Douluo: Adventure Begins from Wuhun City

Chapter 258 Undercurrent
Afterwards, the two of them chatted for a while, and for some reason, they ended up talking about Bibi Dong's desk that was covered with documents. As the papers fluttered around, an extremely absurd scene began to unfold in this majestic and solemn Pope's Palace.

After leaving the Spirit Hall, Chen Yao returned to Liuyuecao Academy and went into seclusion.

Afterwards, the news that the coalition forces had annihilated the Demon Dragon Palace in the far north also spread across the continent.

The people of the mainland cheered wildly, and as the leader of this incident, the prestige of the Spirit Hall was pushed to the peak for a time by the boiling public voice.

As for the two great empires, they were in a state of decadence, unable to speak out their grievances, and could only lick their wounds in secret.

After seeing the prestige of the Spirit Hall at this moment, the two empires that had been at odds with each other for a long time and had constant friction and conflict, actually softened their attitudes towards each other, and began to interact secretly. They even stopped defending their respective borders and began to communicate with each other.

Obviously, they are afraid of the Spirit Hall and want to join forces to prevent annexation.

The Spirit Hall now has spies spread across almost every corner of the continent. How could they not have noticed the small moves of the two empires? However, the Spirit Hall did not take any action in response.

After all, the gap between the two empires has long been deeply rooted and cannot be traced back. They are completely incompatible in terms of ideology, living habits, politics and other aspects.

Therefore, the Spirit Hall does not have to spend any effort at all. It only needs to wait quietly for the communication between the top leaders of the two empires to gradually deepen. As time goes by, the temporarily hidden contradictions between the two will become more and more obvious, and even continue to deepen. When the time is ripe, once it breaks out, it will inevitably be earth-shattering.

At that time, the Spirit Hall will be able to use the least amount of effort to clear the remaining obstacles on this continent and completely unify.

Taking advantage of this gap, the Spirit Hall can gradually digest the results of this battle.

Although there is no substantial benefit.

But for the Spirit Hall today, there is no shortage of money or food. What it lacks is only justice and the people's hearts.

After all, the two empires are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people on the mainland. Even in the camp of the Spirit Hall, there are many people from the two empires. These people occupy the low, middle and high levels. If you rashly declare war on the two empires, it will definitely cause a huge shake to its foundation.

After all, the Spirit Hall is, after all, nothing more than an organization similar to a church, except that it is larger. Its sense of belonging is ultimately not as good as that of the country and homeland where one is born and raised.

Perhaps some people will sneer at the so-called righteousness of family and country, but it must not be ignored. This is an extremely powerful force hidden in people's hearts. Once it erupts, it must not be underestimated. Even with the current huge size of the Spirit Hall, it must be taken very seriously. This is why, even though Bibi Dong has the overwhelming power, she has not taken any action yet.

And with the silence and indifference of the Spirit Hall, the communication between the two empires began to become blatant after several attempts.

Various policies of cooperation and alliance were issued one by one, allowing civilians between the two countries to begin to interact with each other.

Of course, it is impossible that all the high-ranking officials of the two empires are stupid. There will naturally be people who can speak out clearly and see that the Spirit Hall is keeping its troops on hold and is afraid of something.

So they wanted to take advantage of this, not only to integrate the military forces of both sides, but also to eliminate the barriers between the two empires and the civilians, and integrate with each other.

In this way, the two largest human groups in Douluo Continent are tied together. If the Spirit Hall starts to make trouble, the terrifying public opinion will definitely cause great trouble to it.

However, although the ideas of the top leaders of the two empires were good, they ignored the fact that they constantly emphasized the policy of hatred for the enemy country in their respective empires. The seeds of hatred had long been planted in the hearts of every citizen. Coupled with the differences in people's livelihood in all aspects, not only did the harmony that the top leaders wanted to see not appear among the grassroots, but conflicts occurred frequently, especially at the borders, where bloody incidents continued to occur.

But compared with the entire continent, these conflicts are insignificant and do not cause any waves, so relatively speaking, the continent is also caught in a peaceful atmosphere. But everyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just the calm before the storm.

At Shrek Academy, although the conflict between Ning Rongrong and Tang San escalated to an extreme level, fortunately, Flanders intervened and, regardless of Yu Xiaogang's pleas, in full view of everyone, on the playground, he whipped Tang San with a whip made of thorny vines.

Although Zhu Zhuqing didn't care about this situation and felt it was useless, after all, if she had been a step slower and failed to react, Ning Rongrong would have been in danger. This kind of punishment afterwards was completely meaningless.

But the resentment in Ning Rongrong's heart was almost dissipated. After all, she was not like Zhu Zhuqing, who had seen blood at an early age and had been extremely cared for since childhood. Even though she was a little spoiled, she would not be like Tang San, who would take people's lives at every turn.

In general, the conflicts among these students were suppressed by Flanders. Even though there were undercurrents and people’s hearts were different, on the surface, it was still harmonious. This was enough. The old dean really tried his best!
After solving the mess, Flanders hesitated for a long time and finally handed over the task of teaching the students to Yu Xiaogang.

Although Flanders was somewhat dissatisfied with Yu Xiaogang's somewhat twisted personality, he was still willing to believe in his abilities. After all, when they were traveling around the continent together, Yu Xiaogang's theories helped them and saved them a lot of trouble, which left a deep impression on Flanders that Yu Xiaogang was knowledgeable.

As for Yu Xiaogang's coaching, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong did not express any opinions after all.

They were mainly targeting Tang San, and there were only a few quarrels between them and Yu Xiaogang. For Flanders' sake, they were too lazy to make things difficult for him and just let the previous events go.

Anyway, they have their own thoughts. They just listen to what Yu Xiaogang said about unconditional obedience. If it is just simple training, it is fine. They are not afraid of it anyway. But if it does not meet their wishes, the two of them will not pay attention to Yu Xiaogang.

Just like this, several students with different thoughts gathered for the first time under the command of Yu Xiaogang.

The master stood in the middle of the playground with his hands behind his back, looking at the seven students in front of him.

The master's gaze swept across everyone, and when it came to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, he paused. A hint of gloom flashed across his eyes, but he quickly recovered.

"I hope to see you in the cafeteria early at breakfast time tomorrow. Food needs time to digest after eating, so you can't do strenuous exercise right away. I will prepare breakfast at dawn. If you don't come to eat within half an hour, you don't have to eat."

But Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing didn't care about what he said, and even the other three veteran students curled their lips.

This so-called master lost face in front of Ning Rongrong a few days ago, but now he has the nerve to order them around and even control their meals.

Several people complained in their hearts, but did not say it out loud. They just nodded perfunctorily to Yu Xiaogang.

In the team, only Tang San, who had just recovered from a serious injury, listened attentively, with a serious expression, not daring to be distracted. Yu Xiaogang saw this, and subconsciously tightened his fists, blaming it all on Ning Rongrong, but now he had no better solution. If he kept nagging at this moment, it might cause trouble again, and there would be no point in teaching, so he could only continue talking.

"I have learned about your respective martial spirits and abilities. Starting today, I will begin intensive training for you."

"Dai Mubai, come out!"

Dai Mubai was stunned, and some doubts arose in his mind. Could it be that this guy had been upset with Ning Rongrong and wanted to get back at him?
But after thinking about it, he still stood up. Although he was not good in other aspects and had great character flaws, he still respected the old dean Flanders very much. After all, this place was the only place where he felt comfortable and relaxed since he was born.

Moreover, he attached great importance to the teaching and training in the academy and never neglected them. After all, even if he acted indifferent and voluntarily degraded, he was still deeply unwilling and hoping for luck in his heart.

And after seeing Zhu Zhuqing escape from the quagmire, this thought became even stronger.

Zhu Zhuqing's attitude was extremely tough, and he no longer had any thoughts about Zhu Zhuqing. After all, it was only the first time they met, and his dignity had long been suppressed and worn out in the former royal family. He was secretly angry at Zhu Zhuqing's so-called severance of relations, but then he let it go.

But he envied Zhu Zhuqing's current freedom and unrestrainedness, and also wanted to get rid of the shackles on his body.

So he was willing to follow Yu Xiaogang's orders and see what was so special about this guy whom Flanders admired so much and who was not driven away even though he caused such a big mess a few days ago.

Yu Xiaogang looked at the tall Dai Mubai and said.

"I'll give you a task. Without releasing your martial spirit, compete with Ning Rongrong."

"Ah? Ning Rongrong?"

Dai Mubai was stunned when he heard this, somewhat unable to believe it.

Although the physical fitness and endurance that Ning Rongrong displayed at the beginning were terrifying and did not look like an auxiliary spirit master at all, it was only relative to an auxiliary spirit master.

But he is a genuine strong attack spirit master, and his spirit power is level 33. Even if he does not use his martial spirit, his spirit power is several levels lower than Ning Rongrong. However, his combat power cannot be compensated by this auxiliary martial spirit!

However, Yu Xiaogang ignored Dai Mubai's astonishment, just forced a stiff smile and looked at Ning Rongrong.

"How about it, Ning Rongrong, do you accept the challenge? I've seen your information, and you often train with Zhu Zhuqing. Your combat power is not comparable to that of ordinary auxiliary spirit masters. If Dai Mubai doesn't use his spirit, I think you have the strength to fight. It's a good opportunity for me to see how strong you are, so that I can make some plans for future training."

Yu Xiaogang spoke eloquently and with solid arguments, but Ning Rongrong snorted coldly.

"That's a nice trick to use."

However, although she showed great disdain, Ning Rongrong still agreed to the competition. After all, she was not someone who could be easily bullied, and those herbs were not eaten for nothing. She had been hiding behind the competition all day long, casting auxiliary soul skills, and now she wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to see how strong she really was.

When Dai Mubai heard this, he looked at Ning Rongrong with some hesitation on his face, full of resistance, and his movements were extremely awkward.

Obviously, in his eyes, Ning Rongrong was a hedgehog who could not be touched. He did not want to fight with her at all. He wanted to lose on purpose so that he would lose face, but winning was not a good thing either.

"Hmph, you big fool, just go for it. I'm not as fragile as you think. You can't use your martial spirit, or I'll beat you up beyond recognition."

Seeing Dai Mubai's expression, Ning Rongrong immediately knew what he was thinking and spoke out in great dissatisfaction.

"Oh!"

Seeing Ning Rongrong speak like this, Dai Mubai could only sigh deeply, then stared at Ning Rongrong with a serious expression.

"Then grandma, you better be careful!"

After being taught a lesson by Ning Rongrong last time, Dai Mubai really regarded the other party as his ancestor. As for backbone, he had already lost it all when he fled Xingluo City and lingered in brothels. It didn't matter what he had.

After reminding Ning Rongrong, he stretched his arms to both sides at the same time, straightened his chest, and his bones crackled and his muscles tensed up. He was in an offensive posture, like a tiger ready to pounce.

"Humph, you are just a piece of crap!"

Ning Rongrong glanced at Dai Mubai with disdain. She seemed disdainful, but there was a serious look in her eyes.

Then a bright glow appeared on his body, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda appeared in his palm. The three soul rings behind him suddenly lit up, layer by layer, and the released light all poured into his body.

For a moment, the aura of Ning Rongrong, the auxiliary soul master, was actually quite oppressive.

After being taught by Chen Yao and Gu Yuena, she might show contempt towards her opponents, but she would never have any contempt in her heart. In a sense, this was just a means to confuse her opponents, allowing her to be in a more advantageous position when she had to take action.

After all, she is just an auxiliary spirit master. She may face tremendous pressure when facing any combat spirit master. How can she really take it lightly?

This is especially true when facing a soul master like Dai Mubai who possesses a top-level powerful offensive martial soul.

If she really relied on the fact that she had eaten a few pieces of grass and did not treat combat-type soul masters as human beings, then it would not only be stupid, but she would be truly seeking death.

(End of this chapter)