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

Chapter 116 Taking Qian Renxue as a Disciple; The Pope's Shameless and Treacherous Scheme

"My sudden enlightenment today is largely thanks to you; it can be considered a matter of fate."

"If you are sincere in seeking to become my disciple, you will become my fourteenth disciple. However, I must say this beforehand: even though you are the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall and bear the inheritance of the Angel God, you must abide by the rules of Peach Blossom Spring School, observe the school's schedule, and refrain from killing innocent people or committing any evil deeds... Can you do that?"

"can!"

Without the slightest hesitation on Qian Renxue's exquisite face, she nodded without a second thought.

Su Ran glanced at Qian Renxue, and a peach blossom token landed in front of her:
"After the competition, take care of your own affairs and then report to Taoyuan Academy."

"Okay, teacher!"

Qian Renxue finally reluctantly let go of Su Ran's hand, kowtowed to Su Ran as a disciple, and then grasped the Peach Blossom Token that was floating in front of her.

Is this the teacher's disciple certificate?
However, when Qian Renxue came to her senses and carefully considered Su Ran's words, she was suddenly taken aback, and her eyes widened in surprise:
The teacher actually knew who he was...

The teacher knows that I am the chosen successor of the Angel God? Then does the teacher also know about my infiltration of the Heavenly Dou royal family?!

OMG!

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【Ding--】

[The angelic saintess Qian Renxue has been accepted as a disciple. Her disciple's aptitude has reached a new high. As a reward, her soul power has increased by 0.2 levels, the age of all soul rings and soul bones has increased by 10%, she has the chance to draw three advanced Light and Holy techniques, and she also has a Six-Winged Angel exclusive technique...]

The rewards from the system panel appeared in Su Ran's mind. As Su Ran's realm improved, the increase in soul power level brought by simply taking on disciples became less and less. However, this did not mean that the increase in soul power was small. After all, he was already level 94. A 0.2-level increase was the result of many years of cultivation for an ordinary titled Douluo.
A 10% increase in the age of spirit rings and spirit bones can bring Su Ran's eighth and ninth spirit rings an improvement of up to 20,000 to 30,000 years.

After sensing his current soul power and soul bone status, Su Ran felt refreshed. With his current level, there should be few people on the continent who could suppress him.

The soft sunlight refracted through the magnolia tree, illuminating his handsome face as if it were shimmering with golden light.

But upon seeing the sun's shifted position, Su Ran's expression suddenly changed:
"Is it early morning?"

"How long did it take me to have this epiphany?"

Su Ran asked Qian Renxue.

He remembered that when he came to this garden with the Golden Crocodile Offering, it wasn't early morning.

"It should have been two days."

Qian Renxue was so captivated by her teacher's stunning good looks that she became completely mesmerized. Hearing her teacher's slightly nervous tone, she realized that there had been two sunrises and sunsets since her teacher's enlightenment.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the quarterfinals should be over in two days."

"I wonder if Pope Bibi Dong made things difficult for them?"

Su Ran said in a deep voice:
"Xue'er, I've stayed here too long. I must go back immediately to check on the girls. I'll give you some special instruction after the competition."

"Well, the teacher really cares about his student."

Qian Renxue thought of the female students at Taoyuan Academy, who loved to cling to their teachers.

Back in Tiandou City, she had admired these girls from Peach Blossom Academy, but now, there was a strange hint of sourness in her tone.

Su Ran smiled faintly and didn't say anything more.

Just then, an elderly man in a golden robe walked in from outside the garden and, looking at the two figures from behind, said:
"Young man, not just anyone can be our Holy Maiden's teacher. If you want to become our Holy Maiden's disciple, you must pass the test of us old guys..."

"Also, there's something that should be helpful to you. According to the Elder Hall's intelligence, the quarterfinals of the Soul Master Tournament ended yesterday, and the semifinals have been moved to a new venue: the Great Soul Arena in Wuhun City."

The golden crocodile was quite imposing; he had already spoken with the Grand Elder, Qian Daoliu.

As the chosen successor of the Angel God, the Holy Maiden's apprenticeship must be taken very seriously. If Qian Renxue has only one teacher, it is the Angel God!
"The venue has changed? Why would the venue change so suddenly?"

"wrong."

Su Ran's expression changed, and he brushed past the golden crocodile, speeding away from the outside of the hall.

Jin E watched as the white-robed youth with ethereal grace flew past him, stunned for a moment, then turned and stared wide-eyed at Qian Renxue:

"Holy Maiden, who is this handsome guy?"

"He was born with such extraordinary beauty, even more handsome than I was in my youth. He is no ordinary person."

Although it was only a fleeting glance, Su Ran's profile left a deep impression on Jin E.

This face is extraordinary!
Qian Renxue took a step forward, watching Su Ran's departing figure, a look she had never seen before appearing on her face, like a saintly maiden fallen in love, and said softly:
"Grandpa Crocodile, he is my teacher."

"By the way, Grandpa Crocodile, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you." The Golden Crocodile Elder paused, seemingly unable to believe that the young man he had just seen was the teacher Qian Renxue was to meet. Even with his hundred or two hundred years of experience, he was greatly astonished by his appearance. If this person were to be the Holy Maiden's teacher… it didn't seem so unacceptable after all.

"No, he's so handsome, why did he wear a mask before?"

"Hoo~ What is it, Holy Maiden? Tell me."

Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed: "Summon a few elders for me. If anyone in the Papal Palace dares to cause trouble, hehe—"

……

Why hasn't the teacher come back yet?

"I hope nothing bad has happened."

"I have absolutely no sense of security with the Spirit Hall. I haven't been able to sleep well these past two days."

Two days have passed since Yu Xiaogang lost the bet.

The girls from Taoyuan Academy and several students from Tianshui Academy and the Botanical Academy were all very worried about their teacher, Su Ran.

The Soul Master Tournament is proceeding as scheduled, and the competition has progressed to the semi-finals.

After Tianshui Academy crushed Tang San in the round of 16, Taoyuan Academy advanced to the semifinals.

However, in the quarterfinals to semifinals, Tianshui College unfortunately encountered the senior team Taoyuan and narrowly lost the match.

The teams advancing to the semifinals will consist of four teams that reached the finals plus two teams that received a bye, for a total of six teams:

Taoyuan Academy.

Wuhundian Academy.

College of Botany.

Star Luo Royal Academy.

And two teams from the Star Luo Empire.

……

With the teacher absent, senior student Ning Rongrong took over the task. The draw was held a day in advance, and the teams advancing to the semifinals were determined the following day. There were no more byes in the semifinals.

The Botanical Academy and the Star Luo Royal Academy will face off against the other two teams.

Taoyuan Academy faced the Spirit Hall Academy team in the semi-final qualifying round.

The next day.

As the first rays of dawn touched the Papal Palace, the Peach Blossom Academy team, accompanied by Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Sect Master Ning Fengzhi, entered the Soul Arena in front of the Papal Palace.

In the Papal Palace arena, only the Papal Palace Knights were parading; no one from the other academies had come yet.

After a while, relying on his keen senses, Ning Fengzhi realized there might be a problem and said to Chen Xin with focused attention:
"Uncle Jian, something's wrong. In the previous matches, all the academies should have arrived by now, but at this time, not a single member of the other academies is here, and no one has come to inform us."

"Could it be that Bibi Dong is planning to harm the children?" Chen Xin looked around, wary of any Soul Masters who might attack them.

Ning Fengzhi's eyes still held some confusion: "No, if they wanted to make a move, they should have done it already. Besides, Teacher Su now has the Golden Crocodile's support, so Bibi Dong shouldn't dare to easily kill the students of Peach Blossom Spring. They must have other motives..."

Just as Ning Fengzhi was deep in thought, the sounds of fighting suddenly came from outside the arena:
"Senior Sister Rongrong! Senior Sister!"

"The Spirit Hall changed the venue at the last minute, and the Peach Blossom Spring team was put in the first match."

boom!
Sword Douluo Chen Xin cleaved through the knights and bishops blocking the perimeter of the Papal Palace with a single sword strike.

Ning Rongrong and the others then realized that the people fighting against the Papal Knights were none other than several teachers and students from the Botanical Academy and Tianshui Academy—Yao Zi, Mu Yunzhu, Mu Yunteng, Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and Leng Yuehan.

"What happened?" Ning Rongrong asked anxiously.

"Early this morning, the Spirit Hall's spirit masters came to inform us that the venue for the Spirit Master Competition had been temporarily changed to the Spirit City Grand Arena. At first, we didn't think much of it, but when we arrived at the Spirit City Grand Arena, we found that, in addition to the eliminated teams, none of our senior sisters and brothers from the Peach Blossom team were there either. I think the Spirit Hall must have deliberately not notified the senior sisters, hoping that the Peach Blossom team would be absent from the competition and lose!"

"We immediately went to find our classmates from Tianshui College to come and find our senior sisters. We heard from the hotel staff that our senior sisters had already left for the competition, so we came here."

After hearing what Yao Zi and Mu Yunzhu said, Ning Fengzhi's expression changed. At this moment, he understood everything:

"Oh no, we've fallen into their trap! The Spirit Hall would actually resort to such a shameless and treacherous scheme?!"

"We're running out of time!"

(End of this chapter)