might as well go back.

"and many more."

Just as Jing Hongchen got up to leave, Jiang Ming called her back.

He turned his head to look at Jiang Ming, without saying a word, but his expression showed some tension, and he was already preparing to use all the soul tools he could find.

If these people attacked him, he would have no chance of winning, but he also had no intention of surrendering and waiting to die.

He is Jing Hongchen! The head of Mingde Hall! Even in his current predicament, even if he faces certain death, he will still resist!
Seeing Jing Hongchen's nervous appearance, Jiang Ming smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, Hall Master Hongchen. I won't lay a hand on you. If I did, you wouldn't be able to enter Seagod Island, and no one would even know you were here."

With his current strength, it's no exaggeration to say that he could kill Jing Hongchen without a sound!

Even though Jing Hongchen is a level nine soul master and carries several level nine soul tools, they are of no use.

Absolutely effortless to handle!
However, he really didn't intend to do anything to Jing Hongchen.

"Not going to fight? Then what do you want to do?"

Jing Hongchen's tension did not ease in the slightest.

He knew Jiang Ming was telling the truth. If Jiang Ming had truly recovered all his strength, or even increased it, eliminating him silently would be no problem at all.

Jiang Ming is too strong! He is strong enough to instill fear in the entire Sun Moon Empire! He is strong enough to overpower an entire country single-handedly! Jiang Ming said softly, "When the Red Dust Hall Master came to Shrek Academy last time, he left in a hurry, and the academy did not entertain him much. Why don't you stay in Shrek City for a few days this time? So that we can show him some hospitality."

As he spoke, Jiang Ming looked at Elder Lin beside him and said softly, "I'll trouble Elder Lin to make the arrangements."

Old Lin looked at Jiang Ming. Although she didn't know what Xiao Ming wanted to do by keeping Jing Hongchen behind, she absolutely trusted him.

So she stood up, looked at Jing Hongchen, and said, "Master Hongchen, please come with me."

These words were spoken without leaving any room for doubt, and without considering whether Jing Hongchen wanted to stay for a few days, they made arrangements for her directly.

Jing Hongchen glanced at Jiang Ming, said nothing more, and followed Elder Lin.

Since Jiang Ming wanted him to stay for a few days, he had no choice but to stay.

The pressure on the two attendants beside him finally disappeared, and they quickly followed.

Watching Jing Hongchen's departing figure, Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed slightly. He waved his hand to add some tea to his cup and took a small sip.

"Xiao Ming, Jing Hongchen is clearly here to cause trouble, you..."

Yan Shaozhe frowned slightly, looked at Jiang Ming, and a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Jing Hongchen's arrival was clearly ill-intentioned. Given the current relationship between the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy, no, even considering Jiang Ming's personal feud with the Sun Moon Empire, they should have detained Jing Hongchen first!

But now Jiang Ming seems to be entertaining Jing Hongchen.

This is truly
Jiang Ming shook his head slightly as he listened to Yan Shaozhe's somewhat confused words and said, "Senior brother, you don't understand Jing Hongchen, nor do you understand Xu Tianran. Xu Tianran sent Jing Hongchen here not simply to sow discord. He's a madman, but also very clever."

As he spoke, Jiang Ming stood up and said softly, "Listen to me. In the next few days, I'll take Jing Hongchen around the academy and Shrek City. Not only will we not kill him, but we'll also treat him well and leak some information."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

Seeing Jiang Ming vanish into thin air, Elder Song and the four deans exchanged glances, all deep in thought, trying to understand the meaning of what Jiang Ming had just said.

"Without understanding Jing Hongchen, one cannot understand Xu Tianran."

The doubt on Yan Shaozhe's face did not dissipate; instead, it deepened.

After thinking for a long time and still not figuring it out, Xian Lin'er simply gave up and took Qian Duoduo back to the soul tool to continue working.

Cai Meier also returned to her office in the Foreign Languages ​​Department to prepare for the enrollment of the next batch of freshmen.

In the lakeside cottage, Wang Qiu'er was still cultivating.

Her soul power cultivation has improved too quickly. At just over twenty years old, her cultivation level is over eighty, and her soul power is somewhat unstable.

In this situation, it is necessary to continuously strengthen one's soul power; otherwise, one's combat strength will be inflated.

Meanwhile, Liya continued to play in the lake.

As a princess of the mermaid race, and possessing golden blood, she never worried about cultivation.

Even the Heavenly Tribulation that most 100,000-year-old soul beasts fear once every 100,000 years doesn't pose much of a threat to her.

With her strength and bloodline, she doesn't need to worry about perishing during the tribulation at least 500,000 years from now.

Moreover, the cultivation of soul beasts is different from that of soul masters. Relying on bloodline, time, and rare and precious materials is the most effective way for soul beasts to improve their cultivation.

Jiang Ming appeared on the second-floor balcony of the lakeside cottage and then went into Ma Xiaotao's room.

He had just sensed that Ma Xiaotao had woken up while he was on the shore of Poseidon Island.

He looked at Ma Xiaotao, who was still lying on the bed with her eyes closed, smiled, and said, "Get up when you're awake. You've been sleeping for almost a whole day."

Upon hearing Jiang Ming's voice, Ma Xiaotao narrowed her eyes, then stretched out her fair arms, her mature face emitting a sweet and innocent voice.

"Hold me."

After experiencing a fierce storm last night and absorbing the energy of the Sun God's Fire, Ma Xiaotao felt like she had reached a peak in both body and mind! She even became lazy and didn't want to move at all.

Jiang Ming didn't react to Ma Xiaotao's words; instead, his gaze followed Ma Xiaotao's face downwards.

Because two arms were sticking out from under the blanket, the thin blanket could not hide Ma Xiaotao's ample bosom, and half of the baby's breasts were already exposed.

Jiang Ming glanced at it and thought it seemed to have grown bigger again.
Seeing that Jiang Ming did not react, Ma Xiaotao opened her beautiful eyes a little wider and looked down following Jiang Ming's gaze.

After discovering that she had exposed herself, Ma Xiaotao did not shyly cover up like Ling Luochen, but instead showed it off to Jiang Ming openly.

Her personality is bold and passionate.

Now that we've taken the final step, what's there to be shy about?

Moreover, isn't it a kind of romance to show off your best qualities in front of your loved one?
Jiang Ming's eyes twitched slightly, and his gaze shifted to Ma Xiaotao's face.

"You're playing with fire!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaotao smiled charmingly, adding a touch of mature womanly allure to her already sophisticated and elegant face, making one's heart flutter.

"Yeah, I'm the one who plays with fire."

The fire phoenix, doesn't it just love playing with fire?

It has to be said that Ma Xiaotao is much better at seducing men than Ling Luochen.

If Ling Luochen is like a pure and immaculate ice maiden who inspires a desire to conquer, then Ma Xiaotao directly stirs up the most primal wildness deep within one's heart.

This wild feeling is irresistible.

Without the slightest hesitation, the door was closed and the curtains were drawn, leaving only a layer of light dimmed by the curtains in the room, making it somewhat dark, but the atmosphere was just right.

Driving for long periods of time is bad for your back, especially in those large, fuel-guzzling vehicles that are powerful but also extremely bumpy to drive.

However, that applies to people with poor physical condition. For people with good physical condition, driving for a long time mainly results in high fuel consumption, but there are no other problems.

Even people with extremely strong physical abilities might remain in a very relaxed state even if their car breaks down.

(End of this chapter)