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Dugu Yan said with an annoyed expression: "Damn it! I'm just not as smart as you, alright? Now, quickly and honestly confess, or else!" Dugu Yan clenched her fist in a threatening way.
Ye Lingling chuckled. "My secret, and the reason for my Spirit evolution today, all comes down to one thing—I'm Group Member Number Nine."
"???" Dugu Yan was completely dumbfounded. She took out her jade mirror, flipped through the messages, looked at Ye Lingling, then back at the jade mirror.
"Oh, my!" she exclaimed. "How could I be so stupid! I knew Number Nine would inexplicably help me, so it was you, you bad guy, keeping me in the dark for so long!"
As Dugu Yan spoke, she started to act, chasing Ye Lingling and tickling her sensitive spots.
Ye Lingling surrendered, "I—I didn't want to! But you never asked me?"
"You still dare to say that..." Dugu Yan said irritably. "Didn't I tell you that the first time I wanted to tell my grandfather about this, I got an electric shock? How could I dare to ask you? It's clearly you who always knew my identity and didn't tell me."
Spirit Hall Investigation
Meanwhile, in Nuoding City, the head of the Spirit Hall's Nuoding City branch was kneeling before Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, crying with a face full of fear and distress: "Your Excellencies, two Elders, I swear I have reported all information from Nuoding City on time. Truly! Platinum Bishop Salas himself confirmed Su Yan's portrait with me; I absolutely did not hide anything!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo frowned, not saying a word. This terrified the head of Nuoding City.
"Your Excellencies, won't you say something?" he pleaded.
Chrysanthemum Douluo waved his hand, indicating, "Alright, we understand this matter. Think again if there are any other details; if not, you may leave!"
"We understand," the person in charge whispered, secretly breathing a sigh of relief. He then remembered, "I have truthfully reported the information here. Oh, right! Salas confirmed Su Yan's appearance, I think this should also be very important. Your Excellencies, please wait a moment. Nuoding Academy is currently promoting Su Yan's inspirational story. The academy has his portrait; I will go find a copy and bring it over now."
Chrysanthemum Douluo watched the Nuoding City head leave, then frowned and looked at Ghost Douluo, asking: "Old Ghost, what do you think of this?"
Ghost Douluo said with a serious expression, "Salas doesn't have the courage for such a cover-up. Our meeting with Snake Lance yesterday was also a bit of a coincidence. This matter must be the Young Lord deliberately hiding information. How to proceed next is what gives us a headache."
Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were naturally loyal to Bibi Dong, but the real ultimate authority in Spirit Hall was the High Priest, and Young Lord Qian Renxue's status was more important than Bibi Dong's. They now had to risk offending either Bibi Dong or the Young Lord.
Should they hide the information? Or report it truthfully?
Chrysanthemum Douluo thought for a moment and said: "Report truthfully! We ran into Snake Lance on our way here, and he must know our intentions. He will tell the Young Lord, and the Young Lord not stopping us means we can still report truthfully."
Ghost Douluo considered this, then finally nodded and said, "Then let's go back and report truthfully! Are we returning tonight?"
"Yes," Chrysanthemum Douluo replied solemnly. "The Supreme Pontiff is very concerned about this matter. We will rush back to Spirit Hall tonight to report, and then transfer from Spirit Hall to Suotuo City tomorrow to continue the investigation. Once he brings the portrait, we'll head back."
Ghost Douluo nodded, somewhat surprised. "It seems this Su Yan is very likely the person the Supreme Pontiff asked us to find before. A trash Spirit enduring humiliation... if he can join our Spirit Hall, he will definitely become a Titled Douluo master in the future."
Chrysanthemum Douluo frowned. "Then we need to be even faster. Go back and report truthfully, and see what the Supreme Pontiff intends to do. Tang Hao is still lurking in the shadows. We probably won't be able to easily approach or recruit this young man, so we need to make more preparations."
Shrek Academy Dorms & Group Chat Chaos
...At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong was tired from training all day. At the sound of movement, she woke up, opened her eyes, and seeing Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu return, she sat up and asked in confusion: "Where did Flender take you?"
Zhu Zhuqing replied calmly: "The Dean took us to the Spirit Arena."
Xiao Wu said with a grin: "Zhuqing and I each had a match, and I felt our opponents were quite weak."
Ning Rongrong looked envious upon hearing this. "Ah, I also wish I could fight people like you. If only I had gotten that custom spirit ring last time, how great would that have been!"
Zhu Zhuqing calmly comforted her, "It's okay, there will be many more opportunities in the future. Since the three of us are sisters, if there are suitable rewards in the future, we can transfer them to each other."
"Oh, right!" Ning Rongrong happily sat up upon hearing this, hugged Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Zhuqing, thank you so much today for helping me mute that guy Number Nine. I never expected Number Nine to be Dugu Yan's friend."
As Ning Rongrong spoke, she flipped through her jade mirror to check the chat history, muttering, "Why haven't I seen Su Yan elder brother speak in the group chat this afternoon and evening?"
Zhu Zhuqing casually replied, "He must be busy!"
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Su Yan elder brother, what are you doing?]
[Hu Liena: Little Princess is out. I haven't seen you speak for so long today, what have you been busy with?]
[Liu Erlong: I miss the time when Bibi Dong was muted.]
[Bibi Dong: Sooner or later I'll beat you so badly your own father won't recognize you.]
[Yanzi Is Not Swallow: He's taking a bath.]
[Yanzi Is Not Swallow: .]
[Everyone: ???]
[Bibi Dong: Hmm? It looks like the clothes from earlier today. You two wouldn't be doing what I'm thinking, would you?]
[Liu Erlong: Pfft, hahaha!]
[Loves Eating Carrots: ???]
[Hu Liena: Ah??? Little Wild Goose, you've already gotten him? We agreed to go for him together, and you didn't even wait for me?]
[I Am an Orphan: He really is a bastard!]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Little Wild Goose, you bastard, I forbid you from touching him!!!]
[Group Member Number Nine: Look at you, being impulsive again, aren't you?]
Reactions
In the Crown Prince's Mansion, Qian Renxue gritted her teeth in anger, fiercely smashing her jade mirror to the ground. She was so angry! She was inexplicably furious. In any case, Qian Renxue was very angry. This hateful Su Yan, no matter how much she asked him to come find her... Not only did he not come to find her, but he was actually frolicking in the water with Dugu Yan? Qian Renxue felt a little frantic just thinking about it.
I'm spending eighty billion to play with you, and you treat me like air? You actually went to flirt with a snake. I'm going to catch her now and make snake stew, she thought.
At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong felt like the sky had fallen.
"Wuwuwu..." she cried. "My Su Yan elder brother... My Su Yan elder brother... Zhuqing, look at her, look at them."
Xiao Wu was also numb. "Indeed! This guy went to save a beauty again," she agreed.
Zhu Zhuqing, however, was calm, and said faintly: "She's deliberately trying to provoke you."
"Ah?" Ning Rongrong froze for a moment, asking in confusion, "Zhuqing, how do you know she's deliberately trying to provoke me?"
The Pranksters
...By the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, the two mischief-makers, were now laughing so hard their stomachs hurt.
"Haha! That idiot Ning Rongrong must be so angry right now that her molars are about to shatter," Dugu Yan laughed.
"She's being impulsive again, hahaha!" Ye Lingling added.
These two were incredibly happy after doing their mischief.
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Little Wild Goose, you bastard, are you deliberately trying to provoke me?]
[Tang Yuehua: How come I find Little Princess so pitiful? She's the one who gets hurt every time.]
[Liu Erlong: I've said it before, that kid doesn't look like a good person at all, a complete scumbag. I advise you all to give up, send this scumbag to me, and let me teach him a good lesson.]
[Spring Wind Blows, Grass Grows Again: Ah? What kind of lesson do you want to teach him? It wouldn't be what I'm thinking, would it?]
[I Am an Orphan: Yu Xiaogang?]
[Liu Erlong: Don't mention that bastard to me. I feel so wronged just thinking about it now! For so many years, I didn't even know what a woman was, I... never mind, I won't say it.]
[Hu Liena: Teacher, did you see? Yu Erlong insists on withdrawing from the blind douluo combination, are you still insisting?]
[Bibi Dong: Hu Liena, get over here.]
[Hu Liena: I, Hu Liena, swear to protect Teacher Bibi Dong to the death!]
[Yanzi Is Not Swallow: .]
[Yanzi Is Not Swallow: The water here is very deep, Little Princess, you can't handle it!]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: Ah ah ah!!! Bastard, Little Wild Goose, you bastard, get out here, I forbid you from going into the water!]
[Group Member Number Nine: Don't be impulsive, the water here is indeed very deep, and you really can't handle it.]
[Hu Liena: My goodness! — Little Wild Goose, you're really something!]
[Bibi Dong: Hahahaha!! This gossip is good, this gossip is too much fun. Kitty, Carrot, why don't you two come out and say something?]
[Seven Treasures Little Princess: None of them are good people, bah bah bah!]
[I Am an Orphan: He's indeed not a good person.]
[Cat in the Shadows: Take good care of him, don't let him get tired.]
[Everyone: ???]
By the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling froze on the spot, the smiles on their faces abruptly stopping.
A fatal blow.
That one sentence from Zhu Zhuqing was truly a fatal blow, making Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling unable to be happy anymore.
A master.
This was a master, three or four hundred floors above Ning Rongrong.
"Lingling?" Dugu Yan was also at a loss for a moment, turning to ask Ye Lingling. The two of them were now completely defeated.
Ye Lingling fell silent, unable to answer for a long time.