When he heard Zhao Wuji call, "I'm done fighting,"
Zhang Tianyu flicked his sword-pointing hand. Yellow Springs immediately flew back to his side, and the fireballs filling the sky stopped attacking.
Giving up this quickly?
Zhao Wuji, Zhao Wuji, you really are getting less and less stamina.
You lasted longer in my previous life than this.
And this time, I was the one going toe-to-toe with you for the most part. Xiao Wu and the others barely even lifted a finger.
Zhao Wuji had already canceled Martial Soul Possession. Shaking his head, he said, "Who would've thought? I didn't expect your strength to be this formidable. What's going on with your first Soul Skill? How can you release so many fireballs? And it looks like you haven't even used up much Soul Power."
"I'm not too sure myself," Zhang Tianyu said, pretending to be clueless, of course. "Maybe it's because I have a Mutated Martial Soul."
Sure enough, Zhao Wuji wore an enlightened expression after hearing that and didn't press him any further. He merely said, "Mutated Martial Souls really are unreasonable!"
"There's no need for us to keep fighting. I've got a clear idea of your strength now. If we keep this up, I'll either get hurt or have to show my true capabilities. Neither would be appropriate, so on behalf of the academy, I welcome you all!"
"Thank you, Teacher Zhao." Zhang Tianyu raised a hand and dispersed all the fireballs.
"What are you thanking me for? You earned this with your own strength. Xiao Bai, take them through the enrollment process." With that, Zhao Wuji turned and left.
Zhang Tianyu was a little disappointed.
Hey, don't go!
You're just leaving?
Hey, you've only seen my strength. You haven't seen Tang San's yet.
You're not going to beat Tang San up? Aren't you going to test his strength?
What a pity!
Wait, no. There's still some of my Hell Flying Flame inside you! Don't you want me to clear it out for you? Why are you leaving in such a hurry?
But Zhao Wuji was already far away.
The reason Zhao Wuji was in such a hurry to leave was precisely the Hell Flying Flame. He wanted to deal with that strange fire himself.
Dai Mubai walked over to the group with a complicated expression. He understood now that Zhang Tianyu had obviously held back when they sparred.
If Zhang Tianyu had conjured this many fireballs back then, Dai Mubai would have been as good as dead.
"Looks like you held back when we sparred," Dai Mubai asked quietly.
Zhang Tianyu replied, "Come on, we've got no grudge against each other. Why would I go all out and kill you? Besides, if I messed you up, who would I collect money from?"
Dai Mubai: ...
Ah, so in your eyes, I'm someone you could mess up without even trying?
Thanks for your concern!
I'm touched! Brought to tears!
Soon, they finished all the procedures.
The group arrived at their respective dorms.
Just like in their previous life,
Tang San and Oscar shared a room, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong shared a room,
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun shared a room, and Zhang Tianyu and Zhu Zhuqing shared a room.
Ah, everyone got their own room.
It would've been great if they could all share one room.
They put their luggage in their respective dorms and introduced themselves to their roommates.
Ning Rongrong was overjoyed. She hadn't expected to be assigned to the same dorm as Xiao Wu. She could tell that Xiao Wu and Zhang Tianyu had an unusual relationship.
If she became friends with Xiao Wu, wouldn't that make it easy to get close to Zhang Tianyu?
As for Xiao Wu and Zhang Tianyu's relationship, she didn't care at all.
On Douluo Continent, the strong were revered.
How many powerful men didn't have three wives and four concubines?
How many powerful women didn't have three husbands and four lovers?
Did her father, Ning Fengzhi, have few wives? Few sons?
As long as Zhang Tianyu let her be his first wife one day, that would be enough. At worst, she could settle for being second, after Xiao Wu. She could accept that too.
Of course, the prerequisite was that Zhang Tianyu's strength had to be worthy of all this.
Wanting three wives and four concubines without the strength to back it up? That was just plain stupid.
Zhang Tianyu put his things away, flopped onto the bed with his arms and legs sprawled out, and took a deep, comfortable breath.
Ah, this felt great!
He was back in this familiar dorm! Great!
He hadn't spent that long here, but he'd made plenty of memories.
In his previous life, most of his interactions with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu had happened here.
Later, he'd moved into Spirit Hall and lived in an even more luxurious palace, but it hadn't felt nearly as familiar.
Was the palace a golden nest or a silver nest? And this shabby dorm a straw nest?
Hmm, interesting.
After lying there for a while, Zhang Tianyu began counting down:
"Five, four, three, two, one."
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked at the door.
Right on time.
"Who is it?" Zhang Tianyu got up and asked, pretending not to know.
"It's me!" Xiao Wu's voice came from outside.
Zhang Tianyu went over and opened the door. Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong stood outside, two bright and beautiful young girls, smiling at him.
"What's up?" Zhang Tianyu continued pretending not to know.
"We've finished enrolling, and we've settled into our dorms. There's nothing else to do now, so why don't we go explore Suotuo City and get something tasty?" Xiao Wu cheerfully tugged at Zhang Tianyu's arm.
"Uh... well..."
"Enough with the 'well' and 'but,'" Xiao Wu said. "Rongrong and I are planning to go. Are you really going to let two cute, beautiful girls like us go out alone? Besides, classes start tomorrow, and who knows how long it'll be before we can go out again?"
"Fine. Let's go."
"Yay!" Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were both happy, though Ning Rongrong was clearly happier.
She thought to herself, I was right to become friends with Xiao Wu. I get to spend time with him up close so soon! This is wonderful!
In the original story, everyone had fought Zhao Wuji hard and ended up exhausted, so they all rested in their dorms afterward.
This time, they'd spent the whole match lounging around and playing backup. Zhang Tianyu had done all the attacking by himself.
So naturally, they were full of energy now.
At the academy entrance,
Ning Rongrong asked, "It doesn't look like there are any carriages here. Are we... walking to Suotuo City?"
It was nearly noon, and the sun was blazing.
As she spoke, Ning Rongrong's eyes flickered toward Zhang Tianyu.
Zhang Tianyu knew she wanted to ride his Flying Sword.
But there was barely any room on the Flying Sword. If all three of them squeezed together, they'd end up pressed close to each other. Xiao Wu definitely wouldn't agree.
But to Zhang Tianyu's surprise, Xiao Wu agreed!
That wasn't right!
She hadn't agreed in his previous life!
He didn't know that this time, because Ning Rongrong had decided the moment they met that she would win Zhang Tianyu over, she'd gone to great lengths to become friends with Xiao Wu.
She might be a headstrong little devil, but she'd grown up in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, with a shrewd father like Ning Fengzhi. She was quite skilled at managing relationships.
Of course, even though Xiao Wu agreed, there was no way she'd let Ning Rongrong get physically close to Zhang Tianyu.
So once they were on the Flying Sword, Zhang Tianyu stood at the front, Xiao Wu stood in the middle with her arms around his waist, and Ning Rongrong stood at the back with her arms around Xiao Wu's waist.
Why was this different from his previous life?
Zhang Tianyu scratched his head, utterly puzzled.
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