Sudden Accident!

"Keeping up this act is so exhausting~"

Ning Rongrong sighed inwardly, but looking at Tang Yin sitting across from her, she couldn't help but want to present her best self.

The three of them finished ordering what they wanted.

Before long, the waiter brought out the desserts they had ordered one after another.

"Please, enjoy," Ning Rongrong said with a smile, her demeanor dignified and graceful.

"I won't stand on ceremony~" Xiao Wu was carefree by nature and didn't feel the need to restrain herself just because there was an outsider present, so she began to eat in small, quick bites.

Tang Yin also ate bit by bit, though his pace was quite fast.

Seeing this, Ning Rongrong stopped putting on airs.

She had been hungry for a long time.

The breakfast at Shrek Academy that morning had consisted only of rice porridge and pickled vegetables.

As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, such a breakfast was nothing short of hell for her.

She hadn't taken a single bite.

After breakfast, she had been assigned a task to run twenty laps around the village where Shrek Academy was located.

Although she had only run two laps before getting too lazy to continue, she was now both exhausted and famished.

"Ning Rongrong, speaking of which, you just enrolled today, don't you have classes?"

"With so few students at Shrek Academy, I doubt they have days off, right?"

Xiao Wu asked, puzzled.

"There are indeed classes, and the assignment was for me to run twenty laps around the academy."

"But I finished it a long time ago, so I came into the city to replenish my energy," Ning Rongrong explained with a smile.

Her acting was top-tier.

Lying at this moment was no different from her usual self.

"So that's how it is~" Xiao Wu realized, though she also felt a bit worried, and immediately asked, "Then where are you going next?"

Ning Rongrong's beautiful eyes blinked gently, and a thought crossed her mind: "I don't have anything to do at the moment, so I'll just wander around until it gets dark before heading back."

"How about I tag along with you two?" Ning Rongrong suddenly looked excited for a moment, but then immediately frowned and lowered her head. "I'm not familiar with this place, and I'm not a combat-type Support Soul Master."

"To tell you the truth."

"Ever since I left home, I've been on edge."

By the time she finished speaking, a look of worry appeared on Ning Rongrong's face as she lightly bit her thin lip.

She looked truly pitiful and worthy of sympathy.

"You're a Support Soul Master?" Xiao Wu asked in surprise.

"That's right."

Ning Rongrong nodded repeatedly, unable to help but sigh.

"But... Tang Yin and I have things to take care of next..."

Xiao Wu was torn between wanting to shake off Ning Rongrong and worrying about her safety.

For a Support Soul Master to come all the way from the imperial capital to Suotuo City, it would be truly dire if she encountered any danger.

After all, a Support Soul Master might not even be able to defeat an ordinary person wielding a weapon!

Not to mention that she was a delicate young woman...

But... if she let Ning Rongrong follow them around...

Xiao Wu's face showed her hesitation, and she could only cast a pleading look at Tang Yin.

Seeing this, Tang Yin understood her intent and said, "Ning Rongrong, we are heading back to the academy to cultivate. You aren't a student at our academy, so you can't go inside."

"Which academy do you attend? I'll just buy the place! I want to see if they dare stop me from entering!" Ning Rongrong waved her small hand, the face of a wealthy spendthrift on full display.

Xiao Wu's bright, watery eyes widened abruptly.

To talk about buying an entire academy so casually—just how rich was Ning Rongrong's family?

Hearing this, the corners of Tang Yin's mouth twitched, and he was left speechless.

What a wealthy spendthrift!

He was green with envy!

"Another day!"

"Let's meet up another day!"

"There really isn't any time today!" Tang Yin said helplessly.

Seeing that Tang Yin and Xiao Wu were dead set against taking her along, Ning Rongrong stopped pushing the matter.

She could only pull a long face and nod in resignation.

A while later, the three of them finished their desserts and parted ways in front of the shop.

However, Ning Rongrong hadn't walked more than a few steps before she began stealthily tailing Tang Yin and Xiao Wu.

At first, Tang Yin and Xiao Wu didn't pay it any mind.

But before long, both of them simultaneously heard an urgent cry for help.

"Tang Yin! Xiao Wu!"

"Save me!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Tang Yin and Xiao Wu paused in their tracks and turned around in unison, yet Ning Rongrong was nowhere to be seen in their line of sight.

"Whoosh!"

Tang Yin narrowed his eyes, and the power of his Blue Silver Domain rippled out from his body, with the Blue Silver Grass within a five-hundred-meter radius acting as his eyes.

"This way!"

Tang Yin grabbed Xiao Wu and dashed straight toward the entrance of a small alley.

Inside the alley, Ning Rongrong was pressed against the wall, her face slightly pale. Standing before her were two middle-aged men in white robes, appearing to be around forty years old.

Beyond that, a corpse lay on the ground, blood pooling from it.

Ning Rongrong had yet to recover from her panic, but the moment she saw Tang Yin appear, her eyes quickly regained their luster.

"Tang Yin, you scared me to death just now!"

Ning Rongrong pushed past the two men in front of her and threw herself directly onto Tang Yin.

"I thought I was done for!"

Tang Yin was instantly dumbfounded.

He hadn't even figured out the situation yet; what was this all about?

"These two people were trying to bully me!"

Ning Rongrong spun around abruptly, pointing at the two white-robed men behind her with tear-filled eyes.

The two white-robed men exchanged a glance, both staring at Ning Rongrong in utter bewilderment.

Bully Ning Rongrong?

Them?

"Swish! Swish!"

Without any eye contact or verbal communication, the two of them moved with perfect synchronization, vaulting over the wall to "flee" the scene.

"Ning Rongrong, were those two just now in league with the corpse on the ground?"

As Xiao Wu asked this, she pulled Ning Rongrong off of Tang Yin and dragged her toward the body.

"Mm-hmm!"

"That's right!"

Ning Rongrong wiped the tear tracks from the corners of her eyes.

These tears were half-genuine, half-feigned.

She had indeed been frightened just moments ago.

She truly hadn't expected to be ambushed by a lecherous man in broad daylight.

Fortunately, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples who had been tailing and protecting her had appeared just in time.

She was well aware of this fact.

She had never expected that Ning Fengzhi would be unaware of her whereabouts after she left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Even if he didn't know at first, it wouldn't take long for him to find out where she was.

Such was the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Yin walked slowly to the side of the corpse, carefully examining its features.

It was a stranger; he had never seen this person before.

They weren't from his circle.

However.

It was indeed this corpse that had ambushed Ning Rongrong while it was still alive.

He had already seen the entire sequence of events clearly through his Blue Silver Domain.

The Blue Silver Grass in the corner of the wall served as his eyes.

He also knew that the two men in white from just moments ago were the bodyguards lurking by Ning Rongrong's side.

"Strange, Tang Yin and I have lived here for two years and have never encountered anything like this."

"How is it that you ran into it the moment you arrived?"

Xiao Wu's willow-leaf brows furrowed slightly as she looked at Ning Rongrong with a strange expression.

"Perhaps it's because this person saw that I was relatively weak and easy to bully..."

Ning Rongrong lowered her head, fiddling with her fingers.

"You should just stay with us today."

"Whenever you decide to go back, Tang Yin and I will see you off."

"However, there is one condition."

Xiao Wu said helplessly, not wanting to suffer a loss herself.

"What condition?"

"Just say it!"

Ning Rongrong stared at Xiao Wu excitedly.

"You're paying for everything we spend today!"

Xiao Wu said in a deep voice.

"No problem!"

Ning Rongrong didn't care about that at all.

Tang Yin's attention was not on their conversation at all; he was currently examining the corpse.

At the same time, he was also looting its wealth.

This good habit must be maintained at all times.