Ning Rongrong was naturally delighted to see Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. She rushed over and threw herself into Ning Fengzhi's arms.
"Dad, Grandpa Sword, what brings you here?"
Xiao Wu hid behind Tang San, trying to make herself as inconspicuous as possible for fear Sword Douluo might notice her.
Fortunately, Sword Douluo's attention was entirely on Ning Rongrong, and he didn't notice Xiao Wu.
"What, your Grandpa Sword isn't allowed to come see you?"
"Of course he is!"
Just then, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender came over as well.
"Greetings, Sect Master Ning. Greetings, Your Excellency Sword Douluo."
"Please, no need for formalities. Thank you for looking after my daughter all this time."
After exchanging a few polite words, Ning Fengzhi was about to take Ning Rongrong away.
Yu Xiaogang suddenly spoke up. "Sect Master Ning, if I'm not mistaken, you came here today because of the Sky Screen."
At Yu Xiaogang's words, Ning Fengzhi frowned slightly, but still wore his usual kindly smile. "Heh, that is indeed part of the reason. Grandmaster, do you have any unique insights about the Sky Screen?"
Hearing Ning Fengzhi address him as Grandmaster made Yu Xiaogang quite pleased, though he pretended to be profound as he said, "I wouldn't call them unique, but I do have some insights."
Yu Xiaogang glanced at the Sky Screen before continuing. "The people appearing in the rankings on this Sky Screen all belong to the Akademiya, so I suspect this might be some trick concocted by that Akademiya."
Ning Fengzhi had thought Yu Xiaogang might truly have some unique insight, but he hadn't expected such a brainless remark. He immediately lost interest in Yu Xiaogang.
"Dad, I think Grandmaster is right. There's definitely something fishy about this Sky Screen, and that Akademiya can't be any good either."
"Rongrong, watch what you say!"
Even Sword Douluo couldn't help scolding Ning Rongrong. She looked aggrieved.
Ning Fengzhi also turned to Ning Rongrong with a stern expression. "Rongrong, we're going to meet Sethos, the person just ranked ninth on the Sky Screen. Don't say anything careless."
"What? Sethos is in Heaven Dou City?"
"Mm!"
Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong and started to leave, but Yu Xiaogang spoke up again. Ning Fengzhi was already growing impatient.
"Sect Master Ning, please wait."
"What is it now?"
Yu Xiaogang seemed not to hear the displeasure in Ning Fengzhi's voice at all. He continued on his own, "We'd also like to pay a visit to this Lord Sethos..."
"Dad!"
Ning Rongrong took Ning Fengzhi's hand and began pleading with him again.
"Sigh! All right, then. We'll go together."
Sword Douluo noticed something was amiss. Ning Rongrong was clearly taking Shrek Academy's side, and that wasn't a good thing.
Just then, a new page appeared on the Sky Screen.
[Affiliation: Akademiya] [Age: 25] [Martial Soul: Hunter's Path] [Soul Power Level: Rank 93] [Students: Collei, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan]
People had grown used to the information shown earlier, but the appearance of Dugu Bo's name still came as a shock.
Many people knew the name Poison Douluo, and those familiar with him were even more surprised. Given Poison Douluo's temperament, how could he possibly be willing to become someone's student?
In Spirit City, Chrysanthemum Douluo, who had never gotten along with Dugu Bo, couldn't resist making a jab.
"That old poison's really gone downhill with age. He's actually become a young man's student. What a disgrace. Don't you agree, Ghost?"
"Doesn't the fact that someone like Dugu Bo would obediently become a student make this even more frightening?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo considered it and realized he was right. His expression turned serious.
At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Ouyang Kong looked at Dugu Bo with a smile. "Heh, I suppose this means you and your granddaughter made the list."
Dugu Bo could only smile wryly. Becoming the student of a twenty-five-year-old young man had made this old man lose face in a big way.
He then looked at Dugu Yan. She really had made a name for herself thanks to the Sky Screen.
At the Seven Treasure Hotel in Heaven Dou City, seeing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's names reminded Qian Renxue that not long ago, Dugu Bo had forcibly withdrawn Dugu Yan from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, after which they had disappeared.
So they had managed to get in with the Akademiya. What good luck.
Qian Renxue gave Sethos a meaningful look. "So your Akademiya had already begun laying the groundwork long ago."
Sethos smiled awkwardly.
"The Grand Sage may have arranged that. I don't know the details.
"But Tighnari is a very capable teacher too. I've heard that many people in Amurta are desperate to become his students.
"Those two really are lucky to have been accepted by Tighnari."
They say sincerity is the ultimate weapon. Sethos's genuine candor made Qian Renxue, with her probing words, look like a clown.
Just then, She Long came over and told Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi had brought some people with him and wanted to meet Sethos too.
Earlier, Xue Xing and Xue Beng had come looking for Sethos, but She Long had driven them away. With Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo here, however, he couldn't turn them away.
Qian Renxue left the decision to Sethos. "Sethos, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and His Excellency Sword Douluo want to meet you. Would you like to see them?"
"Sure! I've always enjoyed making friends."
At the sight of Sethos's sincere smile, Qian Renxue somehow found it dazzlingly irritating.
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong, and the rest of the Shrek group all came in.
At the same time, the Sky Screen showed Tighnari in battle.
Tighnari was facing a gigantic Fungi. He held Hunter's Path in his hand and manipulated the Dendro element to attack.
His volleys of green arrows were tremendously powerful, and they could turn into vines to restrain the Fungi's movements.
"This ends now! Vine Shadow Chain!"
Tighnari fired another volley of arrows in rapid succession, defeating the gigantic Fungi. Then the scene changed, and a squirrel's tail swished across Tighnari's face, waking him up.
"So it was a hallucination!"
He picked up the Sweet Water Mushroom beside him, then took out his notebook and began recording.
"Bitter taste, mild toxicity, a distinctive aroma. Eating it causes hallucinations, so it's somewhat dangerous.
"That's everything. I'll publish it in the next issue of the Rainforest Biological Guide."
After watching this, Sethos also laughed.
"Heh, so Tighnari has a side like this too. That's amusing. But taste-testing mushrooms himself is a little dangerous."
At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tighnari's face had turned a little red. He hadn't expected the Sky Screen to show this, even depicting the hallucination he had experienced.
As a Forest Ranger and botanist, getting hallucinations from eating mushrooms was more than a little embarrassing.
However, after watching this, most people felt that Tighnari seemed more real and approachable.
After watching this scene, Yu Xiaogang gave a disdainful smile. How could a Titled Douluo be knocked down by poisonous mushrooms? This had to be a scam, a trick concocted by the Akademiya.
Today, he, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, would expose this sham!
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