In the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Su Yuntao battled to absorb higher-level soul rings, a heart-wrenching mother-daughter farewell unfolded.Ah Rou was once an ordinary soft-bone rabbit, living a life of constant hiding and fleeing from predators, like most of her kind.
One day, while escaping a pursuer, she stumbled into a hidden valley, scratched and battered. Relying on her soul beast resilience, she dragged herself forward, hoping to recover. In the valley, she found a small pool with a rare immortal herb growing beside it.
Driven by instinct, Ah Rou crawled to the pool and devoured the herb.The herb transformed her body and bloodline, propelling her cultivation to that of a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
Perhaps the solitude of a rabbit's life weighed on her, for she soon fell in love with a ten-thousand-year lightning rabbit. They lived and trained together, evading predators as their cultivation and spiritual awareness grew.
The lightning rabbit, the fifth child of his family, named himself Xiaowu.By the time their cultivation reached forty thousand years, their love bore fruit: a daughter. Soul beasts, lacking formal education, often chose simple names. Xiaowu, ever carefree, named their child Xiao Wu, a playful homophone of his own name.Time was unkind. When Xiaowu hit the bottleneck of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, he left Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to seek a breakthrough, never to return.
After a futile search, Ah Rou learned from a ten-thousand-year plant soul beast that Xiaowu had been hunted by a human soul master. Heartbroken but resolute, she lived on for Xiao Wu.
Survival defined soul beasts, and Ah Rou was no exception.Fearing Xiao Wu's loneliness, Ah Rou adopted two ten-thousand-year soul beasts—a Azure Bull Python and a Titan Giant Ape—both hunted by human soul masters.
Thanks to the immortal herb, she easily reached the hundred-thousand-year bottleneck herself. For years, she protected her three charges, but a soul beast's fatal calamity loomed. Knowing she couldn't survive it, Ah Rou transformed into a human to extend her life, hoping to stay with Xiao Wu for centuries more.That hope shattered when danger arrived.
Clutching a tiny Xiao Wu, Ah Rou fled to a hidden tunnel she'd dug as a rabbit. Tears streaming, she whispered, Don't be afraid, Xiao Wu. Don't look back. Run through the tunnel. I'll draw the enemy away. I love you.She pushed Xiao Wu into the passage, sealed it with boulders, and turned to face her pursuers: Qianxun Ji and his group.
Qianxun Ji's cruel smile twisted as he spotted Ah Rou. Nowhere to run now, he snarled. Ju Douluo, Ghost Douluo, stop her. I'll take her head myself.It's the Pope's will, Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo said in unison.They unleashed their soul skills, targeting Ah Rou as she dodged.
Qianxun Ji activated his ninth soul skill, Angel Judgment, summoning a towering female angel that swung a massive blade at her.Sensing Xiao Wu's escape through their blood bond, Ah Rou made her choice. Invincible Golden Body! she roared, activating her martial soul. The skill's name was grand, but it wasn't truly invincible. She withstood Qianxun Ji's attack, only for Ghost Douluo's sneak attack to shatter her defense.
As the golden body broke, Ah Rou channeled her strength into a desperate kick, striking Ghost Douluo's face. Using the recoil, she flashed behind Qianxun Ji and fled toward the forest's edge. Her pale face betrayed her grave injuries.Old Ghost, you alright?
Ju Douluo, ever effeminate, helped Ghost Douluo up, wiping blood from his face.I'm fine, Aju, Ghost Douluo growled, eyes blazing as he glared after Ah Rou. For the Pope, we chase.
Flanders and Liu Erlong heard the words that Yu Xiaogang often said before again, and they were a little dazed. Yu Xiaogang finally realized that sentence now.
Flanders looked at the file in his hand with complicated eyes. The line of innate soul power level 2 and the recommended age of the first soul ring was so dazzling. He turned his head and looked at Su Yuntao's resolute little face beside him.
Flanders suddenly felt that he was wrong. Does Shrek Academy have to accept children with high talent? It seems that geniuses with high talent can stand out anywhere.
Yu Xiaogang looked at Liu Erlong with an unbelievable face and Flanders with complicated eyes and smiled and said:
"Flanders, elder brother, and Erlong sister, if you don't believe it, you can use soul power to check Su Yuntao and Sisi. They will never let you down. I believe in my ability to teach my apprentices! I will not joke about my apprentice's future!"
Flanders just woke up from a dream and grabbed Su Yuntao's arm directly. While using soul power to explore, he felt the strength of the body by touching the bones. Then he said to Yu Xiaogang with a surprised look:
"Great! Xiaogang, you are amazing! How do you teach your apprentice! A waste with innate soul power level 2 has been trained to be a genius? Is there any secret?"
After saying this, Flanders raised his eyebrows at Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang felt that Flanders had not changed at all, still so lively.
Liu Erlong also examined Sisi. She was very concerned about this little girl with the same fate. She carefully examined Sisi, who was also an orphan. Sisi blushed a little when Liu Erlong touched her, but she still insisted and didn't run away on the spot.
"It is true that Sisi's physical fitness is comparable to that of a second-ring soul master, and it is more than enough to bear the first soul ring for 700 years. Xiaogang's theoretical research on your many years has finally paid off!"
Yu Xiaogang smiled mysteriously at Flender and Liu Erlong and said:
"This is related to a secret that no one in Douluo Continent knows. Let's eat first and explain it to you while we eat. You will know it then!"
After Yu Xiaogang finished speaking, he took the initiative to pull Bibi Dong to sit in the main seat. Liu Erlong snorted coldly and pulled Sisi to sit opposite Bibi Dong. Flender sat next to Liu Erlong and served her tea and water.
Su Yuntao blushed and was hesitant. Sisi couldn't stand it and pulled him over and pressed him directly on the seat next to her! Really, Su Yuntao usually looks careless, but he still wants Sisi to take the initiative! So angry.
Xiao Zhan and Wang Dachui didn't have so many thoughts. They just sat down and waited for Teacher Yu Xiaogang to start eating.
Bibi Dong believed in Yu Xiaogang unconditionally, and Xiaogang had a basis for everything he said. She was not worried about whether Xiao Zhan and Wang Dachui could bear such a long-term spirit ring. She recognized Xiaogang's theoretical knowledge.
After Bibi Dong sat down, she looked at Liu Erlong who looked unhappy across from her. She wanted to provoke her. Who made Liu Erlong oppose her in everything? Then she turned her head and blinked her watery eyes and whispered to Yu Xiaogang:
"Xiaogang, I want to eat that salt-baked green dragon. It's too hot. Xiaogang, can you help me peel it?"
Yu Xiaogang couldn't stand Bibi Dong's coquettish and cuteness. He subconsciously took the initiative to pick up the biggest one and started to peel it for Bibi Dong. Yu Xiaogang peeled the snow-white shrimp meat and put it in Bibi Dong's bowl.
Then Bibi Dong began to taste it elegantly, and her eyes occasionally glanced at Liu Erlong across from her, wanting to see how this nominal rival would react?
Liu Erlong felt like she was going to explode, and the chopsticks in her hand creaked. Flanders saw that the situation was not good and tried to mediate:
"Sister Erlong, do you want to eat this? I'll help you pick it up! Today is a good day for our golden triangle to reunite."
After saying that, Flanders picked up a few of the most expensive dishes and put them in Liu Erlong's bowl. By the way, he gently touched Liu Erlong with his elbow, paying attention to the occasion. After all, this was the first time that Yu Xiaogang had treated guests in the true sense. Yu Xiaogang's apprentice was still there! Don't scare the child.
Liu Erlong could only sulk, biting hard one bite at a time, venting the depression that had nowhere to be released. Flanders helped pour juice and pick up dishes, and he just took a few bites casually.
Bibi Dong didn't get the result she wanted, but it was good. Seeing her nominal rival suffer, she was in a good mood. From time to time, she told Yu Xiaogang that she wanted to eat this and that, and she enjoyed Yu Xiaogang's feeding.
Su Yuntao and the other two felt the pressure of the tit-for-tat momentum at the dinner table, and could only eat wildly, hoping that time would pass faster!
The meal ended in the confrontation between Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong, which made Su Yuntao and the other two feel relieved. Finally, I made it! It's too torturous to have a meal with the teacher and friends!
Sisi leaned close to Su Yuntao's ear, put her little hand on the soft flesh on Su Yuntao's waist, and warned him in a threatening tone:
"Su Yuntao! This lady agrees to be your girlfriend! But if you dare to be like the teacher and flirt with other
women in the future, I will deal with you! Do you understand?" Su Yuntao was so close to Sisi all of a sudden, and felt the warm breath exhaled by Sisi, and his brain completely crashed when he heard that he agreed to be his girlfriend.
Sisi saw Su Yuntao blushing and flirting like a little girl, and she was furious. He pinched the soft flesh on Su Yuntao's waist and made a 180° rotation. Su Yuntao jumped up with a cry of "oh".
In an instant, the originally silent atmosphere in the box was broken, and everyone looked at the little movements between Sisi and Su Yuntao involuntarily. Liu Erlong stepped forward, embraced Sisi, gently touched her head and said to Su Yuntao:
"Su Yuntao, you kid, you should be nicer to our Sisi in the future! If I find out that you bullied Sisi one day, I will deal with you! I treat Sisi as my own sister. Sisi, if Yu Yuntao dares to bully you in the future, tell your sister, and I will help you!" After
Liu Erlong finished speaking, he glanced at Yu Xiaogang with a complicated look, which was a bit meaningful. Yu Xiaogang could only respond to Liu Erlong's gaze with an awkward but polite smile.
Liu Erlong grabbed Sisi and Su Yuntao in one hand and said anxiously:
"We have finished the meal, let's go to hunt souls quickly! Wait for sister to take you to experience the feeling of flying in the air! Boss Flanders, come and help me!
You take Su Yuntao and I will take Sisi to the hotel next to the Xingdou Great Forest as quickly as possible before tonight! Rest for a night and go directly to the Xingdou Great Forest to hunt souls tomorrow!"
Flanders took a breath of cold air. Notting City is a bit far from the Xingdou Great Forest! It seems to be another tough job. There is no way. Who can help it? It was a task assigned by Liu Erlong? He can only do his best to complete it.
Seeing that Liu Erlong was about to take Sisi with him in a hurry, Yu Xiaogang began to have a headache. He didn't know when Liu Erlong's hot temper could be changed. It is not pleasant to be carried and fly in the air. Flanders often did this in the past, but he has a deep understanding of it through his memory.
Yu Xiaogang stopped Liu Erlong and Flanders, took out a black and gold belt from his arms, which was inlaid with 8 blue translucent gems, and said to Flanders:
"Boss Flanders, this is an upgraded replica of my storage soul guide that I made through reverse research. Each gem has a space of 10 cubic meters. I put some gadgets in it. I hope you like it, Boss Flanders!
I didn't know you were coming over, sister Erlong, I will make up for your gift next time! Don't worry, it won't be worse than Boss Flanders!"
Liu Erlong was a little unhappy that she didn't have a gift, but when she heard that Yu Xiaogang would make up for it after replying, she asked:
"Xiaogang, this is what you said! But Xiaogang, you are really amazing. You have reversed the production method of soul guides that have been completely lost! You are worthy of the name of a master!"
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