Ning Rongrong: I'll Marry You

Yu Tianheng's face darkened. Dugu Yan was actually holding another man's arm.

How could he possibly stand for that?

"Young man, let go of Yan Yan right now, or else..." Blue-violet electricity flickered over Yu Tianheng's fists.

Xiao Ze looked speechless. "Has it occurred to you that she's the one holding onto me?"

Xiao Ze wasn't afraid of Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng was most likely a Soul Ancestor now, but Xiao Ze wasn't weak either. With six Agricultural Sprites working together, it wasn't as though they couldn't beat him.

After being defeated by a Soul Master more than ten levels below him, Yu Tianheng wouldn't have the face to run back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and cry about it.

Xiao Ze was still safe.

"You!"

"Yu Tianheng, I already told you. I don't like you, so stop following me." Dugu Yan's face was filled with disgust.

"Yan Yan... how could you say that? I'm sincere."

"What does whether you're sincere have to do with me? I just don't like you."

Yu Tianheng's face was full of disbelief. He never thought Dugu Yan would say something like that.

"Just you wait."

Yu Tianheng shot Xiao Ze a vicious glare.

Xiao Ze looked utterly innocent. What did this have to do with him?

"Sorry for making him hate you." Dugu Yan said apologetically.

"Forget it. What else can we do now?"

"Don't worry. I won't let him hurt you," Dugu Yan promised.

"I hope so."

"Yan Yan, what's going on here?"

A young woman as cool and serene as the moon slowly approached from nearby.

She was slim, with an air of otherworldliness about her.

Her pure black long dress made her skin look as white as snow, its hem swaying in the breeze.

Her blue hair cascaded down like a waterfall, soft and smooth as it draped behind her.

Her features were exquisite, and her large clear eyes were exceptionally beautiful, utterly pure and unblemished.

Her long eyelashes curled slightly upward. Whenever she blinked, her eyes seemed to ripple as though they could speak.

Like her eyes, her temperament was clean and pure. Her figure was well-proportioned, and she possessed a strong youthful charm, yet there was also a distant chill about her.

"Lingling, you're back." Dugu Yan released Xiao Ze's arm and went over to Ye Lingling.

Xiao Ze looked at the cool and aloof Ye Lingling with some curiosity.

So this was the current inheritor of the Nine Hearts Begonia.

"Who are they?" This was Ye Lingling's first time seeing Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ze at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Although Ning Rongrong had come many times before, she had always just missed Ye Lingling.

"This is Ning Rongrong, the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. And this is Xiao Ze."

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect." Ye Lingling looked at Ning Rongrong in surprise.

"Uh... you're from the Ye Family?" Ning Rongrong felt somewhat awkward.

After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was still suppressing the Ye Family. Though it wasn't too excessive, it still made things quite difficult for the Ye Family.

If not for the Heaven Dou Empire's help, the Ye Family could not have remained in Heaven Dou City.

However, this was also a relationship of mutual exploitation between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Ye Family.

The Heaven Dou Imperial Family needed the Ye Family's powerful healing abilities, while the Ye Family needed the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's protection.

Xiao Ze noticed the strange atmosphere between the two and stepped forward. "Hello, are you the inheritor of the Nine Hearts Begonia?"

"Mm." Ye Lingling shifted her gaze and replied softly.

"Nice to meet you." With that, Xiao Ze pulled Ning Rongrong away.

Leaving Ye Lingling looking completely bewildered.

"Uh... maybe he just hadn't figured out what to say to you." Even Dugu Yan found it awkward. Why did Xiao Ze seem so blunt?

"Mm, it's fine."

After leaving, Xiao Ze led Ning Rongrong and the other two women to a quiet place.

"Rongrong, what's going on between you and Ye Lingling?" Xiao Ze immediately asked.

"Uh... this mainly has to do with my father."

Ning Rongrong then explained everything in detail.

Xiao Ze finally understood.

What Ning Fengzhi feared most was the Nine Hearts Begonia's powerful healing ability.

So he began suppressing the Ye Family, though he did not go too far—he merely kept the Ye Family's reputation down.

At the very least, he had not made a move against the Ye Family itself.

To be honest, Ning Fengzhi did not dare to. The Heaven Dou Imperial Family intended to protect the Ye Family; if he acted directly—

he would be openly disrespecting the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

After so many years, Xiao Ze did not believe the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had no Title Douluo, even if there had been none in the original novel.

But who knew whether any were hidden away?

"I remember that there can only be two people with the Nine Hearts Begonia at any given time. You still had to suppress them over that?" Xiao Ze was rather speechless.

Just how little confidence did Ning Fengzhi have in himself?

Ning Rongrong also found it awkward. She gave an embarrassed smile. "Maybe my father thought the Nine Hearts Begonia had a chance of cultivating to the Title Douluo level."

Xiao Ze nodded.

Come to think of it... although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had many people who awakened their Martial Souls, not a single one could advance to the Soul Douluo level.

Even if their support abilities were first-rate, they still could not compare to healing-type Martial Souls.

After all, healing-type Martial Souls saved lives, while support-type Martial Souls merely provided buffs.

Not to mention that the Nine Hearts Begonia was the strongest healing-type Martial Soul.

Though its numbers were extremely limited, with Ning Fengzhi's personality, it was better to suppress them if he could.

Xiao Ze could understand that as well.

After all, the Sect Masters of these sects all had to take responsibility for their sects.

Whether it was Ning Fengzhi or someone like Tang Hao, they all placed their sects above all else.

In the original novel, Tang Hao insisted on having Tang San return to the Clear Sky Sect no matter what. That was exactly why.

It was merely a difference in positions, so Xiao Ze could not say much about it.

"Looks like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has no one to succeed it," Xiao Ze remarked.

Ning Rongrong angrily pinched Xiao Ze.

"Hiss! What was that for?"

"Am I not someone? I have Innate Soul Power at rank nine. I have a chance to evolve my Martial Soul into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda," Ning Rongrong said seriously.

"It's no use. If you want to maintain your position among the Upper Three Sects, you need a Super Douluo capable of fighting. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must be desperately searching for talented people to train right now, aren't you?"

At those words, Zhu Zhuqing also looked at Ning Rongrong.

Following Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong had allowed her to gain some understanding of such matters.

Unlike before, when she trained like mad while constantly thinking about Dai Mubai's situation.

Now, she seemed much more relaxed.

Letting herself go truly did make one feel lighter.

"Mm... Grandpa Jian and Grandpa Bone's descendants aren't very talented. It would already be quite good if they could reach the Soul Douluo level in this lifetime." Ning Rongrong sounded somewhat helpless.

"That's normal. It's the weakness of a support-type sect." Xiao Ze nodded.

Support-type sects simply lacked combat strength, much less the ability to maintain a place among the Upper Three Sects.

Once Sword Bone Douluo passed away, if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect still had no successors, anyone would probably come and take a bite out of that heaven-defying wealth.

"Isn't there you?" Ning Rongrong looked at him.

"Me? I won't join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect." Xiao Ze shook his head. Right now, he only wanted to cultivate and become a god; he had no desire to join any sect.

"Then what about me? I'll marry you." Ning Rongrong's cheeks flushed as she spoke shyly.

Zhu Zhuqing opened her mouth in shock.

"You brat, that's a good thing! Why not agree to it? Hahaha."