Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Where’s My Xiao Wu?
Night had fallen.
"Zhao Wuji!"
...
In the girls' dormitory, Ning Rongrong was currently staring intently at Zhu Zhuqing.
She couldn't shake the feeling that there was a major gossip-worthy melon between Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai!
"Aren't your eyes sore?"
Without turning her head, Zhu Zhuqing said coldly, her demeanor as calm and clear as her name.
Anyone being stared at for two or three hours would ask the same thing.
"I just don't get it—why would you like that womanizing scumbag?"
Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes, utterly baffled.
"Is it just because he saved you during the test? Is that why you're playing house with him?"
The hero-saving-the-beauty trope was one she'd seen countless times, and honestly, she had no energy to comment on it anymore…
"He is my fiancé."
After dropping that bombshell, Zhu Zhuqing calmly sat cross-legged and began meditating to cultivate her soul power.
Dai Mubai was already at level 40. She couldn't allow herself to drag him down!
Ning Rongrong: "???"
The clown here… turns out to be me?!
She never would have guessed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing shared this kind of relationship!
No wonder—no wonder!
No wonder Dai Mubai had never even looked at her, Ning Rongrong, properly.
When Xiao Wu accused Dai Mubai of "being pervy," Ning Rongrong had actually believed it—especially since Dai Mubai had been staring at Zhu Zhuqing's chest at the time.
But as it turned out… they were engaged!
"Wait, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai has girls outside, you know. And you just forgave him like that?"
Ning Rongrong couldn't understand. Why was Zhu Zhuqing so quick to let Dai Mubai off the hook?
Zhu Zhuqing: "…"
She ignored her and continued cultivating.
Ning Rongrong: "…"
Seeing there was no drama to enjoy, Ning Rongrong frowned, as if plotting something.
Time passed, and with the dawn of a new day, a voice loud enough to echo across half of Shrek Academy broke the silence:
"Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu! Where's my Xiao Wu?!"
As soon as Tang San opened his eyes, he recalled the scene of Xiao Wu coughing up blood and passing out. Without thinking, he shouted for her.
"Your Xiao Wu is in the girls' dorm! Stop yelling!"
Someone—a voice filled with morning grumpiness—replied impatiently.
Hearing this, Tang San was momentarily speechless.
After taking a moment to organize his thoughts, Tang San fell into deep contemplation.
When he challenged Zhao Wuji yesterday, Zhao Wuji had activated both his Martial Spirit Avatar and his most powerful sixth spirit skill.
At that time, if not for that "shopkeeper," Tang San might have already died.
Thanks to the shopkeeper's intervention, Tang San and Zhao Wuji temporarily reconciled, and Tang San was able to extract the Dragon Beard Needles from Zhao Wuji's body.
As for Xiao Wu, she had only fainted and was later taken away by Ning Rongrong…
"Zhao Wuji, you dare humiliate me, Tang San, for having lower spirit power, and even hurt Xiao Wu?! This is a crime worthy of death!"
Tang San's eyes gleamed red with fury. He silently swore to himself that one day, Zhao Wuji would pay in blood for what he had done!
The previous night, Zhao Wuji had not been killed by Tang Hao. However, Tang Hao's attack had been far heavier than in the original timeline, leaving Zhao Wuji gravely injured but not dead—just enough to serve as a lesson.
Tang Hao had also made Zhao Wuji kneel and perform a minor task as punishment.
Zhao Wuji, a man once known as a "troublemaking king," had outwardly agreed in a submissive manner. But what he would actually do in the future remained uncertain.
The world of Douluo Dalu…
Upon his enrollment at Shrek Academy, unlike the original story, "Li Si"—or perhaps he should be called Tang… but no, let's stick with Li Si—had refused to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple.
"Hmph! Look at yourself—what makes you think you're worthy of taking me, Li Si, as a disciple?!"
At this stage, accepting Yu Xiaogang as his teacher might have been a wise decision, but unfortunately for Yu Xiaogang, he was one of Li Si's (good brother Lin Fan's) most disliked characters.
After rejecting Yu Xiaogang, Li Si soon discovered that his Blue Silver Grass martial spirit had inexplicably gained a soul ring!
That's when he finally realized:
"How could this be… a support—no, wait, a food-type spirit skill?!"
"This first spirit skill actually heals injuries… by eating Blue Silver Grass?!"
"Damn it! You've got to be kidding me! Just wait until I get my chance!"
After testing the first soul skill, Li Si's face was full of despair.
Originally, he had planned to explore whether his Blue Silver Grass could focus solely on sharpness and toughness. With his mastery of the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons Techniques, turning Blue Silver Grass into hidden weapons seemed like the perfect plan.
But to his utter disappointment, he had unknowingly stepped onto the path of a food-type spirit master.
"Your Blue Silver Grass smells pretty nice. Release more of it for Sister Xiao Wu from now on. She'll look after you in the academy!"
Li Si thought the scent of Blue Silver Grass was hard to describe, but for some reason, Xiao Wu seemed to love it. Because of this, she insisted on "sticking close" to him.
Watching all this unfold in the shadows, Tang Hao's emotions were incredibly complex.
Another one. Another hundred-thousand-year transformed spirit beast…
What confused Tang Hao even more was that Tang San's martial spirit had generated a soul ring all by itself! On top of that, its spirit skill turned out to be food-type…
Can Blue Silver Grass really be eaten? Well, yes—Tang Hao himself had tried it before… otherwise, how did Tang San come into being?
Logically speaking, this wasn't possible. Tang Hao had carefully inspected Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial spirit before. It hadn't yet awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, so there was no way it could generate its own soul ring.
Scratching his head, Tang Hao gave up trying to understand it. As long as no one else found out, it wouldn't be a problem.
"Tang San, I'm hungry!"
Xiao Wu's pink eyes gleamed as she called out to Tang San.
She had discovered that this human child's Blue Silver Grass tasted far better than any she'd ever eaten before.
Hearing Xiao Wu's words, Li Si snapped out of his daze.
Fine. Food-type it is. He still had the Tang Sect's techniques—he wouldn't have to worry about a lack of combat ability in the early stages.
As for the later stages, once he added soul rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, he wouldn't lack offensive power at all.
In the original story, when did Tang San ever use the Blue Silver Emperor martial spirit later in life? It was always the Clear Sky Hammer or some trident…
"Here…"
With a flip of his right hand, a bundle of faintly glowing Blue Silver Grass appeared in Li Si's palm.
Although it was just ordinary Blue Silver Grass, without even using a soul skill, at his current level of just over ten ranks, he could still generate a huge pile of it.
Xiao Wu eagerly took the bundle and happily began munching on it.
"…I wonder, when Xiao Wu grows up, will she be more beautiful than the Xiao Wu in the anime?"
Li Si glanced at Xiao Wu and fell into deep thought.
Honestly, I'm so jealous!
His good brother Lin Fan had transmigrated as Dai Mubai—fine, at least he started out at fifteen years old.
But him? Li Si had transmigrated as Tang San. Nobody knew how he had survived these past years!
"Good brother, I hope next time you choose someone, you'll be a bit more reliable…"
By early dawn, Tang San had finally found Xiao Wu.
When he saw Xiao Wu's pale face, Tang San's heart clenched with worry.
At this moment, Xiao Wu was awake but still groggy…
(End of Chapter)