I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

Just as Xiao Hongchen was feeling relieved, everyone at Shrek Academy, except for Xu Xingyu and the others who belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, was clearly regretting that Teacher Wang Yan had failed to buy that ferocious beast spirit for Shrek Academy.

After all, this is a ferocious beast! Once a student is chosen by it, they can fuse with a ferocious beast-level soul spirit and obtain a ferocious beast-level soul bone.

Faced with such a luxurious configuration, there is almost no one in this world who wouldn't be tempted! Only the Spirit Pagoda, which sells the souls of ferocious beasts, wouldn't be too interested in this.

On the way back, Xu Xingyu was pestered by Wang Yan to ask when the Spirit Pagoda would start selling ferocious beast souls, and whether Shrek Academy could offer discounts, among other things.

Xu Xingyu shut Wang Yan up by saying that this matter had to be discussed with the tower master, since no one likes being constantly bothered.

Just then, Xu Xingyu's communicator beeped, so she immediately moved to the back of the group to prevent others from peeking and began to check the message on her communicator.

The message was from Gu Yuena, saying that she had just received the money from Xingluo for selling ferocious beast souls. Xingluo also wanted to invite Gu Yuena and Xu Xingyu to a banquet in a few days, and Gu Yuena asked Xu Xingyu for her opinion.

According to the message sent by Gu Yuena, the so-called banquet should be held after the end of the semi-finals.

If Xu Xingyu remembers correctly, the enemy of the Shrek Four in the original work was the Star Luo Royal Family. I wonder if there will be any changes this time.

However, it wouldn't hurt to participate at this time, but it's unclear what Xingluo's intentions are.

After some thought, Xu Xingyu still chose to attend the banquet hosted by Xingluo with Gu Yuena. After all, given Xu Xingyu's relationship with the Xingluo Empire, they wouldn't harm him, right?

Little did Xu Xingyu know that Xingluo had its own plans for this banquet, but she would only find out when she got there.

Meanwhile, in a hall of the Starlight Auction House.

After reading the communicator in her hand, Gu Yuena said to Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu in front of her, "Xingyu has agreed. Xingyu and I will both be attending the banquet this time."

Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "Then thank you very much for attending the banquet we have prepared. Also, this is the money you earned from this soul-searching activity. The relevant handling fees have been deducted from it. Please take a look."

After saying that, he handed a golden card to Gu Yuena. After checking the card with her mental power, Gu Yuena put it directly into her storage ring. Then, after saying goodbye, she turned around and left with Bai Xiuxiu beside her.

However, just as Gu Yuena was about to leave, Xu Jiawei called out, "Please wait, sir."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena stopped in her tracks, wanting to hear what else the ruler of the Star Luo Empire had to say to her.

Seeing that Gu Yuena had stopped, Xu Jiawei smiled and said, "Our Starlight Auction House still has some treasures that haven't been bid on yet. If you'd like, I can introduce them to you. Anything that catches your eye is negotiable."

Gu Yuena simply shook her head and said, "I have other things to take care of tonight. I'll reminisce about sightseeing with Xiao Xingyu next time we have time."

After saying that, Gu Yuena took Bai Xiuxiu's hand and left the Starlight Auction House.

After Gu Yuena and the other person disappeared, Xu Jiawei couldn't help but sigh, while Xu Jiujiu teased, "Why was His Majesty's charm completely ignored this time?"

Xu Jiawei smiled wryly and said, "Well, there's nothing I can do. After all, such geniuses are bound to be arrogant and have sharp eyes. Someone like me, who focuses on managing the country, can't possibly catch their eye."

As the tower master of the Spirit Pagoda, Gu Yuena, with her unparalleled beauty, is bound to be pursued by countless powerful individuals.

If it weren't for the fact that her strength as a Limit Douluo intimidated most people who wanted to win Gu Yuena's heart, she would have been confessed to by countless people every day, and Xu Jiawei was one of those suitors.

Of course, besides being attracted by Gu Yuena's beauty, Xu Jiawei also wanted to strengthen the relationship between the Star Luo Empire and the Qiling Tower.

Although the business relationship between Qilingta and the Star Luo Empire is still very close, this kind of wine cannot put his mind at ease.

If possible, he wanted the Spirit Pagoda to become the state religion of their Star Luo Empire. This would not only allow them to repel the Sun Moon Empire, but also launch a counterattack against it, and then take down the two empires that were watching from the sidelines, allowing the Star Luo Empire to realize its dream of unifying the continent, a dream that had been thwarted by the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago.

Fortunately, his younger sister had already entered into a marriage agreement with the young master of the Qiling Tower. Although in a sense it was like marrying his sister off and expelling her from the family, the relationship between the Star Luo Empire and the Qiling Tower was no longer a simple business relationship.

Of course, Xu Jiawei would be happy to have an even closer relationship with her.

Unfortunately, Gu Yuena already had someone she loved. Long ago, she had sworn to her lover that everything she owned would always belong to the person she deeply loved.

So those suitors could only dream about it.

There's nothing that can be done; Gu Yuena's beauty is goddess-level, so it's inevitable that she'll be pursued by many, even a ruler like Xu Jiawei.

Gu Yuena simply rejected every suitor outright, and those who tried to pester her were beaten to a pulp.

This also led those suitors to give up their hopes, perhaps their dreams could only be realized in the world of dreams.

While Xu Jiawei was still pondering how to forge a closer relationship between the Star Luo Empire and the Qiling Tower, Xu Jiujiu was puzzled by some of Gu Yuena's actions.

At this moment, Xu Jiujiu recalled that when she greeted Gu Yuena earlier, she wanted to address her as "teacher" because of her engagement to Xu Xingyu.

The other party said that she could just call her Sister Nana, saying that Xu Xingyu also called her that.

The problem is that the master and his disciple are so close. When I met Xu Xingyu before, I also felt that the two were too close.

Basically, Xu Xingyu would definitely be present whenever Gu Yuena appeared. It was the same when Xu Jiawei invited Gu Yuena to a banquet. She didn't agree immediately, but instead sent a message to Xu Xingyu asking if he would go.

This behavior gave Xu Jiujiu the illusion that Gu Yuena and Xu Xingyu were the engaged couple.

If that's really the case, then Xu Jiujiu finally understands who's in charge of this big family. It seems that Gu Yuena can't be treated as just a teacher anymore. Even if their relationship isn't quite that close, it's probably not far off.

This is another rival in love who needs to be guarded against, but is also someone you can befriend.