Douluo: Betrothing Ning Rongrong, Reward: Heaven Shading Method

With a casual wave of her hand, her Soul Power slowly spread out.

"Don't force me to make a move. I already said I'm not interested in you!"

Dai Mubai sighed when he saw this. Seeing the beauty reject him so firmly, he stopped shamelessly pressing on.

"What's going on here? Why are you two squaring off?"

At that moment, Tang San approached carrying breakfast. He glanced at Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, then asked with a smile:

"Could you let Xiao Wu know that I brought her breakfast?"

Zhu Zhuqing, her expression cool and indifferent, nodded and glanced at the breakfast in Tang San's hands.

She immediately strode toward the inner room on her long legs. Before long, Xiao Wu came out.

"Third Brother, you came so early?"

Tang San found her words slightly strange.

He usually brought Xiao Wu breakfast. Why did her words sound a little off today?

"It's nothing. I went to the cafeteria this morning, and this was all they had!"

"Just make do with it. If it's really not enough, we can take a stroll around the city later!"

Xiao Wu nodded calmly and looked at the breakfast in Tang San's hands. Rather than taking it, she turned to Zhu Zhuqing and smiled.

"You two can eat that breakfast. Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and I already made plans to eat outside!"

"So I need to keep my stomach empty for something good!"

Going with Ning Rongrong?

Tang San and Dai Mubai were both dumbfounded upon hearing that, finding it rather absurd.

So the reason those two did not want breakfast was that they were going out to eat with Ning Rongrong and the others.

"Zhu Zhuqing, you're up already? You're really early!"

Ning Rongrong's voice came from behind them. Everyone turned around.

They saw Ning Rongrong and Ye Xingchen riding over on the White Tiger.

"Yes, I've been waiting for this breakfast of yours. We even dressed up especially for it!"

"You know about what I told you last night, right? This is Xiao Wu. She's one of our friends now!"

Zhu Zhuqing, who had been incredibly aloof just moments ago, immediately smiled when she saw Ye Xingchen.

Dai Mubai stared in disbelief, unable to believe that this was really Zhu Zhuqing.

"Sure. We're all sisters, so let's go eat in the city together. It's on me. I checked out a few places last night, and they were all pretty good!"

Ning Rongrong nodded nonchalantly, then turned to Ye Xingchen.

"Brother Ye, let's go. We can take a look around the city!"

Ye Xingchen, seated behind Ning Rongrong on the White Tiger with his arm around her slim waist, nodded. He looked at the others and smiled.

"Alright, then let's go have breakfast together!"

"You two already have breakfast in your hands, so there's no need for you to come with us, right?"

Hearing Ye Xingchen's question, Tang San hurriedly hid the breakfast behind his back. He smiled and said:

"A free meal is a pretty good opportunity. Count me in!"

Seeing this, Dai Mubai immediately caught on as well and said with a smile:

"Since we're all classmates now, I certainly won't refuse an invitation to a meal. Let's go together!"

Ning Rongrong glanced at Dai Mubai and Tang San without much concern, then said disdainfully:

"I think you two have ulterior motives!"

"Fine. This young lady isn't short on the cost of one meal. Just come along and mooch off us!"

Dai Mubai's face flushed red, and for a moment, he did not know how to respond. Under normal circumstances, if anyone dared speak to him like that, he would have turned hostile long ago.

But with Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Xingchen here, he had no such thoughts at all.

With that, they hit it off and immediately headed out through the gates of Shrek Academy.

Meanwhile, at the academy training ground, Oscar arrived after carefully dressing up, only to discover that aside from Principal Flender, there was almost no one there.

Confused, he scratched his head, stepped forward, spread his hands, and asked:

"Principal, where is everyone? Why am I the only one here? Even Ma Hongjun is nowhere to be seen!"

With his hands behind his back, Principal Flender shook his head and looked at Oscar.

"Perhaps they're no longer at Shrek Academy. Training is over for today!"

"When they return tomorrow, tell them to wait for me here. If they leave the academy without permission again, I'll punish them!"

After leaving those words behind, Principal Flender swiftly departed.

Watching his retreating back, Oscar felt somewhat lost. Those guys went out to have fun without even inviting me.

He rubbed his freshly shaved chin and muttered to himself:

"Too many monks, not enough porridge!"

"I can't let those guys snatch up all the beauties. I have to go show off!"

Meanwhile, in Suotuo City, everyone sat in a grand restaurant, smiles appearing on their faces as exquisite dishes were continually served.

Dai Mubai, in particular, could not help but exclaim:

"So you're from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. No wonder you're so rich. I really failed to recognize greatness!"

"Consider this cup of wine my apology. I hope you'll look after me in the future!"

Ning Rongrong crossed her arms and found Dai Mubai's toast rather amusing.

She shook her head and said:

"There's no need. It's just one meal. Eat as much as you want!"

"I'm guessing the academy food isn't much good either. Looking at you, you probably don't usually eat very well!"

Dai Mubai nodded with a red face. Ever since coming to study at Shrek Academy, aside from Ma Hongjun, who was not picky about food, he and Oscar had almost always secretly gone outside to eat.

"Since we're eating here, Principal Flender probably already knows, right? I wonder if Oscar is still waiting for us at the training ground."

Tang San, seated nearby, shook his head and said bitterly:

"I told him to get up this morning, but he refused. That guy is really something. Isn't he worried about training at all?"

Dai Mubai smiled faintly and looked at Tang San.

"Tang San, you don't understand. His martial soul is different from ours. He has a top-grade food-type martial soul. For him, eating is enough!"

"Cultivating like us simply doesn't apply to him!"

A food-type martial soul?

Ning Rongrong found this somewhat strange. She scratched her head, turned to Ye Xingchen, and asked:

"Brother Ye, can food-type martial souls become powerful beings like Soul Saints?"

"I feel like that kind of martial soul is so useless, even more useless than our support-type martial souls!"

Ye Xingchen smiled calmly and rubbed Ning Rongrong's head teasingly.

"No martial soul is born useless. Only those who do not know how to use their martial souls are useless!"

"If a food-type martial soul is properly developed, it can actually reach the level of a Titled Douluo!"

Tang San's eyes lit up upon hearing Ye Xingchen's words.

His Blue Silver Grass martial soul had once been called a useless martial soul as well. Yet even so, he had never given up, eventually reaching his current level.

A Titled Douluo?

Ning Rongrong nodded slightly in disbelief and sighed.

"Is that true? Reaching the level of a Titled Douluo is far too difficult!"

"If an ordinary food-type martial soul became a Titled Douluo, it would probably be the first in the entire continent!"

Dai Mubai, seated across from her, nodded slightly at those words.

He actually agreed with what Ye Xingchen had said. From what Principal Flender had implied, if Oscar encountered a good opportunity, his martial soul would certainly amaze everyone.

As everyone ate, drank, and chatted, hurried knocking suddenly sounded outside. Then the door slowly opened, and a figure quietly entered.

"You guys are really unfair. You're eating something this good without inviting me!"

Tang San looked at the Oscar who had walked in, feeling slightly unfamiliar with him. He smiled and teased:

"Where's your beard? You were actually willing to shave it off? Now you don't look like an old man anymore!"

Oscar's face reddened as he smiled. He turned and looked over everyone.

Then his gaze fell upon Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu.

Fond of showing off, he rubbed his chin, walked up to the table, and said:

"Enough nonsense. Why didn't you call me for this meal? And you didn't call me when you skipped training either. I went to the training ground alone, and there wasn't a single person besides me!"

Dai Mubai shook his head indifferently. Crossing his arms, he looked at Oscar and teased:

"For someone like you who loves sleeping in, isn't it perfectly normal not to call you?"

"Since you're here, why don't you pay the bill? We've eaten and drunk our fill already!"

Oscar froze slightly at those words. My wallet is completely empty. Where would I get gold coins to pay the bill?

He looked at Dai Mubai and joked:

"Stop joking, Boss Dai. How could I have gold coins to pay? I came here to mooch off you guys too!"

Ning Rongrong, seated beside Ye Xingchen, shook her head slightly. She tossed out a bag of gold coins and smiled.

"I've already paid the bill, so stop arguing over it. It's only one meal. Is there any need to make things so awkward?"

Three hours later, at Shrek Academy.

Ye Xingchen looked at the academy's crude buildings, and the corners of his lips curled upward.

This place looked exactly like the scenes he had once seen in the animated series on television. He had never expected to experience it in person today, having transmigrated to this continent himself.

He turned and glanced at Ning Rongrong, who was looking around everywhere, then teased:

"You're just taking a walk, yet you keep looking around. This place probably isn't as pretty as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, right?"

Ning Rongrong nodded, happiness written across her face. She pointed at the surrounding buildings and said:

"Of course not. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is hundreds, thousands of times prettier than this place. I was just looking around, wondering whether I should spend some money to decorate this place!"

"After all, this is where I'll be studying in the future. If it's too shabby, people will look down on me!"

Ye Xingchen was somewhat speechless. Even if you have money, you shouldn't spend it like that. As expected of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's little tycoon.

Just as he was about to take Ning Rongrong for another walk around the area, a woman's scream suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterward, a Young Maiden ran toward them in panic, with a Red-clothed Youth following behind her.

The youth was fat and wore an arrogant expression. He was Ma Hongjun of the Shrek Seven Devils!

"What's wrong? Is some bad guy bullying you? Why are you so scared?"

Ning Rongrong found this strange. She stopped the Young Maiden and hurriedly asked.