Chapter 50: Bell and Lailah’s ’Sweet’ Relationship
Hearing Bell wonder about it, Lailah also thought about it with Bell. Her intelligence was not inferior either, and she quickly came up with an idea.
"From what you’ve told me before, Nexus wants to take on disciples, right? Then could that poor kid dancing around naked be one of Nexus’s disciples?"
Her guess made Bell’s eyes widen. He didn’t want to believe it, but after thinking about it again, he also felt that it made perfect sense.
"Maybe I really did make the right choice. Otherwise, I’d be the one dancing on the live stream right now instead of Mark."
An S-rank hunter like Bell actually felt a chill run down his spine just now. Being Nexus’s disciple could now seem even more dangerous to Bell than raiding a dungeon.
"But what does doing this actually mean?"
After letting out a sigh of relief, Bell thought about it more seriously. Although he had only interacted with Nexus for a short time, Bell knew that Nexus wasn’t the kind of person who enjoyed torturing others for fun.
"I know this one."
Lailah patted her chest confidently. After all, she was an angel, an immortal being, so she understood what Nexus was teaching his disciple.
"What is it?"
"It’s calmness."
Lailah’s answer left Bell dumbfounded because he couldn’t connect all the information together into anything that made sense.
"Mark is obviously crazy; that’s why he’s dancing so horribly. How is that training his calmness? Look at his professional, soulful eyes. Just looking at them makes me think he’s some lustful gay guy trying to pin me down on the bed. Tsk, just thinking about it gives me the chills."
As he spoke, a scene appeared in Bell’s mind that made him shudder. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t erase it, making Bell want to go beat Mark up to vent his anger.
"Do you remember the holy energy from a few days ago?"
As an S-rank hunter, Bell could also sense the existence of holy energy if it was nearby. But being able to sense it didn’t mean he clearly understood what had happened, which was why he had needed Lailah to explain it to him that day.
"Do you mean the soul brought back from heaven belongs to Mark..."
"I get it now. Mark’s soul is near his body, watching this embarrassing scene. Hahahaha..."
Just thinking about Mark going crazy when he saw his own body putting on a show for the whole world made Bell laugh until tears came out.
"Hey, you shouldn’t laugh at someone else’s pain like that. You have to work harder so you can become an angel sooner."
Lailah put both hands on her hips, her pretty face giving off a stern look like a teacher scolding her student.
Bell didn’t show any signs of disobedience. He simply opened the desk drawer and took out a lollipop. He unwrapped it, put it into her mouth, and smiled.
"Relax a little. I know what I’m doing and what I need to do. Rushing won’t make me an angel. And since you rarely get a chance to come to Earth, you should enjoy yourself a little too."
Bell leaned back in his chair, crossing his legs and putting them on the desk. That was just how Bell was, cocky and confident.
He would never regret anything, much less change just because someone told him he should. He knew what he needed and what he should do.
"I don’t even know what to say to you anymore. And don’t think a single lollipop can buy me off."
Lailah said as she licked the lollipop. Her words were basically completely unreliable. Just looking at her happy expression made it obvious that she had already been bought off.
"Then I’ll give you a whole box." Bell smiled and directly handed a box to Lailah.
His desk drawer had only been used to store lollipops for a few days. It all started when he took Lailah out for a walk a few days ago.
Bell had invited, or you could say tempted Lailah into doing all kinds of things. It wasn’t that heaven didn’t have them, but when she was an angel, Lailah felt they were all unnecessary.
Now that she was using a human body, Lailah was easily tempted by many things... Actually, not that many. Bell had let her play all kinds of games and try all kinds of things, but the only thing she liked was eating lollipops and candies.
"I told you I can’t be bought."
Although she said that, Lailah’s hand quickly took the box of candy. Once she had the candy, she obediently lay down on the sofa and ate instead of trying to teach Bell anymore.
Looking at her happy expression, Bell unconsciously smiled. He never thought that the noble angel he admired would have such an adorable side.
This could also be considered a successful relationship-building effort. Just a little candy was enough to buy an angel’s happiness, so this deal was insanely profitable.
Luckily, Lailah was an angel, so it worked. If she had been a demon, she would have simply made her own candy or stolen some instead of giving Bell a chance to show off like this.
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On that street, the crowd kept getting bigger, making Mark crazier and crazier. His pitiful face, crying without crying and laughing without laughing, was truly miserable.
He no longer had the slightest mind to memorize the cultivation technique. His desperate and helpless eyes stared at his own body doing that crazy act, yet he couldn’t stop it, making the whole thing truly heartbreaking.
His dumbfounded appearance even made Nexus and the system frown.
"Hey, are we going too far?"
He probably wasn’t crazy yet, but Mark was more or less getting there. If Nexus and the system didn’t intervene in time, Mark would definitely kill himself as soon as his soul returned to his body.
[There’s nothing excessive about this. He’s the first disciple of the Cultivation Academy, carrying the responsibility of raising the academy’s reputation, so he absolutely has to be the strongest and most famous person.]
"Dancing naked in the middle of the street is supposed to raise the academy’s reputation?"
Nexus was genuinely a little confused. He knew there were two types of people, one who liked having a good reputation, and the other who liked having a bad reputation. He thought the system was the first type, but he never expected it to be the second.
[My stupid master, you’re too short-sighted. Mark had no reputation to begin with, but now he has a scandalous reputation. This is precisely the foundation for the ultimate transformation that will make everyone see the Cultivation Academy as the number one academy on Earth, with the system itself being the greatest existence above all.]