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

Chapter 319 Shrek Academy's Current Situation | Confidence

Ning Feiliu seemed quite excited about the trip, which piqued the curiosity of Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and others.

It's rare to see him so excited since the start of the competition. Even though he says he doesn't care or that he's not, it's still easy to tell that he's genuinely excited.

Ning Feiliu had always acted as if she didn't care about the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament at all.

But he sometimes seems contradictory. If he didn't care about the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, he wouldn't have condescended to participate in it.

But most of the time, he really didn't pay much attention to the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, and even when he watched the matches, he was always indifferent.

His participation in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament seemed to be simply because he found it interesting.

To be precise, he participated in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament only because of the championship, because of... the mission.

[Leading the Tianshui Academy team to an undefeated record (team battle), they won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, obtaining the foundational rune Glacier Amplification.]

Witness the immortal legacy of the Sun Angel God in Martial Soul City, and receive the blessing of the Sun Star Spirit and the rune—Legendary Resilience.

Now that he's going to Wuhun City, it's like he's completed half the mission. How could he not be excited?

This means I'll get another decent reward.

Moreover, this task is relatively simple. In a sense, the task itself is also to enable Ning Feiliu to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

After all, it seemed simple; all Ning Feiliu had to do was wander around Wuhun City.

Given his status, if it weren't for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, and he were discovered in Wuhun City, the Wuhun Hall would definitely have arrested him and secretly imprisoned him.

Therefore, the only way for him to avoid being targeted by the Spirit Hall is to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and advance to the finals in Spirit City.

He was naturally excited about going to Wuhun City to complete his mission.

Meanwhile, since the qualifiers and promotion matches of the two great empires had ended and the information of thirty-three teams had been submitted, Ning Feiliu also learned an unexpected but reasonable piece of news.

That is……

Shrek Academy has appeared in the Star Luo Empire!

It's Shrek Academy, not just people from Shrek Academy.

Suddenly, a Shrek Academy appeared in the Star Luo Empire, and its members included Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and several other members, one of whom had a rather intriguing name…

A Netherworld Cat Soul Master named Zhu Zhufeng. (The third sister of Zhu Zhuqing, who appears in the animated adaptation, though her name isn't mentioned in the animation; here's a made-up name, "Calm and Serene [Forced Calm and Serene]".)

This must be the new "partner" that Dai Mubai found after Zhu Zhuqing chose to leave.

In addition, there are four substitutes.

Shrek Academy's performance was outstanding in the Star Luo Empire. Although they only ranked third in the preliminary rounds to qualify for the finals, they undoubtedly won first place in the qualifying rounds.

However, since Xingluo Royal Academy also did not participate in the preliminary rounds but directly advanced to the finals, they did not encounter Xingluo Royal Academy led by Dai Mubai's elder brother, Davis.

They're probably hoping to draw an internal battle when they go to Wuhun City, so that Dai Mubai and Davis can settle their score first.

Moreover, Shrek Academy is famous for... Tang San still managed to explode!

Just like in the original story, he revealed that he possessed two martial souls and that his second martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer.

Moreover, the leak came very early, during the preliminary rounds, in order to compete with another college for a spot in the qualifying rounds.

The main reason is that Shrek Academy's strength has been greatly reduced. Without the immortal herb, it is difficult for their cultivation to generally rise by more than five levels, in addition to the departure of the original members.

It's good that Zhu Zhuqing left, since in the original work, Zhu Zhuqing was positioned as a high-level fusion material for the Netherworld White Tiger.

Therefore, Zhu Zhufeng can perfectly replace Zhu Zhuqing's role.

Zhu Zhuqing could easily find a descendant of the Zhu family to replace her, but Ning Rongrong... the Star Luo Empire doesn't have any Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master provides an extremely significant boost to the team. Don't be fooled by Ning Rongrong's apparent insignificance in the original story; her boosting ability is a stabilizing force.

Against weaker opponents, Ning Rongrong's buffs can widen the gap between her and her opponents, allowing her to consistently dominate weaker opponents.

When facing stronger opponents, her power boost can narrow the gap between them, making the difference less significant. This often allows the battle to reach a late-game stage, enabling Tang San to unleash his full power and finish off the remaining opponents.

Now that Ning Rongrong has run away, the rest of the team is also less capable than before. Currently, there are only four people in Shrek Academy who have reached the Soul Master realm.

They are Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and... Oscar.

In the original story, Tang San and Xiao Wu either didn't eat any immortal herbs, or the immortal herbs had no effect on improving their soul power. Therefore, it is undeniable that they could steadily cultivate to the Soul Master level even without immortal herbs.

What's puzzling is that Dai Mubai is actually the oldest, but without the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum boosting his soul power by at least five levels, he should probably still be at around thirty-eight or thirty-nine levels of soul power.

I never expected to break through to the Soul Master level...

What Ning Feiliu didn't know was that this was all thanks to him.

When Dai Mubai and Tang San encountered a powerful attacker sent by Davis in the Star Luo Empire, Zhao Wuji and Flander intervened and killed the attacker, who then dropped an "equipment"—the Xuan Shui Pill.

Tang San directly gave the Xuan Shui Pill to Dai Mubai, since Dai Mubai was the eldest brother in their team and needed to improve his cultivation to fight against Davis.

Then, Dai Mubai benefited from the effects of the Xuan Shui Pill, and his cultivation speed increased significantly. Just before the start of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, he broke through to level forty-one.

But that's all. Compared to immortal herbs, the Xuan Shui Pill is naturally far inferior. It's already quite good that it can help Dai Mubai break through to level forty-one.

All I can say is that this is pure luck. Tang San is often like this, and in a sense, he can be considered a "chosen one" like Huo Yuhao.

Huo's cheat was even more outrageous; he cheated so much that it was practically on his face, without any acting at all.

But Tang San is no less fortunate; in the original work, he has all sorts of opportunities.

For example, you might accidentally kill a human-faced spider and absorb its spirit ring, which could then drop an external spirit bone.

When faced with Dugu Bo's difficult behavior, they turned enemies into friends and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and the Immortal Herb.

Even when a Soul Saint came to hunt him down, it was precisely because the opponent was a Spirit-type Soul Master that he was countered and killed by his Purple Demon Eye, and he even managed to obtain a precious head Soul Bone.

Later on the way to Poseidon Island, when you encounter wolf bandits, you can always get a Soul Bone.

It's unbelievable how lucky Ning Feiliu was. She had already snatched many of Tang San's opportunities, but Tang San still managed to get some opportunities in the Star Luo Empire.

However, Ning Feiliu was not worried, because he was confident that luck was not invincible.

After all... Huo Yuhao, the true chosen one of destiny in Douluo Continent II... no, it should be said that his own father was destiny, yet he could be manipulated to death by Tang San, who had become a god, just like Pan Hong, and trained like a dog.

I knew that in Douluo Continent, luck was just a fleeting thing.

No matter how strong your luck is, it only gives you a few opportunities. But a true strong person can still control you if they want to, and can crush you if they want to.

Tang San, a chosen one of destiny, is nothing compared to Huo Gua, a true chosen one favored by million-year-old soul beasts, instantly befriended by powerful beings from other worlds, casually finds embryos of 100,000-year-old soul beasts transformed into humans, and is saved by emperor-level auspicious beasts at the cost of their lives.

But Huo Gua was still outmaneuvered by Tang San.

It was precisely because Tang San was able to control Huo Gua's behavior that Ning Feiliu believed that if he were strong enough, it would be easy for him to crush Tang San.

However, Tang San's biggest problem isn't his luck, but rather...

He is being watched over by the Asura God.

This is the most troublesome part.

You might say that the God of Asura is impartial and enforces the law, but judging from his relationship with the Sea God, you can tell that he's not very shrewd and likes to take advantage of loopholes.

Especially since he's trying to escape, who knows what he might do?

Anyone who has ever left a job knows that people are at their most irrational in the final days before leaving. If someone makes me unhappy or does something I don't want, then don't push me to the point of madness. At this point, even the boss passing by will get kicked a couple of times.

The God of Asura was so eager to escape that he didn't hesitate to exploit loopholes to allow Tang San to achieve dual godhood, and he didn't even consider Tang San's character or personality, just wanting to find someone who could replace him.

Later, when Tang San was killed by Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, he really lost all sense of shame and sought pressure from the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess, which led to Ning Rongrong and Oscar's Martial Soul Fusion Skill - Resurrection Divine Light.

If you think about it carefully, you'll realize that without the Asura God, the Food God, and the Nine-Colored Goddess, how could they possibly resurrect the successor in the lower realm?

Resurrection is definitely a taboo for humanity!

That's it. The Asura God passed on the Asura God position to Tang San, directly erasing the divine positions and divine status of the two first-level gods, the Sun Angel God and the Rakshasa God.

It's hard not to suspect... that the Asura God's motivation was to vent his anger. Although it was Tang San who did it, if you think about it carefully, Tang San, who had just been promoted to a god, could easily erase the godhood of two veteran first-level gods...

It's a bit suspicious that it belongs to this group.

In short, if you want to kill Tang San, Tang San is nothing compared to the Asura God, who is the most difficult to deal with.

But Ning Feiliu isn't in a hurry to kill Tang San or anything like that.

Because there are people who are more eager than him to get rid of Tang San.

That is naturally... the Spirit Hall.

In the original work, after Tang San revealed his twin martial souls and the Clear Sky Hammer, the Spirit Hall immediately decided to eliminate him.

As I said before, having twin martial souls is like having a late-game hero. Plus, he also has the Clear Sky Hammer, the strongest offensive martial soul on the continent. And Tang San is Tang Hao's son. The Spirit Hall would definitely want to kill him as soon as possible.

You can't just watch Tang San farm, it's like watching Nasus stack Qs or Angel farm in lane (except for the Angels in the last few versions). It's unbearable, you just want to flash in and use your ultimate to kill the opponent ten or eight times.

In the original story, Tang San was attacked by the Spirit Hall army and many powerful figures disguised as bandits on his way to Spirit City. If it weren't for Ning Fengzhi bringing Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo to protect him, he would have been saved.

The Spirit Hall was still somewhat wary. Bibi Dong was probably also experiencing a split personality at that time, and did not send out all the Title Douluos under her control. Otherwise, besides the Hall of Worship, the Spirit Hall would have sent out Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, Spirit Kite, Holy Dragon, and Chrysanthemum Ghost, a total of six Title Douluos plus Bibi Dong.

Even if you add Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Poison Douluo, you still couldn't defeat them, let alone the Sword Bone Tower plus Poison Douluo, plus Tang Hao who was following along.

Now Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Poison Douluo are no longer helping Tang San, and Tang Hao is long dead...

Let's see if Tang San will be lucky enough to overcome this difficulty.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Dou Empire's forces were also preparing to depart.

However, something else happened at this time...

That is, Zhu Zhuqing is torn between going to Wuhun City or not, because of... Dai Mubai.

Although Zhu Zhuqing did not participate in this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, she has been accompanying the Tianshui Academy team to watch the competition.

She and Ye Lingling had such a good relationship that when the finals came, the royal academies of the two great empires would compete.

So she still wanted to go see it, but Dai Mubai would also be there, along with her two older sisters, Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhufeng...

She has now betrayed the Star Luo Empire and the Zhu family, so how should she deal with them in the future?

However, after hearing what she said, Ning Feiliu found her and said, "Do you intend to hide forever?"

"But..." Zhu Zhuqing was still hesitant and conflicted. She had actually already made up her mind not to go.

"I think you should go even more now," Ning Feiliu said. "Go face them, tell them your decision. You can't run away from things forever; you have to face them bravely."

"But how can I face them? My behavior is shameful in front of them, isn't it?" Zhu Zhuqing was still full of insecurity.

"There's nothing shameful about it. You simply made your own choice. Have you done anything to wrong them? No, I don't think so," Ning Feiliu said calmly. "On the contrary, they wronged you first. You just made your own decision. What's wrong with that?"

"If you don't have the confidence, you can come to me, I can help you." He had always admired Zhu Zhuqing, and her insistence on her own opinions and drawing a line between herself and Shrek Academy, which made him admire her even more.

Moreover, he did think that Zhu Zhuqing's actions were correct. If she betrayed the Star Luo Empire and the Zhu family for personal gain without any prior circumstances, then that would naturally be wrong.

But everything has two sides.

For example, if a shampoo boy were to commit genocide, he would indeed be the greatest demon in history.

But what he wiped out was the squid...

That would clear up the whole thing.

However, the shampoo boy's crimes are not limited to attempting to exterminate squid, but also include waging war, causing death and chaos, and various inhumane practices (squid soap, human experimentation, etc.), so he cannot be completely exonerated except for this.

The same applies to Zhu Zhuqing. If she betrayed her country and family without having anything, then it would indeed be wrong of her.

However, her family treated her badly from a young age, raising her in a vicious, controlling manner. Her original family was inherently harsh, which led to her cold and aloof personality.

Zhu Zhuqing had already told Ye Lingling about this, and Ye Lingling had also told Ning Feiliu, saying that she felt very sorry for Zhu Zhuqing.

Secondly, Dai Mubai himself also had problems. Knowing about the marriage agreement, he left the Star Luo Empire and abandoned her to avoid competition and responsibility.

After arriving in Soto City, he continued to have indiscriminate relationships with anyone who came his way. Zhu Zhuqing even witnessed the deterioration of their relationship. To return to the Star Luo Empire meant either to completely submit to Dai Mubai, a man she despised.

He either died in the fierce competition between Davis and Zhu Zhuyun.

So isn't it normal for her to betray the Star Luo Empire?

If you can't even guarantee your life in your own country, why be blindly loyal to that country?

Even if it means sacrificing one's own life, one still needs that country to cherish and protect them.

The relationship between a state and its people is abnormal if the state demands that its people unconditionally love their country and be willing to make sacrifices, while the state ignores its people.

Blind loyalty and blind filial piety are both undesirable.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu felt that Zhu Zhuqing was completely right.

"You... help me..." Zhu Zhuqing looked at Ning Feiliu, who appeared calm but whose words revealed unwavering determination, and suddenly felt her heart race.

"That's right, you're Lingling's friend, and you've been my friend for a while now. Lingling, Sister Yan, Bing'er, Yue'er, and I will all help you," Ning Feiliu said earnestly.

"Alright... I'll go! I'll face all of this head-on!" Zhu Zhuqing finally made up her mind, and smiled like never before, saying this with a smile.

"That's good..." Ning Feiliu was taken aback when she saw Zhu Zhuqing's smile, which she had never seen before, and then nodded with a smile.

Soon, after a short rest, the Heaven Dou Empire mobilized a large army to protect the sixteen academy teams and other accompanying personnel, and set off for Wuhun City!

(End of this chapter)