My Girlfriend is the Nether King

After leaving the basketball court, Xiao Feng led Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao to the senior class three.

Many students were shocked to see Xie Xiaofeng and Chen Hao walking together, laughing and talking, including the other three known with Xiao Feng as the 'Four Little Overlords'.

Upon arriving at senior class three, Chen Hao subconsciously shifted his gaze to Lin Xiaofan's seat, a habit he had formed from his frequent visits to her in the past. Coincidentally, Lin Xiaofan also happened to look his way at that moment, and their eyes unexpectedly met.

Ye Yuqiao, standing beside Chen Hao, noticed the exchange of glances between him and Lin Xiaofan and immediately frowned, turning her head to the side.

At that moment, Lin Yifei walked up behind Xiao Feng, visibly upset and asked, "Xie Xiaofeng, what are you trying to do?"

Chen Hao turned and shoved Lin Yifei, disdainfully saying, "Scram! Don't get in the way of our important business."

"Chen Hao!" At this time, Lin Xiaofan, sitting inside the classroom, shouted angrily toward the doorway. She then stood up fiercely and strode toward the entrance.

"Oh boy!" Xiao Feng furrowed his brows, having intended to just bring Ye Yuqiao and Chen Hao to look for a new teammate.

When Lin Xiaofan reached the door, Xiao Feng quickly blocked her, whispering persuasively, "Lin Xiaofan, today's incident doesn't concern you or Lin Yifei, it's just a small misunderstanding, so don't add to the chaos. You can rest assured, Chen Hao isn't here to bother you today. Didn't you see his girlfriend as beautiful as a Heavenly Immortal standing right next to him?"

Meanwhile, Chen Hao commanded Lin Yifei in an authoritative tone, "Last-named Lin, I am not here for your girlfriend today, so get lost."

Lin Xiaofan snorted, looking past Xiao Feng at Chen Hao's back, she said with a dark expression, "But I clearly saw just now."

"Saw what?" Xiao Feng glanced at Lin Xiaofan impatiently, "Didn't I just say it was a misunderstanding? If Chen Hao really wanted to hit Lin Yifei, do you think you coming out would help? Do you think Chen Hao would still be interested in you? Go back and sit down. Oh, and while you're at it, could you please call Tang Jing out for me?"

Tang Jing was the person Xiao Feng, along with Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao, had come to find. She has an older brother in college named Tang Chao, and both siblings are descendants of the Onmyoji family Tang Family who had a chance to join the Yin Yang Master Association. Like Xiao Feng, however, they declined to join the Yin Yang Master Association because they disapproved of its collusion with malevolent spirits.

It also happened to be that Tang Jing was Lin Xiaofan's current desk-mate.

After Lin Xiaofan went back to her seat and Lin Yifei sulkily left, a tall girl with a ponytail and black-rimmed glasses soon strode out from the senior class three classroom. She approached Xiao Feng and asked succinctly, "Xie Xiaofeng, do you need something from me?"

"Tang Jing, a word please," Xiao Feng said tersely.

Then, the two of them went over to the side railing of the corridor. As Tang Jing passed Chen Hao, she looked at him with a disdainful glare—being Lin Xiaofan's desk-mate, she had heard more than enough of Chen Hao's bad deeds from Lin Xiaofan and thus had a great contempt for him.

While Xiao Feng talked with Tang Jing in the hallway, Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao waited at a distance. Chen Hao appraised Tang Jing up and down, finding her tall figure to be refreshing—providing a comfortable, dependable, and capable impression. Perhaps it was his past fixation on Lin Xiaofan that kept him from noticing such a beautiful girl in class three.

"Do you freeze up every time you see a beautiful girl?" Ye Yuqiao suddenly asked, standing next to Chen Hao.

Immediately, Chen Hao turned his head, fixing his gaze on Ye Yuqiao, and muttered, "Compared to you, she's not even close to being beautiful."

Ye Yuqiao glared at Chen Hao and then slammed her fist into his chest, coldly saying, "Look at that girl, don't look at me!"

Chen Hao caught Ye Yuqiao's fist in the palm of his hand, teasingly said, "Ye Yuqiao, you couldn't possibly be jealous, could you?"

Ye Yuqiao angrily broke free from Chen Hao's grip and said expressionlessly, "I have no feelings for you, so why would I be jealous over you?"

Hearing Ye Yuqiao say that, Chen Hao immediately put on a sad face, slowly stretched out his hand to hold Ye Yuqiao's, and said in a low and humble voice, "I'm sorry, isn't that enough?"

Ye Yuqiao paid no attention, her face still devoid of any expression.

At that moment, inside Class Three of the twelfth grade at Jingwen Middle School, Lin Xiaofan had been watching Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao in the hallway, seeing the two flirting and bickering, he felt quite uncomfortable.

A few minutes later.

After listening to Xie Xiaofeng explain his intentions, Tang Jing sneered, crossed her arms over her chest, and asked with a disdainful and arrogant tone, "You're not joking with me, are you? Chen Hao, that loser... dares to provoke those fierce ghosts?"

"Yes, indeed! It's absolutely true!" Xie Xiaofeng earnestly said, "A week ago, I saw with my own eyes how he announced his resignation from the Yin Yang Master Association because he opposed the Bi Luo Fairy; just last night, I heard Grandpa saying that he burned down the main temple of the Seven Fairies on Red Leaf Mountain, and the Seven Fairies personally came looking for his family!"

Tang Jing snorted coldly and shook her head slightly in disbelief, "That's really hard to believe!"

"What else can I think! You know that just half a month ago, I fought with him. If it weren't for this matter, do you think I would join forces with him?" Xie Xiaofeng lamented. After a pause, he added, "Strangely enough, ever since that car accident, I felt like he became a different person. And it turned out to be true. So, what do you think? Do you want to join us? Tonight, the Yin Yang Master Association will move out in full force to deal with Chen Hao."

"I'll talk to my brother about it first!" Tang Jing said somewhat reluctantly. "I'm going to contact my brother right now and ask him to come to our school for a discussion at noon."

Having said that, Tang Jing returned to the classroom, and as she passed by Chen Hao, she looked at him with a scornful glance.

"Did you do something bad to her in the past?" Ye Yuqiao asked softly.

Chen Hao just shrugged and snorted, "Never! It must be Lin Xiaofan spreading bad things about me to her."

"And what bad things did you do to your ex-girlfriend?"

Chen Hao hesitated, then looked at Ye Yuqiao with a smile and said, "Hey, Ye Yuqiao, who doesn't have a past? Do you really need to cling so tightly to mine? That seems rather petty, doesn't it?"

"I..." Ye Yuqiao was at a loss for words, knowing that she had gotten the short end of the stick, she glared at Chen Hao resentfully.

At that moment, Xie Xiaofeng approached them, smiling and said, "Tang Jing is almost convinced, and her brother Tang Chao will come from their university to our school to discuss the matter at noon."

"What about the Turtle Spirit Stone?" Chen Hao asked urgently.

Xie Xiaofeng shook his head, showing a helpless expression, "I haven't even brought it up yet. For such a precious item, you at least need to let someone get to know you well before they give it to you, right?"

During lunch break, Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, Xie Xiaofeng, and Tang Jing gathered at the entrance of Jingwen Middle School, waiting for Tang Jing's brother, Tang Chao, to arrive.

Soon after, a tall and burly young man got out of a taxi. From a distance, he greeted Tang Jing with a wave and excitably shouted, "Sister, sister."

Why did Tang Jing's brother seem a bit silly? He appeared to be all brawn and no brains! Chen Hao thought to himself.

The four went up to meet him, and before Tang Jing could introduce everyone, Tang Chao eagerly shook hands with Chen Hao, Ye Yuqiao, and Xie Xiaofeng, smiling and saying, "Hello, I'm Tang Chao; hello, I'm Tang Chao!"

Tang Chao's unusual behavior left the three feeling somewhat at a loss, and they could only respond with awkward smiles. After getting to know each other, the five went to a private room in a restaurant outside Jingwen Middle School.

After listening to Xie Xiaofeng's plan on dealing with the Seven Fairies, Tang Chao first nodded, then looked at Tang Jing and asked, "Sister, what do you think? As long as you agree to join them, big brother will agree too."

So he is a protective older brother after all! Chen Hao pondered inwardly upon hearing this.

Tang Jing clasped her hands under her chin and pondered. After a long while, she turned to Chen Hao and said, "We can join you, but let me make this clear: if this guy Chen Hao dares to fool around, we will immediately pull out!"

"It seems you have quite a misunderstanding about me!" Chen Hao said to Tang Jing with a wry smile.

Tang Jing snorted without saying anything further, but her face unabashedly showed her disdain for Chen Hao.

"So we'll take it as you agree to join us?" Xie Xiaofeng asked, looking uncertainly between Tang Jing and Tang Chao.

Tang Chao looked at Tang Jing and, knowing her well, realized that her silence meant agreement. Therefore, he chuckled, nodded on her behalf, and said, "Mhm, both of us siblings agree. Hopefully, with our collective effort, we will be able to eliminate those impostor spirits masquerading as gods soon!"

The five toasted with tea, celebrating their alliance.

After the meal, they discussed their strategy for dealing with the Seven Fairies and the Yin Yang Master Association that night. Then, Chen Hao kept giving Xie Xiaofeng subtle looks, hinting for him to ask about the Turtle Spirit Stone.

Xie Xiaofeng showed a troubled expression and hesitated for quite some time before finally asking, "Brother Chao, I heard that the Tang Family has a Turtle Spirit Stone?"

"What do you want it for?" Tang Jing immediately became very wary.

"Just... just to take a look at it," Chen Hao hurriedly explained for Xie Xiaofeng.

Tang Jing looked at Chen Hao suspiciously and asked, "You just want to look at it, really?"

"A look won't get you pregnant!" Chen Hao muttered under his breath. Although he tried to speak quietly, Tang Jing still heard him clearly.

Tang Jing became angry, glaring at Chen Hao, "What did you say! I knew you were unreliable!"

"You...!"

"Hey! Let's not rush things," Tang Chao quickly dissuaded Chen Hao, who was sitting next to him. Then he removed a pendant strung on a red cord from around his neck and handed it over to Chen Hao, laughing, "This is the Turtle Spirit Stone."

Chen Hao took it with anticipation.

The so-called Turtle Spirit Stone was nothing more than an irregularly shaped, pitted, earthy yellow little rock at first sight, without any obvious special features.

However, just as Chen Hao was about to pass the Turtle Spirit Stone to Ye Yuqiao, the stone suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light. At that moment, Chen Hao felt an intense burning sensation in his palm, as if he were holding a fiercely burning coal.

He could feel waves of warmth flowing from the Turtle Spirit Stone into his body like a tidal wave.

"What's happening?" Tang Jing shielded her eyes with her hand and asked.

Ye Yuqiao frowned; she had guessed that Chen Hao's body was absorbing the Yang Energy from the Turtle Spirit Stone.

About a minute later, the golden glow finally subsided.

Immediately, Tang Chao snatched the Turtle Spirit Stone back from Chen Hao's hand and handed it to Tang Jing.

Upon examining the Turtle Spirit Stone, Tang Jing saw that a quarter of its original earthy yellow color had faded to scorched black, signifying that a quarter of the stone's Yang Energy had been absorbed by Chen Hao.

"So the Turtle Spirit Stone is really the reason you sought us out! Despicable, shameless!" Tang Jing was furious, slamming her fist on the table as she stood up. "Brother, let's go!"

"Oh!" Tang Chao responded dumbly, then stood and followed Tang Jing out of the private room.

At this point, Xie Xiaofeng looked at Chen Hao with a dark expression.

Chen Hao shrugged helplessly, raising his hand to swear, "I swear, I didn't mean to absorb the spirit energy of the Turtle Spirit Stone, and I honestly don't even know how to do it!"

"I can vouch for that!" Ye Yuqiao said seriously.

Xie Xiaofeng sighed in resignation.