A Word in Private

First update)

Ever since he had gotten drunk and accidentally wandered into Ning Rongrong's room, Yang Ming had felt a little awkward every time he saw her.

It was said that Ning Rongrong had also been drinking for the first time that night. She had drunk too much and, in her daze, brought Yang Ming back to her room.

Both of their memories of that night were rather hazy, and neither of them clearly remembered what had happened.

Fortunately, nothing irreversible had actually happened between them. Otherwise, it would have been far more than merely awkward.

Fortunately, in the days that followed, everyone continued throwing themselves into Soul Battles, leaving them with no mind to investigate what had truly happened that night.

Over the next month, the Shrek Team flourished in the branch arena of the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.

The eight members of Shrek had already participated in twenty-seven team Soul Battles—twenty-seven matches, twenty-seven consecutive victories. They had no rivals whatsoever among the Rank 30 competitors, setting off a wave of excitement.

In the individual matches, Yang Ming and Oscar's Dugu Qiubai Team likewise achieved an excellent record of twenty-seven consecutive victories. Every time they competed, Oscar stood to one side eating sausages and shouting "666," while Yang Ming cut down his opponents as easily as slicing melons and chopping vegetables.

Through such frequent battles, Yang Ming's proficiency with the Nine Swords of Dugu rose rapidly. He could now thoroughly grasp the Sword Intent of defeating a sword with no sword.

Moreover, with Dugu Qiubai's memories to guide him, Yang Ming drew inferences from them and further mastered Li Bai's Green Lotus Sword Art.

The Green Lotus Sword Art was divided into nine levels:

Green Lotus Emergence, Green Lotus Turns to Qi, Sword Qi Like Lotus, Green Lotus Seizes