Ning Rongrong's Gift: The Dragon Talisman!

On the other side.

Lin Yan opened the door, intending to throw himself onto the bed for a good rest, only to find that Ning Rongrong was already lying on the rocking chair, though he had no idea when she had arrived.

Seeing Lin Yan, the young girl eagerly stepped forward to greet him, acting as if she were the true mistress of the room.

"Why did it take you so long to get back?"

Too lazy to argue about how she had gotten in or why she was even there, Lin Yan headed straight for the bed and collapsed onto it.

His body hit the soft quilt with a heavy thud, granting him a long-awaited sense of relaxation and relief; only then did Lin Yan speak in a listless tone.

"Tang San's teacher has arrived, sigh~"

Ning Rongrong looked puzzled. "Isn't his teacher supposed to be quite impressive? Why are you pulling such a long face? Did he give you a hard time?"

"No! Why are you looking for me, anyway?"

When asked about her purpose, a brilliant smile instantly bloomed on the girl's face. "To go shopping! Accompany me to Suotuo City; it's been so long since we returned from the Star Dou Forest, I want to go out and have a proper meal."

Lin Yan was speechless. "We just got back. Aren't you tired?"

"I am! But wouldn't it be fine if you just used your Blue Silver Grass to restore my stamina?"

Ning Rongrong said it as if it were a matter of course, not treating Lin Yan as an outsider in the slightest.

But Lin Yan was truly exhausted; he had spent most of the journey healing Tang San, and the lingering soreness in his meridians from the prolonged use of soul power made him want nothing more than to rest.

"Forget it, let's do it tomorrow. I really want to get some sleep."

Faced with a rejection, Ning Rongrong didn't lose heart and immediately resorted to her most effective tactic: acting spoiled!

She approached the bed, grabbed Lin Yan's arm, and began to shake it.

"Please~"

"Just come with me, won't you, Lin Yan..."

"Didn't you say you were going to give me a gift earlier? I don't want the gift anymore, I just want you to take me shopping right now."

Lin Yan didn't even lift his eyelids as he replied, "I really don't want to go. Even if you aren't tired, I am."

Yet, who was Ning Rongrong? She was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; aside from being willful and spoiled, her greatest talent was acting spoiled.

When Lin Yan refused to budge, she kept nagging in his ear, cycling through every pitiful expression she could muster, nearly climbing on top of him.

Finally, unable to bear the harassment any longer, Lin Yan gave in. "Go get Zhuqing. If she agrees to go, then I'll go."

Ning Rongrong smiled sweetly and planted a firm peck on Lin Yan's fair cheek.

"Hehe~ You're the best!"

Leaving those words behind, she turned and headed for the girls' dormitory to find Zhuqing.

Evening.

On the streets of Suotuo City.

Lin Yan walked with his left arm around Zhuqing and his right around Ning Rongrong—one sexy and curvaceous, the other dainty and spirited—paired with his own handsome face that carried a hint of wicked charm. Their presence on the street drew frequent side-glances from passersby.

Seeing the looks of envy and jealousy from those around them, Ning Rongrong pursed her lips in triumph.

She tilted her head and looked at Lin Yan. "What was the gift you said you were going to give me earlier?"

Lin Yan paused, his expression turning strange. "Didn't you say you didn't want it?"

"Who said that?" Ning Rongrong was immediately displeased; that had just been a delaying tactic to get Lin Yan to go shopping with her, so how could she actually forgo the gift?

"You already promised me! Hurry up! What exactly are you giving me?"

On the street, Ning Rongrong began to shake Lin Yan's arm incessantly, causing the snowy-white curves on Zhuqing's chest to tremble rhythmically as well.

Unable to withstand such pestering, Lin Yan simply took out the Dragon Talisman, a reward from the system after reaching 100 favorability with Ning Rongrong.

"This is the Dragon Talisman!"

"Hold it in your palm and channel your soul power into it to trigger its ability."

"But don't try it now. I'm not sure how powerful it is; wait until we're on the way back to the academy and there's no one around before you test it."

Lin Yan handed the talisman to Ning Rongrong, specifically warning her not to experiment with it lightly.

After all, even he didn't know what kind of power the Dragon Talisman could unleash on the Douluo Continent.

"Dragon Talisman?"

Ning Rongrong held it up to the streetlights, carefully examining the patterns on the gray stone.

At that moment, Zhuqing suddenly asked.

"Where did you get these things?"

Lin Yan naturally couldn't tell them the secret of the system, so he gave her a wicked smile. "It's a secret!"

Seeing this, Zhuqing rolled her eyes beautifully, then turned her wrist to reveal the Tiger Talisman she held.

"Then, can Rongrong use the one I have, too?"

"You have one too?"

Ning Rongrong looked at the small stone in Zhu Zhuqing's hand, which was almost identical to her own, and wore an expression of surprise.

To this, Lin Yan merely offered a faint smile.

"It definitely won't work! The talismans in your hands are exclusive; apart from the owner, no one else can use them, myself included."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a sudden change occurred.

Ning Rongrong was holding the talisman in her left hand, and suddenly, an extremely violent orange flame condensed in the palm of her right hand.

Lin Yan was particularly sensitive to flames and noticed Ning Rongrong's abnormality the very first moment.

"Oh no! We're in the middle of the street!"

Realizing the danger, Lin Yan suddenly grabbed Ning Rongrong's right hand, which was still condensing the flame, and hoisted it high into the air, aiming it at the sky.

The next second, the flame shot out like a cannonball, surging straight toward the heavens.

The orange streak of light, trailing a tail of fire like a meteor, flew for nearly a hundred meters before suddenly exploding in the air.

BOOM!

The massive explosion kicked up a shockwave that swept all the way to the ground, knocking over many ordinary people before it finally dissipated, which was enough to show just how terrifying the power at the center of the explosion in the sky must have been.

The crowd erupted into chaos, assuming that some high-level Soul Master was about to start a duel.

Lin Yan frowned and looked at Ning Rongrong, who was somewhat stunned with fright, his tone turning a bit stern.

"What are you doing? Didn't I tell you to wait until there was no one around to try it?"

"I... I didn't know!" Ning Rongrong stammered. "I just tried injecting a tiny bit of soul power, I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

The young girl's voice trembled, her mind filled with the image of the fireball exploding just moments ago.

It was fortunate that Lin Yan had been quick-witted enough to aim her palm at the sky; otherwise, if that fireball had exploded in the middle of the crowd, it would have absolutely caused massive casualties.

Ning Rongrong was truly terrified now; she had nearly killed everyone on the entire street.

Lin Yan snatched the Dragon Talisman from Ning Rongrong's hand, then grabbed the wrists of the two girls and quickly vanished into the panicked crowd.

Before long, they reached an open space outside Suotuo City.

Lin Yan looked at Ning Rongrong, who was still shaken, and the sternness in his eyes softened slightly.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

"Does the Dragon Talisman have a backlash on your own body?"

Lin Yan had already witnessed the explosion just now, and it was no exaggeration to say that the power of that fireball was definitely equivalent to the full-force strike of a Soul Elder.

With such terrifying explosive power, he was worried that Ning Rongrong might have suffered some ill effects.