Douluo Dalu - The Story of Sheng Feilong

The dance party has been going on for just about an hour, but Sima Lanxiao was forced to intervene. A while ago, two boys had created a commotion by intimately dancing together, which displeased many of the influential people present.

Even worse, the two had completely ignored the commotion around them and continued to dance for nearly half an hour by now. Not everyone bothered with them, but all those that did were people Sima Lanxiao would naturally want to appease.

He signalled for the band to end their performance after the current piece they were playing and stepped onto the stage again once they were finished. He held another speech not unlike his opening one and slowly ended the evening. A few people asked about the vote for a pair of dance king and queen, but Sima Lanxiao only apologized and said they would have to postpone this.

Although the dance had ended, the banquet and hall were still free for everyone to use so most people still remained there. Sheng Feilong and Yuanen Yehui returned to their prior spot after the dance ended and were soon joined by Tang Wulin, Yue Zhengyu and the others.

Xie Xie joined them a bit later and his face seemed somewhat complicated. When Xu Xiaoyan noticed him, she smiled mischievously and started speaking to Sheng Feilong, loud enough for Xie Xie to hear. "Brother Feilong, you and Yuanen make such a cute pair! And you really looked good when you danced together!"

Xie Xie frowned and clenched his fists slightly, but Sheng Feilong simply took it as a compliment. He smiled lightly and glanced at Yuanen Yehui for a second. "Thanks. You and Senior Brother Zhengyu also match rather nicely."

Xu Xiaoyan was a bit flustered as she didn't expect such a comeback and saw Yue Zhengyu shooting Sheng Feilong a thumbs up. She pinched Yue Zhengyu's waist, causing his face to contort, she pouted and spoke in a barely audible whisper. "Who would want to match with that idiot..."

Thanks to his strong Spirit power, Sheng Feilong was still able to hear her and chuckled. Tang Wulin and Gu Yue kept out of their talk and just stood by the side, the latter still holding on to Tang Wulin's arm. Previously, Gu Yue was rather displeased with Tang Wulin and he danced with an acquaintance from the Star Luo Continent and enjoyed himself a bit too much for her taste, but she had calmed down by now.

Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan also joined them soon, the former having his arms stuffed with all kinds of food and happily eating. Surprisingly, Xie Xie only stayed for a few minutes before excusing himself and leaving the banquet hall. Sheng Feilong didn't know what was wrong with him, but noticed that he was in a rather bad mood since the dance ended. 'Did he want to become the dance king? Well, it seems like we crushed his chances... I'll apologize later, I guess.'

Time quickly passed by as their group of eight continued to talk. A lot of things happened in the over five months Sheng Feilong hadn't seen everyone, so there was no shortage of topics to choose from. Other than his Soul Power level, Sheng Feilong kept the news of his second Spirit Essence as well as his External Soul Bone and details about Daedalus a secret for now.

While they were still talking, She Meixiao came over to them, seemingly looking for Sheng Feilong. She smiled when she saw him still standing beside Yuanen Yehui. Sheng Feilong quickly greeted her with a light bow, before the latter spoke up in a teasing tone. "I know I told you to bring a girl home for your father to see before you become complacent, but I didn't expect you to act so soon. You're really something else."

Everyone turned silent at once and started at Sheng Feilong and Yuanen Yehui. The latter quickly turned away, but it was obvious that she was blushing even with her make-up to look male on. Sheng Feilong knew of his Master's character, so he didn't take it as seriously as the others and just laughed the matter off. "Master, we were just dancing... I already told you that it's still too early. What if I give father a heart attack?"

"Oh? So you think your father is that old already?" She Meixiao chuckled, to which Sheng Feilong just replied with an innocent smile. "I would never dare to say that."

She Meixiao then stayed with their group for a short period of time. She had a personality that made it easy to get along with her so no one said anything against it. Adding to the fact that she's the Master of Sheng Feilong who also saved his life just made it easier. She Meixiao then excused herself and left the banquet hall as well.

Curious due to She Meixiao's behaviour and easygoing personality, Xu Lizhi semi-seriously asked how strong she was because she didn't feel like a high and mighty senior like the ones he's used to. Sheng Feilong didn't think he'd need to keep it a secret since most of the passengers already know of her status anyways. "She's a Titled Douluo. I'm not sure about her exact level, but she's at least above rank 94."

Xu Lizhi's smile froze and he looked at Sheng Feilong with wide eyes. Just moments earlier, they had been talking to a Titled Douluo like it was nothing, not even showing her the proper respect someone of her status was entitled to. Sheng Feilong smiled again. "Don't worry, if Master wanted you to formally respect her, she would have introduced herself in another manner. You did nothing wrong."

People started to gradually leave the banquet hall and the evening slowly came to an end. Sheng Feilong and the others walked back to their rooms together as they all lived on the same hallway. A few days passed by quietly as no other events were planned.

Sheng Feilong spent most of his time cultivating and didn't really meet up with his friends. All of them took cultivating serious as well, so there wasn't any problem with that. They would still meet from time to time in the hallway or the dining room and talk a bit, but everyone mostly kept to themselves.

Even though they didn't interact much with each other, Sheng Feilong noticed that Xie Xie seemed to avoid him on purpose. Even when all of them sat at a tabbe in the dining room, Xie Xie would take the spot farthest from Sheng Feilong on purpose.

After a while, it started to bother Sheng Feilong, but he didn't want to outright confront Xie Xie about it. He waited for a quiet time and paid a visit to Tang Wulin. The past few days, the latter always seemed to be completely drained of strength whenever they met, so Sheng Feilong used this time to check up on him as well.

He knocked on Tang Wulin's door and was invited in. As usual, the latter looked completely exhausted, but still had his cheerful attitude. Sheng Feilong took a seat and started by casually asking how Tang Wulin was. The latter just forced a smile. "I'm just a bit tired, nothing to worry about."

"Really? You've been like this for a few days now? Are you sure you're okay? You're not seasick or something like that, right?" Sheng Feilong seemed honestly concerned, but Tang Wulin still insisted that he was okay.

If the latter didn't want to say anything, Sheng Feilong couldn't force him to. "Well, alright. If something comes up that I could help with, just tell me." Tang Wulin smiled as well, genuinely this time. "Will do. Thanks. Anyways, did you just come over to check up on me?"

Sheng Feilong slightly shook his head. "No, there's one more thing. Well, it may sound a bit weird, but do you know what's up with Xie Xie? He seems to be avoiding me for the whole time for some reason."

Tang Wulin showed a slightly awkward expression when he heard Sheng Feilong's question. "Yeah, I noticed... I may have a clue as to why..." Sheng Feilong tilted his head slightly with a expecting expression. "Oh yeah? What's it?"

"Well, if I had to guess, I'd say it's because of the dance banquet last week." Tang Wulin said after thinking about it for a moment. Sheng Feilong frowned lightly. "The banquet? Why? I don't think I did anything to him there. Or anything ever at all."

Tang Wulin sighed and scratched his head. "Well, Xie Xie is trying to woo Yuanen Yehui." Sheng Feilong was taken aback. He didn't expect something like that. "Yuanen and Xie Xie? Seriously?"

"Yeah. Xie Xie's been after her even before the accident at the Year End Examination. It's just that Yuanen always turned him down. I guess you didn't notice since you weren't in the Working Student's dorms all the time." Tang Wulin explained with a shrug.

Sheng Feilong thought about it with a frown before sighing and scratching his head with one hand. "So it's a one sided thing... And he didn't like that the person he likes, who's always turned him down now agreed to dance with me, huh..."

"Yeah, that's pretty much it." Tang Wulin nodded. Sheng Feilong remained silent for a moment before sighing again. "I guess I'll have to talk to him about this in person, then. I don't want to destroy a friendship for something like this."

He stood up and stretched his back. "Well, thanks for your help. If you need anything just tell me. I'll see if I can find Xie Xie for now." Tang Wulin stood up as well and looked at Sheng Feilong. "Wait. Before you go, can I ask you something as well?"

"Huh? Sure, what is it?" Sheng Feilong stopped and turned around to see Tang Wulin look at him with a serious expression. "Want do you want to tell Xie Xie? Will you let this go? Or do you like Yuanen Yehui as well?"