Chapter 259: Tang San Comes Calling

After seeing Ning Rongrong's change, Ning Feiliu finally believed that Ning Rongrong's true nature was not actually bad.

When it comes down to it, the original body's death was merely an accident.

Thinking about it carefully, Ning Rongrong probably only wanted to play a prank at the start; she was not the type of extremely vicious child who was bent on the original body's death.

And a person's worldview and personality, in fact, besides innate factors, also depend on subsequent experiences and growth.

Unless they are transmigrators like Ning Feiliu or Tang San, whose personalities and worldviews have long been thoroughly set, it is basically very difficult for them to change again.

In fact, Ning Rongrong's personality could still be corrected.

The reason why Ning Rongrong in the original plot leaned toward Tang San and almost became a lackey vice-sect master of the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy was mainly because that segment of the original plot had Shrek Academy domesticating Ning Rongrong like they were training a dog.

Originally, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was too doting on her and had no way to handle her, and she would take whatever she wanted from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so it became a habit.

As for Shrek Academy, they first broke her self-esteem, then gave her some help, and even saved her life at a critical moment of life and death when an accident occurred; coupled with the subsequent life experiences of "sharing joys and sorrows" that were completely different from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she was thoroughly domesticated.

Therefore, as long as these plot points are avoided, Ning Rongrong would actually not become the ingrate to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that she was in the original plot.

Moreover, children should be given correct guidance to help them establish a proper worldview as they grow up.

After all, Ning Rongrong is still relatively young, so her bad personality can actually still be corrected, it just requires some extreme actions.

Just like the things Ning Feiliu accidentally did after transmigrating here, which thoroughly corrected Ning Rongrong's personality just like it is now.

He was also surprised that he had accidentally corrected Ning Rongrong's personality.

Just now, when he saw Ning Rongrong standing up to Flender for his and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sake, and even persisting after being injured by Dai Mubai, he had actually already forgiven Ning Rongrong.

But...

It is still that same saying.

He is not the original body; it was the original body that was killed by Ning Rongrong, so only the original body can use this body to personally say "I forgive you" to Ning Rongrong.

He has no qualification to say this forgiveness on behalf of the original body.

At the same time, he also wanted Ning Rongrong to know that the wrong things she did could no longer be undone, which is why he said it that way.

It's just...

"I don't hate her quite as much anymore," Ning Feiliu said with a self-deprecating smile.

Just at this moment, a white light suddenly flashed within his body and landed before him.

"Xue Di?" He looked at the reappearing Xue Di and raised an eyebrow with a smile.

"You knew?" Seeing his expression, Xue Di guessed it immediately.

"Mm, I knew from the start. That girl is the same as you, though she chose a different path." Ning Feiliu naturally knew that Xue Di was curious about Xiao Wu.

Just now, when he released the Extreme Ice Underworld Coffin, he had even snuck a glance at Xiao Wu.

"That path? That's too difficult..." Xue Di frowned slightly and said, "It's very easy for her to be discovered like this."

A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast taking human form and cultivating again in the human way—the progress in the early stages is indeed fast.

But once they reach the realm above Title Douluo, there is basically no difference from human Spirit Masters; they all have to rely on talent, opportunity, and timing to reach a higher level, and all three are indispensable.

Otherwise, if it were so easy for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast to turn into a human and have their cultivation rise *crack, crack, crack*, not to mention becoming a god, even just having a smooth path before reaching level 99 or level 98 soul power would be equivalent to easily attaining the cultivation and strength of a 500,000 to 600,000-year Beast within a few hundred years.

That would be much faster than Soul Beasts having to endure ten thousand or a hundred thousand years.

Then wouldn't all the Soul Beasts be scrambling to turn into human form? So, in fact, besides giving up everything to start over and the danger of being discovered by human powerhouses, this path also carries extreme uncertainty.

You still have to look at your talent, as well as your subsequent opportunities and timing.

To be honest, with the talent of Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Rabbit, this kind of Soul Beast is truly ordinary; the gap compared to top-tier Soul Beasts is not just a little bit.

If it weren't for the unique cultivation environment of Star Lake, her parents both being Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts, and the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape always protecting her...

It would likely be very difficult for her to cultivate to the hundred-thousand-year level.

So after she turned into human form, without the help of Tang San from the original plot, she might really get stuck at the Title Douluo, or at most Peak Douluo realm, and then have to rely on time to grind it out.

She might even reach the end of her lifespan without necessarily being able to break through to level 99.

Not to mention, she still has the risk of being discovered.

Especially since the Lovesick Heartbroken Red has already been taken by Ning Feiliu to save Shui Yue'er; if Xiao Wu follows the original plot and goes to the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, she will definitely be discovered.

As for whether the Shrek Academy crowd still has the qualifications to participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament without the Immortal Herbs...

I can only say that they probably still will.

First of all... after the Shrek Seven Devils occupied the magpie's nest and entered Blue Tyrant Academy in the original plot, the most outstanding students in Blue Tyrant Academy, like Tailong, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu, only had at most level 38 soul power, which was Tailong.

The other three only had level 35 soul power.

Even if the Shrek Seven Devils didn't have Immortal Herbs, if you subtract the average of six levels of soul power gained from the Immortal Herbs in the original plot, they would still have at least level 35 soul power.

Plus, their combat power and martial soul quality are better than those few substitutes, so they would definitely still be able to participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

It's just whether Xiao Wu, without the Lovesick Heartbroken Red to mask her aura, would still risk being discovered to participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, driven by her love-struck brain.

This...

Ning Feiliu really isn't sure, because under normal circumstances, surely no one would be willing to take that risk.

But this is Douluo Continent; different environments produce different people, and he discovered that the people in this world all have a bit of a love-struck brain...

Even Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Ye Lingling, whom he knows... they all seem to be like this, possessing such absurd love-struck brains that it leaves Ning Feiliu helpless.

Yet in the original plot, Xiao Wu had actually wanted to run away, but it was because of the Lovesick Heartbroken Red that she stayed.

So it's really hard to say.

But regardless, the path Xiao Wu chose is indeed very dangerous.

"What? Xue Di, do you want to help her? But I don't really like her," Ning Feiliu said indifferently.

Xiao Wu... perhaps it's because of hating the house and its crow, plus he had indeed read the original work, and he had a very deep impression of this work, which was his introduction to web novels.

In the original plot, Xiao Wu was a pioneer of school bullying and a foul-mouthed big sister.

Looking like a cute, pink, and tender young girl, in reality, she was not much different from a delinquent girl.

At first, when reading it, he didn't feel much, but later, when Douluo Continent was kicked while it was down, even her black history was dug up.

And as it happens, Ning Feiliu suffered from school bullying in his childhood in his previous life, so he is the person who hates school bullying the most.

That is why he later went to a boxing gym to sign up for training, and beat up that whole group of little hooligans and their ringleader who intended to bully him at school. Therefore, Ning Feiliu really cannot bring himself to like Xiao Wu; she is not even a real little girl of a few or ten-something years old like Ning Rongrong.

According to her age, she is an old monster who has lived for one hundred thousand years.

But if you were to say that a Soul Beast's one hundred thousand years is equivalent to a human's ten years, then Ning Feiliu can only say...

You at twenty years old are only equivalent to a Soul Beast of a few days old; can this even be converted?

In any case, Ning Feiliu thinks this kind of argument is nonsense.

His impression of Xiao Wu has always been that she is just like Tang San: a person who is mature in mind yet still pretends to be young, seemingly normal but in reality doing things that make people disgusted.

Xue Di's meaning was probably that she wanted to let Xiao Wu become her Soul Spirit or something similar, just like her? But Ning Feiliu expressed... even if Xiao Wu wanted to become his Soul Spirit, he wouldn't want her.

Soul bones, Soul Rings, and such are all fine.

Although Xiao Wu's Soul Ring is somewhat lackluster, actually... as long as it is used as a seventh Soul Ring, the problem is not very big.

After all, no matter the quality, the seventh soul skill can only produce one soul skill, which is the Martial Soul True Body, and its upper limit is truly not high, while its lower limit is extremely stable.

The soul bone's instant Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation can also be considered quite strong.

After all, instant activation with no wind-up, plus the ability of invincible immunity, is stronger than anything else.

But this Xiao Wu Soul Spirit... he really hates it.

Xue Di shook her head, however, and said, "I am just curious."

When it comes down to it, she is only very curious because she discovered the existence of Xiao Wu here among humans, and that she is a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast who transformed into a human.

After all, very few Soul Beasts choose this path; based on the Douluo trilogy, in reality, only Xiao Wu and Gu Yuena, these two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts, chose to transform into humans.

Someone like the San Yan Jin Ni was forced into it and does not count as actively transforming into a human.

And the Silver Dragon King only cultivated into a human form because she had other purposes.

So Soul Beasts truly do not look favorably upon the path of cultivating into a human form; only Xiao Wu would choose such a dangerous route.

In fact, if she hadn't relied on Tang San, the final result would definitely have ended in failure.

This is why Xue Di felt curious about Xiao Wu... this little rabbit... is she really that brave?

Even she herself had never thought about the matter of cultivating into a human form.

And she is not some warm-hearted Soul Beast; in reality, she cannot even be considered a Soul Beast.

She is an innate spirit formed from the ice and snow of the Extreme North, different from both Soul Beasts and humans.

So there is no logic in classifying her as a Soul Beast, and she probably does not identify with the term "Soul Beast" either.

Naturally, she has no empathy for Soul Beasts.

"Forget it, let's eat something first; I'll wait for Big Brother and the others later," Ning Feiliu said to Xue Di.

However, when Ning Mingrui returned with a somewhat timid and red-eyed Ning Rongrong.

Ning Feiliu received a piece of news.

"What? You broke through?" He glanced at Ning Rongrong beside him and said with some surprise.

"So... Feiliu, why don't we go together to help Rongrong obtain a Soul Ring?" Ning Mingrui looked at him and said earnestly.

Ning Rongrong also bit her lip, afraid that Ning Feiliu would still be unwilling.

However, Ning Feiliu only frowned, then said, "Hmm, alright, let's stay here for two more days. When we are ready, we will enter the nearby Star Dou Great Forest to help her obtain a Soul Ring."

Just as mentioned before, he actually does not hate Ning Rongrong anymore now.

It is just that he has no right to forgive Ning Rongrong on behalf of the original body.

Since he could stand up for Ning Rongrong, it proves that he actually does not mind helping her.

Ning Mingrui immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and Ning Rongrong's anxious heart calmed down.

However, she still regretted it deeply; if it weren't for her willfulness in the past, San Ge would probably still dote on her, right?

So... no matter what, she must work hard to make up for her relationship with San Ge until he forgives her.

Just like that, Ning Feiliu, Ning Mingrui, and Ning Rongrong stayed in Soto City first.

However, by evening, an unexpected guest arrived.

Ning Feiliu, who was originally enjoying food with Xue Di, suddenly frowned and looked to the side.

Then he saw...

"I am Tang San, greetings to you, Big Brother Ning." Tang San was bringing Xiao Wu to Ning Feiliu's side, cupping his hands and greeting them quite politely.

"Tang San? Xiao Wu? Why are you here?" Ning Rongrong was stunned for a moment, then asked curiously.

She actually had a fairly good impression of Tang San and Xiao Wu; after all, they were also students who had just entered Shrek Academy, unlike Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun who were in cahoots with Flender.

Likewise, she did not hate Oscar; although Oscar did not speak up for her just now, he had at least tried to help her.

But she had already left Shrek Academy and had such a conflict with them.

Tang San and Xiao Wu still came to find them? Ning Rongrong looked at Tang San and Xiao Wu, only to discover... one was staring intently at Ning Feiliu, and the other was staring intently at Xue Di.

Are they here to find San Ge and... the girl beside San Ge, Xue Di? Ning Rongrong was curious again, but it seemed San Ge knew some things about Tang San's father, which was why he let Tang San come to find him?

As for Xiao Wu and Xue Di... could they be friends who knew each other before? "Since you are here, all who come are guests; please sit here," Ning Mingrui said upon seeing Tang San and Xiao Wu. He and Ning Feiliu had watched the whole process today, and in fact, neither Tang San nor Xiao Wu had made things difficult for Ning Rongrong.

Plus, Tang San and Xiao Wu were quite polite.

And for some reason, he just had a good impression of Tang San and Xiao Wu, so being a gentle person, he was also quite gentle and polite to them.

"Then I will..." Tang San smiled slightly, just about to sit down with Xiao Wu.

However...

"Forget it, you are students of that Shrek Academy; those with different Daos do not conspire," Ning Feiliu said indifferently. "And... to be honest, I don't think you came to ask about your father? At least not sincerely. And if you want to ask about your father, you can ask that Flender, you can ask your teacher, or even ask your dad face-to-face in the future; you don't need to ask an outsider like me."

From his perspective, he actually saw it very clearly: the look Tang San gave him just now was full of burning desire.

But... what this little punk had his eyes on was the Steel Sun Box around his neck! (End of chapter)