"Who do you think you are?"
Meng Yiran's temper was never good to begin with. When someone called her "irrelevant" earlier, she was already holding back. Now that this person blatantly dismissed her completely, she naturally wouldn't continue tolerating it.
"Little girl, don't misunderstand. Xiaogang didn't mean anything else. I've agreed to let you join Shrek Academy."
Flandre stepped in to ease the tense atmosphere again.
In his heart, he blamed his old friend a bit — seriously, you could at least pretend a little in front of others. Anyone hearing those words wouldn't feel comfortable.
Tang San had also started holding a grudge against Meng Yiran; anyone disrespecting his teacher was on the path to ruin.
Yu Xiaogang paid no mind to Meng Yiran's words. Over the years, he had heard all kinds of harsh talk; this was nothing. He maintained his aloof demeanor and looked at everyone coldly:
"My name is Yu Xiaogang. From tomorrow on, I'll be responsible for teaching all of you."
"No matter what conditions Flandre promised some of you before, with me, you're all the same."
"I have my own teaching rules. Once classes officially start tomorrow, I'll tell you my demands. If you want to become stronger, you must follow every one of my requirements."
"Crazy."
Su Xiao Qi cursed and walked off without looking back. He had things to do and no time for Yu Xiaogang now — he'd just prove him wrong tomorrow.
Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran ignored Yu Xiaogang completely and followed Su Xiao Qi away.
Just as the four reached the academy entrance, Oscar suddenly caught up.
"Rongrong, wait!"
Ning Rongrong didn't need to think twice to guess what he wanted to say. She looked at Oscar and bluntly said:
"Oscar, you're a good guy, but I'm not as good as you think. Find someone else from now on. I wish you happiness."
Su Xiao Qi watched Ning Rongrong's forced dramatic performance and was speechless. And seriously, what she said could easily be misunderstood.
Hearing this, Oscar's eyes filled with bloodshot veins. He shouted angrily:
"Did that Davis do something to you?"
At first, Ning Rongrong didn't get what Oscar meant. She only wanted to tell him she was already spoiled by Su Xiao Qi and couldn't turn back — they were no longer on the same path.
But as an old pro at playing the drama queen, she quickly understood and, to make Oscar completely give up on her, she tearfully said:
"Oscar, if it weren't for Zhuqing and Yiran helping me these past few days, I would've lost all joy in life. I was starting to forget all about it. Why do you have to make me remember?"
"That 'Davis' made me do this and that… But what makes me furious is, I actually felt happy doing it."
"So please, don't come looking for me anymore. I don't deserve your affection."
After finishing, Ning Rongrong ran off — she just couldn't hold back her laughter.
"Oh my goodness, Ning Rongrong, you're really something else."
Su Xiao Qi had no idea where she learned those lines, but he was truly impressed — that was worse than anything he'd done.
Oscar looked at her retreating back, wanting to follow but afraid. He was filled with sadness and screamed at the sky:
"Davis, I will definitely kill you!"
Meanwhile, Su Xiao Qi greeted the girls and left. He planned to go collect some points that afternoon and help Zhu Zhuqing improve her strength quickly.
After all, the upcoming Alabasta story was much more dangerous than the previous Cocoyasi Village. Even if he was just farming points, he couldn't risk his life.
The next destination was the Ice and Fire Dual Eye, where he would openly go to get the immortal herb.
Though Soto City was a bit far from Sunset Forest, this was nothing for Su Xiao Qi. After three days of training with 10x gravity, his flying speed in exposed air was much faster than before.
The exact location of Ice and Fire Dual Eye wasn't clearly mentioned in the anime, but it was said to be between mountain walls at the center of Sunset Forest, surrounded by the poisonous array left by Dugu Bobu.
With those obvious features, Su Xiao Qi soon found a place that matched.
"That's it."
Looking at the conspicuous Ice and Fire Dual Spring below, Su Xiao Qi smiled and created a protective barrier around himself to defend against the poisonous array, then flew down.
Inside the Ice and Fire Dual Eye, Su Xiao Qi walked around. The ground was full of immortal herbs, and his eyes sparkled — in his mind, all of these were points to collect.
Unfortunately, he didn't see Dugu Bo anywhere. He had come prepared for a fight.
With his current strength, Su Xiao Qi felt confident he could easily defeat a titled Douluo. Even the Titan Ape was no match.
Unlike most other anime whose power levels grow linearly, *Dragon Ball*'s power grew exponentially.
When Goku fought Raditz, his base power was 500. A year later, when he fought Vegeta, it was 8,000 — excluding half a year in Snake Way training, that's a 7,500 increase in six months.
After beating Vegeta, by the time he reached Namek, his power had increased over ten times in less than a month.
And after transforming into Super Saiyan, power level became just a meaningless number.
As for Douluo Dalu's power system?
A fantasy-level sewer system. Even conservatively, a power level of 300 was enough to dominate here.
"Forget it, if he's not here, he's not here. Time to start farming points."
While Su Xiao Qi happily collected points, far away at Shrek Academy, Tang San again felt the same uneasy sensation he had when the Human-Faced Spider was stolen last time. This time, the feeling was even stronger.
Tang San didn't understand why this kept happening. He had already absorbed the third spirit ring, also a Human-Faced Spider, just a slightly younger one—only 1100 years old.
"Maybe teacher knows what's wrong with me."
Unable to figure it out, Tang San decided to seek help from his knowledgeable teacher, Yu Xiaogang.
Meanwhile, Su Xiao Qi finished his point collection but was somewhat unsatisfied.
Though immortal herbs were treasures in Douluo Dalu, their recovery price in the market wasn't high.
Except for three immortal herbs—Acacia Broken Heart Red, Qiluo Tulip, and Eight-Petal Orchid—that he saved to bring back, all the others combined gave him less than 30,000 points.
"As expected, a fantasy sewer system. I'd get more by milking Tang San."
Su Xiao Qi snorted, sent Zhu Zhuqing a message to prepare dinner, and then flew away.
Back at Rose Grand Hotel, Ning Rongrong looked anxiously at Su Xiao Qi, who was eating voraciously.
"Eat, eat, eat, all you do is eat. Even livestock don't eat as much as you."
Earlier, Zhu Zhuqing told her and Meng Yiran that after Su Xiao Qi returned, he would give them something. Meng Yiran was new and didn't understand, but Ning Rongrong knew that everything Su Xiao Qi brought out was incredibly fun.
After finishing all the food on the table, Su Xiao Qi wiped his mouth and looked at Ning Rongrong.
"Rongrong, since you just cursed me in your heart, your share is gone."
Ning Rongrong: ???
I just thought it in my heart, and you knew? That's some crazy skill.