Douluo Continent: I, the world's greatest immortal master, have taken Ning Rongrong as my disci

Chapter 421 A new beginning

The next day.

The dawn at Chenshi (7-9 AM) is like crumpled gold foil scattered across the earth—the sky fades its last vestige of dark gray, and pale golden light pierces through the thin mist, edging the edges of the clouds with soft luster, like silk kissed by the spring breeze, lightly drifting over the eaves, treetops, and ridges of the fields.

Beside the vegetable garden where greens and peanuts were planted, Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao stood there sadly, with tear stains still on their faces.

Last night at midnight, their Peach Blossom Forest teacher woke them up and said that they were not suitable to continue cultivating in the Peach Blossom Forest.

Let them leave the peach blossom grove and go to the library courtyard at dawn tomorrow to study with the librarian. It is the librarian who can teach them well and help them resolve their problems of disordered meridians and weak soul power.

Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao were crying their eyes out, thinking that they had lost the competition and made their immortal master unhappy, and that he no longer wanted them.

The two maids knelt in front of the school in the peach blossom grove for an entire night.

Master Su was also very saddened by what she saw. Several times she couldn't help but open the door to comfort them, but in order not to continue misleading the students, she could only send them away with tears in her eyes.

From then on, Su Jinli made up her mind that she must study teaching and the path of the Soul Master properly in the future, and truly inherit her father's mantle, instead of treating it as a game and learning anything that is more or less the same.

She finally realized what her father had told her before:
"Teaching and nurturing people is a sacred and great cause. It is about cultivating future successors for this continent and also about realizing the personal value of teachers and students. If even the teachers themselves are not up to par, how can they cultivate truly outstanding students?"

At this very moment, Su Jinli might also be engrossed in studying the encyclopedic knowledge left behind by her father in the peach blossom forest, forgetting to eat or sleep.

……

However, this did not affect Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao's sadness at this moment. They were both crying their eyes out, but they still followed 'Master Su's' instructions and came to the library courtyard to wait for the librarian's corrective teaching.

Su Ran narrowed her eyes slightly, enjoying the morning air, and heard the sobbing sounds outside the courtyard.

Regarding Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao's plight, Su Ran could only express her deepest sympathy.

Because of Jinli Girl's unreliability, she really screwed over these two infatuated girls.

They were already devoted to Master Su because of his stunning beauty, and spent an ambiguous month with him in the peach blossom forest.

In the end, not only were they driven away by "Master Su", but because they lost the challenge to the Sun Moon Empire, the students of the outer academy naturally couldn't just casually curse "Master Su", so the infamy naturally fell on them.

Phrases such as "useless student," "idiot that even Master Su couldn't teach," "fool who drags down the unparalleled brilliance of Master Su," and "dead pretty face" were heard everywhere.

They no longer dared to show their faces in the outer courtyard, and the status of the outer courtyard goddess plummeted.

"Ah~ the sun is out."

"What are you still doing?"

"As the sun rises, the use of soul power and martial soul power is forbidden. Run day by day until you are nearly exhausted."

"After you've exhausted your strength and regained it, the two of you will engage in hand-to-hand combat until one of you is too weak to move."

A soft voice came from the roof of the library courtyard.

That was clearly the voice of Director Momo.

Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao wiped away their tears. "Director Tao, is the method you taught us just running?"

This seems like something anyone could teach.

"You appear strong, but in reality, your internal energy is weak and your body cannot receive energy, so the energy cannot be digested and needs to be released externally, which is what is called yin deficiency."

"To treat Yin deficiency, you need to refine the overflowing Qi into your body to nourish Yin and replenish Yang. Morning exercise is the first step, and you should do it every day thereafter." "If you don't want to exercise, you can turn around and leave, but you will have to bear the consequences yourself."

Although there are countless training methods, they all boil down to one thing: physical and mental cultivation, pushing one's physical fitness to its limit.

So cold!

In the past, Tang Wutong would have grumbled a bit.

But this time it was Teacher Su who personally instructed her, so she had to be willing to do it, and actively do it, because it was what Master Su said, and the curator could teach them.

Xiao Xiao's petite figure had already begun to run around the small courtyard.

Tang Wutong also began to take steps.

When Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya arrived at the library as usual to clean and organize the books, and then came to the courtyard to practice their unique skills, Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao were already drenched in sweat.

After running all morning, as the sun rose higher, Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao finally collapsed at the entrance of the courtyard, their body heat meeting the cold air and wisps of white smoke rising from their bodies.

Running was tiring, but also exhilarating. At least when they were sprinting, they gradually lost the energy to think about the sad things that Su Xianshi had done to drive them out of the peach blossom forest.

The two young girls collapsed at the gate of the courtyard. Looking through the fence, they finally saw Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan cultivating.

One person was practicing Five Animal Frolics in the morning sun, while the other was stepping on the slippery tiles and striking the golden stakes. Although it looked like ordinary training and martial arts practice, for some reason, it felt orderly and had a kind of traditional beauty.

"Isn't this the technique for destroying a soul-guided cannonball with bare hands? So that's how Senior Nannan learned it?"

"Sister Wutong, maybe Director Tao really does have unique teaching abilities."

Xiao Xiao wiped the sweat from her face and said.

Tang Wutong's small face puffed up slightly as she panted and said:

"Xiao Xiao, you betrayed your teacher so quickly?"

"No matter what, I only recognize Master Su as my teacher, and I will always belong to him! Hmph!"

Tang Wutong retorted stubbornly.

Su Xianshi's handsome appearance was a rare sight even in the God Realm; he was truly the most beautiful person he had ever seen.

“I didn’t… Isn’t it the teacher’s idea to learn from Director Tao? I just feel that if we were kicked out by the teacher because of our poor performance, perhaps if we learn well from Director Tao, the teacher might be willing to give us another chance?”

Xiao Xiao's words made Tang Wutong's eyes light up, and she regained her goal:
"Xiao Xiao, you're right. We can't just sit here and wait to die. We have to get up from where we fell down."

"Since we lost to the Sun Moon Royal Academy, we must make sure to dominate the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Royal Academy from now on, and restore the reputation of our teacher and Peach Blossom Forest!"

"Yes, we must cultivate ourselves, we must cultivate diligently, and we cannot let our teacher down!"

"Come on, Xiao Xiao, let's listen to this Master Tao. The two of us will practice hand-to-hand combat to train our bodies!"

"Our first goal in turning things around is to become stronger than Senior Tang Ya and Senior Nan Nan!"

Tang Wutong extended her right hand and gave Xiao Xiao a high five. The two seemed to have finally found their direction again.

Unlike her, the loser, on the other side, the victors of the Sun Moon Empire—Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and others—had successfully obtained special privileges as transfer students at Shrek Academy and were touring the outer courtyard of Shrek Academy with great pride…

(End of this chapter)