Chapter 104: Mutual Calculation
"This has nothing to do with you, why do you need to apologize?"
Ling Shuang's words made a lot of sense, but it made Mu En frown slightly.
He is not Xuan Zi, not so stupid, and he can hear the meaning of Ling Shuang's words.
He did not express his attitude, which was secretly telling himself that he was not so easy to fool! As expected, he is the inheritor of the God Family, and he is different from ordinary peers.
If there were other teenagers of Ling Shuang's age, they would have felt flattered and expressed forgiveness by being humbled like this.
After all, even if nothing is paid, the initiative of the superior to lower himself is already a great sincerity in the eyes of some people.
But Ling Shuang is not one of those fledgling children. He will not be fooled by this routine that seems to be very sincere but actually does not pay anything substantial.
Mu En sighed in his heart, it seems that he still has to use the second plan.
He continued, "Student Ling Shuang, Xuan Zi is an old man of the Sea God Pavilion. As the Pavilion Master, I should handle his mistakes for him."
"So I am also willing to compensate for Xuan Zi's problem. Does student Ling Shuang need anything?"
Mu En finished speaking and quietly waited for Ling Shuang's answer.
In order not to offend a god inheritor and clean up Xuan Zi's reckless behavior, he was ready to bleed a little.
After all, in Mu En's view, an inheritor from a god family must have a broad vision and would definitely look down on ordinary things.
Mu En did not notice the flash of light in Ling Shuang's eyes after he finished speaking.
This is what he was waiting for!
Seeing that Mu En called him over this time not to put pressure on him but to reconcile with Xuan Zi, Ling Shuang was already secretly calculating how to gain benefits for himself.
He didn't expect that Mu En would take the initiative to bring up this matter before he even needed him to come. Pretending to think, Ling Shuang pondered for a moment, and the expression on his face changed subtly several times in a short period of time.
Finally, he said hesitantly, "In that case, please let me practice here with the help of this tree for a month."
That performance was like a student who had not yet become an experienced person in society. He wanted to make compensation, but he didn't dare to ask for more because of his face.
This was of course not Ling Shuang's true performance, but he deliberately showed it to Mu En.
There was no way. The Golden Ancient Tree was too special for Shrek Academy. If he directly and decisively made this request, Mu En would definitely feel that something was wrong and choose to refuse for the sake of safety.
But after his performance, in Mu En's eyes, he wanted to make a request, but because the boy was thin-skinned and didn't dare to ask too much, he proposed a second-best compensation.
Sure enough, when Mu En saw Ling Shuang's performance, he didn't doubt it in his heart, but had the same idea as Ling Shuang expected.
After all, he was a young boy, even if he was the inheritor of the God family, he couldn't get rid of the situation of not being able to wipe his face.
However, since it was about the Golden Ancient Tree, Mu En did not agree outright. Instead, he asked Ling Shuang why he wanted to practice in the Golden Ancient Tree: "I wonder why Ling Shuang has this idea. Could it be that Ling Shuang also knows something about the Golden Ancient Tree?"
"Golden Ancient Tree, is this the name of this tree?" Ling Shuang pretended to be surprised, as if he had heard of the Golden Ancient Tree for the first time.
Such acting skills were so exquisite and impeccable that even an experienced person like Mu En did not see the problem. He was completely worthy of an Oscar for Best Actor.
He also gave a reason: "Because my martial soul seems to be very excited about this... uh, Golden Ancient Tree, so I think practicing here may be of great benefit."
After hearing Ling Shuang's reason, Mu En felt that it was more and more reasonable.
He had secretly observed Ling Shuang's battles many times and had a certain understanding of his martial soul.
The staff martial soul that had never appeared in the history of Douluo Continent contained two opposing but harmoniously coexisting forces.
The power of life and destruction!
The vitality of the golden ancient tree is strong, and it is normal for Ling Shuang's martial soul to be excited about it. He really can't see any problems.
In fact, it's strange that Mu En can see the problem.
After all, this is the truth. Ling Shuang just wants to use the golden ancient tree to practice and comprehend the law of life. The reason why he came to Shrek Academy is because of this.
He just concealed some things he knew, but what he said was all true. It's really strange that the truth can reveal the problem.
So many times, compared with lies, the truth that appropriately covers up some content is more effective.
At this point, Mu En is actually almost relieved.
But he still pretended to be embarrassed: "Student Ling Shuang, you may not know that this golden ancient tree is too extraordinary for our Shrek Academy."
"This month..."
Hearing this, Ling Shuang frowned slightly and showed a little anger.
After all, normally, if this kind of "second best" request is rejected, it will definitely be unhappy.
And this reaction made Mu En completely calm.
"How about this, twenty days, as compensation, student Ling Shuang can practice in the Golden Ancient Tree for twenty days, how about that?"
"After all, although Xuan Zi was at fault in this matter, you, student Ling Shuang, have not suffered any substantial loss."
Although Mu En knew that Ling Shuang was extraordinary, he was only a Soul King after all. What could go wrong if he was allowed to practice in the Golden Ancient Tree for twenty days? Taking a step back, if it was really wrong, he could stop it at that time.
In fact, Mu En actually thought that it would be fine even if Ling Shuang was allowed to practice in the Golden Ancient Tree for a month.
But if he agreed immediately, wouldn't that make this request seem very simple?
Bargaining would create a look of difficulty in making this decision, and would make Ling Shuang feel that he was actually very sincere.
It's like the same compensation of 10,000 gold coins, the effect would definitely be different if you took it out with a pain in your heart and gave it casually without caring.
Ling Shuang resisted the urge to agree immediately, and after a moment of silence with an "ugly" face, he slowly nodded: "Thank you, senior."
"In that case, then let's do it. When does student Ling Shuang plan to come?" Mu En showed a satisfied smile.
"Tomorrow, I'll get ready." Since he wants to pretend, he must pretend to the end.
Ling Shuang can't act too anxious.
It's just one day, he can wait.
"Senior, then I'll leave first." Ling Shuang said goodbye to Mu En and left.
He was in a very happy mood at this time. He didn't expect that his goal would be achieved like this.
He suddenly felt a little grateful to Xuan Zi. If it weren't for Xuan Zi, he really couldn't be sure when he could use the help of the golden ancient tree to practice.
Mu En thought that he had calculated Ling Shuang to death and took advantage of hom.
But little did he know that he was the one being calculated.
This is the moment of charm of information gap!
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