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

Chapter 26 A fleeting glimpse, and Xiao Wu falls for him.
"Erming, let's stop here. If you stay with me any longer, you'll attract attention and cause trouble."

"Go back now, I'll come back to see you and Daming again."

Under the starry night, faint starlight falls.

The Starry Sky Forest, deep within its outer perimeter.

Xiao Wu concealed her aura, and her three spirit rings—yellow, yellow, and purple—slowly disappeared.

She spoke softly to the enormous, jet-black Titan Ape behind her, gesturing for it to leave.

Just after Snake Granny led Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran away from the Star Dou Great Forest, that night, Zhao Wuji and Oscar were hunting for other spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest when Titan Giant Ape sensed Xiao Wu's aura, came looking for her, and took her away from Shrek Academy's team.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Wu successfully condensed her third spirit ring.

The Titan Ape was somewhat reluctant to leave, but urged on by Xiao Wu, it slowly walked into the deep forest.

"Phew~ I wonder how Third Brother and the others are doing now. They're probably worried about me, aren't they?"

"I have to go back to them right away."

"No, if I go back looking so neat and tidy now, it will definitely arouse their suspicion. Third Brother is so smart..."

"Have it!"

Xiao Wu walked to a crystal-clear stream. The sound of the flowing water gurgled in the night, and the silvery crescent moon was reflected in the stream, just like a scene from a fairy tale.

She smeared some mud on herself by the stream, making herself all dirty, but then, still feeling uneasy, she tore her clothes and undid her scorpion braid, making it messy.

Xiao Wu then used her scorpion braid to look at her reflection in the clear stream until she was satisfied with her appearance, which matched that of someone who had escaped from disaster.

But just as her messy scorpion tail braid was pulled back, Xiao Wu froze for a moment, as if she had seen something extraordinary.

I couldn't help but lower my head and look at a spot upstream of the stream from the same angle.

Clear stream water cascaded over the bluestone, and under the pale silver moonlight, two ferocious thousand-year-old soul beasts were tethered to the side, their eyes unfocused, as if bewildered by something.

Not far from the two thousand-year-old soul beasts, in the stream, a peerless young man with unparalleled handsome appearance and extraordinary figure, whose every move seemed to influence the fate of heaven and earth, had just emerged from the stream.

The young man's hair was still wet, and his strong, white upper body was exposed. His eight-pack abs were like a work of art, and white mist swirled around him as if he were in a fairyland.

"So...so exquisite...such a handsome man..."

"How can there be such beautiful humans in the world...?"

Xiao Wu stood there, frozen in place, unable to make a single movement, her eyes fixed on the spot, unable to look away.

drop~
Tick ​​~

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In just a few seconds, Xiao Wu felt her face burning hot, her body heating up, and a warm current flowing through her.

Looking down, she saw drops of bright red blood dripping from the tip of her nose into the stream, staining the clear water red.

She had a nosebleed!
Xiao Wu's eyes widened, and she panicked.

This was the first time she had a nosebleed, and she was a little confused about what was going on.

To avoid nosebleeds, I could only tilt my head back and use my other hand to scoop up water from the stream to wash my nose.

But I didn't expect that the more I tilted my head back, the more uncomfortable I felt. I couldn't breathe properly, my nasal cavity was completely blocked, and I accidentally choked on my trachea, which caused me to cough continuously.

"Am I going to die?" Xiao Wu's eyes showed terror.

"Lower your head and pinch the sides of your nose with your hands."

Just then, a youthful voice, like a gentle breeze, rang in my ears, as if in a dream.

Meanwhile, the back of her neck felt icy cold, as if it were a strip of cold cloth soaked in a stream.

Amazingly, she did as the voice instructed, and her nosebleed stopped very quickly.

But when she came to her senses and looked at the stream under the moonlight again, the young man and the soul beast were gone, leaving only tranquility.

"What about people?"

"Who...who is he? His voice sounds somewhat familiar..."

"This person is so good-looking!"

Xiao Wu removed the white cloth from the back of her neck. It turned out to be a towel. She smelled it and found it to be a man's fresh scent, likely from the young man's towel after he had just bathed.

She couldn't help but press the bottle to her nose and smell it a few more times. The young man's face reappeared in her mind. His figure and looks were simply unparalleled and rare in the world. He was just too handsome.

For a moment, Xiao Wu was somewhat captivated.

He used this towel to wipe his body, and I used it to wipe my face and mouth. Does that mean we kissed or kissed?
"I must find him!"

Xiao Wu gripped the white towel tightly, her eyes filled with an unprecedented determination.

Maybe this is what Mom meant by love at first sight!
……

While Xiao Wu was still captivated by the young man's unparalleled beauty, Su Ran had already led two thousand-year-old soul beasts on a night-long escape, reaching the edge of the outer circle.

Su Ran breathed a sigh of relief once she was sure no one was chasing after her.

He spent a great deal of effort in the Star Dou Great Forest before finally finding the two 2,800-year-old Fierce Blood King Tigers and the 2,400-year-old Ghost Barrier Serpents that he was leading.

However, because he had been busy hunting for spirit rings for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong these past few days and had no time for himself, he was looking for suitable spirit beasts for Meng Yiran and Wang Sheng on his own this time. He passed by a clear stream, so he took the opportunity to wash his body and felt refreshed.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Wu came over by mistake and broke Su Ran's peace and quiet.

The girl even got a nosebleed from watching it, which left Su Ran speechless.

"I hope this girl didn't recognize me."

Su Ran shook his head, turned sideways and mounted the Fierce Blood King Tiger, leading the Ghost Barrier Serpent, and galloped out of the forest.

The two thousand-year-old soul beasts he selected for Wang Sheng and Meng Yiran were both extremely powerful, possessing bloodline strength that could be described as overlord-level among thousand-year-old soul beasts.

But in front of Su Ran, they seemed to lose their beastly nature, and the shape of a peach petal appeared in their beastly eyes.

This is Su Ran's first soul skill, "Broken Branch Like a Dream," which can pull the consciousness of living beings into an illusion.

Moreover, after the age limit of "Broken Branches Like Dreams" was increased to a thousand years, not only did the duration of the illusion increase, but the illusion could also be integrated into reality. Su Ran could guide the opponent's actions, especially for soul beasts and soul masters with low cultivation and low soul power, who would find it difficult to resist.

In the eyes of the Ghostly Serpent and the Fierce Blood Tiger, their world was pink, and the surrounding trees had turned into peach trees, beautiful and dreamlike. They themselves were no longer ferocious soul beasts, but a seven-colored unicorn or a wolfhound protecting its master, and Su Ran was their master.

Of course, the dreamlike beauty of broken branches is not permanent. As the color of peach petals fades and disappears from their eyes, it signifies that they are rediscovering their animalistic nature and becoming irritable.

(End of this chapter)