Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

They have done everything they could to prepare. All that remains is to trust each other, step onto the field, and fight for a victory they will never regret.

She nodded heavily, a bright and radiant smile returning to her face. The smile was no longer gloomy, but only the pride and fighting spirit of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's little princess remained.

"Yes! Sister Xue, you're right!" Ning Rongrong clenched her little fist.

"Who cares about Star Luo Davis or the Spirit Hall's mysterious team? We'll find out when we meet and have a fight! Our Heaven Dou Team will never lose to anyone!"

The next day, in the training ground of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the morning light shone through the tall glass dome, falling on the smooth, mirror-like soul-guided alloy floor, reflecting a shimmering glow.

The team cohesion training session in the morning had just come to an end, and the team members dispersed in twos and threes, some to replenish their water, and others to quietly review the details of their cooperation.

Rapunzel stood alone at the edge of the training field, her cascading golden hair shimmering with a warm glow in the morning light. Her gaze calmly swept across the field, quickly locking onto that petite figure in pale yellow.

Ning Rongrong was sitting on a bench by the field, sipping a special drink to replenish her soul power, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

As she drank, she turned her head and whispered something to Snow White beside her, her little face flushed with the focus of training.

Rapunzel stepped forward.

"Rongrong".

Chapter 373 Hope

Ning Rongrong turned her head at the sound of the voice, saw it was Rapunzel, and immediately smiled: "Rapunzel!"

Rapunzel walked up to her, her golden eyes looking at her gently, and got straight to the point: "Professor Godot asked me to pass on a message to you."

"Teacher Ge Duo?" Ning Rongrong was slightly taken aback, put down her drink, and a hint of doubt flashed in her emerald eyes.

"Is there... any new discovery at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?"

Rapunzel nodded gently, her voice still steady: "Your teacher wants you to make a trip to the Ice and Fire Nine Yin-Yang Eyes when you have some free time recently."

"Go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?" Ning Rongrong blinked, subconsciously raised her finger to calculate the days, and frowned slightly.

"But...it's only been less than half a month! There should still be about ten days until the next regular collaborative research meeting. Is there something urgent, Professor?"

Her voice carried obvious surprise and a hint of confusion.

Over the years, her trips to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes have become regular, with her going at fixed times to cooperate with Her Majesty Gedo in observing and researching the origins of martial souls, and she has never been summoned on short notice.

Rapunzel looked at Ning Rongrong's undisguised surprise, her golden hair swaying gently as she shook her head slightly: "The teacher didn't explain the reason in detail, she just told me to tell you so that you can go there as soon as possible."

She paused, looked at Ning Rongrong's questioning eyes, and added, "The teacher said it was about your martial spirit."

"Martial Soul?" Ning Rongrong's breath hitched for a second.

What else could it be about her martial spirit?

The constraints of the Eight Treasures Glazed Pagoda, the possibility of evolution... these thoughts, like pebbles thrown into a still lake, instantly stirred up ripples in her heart.

Could it be... that Teacher Ge Duo... has been found!

Ning Rongrong's heart began to pound uncontrollably, and a surge of intense joy and disbelief rushed to her head, making her cheeks flush slightly.

But she quickly forced herself to calm down.

No, we shouldn't be too happy yet.

Over the years, my father and the sect have invested a huge amount of resources, and Teacher Geduo has always said that he is researching it, but since it evolved into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, he has never given a definite promise or timetable.

Each visit was merely to cooperate with various complex soul power guidance, origin perception, and drug efficacy tests.

Perhaps... this is just another new discovery in routine research that requires her extra cooperation?

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath, suppressing her turbulent emotions, looked at Rapunzel, and tried to make her voice sound calm: "I...I understand, Rapunzel."

She paused, glanced at Dugu Yan who was talking quietly with Yu Tianheng on the other side of the training field, then looked at Snow White listening quietly beside her, and finally her gaze fell back on her palm, which still retained the warmth of the training.

"Once today's training is over, I'll go back and tell my father to ask Grandpa Sword... or Grandpa Bone to take me there."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried a sense of certainty that came naturally to her.

After all, traveling to and from the depths of Sunset Forest, traversing that area infested with poisonous miasma and spirit beasts, would be absolutely impossible without the escort of a Title Douluo-level expert.

Rapunzel nodded, a hint of understanding flashing in the depths of her golden eyes.

She didn't say anything more, but gently patted Ning Rongrong's shoulder and said in a soft voice, "Go ahead. There must be a reason why the teacher specifically sent this message."

After speaking, she turned around, her long golden hair drawing a graceful arc in the air, and walked to her position on the sidelines to prepare for the next round of training.

Ning Rongrong stood there, watching Rapunzel's departing figure, then looked down at her own hands.

Is it about martial spirits...?

She gently bit her lower lip, and in her emerald eyes, the light of expectation finally overcame her doubts and gradually brightened.

……

After training, Ning Rongrong hurriedly said goodbye to Snow White: "Sister Snow, I'm going home now!"

Snow White already knew the reason from Rapunzel. Looking at her eager yet expectant little face, a hint of understanding and encouragement flashed in her icy blue eyes. She nodded slightly and said softly, "Go, be careful on the way."

"Mmm!" Ning Rongrong nodded vigorously, then turned around and, like a light, pale yellow butterfly, quickly ran out of the training ground and jumped onto the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School carriage that was already waiting at the academy gate.

The wheels rolled across the wide streets of Tiandou City, arriving back much earlier than usual.

As the carriage entered the magnificent and elegant gates of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Fengzhi, who was discussing matters with Bone Douluo Gu Rong in his study, received a report from his servant and couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face.

"Rongrong is back so early?" He put down the file in his hand, a look of doubt on his refined face. Usually at this time, his daughter would still be whispering with Princess Snow White at the academy, or studying soul skill combinations together; he rarely saw her at this hour.

Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo standing to the side, raised his thick, dark eyebrows and said in a hoarse voice, "Has this little ancestor changed his ways today? Or is he just too tired from training and homesick?"

As they were talking, the study door was gently pushed open, and Ning Rongrong walked in, bringing a gentle breeze with her.

Her face was flushed from rushing, and her bright blue eyes sparkled with barely suppressed excitement, yet she seemed to be trying to appear calm.

"Father, Grandpa Bone." Ning Rongrong bowed respectfully, but her slightly rapid breathing betrayed her unsettled state of mind.

"Rongrong, why are you back so early today?" Ning Fengzhi asked gently, his gaze falling softly on his daughter with a hint of inquiry.

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and forced herself to speak in as calm a tone as possible: "It was Rapunzel... Her Majesty Godot asked her to tell me to go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as soon as possible."

She paused, her voice unconsciously lowering, yet becoming even clearer, "It's about... my martial spirit."

"About Martial Soul?"

Ning Fengzhi tightened his grip on the teacup, causing a tiny ripple to spread across the clear tea inside.

A gleam of undisguised surprise flashed in his eyes, like a pebble thrown into an ancient, long-silent pool.

Several years have passed since Rongrong's martial soul miraculously evolved from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda under the stimulation of Ge Duo's mysterious methods.

In recent years, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has devoted almost all its resources to continuously supplying massive amounts of rare resources to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, all for that faint glimmer of hope.

Break through the level 80 barrier that has imprisoned the direct bloodline of the sect for thousands of years.

Each time Ning Rongrong went to assist in the research, the only news she brought back was "progress is going smoothly, but more time and resources are needed for observation." Like a dull knife cutting flesh, it slowly eroded the initial enthusiasm, leaving only a long wait and an ever-deepening anxiety.

Chapter 374 Magic Potion

Ning Fengzhi was even mentally prepared to invest another ten or twenty years.

But he never expected that the surprise would come so suddenly and without warning.

Could it be that... that mysterious Lord Gedo has truly found a way to advance the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda further, or even... touch that forbidden barrier?

This thought, like wildfire, instantly ignited Ning Fengzhi's heart, causing the usually composed and refined sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to momentarily lose his breath.

But he was, after all, Ning Fengzhi, the leader of a vast sect. A surge of elation welled up within him, only to be forcefully suppressed by his strong reason. He couldn't rush things; he couldn't afford to lose his composure.

What if it's just a routine research project? What if there's a new discovery that requires Rongrong's cooperation to verify?

It's too early to be happy.

He slowly placed the teacup on the table, the slight tremor in his fingertips had subsided, and his face regained its usual gentle composure. However, the sudden glint in his eyes could not be concealed.

He looked at Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo beside him, whose eyes had also lit up and who was almost unable to sit still, and said in a calm voice, "Uncle Bone, I'll trouble you to take Rongrong to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye tomorrow."

Gu Rong slapped his thigh and said gruffly, "No problem! Leave it to me! I want to see what that woman can pull this time!"

His eyes gleamed with a sharp light, reflecting his immense anticipation for the sect's long-cherished wish to be fulfilled, as well as a hint of scrutiny towards Ge Duo, hoping it wouldn't all be for naught!

Seeing her father's expression change instantly and then forcefully regain his composure, and seeing Grandpa Bone's undisguised excitement, the expectation that had risen in Ning Rongrong's heart because of Rapunzel's message burned even brighter, like a flame doused with oil.

She nodded vigorously, her emerald eyes sparkling like stars.

……

The next day, as the sun rose, it gilded Tiandou City with a golden hue.

A massive, ethereal bone dragon silently swept across the sky above the city, heading towards Sunset Forest at an incredible speed.

With Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo, personally escorting them, the efficiency was naturally extremely high.

Before long, the two arrived outside the area where energy was disordered and poisonous miasma was pervasive.

The familiar path, the familiar poisonous miasma separates us.

Gu Rong escorted Ning Rongrong to the entrance of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then stopped as usual and said in a deep voice, "Rongrong, go in by yourself. I'll wait for you here."

His sharp gaze swept over the magnificent yet eerie valley. Although he did not enter, the powerful aura of a Title Douluo faintly enveloped the surroundings, serving as both protection and a silent deterrent.

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath of the rich and unique mixed aura of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, nodded to the ancient banyan tree, and then stepped inside.

The red and blue spring still gurgles and bubbles, and in the misty air, Geduo still leans lazily against the wicker chair in front of the crystal house, as if time has never passed here.

Seeing Ning Rongrong enter, she slightly raised her emerald green eyes, and a half-smile curled at the corner of her mouth.

"They're here?" Ge Duo's voice carried its usual magnetic quality. "They arrived even faster than I expected."

"Your Majesty, Ge Duo." Ning Rongrong bowed respectfully, but her heart was pounding faster than usual. She couldn't help but steal glances at Ge Duo, trying to discern something from her face.

Ge Duo, however, was too lazy to beat around the bush; she simply took out a slender crystal bottle from her sleeve.

Inside the bottle was an extremely dazzling, viscous liquid that slowly flowed and changed with iridescent colors, as if the rainbow had been condensed into it. It was breathtakingly beautiful and exuded an indescribable, strange energy fluctuation.

"Drink this." Ge Duo handed the crystal bottle to Ning Rongrong, her tone as calm as if she were simply telling her to drink a glass of water.

Ning Rongrong looked at the bottle of dreamlike liquid, and without any hesitation, took it, uncorked it, tilted her head back, and drank it down.

The liquid was icy cold upon entering her mouth, but transformed into a warm current as it slid down her throat, quickly spreading throughout her body and eventually converging towards her dantian like rivers flowing into the sea.

"Release your martial spirit." Ge Duo stood up and walked to Ning Rongrong.