Fairy Clothing Pavilion!
It's been open for over two months, and thanks to the efforts of the Shuang'er sisters, it's on track. New clothing needs time to be accepted.
Business was initially slow; most people just looked around out of curiosity, trying it out without buying anything. But after the first batch of people tried it, it was very successful in the market. Now, with autumn approaching, Hanfu (traditional Han clothing) is both beautiful and warm, and a small Hanfu community has already formed.
The Shuang'er sisters are very creative. After a little guidance from Ma Hongjun, who gave them a general direction, they were able to combine the characteristics of this world to create clothes suitable for its trends.
Adding to this, the sisters' clothing spirits make them the best advertisements simply by standing in front of the store, and the best models by changing clothes.
Plus, their clear pronunciation and sweet voices make them natural salespeople.
Undoubtedly, under the Shuang'er sisters' development, Fairy Clothing Pavilion has a bright future.
Ma Hongjun felt that they couldn't be too rigid; clothing, to a certain extent, represents a culture and an era. There is no best or most beautiful, only the most suitable.
After all, aesthetics differ across eras, worlds, and regions. People from their own world have the most say when it comes to clothing requirements.
Otherwise, even if Ma Hongjun thinks something is beautiful, it's useless if it doesn't fit their aesthetic!
Therefore, Ma Hongjun changed his approach, not emphasizing specific clothing items, but rather discussing design concepts. The most basic requirement for clothing is that it be comfortable to wear and aesthetically pleasing. There are
many styles for women: pure, sexy, Lolita-esque, elegant, and so on.
So Ma Hongjun started by sharing his knowledge of various women's clothing features, such as low-cut tops, miniskirts, pants, vests, high-waisted tops, long stockings, black stockings, cheongsams, swimwear, etc., focusing on showcasing the most beautiful parts of the body. He
also discussed styles like sporty, casual, and elegant, starting with lifestyle.
Giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish!
For fashion geniuses like the Shuang'er sisters, it was easy to grasp the concepts. After Ma Hongjun finished explaining, the Shuang'er sisters excitedly kissed him from both sides simultaneously.
They immediately came up with many ideas, creating various clothing variations, some of which directly impressed Ma Hongjun, filling him with delight.
It seems that such things can't stifle their thinking. For industry geniuses, you only need to give them a direction, and they can give you an unexpected surprise.
The Shuang'er sisters gained even more confidence, their admiration for their young master growing even stronger. Now, they were no longer just captivated by Ma Hongjun's handsomeness, but also deeply admired his intelligence.
This is the benefit of having common topics; it can act as a lubricant, accelerating the emotional fusion between them.
Now, the Shuang'er sisters' feelings for Ma Hongjun had transcended the physical to the spiritual.
Ma Hongjun, however, remained unchanged; he only desired their bodies.
...
Life returned to its regular rhythm, and the distance from Shrek Academy to Soto City became the daily route
for Ma Hongjun and his companions. Autumn arrived, and this harvest season dressed the farmland outside Soto City in new clothes. On a golden plain, four figures ran daily, facing the sunrise and with their backs to the sunset, along the wide farmland road!
Every class continued; the learning time of the young always brought joy and beautiful memories.
Roughly every ten days, Ma Hongjun would go to the Grand Soul Arena, engaging in one to three battles each time.
Practical battles required summarizing and digesting the lessons learned, repeatedly reviewing the combat experiences in his mind. This necessitated simultaneous combat and reflection, so a ten-day interval was best at the beginning.
Except for his somewhat difficult victory against Oscar, Ma Hongjun easily won all other matches, quickly reaching level twenty-nine in soul power.
At level twenty-nine, Ma Hongjun directly crushed other soul fighters of the same level.
He soon achieved a twelve-game solo winning streak, and his two duo winning streaks were nine and ten respectively.
...
As the year drew to a close, Ma Hongjun caught up with Dai Mubai!
Both reached level thirty.
When it came time to hunt for soul rings, Zhao Wuji led Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai out this time.
Flander was too lazy to move, spending all his time lounging in his antique shop in a beanbag chair; Xiang Chengxian was too busy and called Oscar, the little puppy, to help out as well.
This time, only three men set off, but their target was clear: the soul beasts had been identified, and the location remained the Soul Hunting Forest in Musu Town. The
Soul Hunting Forest comprised seven mountains, with the sixth and seventh mountains being the most mysterious, the habitat of thousand-year-old soul beasts. Only a handful of soul masters dared to venture into this area; those below the Soul King realm wouldn't dare enter alone.
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's third soul rings were located within the range of these two mountains.
The beast kings of the Soul Hunting Forest were no secret; the Spirit Hall had general records of soul beasts over a thousand years old. Although the Spirit Hall didn't reveal this information publicly, the hunting teams had investigated for many years and had a fairly good grasp of the situation. The situation of thousand-year-old soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest was widely known among high-ranking soul masters and wasn't exactly a secret.
The Giant Ape King Kong clan lived on the sixth mountain, essentially dominating the entire area.
They possessed more than one thousand-year-old soul beast, with the strongest reaching five thousand years.
Dai Mubai's target soul beast was the Giant Ape King Kong, one of the most suitable target soul beasts for the White Tiger martial soul, researched and passed down through their family.
Their powerful soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, comes from this soul beast.
Dai Mubai's maximum endurance for spirit rings is roughly 1700 years. Through physical training and continuous breakthroughs, his body has been strengthened, and he should be able to challenge the limits of ordinary spirit rings.
The Giant Ape King Kong clan maintains a gregarious lifestyle. After the three of them scouted, they found a total of eight thousand-year-old and dozens of hundred-year-old Giant Ape King Kongs.
Only one fit Dai Mubai's criteria, both being mountain-sized. Dai Mubai determined the suitable one by observing its paws—a Giant Ape King Kong approaching two thousand years old.
Dealing with gregarious creatures is difficult; moving one part affects the whole group, and a careless move is like stirring up a hornet's nest.
To avoid increasing the difficulty and creating unnecessary complications, Ma Hongjun was tasked with luring the Giant Ape King Kong out.
Even among their own clan, thousand-year-old spirit beasts are generally kings, maintaining a distance from each other, except for the two pairs of husband and wife.
The one Ma Hongjun was to lure was a single ape, located in a relatively remote area.
Ma Hongjun stealthily crept over. On the broad mountaintop, there were fewer than a hundred giant apes, each occupying a small area. He
easily crept up to within about five meters of one of the giant apes.
Ma Hongjun took out three tiny golden particles from his belt. He slowly approached, and when he was three meters away, the giant ape finally sensed something amiss.
But it was too late. As the giant ape turned around, Ma Hongjun flicked out the three golden particles.
After being released, the particles began to extend, transforming into three-inch-long, hair-thin needles.
The giant ape didn't seem to care, merely staring at Ma Hongjun with a stern monkey face. But when the three needles pierced its chest, its expression changed drastically, its teeth bared
. Its two long arms frantically scratched its chest; the three swollen lumps caused it pain, and thick white mist spewed from its large nostrils. It was absolutely furious.
"Roar..."
With a deafening roar, the giant ape King Kong pounded its chest in fury, like the Seven Injury Fist—to injure others, one must first injure oneself. The gorilla always liked to display its power and express its anger through self-torture.
This truly vividly illustrates the saying:
"When I get ruthless, I'll even hit myself, are you scared?"