Douluo Continent: I, the world's greatest immortal master, have taken Ning Rongrong as my disci

Chapter 18: Heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to Hunt for the Third Soul Ring
Early that morning, just as dawn was breaking, Su Ran, along with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, embarked on their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhu Zhuqing seems to be in much better condition now. Once a person has hope and is on an upward trajectory, their condition will be particularly good.

Ning Rongrong was very excited. The thought of embarking on a thrilling forest adventure with the handsome teacher Su Ran filled her with excitement.

But just as they left the school gate, they unexpectedly encountered the Shrek group, who were also heading to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Flanders greeted Su Ran politely:
"Teacher Su Ran, are you also going to the Star Dou Great Forest? Why don't we go together?"

Upon hearing Flander's words, Zhao Wuji's face darkened, and he quickly pulled him aside, saying, "Dean."

Su Ran smiled faintly and nodded slightly, politely declining.
"No, please make yourselves at home."

Zhao Wuji immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If they had really gone together, he would have been terrified.
Then, Wang Sheng untied the horse's harness, and Su Ran gave a soft whistle, at which point two white horses galloped over.

The white horse was very fond of Su Ran. Whenever it saw Su Ran, it would wag its tail and circle around her.

Su Ran turned to look at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing:
"Can you ride a horse?"

Ning Rongrong shook her head. As an assistant, how could she possibly know how to ride a horse?

Zhu Zhuqing nodded: "I will."

The Star Luo Empire is a military empire, and as a descendant of the Star Luo clan, one naturally has some knowledge of horsemanship.

"With limited resources, we only have two fine horses. One of them can ride. You take Rongrong and follow me. We'll try to get to the Starry Sky Forest before noon."

Su Ran swiftly mounted the horse, her movements elegant and dashing.

Zhu Zhuqing could tell that Teacher Su Ran was an expert horse rider.

In Ning Rongrong's eyes, it was even more incredible. In her eyes, it was an unparalleled, peerless young man with an ethereal appearance sitting on a white horse. The so-called Prince Charming was nothing more than this.
"I want to be the teacher's horse!"

"what?"

"No, I said I want to ride a horse with the teacher."

Ning Rongrong blushed and accidentally blurted out what was on her mind.

"Teacher, although I can ride a horse, I'm not very good at it. If we go too fast, I'm afraid I won't be able to carry Rongrong. Would you please take her instead?"

During their previous heart-to-heart talk under the stars, Zhu Zhuqing had already discerned that Ning Rongrong harbored 'ulterior motives' towards her teacher, so she decided to let them be together.

However, some time later, when she finally sees Su Ran's stunning beauty after he takes off his mask, she will probably regret her actions and want to slap herself.

"Come up."

Su Ran extended her hand to Ning Rongrong and said calmly.

"Ah~"

Ning Rongrong placed her small hand in Su Ran's large hand, still immersed in the feeling of holding hands with her teacher, when she was suddenly pulled and exclaimed in surprise, she was already sitting in Su Ran's lap.

"Sit tight."

"drive!"

"what!"

With a low shout, Su Ran rode away on horseback.

Ning Rongrong was so frightened that her soul almost left her body.

She snuggled into Su Ran's arms, her hands tightly wrapped around Su Ran's waist.

Once she got used to it, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but look up at Su Ran.

From this angle, even though Teacher Su Ran is wearing a mask, you can clearly see his jawline, which is exquisite, and his Adam's apple—ah, so masculine!
The faint fragrance of peach blossoms lingered around my nose.

Teacher, it smells so good, wow!
(He) was captivated. "Giddy up!"

Zhu Zhuqing also mounted her horse sideways and followed closely behind Su Ran.

"Indeed, it is a fine steed. It must be a thousand-year-old soul beast, the Azure Cloud White Dragon Horse. It is very expensive. This is not due to limited conditions. Even noble mansions rarely see one. A single Azure Cloud White Dragon Horse is worth several thousand gold coins."

Zhu Zhuqing had a good eye and recognized the white horse that Su Ran had summoned. Riding it was very graceful, as if walking on clouds, light and swift.

Over here, Xiao Wu couldn't help but ask:
"Dean, they rode horses from Peach Blossom Academy to the Star Dou Great Forest, what about us?"

"Their Peach Blossom Academy is pleasure-seeking and takes shortcuts, which is unacceptable. We Shrek students are all hardworking monsters. We can run there, which will not only exercise our bodies but also save money."

Flanders glanced at Oscar, who, quick-witted as ever, immediately understood:
"I have a big sausage."

"I have a little sausage."

Two sausages, one thick and one thin, with distinctly different flavors, appeared in Oscar's palm.

He made several large restorative sausages and small detoxifying sausages, which could be used to restore the strength and soul power of his teammates and remove negative status effects.

"Don't worry, Soto City is not far from the Star Dou Great Forest, less than 500 kilometers away. With Xiao Ao's sausages to restore everyone's soul power, and Teacher Zhao Wuji leading you for a day, we'll definitely get there."

Flander comforted the Shrek students.

Xiao Wu pouted:
"The neighboring Peach Blossom Academy claims to have limited resources, yet they rode such beautiful white horses to get there, while we have to run. Aren't we the ones with limited resources?"

"Alright, Xiaowu, stop complaining. Let's just run. The dean is right; running there can be used as training."

Tang San, who had suffered hardships since childhood, had no complaints about it. After all, being able to rely on Shrek Academy was already quite good for him, as Dean Flander and the others were Soul Saint level experts.

Recalling his time at Notting Academy, the master had to ask the academy's dean for help in hunting a ghost vine.

"If we had known it would be like this, we would have been better off joining Peach Blossom Academy."

Xiao Wu felt resentful; there's no harm without comparison.

It's too much of a hardship at Shrek Academy. Look at those two girls who joined Peach Blossom Academy. Not only have their strength improved, but they're also radiant.

Starting from the same point, Ning Rongrong, a support character, can already take on a powerful attack-type Soul Master of the same level in a one-on-one fight.

I wonder how far Zhu Zhuqing will learn.

I want to become stronger too!

Tang San glanced at Xiao Wu again, and Xiao Wu sighed helplessly:

"Alright, alright, let's run then."

"They're really forcing themselves to suffer when they can't," sigh.

……

While the Shrek Academy students were running like idiots under the scorching sun.

Su Ran had already taken Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to a small town on the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, found a hotel, settled the white horse in, and after having lunch, they went directly into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Su Ran was quite familiar with the situation in the Star Dou Great Forest, as he had obtained almost all of his ten-thousand-year soul rings there.

The Star Dou Great Forest is currently divided into four regions: the edge zone → the outer circle → the mixed circle → the core circle.

Aside from the core circle, which Su Ran was unfamiliar with, he had some experience in the outer and mixed circles.

The edge of the Star Dou Great Forest is home to some small towns and villages where humans gather. Unless there is a beast tide or other special circumstances, only ten-year soul beasts usually appear. In the outer circle, there are hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts. The mixed circle is more dangerous, as it is occupied by many ten-thousand-year soul beasts.

This time, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing will be hunting for their third spirit ring in the outer circle.

(End of this chapter)