Douluo Dalu: Legend Of Xiao Yan

The sky over the Shrek village/academy was filled in darkness and stars. Everything was quite and well. All the villagers and teachers were just a couple breaths away to dreamland.

But that was all ruined by obnoxious laughters of several youths.

"We're back bitches!" Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu and Xiao Yan all said out loud with smiles on their faces towards the sky, as they all stepped into the entrance of the village.

"Shut up you crazy kids!" An elderly said, throwing a iron pan towards and hitting the head of Ma Hongjun.

"Ow! Screw you old man! Also, sorry for the loud noise!" Ma Hongjun cursed and apologize at the same time.

The entire group, even including Zhao Wuji, laughed at the act. Dai Mubai and Oscar circled one of their arms around Ma Hongjun with big grins on their faces.

Finally, after days in the forest dealing with spirit beasts and eating Oscar's sausages only, the entire group was overjoyed that they had finally returned.

It had been two days since Oscar absorbed his third spirit ring, getting complimentary congratulations from the others, then, they all rested and partied for a couple of days in the small town near the forest.

They had just left in the late afternoon, with the sun slowly falling into darkness. It had taken merely an hour or two to returned to the Shrek village/academy.

Though the reason why it was possible for them to do so was because of Oscar's third spirit ring ability!

[Third Spirit Ring Ability: Phantom Speed Peppered Sausage – Covers the eater a veil of shadows that gives them a slight intangible ability and couple with it the running speed of the Phantasmal Black Panther.

Incantation: I, you father, have a quick black sausage!]

With the speed of a Phantasmal Black Panther and it's slight intangible ability to passed though objects, it wouldn't be unexpected for the group to return so quickly.

Oscar, due to absorbing a two thousand year old spirit ring than a optimal one thousand three to eight hundred years old spirit ring, had enough residual spirit power for him to breakthrough spirit rank 32!

Truly, with this, Oscar's talent as a food system spirit master could be said unrivaled at the same rank of other food or auxiliary system spirit masters. He might have taken external help to help him absorbed his third spirit ring, but does any self-respecting spirit master not gotten external help every once in while in his or her life profession?

Xiao Yan and the group walked back towards their dorms, while Zhao Wuji left them to report back to the dean of their trip.

They were talking animatedly towards each other, although they have only known each other for a few days, their bonds had reached that of great friends.

Even Ning Rongrong, who have been so distant with the group due to her bad personality and mannerisms, have bonded with the others greatly now with the good actions she showed towards the group. Though her haughtiness and ego would act up every once in a while, but Xiao Yan and the others could clearly see that it was lessening the more they interact with her.

"No way! So you mean to tell me you wrote that novel "Even Beast Could Fall in Love?" Xun Er? Girl, you have got to give me an autograph." Ma Xiaotao excitedly said as she circled an arm around an amused smiling Xun Er.

"Sure! But you're going to accompany me and Xiao Yan in a day off of the academy with shopping, and you're paying for the expenses." Xun Er playfully said with Ma Xiaotao stuck her tongue out in reply.

Xiao Yan watched the two ladies with a "what the f.u.c.k" expression on his face, thinking.

'Women truly are strange creatures...' One moment they were mortal enemies, the next? They're talking to each other affectionately like sisters. He can never figure them out in this life, in his previous life, and what memories he saw in Flame Emperor's two lives as well.

Everyone went there separate ways, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu were the first three to quickly returned to their respective dorm rooms.

The second were Xun Er and Ma Xiaotao, apparently they bunked in the same dorm room with each other. They also had a bad first impression with each other when they first met in their room, that might have explained their hostility towards each other.

Tang San and Ning Rongrong walked away to talked about something important.

While Xiao Yan, Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar was left standing in the near entrance of the village.

Oscar had a slight pained and longing expression on his face, as he watched Tang San and Ning Rongrong walked away with each other.

Knowing what was on Oscar's mind, Xiao Yan decided to help the poor fool.

"Hey Oscar, you alright pal?"

"Huh? Uh, yeah, yeah I'm alright..." Oscar replied with a forced smile.

Xiao Yan shook his head and said.

"I know that look. Oscar, don't worry. Those two aren't going to be all intimate and affectionate with one another. I know because Tang San and Xiao Wu are dating." 'Not yet at least.' Xiao Yan added in his mind, but Oscar didn't need to know about that.

Oscar's eyes lit up. Excitement and hope appeared in his eyes. Although the feelings he had for Ning Rongrong had died before, but the time he and Ning Rongrong spent in the Star Dou Great Forest had slowly rekindled those feelings.

But doubt and hesitation flickered within his pair of eyes.

Seeing as Oscar looking doubtful of himself, Xiao Yan decided to give him a sagely advice.

"Look, Oscar," Oscar turned towards Xiao Yan with wide eyes as he had a serious expression on his face. "If you had, one shot or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it, or just let it slip?" Oscar had a confused look on his face, trying to comprehend on what he was hearing.

With a mysterious smile on his face, Xiao Yan slapped the back of Oscar with enough strength to make his back sting, and walked back towards Zhu Zhuqing. He asked her out if she wanted to come along with him to the city for some barbeque in the night streets.

It's a great few days for him after all. Not only did he finally surpassed Tang San and Xiao Wu in spirit rank, but he also got a third spirit ring and his first external spirit bone. Treating himself and someone else to some barbeque is the least he could do for his good mood.

Zhu Zhuqing accepted with a nod, and without saying anything, she turned her back and had taken the lead towards Suotuo City with Xiao Yan following her with a smile on his face.

"What the hell was that about?" Oscar muttered as watched the two walked away towards the city. He shrugged and turned towards his dorm room to sleep, but, his mind couldn't help but wander back to what Xiao Yan was talking about.

'...In one moment, would I capture it, or just let it slip?' The images of Ning Rongrong accompanied Oscar's sleep. As the words of Xiao Yan keep on reverberating in his dreams.

'Would I take the chance? A commoner such as myself, asked the hand of a noble lady such as Ning Rongrong?'

...

Within Flender's office.

Zhao Wuji had just finished filling in Flender of his report of how his and the students trip went, while he prepared cheap tea for himself and the latter to drink.

'This four eyed cheap bastard! Can't even buy some good tea...' Zhao Wuji silently cursed as he poured himself a drink.

If Flender knew what he was thinking, he would have laughed it off and asked him for a spar.

"So, let me get this straight. Within just a few hours at the first day, you let a couple of students parted ways with the main group, to which they had encountered a ten thousand year old spirit beast, killed it, got it's spirit ring and found out those couple of students had a spirit fusion ability? Moreover, you guys encountered a very powerful ten thousand year old Great Titan Ape?"(1)

Even though he was there and experienced it all, Zhao Wuji had also felt both speechless at both of his actions and the encounters his group went through.

"I-I'm sorry for the actions I took of letting Xiao Yan and Ma Xiaotao separate from the group. But I didn't worry about it at first because they had a hidden expert on guarding them. Though now knowing they came across a f.u.c.k.i.n.g Golden Lion King, I have regretted in letting them go now." Zhao Wuji dropped his head down in regret for the action he took.

Flender shook his head and sighed.

"Nah, don't beat yourself up for it Wuji. If it were me, I would have also done it as well if what you said is true that the hidden expert bodyguard for Xiao Yan and Ma Xiaotao is more stronger than you."

Flender's eyes then narrowed.

"What I'm more worried about, is the fact that the forest king of Star Dou Great Forest had came out of the core area of the forest and confronted your group. Why and how did that happen? Was it only a whim of the Great Titan Ape? You did say that it left as soon you and the students started going all out at the spirit beast." Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click <a href="#!_52642183202794697">#!_52642183202794697</a> for visiting.

Zhao Wuji nodded in confirmation, making Flender pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration as he became more confused at the situation.

'Then is it really a whim? Or was there another objective for the Great Titan Ape in coming out of the core area of the forest? Whatever the hell it is, I bet it ain't something good.'

"To think you all would encounter a lot of things in your trip in the Star Dou Great Forest... Though it's a good thing the students came back safe and more battle tempered than before."

Yu Xiaogang, or otherwise known as Grandmaster, stepped inside the room from the door with a serious and relieved expression on his face.

"Who?!"

Zhao Wuji turned his head around with a wary expression on his face. He hadn't felt anyone coming near them, which was impossible. As a Spirit Sage, his five senses could be said superhuman. If he really focused his sense of hearing, he could hear the tiniest sound within 2-3 kilometers of diameter in range around him.

To have someone sneaked up behind him, without making a sound? How is that possible?

Seeing Yu Xiaogang appearance, Zhao Wuji blinked several times and immediately blurted out what he is thinking.

"Who is this pretty boy? Wait, he came exactly here so, Flender, have you gone to the dark side? Is this your boy toy?"

Black lines appeared on both Yu Xiaogang and Flender's temples.

Without saying anything, they both quickly moved their fists and legs and immediately beat the hell out of Zhao Wuji.

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(1) At the beginning of the story, they didn't found out that Er Ming was hundred thousand year old spirit beast and just thought he was a very powerful ten thousand year old spirit beast.