What Are We Practicing Today? Zhu Zhuqing, Have You Felt the Effects?

"I think..."

"It's because the whale rubber wasn't completely melted."

"So there were more impurities when you absorbed it, and the side effects were stronger."

"But..."

"Why do I feel like the power of the whale rubber inside me still hasn't been fully digested?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked.

After a moment's thought, Lu Ning arrived at an answer.

"What you're saying actually makes sense."

"Because it was too hard, your body has trouble digesting it. Even if you gradually melt it with Soul Power, the effects still won't compare to having it prepared properly from the start."

"Someone else might absorb it completely in a single night."

"Because your whale rubber was hard, it's difficult to digest it completely in one night. You might need a few days to absorb it all."

"Unless..."

"You could forcibly get it out, too."

Zhu Zhuqing was speechless.

Naturally, she couldn't simply vomit the stuff back out of her stomach.

This was a treasure that could increase the age of her Soul Rings!

How could she waste it?

But if she had to do this seven or eight times every night...

She feared she...

Couldn't take it!

"I understand."

"Are you... done?"

Lu Ning glanced at the sky outside, which was beginning to brighten, and froze.

"More?"

"That's not a good idea, is it?"

"I'm still fine. My body can still..."

Her face flushed, Zhu Zhuqing waved her hands repeatedly.

"No!!"

"I meant you can leave now!!"

"Oh," Lu Ning said, looking hurt as he gazed at the heartless Zhu Zhuqing. Did she really think he was a stud boar?

Driving him away once she was done using him!

What a heartless woman!

Smack!

Lu Ning sucked hard on one of her headlights.

After getting dressed, he viciously tossed out a parting remark.

"You heartless woman!"

With that, he turned and left.

He carefully shut the door behind him.

Zhu Zhuqing hadn't expected Lu Ning to do that and failed to react at all. By the time she did, he had already left.

Furious, she could only grab the pillow beside her and fling it at the door.

She curled up on the soaked quilt and went to sleep.

Lu Ning took a bath in the crude Wooden Cabin.

He changed out of the clothes steeped in Zhu Zhuqing's fragrance.

Only then did he return to his room and lie down to sleep.

By the time he returned, Ma Hongjun was already awake. Forcing his drowsy eyes open, he waved at Lu Ning.

He looked at Lu Ning's still-damp hair.

"Did you go to Flower Willow Lane last night?"

Lu Ning pursed his lips and retorted, "No."

Naturally, he hadn't gone to Flower Willow Lane last night. He had gone to serve as a drain-unblocking ambassador.

"Oh, give me a break!"

Ma Hongjun had grown up with Lu Ning, so naturally, he knew his habits.

"You always take a bath when you come back from Flower Willow Lane."

"If you took a bath this morning, you must have done it."

"Why else would you bathe?"

Lu Ning casually lay down on his bed.

"I really didn't go to Flower Willow Lane."

"Don't you know how long it's been since I last went?"

Their conversation woke Dai Mubai as well. He opened his mismatched eyes and looked at them, then glanced at the sky outside before grabbing the clothes beside him and getting dressed.

"What the hell are you two making so much noise for this early?"

As he spoke,

Dai Mubai looked toward Lu Ning as well.

"Did you go to Flower Willow Lane?"

"..."

Hearing the same question from Dai Mubai,

Lu Ning looked utterly speechless.

"No."

"I already said I didn't go to Flower Willow Lane yesterday."

"I drank too much yesterday, so I took a bath this morning to clear my head, all right?"

Hearing Lu Ning's quibbling words, Dai Mubai ignored him and simply said his piece. "That place is filthy, and the women are old as hell. If you're going to fool around, at least find some younger ones."

"Suit yourself. I'm going to class."

"Fatty! Put some damn effort in today!"

Ma Hongjun readily agreed.

He went out with Dai Mubai.

Lying on his bed as drowsiness washed over him, Lu Ning merely muttered, "I am fooling around with someone young."

The sun was already high in the sky.

Ning Rongrong stood outside the dormitory door.

Yu Xiaogang and the others had begun another day of training.

It was still the same three moves: running laps, carrying weights, and sparring with Soul Skills.

Shading herself from the sun with a parasol, Ning Rongrong knocked impatiently on the door.

"Get up, you drunk!"

"Why do you sleep so late every day?!"

Ning Rongrong knew Lu Ning couldn't possibly get up so early.

She had deliberately slept in today.

Yet she hadn't expected this.

Lu Ning and Zhu Zhuqing had slept all the way until noon and still hadn't gotten up.

Tang San and Xiao Wu nearby were almost finished with their morning training.

There still wasn't the slightest stir on their side.

Back in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong had been famous for being too lazy to cultivate. Yet, to her surprise, she had actually become the most diligent member of this little team.

"Stop knocking!"

"We're taking today off!"

Inside, Lu Ning covered his ears with a pillow.

Ning Rongrong's knocking made it impossible for him to sleep.

Why had he been nagged to go to class when he was a student,

And still had to be nagged to go to class now that he was a teacher?!

"A day off, my ass!"

"I've only had one day of lessons!"

"...If you really want the day off, fine. Give me the Wine Gourd, and I'll grant you a day off!"

Ning Rongrong planted her hands on her hips and declared haughtily.

Clearly, she cared a great deal about Lu Ning's Wine Gourd.

That Wine Gourd that let people cultivate automatically

Was simply impossible for her to give up.

Lu Ning got up and opened the door.

With a flick of his left hand,

He casually tossed the White Jade Gourd over.

"Buy some wine at the village entrance and fill it up."

"Don't think about taking it to Suotuo City. My Martial Soul's range doesn't extend that far."

After saying that,

Lu Ning slammed the door shut with a bang.

Only Ning Rongrong remained standing at the door, holding the Wine Gourd.

Despite his cold attitude, Ning Rongrong wasn't angry. A smile appeared on her face.

With light steps, she headed toward the wine shop at the village entrance.

At that moment,

Yu Xiaogang was also at the village entrance, leading Shrek's other group in reviewing what they had learned.

Seeing Ning Rongrong pass by with the Wine Gourd in her arms,

He immediately frowned.

This fellow...

Had he taken disciples just to have someone fetch his wine?

But Yu Xiaogang said nothing.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were no longer his students now.

He wasn't the one who should be teaching them.

Seeing things as they were now...

Delighted him!

After all, he had a bet with Lu Ning.

If these two students' improvement fell short of Tang San's and Xiao Wu's after three years, Lu Ning would have to honor their agreement and run naked around Spirit City three times!

That would prove that he, the Grandmaster, was right!

"Well, well."

"The Little Demoness is actually fetching wine for Lu Ning?"

"Looks like he's teaching you pretty well."

Wiping away his sweat in the shade of a tree, Dai Mubai teased Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong wasn't angry in the slightest.

Holding the Wine Gourd, she glared at him and replied half-jokingly, "What do you know, you stupid tiger?"

"This is called respecting your teacher and honoring his teachings!"

"Ask Third Brother. Has he ever fetched wine for Grandmaster?"

Tang San turned his head away.

"Grandmaster doesn't drink, but as for respecting my elders, I fetched wine for my father for many years."

Faced with Tang San's answer, which showed he couldn't quite take a joke,

Ning Rongrong stuck out her tongue.

She continued toward the wine shop.

Yu Xiaogang glanced at Tang San and said calmly, "There's no need to argue."

"When the upper beam is crooked, the lower beam follows."

"In three years, the results will speak for themselves!"