Xiao Wu Returns, Heartbroken for Tang San

Meng Yiran and Tang San asked each other almost simultaneously.

But no one answered Tang San's question.

Instead, Tang San ended up explaining, "My Soul Power Level has reached level thirty too. I need a Soul Ring to help me break through, but I haven't found a suitable one yet."

"What's suitable isn't necessarily the best, and the best might not still be available," Ning Rongrong muttered under her breath.

Luckily, she had been clever enough to let Meng Yiran absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring. Otherwise, she would have had to make the painful decision to kill it, and no one would have gotten it.

"That may be true, but I urgently need to break through my Soul Power Level so I can save Xiao Wu from the Titan Giant Ape," Tang San explained.

That damned Xiao San.

His ears really worked well.

Ning Rongrong was astonished. She had spoken so quietly, yet he had heard her every word.

Terrifying, truly terrifying.

"What? The Titan Giant Ape?" Meng Shu stared at Tang San in disbelief. "Have you gone mad, boy? The Titan Giant Ape is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It's so powerful that even a Titled Douluo might not be its match. How dare you?"

"Where there's a will, there's a way. How can I know the result if I don't try?" Tang San's gaze was resolute. It seemed that whenever Xiao Wu was mentioned, he was filled with fighting spirit.

"Trying would be a waste of effort! What could you possibly do alone?"

An angry voice came from all around them.

Immediately afterward, several figures emerged.

They were Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and Oscar, who had come chasing after Tang San.

The number of people present suddenly grew.

Zhao Wuji politely greeted the Peerless Dragon Snake couple, then gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a resentful look before saying to Tang San, "Tang San, I'm a teacher at Shrek Academy. I have a duty to ensure your safety in the Star Dou Great Forest. I can't just stand by and watch you throw your life away."

"So?" At Zhao Wuji's appearance, Tang San showed anger for the first time. "So we just let the Titan Giant Ape take Xiao Wu away? Isn't she a student of Shrek Academy too?"

"That's not what I meant." Zhao Wuji looked at the stubborn Tang San and sighed helplessly. "It's just that we're no match for the Titan Giant Ape. If we want to save Xiao Wu, we need to plan carefully."

"Plan carefully how?" Tang San grew even angrier. "Go back and get reinforcements? How could we make it back in time?"

"..."

Zhao Wuji forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. He hadn't expected the once-obedient Tang San to dare speak to him like this now. As he sized everyone up, he looked around at the group again. "Actually, we could ask the Peerless Dragon Snake seniors for help. If they..."

"How could we possibly be willing to help?" Meng Yiran cut Zhao Wuji off, thrusting out her full chest. "You were the ones who obtained the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring not long ago, weren't you? You won't tell the truth, your mouths are full of lies, and you still want our help? Impossible!"

"This..." Zhao Wuji was at a loss for words.

The circumstances in which they had obtained the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring had indeed been an accident. He hadn't known it was the Soul Ring Meng Yiran wanted.

Even if he had known, the person who killed it should have been the one to absorb it.

But how had Meng Yiran found out about it?

Could it be that Ning Rongrong couldn't keep her mouth shut?

Zhao Wuji looked at Ning Rongrong, only to find that the Peerless Dragon Snake couple and Meng Yiran were looking at her too.

That made him even more suspicious.

"Why are you looking at me? Is there a flower on my face?" Ning Rongrong had been watching the drama, and this sudden turn had caught her completely off guard. "Teacher Zhao, any smart person could have guessed it. I really didn't tell them. But if I said I was the one who seriously wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, would that make you feel any better?"

That was true.

She had nearly killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent in a single move.

Although it had already been wounded before that.

But now that she had taken the blame onto herself, would it make the Peerless Dragon Snake couple's impression of Shrek Academy even worse?

What if the Peerless Dragon Snake couple suddenly flew into a rage right there?

Zhao Wuji's heart tightened, and he looked at the Peerless Dragon Snake couple again,

only to find that they showed no sign of anger.

What the hell?

Could it be that experts never let their killing intent show and instead killed with a single blow?

Although Zhao Wuji didn't much like this Little Demoness, she was still a student of Shrek Academy. Besides, the powerful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stood behind Ning Rongrong, putting pressure on him, so he had to ensure her safety. "Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, Ning Rongrong is..."

But Zhao Wuji was interrupted again before he could finish. Meng Shu calmly asked Ning Rongrong, "Then do you think we should help them?"

"Huh?"

Everyone was stunned.

Why was Dragon Duke asking for Ning Rongrong's opinion?

Wasn't it because Ning Rongrong had seriously wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that they had missed out on a high-quality Soul Ring?

Why did they seem more like friends now instead?

"Of course we shouldn't help," Ning Rongrong said with a giggle.

But that one remark startled everyone again.

It was one thing for her to have "fled in the face of battle," but now, at this critical moment, she still wouldn't help?

And Xiao Wu's relationship with these two girls was actually fairly good.

This was just too...

"Then we won't help," Dragon Duke said thoughtfully. "Even with us, they might not be a match for the Titan Giant Ape. The risk is too great. With our old arms and legs, we can't stand that kind of ordeal."

"Ning Rongrong, you!!!" Zhao Wuji and Tang San couldn't help flying into a rage.

They had finally glimpsed a ray of hope, only for Ning Rongrong to ruin it with a single sentence.

"What use is being strong? Don't you care at all about the feelings between classmates?" Dai Mubai interjected.

"What gives you the right to question me?" Ning Rongrong sneered. "Your impotence?"

"You!!"

For a time, the scene descended into a cold war.

Ning Rongrong became the source of that cold war.

But she didn't care in the least. Instead, she quietly kept track of the time. As evening approached, she suddenly pointed in one direction and said disdainfully, "Look over there. See who that is?"

Everyone turned to look.

There wasn't a trace of anyone, or even any sign of a living creature.

"Huh? Fuck, I got the time wrong."

Embarrassed, Ning Rongrong waited another minute, then pointed again.

At last, a familiar figure appeared before everyone's eyes.

It was none other than Xiao Wu, who had been abducted by the Titan Giant Ape.

Tang San hurried forward and pulled Xiao Wu into his arms, telling her of the pain of their separation.

At the sight of Xiao Wu, everyone's tightly wound hearts relaxed considerably.

But they hadn't expected Ning Rongrong to know that Xiao Wu was still alive, or that she would appear in the direction she had pointed.

Still, Xiao Wu had returned safe and sound, so everyone set aside the questions in their hearts for the time being.

A perfect result.

The Peerless Dragon Snake couple then took Meng Yiran with them and left after saying goodbye to everyone.

After that, Tang San and Xiao Wu walked together, clinging affectionately to each other.

Along the way, they encountered a so-so Thousand-Year Soul Beast. No one knew whether it was called some kind of ground beetle spider or what, but its cultivation was a little higher than the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's, and it suited Tang San very well, so he hunted it down and absorbed it.

After that, everyone decided to head back to Shrek Academy.

In fact, before the Peerless Dragon Snake couple left, they had asked about admissions to Shrek Academy, hoping to arrange for Meng Yiran to enroll too,

but since Dragon Duke himself had refused to help earlier, Zhao Wuji had turned him down with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, telling him that Shrek Academy's admission requirements were exceptionally high. Dragon Duke found that a real turnoff.