At the foot of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, in a dense forest.
After the toxins Dugu Yan had drawn out entered Xia Yuan's body, Xia Yuan immediately closed the wound.
Seeing this, Dugu Yan's eyes widened slightly.
Xia Yuan himself possessed powerful vitality as well, so closing such a tiny wound was truly effortless for him.
Dugu Yan clicked her tongue in amazement as she watched.
Ye Lingling, who had already recovered a little soul power and stamina, had originally wanted to immediately release a soul skill to heal Xia Yuan.
But seeing that Xia Yuan's little scratch had healed in the blink of an eye, she suddenly had no reason to act.
However, since Xia Yuan was perfectly fine now, that meant she had something to deal with.
Back then, she had already felt that something was off with Dugu Yan. She hadn't expected that today, Dugu Yan would not even bother pretending.
Now that she and Xia Yuan had given birth to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, what did that mean?
It meant they were a match made in heaven!
Even if Xia Yuan would not lack people by his side in the future, she would definitely be the one with the highest status!
Today, perhaps it might have even happened, only for Dugu Yan to suddenly interrupt them.
It looked like she had no choice but to face off against Dugu Yan.
Ye Lingling silently encouraged herself, then spoke directly. "Xia Yuan."
Xia Yuan looked toward Ye Lingling and heard her say, "I want to talk with Yanyan alone for a while."
"Sure." Xia Yuan did not refuse, nor did he have any reason to.
Dugu Yan looked at Ye Lingling, fell silent for a moment, and said, "All right."
The two of them walked straight outside, then, as if by tacit agreement, both turned back to glance at Xia Yuan.
Xia Yuan was not some innocent person either. He knew perfectly well what the two of them were doing this for.
But since the two of them wanted to resolve it themselves first, then he would see what decision they made.
Outside the forest, Ye Lingling was the first to speak. "Yanyan, do you..."
"Yes!" Before Ye Lingling could finish, Dugu Yan admitted it outright.
"Although I didn't care at first..."
"I'm not asking you about that." Ye Lingling directly interrupted Dugu Yan's casting wind-up.
"Yanyan, you saw it too. A Martial Soul Fusion Skill was born between me and Xia Yuan."
"If you insist on competing with me, I'm afraid you won't be able to beat me."
Dugu Yan could not help glancing at Ye Lingling.
In the past, when had Ye Lingling ever had a side like this?
"Then what do you want?" Dugu Yan asked.
Ye Lingling raised her eyes and looked straight at Dugu Yan. "It's simple. Either you accept being the lesser one, or you withdraw."
Dugu Yan: ...
"You used to be so quiet, but now you're rather blunt."
Ye Lingling said, "No matter how you put it, we can be considered friends. I don't want to fall out with you either."
"Besides, Xia Yuan's future is destined to be limitless. Even if he ends up like the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and has... has several, that might not be impossible."
Dugu Yan thought of what Dugu Bo had said to her when he had come to see her earlier.
At the time, Dugu Bo had even told her to find an opportunity, but she had been conflicted because of Ye Lingling.
She had not expected that Ye Lingling had already mentally prepared herself.
"Even if you say that..." Dugu Yan still wanted to say something.
But Ye Lingling had already turned around.
"Yanyan, I've already given you a chance. Don't regret it after I stop holding back."
Watching Ye Lingling's figure gradually walk farther away, Dugu Yan finally gritted her teeth and chased after her.
In the forest, Xia Yuan recovered from his meditative state. Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan sat down on his left and right.
"Xia Yuan..." The two of them spoke together as if they had arranged it in advance, then after realizing the other had spoken too, shut their mouths at the same time.
Xia Yuan said faintly, "Did you two forget the gap between me and you?"
At first, the two of them did not understand. Only after a moment did they turn their heads away, a faint blush spreading across their cheeks.
Xia Yuan's behavior often made them forget these things.
Especially since Xia Yuan's body had grown taller by a fair bit due to the rise in his soul power cultivation and other reasons, and his build was completely unlike what someone his age should have.
Although, because of a certain peerless powerhouse on the narrative layer, the three of them did not completely lay everything out here, they had already fully understood one another's intentions.
Xia Yuan also had not expected that without him needing to say anything, the two of them had already each taken one wing for themselves.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
In the main seat of the council hall, Ning Fengzhi wore a white robe and sat upright above them.
"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, I've made up my mind on this matter."
"You two have always spoiled Rongrong far too much. If this goes on, it won't be a good thing."
On the two chairs beside him sat an old man with white hair and beard but a face as delicate as a baby's, and a withered old man with an enormous frame but somewhat shriveled muscles and skin.
These two were the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's two guardian Douluo: Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong. Both were among the ranks of peak Douluo.
Hearing Ning Fengzhi's words, the two of them showed their displeasure almost at the same time.
Even so, they could not stop Ning Fengzhi's resolve.
In the end, the two of them let out a long sigh.
Sword Douluo asked, "Fengzhi, do you really trust that Qin Ming so much?"
"It's not that I trust him, but that I trust his teacher, Flender," Ning Fengzhi explained.
"You two have also heard of Flender's title as the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle back then."
Bone Douluo snorted coldly. "Having a reputation in the soul master world doesn't mean his teaching must be good!"
"What's more, that's his student, not the man himself."
When Bone Douluo put it that way, Ning Fengzhi immediately revealed a mysterious smile. "Fengzhi would not dare hide anything from you two."
"I was just planning for Rongrong to enroll in Shrek Academy, the academy Flender founded, in the future."
"What?" The two old men both looked at Ning Fengzhi in shock.
"You went to all this trouble just so Rongrong wouldn't stay in the sect?"
"And in the future, you even plan to send her to some remote place no one knows about?"
Ning Fengzhi nodded somewhat proudly. "That's right."
"You two can rest assured. Rongrong is my daughter too. As her father, how could I possibly harm her?"
"Meeting that teacher Qin Ming at Heaven Dou Royal Academy this time was simply heaven's will!"
"Heaven's will?" Bone Douluo said coldly. "I think you've been corroded by heaven's will!"
Ning Fengzhi paid no mind to Bone Douluo's words and continued, "Oh, right, Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, you two must not go looking for Rongrong!"
"If she can't even stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then I can only send her to Shrek Academy ahead of time."
"If anything happens to Rongrong, old bone dragon and I will hold you responsible!" Sword Douluo, at the side, flung down those words and stormed off angrily.
Bone Douluo glanced at Ning Fengzhi as well, then shook his head and left.
Seeing the two of them leave, Ning Fengzhi did not mind.
The two guardian Douluo had always doted on Ning Rongrong, so their reaction this time had not gone beyond his expectations.
As long as they saw the changes in Ning Rongrong, they would understand his painstaking intentions.
Parents everywhere had such pitiful hearts. Who could understand his thoughts?
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