Jia Nan Academy...
Nan Shuishui silently repeated the name to herself, finding it a little strange.
Dragon City was in the north of the Douluo Continent. Shouldn't it have been called Jia Bei Academy?
But the question only flashed through her mind before immediately fading away. It was just a name.
Before long, Nan Shuishui led Hai Bodong to a well deep in the Earth Dragon Sect's rear courtyard.
"Senior, this is our Earth Dragon Sect's Cold Spring Secret Realm."
Nan Shuishui pointed at the well as she spoke.
Hai Bodong nodded and said, "If there's anything I need inside, you'll be handsomely rewarded."
Then he leaped into the well.
Four hours later, Hai Bodong emerged from the well.
Nan Shuishui, who had waited there for the entire four hours, hurried over when she saw him emerge and asked:
"Your Eminence, did you find what you needed in the secret realm?"
During those four hours, Nan Shuishui had also realized that what His Eminence needed was probably the strange ore in the cavern deep inside the cold spring.
Hai Bodong smiled faintly and nodded. "You could say that. The haul was pretty good."
Pretty good? He had practically struck gold.
There were no fewer than thirty rods of the ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress yearned for even in their dreams.
If the two empresses knew Dragon City held such a heavenly treasure, they would undoubtedly unleash a beast tide from the Far North at once to seize it.
Given enough time to fully absorb those thirty rods of ten-thousand-year Profound Ice Marrow, Hai Bodong would have no trouble breaking through to Limit Douluo.
He could even catch a glimpse of the Demigod realm.
Nan Shuishui smiled as well. "It is this junior's honor to be of help to Your Eminence."
Although Hai Bodong looked about her age, she merely assumed he had a way to preserve his youthful appearance, so she still referred to herself as his junior.
Hai Bodong had always repaid kindness, so he spoke up:
"Naturally, I won't take your Earth Dragon Sect's treasures for nothing. How about this? It looks like you won't need much longer to break through to Titled Douluo. I can promise to help you hunt down a hundred-thousand-year soul beast,
and I can also grant you one request, provided it doesn't go against my principles."
Hearing this, Nan Shuishui immediately bowed in excitement, her voice trembling uncontrollably:
"Thank you for your generosity, Your Eminence."
As a Soul Douluo on the verge of becoming a Titled Douluo, Nan Shuishui knew very well how vast the difference in strength was between having a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as one's ninth soul ring and not having one.
More importantly, His Eminence had said he would help her hunt down a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, not merely acquire a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring,
which meant the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone would also be hers. How could she not be excited?
After all, she could never kill a hundred-thousand-year soul beast on her own.
His Eminence really is a man of principle. He could have given us nothing, yet he's being so generous. It seems the Heavenly Dragon Sect really did bring its destruction upon itself.
Nan Shuishui thought to herself.
This heaven-sent windfall had knocked her senseless, turning her firmly to Hai Bodong's side.
After composing herself, Nan Shuishui spoke again. "Your Eminence, may I use that request now?"
Hai Bodong glanced at her, roughly guessing what she wanted to say, then nodded. "You may."
Nan Shuishui took a deep breath. "I hope Your Eminence will accept my daughter, Nan Qiuqiu, as your disciple."
As long as His Eminence accepted Qiuqiu, she would have nothing left to worry about.
"Granted!"
Shrek City, snack street.
[Clone successfully created] [Clone name: A Quan] [Age: 29] [Strength: Rank 94 Titled Douluo] [Title: Red Fang] [Martial Soul: Bloodfang Demon Blade, Blood Demon (sealed)] [Soul Ring Configuration: yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red]
Yang Lin looked at the man with green hair and blood-red teeth and nodded in satisfaction.
Originally, he had planned to make an Auspicious Beast from the Far North as his next clone,
but there was no helping it. That old hag Zhou Yi was courting death far too eagerly.
So he had made this clone first. He would kill Zhou Yi before worrying about anything else.
"Junior Yang, come try this snack."
Jiang Nannan, who stood at a nearby snack stall, saw the white-haired boy still rooted to the spot and quickly called him over.
"Sure."
Yang Lin walked over with a smile, intending to take the snack from her hand.
But Jiang Nannan didn't hand it over. Instead, she tilted her head and gazed at the white-haired boy with a beaming smile.
"Junior, open wide..."
Her long, golden, wavy hair spilled over her shoulders. Her eyes curved with her smile, their softly tapered corners adding just a hint of playfulness. She was so beautiful she seemed to have stepped straight out of a painting.
Even Wang Dong, who had been tagging along as their third wheel, couldn't help feeling a little jealous of Senior Jiang at the sight.
Hmph! If only I weren't still so young...
Yang Lin obediently bent down a little and bit into the snack held to his lips, then teased:
"Senior Jiang, this is getting a little... intimate, you know."
Jiang Nannan's lovely face flushed red, but she didn't lower the hand holding the food.
She would have loved for things between them to grow even more intimate...
Ideally...
Standing beside them, Wang Dong bit down on her grilled meat even harder at the sight!
For some reason, she kept feeling a little uncomfortable.
You rotten jerk! You get a woman and forget your buddies!
Wang Dong viciously took another bite of grilled meat, having already cursed the white-haired boy ten thousand times in her mind.
"Huh? Junior Wang Dong, is that meat undercooked?"
Seeing Wang Dong gritting her teeth, Jiang Nannan asked in puzzlement.
Though she looked puzzled on the surface, the little tail in her heart was already wagging with delight.
That's what you get for following us around every day, you annoying pest! Stew in it!
At first, Jiang Nannan had thought this roommate of Yang Lin's kept shamelessly tagging along because he had feelings for her.
But after spending two days with Wang Dong, she realized this classmate didn't have feelings for her at all.
Clearly, Wang Dong had feelings for Yang Lin!
This classmate Wang was actually gay!!!
Despite being of different sexes, the two of them were romantic rivals!
If Jiang Nannan hadn't known that her sweetheart liked women, she would have driven this romantic rival away long ago!
No, I need to find a chance to tell my darling Lin to watch out for his roommate.
Jiang Nannan thought to herself.
At her question, the corner of Wang Dong's eye twitched, but she still forced a smile and said:
"Ahaha, I think it might be."
Then she hurriedly changed the subject. "Let's get going. We've already seen this whole street. Let's go somewhere else..."
Jiang Nannan nodded, and the three of them left the snack street.
As they were leaving, however, Wang Dong tugged at the hem of Yang Lin's clothes and pointed at a green-haired person not far away.
"Yang Lin, look! That guy is so strange. His teeth are actually shaped like upside-down triangles!"
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