Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul

Chapter 34: Bibi Dong's Persuasion

"Su Mo, do you like that girl named Ning Rongrong?"

After returning to the dormitory, Bibi Dong suddenly appeared in front of Su Mo and asked him directly.

"No, I don't!"

Faced with Bibi Dong's question, Su Mo was completely puzzled. He had no idea where Bibi Dong got the notion that he liked Ning Rongrong. Just because they had wandered around together during the day?

"Good, as long as you don't. She's not just the daughter of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan. She's also the only daughter of their sect leader, the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan!"

Seeing Su Mo's denial, Bibi Dong didn't press the issue further but instead pointed out Ning Rongrong's identity.

This wasn't because Bibi Dong had developed feelings for Su Mo herself.

Over the years, she had slowly come to understand this young man. She recognized Su Mo's excellence, even though his talent wasn't the best. His wisdom was something she greatly appreciated, especially since he was able to overcome his lack of talent with sheer intelligence.

In this regard, Su Mo had even surpassed Yu Xiaogang!

For this reason, Bibi Dong was very optimistic about Su Mo's future.

Since she had high hopes for Su Mo, naturally, she didn't want him—such a promising talent—to fall for a girl like Ning Rongrong.

While she acknowledged Ning Rongrong's merits, they still paled in comparison to her daughter, Qian Renxue, or her disciple, Hu Liena!

Bibi Dong had been waiting for an opportunity to introduce Su Mo to either Qian Renxue or Hu Liena. Of course, her first priority was her daughter, Qian Renxue. Only if Qian Renxue didn't take a liking to Su Mo would she consider Hu Liena.

Though she used to favor Hu Liena, after the final great battle, Bibi Dong had let go of her previous prejudices against Qian Renxue. Naturally, she wanted the best for her daughter now.

Anything would be better than her daughter falling for Tang San.

And as for Hu Liena, Bibi Dong was determined to prevent her from ever liking Tang San.

In any case, her current goal was to stop Su Mo from falling for any other girls.

"The little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan?"

"If I really liked her, wouldn't that be even better?"

What Bibi Dong didn't expect was that revealing Ning Rongrong's identity, meant to dissuade Su Mo, only made him smile.

"You... don't you think you're not good enough for her?"

"And she's the little princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan. How could she possibly like you? Even if she did, her clan would never approve!"

Bibi Dong quickly responded, clearly surprised by Su Mo's reaction.

She hadn't expected this at all. Back when Yu Xiaogang faced her, he was so insecure and sensitive. Even though he liked her, he didn't dare express it, and in the end, she had to take the initiative.

So, she assumed that someone like Su Mo, with poor talent and an ordinary background, would feel the same inferiority in front of someone like Ning Rongrong, just as Yu Xiaogang once did.

But who would've thought that Su Mo wouldn't show the slightest sign of inferiority? Instead, he seemed even more excited.

"That's not a problem. If I truly liked her, I'd work hard to pursue her!"

"Even if the outcome isn't ideal, at least I would have tried, and I wouldn't regret it!"

Su Mo's carefree response left Bibi Dong speechless.

"You're right. I just think she's not suitable for you. It's good that you don't have feelings for her."

Bibi Dong's admiration for Su Mo grew. Since Su Mo hadn't admitted to liking Ning Rongrong, there was no point in continuing to persuade him.

After that, Bibi Dong returned to Su Mo's spirit space.

But before leaving, she had a nagging feeling that something was off. Why did today's events feel so familiar?

...

The next day, everyone gathered on the academy's training grounds.

Dai Mubai, being the eldest senior, introduced everyone, both the new and old students.

With this, they at least got familiar with each other for the time being.

Not long after, Dean Flender finally showed up, fashionably late.

"Not bad, this year our Shrek Academy has brought in five more little monsters!"

"But it doesn't matter who you were before. Now that you're at Shrek, you'll follow Shrek's rules!"

"Every single one of you here is just as capable as the others, so there's no room for arrogance!"

"..."

"For today's first class, all Battle Soul Masters will have their session tonight. I will personally take you there!"

After saying a lot of what seemed like pointless opening ceremony chatter and emphasizing the uniqueness of Shrek Academy's rules, Flender finally announced the schedule for the day.

The class for Battle Soul Masters was pushed to the evening, while the support-type soul masters, Ning Rongrong and Oscar, were given their assignments right away.

"Oscar and Ning Rongrong, step forward!"

"For support-type soul masters, the most important thing is to ensure your own safety, which means you must have the ability to escape and protect yourselves!"

"Starting now, run 20 laps around the entire academy!"

These last few instructions were specifically directed at Oscar and Ning Rongrong.

"Ah…"

"I understand!"

Oscar sighed with a bitter smile, but the thought of running alongside Ning Rongrong quickly brightened his mood. He eagerly got up and started jogging at a slow pace.

After a moment's hesitation, Ning Rongrong followed suit.

Watching their backs, Flender smiled to himself.

He knew that Ning Rongrong would definitely struggle to keep up. What he wanted was exactly that—he wanted her to fail so he could have a reason to discipline her.

At first, he had been slightly concerned about this, but last night, before going to bed, he received a letter from his sect leader. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan's leader, Ning Fengzhi, personally requested that Flender not hold back and help correct Ning Rongrong's spoiled nature.

With the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan's blessing, what was there to worry about?

Of course, now he could act without hesitation!

"Everyone else is dismissed. Tang San, come with me for a moment!"

Flender then let the others go and specifically called Tang San to stay behind.

When he had noticed the soul tool on Tang San's waist, Flender had already guessed his identity. Calling Tang San over was just to confirm his suspicions.

After Tang San was taken away, only Su Mo and the others were left.

Xiao Wu, unable to hang around Tang San, reluctantly pulled Zhu Zhuqing along and left together.

Dai Mubai looked at Zhu Zhuqing's back as though he wanted to chase after her, but in the end, he didn't. Instead, he dragged Ma Hongjun with him and left.

"This is some free-range teaching style!"

Su Mo couldn't help but comment. Gathering everyone early in the morning, only to postpone the actual lesson until the evening, leaving the entire day for the students to do whatever they wanted—it was certainly a laid-back approach.

Not that Su Mo minded, though. He actually thought it suited him quite well.

Su Mo didn't need much in terms of resources, except for materials to forge weapons. His main reason for joining Shrek Academy was to stop Tang San and the others from obtaining the immortal herbs.

As for Ning Rongrong, she would find it a bit harder to adapt—not to the free-range style of education itself, but because she would first have to go through a round of discipline and a little mental conditioning.

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