Winning Ning Rongrong Over and Bringing Ah Yin to Survive on the Deserted Island

Rain kept falling, drumming on the grass tent with a muffled, mournful patter.

After what felt like ages, the wind died and the rain stopped. An intoxicating fragrance filled the air, mingled with a faint scent of blood.

[Ning Rongrong's feelings for you have deepened. Bond Value +10]

[Current Bond Value: 100 points.]

[You have obtained: Martial Soul—Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Soul Power Level 41, Soul Skills... and more.]

[Your first Spirit Ring has formed!]

The notification sounded, but before Chu Xiu could celebrate, Ning Rongrong interrupted him.

"You big bully, I... mmph!"

Ning Rongrong tapped his chest with her little fists, but before she could finish, Chu Xiu roughly sealed her lips with a kiss.

The kiss nearly left her breathless.

When he finally let her go, Ning Rongrong gulped down air.

"What was that for? Haven't you bullied me enough?" Ning Rongrong looked both pained and delighted.

Chu Xiu gazed at the delicate beauty before him, his face alight with excitement.

"Sweet Rongrong, I love you so much."

If the other two hadn't been lying beside them, Chu Xiu would have leaped up and laughed aloud.

After eighteen years in this world, he had finally gained his first Spirit Ring.

He had also finally left his virginity behind in this life.

Two reasons to celebrate at once.

In such a cramped space, the other two must have noticed everything unless they were deaf. But since they were pretending to sleep, Chu Xiu wasn't about to deliberately "wake" them and make things awkward.

He spent a little longer cuddling with Ning Rongrong. Once the rain outside had stopped completely, he carried her out of the tent to wash up.

By the time they returned to the tent, it was already midnight.

Chu Xiu coaxed Ning Rongrong to sleep, then quietly slipped out again.

Now that he finally had his first Spirit Ring, he couldn't wait another moment to test its power.

"Return!"

Light and shadow warped around him, and a wave of dizziness struck.

A moment later, Chu Xiu found himself back on Douluo Continent, in the same place he had left: outside Shrek Academy.

"Martial Souls, appear!"

Chu Xiu gave a low command, and two choices appeared in his mind.

One was his Deserted Island Martial Soul. It had only one Spirit Ring, but its Soul Power Level was already 41.

The other Martial Soul was a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda identical to Ning Rongrong's.

The pagoda bore four Spirit Rings—two yellow and two purple. Their ages and the Soul Skills they contained were exactly the same as Ning Rongrong's.

Its Soul Power Level was 41, too.

"Just as I thought. Soul Power from either Martial Soul can help level up the Deserted Island."

"The Deserted Island Martial Soul and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda are both level 41 now."

"That means I can bring one more person to survive with us."

Excitement surged through Chu Xiu.

He had decided long ago who would get that spot.

But there was no rush.

First, he wanted to test the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and see whether the legendary top support Martial Soul lived up to its name.

"Nine Treasures, first: strength!"

The first Spirit Ring beneath Chu Xiu lit up.

In an instant, he felt a powerful force surge through his body. It affected only his physical strength, but the boost was tremendous.

A tree thick enough to require both arms to encircle stood behind him. Chu Xiu punched it, drawing a dull thud from the trunk and sending leaves showering down.

"The boost to my strength reinforced my bones and muscles too. My Soul Power is only level 41, yet the increase is already fifty percent."

"And every Soul Skill of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda can affect seven people at once. In the number of people it can support, nothing else comes close."

"I just don't know whether my Soul Skills can affect my other Martial Souls."

Chu Xiu murmured to himself.

The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's boosts truly lived up to its reputation as the top support Martial Soul.

But he would have to obtain more Martial Souls before he could test whether it could boost them, too.

After all, aside from absorbing other people's abilities to form Spirit Rings, his Deserted Island Martial Soul had no other use.

Next, Chu Xiu tried his second, third, and fourth Soul Skills.

The third Soul Skill couldn't be used on himself. Once he gained other Martial Souls, though, he might be able to use it to boost their Soul Power.

The second and fourth Soul Skills increased speed and defense respectively. Like the first, each gave a fifty-percent boost.

No single skill seemed extraordinary on its own, but together, their effects amounted to far more than the sum of their parts.

Chu Xiu was very pleased with the ability of his first Spirit Ring.

For now, though, he only had support abilities. In a few days, Shui Bing'er's Bond Value would reach 100. Once he paired her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul with the pagoda, his strength would multiply several times over.

Shui Bing'er's Soul Power was around level 40, much like Ning Rongrong's. But with the right combination, Chu Xiu could hold his own against a Soul King, perhaps even a Soul Emperor.

"Time to go back."

Chu Xiu had come out for two reasons. He had already accomplished the first: testing his Spirit Ring's abilities.

Now it was time for the second.

"For the fourth person to survive with us, I choose... Tang San's mother."

"Ah Yin!"

Chu Xiu grew tense. This would determine whether he could bring Ah Yin, now reduced to a Blue Silver Emperor seedling, into the Deserted Island.

The next second, that reassuring notification sounded in his mind again.

[Selection complete. The fourth survivor has been confirmed!]

[Teleportation will begin shortly. Good luck surviving!]

"It really worked. But... will she have a human body?"

Excitement rose in Chu Xiu.

Before his first arrival on the Deserted Island, one of the ten notices had said Spirit Beasts brought there would survive in human form.

But Ah Yin's circumstances were unusual, so Chu Xiu couldn't be certain.

Then light and shadow shifted, and Chu Xiu returned to the Deserted Island.

In the night after the rain, he spotted a beautiful, unfamiliar woman lying on the beach, her pale body bare and her figure full. Only then did he finally relax.

"Who are you?"

"Where am I?"

"I remember dying. Did you bring me back to life?"

Ah Yin fired off three questions in a row. She looked at Chu Xiu with both embarrassment and gratitude.

Her embarrassment was understandable. Like Chu Xiu, Ning Rongrong, Qian Renxue, and Shui Bing'er when they had first arrived on the Deserted Island, she had nothing on.

As for her gratitude, she had mistaken Chu Xiu for the one who had revived her and given her a second life.

Strictly speaking, she did owe her second life to Chu Xiu.

But he couldn't admit that.

If the other women learned he was the one who had brought them to the Deserted Island, he would be in trouble.

How should I win her over?

Chu Xiu stood still, considering how to approach Ah Yin.

Ah Yin was undeniably beautiful. She looked more mature, but that gave her a charm all her own.

And she was Tang San's mother.

That made Chu Xiu especially interested in her. He had no desire to build their Bond Value slowly.

After a moment, a wicked smile slowly curved Chu Xiu's lips.

He had made his decision.