Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 139 Shrek's Situation

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong looked puzzled when they heard this, not expecting that a child could do such a thing.

Ning Rongrong's smiling face suddenly showed a hint of doubt: "Yang, may I ask why you started cultivating so diligently at such a young age?"

Yang Ping'an paused for a moment, then downed the wine in his glass in one gulp before sighing, "I just want to change my fate. I don't want to be a mediocre farmer all my life, and I don't want to achieve nothing in the future."

Although the people around him were his friends, they had never heard Yang Ping'an say such things before, and they all fell silent. They were all chosen ones and naturally would not understand the hardships involved.

Zhu Zhuqing, standing to the side, couldn't help but mutter, "Change your destiny, don't want to live a mediocre life?"

The voice was very soft, and only Yang Ping'an and Ning Rongrong, who were nearby, could hear it clearly. It seemed to be a heartfelt expression.

Yang Ping'an simply shook his head slightly. He didn't want to concern himself with the supporting characters in the original work. Everyone has their own destiny. If they were to be tied to Tang San or Tang Hao, they could just be destroyed together. After all, without the immortal herb, they would just be a group of ordinary geniuses and would never reach the heights depicted in the original work.

In the following days, apart from traveling, there was not much else to do. Yang Ping'an was a little surprised when Tang San and the others also returned to the group.

Although Yang Ping'an was quite far away from Tang San, he could clearly sense that Tang San had already reached level 48 in soul power. Moreover, Tang San's soul power was very solid and abundant, which did not seem to be achieved through ordinary medicine. The only possibility was that Tang San had added soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer.

Especially when Yang Ping'an observed carefully, he found that although Tang San's soul power was stable, it seemed that he had suffered some kind of injury. There was a trace of pain between his eyebrows and eyes, which was completely different from his usual calm and composed demeanor. It was as if he had some kind of internal injury.

After careful consideration, Yang Ping'an realized that Tang San's current situation was likely due to the addition of spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer. Given Tang San's pursuit of strength and desire to demonstrate his abilities, the Clear Sky Hammer would probably need four spirit rings to reach this level, and these would definitely be top-grade spirit rings over five thousand years old.

Yang Ping'an thought about it carefully for a while. Given Tang San's current situation, the only way to resolve the conflict between his martial souls in a short time was to undergo a true transformation of his body. There were only two ways to make his body stronger: one was to absorb top-grade soul bones as soon as possible to make his body stronger rapidly, and the other was to let the Blue Silver Grass truly evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor, which would give his body a chance to be repaired.

Of course, it's possible if one has top-grade immortal herbs, but Tang San has never seen any immortal herbs before, and he would never have imagined that the Douluo Continent possesses immortal herbs recorded in the Xuan Tian Bao Lu. Tang San's biggest goal right now is probably the three soul bones awarded as a reward in the Soul Master Competition.

Meanwhile, after Tang San returned to the team, the Shrek Academy members knew that Tang San's strength had greatly increased, and their confidence also increased. After all, Tang San's combat power had always been the strongest in Shrek Academy. Now that the Clear Sky Hammer had four purple spirit rings, he would have a chance of winning even against Yang Ping'an.

However, compared to the past, the Shrek team doesn't seem as united as before.

Recently, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong have been hanging out with Yang Ping'an and Feng Xiaotian's small group, completely losing the tacit understanding they used to have as a group of seven monsters.

Throughout the Shrek Academy team, Dai Mubai has always been the captain and Tang San the vice-captain. However, in the beginning, under Yu Xiaogang's special training, Tang San was basically the brain of the team. Half of the tactics were formulated by Tang San, and the other half were formulated by Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and others.

However, since the Soul Master Competition, although Tang San's strength is still outstanding, he has lost his prestige due to being targeted by opponents many times. After all, Soul Master teams usually respect strength, especially after a series of defeats.

Even Yu Xiaogang couldn't say anything. Although Yu Xiaogang was known as a master, his strength was only level 29. Every student's soul power was stronger than his. He couldn't force everyone to follow Tang San as the leader.

Especially since Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan joined, the two are outstanding in strength and have very powerful backgrounds. They also have a close relationship with Yu Xiaogang and do not interact deeply with others. They seem to be detached from the crowd and are not so obedient to Tang San.

Another point is that, due to the lack of immortal herbs, Oscar has not yet reached the Soul Master realm, and the gap is still quite large. His strength is not as outstanding as in the original work.

Although Oscar had been pursuing Ning Rongrong, it wasn't very successful, and the two didn't become a couple. In particular, Ning Rongrong was familiar with the rules of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and if Oscar wasn't outstanding enough, he would never have been recognized by the family.

As for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's tendency to frequent Yang Ping'an and Feng Xiaotian's side, Oscar and Dai Mubai had their opinions, but they couldn't completely stop this kind of interaction between ordinary friends, so they could only occasionally make sarcastic remarks.

Dai Mubai, in particular, was very unhappy, but he couldn't beat either Feng Xiaotian or Yang Ping'an. Moreover, Zhu Zhuqing was just asking him for advice in public. After each consultation, she would have a discussion with him about cultivation, which would broaden his horizons and make him less resistant.

Ning Rongrong would sometimes leave the group to find Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, mainly to discuss what she had seen and heard, including information about Yang Ping'an.

Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing to talk to Yang Ping'an and the others, partly out of her own curiosity, and partly because she wanted Ning Rongrong to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School win over geniuses like Yang Ping'an and Feng Xiaotian.

Of course, Ning Fengzhi had considered having Ning Rongrong win over the many geniuses of Shrek Academy, but those people seemed very difficult to win over. Either they had powerful forces behind them, so there was no need to win them over, or they didn't even look at them.

Looking at it from all angles, Oscar and Ma Hongjun, both from commoner backgrounds, are the only ones who might be worth trying to win over. However, Oscar is a support-type Soul Master, not worth paying too high a price for. As for Ma Hongjun's personality and way of doing things, he simply doesn't think much of him. On the contrary, he would worry that these two would harm his precious daughter.

Finally, they came up with the idea of ​​having Ning Rongrong befriend Yang Ping'an and Feng Xiaotian, which was a rather unconventional plan.

After all, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Yang Ping'an, Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Meng Haoran are all so young yet possess such strength, and they will surely become masters in the world of soul masters in the future.

(End of this chapter)