Bone Douluo said nothing more. Ning Rongrong asked, "Oscar, when did you meet Feng Xiaotian?"
Oscar's heart skipped a beat. He quickly replied, "I only met him a couple of days ago."
"Oh~ Right, Oscar, why did you come to Sunset Forest? Why aren't you staying at the academy and training?"
"Uh... then what did you come to Sunset Forest for?"
"Me? I came to hunt for a Soul Ring! You know that, don't you?"
"Hunt for a Soul Ring!"
Ozka's heart skipped a beat. He nearly blurted out, Does hunting for a Soul Ring mean killing Soul Beasts? Isn't killing Soul Beasts illegal?
Ozka had heard of killing Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings.
But he'd only ever seen it in history books!
Ever since Emperor Qingtian had invented the method of self-condensing Soul Rings and unified the continent, he had established laws: hunting Soul Beasts was illegal! The most heinous offenders could be sentenced to death!
All of Ozka and his companions' Soul Rings were self-condensed! What's more, they could seek out different professors at Xianting University to help them condense the Soul Rings they wanted, based on the Soul Skills they hoped to obtain!
Why do they still have to hunt Soul Beasts to get Soul Rings? Could it be that in this world... Emperor Qingtian never developed self-condensed Soul Rings?
Ozka and Feng Xiaodi were both utterly shocked!
"Oscar, what's wrong with you? You're acting weird!"
Hearing those words, Ozka's heart lurched. Could she have realized again that I'm an impostor?
"Ha... haha... It's nothing! By the way, are you heading back now? Want to go together?" Ozka quickly forced a laugh and changed the subject.
"Mm-hmm! I've already obtained my Soul Ring. Let's head back together!"
So the three of them walked and talked as they made their way back, while Bone Douluo remained hidden in the shadows.
At last, when they reached Heaven Dou City, Ozka and Feng Xiaodi learned a few things from Ning Rongrong!
For instance, Ozka's doppelganger, Oscar, attended an academy called Shrek with the girl whose name they still didn't know. They also had several classmates named Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Tang San!
They didn't dare ask about anything else, including Ning Rongrong's name, for fear of giving themselves away! The terrifying Bone Dragon Douluo doppelganger was still hiding nearby, protecting Ning Rongrong. They didn't want to die!
When the three of them reached the outskirts of Heaven Dou City, Feng Xiaodi asked, "Xiao Ao, are you going straight back to the academy, or coming with me?"
At that, Ozka immediately said to Ning Rongrong, "Um, you go on ahead. Feng and I still have some things to take care of."
"Oh~ Then don't be too long. I'll head back to the academy first. By the way, remember to shave that beard." Ning Rongrong had no objection to spending time with geniuses like Oscar and Feng Xiaotian, both of whom had Innate Full Soul Power.
After Ning Rongrong left.
Feng Xiaodi and Ozka quickly took off their beards, then wrapped cloth around their heads, leaving only their eyes exposed.
"Phew~ That was close!" Ozka let out a long breath.
Feng Xiaodi's heart was racing too. He chuckled foolishly and said, "At least we're safe for now!"
Ozka suggested, "I think we should wait for the priest to arrive before gathering any more information! This world is too dangerous! We ran into three Titled Douluo in no time!"
"You're right!" Feng Xiaodi nodded gravely. "Let's organize what we know so far."
"Okay."
So the two of them found a tea stall, took paper and a pen out of their Storage Soul Tools, and started making notes as they discussed.
"Ozka, let's work backward from what just happened. We'll start with the classmates of your doppelganger, Oscar!"
"Right! First of all, that unknown girl is probably the girl my doppelganger likes!"
"Agreed! Let's call her Mysterious Girl Number One!"
Ozka continued, "Second, my doppelganger's talent probably isn't much worse than mine. And he lives in a world with such rich Soul Power... I'm already at Soul Power level 62! He must have at least around level 69 Soul Power, or even be a Soul Saint!"
"Hmm... That makes sense!"
Feng Xiaodi immediately wrote in his notebook: Oscar (Ozka's doppelganger), around the same age, suspected Soul Power: around Soul Saint level.
When Feng Xiaodi finished writing, Ozka continued, "The girl my doppelganger likes must be more than just beautiful! Her talent must be outstanding too! And according to the history books in our world, Bone Dragon Douluo was an elder of the former Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect... Mysterious Girl Number One must be a genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
"Exactly! Mysterious Girl Number One, Martial Soul: Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda! Her cultivation must be at least... Soul Emperor level!"
Ozka continued, "There's also my doppelganger's classmates: Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu! Two of them, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, must be the doppelgangers of Dai Muhei and Ma Hongshuai!"
Feng Xiaodi nodded. "Mm, our names are similar to those of our doppelgangers!"
"As for the others, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu... I can't figure them out! Maybe those three don't even exist in our world."
"Hmm... Oh! I just remembered someone!"
"Who?"
Feng Xiaodi said gravely, "There's a person named Zhu Zhuqin in Emperor Qingtian's bedchamber. She's no ordinary person! She's the younger sister of an Empress!"
"Gasp~ Zhu Zhuqing! Zhu Zhuqin! She must be the doppelganger of Zhu Zhuqin, the younger sister of an Empress!"
"Very likely! Gasp~~"
After reaching that conclusion, Ozka suddenly sucked in a sharp breath.
"What's wrong?"
Ozka held his breath. His pupils narrowed as he said in a low voice, "Haven't you noticed?"
"Noticed what?"
"My doppelganger, Mysterious Girl Number One, the genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda; the doppelganger of Dai Muhei, the White Tiger major general of the suicide squad; the doppelganger of Ma Hongshuai, whom Emperor Qingtian praised as having the potential to become a god; and the doppelganger of Zhu Zhuqin, the younger sister of the Empress with even more terrifying talent! That's five people! And they're all gathered at one academy called Shrek! This Shrek Academy... Gulp~ it must be hiding a huge secret! Something terrifying!"
"Gulp~"
Feng Xiaodi swallowed too, his heart racing. He tried to keep the excitement out of his voice as he said, "I never imagined so many doppelgangers would be studying at Shrek Academy! Did they fail to get into Xianting University? Or is Shrek Academy even stronger than Xianting University?!"
Ozka rejected the idea without hesitation. "How could there possibly be an academy stronger than Xianting University? Use your brain!"
"Then tell me, why is your doppelganger studying at Shrek? And why are the others' doppelgangers there too?"
"Well..."
Ozka fell silent for a long while, unable to make sense of it.
"How about... we ask some passersby? We could ask ordinary people who aren't Soul Masters about Shrek Academy."
"Huh?"
At the mention of ordinary people, Feng Xiaodi asked in confusion, "Ozka, don't you feel like something's strange?"
"What's strange?"
"Look at the street. Hardly anyone here seems to be a Soul Master! They're all ordinary people!"
"Hmm..." Ozka frowned and murmured, "Could it be that Emperor Qingtian never distributed cultivation techniques for ordinary people to practice?"
A moment later, Feng Xiaodi said, "Never mind. Let's set those questions aside for now! We should ask an ordinary person first. We know too little at the moment!"
"Wait! We should organize what we know first! For example, that doppelganger of the Eldest Princess. Her Martial Soul is actually a Six-Winged Angel! Why isn't it a Twelve-Winged Archangel?"
"Well... I don't know! It's probably one of those differences between worlds that Emperor Qingtian mentioned."
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