Chapter 36: Zhao Wuji's Survival Instinct! The Mystery of the Disappearance of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Hidden Guards?
Ning Rongrong said in a trembling voice,
"That Flender is basically gambling with the students' lives!"
"If he loses the bet… It's just one more lonely grave."
On the diary page, Lin Yuan's words grew increasingly sharp.
[And with this, Flender still dares to brag about having a strong teaching staff?]
[When Tang San and the others went to the Star Dou Great Forest for the first time to hunt soul rings—a place that was dangerous—he actually sent only Zhao Wuji to lead the team!]
[Where were the other teachers? Li Yusong? Lu Qibin? Shao Xin?]
[What were these Soul Emperors doing? Drinking tea back at the academy?]
[An entire academy's worth of students went out to hunt soul beasts, yet these teachers didn't even all mobilize to protect them?]
[How big must his heart be?!]
[To put it bluntly, Flender was never seriously teaching his students in the first place.]
[And the only reason he sent Zhao Wuji that time was probably because Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and the others had backgrounds that were too formidable—he didn't dare to be careless.]
[If they were just ordinary commoner students from before…]
[Heh, he might've casually sent a single Soul Emperor, or even let them go on their own!]
[That's exactly why Shrek's mortality rate is so high!]
[Trying to do a job you're not qualified for.]
[An academy like this surviving to this day without being beaten to death is purely because most of the students it recruits are background-less civilian orphans!]
[And in the original work, the team led by Zhao Wuji really did encounter danger in the Star Dou Great Forest—they ran into a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, the Titan Giant Ape!]
Xiao Wu: ???
All the girls: ???
When they saw the words "hundred-thousand-year soul beast," the hearts of some of the girls secretly peeking at the diary skipped a beat.
They were only hunting soul beasts on the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest—and they could still run into a hundred-thousand-year soul beast?
With just Zhao Wuji, a single Soul Saint? Wouldn't that be certain death?
[Of course, the Titan Giant Ape actually sensed Xiao Wu's aura and deliberately came out to find Xiao Wu. It didn't really intend to kill anyone.]
[But at the time, Zhao Wuji didn't know that!]
[Faced with such a terrifying giant beast, what was Zhao Wuji's first reaction?]
[He directly activated his Martial Soul True Body and braced himself as he charged forward, telling Tang San and the others to run!]
[In the eyes of many who watched the animation, this was Zhao Wuji's shining moment as a responsible teacher—some even found it quite moving.]
[But if you've read the original novel and know Zhao Wuji's inner thoughts at that moment, you'll realize this had nothing to do with a sudden burst of teacherly virtue.]
[It was pure, overflowing survival instinct!]
[Zhao Wuji was probably cursing in his heart: What the hell kind of ancestors are these little bastards?!]
[If he dared to abandon the students and run for his life, then even if he survived the Titan Giant Ape, he would still be dead—and likely die even worse!]
[Why? Just look at the backgrounds of these students!]
[Tang San—standing behind him is Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, the very man who had just beaten him up!]
[Xiao Wu—Tang San's sworn sister. If she died, would Tang San and Tang Hao let him off?]
[Ning Rongrong—the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. If she died in his care, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo would scatter his ashes to the wind!]
[Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing—one is a prince of the Star Luo Empire, the other the crown princess-to-be!]
[If this entire group were to perish in the Star Dou Great Forest…]
[Even if Zhao Wuji had a hundred lives, it wouldn't be enough for these major forces to divide up!]
[So did he dare to run? Could he run?]
[He could only grit his teeth and fight! Dying in battle might at least leave him with a good reputation—but if he ran, he'd become a wanted criminal across the continent, with no place to die peacefully!]
[Especially Tang Hao.]
[On the night of the entrance exam, Tang Hao had just used the Clear Sky Hammer to "loosen Zhao Wuji's bones."]
[Zhao Wuji had no way of knowing whether that killing god was still watching from the shadows.]
[If Tang Hao was nearby and Zhao Wuji dared to show even a hint of cowardice, the Titan Giant Ape might not even have time to move before Tang Hao's hammer smashed down first!]
Nuoding Academy, Dorm Seven.
Xiao Wu stared at the diary, her delicate little face scrunched up in embarrassment.
'So… that crisis was caused by me?'
'Er Ming, that idiot! How could he be so reckless!'
'Didn't he know that would scare people to death?'
But after another thought, Xiao Wu secretly glanced at Lin Yuan, who was resting with his eyes closed beside her, and a sweet smile curved her lips.
'Luckily, this time I have Lin Yuan, and I already know part of what will happen in the future.'
"This time, I won't go to Shrek at all—then Er Ming won't scare anyone either."
However, compared to Xiao Wu's relaxed mood, Lin Yuan's next analysis sent a bone-chilling cold through another "little princess."
[But speaking of which, something is strange.]
[Tang Hao really had already left at the time, so he didn't intervene—that's normal.]
[But what about the people protecting Ning Rongrong?]
[As the only precious pearl of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi's most beloved daughter.]
[When she goes out to train, how could there possibly be no one secretly protecting her?]
[Even though Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had to stay behind to guard the sect and couldn't leave.]
[The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is a massive organization—sending one or two Soul Douluo–level hidden guards, or a death squad composed of several Soul Saints, should be standard, right?]
[Against the Titan Giant Ape, even Soul Douluo-level experts couldn't win.]
[But with Zhao Wuji holding the line as a meat shield, these hidden guards would've had plenty of opportunity to seize the chaos and take Ning Rongrong away!]
[Yet—!]
[From beginning to end, even when Ning Rongrong's soul power was exhausted and she nearly fainted, even when Xiao Wu was captured and everyone fell into despair—]
[Not a single one of those Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's hidden guards appeared!]
[That's what makes it terrifying upon closer thought.]
[Where did they go?]
[Did they abandon their posts? Or did they simply have no intention of acting at all?]
[Or—if we make an even darker guess.]
[Could it be that the order they received was… if an "accident" happened, then let Ning Rongrong die outside?]
Boom!
Inside Ning Rongrong's boudoir, at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Rongrong, who had just been happily touched by the fact that Lin Yuan "understood her," now froze in place, her heart pounding wildly.
Her entire body went stiff.
"Die… outside?"
Born into a top-tier sect and immersed in power struggles from a young age, her mind worked faster than anyone else's.
Her father and grandfathers would never harm her.
But what about others?
"If the future me really is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's chosen sole heir…"
"Then if I were to die, who would benefit the most?"
In Ning Rongrong's mind, several familiar faces instantly surfaced—faces that were usually gentle, courteous, and full of concern toward her.
Her brothers.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect did not have only her as a descendant. It was simply because she was the only girl—and because, barring any surprises, her Martial Soul awakening talent would also be the highest—that is why she was so doted upon.
But her brothers had ambitions too!
Once she, this "first-in-line heir," met with an accident…
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