"Let's go."
Flanders waved his hand, touched the ground with his toes, and jumped out lightly, heading towards the outside of the academy.
Everyone followed closely behind.
At the entrance of the village, they met Ning Rongrong, and Oscar followed behind Ning Rongrong.
Seeing everyone, Ning Rongrong looked at them provocatively, and then ran around the village entrance on her own.
Oscar cast an apologetic look at them.
Flanders didn't know that it was because of Ning Chuan that Ning Rongrong had honestly completed the training. He just thought that he had tamed Ning Rongrong. A smug smile appeared on his face, and he thought to himself, it seems that this girl has been tamed by me. Well, she is just a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old. I, Flanders, have lived to such an old age, and I still can't cure her?
The destination of this trip is Soto City.
Along the way, Flanders didn't say a word, and everyone didn't ask.
Flanders maintained a relatively fast pace. Ning Chuan walked alongside him, Dai Mubai trailed behind him, and Zhu Zhuqing, with her speed advantage as a Speed Attack Spirit Master, wasn't much behind Dai Mubai, trailing behind Ning Chuan.
Then came Tang San and Xiao Wu, with Ma Hongjun trailing last.
Half an hour later, they arrived in Soto City.
Flanders didn't immediately lead them to the Soul Fighting Arena. Instead, they found a small teahouse nearby and ordered a pot of the cheapest jasmine tea.
From the outside, the Soul Fighting Arena, nearly a hundred meters tall, looked immense. In the night, it loomed dark, and faint flickers of light could be seen from within the massive structure.
Ning Chuan didn't want to hear Flanders's ramblings and got straight to the point. "Are you planning on taking us into the Grand Soul Fighting Arena for actual combat?"
"How come you've been there before?" Flanders asked, somewhat surprised.
The others also gave him surprised glances.
"Yes."
He had, of course, been to the Grand Soul Fighting Arena. It was located in a city en route to the Dark Fragrance Sword Clan.
As he spoke, Ning Chuan briefly explained the rules of the Grand Soul Fighting Arena.
Simply put, the Grand Soul Fighting Arena is divided into two types: a life-or-death duel and a sparring match.
A win earns one point, a loss deducts one point. Ten points earns a Bronze Soul Fighting Badge, 100 points earns a Silver Soul Fighting Badge, 1,000 points earns a Gold Soul Fighting Badge, and so on.
The competitions are further divided into three categories: one-on-one, two-on-two, and seven-person team battles.
This embarrassed Flanders, who had originally wanted to show off.
"Well, now that everyone understands the rules, let's get going. My requirement is that you earn the Silver Soul Fighting Badge before graduation."
After paying for their tea, the seven of them left the teahouse and entered the Soto City Grand Soul Fighting Arena. They tested their soul power and completed their registration.
The Grand Soul Fighting Arena in each location was similar. After entering the viewing area, Ning Chuan, while the audience's attention was focused on the arena, skillfully donned a hooded black robe and a Firefox mask, completely covering himself.
Then he stood up and went to register.
Xiao Wu followed Ning Chuan and whispered, "Xiao Liuzi, why are you dressed like that?"
Zhu Zhuqing also cast a curious look.
Ning Chuan said, "The Great Soul Fighting Arena is full of mixed people. Being too ostentatious isn't a good thing."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu immediately piqued her interest. It wasn't a question of ostentation, but simply for fun. She immediately asked Ning Chuan for a mask as well.
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Ning Chuan didn't mind. He'd already worn a lot of masks over the years, and he still had some in his belt. He immediately gave Xiao Wu a rabbit mask.
Xiao Wu was overjoyed, as this was Ning Chuan's second gift.
However, when she saw Ning Chuan had also given Zhu Zhuqing a cat mask, she became jealous. Someone hadn't figured it out, but she started playing hard to get with Ning Chuan. With a slight snort, she proposed a two-on-two soul duel with Tang San,
hoping to make Ning Chuan jealous.
Naive Tang San, believing Xiao Wu was touched by his sincerity, readily agreed.
Ning Chuan, however, didn't seem to care. Instead, he turned to Zhu Zhuqing, "Zhu Qing, how about we do a two-on-two soul duel?"
"Okay!" Ning Chuan, arguably the only Shrek boy Zhu Zhuqing didn't dislike, agreed without a second thought.
Xiao Wu was instantly furious.
She was so enraged she nearly exploded. "You, you two, humph," she said, stomping on Tang San's foot before storming off.
Though Tang San grimaced in pain, he was secretly delighted. The more Ning Chuan acted like this, the further Xiao Wu would distance herself from him.
Unfortunately, Tang San overlooked the fact that Xiao Wu was a bootlicker, and a love-sick bastard at that.
In Xiao Wu's mind, Ning Chuan was a cold-faced, warm-hearted person, a stone-faced fool who had no concept of emotion.
So, no matter how much Ning Chuan ignored her, she could forgive him, confident that she would eventually impress him.
Meanwhile, Tang San, Xiao Wu's bootlicker, was a dog.
In Xiao Wu's heart, no matter what he did, no matter how much he did for her, it was nothing compared to the quilt Ning Chuan had given her, or the mask he had just given her.
Tang San was her brother, and everything he did was his due.
In her heart, his position was at most comparable to that of the Titan Ape and the Azure Bull Python, perhaps even less so than those two bootlickers.
Such was the power of love-sickness.
When this love-brained person is attracted to you, she'll do anything for you. Conversely, when she's attracted to someone else, she'll simply accept your kindness without responding.
Even the love-brained person herself isn't aware of this.
When Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the registration counter for the two-on-two Soul Fighting,
Xiao Wu and Tang San were already in line. Xiao
Wu, still sulking, formed a "three-five" team with Tang San and then left,
barely even glancing at Ning Chuan.
Soon it was Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing's turn. Seeing that one was a Soul Master and the other a Great Soul Master, the staff member glanced at them in surprise and said, "For the two-on-two Soul Fighting, we'll match you at the highest level. Are you sure you want to team up?"
"No problem. Register for us," Ning Chuan said, handing over ten gold soul coins for the registration fee.
"Please give your team a name," the staff member accepted.
Ning Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it the Qingzhu Group. Qing means clear, don't make a mistake." He reversed Zhu Zhuqing's name. After all, his martial spirit was the Qingzhu Fengyun Sword, which had bamboo in it.
"Okay, the Qingzhu Group has been registered."
Ning Chuan and Zhu Zhuqing's iron fighting spirit badges had another line of four characters, engraved with the word "Qingzhu". Incidentally, Ning Chuan's own iron fighting spirit badge didn't use his real name, but Han Li. He had already used aliases like Xiao Yan, Li Feiyu, Zu Zong, Lan Si, Qin Xuan, and so on in other major fighting spirit arenas.