The Mountain Douluo Chapter 32 (Patreon)

It had only been a while, but Ning Rongrong was still the same as ever as she didn't even bother to knock on the door as she threw open my villa's door with a loud crashing noise!

"Tian Long! This princess has returned haha!" Ning Rongrong shouted with... Zero shame at all before pausing and blushing at seeing me at a couch in the entry hall, just staring at her.

And Zhu Zhuqing, who was behind her, just put a hand on her face and sighed before I cleared my throat and said in a painfully bland tone. "I do hope you didn't just put a hole in my wall right there."

Then I smiled and said more softly. "But... I am glad to see you both here and safely." 

Clearing my throat I asked curiously. "How is old Flender and Wuji doing? I hope Wutong and my leaving so abruptly didn't bring them trouble."

Ning Rongrong shared a look with Zhu Zhuqing before she coughed and said with a helpless smile. "Well! The Nine Treasure Glazed Tower Sect actually hired them both on as instructors and workers even though they woudn't actually join the Sect. Now Flender is in charge of delivering high value parcels with his great speed and is well paid for it. And Zhao Wuji..."

At Rongrong drifting off Zhu Zhuqing cleared her throat and said in amusement. "He is having the time of his life being paid well to just sit around and use his gravity aura spirit ring to help the Sect's youth train to help them absorb the overwhelming physical energy of Whale Gel."

I actually sagged in a bit of relief. Tang Wutong and I may have only spent a couple of months at Shrek under their tutelage. But they still did their all to help our growth... To say nothing of Flender and Zhao Wuji for YEARS helping me get Whale Gel and other alchemical reagents.

Still, I nodded with a smile and asked. "And the rest of our class? What happened to Oscar? To that old perverted tiger Mubai, and Ma Xiaotao?" 

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and said coldly. "Mubai has fled with those two twins... He left a letter of utter stupidity stating he planned to go into hiding around the coastline as far away as possible from the Star Luo Empire."

Whelp it wasn't the first time Mubai fled, so it's not surprising that the older teen, at seeing he had actual kids on the way.

Decided to flee again with the hopes of just living out a life of peace away from court intrigue, when he knows his much older and stronger brother is just going to kill him if he dared to challenge him.

Because if in canon, if Dai Mubai never got that immortal herb, which vastly increased his spirit level and massively increased his physical strength, especially. He would have been beaten to death without any issue during the Continental Spirit Master Tournament.

He knew he was almost a full decade younger than his brother, who had all that extra time to cultivate with similar talent. He had... Zero real chance to actually defeat his brother.

Which is why I never blamed him for running away, even if people loved to blame him from running away without Zhu Zhuqing.

"Oscar has also joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect as one of its core disciples and will also be transferring here to the Heaven Dou Academy to join us." Ning Rongrong said with a shrug.

And Zhuqing finished things off by saying. "Ma Xiaotao hasn't joined the Sect, truthfully. She prefers to be more unfettered and has been running around with Flender for the last month you were gone." 

Then Ning Rongrong stomped over and demanded hurriedly. "And you! Where have you been? Grandpa Bone said that your Martial Soul evolved and you have been training with that old Poison Douluo!?"

With a chuckle, I summoned my Dragon Tripod Cauldron, with the dragon patterns roaring on the cauldron as my three spirit rings flew up and behind me.

Both girls gawked as they were well used to my bullshit two purple spirit rings. But the pressure of the black ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring behind me cast their face in 'horror' at the realization.

"A third spirit ring at ten thousand years... That is a new record; even with Whale Gel, I doubt anyone will ever break that record." Rongrong said with a chuckle as she circled around to look at my evolved martial soul.

Then with a hum, I pulled out the Qiluo Tulip and asked Ning Rongrong with a teasing smile. "Hoh? If you are feeling left out, we can fix that... How do you think your father will react at seeing you having the NINE Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?" 

Also, I was curious if this world was more aligned with the Donghua, Manhua, or light novel. Because in the Donghua, the anime, the Nine Color Goddess that Ning Rongrong became the successor of. Was actually the ancestor who once had that very same evolved martial soul.

Ning Rongrong froze as she looked between me and the immortal herb. This told me that Gu Rong hadn't told her and Zhu Zhuqing about having a way to evolve her martial soul.

Zhu Zhuqing herself stepped forward with a heat in her gaze as she gazed at the immortal herb in my hand. Still I cleared my throat which made her snap to attention and give me a gaze of indescribable hope as well.

Ning Rongrong, however, knew this was for her. Ever so slowly and carefully took the tulip into her hands and asked in a careful whisper as though shouting would shatter the herb in her hands.

"You have to breathe in the stamen slowly, Rongrong. Each breath will bring the power of the sun and moon to nourish your meridians and bless your spirit energy with the purity of the heavens and earth." I explained.

Ning Rongrong quickly did so, and Zhuqing's form went stiff at seeing her friend glow with a multicolored light. Not only that, I could feel Gu Rong's gaze on us become heavy as we clearly felt the flood of heaven and earth energy enter Rongrong's body.

Looking over at Zhu Zhuqing, I cleared my throat, and with a knowing smile I said. "Do not worry Zhu Zhuqing; I also have an immortal pill that suits you as well."

Her eyebrow's furrowed as she took in the darkly glowing purple pill that floated just above my hand. Of which I explained the herbal essence used in it's creation, which included the Daffodil Jade Flesh Bone, the Nightriegn Umbra Toadstool, and other lesser herbs.

"It looks poisonous." Zhu Zhuqing said even though I could clearly see, the way her very martial soul was screaming at her from within to consume the pill.

Still, I answered in a helpless tone. "If you didn't have a dark attribute martial soul. It very much WOULD be poisonous to you and would taint your martial soul with the dark attribute. But seeing as you do, it will only greatly enhance your martial soul's innate stealth abilities at the very least."