Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 319 Ma Xiaotao Doesn't Want to Be Alone for Life!

"Sister Xiaotao!" Zhu Ziyang was surprised and delighted. He hadn't expected to run into Ma Xiaotao at the academy gate. His face lit up with joy as he said, "You're back!"

"Ziyang!" Ma Xiaotao was also surprised. She was just thinking of going to find Zhu Ziyang after settling Huan'er, but she actually ran into him at the door. So, Ma Xiaotao rushed to Zhu Ziyang and threw herself into his arms, hugging him tightly.

Faced with Ma Xiaotao's actions, Zhu Ziyang naturally couldn't help but hug her delicate body back. Feeling the heat in his arms, even though they hadn't seen each other for three years, that familiar feeling immediately returned to his mind.

Jiang Nannan looked at Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao, who were hugging so intimately in front of her, and pouted unhappily, but she did not do anything more. Because of Qian Lingyi, her tolerance had increased significantly. No matter what, she was Zhu Ziyang's number one!

The girl named Huan'er looked at Zhu Ziyang and Ma Xiaotao with great curiosity. To be honest, this was the first time she had seen Ma Xiaotao behave like this, even though she had been traveling around the mainland with Ma Xiaotao for so long.

The two embraced for a long time before reluctantly letting go. Ma Xiaotao's pretty face was slightly flushed. Then she saw Jiang Nannan standing to the side, looking displeased. Even with her carefree and easygoing personality, her face was burning. She said, "Nannan, long time no see!"

"Hmm! Long time no see, Sister Xiaotao!" Jiang Nannan replied with a somewhat stiff smile and a cold tone.

"Sister Xiaotao, why did you suddenly come back to the academy?" Zhu Ziyang asked, breaking the silence when he noticed the cold atmosphere between the two women.

"Ah! Isn't the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament coming up soon? I came back especially to cheer you on!" Ma Xiaotao said with a charming smile, raising her eyebrows and eyes as if she cared a lot about you.

"Oh, I must thank Sister Xiaotao!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, his gaze sweeping over Ma Xiaotao's beautiful face, but he was immediately drawn to the space between Ma Xiaotao's eyebrows, and he was stunned.

On Ma Xiaotao's brow, a golden flame mark flickered. From that flame mark, Zhu Ziyang sensed a very familiar aura and spirit!

Ma Xiaotao actually received the inheritance of a divine position!

"Sister Xiaotao, you..." Zhu Ziyang exclaimed in a daze.

"What's wrong with me?" Ma Xiaotao looked at Zhu Ziyang with a smile, as if she had expected Zhu Ziyang to show such an expression.

"It's alright!" Zhu Ziyang immediately regained his composure and said with a smile, "Can we have a good talk tonight? I'm very curious about your experiences over the years, Sister Xiaotao."

"Of course!" Ma Xiaotao agreed without hesitation, saying, "Even if you don't contact me, I'm planning to contact you."

"I'm telling you, you guys have started to stop carrying each other around, haven't you?" Jiang Nannan was furious. She never expected that Zhu Ziyang would actually ask Ma Xiaotao out for a romantic evening right in front of her. Wasn't he just being incredibly disrespectful to her? The girl was so aggrieved that she was about to cry.

"Nannan!" Zhu Ziyang immediately comforted Jiang Nannan. He took her hand, pulled her closer, and whispered in her jade-like ear, "Look at Sister Tao's brow!"

Although Jiang Nannan was angry, she instinctively followed Zhu Ziyang's instructions and looked up. Then, she saw the flame mark that only fellow chosen ones could see, and she was stunned.

Ma Xiaotao also noticed the osmanthus mark between Jiang Nannan's eyebrows and was stunned. She had learned about Zhu Ziyang's divine inheritance from the divine test, but she didn't know that Jiang Nannan had also received the divine inheritance.

So, both women were stunned, and the four of them fell into silence until the girl named Huan'er broke the silence.

"Sister Xiaotao, didn't you say you'd help me with the enrollment procedures? How did it go?" Huan'er, a young girl, reached out and tugged at Ma Xiaotao's sleeve, her voice soft as she asked.

"Ah! Right, I almost forgot about the important matter." Ma Xiaotao suddenly realized and quickly said, "It's all taken care of. From now on, Huan'er, you're a member of our Shrek Academy's inner court!"

"Really! Thank you, Sister Xiaotao!" Huan'er exclaimed excitedly, but for some reason, Zhu Ziyang felt that her eyes didn't match the excitement in her voice.

"Sister Xiaotao, who is this?" Zhu Ziyang became even more curious about the girl named Huan'er, so he asked Ma Xiaotao.

"This is my younger sister whom I met while traveling the continent, Fifth Huan'er. You can just call her Huan'er." Ma Xiaotao immediately introduced with a smile when she heard Zhu Ziyang's question. "Huan'er, this is Zhu Ziyang, whom I mentioned to you. He's a few months older than you, so you can call him Brother Ziyang. This is Jiang Nannan, who is also older than you. You can call her Sister Nannan. Of course, I don't think Nannan would mind if you just called her Nannan."

"Hello, Huan'er," Zhu Ziyang greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Huan'er sister," Jiang Nannan said with a smile. She still cared about Ma Xiaotao's introduction, otherwise she wouldn't have added the word "sister" to it. She didn't know who she was calling her.

"Hello, Brother Ziyang, Nannan," Fifth Huan'er called out. It can only be said that she was indeed Ma Xiaotao's adopted sister; her voice was soft, but her personality was anything but.

Jiang Nannan gritted her teeth, feeling provoked, and glanced at Ma Xiaotao with displeasure.

However, Ma Xiaotao didn't care. She had a very clear purpose for returning to the academy this time: to obtain Zhu Ziyang. Originally, she wasn't determined to compete with Jiang Nannan for Zhu Ziyang, but now it was different. With the potential to become a god, she absolutely didn't want to be alone with her lover in her eternal future. Therefore, she had to have Zhu Ziyang!

"Let's go into the academy. I still need to arrange a room for Huan'er on Seagod Island," Ma Xiaotao said. She had just returned and didn't know some things yet. "Let's talk as we walk."

"Sister Tao, Poseidon Island no longer exists," Jiang Nannan said. "Now there's only Tianyuan Island and Tianyuan Pavilion."

"What?" Ma Xiaotao was stunned, looking confused.

"Let's talk as we walk," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.

So, on the way back to Tianyuan Island, Zhu Ziyang told Ma Xiaotao all the important things she didn't know. Ma Xiaotao's reaction was very strong, which showed that she really didn't know anything about it.

When they arrived at the Golden Tree, Ma Xiaotao was already in tears. She was Mu En's grand-disciple and had a very close relationship with him. She felt extremely guilty for not being able to see Mu En off on his final journey. Zhu Ziyang didn't know how to comfort her, so he asked her teacher, Yan Shaozhe, who had also failed to see Mu En off on his final journey, to comfort her.

Perhaps it was because they shared a similar plight, Yan Shaozhe quickly comforted Ma Xiaotao and stopped her crying.

"Ziyang, I'm so sorry, you must have found this amusing," Ma Xiaotao said, her eyes red-rimmed.

"It's alright, Sister Tao," Zhu Ziyang comforted her. "Teachers wouldn't like to hear you cry either, so there's no need to be sad."

"Okay!" Ma Xiaotao nodded, then called out to Fifth Huan'er, "Huan'er, come on, I'll arrange a room for you."

Fifth Huan'er was staring blankly at the ancient golden tree when she heard Ma Xiaotao call out. Her body visibly trembled before she replied, "Oh! I'm here!"

Ma Xiaotao left with Fifth Huan'er, and Jiang Nannan finally got the chance to be alone with Zhu Ziyang. She immediately pouted and threw herself into Zhu Ziyang's arms.

"Brother, you have to make it up to me!" Jiang Nannan said coquettishly.

"Okay! What kind of compensation do you want?" Zhu Ziyang said helplessly, holding the girl's delicate body in his arms.

"I don't know!" The girl raised her head, a blank expression in her beautiful eyes, and said, "I want you to distance yourself from Sister Xiaotao, but I know you can't do it, so I don't know what kind of compensation I want."

"..." Zhu Ziyang fell silent, gazing at Jiang Nannan's beautiful face, a hint of guilt appearing on his cheeks. He said, "I'm sorry, Nannan!"

"Hmph! You heartless hussy!" Jiang Nannan snorted, then pressed her head against Zhu Ziyang's chest and said, "I won't give in easily!"

As she spoke, she opened her small mouth and gently bit Zhu Ziyang's shoulder, her pretty face feigning a fierce look, yet appearing extremely charming.

This naturally wouldn't harm Zhu Ziyang's body, but it was a devastating blow to his spirit. So he simply picked up the girl's delicate body and vanished from the spot in an instant.

(End of this chapter)