Douro Continent

Chapter 283 The Mystery of Twin Martial Souls (Part 1)

After saying that, Oscar suddenly grabbed Ning Rongrong's small hand, kissed it hard, and then turned and ran off excitedly. He was gone in the blink of an eye.

Silence means consent? Ning Rongrong stared blankly at Oscar's departing figure, feeling the lingering warmth of his touch on the back of her hand, momentarily lost in thought. She knew he did hold a place in her heart, but for various reasons, that place was unstable. Watching Oscar leave with such excitement, Ning Rongrong's heart melted. His joy was entirely because of her; that burning feeling was something Ning Rongrong had never experienced before in her life.

"Rongrong, what are you doing here?" Just then, a familiar voice came from another direction, startling Ning Rongrong out of her daze. Turning around, she saw Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong walking towards her from the direction of the teaching building, accompanied by Zhao Wuji.

Ning Rongrong was startled and quickly composed herself. "Dad, are you leaving?"

Ning Fengzhi nodded. "There are still many things in the sect that your father needs to handle. You must listen to your teachers here and continue to cultivate diligently. Your father hopes that when he sees you again in a while, you will still bring him surprises. Teacher Zhao, I entrust Rongrong to your esteemed academy. If your academy needs anything in the future, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will do its utmost to help."

Ning Fengzhi's promise was more effective than any titled Douluo's. Although Zhao Wuji was also an arrogant person, he restrained himself and became very low-key in front of Ning Fengzhi.

"Sect Leader Ning, rest assured, we will take good care of Rongrong. Please take care." After saying that, Zhao Wuji wisely turned around and walked into the academy, leaving the private space to Ning Fengzhi and his daughter.

Ning Fengzhi raised his hand to touch his daughter's head. "Hey, Rongrong, why is your face so red? Are you sick?" He touched his daughter's cheek and found that Ning Rongrong's face was not only red, but also a little hot.

Ning Rongrong quickly pulled her father's hand away. "No, I'm perfectly fine. Dad, won't you stay a little longer?"

Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly and said, "Silly girl, you're almost fourteen years old, about to become a young lady. Study hard at the academy. Your studies during this time have pleased your father. Not only has your strength improved, but more importantly, you've understood many principles of life. In the future, you can spend more time with your third brother, Tang San. Tang San is a rare talent, and you should be able to learn a lot from him."

Ning Rongrong watched her father and Bone Douluo leave before slowly walking back to the academy. After thinking for a long time, she decided to find Oscar and clarify things. At least she needed to let him know the rules of her sect. He was right; a short, sharp pain was better than a long, drawn-out one. In any case, she couldn't cause him emotional harm in the future.

Thinking of this, Ning Rongrong strode back into the academy and headed straight for the cafeteria.

Given Oscar's food-type martial soul, his simulated training ground, the canteen, is naturally the most suitable.

When Ning Rongrong arrived at the cafeteria, she found Oscar, who had already begun cultivating, in a corner of the cafeteria. From Oscar's face, she saw an unprecedented focus. Even though she was not mature in her thinking about emotions, she understood that Oscar's focus was because of her.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but be somewhat lost in thought.

If I tell him the sect's rules now, will he choose to give up on himself? If so, wouldn't I be harming him? He's also a genius Soul Master. Even if I can't be with him in the future, I can't let him waste his life like this.

Never mind, let's talk about it later.

Thinking of this, Ning Rongrong felt a sense of relief. Deep down, she didn't really want to reject Oscar, but she couldn't quite understand her own feelings. Ning Rongrong secretly decided that she would explain this to Oscar after attending the Advanced Soul Master Conference.

Life at the academy returned to normal after the departure of Hercules and Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, among others, except for the many rumors circulating.

Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and others undoubtedly became the subject of much discussion among the students.

Even the advanced classes in the college receive special attention from the teachers.

From the day after Titan recognized Tang San's identity, Tang San had another person by his side—Tai Long.

Every day, as soon as Tang San appears, Tai Long will immediately follow him. His reason is simple: Titan asked him to protect Tang San closely and be Tang San's follower.

Tang San disagreed with this, but Tai Long insisted on following him around every day, and he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't very well beat him up again.

The expression on Tyrone's face clearly told him, "Either you kill me, or you let me follow you."

Left with no other choice, the former top student of Blue Tyrant Academy became Tang San's shadow.

Aside from when Tang San was cultivating, he would even accompany him to eat and use the toilet, providing so-called close protection.

Five days later, Tang San finally returned with the return of Master, Flander, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai appeared radiant, seemingly having grown even taller and more imposing, exuding both domineering presence and composure. His aura was subtly concealed; though its true substance couldn't be sensed, every member of the Shrek Seven Devils knew that their leader's strength had increased once more.

"Xiao San, thank you." As soon as he saw Tang San, Dai Mubai immediately came up and gave him a bear hug.

Fortunately, Tang San's body was quite sturdy. Otherwise, his bones wouldn't have been broken by Tang San's excited hug.

Oscar chuckled to himself, saying, "Boss Dai, I didn't know you had this hobby. I thought you were going to give Zhu Qing a hug."

Dai Mubai glared at him and said, "Xiao Ao, are you itching for a beating? You seem to be getting quite agitated after just a few days!" As he spoke, his eyes also fell on Zhu Zhuqing out of the corner of his eye.

Zhu Zhuqing remained as cold as ever, as if Dai Mubai's return or not had nothing to do with her. This greatly dampened Dai Mubai's good mood.

"I hugged Xiao San because of her help. After obtaining the spirit ring, I finally felt the true extent of my spirit power increase. My spirit power has now reached level 43. From level 40 to level 43, although it seems like only two levels apart with the help of the spirit ring, you have to understand that the higher the level of spirit power, the more spirit power is required for each level. This is already much better than I imagined. More importantly, I can now clearly feel that the strength of my limbs has greatly increased, and the meridians in my body are also wider and more elastic than before. This is all thanks to that 'Strange Treasure Sky Chrysanthemum'."

Hearing Dai Mubai's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Except for Xiao Wu, who was still holding the Acacia Heartbreak Red and hadn't experienced the help of the celestial herbs, everyone else received great assistance from Tang San's precious herbs.

Dai Mubai chuckled and said, "Everyone needs to work hard too. Your levels are already quite high, so we can't let down the treasures Xiao San provided. Before the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament begins, try your best to reach level 40. That way, we'll have a better chance of achieving good results. We only have one goal: the championship. Other rankings are meaningless to us Shrek Seven Devils. We want all the Soul Master academies on the continent to know that we are monsters, monsters from Monster Academy."

While Dai Mubai was encouraging everyone, Zhao Wuji also gave the three of them a detailed account of what had happened at the academy after Flander and the others left.

After hearing Zhao Wuji's words, the master immediately stood up. "I need to talk to Xiao San. We can't let his background affect his cultivation."

Liu Erlong was about to say something, but Flander stopped her with a look, and could only watch as the master quickly left the room and headed towards the student dormitory.

"Brother Fu, do you think Xiao Gang is a blockhead? Why is he still the same as before? I feel that seeing him again is more painful than not seeing him at all," Liu Erlong said with some resentment.

After Tang San was captured by Poison Douluo, the three of them failed to rescue him and were almost killed by Poison Douluo. When they returned to the academy, Grandmaster reverted to his original self, neither being close to nor distant from Liu Erlong.

Whenever Liu Erlong tried to get close to him, he would always find some excuse to avoid her.

They didn't give Liu Erlong a chance to get close at all. This made Liu Erlong extremely frustrated.

Flander smiled wryly, "Don't you know Xiao Gang's temper? As long as he can't get over that knot in his heart, he'll keep going like this. I think you should put more effort into Tang San. Right now, he's probably the most important person in Xiao Gang's heart. His advice to Xiao Gang is more effective than yours or mine."

Liu Erlong's eyes lit up. "I'll give it a try later. But I'm afraid it'll be difficult. I know Xiaogang too well; unless he figures it out himself, other people's words are unlikely to have any effect."

Before even entering the student dormitory, Master heard the Shrek Seven Devils chatting inside. The door was open, so he knocked on it before going in.

Upon seeing the master arrive, the habitual shadow made everyone stand up immediately. The impression left by that grueling training was too deep for them. In addition to respect, they also felt a bit of fear towards the master.

Of course, there was also admiration. Although the master's skill level wasn't particularly high, his tactical guidance to them was absolutely brilliant.

(End of this chapter)