She knew how powerful the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was, and she also knew of the flaw that had troubled her father his entire life.
Despite having such a powerful Martial Soul, he could only ever become a Soul Saint.
In an age where strength was king, that was cruel.
Moreover, they were support-type Soul Masters, without even the ability to protect themselves.
If the sect had not had resident elders like Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo,
others would have long since set their sights on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Seeing Ning Rongrong fall silent, Chu Feng continued, "As the young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, sooner or later, you'll have to shoulder its heavy responsibilities."
"Your father, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo can't protect you forever."
"You can be arrogant and willful, but you should also know what needs to be done."
To be honest, he disliked the line Flender had taken with Ning Rongrong in the original story.
That line had indirectly turned Ning Rongrong into an "ungrateful wolf."
Ning Rongrong was first and foremost Ning Fengzhi's daughter and the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Only after that was she one of the Shrek Seven Devils.
No one could compare to Ning Fengzhi, or even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, in their love and care for Ning Rongrong.
The roots of Ning Rongrong's resolve to grow stronger should lie with Ning Fengzhi and her sect.
"I'm not denying your talent or ability. I only hope you can grit your teeth and persevere during training."
"Think it over." Chu Feng patted Ning Rongrong on the shoulder, then turned and left.
Sigh, trying to be a blond punk who lured young girls astray really was hard.
Ning Rongrong watched Chu Feng's retreating figure, her thoughts unknown.
Over the next few days, however, she took her training a little more seriously.
"Rongrong, what did Boss Chu say to you that day?" Xiao Wu leaned close to Ning Rongrong and asked quietly.
Zhu Zhuqing also pricked up her ears.
Over these past few days, the three of them had become close girlfriends.
"Nothing much. That scoundrel told me to cultivate properly." Ning Rongrong swung her delicate fist into the sandbag.
Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Xiao Wu nodded in wholehearted agreement.
"Oh, that really does fit Boss Chu's character."
"I heard from Mubai that they were forced through their training."
"There's one called Ma Hongjun. Because he was too fat, and his Martial Soul had a flaw, Boss Chu forced him to cultivate at a volcanic crater and help the common people with their work there."
At the thought of someone having it worse than they did, Ning Rongrong and the other two girls felt a little fortunate.
Cultivating at a volcanic crater-even a Soul Master wouldn't be able to stand that, would they?
While the three girls were discussing Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun was talking with Chu Feng in the academy's meeting room.
"Boss, the kingdom's playing its little tricks again. They've raised the taxes on those villages below the volcano several times over."
"Several villagers were nearly beaten to death by the soldiers collecting taxes."
Ma Hongjun slammed a fist against the table, his face furious.
Hearing that villagers had come to harm, Chu Feng raised an eyebrow in displeasure.
"This kingdom is going further and further over the line."
Shrek Academy's educational mission was a thorn in the eyes of the kingdom's nobles and bureaucrats.
They had frequently made things difficult for Shrek Academy and pushed it aside.
Before he arrived, the academy had not even possessed valid authorization to operate.
That meant the diplomas of its graduates were not recognized, and it was not eligible to enter the Continent Soul Master Tournament.
Without secret financial assistance from former graduates, it would have closed down before he ever arrived.
After arriving, he had spent a great deal of money, pulled strings, and acquired the land surrounding Shrek Academy.
Only by bypassing the Barak Kingdom's approval process had he obtained full authorization for the academy to operate.
That had infuriated the Barak Kingdom.
But with a Soul Saint stationed at the academy, along with his wealth that rivaled a nation's, they did not dare openly provoke trouble.
Instead, they played little tricks in the shadows from time to time to disgust him.
"Boss, why don't we just take out the kingdom?" Ma Hongjun drew a hand across his throat.
"The strength we've kept hidden all these years is enough to deal with the kingdom."
He truly could not stomach the kingdom treating the common people this way right before his eyes.
After spending so many years with Chu Feng, he deeply detested the ways of the rich and powerful.
Tap, tap, tap!
Chu Feng tapped the table three times with his finger and shook his head.
"It's not time to reveal ourselves yet."
"The Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall are both still watching. We can't ruin all these years of planning over a single kingdom."
The Balak Kingdom was merely a small kingdom under the Heaven Dou Empire.
Such a small kingdom was not worth it.
"It's infuriating!" Ma Hongjun folded his arms across his chest, huffing through his nose.
Chu Feng stood, walked over to Ma Hongjun, and examined him carefully. "All right, we'll deal with the kingdom sooner or later."
"What about you? Can you still suppress the Evil Fire in your body?"
Because of his Martial Soul, Ma Hongjun suffered backlash from Evil Fire.
Once the Evil Fire accumulated to a certain point, it had to be vented, or it would burn through his body and kill him.
That was also why Ma Hongjun had been frivolous early in the original story.
Along with Dai Mubai and Oscar in the original story, he had been dubbed one of Shrek's three orgy freaks.
After Chu Feng arrived, however, he had made Ma Hongjun cultivate the Martial Dao and suppress it through eating.
As a result, Ma Hongjun was still a virgin even now.
But that only suppressed it; it could not eradicate it.
Ma Hongjun had to regularly cultivate in the cold yin earth vein beneath that unusual volcano.
"I can, but the Evil Fire's been getting more and more restless lately!" Ma Hongjun said with a frown.
Ma Hongjun was at his wits' end with his Martial Soul, too.
It was powerful, but its flaw was just as pronounced.
He thought that without Chu Feng helping him suppress it, he would probably already have become a regular at brothels.
"We'll go to the Great Soul Arena in a while. You can vent some of it there."
Fighting could also eliminate some of the Evil Fire.
Chu Feng planned to wait until Tang San and the others obtained their third Soul Rings, then head to the Soul Fighting Arena to accumulate practical combat experience, just as in the original story.
"If we go to the Great Arena, will the kingdom's people make a move?" Ma Hongjun asked with some concern.
"Heh, heh." Chu Feng chuckled twice.
"It'll be even better if they dare enter the ring. We'll strike to kill then."
"Are you worried we'll lose?"
Ma Hongjun was amused by his own earlier words. Scratching his head, he laughed. "Oh, right. With you around, Boss, who could possibly be our match?"
Sometimes, because of Chu Feng's maturity, he forgot how old Chu Feng was.
At the Great Soul Arena, Chu Feng would be competing alongside them.
With Chu Feng's strength, wouldn't winning at the Great Soul Arena be effortless?
"Since you're back, come along when we go to obtain Soul Rings in a while. You can take a look at your junior schoolmates' abilities, too, so you can coordinate better in the future."
Rather than becoming Shrek's eighth devil, Chu Feng wanted to be the man behind the Shrek Seven Devils.
Or rather, a man stronger than the Shrek Seven Devils, in a tier all his own.
"I'm looking forward to seeing their strength," Ma Hongjun said happily.
The stronger Shrek Academy became, the greater their chances of succeeding in their great cause.
Before meeting Chu Feng, his only goal had been figuring out how to deal with the Evil Fire in his body.
Now, his goal was to follow Chu Feng and accomplish that supreme undertaking.