Chapter 144: Ingenious Fate

Bang—

Just after Tie Li had rested for a short while, he heard a knock coming from the dormitory door.

When he opened the door, the first person who came looking for him was unexpectedly Tuo Yu.

"Boss, you finally returned."

Seeing Tie Li, Tuo Yu looked extremely excited and immediately began recounting what had happened after Tie Li left.

The Fourth Prince, upon learning that Zhang Xiaohe had been kicked out of the Second Team, instantly declared that he would stand up for Zhang Xiaohe and sought out the members of Shilake Academy.

Just as in the original timeline, he opened his mouth to insult the teachers and students of Shilake Academy, and was consequently beaten by Dai Mubai.

He left a harsh remark, summoned Snow Star Prince and Du Gu Bo; even if the Three Great Sect Committee arrived, the outcome could not be changed, forcing Shilake Academy to leave Tian Dou Royal Academy. Teacher Qin Ming, seeing his own teacher humiliated, naturally would not stay and left together with Shilake Academy.

It seems that the course of history has not changed much because of his appearance; Shilake Academy, which runs through the history of Dou Luo Da Lu, still exists.

A hint of excitement lingered deep in Tuo Yu's eyes, not because of Shilake Academy's departure.

It was due to what he had gained within his family.

Tuo Yu's family is an ordinary Soul Master clan with average strength; the last time he returned home was mainly because an elder of the clan had passed away.

Inside that elder's body lay a soul bone, which he had obtained by chance when he was young after slaying a thousand-year Soul Beast.

Tuo Yu's martial soul has enormous growth potential and is the most gifted in the family.

After discussion among the clan's senior members, they decided to leave the soul bone to Tuo Yu.

Although it is only a thousand-year soul bone, a soul bone greatly enhances a Soul Master; Tuo Yu's absorption of it will be of considerable help to his future.

With the soul bone's boost, Tie Li returned to the academy, and he is very confident about the Soul Master Competition two years from now.

"However, the sect master's daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect actually left together with Shilake Academy; that was unexpected," Tuo Yu said.

【9】 "Boss, while you were away, Teacher Li recruited a few substitutes who usually train with us; would you like to take a look?"

Boss, while you were away, Teacher Li recruited a few substitutes for me, who usually train with us. Do you want to go take a look?

"I'm not going, I have other matters to attend to," Tie Li declined.

He had left armor at a blacksmith shop in Tiandou City for them to forge, and now he needed to retrieve it.

Tie Li guessed they were from the Li clan, so now he could verify it, and he had specially taken a token of identity from Yang Wudi.

He hoped to learn the complete Chaos Cloak Hammer Method from the Titan.

The Chaos Cloak Hammer Method he had stolen discarded the most important power, increasing attack speed and frequency;

He could learn the true Chaos Cloak Hammer Method, and Tie Li naturally would not give it up.

It would also raise his forging skill to a hundred‑forge level.

"Boss, where are you going?"

"Going to Tiandou City, will you come along?"

"That works."

"……"

Tie Li didn't expect Tuo Yu to actually follow him to Tiandou City, right behind him.

But shortly after entering Tiandou City, Tie Li saw a familiar face.

"Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, I'm treating you to a feast; this time the boys aren't here, so it's a gathering just between us," Ning Rongrong said generously. If her gaze hadn't fallen on Xiao Wu, she might truly have called it a simple gathering.

"Yeah, Zhu Zhuqing, you've been in the academy so long, we never invited you before," Xiao Wu said brightly.

Both were curious about the relationship between Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai; they should know each other, but Zhu Zhuqing seemed unusually resentful toward Dai Mubai.

Even when dealing with the "fat guy," Zhu Zhuqing's attitude was just a bit colder, but toward Dai the boss, she was exceptionally hostile.

"Hmm, okay," Zhu Zhuqing did not refuse.

During her time in Shilake Academy, her relationships with comrades were quite good, and they mutually recognized each other.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance, forming a thought in their hearts to later find a chance to ask about their relationship.

Since joining Shilake Academy, Zhu Zhuqing's attitude toward Dai Mubai has been very poor, even escalating to a freezing point;

Occasionally, a figure would flash in her mind, and a faint smile would unconsciously appear at the corner of her mouth.

Perhaps it was only brief interaction, but each time he stood before her, leaving some impression, and combined with Dai Mubai's indulgence in the Tiandou Empire over the years, she subconsciously compared the two.

At that moment, she saw that familiar figure.

Zhu Zhuqing's oddity caught Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu's attention; looking in that direction, they happened to see Tie Li and Tuo Yu arriving in Tiandou City.

Tie Li clearly also noticed them.

"It's you," Ning Rongrong spoke first.

During the earlier trip to Sunset Forest to obtain a Soul Ring, she had already seen Tie Li.

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned for a moment, not expecting her companion to know Tie Li; just from the tone, the relationship didn't seem very good.

"Boss, be careful; she's the sect master's daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, noble in status but willful and capricious; back then in the academy, apart from Shilake Academy's teachers, no one dared to discipline her," Tuo Yu whispered in Tie Li's ear.

It was because of this reason that Ning Rongrong had followed Shilake Academy's departure, which Tuo Yu could not comprehend.

Tie Li naturally didn't want any involvement with her, greeted Zhu Zhuqing briefly, and immediately left with Tuo Yu, giving her no chance to speak.

"Damn it," Ning Rongrong said through clenched teeth, and the scene made Xiao Wu beside her laugh.

"But back to the point, Zhu Zhuqing, do you know him?" Ning Rongrong asked curiously.

"Hmm, I've known him for a while."

Hearing that, Ning Rongrong formed a thought in her heart; her witch nature had not yet vanished.

Zhu Zhuqing, seeing that the two seemed to know Tie Li, planned to later learn Tie Li's news from them.

"Boss, what are you doing at the blacksmith shop?"

Tuo Yu, seeing Tie Li bring him to the blacksmith shop, felt a bit puzzled.

"What do you think of the weapons forged by the blacksmith?"

"They're average; they work against a One Ring Soul Master, but I feel that against a Second Ring Grand Soul Master, they're not that useful."

"I'll take you in to have a look."

Weapons forged by an ordinary blacksmith are naturally ordinary, but if they're made by a master blacksmith, that's a whole different level.

Tie Li walked into the blacksmith shop and took out a square iron plaque.

"Oh, so it's you, the customer. The armor you forged has been kept here for a long time," a blacksmith said, recognizing him, took the plaque, and immediately led Tie Li to a tidy little room.

"Customer, wait for me a moment."

Not long after, the blacksmith brought out the armor that Tie Li had left here to forge.

The inner armor, arm guards, and leg guards were all forged using the hundred‑forge technique.

Beside them, Tuo Yu's gaze hardened; he saw the extraordinary quality of these armors, completely different from the ironware he had seen in other blacksmith shops.

(End of chapter)