Ambitious Ning Rongrong!

"Teacher Mu, your disciples are here!" Dai Mubai knocked on the door and called out.

Click!

Ning Rongrong opened the door, glanced at Dai Mubai, then sized up Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San, lingering with a pointed look at Zhu Zhuqing's chest.

"Teacher, your three disciples are here!" Ning Rongrong turned back to call into the room.

Mu Chen said softly, "Let them in."

Ning Rongrong looked at the three of them and smiled slightly, "Come in."

The three of them all scrutinized Ning Rongrong, frowning in unison.

Xiao Wu: Damn it, another female disciple!

Zhu Zhuqing: She's quite cute, but her figure isn't much to speak of. Is she malnourished?

Tang San: Another one competing with me for Teacher's attention!

"Do you still have business here?"

Ning Rongrong looked at Dai Mubai, who was still standing at the doorway, and asked in a flat tone.

"No."

Dai Mubai took a deep breath and slowly backed away.

Inside the room.

Mu Chen raised his eyes to look at his three disciples and nodded with satisfaction, "You've finally arrived!"

Xiao Wu asked, "Teacher, how did you become a teacher here at Shrek Academy?"

Mu Chen laughed, "If I didn't become a teacher, would you have me be a student just like you? Being a teacher makes it easier to look after you all!"

Xiao Wu had a sudden realization and continued, "Teacher, this Shrek Academy is quite harsh. How long do we have to stay here?"

Mu Chen gave a playful smile, "Didn't I already say? Once you pass my trials, we will leave this place and head to an academy with a better environment."

Xiao Wu muttered, "But you never said what the trials were... so mysterious..."

Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San agreed wholeheartedly.

They at least wanted a goal, something to let them know what they should be working toward!

Mu Chen just smiled and said nothing.

Xiao Wu sighed, glanced at Ning Rongrong to the side, and asked, "Is she our junior sister?"

Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San also looked at Ning Rongrong.

Seeing this, Ning Rongrong gave a sweet smile.

That smile was enough to make anyone feel favorably toward her.

"That's right."

Mu Chen glanced at Ning Rongrong and said, "Introduce yourself to your senior brother and sisters."

Ning Rongrong nodded and smiled, "Hello everyone, my name is Ning Rongrong. My Martial Soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and I come from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Please take care of me from now on."

Hearing this, the three of them also smiled and nodded.

Mu Chen continued, "Rongrong is about the same age as you all."

Ning Rongrong pouted and tugged on Mu Chen's arm, acting spoiled, "But I'm a girl, and an auxiliary Spirit Master at that..."

Mu Chen was worn down by Ning Rongrong's cutesy, high-pitched act and nodded repeatedly.

Ning Rongrong giggled and said to the three of them, "The reason I became his disciple is because he said I had to become his disciple first before I could become his girlfriend later."

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing immediately furrowed their brows.

While Tang San felt a sense of relief, his gaze toward Ning Rongrong and Mu Chen turned strange.

First, Ning Rongrong was actually aiming to become his teacher's wife.

Second, Mu Chen actually had such a predilection...

Tang San shook his head slightly and sighed inwardly, Tang San, what are you thinking! How can you speculate about Master's affairs so casually!

"Since you have all arrived, go and get your dormitories settled first."

"You will likely be staying here for a while, unless you can complete the trials quickly and satisfy me; only then will we leave."

"Rongrong, take them to their dorms."

Mu Chen stood with his hands behind his back and spoke calmly.

Xiao Wu clenched her fists and said, "Don't underestimate us!"

Zhu Zhuqing said in a deep voice, "Teacher, no matter what the trials are, we will be able to complete them, and we certainly won't let you down!"

Tang San: "That's right!"

Mu Chen smiled and waved his hand.

How the three of them performed from here on out would show exactly what kind of results his six years of teaching them had yielded.

At dusk.

Mu Chen was still studying the Dragon-Slaying Blade.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door, followed by the voice of Xiao Wu.

"Teacher, we're back!"

"Enter!"

Mu Chen raised his eyes to look.

Xiao Wu pushed the door open and entered, with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong by her sides.

"Teacher, where are Zhuqing and I sleeping tonight?" Xiao Wu began to look around the room.

Mu Chen said righteously, "Xiao Wu, Zhuqing, you are both grown up now. It is time to learn independence; you cannot continue to stay here with me."

Zhu Zhuqing frowned and asked, "Teacher, ever since you took Rongrong as a disciple, you don't love us anymore!"

Xiao Wu nodded repeatedly, chiming in, "Exactly! You're fickle and tired of the old, now that you have a new disciple, you don't love the old ones! Bad teacher!"

Mu Chen sighed, "Then you two will just have to squeeze in."

Xiao Wu muttered, "Three people in one bed, isn't that too crowded..."

Ning Rongrong said with a beaming smile, "That's easy to solve. I'll sleep in the same bed as Mu Chen, and you and Zhuqing can sleep together. From now on, remember to change how you address me to 'Teacher's Wife,' or we can just stick to our own titles."

Xiao Wu said disdainfully, "Call you Teacher's Wife? Not a chance!"

Mu Chen spoke up to interrupt their conversation, "Like this... Rongrong, come to my room tonight. I will impart a cultivation technique to you. Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, you two go rest in the room next door, that way it won't be crowded."

Zhu Zhuqing asked in surprise, "Teacher, what kind of cultivation technique are you going to teach Rongrong?"

Xiao Wu looked at Mu Chen with a grievance-filled expression, "Teacher, you cannot play favorites!"

Mu Chen laughed, "Rest assured, I will teach you slowly; you will all be able to learn it."

Inside the quiet bedroom, Mu Chen released his soul power, isolating the room from all outside noise.

Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong sat cross-legged on the bed facing each other, both dressed in thin sleeping robes.

Ning Rongrong lowered her long eyelashes, her cheeks stained with a faint crimson, carrying a hint of shyness.

"Rongrong, this technique is called the Yin Yang Heart-Link Art."

"When cultivating, a man and woman must be open and honest with each other, complementing Yin and Yang, with hearts and breaths in unison."

"Next, you and I shall cultivate together."

Ning Rongrong nodded gently, her face burning red, her lips and tongue feeling unusually dry.

"Are you ready?"

After Mu Chen finished explaining the technique, he wrapped one arm around Ning Rongrong's willow waist and leaned close to her ear to whisper softly.

"Mm..."

It took all of Ning Rongrong's strength to emit such a faint sound.

Mu Chen slowly laid Ning Rongrong down.

Ning Rongrong's snow-white skin glowed with a faint light in the night, like a jade beauty.

"Ah!"

The next morning.

Having cultivated the Yin Yang Heart-Link Art all night, Mu Chen felt refreshed and more comfortable than ever before.

As soon as Mu Chen opened the door, he saw Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing tightly embraced, having fallen asleep at the threshold, with thin trails of drool at the corners of their mouths.

Mu Chen thought for a moment, then picked up the two girls. He glanced at the spot where they had been sitting, and the traces left behind made him raise an eyebrow.

He placed the two girls on either side of Ning Rongrong and closed the door properly before heading out.