Ning Rongrong

And just like that, Su Mo successfully entered Shrek Academy.

Like Ning Rongrong, Su Mo was also assigned a room of his own.

The dormitories here were all meant for two people to share.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun shared one dorm, while Tang San was assigned to share a dorm with Oscar.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu shared one dorm.

As for the remaining Su Mo and Ning Rongrong, there was naturally no way they could be arranged in the same dorm, not even with separate beds. This wasn't the Junior Spirit Master Academy, after all.

Besides, the boys' dormitories and girls' dormitories were separate, and it took a while to walk from the boys' side to the girls' side.

Su Mo naturally had no objections to that at all. A room to himself was even better!

After settling in, Su Mo left the dormitory, preparing to stroll around Shrek Academy and familiarize himself with the academy's overall layout.

"It's you, Su Mo!"

As he was wandering around, a clear young girl's voice suddenly rang out behind him.

Su Mo turned back and discovered that the one calling him was Ning Rongrong.

The young girl wore a simple blue dress that gave off a very clean impression. Her long brown hair fell over her shoulders, her delicate skin was tender like lychee flesh, and her features were exquisite. She was about 1.65 meters tall, with a very well-proportioned figure and a noble, otherworldly air, looking like an aristocratic young lady who had received an excellent education.

"Ning Rongrong!"

"Is something the matter?"

Su Mo also called out Ning Rongrong's name, then asked.

"Nothing. I just saw you, so I thought I'd say hello!"

"We're already classmates now, you know, so of course we should get to know each other!"

Ning Rongrong smiled at Su Mo with a giggle.

She had already been somewhat curious about Su Mo, and when she saw him again, she couldn't help calling out to him.

"What are you doing?"

Then Ning Rongrong asked Su Mo directly.

"Just walking around, taking a look at what the whole of Shrek Academy is like!"

Su Mo gave a faint smile. He didn't dislike Ning Rongrong approaching him, but he was still well aware that beneath Ning Rongrong's pure and sweet appearance, there was a young lady's spoiled willfulness.

That couldn't be helped. Who asked Ning Rongrong to be born into such an extraordinary background? She had been spoiled since she was little, so it was normal for her to have a bit of a young lady's temper.

In his previous life, when he watched the anime, Su Mo had actually liked Ning Rongrong a lot at first, with her little witch-like personality.

It was just that later, after Ning Rongrong was jointly PUA'd by Shrek Academy, she gradually restrained her own personality, and in the end even became like a weak woman, without any distinctive traits at all.

But if he had to say which one of the Three Beauties of Shrek was easier for Su Mo to interact with, it would be Ning Rongrong right in front of him.

As for Xiao Wu, with Tang Hao watching, there was no chance.

As for Zhu Zhuqing, as long as Su Mo showed even the slightest intention, he would definitely end up clashing with Dai Mubai.

Su Mo didn't care about making an enemy of Dai Mubai, but there was simply no need. Zhu Zhuqing's explosive figure was fine to admire, but if he really wanted to win her over, it wouldn't be that easy.

The education Zhu Zhuqing had received since childhood had been to teach her to become a candidate for empress of the Star Luo Empire, to one day be a motherly model to the world. Someone of Su Mo's status was not someone Zhu Zhuqing would even consider.

Many people said that Zhu Zhuqing came to Shrek Academy to look for Dai Mubai in order to rebel against her own fate, but Su Mo didn't think so.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't want to rebel against her fate. She simply refused to admit defeat. She wanted to become the victor under her clan's competition system. What she wanted to resist was the fate that had originally seemed certain to end in defeat.

"What a coincidence, so am I. Then let's go together. How about it?"

Ning Rongrong immediately replied when she heard him.

"Sure!"

Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Su Mo immediately smiled.

He felt that if he wanted to get close to Ning Rongrong, she would be the easiest, but for the time being, Su Mo didn't have that sort of idea.

Still, even if he had no particular thoughts, walking around with a beautiful girl was still something that put one in a pleasant mood.

Hearing Su Mo's reply, a hint of smugness flashed through Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes. She knew no one could refuse this young lady.

"Su Mo, how did you think of fusing your martial soul with a weapon?"

"And your second soul ring—how did you manage to absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

"..."

After walking around the academy with Su Mo for a while, Ning Rongrong soon began asking Su Mo a few questions.

Su Mo wasn't surprised by Ning Rongrong's questions at all. If she wasn't curious about something, why would she take the initiative to strike up a conversation with him?

"It's nothing. I just felt that as a spirit master, I shouldn't look down on ordinary weapons. My method has already proved that, hasn't it?"

Su Mo first answered Ning Rongrong's first question with a smile. As for the fact that Tang San had also made a pile of weapons, and ones even more exaggerated and powerful than his own, Su Mo didn't mention a word.

"As for my second soul ring, I decided based on Master's theory..."

"It's that Master who was ridiculed by the world after proposing the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul. In it, he mentioned that the limit a spirit master could endure when absorbing a soul ring was not only related to the strength of their martial soul, but also closely connected to the strength of the spirit master's body."

"My physique was naturally stronger than most, and on top of that, I'd trained my body and tempered myself since I was little. My physical strength was far beyond others my age, so that was how I was able to absorb a thousand-year-quality soul ring as my second soul ring!"

"For example, a genius like you—if, after reaching level 20, you didn't absorb a soul ring to break through right away, but instead trained and tempered your body for a few years before absorbing one, then your second soul ring could also withstand a thousand-year-quality soul ring!"

After that, Su Mo also explained why he had been able to absorb a Thousand Year Soul Ring as his second soul ring.

Before coming to Shrek, Su Mo had already thought through how to explain it.

No—after obtaining his second soul ring, Su Mo had already decided how he would explain it.

Although he did not like Yu Xiaogang, Su Mo could not exactly say where he had gotten this knowledge from, so he could only push it onto Yu Xiaogang.

That way, Su Mo would not have to fear unnecessary trouble if his second soul ring was exposed in the future.

As long as he explained it clearly and made it public, there would be no problem.

Besides, Su Mo was not talking complete nonsense. Ordinary soul masters could not absorb a thousand-year-quality second soul ring, but Su Mo could explain that his physique was naturally strong and that he had always trained.

As for soul masters with top-tier martial souls, if they really did as Su Mo said, then absorbing a thousand-year-quality soul ring as their second soul ring would absolutely not be a problem.

The question was whether geniuses with top-tier martial souls would be willing to waste several years just to temper their physical strength for the sake of a second soul ring.

"So that's how it was. I thought it would be really hard! So that's what was going on!"

"But you were bold enough, too. You actually dared to try it."

After hearing Su Mo's explanation, Ning Rongrong understood what was going on, but the look she gave Su Mo still carried admiration.

"I heard we recruited quite a few good seedlings this year. Is that true?"

While Su Mo and Ning Rongrong were strolling around the academy, Flender, the Dean of Shrek Academy, had also returned to the academy. The first thing he did was find the teachers in charge of admissions and ask them about it.

Aside from Zhao Wuji, all the other teachers were here.

"That's right, Dean. You have no idea—this year, Shrek recruited a total of five little monsters!"

When Flender asked, Lu Qibin, who knew the situation best, stood up excitedly and spoke.

"Oh? What kind of seedlings are they?"

Flender's eyes instantly lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked.

"Two boys and three girls. Among them, one boy and one girl both have a Soul Power Level of 29. Their martial souls are Blue Silver Grass and Soft Bone Rabbit respectively! They're called Tang San and Xiao Wu!"

"Don't look down on that boy named Tang San just because his martial soul is only Blue Silver Grass. That kid held out under Zhao Wuji all by himself for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, and even left Zhao Wuji in a sorry state!"

"Zhao Wuji didn't come over now. He's definitely too embarrassed because he lost face!"

"Then there's Ning Rongrong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect..."

Lu Qibin then reported each of the five students they had accepted this year to Flender one by one.

"Good heavens. Looks like Shrek is going to strike it big!"

"So many little monsters actually came!"

After Flender understood the situation, he was extremely excited and thrilled.

In previous years, it had been difficult for Shrek Academy to recruit even one monster student. He had never expected five to come all at once this year.

After that, Flender discussed with the teachers how they should teach them next.

"The others are easy enough to handle. The problem is that little princess from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. I heard the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect seems to have only this one precious daughter. She's been pampered since childhood, and in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she's known as a little witch!"

"If we can't make her obedient, keeping her will instead become an uncertain factor!"

In the end, Teacher Li Yusong spoke about Ning Rongrong's situation with some concern.

He paid more attention to the outside world and had certain sources of information, so he knew about Ning Rongrong's situation.

"The little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, huh..."

"Don't worry. I'll think of a way!"

"Since she's here, as long as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind her doesn't come asking for her back, there's no possibility of us letting her go..."

Hearing Li Yusong's words, Flender adjusted the frame of his glasses and smiled confidently.

P.S. Stop saying it's short. This chapter isn't short.