Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 97 Reminiscing about Childhood, Inner Court Freshmen and the Hidden Dangers on Tang Ya (4k)

Back in the familiar courtyard, Wu Ming was standing anxiously in the center, but Shu Yan and Han Ruoruo ignored him and closed the door in the blink of an eye.

Wu Ming stared blankly at the closed door, a feeling of frustration and unhappiness suddenly welling up inside her. She didn't know if this feeling was directed at Shu Yan, Han Ruoruo, or both of them.

"Two guys who forget their friends for a pretty face..."

After thinking for a while, Wu Ming's mood worsened. She stomped her foot, snorted coldly, and went straight back to her dormitory.

……

As darkness gradually enveloped the outdoors, the indoor space remained bright and cozy, bathed in warm light.

Shu Yan held Han Ruoruo in his arms, and the two snuggled together on the sofa. After nearly two hours of comforting from Shu Yan, Han Ruoruo's turbulent emotions finally began to stabilize.

At this moment, she was clutching Shu Yan's clothes, still shaken, with faint tear stains on her fair and delicate cheeks. Shu Yan looked at Han Ruoruo, who clearly wanted to say something more, and said helplessly:
"Sister Ruoruo, it's alright, this time it really was just an accident. Who knew that a 100,000-year-old spiritual attribute soul beast would appear in such an outer area? This situation is simply unimaginable by common sense. Besides, I'm fine, aren't I? If it really comes to that, I'll take you with me every time I go out from now on..."

"What do you mean? I was just worried about you..."

Seeing that Shu Yan seemed a little impatient, Han Ruoruo immediately got annoyed. She reached out and pinched Shu Yan's cheeks, then said with some dissatisfaction.

"Okay, okay, but Sister Ruoruo, you can't talk about the same thing for so long. Look, it's getting dark now..."

As he spoke, Shu Yan looked out the window.

"Yeah, how come it's dark so quickly...?"

Han Ruoruo was somewhat confused. In her perception, not much time had passed at all, and she even felt that she still needed to teach Shu Yan a lesson.

Shu Yan chuckled, and a sinister hand quietly slipped under Han Ruoruo's clothes, then gently pinched the soft flesh of her waist.

"Alright, Ruoruo, go wash your face first. Look at you, you're almost like a little kitten. Anyone who didn't know better would think I was bullying you..."

Han Ruoruo let out a soft cry, then quickly pushed Shu Yan's hand away.

She realized that Shu Yan had been gradually pushing her limits, and she herself was quite uncooperative, always subconsciously choosing to comply.

Seeing the glimpse of white skin revealed when Han Ruoruo stood up due to the large movement, Shu Yan suddenly felt his throat go dry, and subconsciously, his gaze followed her.

Han Ruoruo's face flushed even more. She gently pressed her hand to her clothes, but when she saw the barely suppressed, burning desire in Shu Yan's eyes, she suddenly fell silent. After a long while, she suddenly spoke:

"Ayan, do you still remember when you were little?"

Shu Yan was taken aback, his thoughts quickly drifting backward. Then, as if he had suddenly remembered something, he looked at Han Ruoruo with some disbelief.

"Look at me... What are you doing? Just this once, don't mention it again..."

Han Ruoruo turned her face away. In fact, she regretted it the moment she uttered the first sentence, but since she was the one who brought it up, it was probably too late for her to regret it now, no matter how embarrassing it was.

……

The intoxicating fragrance was so intense that Han Ruoruo couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, and the hands holding Shu Yan's head tightened their grip little by little...

In a daze, she looked up at the soul-conducting lamp above her head, her thoughts swept over her by waves of emotion, completely immersing her in it...

……

Early the next morning.

Shu Yan woke up feeling refreshed, while Han Ruoruo was too ashamed to face anyone and had fled back to her own home early the night before, not daring to stay overnight at Shu Yan's place.

As soon as I pushed open the door and stepped out of the house, a slightly mocking voice rang in my ears:

"Hey, you're awake. What did you do to Ruoruo last night? I went to find her just now, but she wouldn't let me in, even if it meant death. She was all disheveled. This isn't like Ruoruo at all. You must have done something to really upset her..."

Shu Yan glanced at Wu Ming, who seemed to have just returned from a walk by the Sea God Lake, and then said:

"You think too much……"

"Tch... You dare to do it but not admit it..."

Wu Ming expressed disdain for Shu Yan's denial. To make the usually calm and composed Han Ruoruo turn into that, Wu Ming really couldn't think of anyone else or anything else besides Shu Yan.

The two chatted briefly for a few more minutes, and about fifteen minutes later, the door to Han Ruoruo's house finally opened slowly.

Han Ruoruo had a faint shadow under her eyes, clearly indicating that she had suffered from insomnia last night... or rather, she simply stayed awake until dawn.

"Sister Ruoruo, what happened to make you look so disheveled..."

Wu Ming hesitated, not because she wanted to tease Han Ruoruo, but because Han Ruoruo looked too casual and sloppy, completely unlike her usual self.

"Ayan, Ming'er, good morning..."

Han Ruoruo forced a smile and greeted the two of them.

After a brief exchange, Han Ruoruo went to meet up with Zhang Lexuan. As for Shu Yan and Wu Ming, they stared at each other for a long time before Shu Yan finally spoke:
"Want to get one?"

"Great! We have to do it!"

Wu Ming puffed out her chest and readily agreed. Although she couldn't beat Shu Yan, it was absolutely impossible for her to admit defeat and submit!

She, Wu Ming, is just stubborn!
……

After a series of chaotic events, two more days quickly passed.

In the morning, Shu Yan exchanged glances with several familiar faces, ignoring the almost tearful expressions on Chu Qingtian and the others' faces. He smiled slightly and then said:

"Old friends meet again, so, none of you have anything to say?"

Chu Qingtian and Chai Fenghua hugged each other tightly, their expressions worse than tears, while Hou Jiale, whose physique was growing increasingly robust, was trembling beside them.

The strange behavior of the three inevitably aroused the curiosity of the other freshmen who had just entered the inner academy. After all, any one of the three, Chu Qingtian, Chu Qingtian, and Chu Qingtian, would be a pillar among the freshmen of this year's inner academy.

"Brother, big brother, dear brother, we were forced into this by Dean Yan last time, please, don't make things difficult for us..."

Hearing Chu Qingtian's wailing, Shu Yan's lips twitched, then he said with a hint of helplessness:
"Chu Qingtian, can you stop your ranting here? When have I ever made things difficult for anyone? This is slander, blatant slander! If you keep this up, I'm going to sue you..."

Zhang Lexuan walked over with a light laugh, then joked:

"I heard you guys had some kind of connection back in the outer courtyard, and now you meet again, and it's like this..." "Well, what can we do? These three are such cowards..."

Shu Yan said with a hint of helplessness.

He only went a little too far back then, so why are these three people now terrified of him like they're seeing death itself?

"Alright, new students joining the inner academy will be assigned an older student as their mentor. I see that you seem quite afraid of Shu Yan, Chu Qingtian. How about this, one of the compulsory lessons for inner academy students is to face their own fears... Shu Yan, I'm entrusting Chu Qingtian to you. Take good care of him."

Zhang Lexuan, with her gentle and intellectual demeanor, uttered the words that most devastated Chu Qingtian and broke her defenses.

"Heavens above, earth below, Mother God, Senior Sister, you can't do this..."

Chu Qingtian wailed, as if most of his energy and spirit had vanished in an instant.

"Shut up, or I'll drag you to the Soul Arena to relive your old memories."

Shu Yan was getting a headache from his noise, so he scolded Chu Qingtian, who immediately froze in place, too scared to make any further moves.

Zhang Lexuan smiled helplessly, then looked at the seven people excluding Chu Qingtian and said:

"Ruoruo, who assisted me in the assessment, and I are both mentors. In addition, this Wu Ming is also a mentor. There will be several more senior students coming here later."

"Given that your class of freshmen is the largest in the Inner Academy in the past twenty years, I grant you a special privilege: you may choose your own mentors."

As soon as Zhang Lexuan finished speaking, a pretty girl with short blonde hair stepped forward and then hugged Han Ruoruo's arm.

"Sister Ruoruo, do you still remember me?"

Han Ruoruo, who had been lost in thought with her head down, suddenly snapped out of it. She then reached out and pinched the girl's cheek, chuckling softly as she said:

"Of course I remember, after all... Yuting, you're the biggest eater in the Foreign Languages ​​Department, they say you can eat three cows in one meal..."

"Ahhh! Sister Ruoruo, how could you say that about someone..."

Xi Yuting was so embarrassed that she almost dug out a three-bedroom apartment with her foot. Her martial soul was extremely special, somewhat similar to the Taotie Divine Ox martial soul of Taotie Douluo Xuanzi. It required constant eating to slowly increase her cultivation.

In addition, she is a petite and cute beauty, which contrasts sharply with her almost bottomless appetite.

People from the outer courtyard would often tease Xi Yuting about this, but Xi Yuting never cared about the gossip. For her, cultivating diligently and eating well were the main themes of her life at the moment.

Clearly, Han Ruoruo was the guide chosen by Xi Yuting, while the one who chose Wu Ming was a girl with a somewhat cold and hard expression. To be honest, her personality was definitely not the type to be compatible with Wu Ming.

As for why she chose Wu Ming, no one can say for sure...

……

As evening falls, the sunset glows over Poseidon Island, enveloping everything in a hazy, dreamlike atmosphere.

Shu Yan hadn't expected to run into Bei Bei on his way back to the dormitory. He paused for a moment, then said:
"Is something wrong?"

Beibei remained as gentle and languid as ever. He chuckled softly and then said:
"The venerable Ancestor wishes to see you."

"Does Elder Mu want to see me?"

Shu Yan frowned slightly, but relaxed in an instant.

"Yes, actually, the Ancestor should have met you a long time ago, but he was delayed by some things."

"Beibei said softly, and then led Shuyan along a path toward the Sea God Pavilion, which was located in the very center of Sea God Island.

"After I woke up, I talked to Xuanzu about some things. He thinks highly of you, senior, and has been observing you silently all along... He wants to wait for a suitable time to see you again, and now should be the so-called suitable time in his eyes."

Beibei continued to laugh.

Shu Yan shrugged, then said:
"Perhaps, but the timing is really sudden, it has completely disrupted my plans for tonight."

"The relationship between Senior and Senior Han is truly enviable. In Senior Han's eyes, you are always number one. This kind of favoritism is the easiest to make people fall in love."

Beibei sighed softly.

In his eyes, it was already destined that Shu Yan and Han Ruoruo would have a perfect ending. At the same time, he seemed to see Tang Ya sitting alone at the dining table, sullen and cursing him for being heartless. He couldn't stop the smile from his lips.

"Your relationship with Junior Sister Tang Ya is not bad either, but Bei Bei, I need to remind you that you are very clear about the upper limit of Junior Sister Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and you know even better about her personality and what she carries."

"To tell you the truth, I have a very old left leg bone that has the function of devouring. I sensed a familiar aura in Junior Sister Tang Ya's martial soul. It was the ability to devour, and it even carried a trace of evil."

Beibei's pupils contracted, then he abruptly stopped in his tracks. He turned around and said in disbelief:

"Does the senior mean that Xiaoya has the potential to become an evil spirit master?"

Shu Yan nodded noncommittally, patted Bei Bei on the shoulder, and then continued walking forward.

"From the perspective of martial soul, the devouring talent in Junior Sister Tang Ya's martial soul is latent. As long as it is not actively triggered, it will not appear."

"But the hatred and obsession in Tang Ya's heart are gradually nourishing that hidden talent. Under such circumstances, as long as someone guides her, that hidden devouring talent will completely erupt and take Tang Ya into the abyss in one fell swoop."

Shu Yan's words made Bei Bei's hair stand on end. He didn't think Shu Yan was joking, because Shu Yan was never the type to joke around. Even though he hadn't known Shu Yan for long, he had an unimaginable level of trust in him.

"Then... is there any way to help Xiaoya resolve this potential problem?"

Beibei's hands trembled slightly as he followed behind Shu Yan, looking as if he had lost his soul.

Shu Yan glanced at him slightly, then smiled and said:

“I may not have it, but don’t forget, you are the only bloodline descendant of a Limit Douluo. Your great-grandfather was the Dragon God Douluo who once shook the continent. What we can’t solve is not difficult in the eyes of a Limit Douluo.”

"In fact, as long as you are willing to ask, with the terrifying foundation that the academy has accumulated over ten thousand years, it shouldn't be too difficult to help Junior Sister Tang Ya evolve her martial soul."

“Beibei, the good background that God gave us is not useless. We can use it to avoid or solve some troublesome problems that ordinary people cannot solve at all. As long as you are willing to speak up, I think Old Master Mu will not refuse you.”

"Compared to ordinary people, we are born with a shortcut. Do you... understand this principle?"

……

(End of this chapter)