Douluo Continent: I, the world's greatest immortal master, have taken Ning Rongrong as my disci

Chapter 100 Chen Xin's Second Sword Challenge, Protecting Peach Blossom Spring; The Teacher's Worries

"That Salas is really annoying. It's like he'll eat people if the teacher doesn't join the Spirit Hall."

"I remember the teacher talking about the situation on the mainland in class before. The Spirit Hall has become powerful by adhering to the principle of 'those who obey me prosper and those who oppose me perish.' The Spirit Hall recruits many Soul Masters on the mainland. Once a Soul Master with high talent is discovered by the Spirit Hall, if he chooses not to join the Spirit Hall, he may be secretly dealt with. He will either die in an accident or have his talent damaged and disappear into obscurity."

"I'm afraid we're already being watched by the Spirit Hall, which is why Salas openly offered such tempting terms to our teacher in collaboration with Emperor Xueye."

After the qualifying rounds, the teachers and students of Taoyuan have returned to Taoyuan.

The colleges and universities will then have a few days of rest and travel time.

As expected, the finals will be held in Spirit City, the headquarters of the Spirit Hall!

In the peach garden, students Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and others stood up for their teacher.

Xiao Wu listened with surprise as Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan analyzed the intricacies of the matter:
"From what you're saying, it seems that the teacher not only rejected the Heaven Dou Royal Family's offer of recruitment but also the Spirit Hall. Wouldn't that mean he'd be pleasing neither side? Would both the Heaven Dou Royal Family and the Spirit Hall then target him?"

Ning Rongrong, the senior sister who was trained by Su Ran to be the captain and commander, is no longer the little devil she was a year ago. She has developed her own thinking ability, which is why Ning Fengzhi directly appointed Ning Rongrong, a girl, as the young sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"No, quite the opposite. If the teacher had accepted the offer from the Heaven Dou Royal Family, given his teaching abilities and our performance in the preliminary and qualifying rounds, he would certainly not have been tolerated by the Spirit Hall. The Spirit Hall would not have watched the teacher help the Heaven Dou Royal Family become stronger."

"Conversely, the same logic applies. If the teacher accepts the recruitment of the Spirit Hall, the royal family will be afraid and will certainly not want to see us join the Spirit Hall."

"In other words, the best choice for the teacher might be to choose neither side."

After Ning Rongrong finished her analysis, Xiao Wu, Meng Yiran, Ye Lingling, and the others suddenly realized:
"So that's it!"

"The teacher had anticipated this all along!"

"Whether it's a marquis, a royal advisor, or a platinum bishop, the positions are all traps!"

"Alright, girls, actually, I didn't think that much about it."

Su Ran walked over at this moment and took stock of the improvements that the students had brought to him after the promotion matches. His own strength had increased by more than 20%, and the age of his first spirit ring was also approaching 10,000 years.

Su Ran said calmly:

"However, since you are aware that we are now in danger, you should be extra careful. After all, the Spirit Hall is the strongest spirit master force on the continent, so the finals are more dangerous than the preliminaries and the qualifying rounds."

"However, in any case, the teachers will protect your safety, so from now on, each of you must ensure that you stay within two hundred meters of us and do not go out at will."

"Us? Teacher, besides you, who else is there?" Ye Lingling asked.

Su Ran smiled faintly:
"And Rongrong's grandfather."

"Sword Douluo, thank you for your trouble."

As soon as Su Ran finished speaking, an old man in white robes leaped down from the Peach Garden Villa.

Who else could it be but Chen Xin, the Sword Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?

"Grandpa Jian, what brings you here again? You're not here to fight with the teacher again, are you?"

Ning Rongrong smiled brightly and called out to Chen Xin happily.

Chen Xin glanced at Ning Rongrong with satisfaction:
"Our young sect master, I, Grandpa Sword, have already arrived when you were competing in the promotion matches. At the request of Dean Su, and also to protect the future of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, I, Grandpa Sword, will accompany you to Wuhun City this time and stay by your side every step of the way."

Chen Xin looked somewhat helpless. What he didn't say was that he had originally come down the mountain to find Su Ran for a second sword sparring session.

As expected, after much thought, he came up with a method he believed could defeat Su Ran's Tai Chi sword technique, which could be summarized in four words: go with the flow.

Instead of forcibly breaking the sword with a sharp sword, one breaks the sword by following the momentum of the Tai Chi sword.

What frustrated Chen Xin was that after so many days of seclusion and meditation, he finally figured out a way to break the sword, but in actual combat, he was completely outmatched by Dean Su.

He went with the flow, but Su Ran's swordplay was even smoother than his, and she directly led his sword in circles.

With no one else watching, Su Ran no longer needed to give him face. The Sword Douluo's sword challenge was turned into a teaching demonstration by Su Ran.

The so-called "guiding sword" refers to a situation where one party's swordsmanship is clearly superior to the other's. The superior swordsmanship predicts the opponent's next or even two sword strikes and responds calmly. This can be used to test the opponent's swordsmanship level.

To put it bluntly, it was a teacher's assessment of the student. In this second round of the sword duel, Chen Xin had already accepted his defeat wholeheartedly.

Su Ran asked Chen Xin to protect the students of Peach Blossom Spring in exchange for his help, and then told Chen Xin the method to break the sword.

That's why Ning Rongrong and the others met Sword Douluo today.

However, the appearance of Sword Douluo also made Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran realize the seriousness of the problem.

They knew very well that, given the teacher's unconventional nature, she would never ask for outside help unless absolutely necessary, unless the situation was likely to deviate from her predictions at any time.

It seems that the dangers of this line of work are far greater than they imagined.

"With Sword Douluo protecting you, I feel much more at ease."

Su Ran said calmly.

"Don't worry, Dean Su. In a way, you are my half-teacher in swordsmanship. I will accompany you on this trip, even if Wuhun City is a den of dragons and tigers, I will cut off the dragon's claws and tiger's head to protect the girls' safety."

Chen Xin's words were quite arrogant, and at this point, his relationship with Su Ran was that of both teacher and friend.

"Half a teacher?" Ning Rongrong stared wide-eyed at Chen Xin. This was the first time she had ever heard Grandpa Sword call someone a teacher, especially one related to swordsmanship.

What exactly did the teacher do to Grandpa Sword?!

Grandpa Sword, where has your pride gone?
Su Ran actually only taught Chen Xin four words: "The highest good is like water."

……

Night falls, under the starry sky, outside the peach garden.

A beautiful young woman in a bright red cheongsam looked around, hiding behind a large tree outside the garden, seemingly hesitating about something. Just as she took a deep breath and was about to go out...

A young man dressed in bright red was walking towards them, looking around suspiciously. The beautiful red-haired woman was startled and quickly pulled him behind a large tree.
"Brother, what are you doing here?"

"Fire Dance, it's you? What are you doing here? You wouldn't be..."

The young man was none other than Huo Wushuang from the Blazing Fire Academy. He looked surprised when he saw the red-haired girl.

Huo Wu bit her lip, a little embarrassed, but still stubbornly insisted:

"I...I just finished my promotion match and went for a walk. I ended up here without realizing it."

"Is that so? Actually, so am I."

Huo Wushuang followed up on Huo Wu's words, and the two exchanged a smile, as if they understood something from each other's eyes, and said in unison:
"Alright, stop pretending. I'm your brother (sister). Don't you know what you're doing here? Why don't we go in together?"

"go!"

As expected of siblings, they quickly reached a tacit understanding.

But at that very moment, a voice came from a large tree about ten meters away:
"Why don't you take me with you?"

The two siblings looked up and saw a glimpse of a green garment and a grinning face peeking out from behind the big tree.

"Feng Xiaotian, what are you doing here?"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't come? Why are you all here?"

"Can't there be more trust and sincerity between people?!"

"Hey, you guys——"

Shh, it sounds like someone's coming again!

　The finals are about to begin! In the finals, Su Ran will undergo a tribulation in the mortal world to attain enlightenment, and after that, she will no longer wear the mask.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)