Chapter 32: Ning Rongrong's Change

Just as they were talking about Oscar in the queue, Zhou Yi suddenly held up a finger and said to them,

"Shh... don't mention my existence later." As he spoke, he winked at Zhu Zhuqing and then vanished right in front of everyone.

Before the group could react, a burst of light footsteps approached.

Ning Rongrong, wearing a princess dress, walked over excitedly.

"What were you all chatting about so happily just now?... Hmm!? Zhuqing, why are you here? Where is Brother Yi? Brother Yi isn't here too, is he?" After finishing, she looked around fearfully.

"Ah Yi isn't here for the moment, don't worry." Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but smile when she saw Ning Rongrong's fearful appearance.

"Oh, that's good, that's good. I thought you were here to drag me back." Hearing the reply, she felt relieved and patted her chest with her small hand.

"However, he might come in a little while."

"What!? No way, I have to slip away quickly! I'm not staying at this academy." As she spoke, she took a stack of Talismans out of her Spirit Tool, preparing to run.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu didn't even have time to say anything; they were still shocked by the way Zhou Yi had vanished without a sound just now.

Suddenly, a hand appeared out of thin air behind Ning Rongrong, grabbing the back of her collar—the collar of her fate—and Zhou Yi lifted her, barely 1.6 meters tall, up like a cat.

"Hmm? Where do you think you're running off to~"

Watching Ning Rongrong's comical appearance, Zhu Zhuqing giggled out loud.

"Zhuqing, you're still laughing! And here I trusted you so much, you traitor, abandoning righteousness for beauty..." Before she could say anything more outrageous, Zhou Yi knocked her on the head.

"Ouch! So painful... woo... Brother Yi... I was wrong... woo..."

"Stop pretending, I'm not here to drag you back this time."

"Really! I knew Brother Yi wasn't such an unreasonable person. Hehehe~"

Watching her grinning face, Zhou Yi felt a bit helpless and said in a low voice.

"Rongrong, although I don't really care, your father should have told you not to use that thing in front of outsiders easily, right?"

"Hehehe, I was just in a hurry, and besides, he doesn't know."

"Ahem!"

Hearing Zhu Zhuqing's reminder, they finally realized that Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu were still standing nearby.

Ning Rongrong also instantly adjusted her state, lifted her skirt in a very ladylike manner, and greeted everyone with a gentle tone.

"Hello everyone, my name is Ning Rongrong." The three were stunned for a moment by this intense contrast.

After recovering, the four introduced themselves to each other, and that counted as getting to know one another.

Seeing Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu felt a sense of "fellow villagers meeting fellow villagers." That's right, Brother Yi's personality is so nasty, Rongrong must have been bullied too, how pitiful.

As for the reason Ning Rongrong was so afraid of Zhou Yi, it went back half a year.

At that time, Zhou Yi stayed at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect every day, and Ning Rongrong got to know him well, but he was always writing and painting with Ning Fengzhi. When he finally stopped, he would go to steal techniques from Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. Ning Rongrong could never find a chance to play with him, so she came up with a bad idea: to add laxatives to Zhou Yi's food during his lunch break.

Of course, before she could succeed, she was discovered by Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi intended to teach her a lesson that was neither too light nor too heavy, so he used a Mirage to draw a turtle on her face while she wasn't paying attention.

This wasn't the kind of turtle Zhu Zhuqing drew for Zhu Zhuyun; this was a vivid, realistic turtle drawn using the Fuxi Divine Ability, and it could move.

After Ning Rongrong scared quite a few people in the sect, she looked in the mirror and found the turtle crawling back and forth on her face. It was said that she was scared to tears on the spot.

She immediately went to Ning Fengzhi to complain, but Ning Fengzhi said that he and Zhou Yi were in a cooperative relationship and that Zhou Yi's status was equal to his own.

Helpless, she had to go to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. They were full of confidence and said on the spot that they would catch Zhou Yi and make him apologize to her.

Unexpectedly, two days later, they actually said that this brat Zhou Yi was too slippery and they couldn't catch him.

But Zhou Yi seemed to have learned of this, so the next day, a turtle appeared on Ning Rongrong's face again. This time it was different; this turtle could actually turn from two-dimensional to three-dimensional. She watched with her own eyes as a turtle head poked out of her face into thin air to stare at her. With this, she was scared until she fainted.

After that, whenever she had thoughts of revenge, Zhou Yi would give her something even scarier. It was her first time seeing someone who even Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone couldn't handle, and she knew that if she dared to retaliate, she would suffer even more.

Finally, she was afraid and gave in. From then on, she completely turned into a well-behaved and cute person in front of Zhou Yi.

She didn't even dare to provoke Zhu Zhuqing anymore. Once, she saw with her own eyes someone on the street trying to take liberties with Zhu Zhuqing in the crowd. Zhou Yi grabbed that person's hand in an instant and gave him some "gentle" advice. However, she saw that at some point, a Talisman appeared on that person's back, then gradually faded away.

The front of that Talisman read, "Blessings do not come in pairs, but misfortunes never come singly." The back read, "The house leaks just as it rains, and the boat is late just as it meets a headwind."

From then on, that person stepping in dog poop was the least of his worries; he fell into pits while using the toilet, his boat capsized, his carriage overturned, and he was even hit by flower pots while walking on the street. Such unlucky events continued for 3 days.

But after this incident, she could be considered to have evolved. Although she still retained her quirky personality and love for pranking people, she also learned to read the situation. Now, if Flender wanted to give her a hard time like in the original story, she wouldn't fall for it. However, let Flender have a headache over such things.

After everyone got familiar, Dai Mubai said to them, "Does anyone have soul power over 25? Those over 25 can go directly to the fourth test."

All of them nodded.

Dai Mubai walked to the side of the teacher in charge of the second test, whispered a few words in his ear, and pointed at Zhou Yi and the others.

The teacher nodded and said, "Fine, take them directly to the fourth test. If they pass, they're admitted."

Dai Mubai returned to Zhou Yi and the others, intending to lead them deeper into the academy. But the candidates in line wouldn't have it.

A male candidate said, "Teacher, what is going on? Why can they enter the fourth test without an exam, while we have to pass one by one?"

The older teacher said calmly, "If your soul power is also over level 25, then you can also go directly to the fourth test without wasting time here. But the soul power you just tested is only level 21, so you must pass one by one."

The male candidate asked suspiciously, "Their soul power is over level 25? That's impossible. We are all only twelve years old, how could such high soul power appear?"

Dai Mubai snorted coldly, "Just because you can't do it, don't think others can't. When I entered the academy, my soul power was level 25. Tang San, show them your soul power." As he spoke, he picked up a white crystal from the table and threw it to Tang San.

The testing crystal's color changes according to the level; this white crystal is specifically for testing soul power below level 30. If the soul power exceeds level 30, it will burst the crystal directly.

At that moment, he didn't speak, took the white crystal, and injected his Mysterious Heaven Skill internal energy directly into it.

In an instant, the white light in Tang San's hand shone brightly, and the white crystal became as brilliant as a diamond. The intense light filled every corner of the crystal; this was clearly a sign of being about to reach level 30.

The teacher in charge of the test showed a playful smile on his face, "It seems that our Shrek Academy is going to welcome another good Little Monster this year."

Tang San smiled and handed the crystal in his hand to Xiao Wu.

The same white light shone again, completely blocking the mouths of the other candidates, and the gazes looking at Tang San and Xiao Wu suddenly became strange.

Level 29, reaching level 29 soul power at twelve years old, is this a level that human power can achieve?

However, the title of "monster" didn't just appear on Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu wanted to hand it directly to Zhou Yi, but was refused by him, "Give it to Rongrong first."

Although a bit confused, she still handed it to Ning Rongrong. Upon looking, what a coincidence, also level 29.

Finally, only Zhuqing and Zhou Yi remained, and Zhou Yi said helplessly, "Brother Dai, take out another crystal."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai and Tang San instantly realized what might happen and looked at Zhou Yi and Zhuqing in shock.

On the other side, Zhuqing picked up the crystal and injected her soul power; the light grew increasingly intense until the entire crystal was filled with a brilliant glow, and finally, the crystal could no longer withstand it and shattered with a "Bang!"

Zhou Yi, who had received another crystal from Dai Mubai's hand, also completed the same operation, and there was another "Bang—"

This time, even the teacher for the second round could not remain calm, and in his distraction, he plucked out a large handful of his beard.

"This... this is truly finding a treasure..."

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu also felt the pressure.

Dai Mubai was completely certain that this person was unfathomable.

Tang San was even more incredulous; clearly, Zhou Yi had obtained his second Soul Ring two months later than him, so how was his soul power level higher than his now? No wonder he was so disappointed after seeing him.

"Let's go, everyone, let's head to the fourth round~"

Zhou Yi did not care about any of this; he only knew that he would soon be able to verify the results of a year of cultivation, and just thinking about it made him happy.