Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 245 Conflict | Fame

"Once registered, fees are non-refundable."

The Shrek teacher looked at the father and son demanding the registration fee with a seemingly indifferent expression, but in reality, he was somewhat arrogant and condescending.

Although he didn't show any greed for those ten gold soul coins, his attitude was really hard to like.

This reminded Ning Rongrong of... her past self.

Thinking back, I suppose that's why I was disliked by everyone... especially my third brother, Ning Feiliu.

Her beautiful eyes were somewhat dim.

At this moment, the teacher first faced the father and son demanding their registration fee back, and calmly called out to someone, "Mu Bai, someone wants to get their registration fee back. You handle it."

A figure suddenly sprang up from the ground beside them. "If you want a refund of your fee, beat me and I'll return it all."

Upon seeing the three spirit rings that Dai Mubai revealed, the father and son's expressions changed, but those were worth ten gold spirit coins.

Although as a Great Soul Master, one can receive these ten Gold Soul Coins from the Spirit Hall every month.

But just because he applied to an academy and was ultimately not accepted, he lost those ten gold soul coins for nothing.

No one would want to do this.

Moreover, Shrek Academy's registration fee is so expensive, but the registration process is not very complicated.

It always makes people feel like they're just trying to rip off the students who signed up.

How can anyone accept this?

Especially since Shrek Academy is now using threats, how is that any different from robbery?

However, circumstances were beyond his control. The father's eyes dimmed, and he was just about to let it go...

"I'll pay for their gold soul coins," a delicate voice came from behind them.

Then, accompanied by the sound of gold soul coins being put into the box, twenty gold soul coins appeared in the box made of several wooden planks nailed together to the side.

"Take your gold soul coins back," Ning Rongrong said to the father and son.

After all, she is the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's sect leader, and unlike Ning Feiliu before her, she is quite favored. Over the years, she has accumulated at least tens of thousands of gold soul coins, if not hundreds of thousands.

So if she can handle it, then let her step in and resolve this dispute.

"As you all heard, this academy has a hefty enrollment fee and strict age requirements... Also, what are your academy's admission requirements?" Ning Rongrong asked the old man in front of her.

The old man frowned. If they had explained it clearly from the beginning, wouldn't they have lost a lot of students and earned less in registration fees?

So he hesitated for a moment.

But now that things had come to this, he sighed and, left with no other choice, said, "Anyone over thirteen years old who doesn't have a cultivation level above Great Soul Master can leave now."

"Wait a minute..." Ning Rongrong wasn't finished yet. She asked, "Do you only accept those over thirteen years old who don't have the cultivation level of a Great Soul Master or higher, or only those under thirteen years old who have the cultivation level of a Great Soul Master or higher?"

The old man frowned even deeper, snorted coldly, and said, "We only recruit genius Soul Masters under the age of thirteen who have a cultivation level of Great Soul Master or above."

"Shrek is a monster, an extremely strange existence even among soul beasts. The meaning of Shrek Academy is Monster Academy. That is to say, we only accept monsters, not ordinary people. Those who are over thirteen years old, or whose soul power has not reached level twenty-one, don't waste your time here."

Upon hearing this, the long line of people registering behind Ning Rongrong immediately dispersed.

Only a boy in blue, a girl in pink with a long scorpion braid, and a girl in black with a baby face and an extremely voluptuous figure remained.

Those under thirteen years old and possessing a soul power of level twenty-one or higher are effectively screened out, eliminating the vast majority of students.

Moreover, the registration fee was so expensive, ten gold soul coins, that they didn't even have the thought of trying.

At this moment, both the old man and Dai Mubai felt their hearts bleed as they watched all the students and parents who had registered disappear.

So many gold soul coins, just like that, they all ran away.

These are the sources of funding for the college's daily operations!

And all of this is because of the pink-haired girl in front of him.

Both Dai Mubai and the old man's eyes turned somewhat unfriendly as a result.

"Then can we get our ten gold soul coins back? Thank you! Thank you, Miss!" The father and son thanked Ning Rongrong with gratitude, while trying to retrieve their ten gold soul coins.

but……

"I've already said, once you register, there will be no refunds." The old man sneered and blocked the father and son.

"But... this young lady... just now..." the father said, his eyes wide.

Ning Rongrong frowned and said, "I just put in twenty gold soul coins."

"That's because you voluntarily paid extra registration fees, and we refuse to refund any extra money you paid," said Li Yusong, a teacher at Shrek Academy, shamelessly.

As he spoke, he suddenly released an incredibly powerful aura. A dense red light burst forth from the old man, and a long staff with countless fine patterns appeared in his right hand. Most terrifyingly, a total of six spirit rings rose from beneath his feet, and the dazzling light instantly became the focus of the entire audience.

The six spirit rings were one white, one yellow, three purple, and one black. That is, one ten-year spirit ring, one hundred-year spirit ring, three thousand-year spirit rings, and one ten-thousand-year spirit ring. This old man, who looked like an ordinary farmer, was actually a super strong expert at the level of a Spirit Emperor, above level sixty.

Level 60, that's level 60! Even in the entire Barak Kingdom, there are only a handful of Soul Masters at that level.

Ning Rongrong frowned. Even though her temper had been tempered over the years, she couldn't help but feel angry now.

"You..." she said through gritted teeth.

Dai Mubai looked at her with ill intent. This little girl had actually cut off their source of income, and Shrek Academy was sure to have a very difficult time from now on.

"What kind of young lady is this, so fond of meddling in other people's business?" he couldn't help but say sarcastically. "Don't you like playing the good guy? Why don't you give me another hundred gold soul coins, and I'll return these ten gold soul coins."

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and shook her head. "I came here to study, not to cause trouble. Is this how your academy treats its students?"

She's not a sucker or a pushover, so naturally she wouldn't do such a thing.

Seeing that things had come to this, the father of the couple suddenly sighed and said to Ning Rongrong, "Miss, thank you for your kindness, but since we can't get it back, let's just forget about it..."

After saying that, he waved gratefully to Ning Rongrong, and then left with the child.

He didn't want to trouble Ning Rongrong anymore.

Upon hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Li Yusong and Dai Mubai restrained themselves somewhat to save face.

But they still didn't give Ning Rongrong a friendly look.

After all, Ning Rongrong ruined their plans.

"Shrek Academy has always been dedicated to teaching and nurturing its students, but the prerequisite is that you must first become a student of Shrek Academy," Li Yusong said coldly. "Now that I've said that, do you still want to enroll in Shrek Academy? If not, let me make this clear: once the enrollment fee is in the registration box, it's non-refundable."

Ning Rongrong is of course...

"I want to register too. If your Shrek Academy really has..." Ning Rongrong said firmly before she could finish, "I want to register."

"Reach out, then summon your Martial Soul," Li Yusong said calmly.

After confirming that Ning Rongrong's bone age was normal, Ning Rongrong summoned her martial soul...

"Seven treasures are produced... including crystal."

To everyone's astonishment, a glazed pagoda appeared in her hand.

"Ning Rongrong... a level 29 support-type Soul Master," she said softly.

Upon seeing the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and his exceptionally talented cultivation, Li Yusong's expression changed.

"Does your family know you're here?" he couldn't help but ask.

"I know... and this is my own decision," Ning Rongrong said again, softly but firmly.

……

"She's actually... a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?" Not far behind Ning Rongrong, Tang San said to Xiao Wu with a look of surprise.

"Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School? What, is it famous?" Xiao Wu, being a soul beast transformed into a human, naturally had no idea about the power structure of the soul master world.

"This is... one of the seven most powerful Soul Master sects on the Douluo Continent, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul of this sect is the strongest support-type Martial Soul on the continent." Tang San had heard Yu Xiaogang introduce the current forces in the Soul Master world and several top-level Martial Souls.

Even in Yu Xiaogang's introduction, it was mentioned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had produced an unparalleled genius in recent years.

"A support-type martial soul... which means it has no combat power." Xiao Wu said nonchalantly.

"No... Master Lao once said that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has produced a true peerless genius in recent years." Tang San shook his head and said, "From the original Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, he evolved a derivative Martial Soul that can fight at a distance. He has as many as five different derivative Martial Souls, which makes him invincible among the younger generation."

"Evolutionary martial soul?" Xiao Wu had never heard of such a term before and asked curiously.

"It's the latest martial soul theory invented by Prison Master, which is to separate and evolve a secondary martial soul from the original martial soul, possessing abilities similar to but not the same as the original martial soul," Tang San said. "For example, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Prison Master's guess is that it was derived from the original martial soul's ability to unleash amplifying light, which was changed to a ranged attack method, resulting in the Crescent Moon Divine Weapon Martial Soul."

Ning Feiliu's deeds were indeed too shocking and famous, but he didn't really think it was anything special. So he didn't know that he had been studied by "theoretical masters" in the Soul Master world like Yu Xiaogang all these years.

Yu Xiaogang learned about this when he returned to Tiandou City last time, and he was very excited, believing that this was enough to prove his theory that "there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters".

It's a pity that Ning Feiliu was also away training at the time, otherwise, according to him, he actually wanted to take Ning Feiliu as his second "student".

He was also quite confident that Ning Feiliu would be impressed by his theories and knowledge, willingly become his second student (or student), and prove that his theories were correct.

A martial soul that can evolve and derive, allowing even support-type martial souls to become combat martial souls—isn't this the best proof that "there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters"?

If Ning Feiliu knew, she could only smile and remain silent.

Although he also somewhat believed in the saying "There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters," Yu Xiaogang did not prove that this statement was true.

On the contrary, he and his good students only proved that the more powerful a martial soul is, the better, and the higher the quality and the older the soul ring is, the better.

The key is not to choose spirit rings based on their age or quality, but rather on their suitability.

Bullshit, it would be better to just sacrifice a 100,000-year soul ring.

Moreover, Yu Xiaogang himself is the best example. There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters, right?

So what are you?

Oh, your Luo Sanpao martial spirit is indeed not useless. What's useless is you, Yu Xiaogang, the theoretical master.

In short, Yu Xiaogang was a joke in Ning Feiliu's eyes.

You want to take him as your apprentice?

Ning Feiliu could only say that he does accept apprentices, but he doesn't accept theoretical masters or ungrateful wretches.

It's likely that Tang San only learned the truth later, which is why he became petty and resentful, refusing to bring Yu Xiaogang to the God Realm.

But at this moment, he still respected his prison guard, Yu Xiaogang.

"I can't believe it... That's amazing." Xiao Wu had lived in the human world for several years and found it quite incredible, so she clicked her tongue in amazement.

But then her eyes lit up, and she said with a grin, "No matter what, he can't compare to my brother! My brother is the best!"

Tang San was also very happy to hear this, but he said aloud, "That genius from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School not only completed the transformation from a support-type Soul Master to a battle Soul Master on his own, but he is also the youngest Soul Master on the continent. He was already a Soul Master at the age of twelve years and eight months, and later broke through to the Soul Sect at the age of thirteen."

"Moreover, the prison master once told me that there is a magical pill in Tiandou City called the Xuan Shui Pill. After taking it, it can increase one level of innate soul power without any side effects. Soul masters below level 30 can break through one level of soul power, and soul masters between level 30 and level 50 can increase half a level of soul power."

"And this Xuan Shui Pill was made by this genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and his teacher, Poison Douluo."

"So that's the Xuan Shui Pill that guy invented? No way?" Xiao Wu said in disbelief.

But her face was full of envy, even though they already had full innate soul power.

However, they are currently only at level 29 in terms of soul power. If they could obtain a Mystic Water Pill, which would directly increase their soul power by one level, they would break through to level 30.

Who wouldn't want this?

Unfortunately, the Xuan Shui Dan is expensive, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is currently selling it for a fixed price of 20,000 gold soul coins per pill.

It's no wonder they're from a business background; they really do charge exorbitant prices without batting an eye.

But who can produce the Xuan Shui Pill if only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Poison Douluo Dugu Bo can do it?

But right now, everyone in the entire Dou City knows that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Poison Douluo are related by marriage. They're practically family, so they definitely won't compete with each other and ruin their business.

So they had no choice but to pool their money to get a Xuan Shui Pill.

After all, which nobleman would want their descendants to lose at the starting line?

However, 20,000 gold soul coins are not 20,000 yuan. In the currency system of Douluo Continent, 20,000 gold soul coins are about 2 million yuan.

Even if a Soul Master can receive 100 gold soul coins from the Spirit Hall every month, it would still take 17 years to reach 20,000 gold soul coins.

Ordinary Soul Masters cannot afford it, and even noble Soul Masters have to pay a price to use it.

At this moment, Tang San and Xiao Wu only had a little over 700 gold soul coins in total. They even spent 200 gold soul coins to buy that Crystal Dragon Whiskers. They really didn't even dare to dream of Xuan Shui Pills.

I toughed out a cold for the past couple of days, and it turned into pneumonia. Yesterday, after getting an IV drip at the clinic, I went straight to sleep and didn't wake up until 3 a.m.... Oh well, I'll try to finish this chapter this weekend.

(End of this chapter)