Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 35: School Officially Starts!

Tang Ya pulled Yu Beibei toward the cafeteria, while Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang headed toward the Sea God Lake.

There is a lakeside path along the shore of Poseidon Lake that is perfect for running. They had already checked it out during dinner yesterday, so there was no need to look for another place now.

Poseidon Lake, a landmark area of ​​Shrek Academy, is an irregularly shaped circular lake, occupying one-third of the entire academy. In the center of the lake lies an island, the location of Shrek's inner courtyard. A lakeside path, known as the Lakeside Path, winds around the lake, its loop approximately thirty li (about 15 kilometers). The path is lined with lush vegetation, forming small forests, and the fresh air makes it a popular meeting place for many outer courtyard students.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan arrived at the lakeside. The morning mist over Poseidon Lake was so thick that visibility was extremely low. There were few people on the lakeside path. At this time of day, very few students would come here.

"Alright, let's start here," Zhu Ziyang said, taking out two pairs of iron wristbands from the jade bracelet and handing one pair to Jiang Nannan.

Both pairs of iron wristbands are level four soul tools called Gravity Wristbands. They are inscribed with a soul skill called Gravity Control, which allows the wearer to control their own gravity, thus achieving a weight-bearing effect. The Gravity Wristbands have four levels, which can increase the wearer's gravity to two, three, four, and five times their own weight, respectively.

The two pairs of gravity wristbands were gifts from Hong Zhen, the city lord of Anyang City, to Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan after they both reached the Great Soul Master level. As level four soul tools, and a relatively rare cultivation-type soul tool at that, the gravity wristbands were worth at least 100,000 gold soul coins.

This shows that Hong Zhen has high hopes for Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan.

Currently, Zhu Ziyang's physical strength is sufficient to withstand five times the gravity, which is absolutely astonishing for a Soul Master who is ostensibly a Weapon Soul Master, as many Beast Soul Masters cannot withstand such gravity.

Jiang Nannan was a little less capable, only able to withstand three times her own weight. Even so, the girl's physical strength far surpassed that of her peers and Soul Masters of the same level, as evidenced by the fact that her second Soul Ring was nine hundred years old.

The boys and girls ran around Poseidon Lake.

Two hours later, after resting for two laps around the lake, the two went to the cafeteria for breakfast.

After breakfast, the two went back to their dorm to take a shower, and then strolled around the Shrek Academy campus together, getting familiar with the environment, which would be their home for the next twelve years, or even longer.

Throughout the day, Zhu Ziyang and his companion explored every corner of the academy, gaining a preliminary understanding of Shrek Academy's environment and layout.

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Two more days have passed.

Shrek Academy's admissions for this year have ended.

This year's first-year class has seven classes and a total of 688 new students, making it the smallest cohort in nearly thirty years.

Today, classes officially began.

After finishing their run, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan returned to their dormitory to wash up and change into their school uniforms, then gathered at the dormitory building entrance.

Jiang Nannan was accompanied by her roommate Tang Ya. The three of them waited for Yu Beibei and then walked towards the teaching building together.

After three days of getting to know each other, Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya had become very close. Tang Ya was the first friend Jiang Nannan had made besides Zhu Ziyang.

Tang Ya is lively and active, always chattering away, while Jiang Nannan is quiet and gentle, the complete opposite of Tang Ya. It's quite unusual that these two girls with such different personalities could become good friends.

Zhu Ziyang and Bei Bei walked behind the two girls. Both of them were deep thinkers and didn't know each other very well, so they remained relatively silent.

"By the way, Zhu Ziyang, would you like to join our Tang Sect?" Tang Ya, who had been talking to Jiang Nannan, suddenly turned around and asked Zhu Ziyang, "Our Tang Sect is the number one sect on the continent!"

"I know, the Tang Sect," Zhu Ziyang said, pausing for a moment before smiling. "It's said to have been founded ten thousand years ago by Tang San, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils who had already become a god!"

"That's right!" Tang Ya's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected Zhu Ziyang to be able to tell her about the Tang Clan's origins. In today's declining Tang Clan, very few people would know this. She was overjoyed and excitedly said, "Then do you want to join our Tang Clan? I can, um, I'll make you my second disciple!"

"Never mind, I have no intention of joining a sect," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, politely declining.

What a joke! With his talent, how could he possibly join a sect that has been declining for thousands of years?

"Ah! Okay!" Tang Ya felt a little disappointed, but didn't care much. She was just trying it out anyway, and Zhu Ziyang's refusal was within her expectations. So she smiled and said, "Then when you want to join a sect, you must give our Tang Sect your first choice!"

"I will." Zhu Ziyang nodded, a glimmer of light in his eyes.

"Xiaoya, why are you and Beibei the only two left in your Tang Clan?" Jiang Nannan asked curiously.

As Tang Ya's roommate, Jiang Nannan naturally received her invitation as well. However, Jiang Nannan didn't immediately agree, saying she needed to discuss it with Zhu Ziyang. Now that Zhu Ziyang had clearly stated he wouldn't join any sect, she naturally wouldn't either. But that didn't diminish her curiosity.

"Sigh!" Hearing Jiang Nannan's question, Tang Ya, whose face was always smiling, revealed a rare trace of sadness and sorrow, and said, "To be honest, Nannan, our Tang Clan has long since fallen. Now, only Beibei and I are left. Even the old site of the sect has been taken away!"

As she spoke, a hint of hatred flashed across Tang Ya's delicate face.

"Don't worry, Xiaoya, we will definitely take back the sect!" Beibei stepped forward, took Tang Ya's hand, and comforted her.

"Yes!" Tang Ya regained her fighting spirit and said, "That's right, we definitely will!"

Perhaps seeing something similar to herself in Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan also spoke up to encourage her: "That's right, Xiao Ya, you are now a student of Shrek Academy, and you will definitely be able to revitalize the sect in the future."

"Thank you, Nan Nan!" Tang Ya said gratefully.

"Tang Ya, you are the sect leader of the Tang Sect, so your martial soul must be Blue Silver Grass, right?" Zhu Ziyang suddenly asked.

"That's right." Tang Ya looked at Zhu Ziyang with some surprise and nodded, saying, "According to the rules of our Tang Sect, only Soul Masters with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul can serve as Sect Master. But, Zhu Ziyang, why are you asking this?"

"It's nothing, just pure curiosity," Zhu Ziyang smiled and said. "After all, only your Tang Sect on the continent still has Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, and I'm very interested in Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls."

"This..." Tang Ya was speechless for a moment.

"That's normal." Yu Beibei glanced at Zhu Ziyang, then said with a smile, "After all, the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul is very legendary. If it were me, I would be very curious too."

"Yes." Zhu Ziyang nodded in agreement, stroking his chin thoughtfully, and then fell silent.

Tang Ya didn't seem to care and continued talking to Jiang Nannan. Yu Beibei, on the other hand, gave Zhu Ziyang a deep look, then lowered her head, deep in thought.

The group of four quickly arrived at the freshman teaching building.

The new student teaching building has three floors. The first and second floors are classrooms, with five classrooms on each floor, and each classroom can accommodate one hundred students. The third floor is the teachers' offices, where the class teachers and subject teachers of the new students work.

The classrooms of freshmen class 4 and freshmen class 5 are adjacent, located in the first and second rooms on the far left of the first floor, respectively.

"Beibei, let's go in first." Tang Ya waved to Beibei from the door of Class 4.

"Okay! Wait for me after school," Beibei said, then walked towards Class 5 on the left.

Zhu Ziyang and Tang Ya entered the classroom one after the other. There were already seventy or eighty people in the classroom, and all eyes immediately turned to them upon seeing the three of them.

A handsome man and a beautiful woman—this combination is sure to be the center of attention wherever they go.

Zhu Ziyang ignored the stares of others, found two empty seats, and pulled Jiang Nannan to sit down.

Seeing this, Tang Ya became somewhat angry and said to Jiang Nannan, "Nannan, look at Zhu Ziyang! He didn't even know to find a seat for three people! He really has no gentlemanly manners!"

Jiang Nannan looked at Tang Ya, who was stomping her feet in anger, and felt a little embarrassed. She said, "I'm sorry, Xiao Ya. You can find another seat."

"No, I must sit with you!" Tang Ya said firmly.

Then, something happened that left Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan speechless.

Tang Ya actually pulled the girl sitting on the other side of Jiang Nannan aside, and then mumbled a lot of things. In the end, the girl actually gave up her seat without any resistance!

This move left Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan dumbfounded. Was this the legendary "naturally friendly" person?

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(End of this chapter)