"How can you just say Meng Yiran can take a teacher and she takes one? And she came back without even absorbing her third spirit ring. This is too childish."
"Meng Yiran, let's go. Grandpa will take you to find a new spirit ring. With Grandpa here, no one dares to snatch your spirit ring."
In the small town at the edge of the forest, early in the morning, the beast hunting teams, which took on Spirit Beast hunting commissions, began to solicit business everywhere.
Dragon Duke Meng Shu was pulling Meng Yiran, about to re-enter the Star Dou Great Forest. It was clear that he was very displeased with Snake Woman's self-serving decision to let Meng Yiran take a teacher without consulting him.
"Grandpa, Teacher is already helping me find a suitable third spirit ring. Let's wait for Teacher to come back and see what he says."
Meng Yiran said. She had already kowtowed and taken him as her teacher; it was the only time she had ever taken a teacher in her life, and it was so solemn. As a person, she still needed to have integrity.
What's more, the peach blossom token Teacher gave her was very beautiful, and she liked it very much.
"Old man, settle down. Mr. Su alone helped both of these girls hunt for their third spirit rings. The two of us together struggled to catch a Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent that was over a thousand years old. Don't make any more trouble. As a person, you have to admit when you're old."
Snake Woman hooked Dragon Duke Meng Shu's clothes with her cane and pulled him back.
But Snake Woman's words greatly angered Dragon Duke Meng Shu:
"Who said I'm old? With our Spirit Master cultivation, living for 150 years is absolutely no problem. My current age is in my prime. That Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent running away was just an accident, just an accident!"
"Alright, alright, I know it was an accident. You actually have strength. But old man, you should still rest. You're so anxious you're out of breath."
"Do you see these two little girls? They are both students of that Mr. Su. At only twelve years old, they are already Spirit Elders at level thirty-one, and their strength is unmatched in their respective Realms. It won't be a loss for our Meng Yiran to study with them."
Snake Woman glanced at Dragon Duke helplessly. As the saying goes, a man is a youth until death. Although this old man was old, his temper was as stubborn as when he was young.
She had no way to deal with Dragon Duke, this stubborn donkey. Usually, she would go along with him, but this time, she felt that letting her granddaughter take a teacher was a very correct decision.
After coming out of the Star Dou Great Forest, she talked a lot with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, who were with her, and she greatly admired their experiences at Shrek and Peach Garden Academy.
She became even more convinced that Meng Yiran studying with Su Ran at Peach Garden Academy would likely lead to a good future.
Meng Yiran didn't care much about other things, but she was very curious about the gray needle Zhu Zhuqing used to shatter Dai Mubai's protective barrier. After learning that it was stripped from the Hidden Weapon Ghost Shuttle given by Su Ran, she became very curious about this Hidden Weapon.
Also, what was under Teacher Su Ran's mask?
The more exaggerated Ning Rongrong made it sound, the more she couldn't take it off and look, the more curious she became.
…
Dragon Duke was pulled by Snake Woman to a small teahouse in front of the hotel, where he slowly drank two cups of tea.
Only Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were eagerly looking forward to Su Ran's return.
Teacher had been in the Star Dou Great Forest alone for over a day, and they were a little worried.
It was at this moment, amidst the morning dew and fresh grass, as people came and went in the small town, that exclamations of surprise came from the road leading to the forest.
"Damn, who is this person? So awesome."
"With purple-blue king stripes on its head and yellow-red tiger stripes on its body, this must be at least a two-thousand-year-old Lie Xue Wang Hu (Fierce Blood King Tiger), right?"
"And he's leading a Ghost Barrier Great Serpent, which must also be two or three thousand years old, and they are both ferocious Spirit Beasts. How did he tame them?"
"Too terrifying, I need to stay far away. It's said that the misty barrier sprayed by the Ghost Barrier Great Serpent is not only poisonous but also spawns other venomous snakes to attack. One bite and you're instantly dead."
The Spirit Masters and residents of the small town consciously cleared a path.
Although there were examples of various powers capturing Spirit Beasts alive and bringing them back to their Sects for rearing, most chose hundred-year Spirit Beasts, or even ten-year Spirit Beasts. For fierce and terrifying thousand-year Spirit Beasts like these, most powers dared not capture them alive, as they could be bitten to death if they weren't careful. Only Spirit Hall might have this capability.
But riding them out was actually a young man who didn't look very old and wore a mask.
The young man was dressed in flowing white clothes, and the mask he wore was also very exquisite. He was leisurely half-reclining on the back of the Lie Xue Wang Hu (Fierce Blood King Tiger), returning at a leisurely pace.
Seeing Su Ran on the back of the Lie Xue Wang Hu (Fierce Blood King Tiger), Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's faces lit up with joy.
Ning Rongrong even ran over quickly:
"Teacher, you're finally back! You're not hurt, are you?"
"Hmm, I'm fine. Are you all alright?"
Su Ran jumped off the back of the Lie Xue Wang Hu (Fierce Blood King Tiger) and stroked Ning Rongrong's head.
Ning Rongrong hid on Su Ran's left side, somewhat afraid of the tiger and the big snake on the other side.
They indeed looked fierce, making people want to keep their distance at first glance. Even Ning Rongrong, as she was now, wasn't very willing to approach them.
However, Su Ran's head pat was quite enjoyable for Ning Rongrong, and her face turned slightly red.
"You are Su Ran?"
"Is this the third spirit ring you chose for Meng Yiran?"
Dragon Duke Meng Shu walked over at this moment, and couldn't help but scrutinize Su Ran and the Spirit Beasts behind him.
This young man had a good figure, with an ethereal Aura about him, indeed not looking like an ordinary person.
However, he was completely mysterious, wearing a mask in broad daylight, which really made people suspicious.
"This must be Dragon Duke. I am indeed your granddaughter's teacher."
Su Ran said neither obsequiously nor arrogantly.
"This Ghost Barrier Great Serpent is the third spirit ring you chose for Meng Yiran?"
"Yes."
"If I am not mistaken, it should be over two thousand years old. Don't you know that a Spirit Master's third spirit ring has an upper limit of only about seventeen hundred years? You chose a two-thousand-year-old third spirit ring for Meng Yiran. Are you trying to make Meng Yiran burst from absorbing the spirit ring?"
Dragon Duke Meng Shu paused, tapping his dragon-head cane, and a Spirit Master's pressure bore down on Su Ran, his eyes sharp.
He and Snake Woman only had Meng Yiran as their granddaughter, and they doted on her immensely. If she were entrusted to the wrong person, they would surely regret it to death.
"Rongrong, Zhuqing, show your spirit rings and tell Dragon Duke how old your third spirit rings are."
Facing Dragon Duke's pressure, Su Ran merely waved his hand lightly, dispelling the opponent's pressure.
He was too lazy to explain, directly letting Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong speak with facts.
"My third spirit ring is two thousand seven hundred years old."
"My third spirit ring is two thousand five hundred years old."
A formidable purple spirit ring appeared on Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
With Dragon Duke's Spirit Douluo Realm cultivation, he naturally perceived the unusualness of this purple spirit ring. Although Snake Woman had told him that Meng Yiran's two classmates were extraordinary.
But only after seeing their Spirits and spirit rings with his own eyes did he realize that these two girls, who had always disliked each other (Ning Rongrong was still sulking a bit), were actually so extraordinary!
"Such young Spirit Saint powerhouses are indeed rare to see. Being Meng Yiran's teacher will not disgrace our reputation as the Peerless Dragon Snake."
"However, I am very familiar with Meng Yiran's Physique. If she absorbs this spirit ring you chose for her, she will surely die. Although you have taught these two girls well, it won't work for Meng Yiran."
Dragon Duke was somewhat surprised that Su Ran had so casually resolved his pressure. He took a deep breath and said.
He only had this one precious granddaughter. Although her status might not be more noble than Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, in his and Snake Woman's eyes, Meng Yiran was the most precious treasure.
Upon hearing this, Su Ran was not angry that Dragon Duke questioned his judgment. Instead, he smiled. Meng Yiran was actually very fortunate to have such caring grandparents.
"So Dragon Duke was worried about this."
"With Meng Yiran's current body, she naturally cannot absorb this Ghost Barrier Great Serpent as her third spirit ring. She needs to undergo my special training and study with me before she can do so."
"Dragon Duke, Senior Snake Woman, if this girl dies in my hands because of absorbing this spirit ring, I would not be worthy of being a teacher. At that time, you can come to Soto City, raze Peach Garden Academy to the ground, and grind me to dust."
Su Ran still had this much confidence.
"Then how do you plan to teach Meng Yiran?"
"There are too many people here. I have my own plans once we return to the academy."
Because Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their Spirits, the Spirit Masters, who were already stirred up by Su Ran capturing two rare Spirit Beasts, rubbed their eyes, marveling at Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Spirit.
On the Douluo Continent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was a heritage Spirit of the Upper Three Sects, a proper noble Spirit, naturally drawing attention.
"Hey, you old man, can you stop being so long-winded?"
"It is Meng Yiran Junior Sister's good fortune to be Teacher's disciple. You old man, don't be ungrateful. Others want to become his disciple but can't, yet you, with your small influence, put on such airs."
"I really can't stand what you're pretending to be, hmph!"
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but speak up for Teacher when she saw Dragon Duke questioning Su Ran's ability.
Didn't you see that I, the little princess of the esteemed Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, am willing to study diligently with Teacher? What right does he have to complain?
I just can't stand people who bully my Teacher!
Hmph!
Zhu Zhuqing also nodded: "Senior Sister Rongrong is right."
"Hey, you two girls—"