Ning Rongrong: Long Yun, Will You Stay?

Long Tian stopped walking.

His white robes fluttered lightly in the wind.

A hint of amusement appeared on his handsome yet alluring face.

"Yu Xiaogang."

"Getting tough again at a time like this?"

"You certainly didn't look like this when you were kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy."

Yu Xiaogang's face instantly flushed red.

His lips moved.

Yet he could not find a single word to refute him.

All his pent-up frustration could only be buried in his chest.

Long Tian did not spare him another glance.

"Bing'er, Teacher, let's go."

Shui Bing'er nodded.

Ling Yuan raised a hand and waved.

Crimson flames spread through the air.

Just as the three of them were about to leave.

A petite figure hurried over.

"Long Tian, wait!"

Ning Rongrong stood several steps away.

Her pink dress was stained with dust, exposing her fair, slender, straight calves beneath the hem.

Her delicate face was full of anxiety.

Those bright eyes remained fixed on the figure in white.

"Can you stay a few more days?"

"Even if you don't return to Shrek, don't leave so soon."

"There are many things Rongrong still hasn't told you."

Long Tian turned around.

The Nine-Colored Double Pupils reflected the sunlight, deep and tranquil.

As Ning Rongrong looked into those eyes, her heart tightened slightly.

Three months ago.

When Long Tian had left Shrek, his back had been just as carefree.

But now that they met again.

His nobility and strength had already become something one could only look up at in awe.

"Rongrong."

"I've already found my own path."

"I won't stay any longer."

Ning Rongrong bit her red lips.

Her slender hands hung at her sides, her fingertips curling slightly.

"Shrek wronged you before."

"But I never wanted to hurt you."

"Can you stay for a few days, for the sake of what we once had?"

Long Tian gently shook his head.

"Let the past remain in the past."

"You have your path."

"I have mine."

"From now on, it's best for us to each move forward on our own."

Ning Rongrong stood frozen where she was.

Sunlight fell upon Long Tian's shoulders.

His white robes were whiter than snow.

That impossibly handsome face carried an intoxicating allure and nobility.

He was clearly so close.

Yet he already felt impossibly far away.

Ling Yuan glanced at Ning Rongrong.

Then she raised her hand, flames lifting the three of them into the air.

Long Tian cast one final look at Shrek Academy.

The dilapidated gate plaque.

The charred ground.

And the people wearing all manner of expressions.

He withdrew his gaze.

A crimson streak flashed across the sky and vanished into the distance in an instant.

Ning Rongrong remained where she was.

Her long hair was lifted by the wind.

She stared in the direction the figure in white had gone for a long time without looking away.

The crimson streak passed through the clouds and finally descended outside Tianshui Academy.

Ling Yuan folded away her flaming wings, her beautiful eyes settling on Long Tian.

"The matter at Shrek has ended. It is time for me to return to Spirit Hall."

"For the coming period, you will remain at Tianshui Academy and cultivate."

Long Tian cupped his hands in salute.

"Rest assured, Teacher. Your disciple will not slack off."

Ling Yuan nodded lightly and placed a fiery red feather in Long Tian's hand.

"This Ling Yuan Feather contains my soul power."

"If you encounter danger you cannot handle, crush it."

"No matter where I am, I will come as quickly as I can."

Long Tian stored the feather in his storage soul tool.

"Take care, Teacher."

Ling Yuan raised her jade-like hand and gently straightened Long Tian's collar.

"Good disciple, cultivate with peace of mind."

"When we meet again, don't disappoint your teacher."

Flames rose beneath her feet.

The figure in the red dress shot into the sky and soon disappeared deep into the clouds.

Long Tian stood where he was, watching Ling Yuan depart.

Shui Bing'er came to his side, her pale blue dress fluttering gently in the breeze.

"Her Eminence Ling Yuan cares about you very much."

"Teacher treats me very well."

Long Tian withdrew his gaze.

"Let's go."

The two entered Tianshui Academy side by side.

Several days later.

Tianshui Academy.

Training grounds.

Long Tian stood alone at the center of the grounds, nine-colored divine light flowing across his white robes.

Several dozen Tianshui students had gathered around him.

They wore matching blue academy uniforms, their skirts fluttering lightly in the wind and making their long, shapely legs especially eye-catching.

Every pair of bright eyes was focused on the figure in white.

Long Tian slowly raised his right hand.

His second yellow soul ring rose with it.

"Absolute Zero."

A wisp of nine-colored icy light drifted down from his palm.

The instant the icy light touched the ground, an extreme cold abruptly spread outward.

Crack!

Hard ice crystals rapidly spread across the ground, covering the entire training grounds in the blink of an eye.

The surrounding railings, stone pillars, and trees were all coated in a layer of deep blue frost.

Several fallen leaves froze into crystal-clear sheets of ice before they could even touch the ground.

The observing students hurriedly circulated their soul power to ward off the cold.

"This was just a casual attack?"

"Long Tian didn't even fully release his martial soul, yet the entire training grounds were frozen."

"Even Senior Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix isn't this outrageous, is it?"

"If that landed on someone, who could withstand it?"

At the front of the crowd, a girl in a watery blue short dress widened her beautiful eyes.

Shui Yue'er had the same watery blue hair as her sister, and her looks were delicate and pretty, though her personality was far livelier.

Her fitted uniform outlined her slender waist, while her fair, long legs showed beneath her skirt.

She stared at the center of the training grounds, unwilling to look away for a long while.

"Sis, is Long Tian really only an auxiliary-system soul master?"

Shui Bing'er stood beside her.

Her pale blue dress fitted her tall, graceful figure, with a silver-white sash tied around her waist.

"His martial soul does belong to the auxiliary system."

"But the abilities of the Rainbow Dragon cannot be measured by the standards of ordinary auxiliary martial souls."

Shui Yue'er blinked lightly.

"It's one thing for him to be strong, but how can he be so handsome too?"

Sunlight fell upon Long Tian's flawless, handsome face.

His Nine-Colored Double Pupils were deep and mysterious, while his brows carried the unique nobility of true dragon bloodline.

The alluring aura granted by the Rainbow Dragon martial soul made that face even more astonishingly attractive.

Shui Yue'er was so absorbed in watching him that she forgot to resist the cold around her.

Shui Bing'er raised a hand and waved it in front of her sister's eyes.

"Yue'er, did you come to watch his soul skill, or to watch him?"

"First the soul skill."

Shui Yue'er thought seriously for a moment.

"Then him."

Several nearby students could not help laughing.

At the center of the training grounds, Long Tian turned to look their way.

"After watching for so long, do you want to come down and try it yourself?"

Shui Yue'er hurriedly retreated behind her sister.

"I'll pass."

"Yue'er still wants to make it back to the dorm in one piece."

Long Tian withdrew his soul power.

The frost covering the entire training grounds rapidly melted, transforming into countless blue motes of light that scattered away.

The nine-colored divine light returned to his body.

The students by the edge of the grounds still did not leave.

A simple Absolute Zero had already left everyone's hearts surging.

Shui Bing'er held a pure white towel as she slowly walked onto the training grounds.

"Don't continue right after finishing your cultivation."

"Rest for a while first."

Long Tian accepted the towel.

"Thank you."

The two walked to the edge of the grounds and sat down.

Shui Bing'er turned her pretty face and looked at Long Tian seriously.

"Have you adapted well since coming to Tianshui Academy?"

"Very well."

Long Tian glanced at the many students not far away.

"Everyone is very welcoming."

"Yue'er especially watches very seriously every time we cultivate."

Shui Yue'er immediately poked her head out.

"Yue'er is learning!"

"She really is very serious."

Long Tian smiled softly.

"She even forgot to use her soul power to protect herself just now."

Laughter rang out around them once more.