Rongrong Changed

Keep close to vermilion and you turned red; keep close to ink and you turned black.

When Ning Rongrong enrolled in Shrek Academy, the reason her mouth was full of foul talk was fundamentally because she had been influenced by Ning Tian.

Han Tao himself was an unexpected person, and his appearance brought different changes to the Sect.

Han Tao and Ning Rongrong had very little interaction.

But a little girl's thoughts were always delicate.

Han Tao had never truly looked at her; the flattery that stayed on the surface was only because of her status as the Sect Master's daughter.

Therefore, Ning Rongrong hated Han Tao.

After the year-end assessment, she deliberately cried for a very, very, very long time.

Sure enough, Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa took revenge for her, which made her a little happy.

Ning Rongrong wanted to know, desperately wanted to know, why he, and on what grounds he, dared to look at her like that.

She vaguely remembered the Sect assessment last May.

"Ning Rongrong, 60 points!"

Relying on the Hall Guardian Elder's efforts, she received 60 points.

As usual, Han Tao gently nodded.

Unlike usual, Han Tao's approval this time was genuine.

This was an accident.

Han Tao believed that Ning Rongrong had relied on her own effort, plus the Hall Guardian Elder's effort, to barely pass the exam.

That nod was recognition of her effort, from the bottom of his heart.

What a joke. Ning Rongrong was Ning Rongrong. How could she possibly work hard?

The timing of this assessment happened to coincide with Xue Qinghe coming to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to take a master.

If the Sect Master's daughter failed the exam, it would be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that lost face when word got out.

So the Hall Guardian Elder gave Ning Rongrong a passing score.

But it was this perfectly timed misunderstanding that led Ning Rongrong's life in a completely different direction.

"Isn't it just that his score was a little higher? What's there to feel superior about?"

"Hmph!"

This misunderstanding made Ning Rongrong believe that Han Tao looked down on her because his grades were better than hers.

As long as she surpassed him, that situation would disappear.

At that moment, the gears of fate slowly began to turn.

The first pass was a misunderstanding.

The second pass was talent.

The third pass was hard work.

In the third Sect theory assessment, Ning Rongrong's theory score was no longer 60 points, but 61 points, the same as Han Tao's.

This score meant that she had not relied on the Hall Guardian Elder's efforts, and had obtained it entirely through her own theoretical level.

With expectation on her face, she looked in a certain direction, wanting to celebrate the joy of victory.

But that seat remained empty from beginning to end.

This time happened to be when Han Tao had taken the Crown Prince Token and gone to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for further study.

Ning Rongrong was very dejected.

Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa had to comfort her for a long time before her mood calmed down.

After three days apart, one should look at another with new eyes.

In seven months, how great a change could happen to a person?

She studied diligently and cultivated hard. On nights unknown to Han Tao, she quietly broke through to rank 30.

"Shrek Academy?"

Looking at the tattered signboard above her head, Ning Rongrong stopped walking.

Shrek's entrance assessment was not difficult. With Ning Rongrong's level as an auxiliary-system Soul Elder, she passed the enrollment process very easily.

This time, though she was likewise enrolling in Shrek Academy, the little demoness's behavior was much more modest.

She did not speak rudely, and did not even say much at all. She chose to hide herself.

To pretend to be an ordinary person.

Yes, an ordinary, unremarkable twelve-year-old three-ring Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master.

That was right. She was learning from Han Tao, putting her own talent to use.

She was observing, analyzing, thinking.

What had Han Tao done when he first entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?

Faced with a completely new environment, Han Tao's way of handling people and conducting himself was undoubtedly the best model to learn from.

Tang San and Xiao Wu, two people with Innate Full Soul Power.

His surname was Tang. Could he be from the Clear Sky Sect? What? His martial soul was Blue Silver Grass?

Ning Rongrong disliked Han Tao.

What Blue Silver Grass looked like, what its data was—Ning Rongrong knew it all too well.

Blue Silver Grass could have Innate Full Soul Power? Blue Silver Grass could rise to level 29? What kind of soul power intensity and physical constitution would a level 29 Blue Silver Grass Soul Master display?

Ning Rongrong had long since engraved it in her heart.

So she was absolutely certain that Tang San's martial soul was not Blue Silver Grass.

"Perhaps... he's the same kind of existence as Xue Qinghe or Bibi Dong."

Secret Method disguise, Twin Martial Souls—Ning Rongrong wasn't sure, nor did she care.

She gave Tang San a few extra glances only because of the Blue Silver Grass.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, two members of the Star Dou Empire's imperial family, seemed to have martial souls that were a tiger and a cat.

"I can't remember clearly."

Ning Rongrong patted her forehead. She had spent very little time studying theory, and most knowledge had only been skimmed once, leaving no deep impression.

As for Oscar and Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong felt somewhat disgusted.

One had a sleazy martial soul, and the other was a fat man who lived without restraint.

Ning Rongrong's evaluation was: inferior to Ning Tian.

Suotuo City, Great Soul Arena.

"Today is the first lesson I will teach you."

"You are monsters, and monsters naturally have a monster's way of learning."

Ferland calmly delivered his classic statement.

Yes, Shrek Academy's first lesson was to drag these twelve-year-old children to the Great Soul Arena for combat training.

The Great Soul Arena did not belong to Spirit Hall or the two great empires. This was a relatively fair place; even if one killed the disciple of some major Sect, there was no need to worry about retaliation.

Ning Rongrong: "."

Ning Rongrong suddenly began to doubt whether joining this shabby academy had truly been the right choice. Could it be that her judgment had been wrong?

Under Ferland's arrangements, Ning Rongrong registered for an Iron Soul Badge at the Great Soul Arena.

It was very simple. As long as one paid, it could be done.

Registering a badge was, of course, fine.

Going onstage to fight was absolutely not.

Ning Rongrong took out 200 Gold Soul Coins and had Ma Hongjun fight a soul duel in her place.

The Great Soul Arena of Suotuo City was, in most cases, fair and just. The phenomenon of having someone fight in one's place almost never occurred.

But who was Ning Rongrong? She was Ning Fengzhi's daughter. Under the offensive of "adding more money," the Soul Arena chose to tacitly permit it.

Unspoken rules and written rules stood in opposition to each other while coexisting together. Though they could not be brought into the light, they were everywhere.

"Only by properly using your own advantages can you move through things like a fish in water."

This was also something Han Tao had taught her. After Joining the Sect, Han Tao's clashes with Ning Fengzhi could be said to have happened at every moment.

As a bystander, though she could not see the intentions behind them clearly, she had still grown more or less.

Ning Rongrong leaned sideways against the railing of the Soul Arena, overlooking the whole scene from the high platform. This was Father's favorite place to stay.

As her gaze shifted, it stopped on the combination of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

"Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing—what do they have?"

They were the imperial family of the Star Luo Empire. Even if they were not currently in power, they naturally possessed the resources of the Star Luo Empire.

What were resources? They included knowledge, weapons, cultivation methods, medicinal materials, and connections. The atmosphere in the Great Soul Arena was extremely noisy, with people below shouting madly. Ning Rongrong stood quietly among them, making her seem instead out of place.

"Next to appear is the Three Five Combo!"

Inside the Great Soul Arena, the commentator onstage shouted loudly.

"Tang San should come from a major power."

This was the conclusion Ning Rongrong reached.

She had never seen Tang San's hidden weapons before. To be able to create such sharp hidden weapons, it was impossible for them to come from a small workshop or minor force.

Ning Rongrong had even sent a letter to Father, describing the hidden weapons' shapes, effects, and terrifying power, but the reply said he knew nothing about them.

On the Soul Duel Stage, Tang San's voice rang out.

"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Entanglement!"