Douluo: The Peerless Tang Sect - The Ordinary Life of a Supporting Character

Chapter 17 An Acquaintance

After the freshman assessment, Wang Nan's life became more regular. Every day, he had to do nothing more than get up, eat, attend classes, eat, exercise, eat, meditate, and sleep. In the blink of an eye, several months had passed.

Thanks to the Shrek Academy cafeteria he had always longed for, he made great progress in just a few months, and his soul power successfully reached level 30. This threshold, which is difficult for most soul masters to cross, was thus quietly crossed.

"Winter break starts tomorrow." Sun He announced the start of the break from the podium, eliciting cheers from the whole class.

"Quiet down for a moment." Sun He tapped the table. "This month-long vacation isn't for you to completely relax. There will be an advancement assessment when the next semester starts. According to the assessment content in previous years, we students of the offensive and control departments will have to deal with a hundred-year-old soul beast alone. Only by defeating it or completely controlling it can we consider the assessment a success..."

"Knock knock knock—"

A knock on the door interrupted Sun He's words.

"Excuse me, Ms. Sun, I'm looking for Wang Nan." Standing at the classroom door was Du Weilun.

"Wang Nan, come out for a moment." Sun He turned around and glanced at Wang Nan.

Upon seeing Du Weiren, Wang Nan already guessed what it was about. His soul power had broken through level 30 last month, but he hadn't had time to acquire a soul ring. Tomorrow was winter break, and he guessed that Du Weiren had come for this reason.

"Your soul power level has reached level 30, right?" Sure enough, Du Weilun asked after leading Wang Nan a few steps.

"Yes, Director Du."

"Remember the spirit ring the academy promised you? Tomorrow, a highly skilled teacher will be entering the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a spirit ring for his disciple. If you have time, I can take you with me."

To be praised by Du Weilun as a teacher of profound strength, one must at least be a Title Douluo.

Normally, when the academy helps students acquire spirit rings, it first registers the students in need, and then one or more teachers lead a team specifically to hunt spirit beasts. However, this makes it difficult to guarantee everyone's safety in case of emergencies.

In comparison, obtaining a spirit ring under the protection of a titled Douluo is much safer, and since only Wang Nan and the teacher's disciple have the need, they also have more time to choose a spirit ring.

Therefore, Wang Nan agreed after a brief moment of thought.

"Okay, then come to Shrek Academy tomorrow morning, and remember not to be late."

……

The next morning, after packing his luggage, Wang Nan told Wang Yan about obtaining the spirit ring before arriving at the academy gate.

During the holiday, there were many students coming and going at the school gate, most of them heading home for the break.

Wang Nan looked around and quickly noticed an elderly man not far away. He was dressed in white and had a little girl about Wang Nan's height with him. It seemed that this was the teacher Du Weiren had mentioned.

"Wang Nan, right? Your Director Du should have told you." The old man spoke as soon as they met. "What you need this time is a thousand-year soul ring. We'll search for it in the outer area first. If we can't find a suitable one, I'll take you into the mixed area."

The Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest refers to the roughly circular area with a radius of 40 to 80 kilometers. The soul beasts living there are primarily thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old, with some hundred-year-old soul beasts surviving there thanks to the strength of their clans. Compared to the outer zone, the Mixed Zone has a significantly larger number of soul beasts.

This can be considered one of the benefits of having a powerful teacher to protect you; you can enter the mixed zone, which is extremely dangerous for ordinary soul masters, without any restrictions.

After making travel arrangements, the three headed towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Along the way, the old man walked in front without saying a word, while the little girl kept glancing at Wang Nan.

"My name is Wang Nan, what's yours?" Since he was bored on the road, Wang Nan decided to start a conversation.

"My name is Ma Xiaotao," the girl replied after glancing up at her teacher.

"Uh..." Wang Nan didn't expect this to be an "acquaintance". The old man in front of him should be Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department.

"Are you a first-year student? You want to get your third spirit ring so early? What's your spirit? Hey, how about we have a match sometime?" Once she started talking, Ma Xiaotao asked a series of questions.

She was a lively person by nature. After being adopted by Yan Shaozhe, she lived on Poseidon Island and had almost no peers around her to talk to. Now that Wang Nan was here, she couldn't stop talking once she started.

But it's also a good thing; we talked along the way, so it wasn't so boring.

All three were Soul Masters, so they were quite fast. In addition, the Star Dou Great Forest was located southeast of Shrek Academy, and the two were not far apart. So, by evening, they were already in the outer area.

Generally, forests are more dangerous at night, and most soul masters would retreat at this time and choose to enter again the next day at dawn. But with Yan Shaozhe there, there was no need to worry about soul beast attacks. The three of them not only set up camp in the forest but also lit a campfire and sat around it.

Unfortunately, Wang Nan didn't have excellent grilling skills and could only eat simple food packed from the cafeteria.

"What kind of soul skill do you want?" Ma Xiaotao asked Wang Nan through the campfire while eating.

"Offensive, preferably area-of-effect attacks."

Wang Nan's first two soul skills were both support-type, and the Python Strike and Tail Sweep he learned from soul beasts could only target a single enemy, so area-of-effect soul skills naturally became his best choice.

Actually, given Wang Nan's "talent," adding auxiliary soul skills like his first two soul rings and then learning additional skills from soul beasts wouldn't be a bad option. However, Wang Nan wasn't sure which skill he could learn from the soul beasts. Finding a satisfactory skill from so many options was even less likely than the probability of winning in a gacha game in his previous life.

"They're area-of-effect, like the soul skills that bear-type and elephant-type soul beasts can provide, and they're quite powerful." Ma Xiaotao earnestly planned for Wang Nan, "But these soul beasts are very strong, and they might not be easy to find in the outer areas."

"It depends on luck. Maybe tomorrow morning, a suitable soul beast will come knocking on my door. What about you? Have you made up your mind yet?"

"Well, I actually had a goal for a while now." Ma Xiaotao said, taking out a small red bag and pulling out a few thumb-sized black spheres.

"What is this?"

"Fire chestnuts. My target is the Fire Cloud Sparrow. These fire chestnuts are their favorite food. I'll lure them over. If they're old enough, I'll use them as spirit rings; if they're not old enough, I'll take them back and raise them at the academy."

Ma Xiaotao's martial soul is the same as Ma Hongjun's from the original Shrek Seven Devils—the Evil Fire Phoenix. Countless people in the academy have studied it, and over the past ten thousand years, they have thoroughly researched which soul beasts are suitable for obtaining each soul ring. Therefore, she had long been prepared.

"Alright, go and rest after you finish eating." Yan Shaozhe, who hadn't spoken until now, finally said, "We still need to acquire a spirit ring tomorrow, so conserve your energy."

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(End of this chapter)