Xu Qing's Lecture! Blue Silver Academy's Terrifying Strength, Ning Rongrong's Shock!

Flender turned and frantically waved at Liu Erlong and the uninjured students.

The Shrek group immediately descended into chaos.

They hurriedly carried off the poisoned and unconscious Tang San, along with the continuously screaming Ma Hongjun.

Like homeless dogs, they scrambled and fled through the gates of Blue Silver Academy.

They ran faster than rabbits.

In the blink of an eye, a wide stretch before the gates had been cleared.

No one noticed.

Amid the chaotic retreat, Ning Rongrong, who was at the back of the group, did not leave with them.

The Shrek group had been dealt a crushing blow, and the mood was extremely grim. Everyone was focused on the injured, so no one noticed that one person was missing.

Keeping close to Blue Silver Academy's wall, Ning Rongrong quietly slipped behind a dense flower bed.

She hid in the shadows, biting her lower lip, her eyes filled with unwillingness.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda was publicly recognized as the continent's number-one support martial soul.

As the sect's little princess, she had always taken great pride in it.

Yet the white flower released by that girl named Ye Lingling had utterly crushed the martial soul she was so proud of with its amplification effect.

How could she possibly swallow such humiliation?

She had to stay in Blue Silver Academy and find out exactly what kind of godly martial soul that was!

Outside the gates.

Watching the Shrek group flee in disgrace.

Ye Lingling put away the Nine-Heart Begonia in her hand, looking utterly relaxed.

"They ran pretty fast."

"What a pity. I hadn't even used half my Soul Power yet."

Ye Lingling dusted off her sleeve, her tone calm.

Shui Bing'er stepped forward and nodded in agreement.

"They really are a disgusting bunch."

"Their methods are vicious and underhanded, and even after losing, they refused to admit it."

"But whatever. Arguing with trash like them would only lower us. There was no need to start a massacre outside the gates because of them."

Shui Yue'er cheerfully hooked her arm around her sister's.

"If we'd known they were so weak, we should've let Dugu Yan come out and stretch her legs."

"She'd been itching to test the power of her new martial soul for a long time."

Hearing her younger sister's words, Shui Bing'er lightly patted the back of her hand.

"Enough, stop chatting."

"Today is the day the Dean is personally giving a lecture."

"I heard today's topic concerns the ultimate origin of martial souls, and every student in the academy can attend."

"Let's hurry to the open-air lecture ground and grab a good spot. If we're late, we won't be able to squeeze in."

The three girls immediately composed themselves and headed deeper into the academy together.

Meanwhile.

Ning Rongrong was crouching low as she wandered aimlessly along the tree-lined paths of Blue Silver Academy.

The environment within the academy was excellent. The rich life force made every breath she took feel wonderfully refreshing.

As she walked.

She passed a classroom with half-open windows.

A teacher's expressive lecture drifted out from inside.

"Regarding Soul Power diversion control for support-type martial souls, the key lies in node resonance..."

"Once you master this Soul Power circulation route, you can reduce Soul Power consumption by at least thirty percent."

Ning Rongrong stopped curiously and listened for a few moments.

After listening.

She was completely stunned.

Utterly shocked!

The theory taught by that teacher was not only profound, but also struck directly at the heart of the matter. It analyzed many of the pain points faced by support-type Soul Masters in a simple, easy-to-understand manner.

Ning Rongrong quietly worked through it in her mind and discovered that this theory fit her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda perfectly!

Professional.

That was the only word that could describe how she felt at that moment.

Compared to this, the so-called core theories preached every day at Shrek by Yu Xiaogang, the "Grandmaster" praised across the continent, were nothing but childish nonsense!

"Compared to this place, Shrek is nothing more than some shabby, third-rate academy..."

Ning Rongrong muttered to herself, the shock in her heart churning like stormy seas.

She became even more curious about this academy.

She continued deeper along the main road.

Before she realized it.

Ning Rongrong had unexpectedly arrived outside an immensely spacious open-air lecture ground.

Dense Blue Silver Grass surrounded the lecture ground.

Several hundred Blue Silver Academy students sat cross-legged on cushions, staring intently ahead.

Ning Rongrong hid behind a large tree and poked out half her head to look.

Atop a bluestone slab in the very center of the lecture ground.

Sat a handsome young man in green robes, his bearing otherworldly.

It was Xu Qing.

Xu Qing looked serene, his clear voice echoing across the open lecture ground.

"Heaven and earth nurture all things. Martial souls are merely bridges that connect us to heaven and earth."

"The world says martial souls are divided into useless and divine."

"Yet they do not know that even grass and trees can cut down the stars, and even dust can fill the vast sea."

"All transformations lie within a single thought that seeks the origin."

His voice was not loud, yet it was like a morning bell or evening drum, striking directly at the depths of the soul.

Ning Rongrong had only heard a few sentences.

The thought of secretly gathering information was instantly thrown to the back of her mind.

She involuntarily closed her eyes and followed Xu Qing's voice, immersing herself in that mysterious realm of martial souls.

Ning Rongrong hid behind the tree.

Looking at the tall figure in green robes atop the bluestone, her lips parted slightly.

Such insight, capable of pointing directly to the essence of martial souls with only a few words.

She had never even heard anything like it in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Even Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone could never have spoken such profound truths.

And the theories Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy constantly prattled on about.

Compared to these words, they were nothing but crude nonsense!

Blue Silver Academy was actually this formidable!

The teaching standards of any random teacher here could crush countless Grandmasters outside.

Compared to this place, Shrek Academy was simply a shabby academy with no foundation at all!

Ning Rongrong was still immersed in overwhelming shock.

A gentle halo suddenly spread across Xu Qing's body at the center of the lecture ground.

Like ripples on water, it expanded outward in all directions.

Wherever it passed, the Blue Silver Grass on the ground swayed softly.

Releasing a refreshing fragrance.

It was an exceptionally pure radiance of life.

The halo spread to where Ning Rongrong was hiding.

She instinctively took a deep breath.

A trace of warm life energy entered her body directly through her nose.

Every pore on her body instantly relaxed.

The Soul Power within her, which had been somewhat depleted from all the running around, rapidly filled up as though parched earth had received a long-awaited rain.

This feeling?

It seemed like some kind of incredibly high-level support buff!

No!

Ning Rongrong's eyes abruptly widened as she carefully sensed the changes within her body.

Not only was her Soul Power recovering, even its upper limit was being broadened bit by bit.

This was not a temporary enhancement at all!

It was a permanent improvement!

Such a method was simply unheard of.

Ning Rongrong stared at Xu Qing, monstrous waves surging in her heart.

As her gaze shifted.

Ning Rongrong noticed several figures seated in the front row.

Aside from Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er, the sisters who had displayed their might at the academy gates earlier.

There was also someone she found extremely familiar.

Dugu Yan?

Ning Rongrong had met Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

At that time, Dugu Yan cultivated poisonous arts, and her aura was cold and sinister, making others afraid to approach her.

But the current Dugu Yan was practically a different person!

The poisonous, sinister aura around her had vanished completely.

In its place was an incredibly domineering yet upright and tranquil terrifying pressure.

Had her martial soul undergone a fundamental transformation?