Douluo Continent: My name is Lu Mingfei, and my martial soul is Lu Mingze.

Lu Mingfei stared at the face in front of him, paused for a moment, and then smiled.

Jiang Nannan was also stunned for a moment, and then she smiled.

The two of them stood in the corridor, laughing like idiots.

"What are you doing here?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I study here. The way you're asking it makes it sound like you're not a Shrek student." Jiang Nannan rolled her eyes.

"Yes, I am, but I'm from the inner courtyard, and you're from the outer courtyard. It's different."

Jiang Nannan's eyes widened: "Inner Courtyard? You've entered the inner courtyard?"

Shrek Academy is a large place, and many people are unaware of its existence. This also explains why many people are hesitant to spread rumors.

Lu Mingfei puffed out his chest, a smug look on his face: "That's right, don't you know who I am? I, Lu Mingfei, am an inner court disciple, a disciple of Elder Song, the real deal, no deception."

Jiang Nannan looked at his panda eyes and couldn't help but laugh: "Do inner court disciples run around with panda eyes?"

Lu Mingfei touched his eyes, his lips twitching slightly: "Well, it was during training, an accident."

He didn't say that he was hit by Hyotei.

Embarrassing.

Jiang Nannan smiled and shook her head, then looked at him earnestly: "Mingfei, thank you."

Lu Mingfei knew what she was talking about.

That was not long after he was taken away by Lao Wang.

Old Wang took him to the Douling Empire for a stroll, saying it was to broaden his horizons.

As a result, they ran into Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan was only fourteen years old at the time, as thin as a bamboo pole, with bloodshot eyes.

Her mother was dying, and she worked odd jobs everywhere to earn money to buy medicine, but the medicine was too expensive, and she didn't have enough money. Later, she heard that the Xuanming Sect had some kind of ceremony, and if you participated, you could get a large sum of money and pills, so she decided to go.

After hearing about this, Old Wang's old face showed an expression that Lu Mingfei had never seen before.

It wasn't anger, it was disgust, pure disgust.

"What kind of bullshit ceremony is this? It's just being a furnace for someone else," Old Wang cursed coldly.

Lu Mingfei was furious.

Although he wasn't some kind of genius or saint, he couldn't tolerate this kind of thing.

What happened next is quite simple.

Old Wang stepped in, and Lu Mingfei paid the money.

Of course, to put it nicely, Lu Mingfei didn't have much money back then; it all belonged to Lao Wang.

Jiang Nannan did not make it to the Xuanming Sect.

Her mother's illness was also cured.

For a period of time after that, Jiang Nannan took Lu Mingfei on a tour of the Douling Empire, saying it was to repay him.

Lu Mingfei initially wanted to refuse, but Jiang Nannan said she wanted to apply to Shrek Academy. She would show him around the environment first, and then Lu Mingfei would show her around Shrek.

Lu Mingfei followed her everywhere, eating all the local snacks and seeing all the scenery of the Douling Empire.

That's when their friendship was formed.

"How is Auntie doing lately?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Much better." Jiang Nannan smiled.

"That's good."

Lu Mingfei nodded, then puffed out his chest again, his arrogant demeanor returning.

"By the way, feel free to come to me if you need anything in the future. I'm an inner disciple now, a disciple of Elder Song, and I'm very powerful. If anyone bullies you, just say my name. If my name doesn't work, I'll help you fight back."

Jiang Nannan looked at him with a smile: "Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

Her tone was like she was coaxing a child, but the smile in her eyes was genuine.

Just then, a voice came from the side.

"Nannan, who is this?"

Lu Mingfei turned his head to look.

At the other end of the corridor, a boy was walking towards them.

He was dressed in a black outfit with a gold belt around his waist. He had regular features and was quite handsome.

She had a smile on her face, but when she looked at Lu Mingfei, the smile didn't reach her eyes.

Lu Mingfei felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

Jiang Nannan's expression changed slightly.

It wasn't the kind of change that you were afraid of, but the kind of change that made you think, "Here we go again," with a hint of impatience.

She turned her head and lowered her voice to say to Lu Mingfei, "Xu Sanshi, the young sect master of the Xuanming Sect."

Lu Mingfei remembered.

The Xuanming Sect is the sect that almost tricked Jiang Nannan into becoming its furnace cauldron back then.

He glanced at Xu Sanshi, his face expressionless.

"Hello, I'm Lu Mingfei, Nan Nan's friend," Lu Mingfei said first, his tone very calm.

Xu Sanshi walked to Jiang Nannan's side and looked Lu Mingfei up and down.

From the panda eyes on his head to the dark red Tang sword at his waist.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"Lu Mingfei?" Xu Sanshi repeated the name, as if savoring something.

"Oh, I remember now. The original spirit, right? When I entered school, my spirit power was only a little over level ten."

Lu Mingfei's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't say anything.

Xu Sanshi continued, his tone carrying an unsettling smile: "I heard you later entered the Inner Academy? Tsk tsk, when did Shrek Academy's Inner Academy standards become so low? I don't know which teacher had such poor judgment to accept you."

Inner Academy disciples? Shrek Academy has tons of inner Academy disciples, why would Xu Sanshi be afraid of him?

Jiang Nannan's face darkened: "Xu Sanshi, that's enough."

"Nannan, I'm just curious." Xu Sanshi looked at her with a smile.

"How come I didn't know you knew such a piece of trash?"

Lu Mingfei suddenly laughed.

It's not the kind of laughter you get from being angry; it's the kind of laughter you only show when you hear a really funny joke.

"Xu Sanshi, right?" he said. "You're calling me a piece of trash?"

What's with the nonsense? Are you trying to show off to Lord Lu?

"Isn't that right?"

"Okay." Lu Mingfei nodded, his smile unchanged.

"Then let's meet in the ring. If you win, I admit I'm trash. If I win, from now on you'll greet me with 'May Master Lu be blessed' whenever you see me, okay?"

Xu Sanshi narrowed his eyes.

He never expected that this guy, who was called a piece of trash, would actually dare to challenge him to a fight.

"Okay," Xu Sanshi agreed readily.

"Time and place."

"Right now, right here."

The Shrek Academy arena is right next door, just a few steps away.

The news spread very quickly.

"Have you heard? Xu Sanshi is going to challenge someone to a duel!"

"Xu Sanshi? That Xu Sanshi, one of the twin stars of the outer academy? A level 39 defensive-type Soul Master?"

"Yes! Who was he fighting?"

"I think his name is something like Lu Mingfei, from the inner courtyard."

"From the inner courtyard? Isn't Xu Sanshi courting death?"

"Not necessarily. That Lu Mingfei was only at level ten before, with very low innate soul power. He hasn't been in the inner courtyard for long either. How strong could he be?"

"Let's go, let's go take a look!"

A crowd quickly gathered around the training ground.

Lu Mingfei and Xu Sanshi stood in the center of the arena, facing each other.

Xu Sanshi, dressed in a black outfit, stood with his arms crossed, his eyes filled with undisguised contempt as he looked at Lu Mingfei.

"Level 30?" He sensed Lu Mingfei's soul power fluctuations and smiled.

"Is this the level of the inner court?"

Lu Mingfei ignored him.

He took the Tang sword off his waist.

"Report Soul Power!" someone shouted from below the stage.

Xu Sanshi spoke first, his voice booming: "Xu Sanshi, level 39 defensive-type battle spirit master, martial spirit Xuanming Shield!"

After he finished speaking, three spirit rings suddenly erupted from his body.

Two yellow and one purple rings, a standard configuration of a hundred years, a hundred years, and a thousand years. The light of the soul rings flowed, carrying a heavy sense of oppression.

A huge phantom shield appeared behind him, its surface engraved with ancient tortoise shell patterns, and its edges glowing with a ghostly blue light.

A gasp of surprise rippled through the audience.

"Level 39! The Twin Stars of the Outer Courtyard truly live up to their name!"

Lu Mingfei slammed his Tang sword on the ground and cleared his throat: "Lu Mingfei, Level 30 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Master, Martial Soul - Original Body."

As soon as he finished speaking, a spirit ring lit up on his body.

Two laps.

One ring is white, and the other is black.

The white one is from ten years ago.

The black one is the one that lasts for ten thousand years.