Ning Rongrong's Wake-Up Call and Breakfast Made with Love?

Zhao Wuji had said they were to gather the next day at eight in the morning.

Yet Lin Xiao was woken at seven.

Bang, bang, bang!

Lin Xiao, who had been sleeping soundly, was a little bewildered.

He opened his eyes, still bleary with sleep.

He had spent yesterday studying his Martial Soul and Soul Skills.

The Four Swords of Zhu Xian Martial Soul was formidable indeed.

Arranged with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram, it was even more terrifying.

Immortal Execution Sword: represented sharpness, unmatched in its edge and meant to destroy the flesh. It hung at the Immortal Execution Gate on the formation's eastern side.

Immortal Slaying Sword: represented death and destroyed souls, reducing enemies to ash. It hung at the Immortal Slaying Gate on the southern side.

Immortal Trapping Sword: represented entrapment. Its strike unleashed a red glow that plunged those who entered the formation into illusions and devoured their Soul Power. It hung at the Immortal Trapping Gate on the western side.

Immortal Extinction Sword: represented infinite change. Its swordplay shifted through countless forms, creating a formation of its own that made it difficult for anyone inside to find an opening. It hung at the Immortal Extinction Gate on the northern side.

He had yet to obtain the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram.

But if he kept completing missions, he should be able to get his hands on it.

The system had rewarded him with the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Domain yesterday.

The domain's power was formidable too. Once activated, it granted Full Attribute Amplification of one hundred percent while reducing all enemy attributes by twenty percent.

If an enemy used a Sword-Type Martial Soul, the reduction would be even more terrifying.

He had spent practically the whole night studying all this and had slept for less than two hours.

Now a knock at the door had startled him awake.

He checked the time. It was only seven in the morning.

What was this about?

He got up and opened the door. Before he could even make out who was there, something was thrust in his face.

"Surprise! Breakfast~"

It was Ning Rongrong's voice.

The thing thrust in his face was an exquisite lunch box.

Lin Xiao froze. What was she doing?

"Rongrong? Why are you here so early?"

Lin Xiao yawned, then turned to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Ning Rongrong stepped lightly into his dorm room, set the lunch box on the table and looked around.

Well, it wasn't much different from the girls' dorm.

Pretty shabby.

But Lin Xiao kept it tidy, without any unnecessary clutter.

Ning Rongrong sat down and opened the lunch box. There were several dishes inside.

Then she propped her face in her hands, her eyes darting about as she took in everything in the room.

As soon as Lin Xiao came out, she stood up.

"Breakfast is ready. Hurry up and eat."

Lin Xiao walked over to the table and took a look, puzzled.

"This doesn't look like it came from the academy cafeteria."

With the resources Shrek Academy had, there was no way its cafeteria could make a breakfast this exquisite.

Ning Rongrong said with a grin, "I bought it in Suotuo City. It tastes really good."

She had gone all the way to Suotuo City to buy breakfast?

Lin Xiao was stunned.

Even at a fast pace, it took an hour to get from the academy to Suotuo City.

Then there was the return trip and the time spent buying breakfast.

Had she set out before dawn?

At the thought, Lin Xiao felt a little strange.

A cute girl had prepared breakfast for him before dawn and even come to wake him up.

He would have to have a heart of stone not to feel anything.

For Ning Rongrong, this seemed like a good start.

After making up her mind last night, she had been too excited to sleep.

She had kept thinking of ways to get close to Lin Xiao, perhaps even start a relationship with him.

After turning it over in her mind, preparing a sweet breakfast made with love had seemed like a good idea.

She knew her own cooking skills all too well, though.

And she really couldn't stand the food at the academy cafeteria.

So she had decided to buy breakfast in Suotuo City instead.

She had even worked out the timing.

Lin Xiao sighed. "Rongrong, you don't have to do this."

"It's dangerous for a girl to go out before dawn."

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up.

"So you're worried about my safety?"

Lin Xiao didn't deny it. "Yes. If I let you go buy me breakfast and something happened to you, I'd have a lot to answer for."

[Ding! Ning Rongrong's affection +2. Current affection: 33!]

Good grief. That one sentence had raised her affection by two points?

Lin Xiao didn't know what to say.

Winning Ning Rongrong's affection was almost too easy for him.

There was no challenge at all.

Ning Rongrong covered her mouth and giggled. "All right, all right. I probably won't need to go tomorrow."

"My family arranged for a chef to come over today. We'll be able to eat the best food every day."

As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she could naturally have such a request granted.

They only had to send over a chef and renovate the cafeteria while they were at it.

For her, it took just a word.

"Besides, going to Suotuo City wasn't really dangerous for me. Someone was protecting me from the shadows."

Ning Rongrong really did tell Lin Xiao everything.

She had even told him about her secret Path Guardian!

Lin Xiao understood. It was no surprise that she had a Path Guardian.

It would have been strange if she didn't have a Path Guardian.

The original story had mentioned the letter Ning Fengzhi sent to Flender.

But would Ning Fengzhi really have left her without other experts keeping watch?

Of course not!

She was his only daughter and would inherit the sect one day. How could he let anything happen to her out here?

It wouldn't be surprising if he had assigned a Soul Saint or even a Soul Douluo as her Path Guardian.

"Even if I won't have to buy breakfast from tomorrow on, can I still wake you up every day?"

Ning Rongrong looked at him expectantly.

She had to do something for him!

Seeing her like this, Lin Xiao sighed inwardly.

His good looks really had brought about a big change in Ning Rongrong.

She was nothing like the Little Demoness in the original story.

At least with him, she had yet to show any of her spoiled young-lady temper.

She had even set her pride aside.

That would have been utterly impossible in the original story.

Even after she was reprimanded, her spoiled temperament had never entirely faded.

"You haven't had breakfast either, have you? Come eat with me."

Lin Xiao brought over another bowl and set of chopsticks.

He couldn't eat while she sat there hungry, could he?

Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up. They were having breakfast together already?

It seemed her strategy was working.

Lin Xiao had no family, so if she gave him the warmth of one, she would surely win his heart.

She gave herself a pat on the back for her cleverness.

Watching Ning Rongrong eat so elegantly, Lin Xiao felt that strange sensation grow stronger.

Her affection had now reached thirty-three points, the same as Xiao Wu's.

Perhaps it would reach fifty in a few days.

Then he could draw another Soul Skill.

After breakfast, Ning Rongrong even took it upon herself to clear the dishes, giving Lin Xiao a taste of what it felt like to be waited on hand and foot.

He was probably the only one the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would serve like this.

Even Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, had probably never received such treatment.

"It's about time. Shall we head to the Playground?"

Ning Rongrong checked the time. They had about thirty minutes left.

Lin Xiao didn't object and walked with her to the Playground.

When they arrived at the Playground, no one else was there yet.

"Is no one else eager to get started?"

Ning Rongrong muttered, then went to sit in the shade of a tree.

Lin Xiao followed her, knowing what would happen next.

Flender would show up, and then there would be running drills or something of the sort.

To him, that kind of training wasn't really necessary.

After all, someone with a cheat like his didn't need to rely on it to improve his cultivation.