"Senior, you don't need to rush. Let me heal Senior Sister Dugu first, then we'll talk about the rest. You can keep these two rare herbs for now."
Su Cheng knew that going too far was not good, so he comforted her, "Besides, you'll see how I use them later, and that will give you more confidence in me, right?"
Dugu Bo nodded and didn't say anything more.
"There's something else I need to tell you. The poison resistance potion I used on my senior was just a side effect of increasing soul power. You understand what I mean?"
"You mean that using that potion will create resistance to the Jade Phosphorous Serpent venom, weakening its power?" Dugu Bo's expression changed instantly, and he angrily said, "Then why are you handing it over to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan? What if it gets out?! No way!"
"Don't worry, that stuff is very low-grade. It's only effective against low-level Jade Phosphorous Serpents. But it has no effect on the venom of your Jade Phosphorous Serpent King. I was just letting you know so you wouldn't overthink it. Don't get so worked up."
"I was really afraid I wouldn't be able to resist killing you." Dugu Bo finally relaxed and said coldly,
"Who will heal you if I die?"
"…Kid, thanks."
"We can talk about that after I've healed you."
After the two left the room, as previously agreed, Dugu Bo didn't put on a very friendly face.
Instead, they parted on bad terms, not even glancing at Su Cheng before turning and leaving.
"Grandpa!"
Dugu Yan, who was waiting on the sofa, was startled, then nodded apologetically to Su Cheng and got up to chase after them.
Ning Rongrong frowned as she watched their retreating figures, then walked towards Su Cheng and asked softly, "Brother, what happened?"
"It's nothing, don't worry."
Su Cheng patted her shoulder, nodded to Yu Tianheng who looked worried, and went to the table to pour himself a cup of tea.
Not long after, Dugu Yan returned, immediately approaching Su Cheng.
She bowed to him and said sincerely, "Junior, I'm so sorry, my grandfather has a bad temper, please don't take it to heart."
"My brother kindly gave you the medicine, and you didn't even show any appreciation, how dare you give him such a hard time?!"
To Su Cheng's surprise, before he could even say anything, Ning Rongrong erupted in anger.
After a moment of stunned silence, he reacted and quickly soothed her gently, "Rongrong, it's okay, it has nothing to do with you, senior."
He then looked at Dugu Yan, "Senior, you don't need to apologize. Senior Dugu didn't say anything, did he?"
Dugu Yan pursed her lips, glanced at Ning Rongrong, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "Grandpa said he'll be staying at the academy for a while."
Ning Rongrong's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, and she glared at him angrily.
"How dare you say such a thing?!"
She grabbed Su Cheng and shouted, "Brother, come back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School with me! There's no point in staying at this lousy academy!"
Su Cheng hadn't expected Ning Rongrong to react so strongly. "Senior, don't take it to heart, Rongrong is just like this..."
"What's the point of talking to her?!"
Pulled back, Su Cheng could only give a wink to the embarrassed Dugu Yan and the bewildered Yu Tianheng not far away, and followed Ning Rongrong out of the team's rest room.
Once outside, Su Cheng and she walked to a secluded corner under a tree, where Su Cheng mentally reorganized his words.
The details of his conversation with Dugu Bo definitely couldn't be told to her.
Ning Rongrong was still young, and many things might not be easily concealed.
Ning Fengzhi also had close ties with the royal family, and he might inadvertently leak information, exposing him.
"Rongrong, don't worry. I already discussed Dugu Bo staying at the academy with him. I'll provide some medicine to help Senior Sister recover. She has some chronic illnesses since childhood, and only I can treat her."
"You're going to treat her?!" Ning Rongrong looked at Su Cheng incredulously. "Are you really that pathetic? She's just a Title Douluo, what's so great about her? And the weakest kind at that, she couldn't even withstand one of my Sword Grandpa's sword strikes."
"Let me finish what I have to say." Su Cheng said helplessly.
This girl was usually quite polite, but given her extraordinary background, she didn't care about anyone's feelings when she got angry.
Just now in the lounge, she hadn't given Dugu Yan any face at all, making the other party very embarrassed.
"Of course I didn't help for nothing. I made a deal with Dugu Bo; he collected some rare herbs, including one extremely precious one that might be useful to you and could potentially enhance your martial soul's potential. So I asked him for it. It's normal that he didn't give me a friendly look because he thought my offer was too high."
He didn't mention that the Qiluo Tulip might be able to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
That was enough. Saying more wouldn't change whether Ning Rongrong believed him or not; if she did, and then told Ning Fengzhi, the subsequent developments would be beyond his control.
"..."
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong's eyes widened slightly. She stared blankly at Su Cheng, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
"You...I..."
"You don't need to worry about these superficial things. The angrier he gets, the more we benefit."
"I'm sorry." Ning Rongrong lowered her head, her lips trembling as she spoke, then raised her head again, "I'll go apologize to her."
"That's not necessary." Su Cheng smiled, "His cold shoulder doesn't mean we have to put up with it. It's a fair trade. I'll be grateful if you don't act so impulsively in the future. You have to understand, no matter how powerful your teacher and Bone Douluo are, they can't always be by your side."
Ning Rongrong nodded silently, her eyes flickering, but she didn't say anything more.
In fact, Su Cheng's reason for helping Ning Rongrong complete her martial soul evolution wasn't just because of their current relationship.
The most important reason was that he needed a support-type weapon martial soul as an observation subject.
Su Cheng's own second martial soul, the Innate Array Diagram, was a support-type weapon martial soul, but he didn't yet have a good idea of how to develop it.
And after Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda became the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, its quality would be greatly improved.
Even if it's not as good as his second spirit, there won't be a significant difference in essence, and it can provide him with a great deal of ideas and experience.
Besides, the unique spirit skill generation mode of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda itself is also worth studying.
Spirit evolution is naturally better the earlier it begins.
Su Cheng doesn't have much time left.
After participating in this year's Elite Spirit Master Academy Tournament, he needs to leverage his victory over the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation to directly enter the Spirit Hall's core.
He wants to see if he can find an opportunity to comprehend the secrets of divine inheritance.
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