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..."Please move aside..."
Looking at Tang Miao, who was blocking her path, the campus beauty-level girl spoke in a soft voice.
Such a beautiful girl, if he didn't flirt a little, he'd be letting himself down. Especially since he knew he had caught the attention of a big shot, he was completely over the moon~
"This road isn't yours, why should I move aside?"
Tang Miao said with a mischievous smile, "Or tell me your name, and I'll move."
Hearing this, the girl wasn't angry. Her beautiful eyes looked at Tang Miao with some confusion. After a slight pause, she softly said, "My name is Ding Yumei, from the Fire Institute. Can you move aside now?"
Although Ding Yumei primarily cultivated the Fire element, her Psychic element was truly abnormal. However, she could usually see through people's thoughts with just a glance, but today, she couldn't see through the young man in front of her?
And while she didn't like being flirted with, she also didn't want to be entangled. The person in front of her was clearly not simple!
Tang Miao was stunned, looking at the girl in front of him, he paused, "Ding Yumei!?"
He didn't have a deep impression of this girl. But it seemed like he had heard of her somewhere.
But for a moment, he just couldn't recall... While Tang Miao was deep in thought, Ding Yumei's calm, placid eyes also showed a slight change. She wasn't infatuated; she just hadn't expected that this guy who was blocking her didn't even know her??
Of course, this small change was only for an instant. Immediately, Ding Yumei wanted to bypass Tang Miao and leave.
But Tang Miao, who was clearly still thinking, blocked her path again... If Ding Yumei wasn't sure that he really didn't know her and was genuinely thinking, she would have thought his acting was superb!
However, even the most good-tempered person would get a little angry when encountering such a scoundrel.
Looking at Tang Miao, Ding Yumei's voice carried a hint of displeasure, "I've already told you my name, aren't you going to move aside?"
Tang Miao felt a wave of awkwardness. This time, it was purely instinctive. He then moved aside and said, "Sorry... instinctive reaction."
Ding Yumei's small face was full of curiosity. Although she couldn't read his thoughts, her instincts told her that Tang Miao wasn't lying.
"You're very interesting."
After dropping a perplexing remark, Ding Yumei took small steps and left the area.
This was the first time she had met someone like Tang Miao, but for certain reasons, even though she found him interesting, she wasn't willing to interact with him too much. Kind girls always fear hurting others... After Ding Yumei disappeared from sight, Tang Miao still couldn't recall anything about this girl's past. But he was sure that she definitely had some kind of experience...
Unable to figure it out, Tang Miao gave up.
However, he had to admit, this attempt at flirting was a complete failure... He was, after all, the top student in the Lightning Institute, and quite famous on campus, so why didn't this girl from the main campus recognize him!
Feeling somewhat defeated, Tang Miao left in the opposite direction... After leaving the academy, Tang Miao headed straight for the Azure Sky Hunter Agency.
Upon arrival, Lingling was there as usual, waiting for a fat sheep to fall into her trap. Of course, the reason for this was Tang Miao's return!
Otherwise, at this very moment, she should be figuring out how to deal with the elementary school students at school.
There was no other way; a genius like little Lingling naturally didn't want to play with a bunch of intellectually inferior little brats.
"Tang Miao!"
When she saw Tang Miao approaching, Lingling was excited.
It was rare to see Lingling so excited, and Tang Miao smiled, "Oh, little girl. Did you miss me?"
"Who missed you?"
Lingling said haughtily, but when she saw Tang Miao about to turn and leave, she quickly grabbed his coat and said, "Alright, alright! This young lady missed you."
Even with her high intelligence, in the absence of demons, Tang Miao still held the dominant position.
Seeing Lingling give in, he turned back and said, "That's more like it. You little brat, without your big brother to guide you, you'd better just stay in school."
Lingling let out a dissatisfied, delicate "Hmph~" but uncharacteristically didn't retort. Instead, she complained, "You went to such a fun place like Tianshan, why didn't you take me with you? Are you still my partner or not!"
"Cough, cough..."
Tang Miao's mouth twitched slightly. He looked at Lingling helplessly and said, "Is that a place for fun? One wrong move, and it could cost you your life!"
Lingling tilted her small head and said, "But you didn't die, did you?"
"..."
A light breeze blew, and the air fell silent.
"Lingling, is Tang Miao here?"
Just then, Old Man Bao's voice came out, "Come in quickly, dinner's ready."
After Old Man Bao stopped wandering the martial world, he probably devoted himself to cooking. His culinary skills were indeed not bad, so Tang Miao always timed his visits around mealtime.
Hearing "dinner time," he was too lazy to argue further with this annoying little loli.
And seeing Tang Miao go in, Lingling pouted and mumbled, "Hmph, men!"
...During dinner, Old Man Bao asked Tang Miao about his past year.
He didn't hide anything and recounted how the Totem Black Snake and he went to Tianshan, and how they encountered the descendant of the White Tiger. Of course, Tang Miao didn't mention the existence of the Totem Holy Beast White Tiger's soul.
After all, the other party was already 'cold,' and now it was just a wisp of a soul, so saying it or not wouldn't make much difference.
And when he finally mentioned accidentally acquiring a Snow Maiden, it made both Old Man Bao and little Lingling gasp in amazement!
Old Man Bao, who had always been unflappable, looked at Tang Miao with shock and said, "You mean, you contracted a Snow Maiden as a summoned beast?"
Tang Miao nodded and even summoned the Snow Maiden.
The little Snow Maiden still maintained her aloof demeanor, younger than Lingling but even more arrogant. She seemed completely uninterested in the old man and the little girl in front of her.
"Ying ying ying~"
She looked at Tang Miao, seemingly expressing her displeasure. After all, she was cultivating, and Tang Miao had just summoned her out.
The little Snow Maiden didn't like staying in the human world, even though she was a creature of this world. However, she preferred to stay in the contract space.
Looking at the complaining Snow Maiden, Tang Miao smiled, "Cultivating all day is so boring. Life is only a few decades long; being happy is the most important thing."
"Ying~!!"
It seemed the little Snow Maiden was a bit angry at her master's laziness.
Meanwhile, the grandfather and granddaughter next to them were seriously observing the ice element emanating from the Snow Maiden.
Unlike some women, Lingling wasn't fooled by her cute appearance; she was solely focused on observing her characteristics, power... and so on!