Douluo Dalu - Volume 12 - A Hammer Called Clear Sky Page 4

  Gu Rong somewhat disbelieving said:

  “Fengzhi, aren’t you being a bit paranoid? The Continent’s calm seems to me an inevitable trend. The Spirit Master world is mainly controlled in the hands of Spirit Hall and our seven great schools, everyone minding their own business between each other, the majority of Spirit Masters attaching themselves within these two sides. Even if it wasn’t these two sides, there’s still the two Great empires or perhaps the kingdoms and duchies for control. The whole situation would naturally stabilize. Would something still change in this?”

  Ning Fengzhi laughed bitterly,

  “If it’s really like this, then that’s naturally for the best. But I’m afraid it isn’t so simple. I’ve already found some tiny hints, but I still can’t be certain. Everything must still be handled carefully. But, I can be certain that if anything changes in the Continent, our seven great schools must band together. I don’t dare speak for the lower four sects, but our upper three sects have always been like brothers, as long as our relationship is stable, I won’t fear a change in power on any one side.”

  Part 3 (TL by Josh)

  “I am very optimistic of Tang San; I also believe that by using all of his capabilities and gifts, he will be an outstanding talent in this spirit master world before long. Looking at it, this child is a person who does not like being restrained, but his desire for fame and profit is very small. If not, he wouldn’t have gifted those precious herbs to his companions. Regarding this child who could become an extremely strong person, we must only have a good relation with him as in the future he could be of help to us. I even think that it would be a very good option if we can raise the importance of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School by marriage.”

  “Related by marriage? But didn’t Rongrong say that he already already had a close female friend?”

  Gu Rong said puzzled.

  Ning Fengzhi smiled indifferently and said,

  “Regardless of how outstanding he may be, he is still only a child, and since he is a child, his will is far from being fixed. Who knows what will change in the future? Don’t tell me that my girl is not suitable for him? This is still something to be taken up later, we must first look at this child’s development in the next few years. If he is still able to keep up this rapid speed, I naturally will have measures for dealing with the situation. Uncle Bone, after we get back, you must not tell anyone the information you learned today, especially of the possibility of Tang San’s Clear Sky School background. I really do not wish for members of Clear Sky School to look for him. Although Tang Hao left Clear Sky Academy, that place was still where he started. Even now, there is certainly no one who would say he isn’t one of Clear Sky’s pair of Douluos. If Tang San really returned to Clear Sky Academy, that could not be good.”

  “I know.”

  Gu Rong nodded his head. He could see, Ning Fengzhi still had some words in his heart that he had not said. However, these words were not important to him; it was only important for Ning Fengzhi, the helmsman of Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Academy, to clearly see everything.

  When Tang San returned to the dormitory, he found that Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu were all unexpectedly waiting for him here. Further, once he entered, Ning Rongrong had already ran in from behind him.

  “Do you have something you want to ask me?”

  Tang San’s gaze swept over everyone, his face showing a trace of astringency.

  Oscar was the first to shake his head:

  “I don’t have anything to ask. Your own business is your own to deal with. I only know that you are the third brother of the Shrek Seven Devils.”

  Ma Hongjun scratched his head:

  “I still am not clear of what happened so there is nothing to ask.”

  On the other side, Zhu Zhuqing said,

  “You also have not asked about our origins; everyone has their own secrets which should be considered as their own private information.”

  Xiao Wu immediately said:

  “We are only concerned about you as a person; everything else does not matter. By coming back safe and sound, we are all already relieved.”

  Ning Rongrong angrily said:

  “Xiao Wu, dont tell me that my father would harm Little San? En. Let me tell you a secret: Little San became rich. He sold my father 500 sets of hidden weapons with the total price ending up at about 5 million gold spirit coins.”

  “What?”

  Oscar heard this and immediately jumped off the bed, his face excitedly looking at Ning Rongrong:

  “Rongrong, where is the most expensive place in Heaven Dou City?”

  Ning Rongrong stared blankly:

  “What are you going to do?”

  Oscar pointed his finger at Tang San and said:

  “Obviously beating the local tyrant and dividing the land[ (打土豪、分田地) Slogan used in the Chinese Communist Party’s agrarian revolution in 1927. In this case it would refer to redistribution of wealth.].”

  Ning Rongrong laughed:

  “If you plan on beating a tyrant, then you will have to wait a few days. Can’t you see how tired third brother is? You should try and endure a Spirit Douluo’s power for that long.”

  Oscar mischievously looked at Tang San:

  “Anyways, he is in the same dorm as me so he cannot run. Okay, since little San is tired, you should head back and let little San rest.”

  One after another everyone nodded; Xiao Wu looked at Tang San with an extremely troubled expression. However at the moment, Tang San’s state of mind was extremely disordered and did not respond to her gaze.

  Once Oscar and the other left the dorm, the only one remaining was Tang San.

  Sitting on the bed, he felt the sunlight on his body bringing a sense of warmth, but his heart was still extremely confused.

  Father. Where are you? Who can tell me what is going on? What everyone has said is so contradictory: if his father was born in Clear Sky School and even was one of Clear Sky School’s two Douluos, then why did he degenerate into a drunkard? From childhood, he did not mention his information pertaining to his spirit. The only thing he left him was that simple forging skill and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method.

  His father had been missing for 8 years, what was he doing? Why is it that even now he hadn’t come to find him? Tai Tan his Strength Clan left the Clear Sky School for his father. From this it is possible to see that when his father left Clear Sky School, it was most likely that he had a disagreement with the school that made him leave. This disagreement was among the most important points. Where did this disagreement come from? How his mother also die? Perhaps all of these crucial points are all related to his mother.

  Alone in the silent room, Tang San slowly arranged all the information he learned today in his head and gradually made an outline. However at the moment, it was still impossible to make anything out of it and he was unable to figure out what the crucial point was.

  It was when Tang San was in the room racking his brains, when Oscar was carrying out one of the most important events of his lifetime.

  After exiting the dorm, Xiao Wu harbouring thoughts went back to her room, Zhu zhuqing went back to her daily cultivation and at Oscars ‘suggestion’, Fatty also left. At the moment, there was only Oscar accompanying Ning Rongrong at her side.

  “Rongrong, I did not realize that you would come back so quick. What are you about to to now?”

  Oscar smiled while remarking.

  Ning Rongrong was a bit at a loss and said:

  “Even I do not now. I feel like cultivating, but I cannot stop thinking. Father made me leave so I do not know what he and grandpa Bone are talking about. Perhaps they are still talking with Teacher Zhao. Is it bad that I came back so quick?”

  Without the slightest hesitation, Oscar said:

  “Of course it’s good. You don’t know this, but when you left, I feared that your father would not let you come back. That certainly…”

  “What?”
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  Ning Rongrong stopped walking and somewhat suspiciously looked at Oscar.

  Before Ning Rongrong came back, Oscar had already summoned the courage, but right now in front of Ning Rongrong, looking at her pink small face, he did not know why, but all the courage had left him.

  “Why don’t you say it! A big boy shouldn’t be this effeminate.”

  Unable to bear it any longer, Ning Rongrong kicked Oscar.

  Oscar finally mustered the courage:

  “Rongrong, can you give me an answer?”

  “Give you an answer?”

  Ning Rongrong suddenly jumped, already conscious of what this was about. Females are inherently keen and are mature faster than men. Looking at Oscar’s peach blossom eyes full of peculiarity, her heartbeat immediately sped up.

  “That’s right, give me an answer. If not, I will also give up. Everyday when we are together, we don’t think of this, but when you left, although it was only for a day, I felt as if I were sitting on pins and needles. All I could think about was you. If there really will be a day when you leave my side, I don’t know what I would become. It is better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony. If you don’t have any feelings for me, then please reject me now. I know that the feeling of rejection will hurt me for a period of time, but it is still better than pain for all my life.”

  Listening to Oscar, Ning Rongrong couldn’t help but widen her eyes. She found that today’s Oscar not only had worn a clean and tidy shirt, but also had shaved his beard to make it neat. Although those peach blossom eyes expressed seriousness, they also gave people a feeling of being dazzled and stunned. His handsome face couldn’t help but resonate within her heart.

  “You…, Why are you talking about this. Right now we are still young.”

  Ning Rongrong somewhat in a state of panic lowered her head, refusing to look at Oscar’s gaze. Her heart and mind were like deer colliding and for a moment she did not know what to do.

  Oscar raised his hands and grabbed Ning Rongrong’s slender shoulders:

  “Rongrong, look at me. All I need is an answer. No matter what the answer is I can handle it. If we really wait until we are older, I’m afraid I will not be able to handle it then.”

  It would appear that he gave Ning Rongrong a very easy choice: Recieve my intentions, or reject my intentions.

  “But…”

  Ning Rongrong heart was already confused and disordered so much that it was even more so that Tang San’s. Feeling Oscar’s presence, she really could not reject him, but at the same time, she also could not say yes. She knew that although her father doted on her, as well as two Grandpas protecting her, when it came to family customs, her father would not give leeway.

  “Your heart still has a place for me, right or wrong?”

  Looking at Ning Rongrong’s both welcoming and refusing demeanor, Oscar could not help but blurt out.

  “I…”

  Ning Rongrong wished she could reject Oscar. Looking at it logically, she knew that there was no way she could be with him, but when she looked at the fiery gaze Oscar’s peach blossom eyes emitted, her spirit felt it was comforted and she was unable to refuse him.

  “Rongrong, you heart still has a place for me, right or wrong? If you don’t say anything then it could be a yes, but it could also be a no. Fine, I won’t force you… I won’t force you. Right now I am still young. All you have to do is let me know that I still have a chance. That much is enough. Dont worry, I will try my best. Although I don’t have any background, I will definitely rely on my own effort to earn your father’s approval and let him marry you to me.”

  Chapter 080: Mystery Of Twin Spirits

  Part 1 (TL by Bagelson)

  After speaking, Oscar sharply pulled Ning Rongrong’s little hand to his face and kissed it hard, then with a face full of excitement turned around and ran, disappearing in an eyeblink.

  What about acquiescence? Ning Rongrong looked stupidly at Oscar’s departing silhouette, feeling the remainder of his heat on the back of her hand, for a moment she couldn’t help being somewhat silly. She knew that he indeed had a place in her heart, only this place was unstable for all kinds of reasons. Seeing Oscar’s incomparable excitement as he left, Ning Rongrong’s heart couldn’t help gradually thawing, his joy completely infecting her, it was the first time in her life that Ning Rongrong felt that burning feeling.

  “Rongrong, why are you here?”

  At this moment a familiar voice came from another direction, rousing Ning Rongrong from her sluggishness. As she turned to look, she saw Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong leaving the school building accompanied by Zhao Wuji.

  Ning Rongrong jumped with fright, hastily moderating her expression,

  “Daddy, are you leaving?”

  Ning Fengzhi nodded,

  “There are still a lot of school matters for daddy to deal with. You must listen to the teachers here and work hard at cultivation. Daddy hopes that when we meet again, you will still be able to surprise daddy. Teacher Zhao, I will leave Rongrong to your Academy. If in the future your Academy has need of anything, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School won’t shirk its responsibilities.”

  Ning Fengzhi’s promise could be said to be more useful than any Title Douluo, even though Zhao Wuji was also proud and untamed, in front of Ning Fengzhi he still restrained himself.

  “School master Ning, don’t worry. We will certainly take good care of Rongrong, you take care.”

  Finished speaking, Zhao Wuji turned around and headed into the Academy, very tactfully leaving some private space for Ning Fengzhi and his daughter.

  Ning Fengzhi raised his hand to stroke his daughter’s head,

  “Yi, Rongrong, why is your face so red? You’re not ill?”

  Lightly feeling his daughter’s cheek, he discovered Ning Rongrong’s face wasn’t just red, but also burning hot.

  Ning Rongrong hastily pulled down her father’s hand,

  “It’s nothing. I’m very well. Daddy, you’re not staying a while?”

  Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly, saying:

  “Silly girl, you’ll soon be fourteen, and a big young lady. Study properly at the Academy, this time your studies have made daddy very satisfied. Not only has your strength grown, even more importantly you’ve clearly learned a lot about manners. Later you should stick close to your third brother, Tang San is a rare talent, you should be able to learn a lot from him.”

  Ning Rongrong followed her father and the Bone Douluo’s departure with her eyes, then slowly walked back into the Academy. After thinking for a long while, she still decided to find Oscar to make things clear. At least she had to let him know about her school’s rules. He was right, it was better to just get painful things over with. No matter how, she couldn’t bring harm to his future feelings.

  Thinking of this, Ning Rongrong walked back into the Academy with big strides, going straight for the dorms.

  As a result of Oscar’s food system spirit, the dining hall was the most suitable for his mimicry cultivation environment.

  As Ning Rongrong reached the dining hall, she happened to find Oscar already having started cultivation in a corner of the hall. From Oscar’s expression she could see an unprecedented focus, even if she was immature in sensing feelings, it was still clear that Oscar’s concentration was because of her.

  That moment, Ning Rongrong couldn’t help being a bit despondent.

  If she told him about the school rules right now, wouldn’t he choose to abandon himself to despair? If he did, wouldn’t she be causing him harm? He was also a genius Spirit Master. Even if she couldn’t be together with him in the future, she still couldn’t let him waste it.

  ‘Forget about it, we’ll talk later.’

  Thinking of this, Ning Rongrong inwardly loosed a breath. In the deepest recesses of her heart, she actually didn’t want to reject Oscar. Only not even she herself had a clear grasp on her heart. Ning Rongrong secretly decided to wait until they had cultivated to become h
igh level Spirit Masters before talking to Oscar about this.

  Life at the Academy once again resumed its normal pace along with the Vigorous God and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School master Ning Fengzhi’s departure, only leaving a lot of rumors.

  Tang San, Ning Rongrong and the others undoubtedly became targets the students fell over each other to talk about.

  Even the advanced class especially received the teachers’ attention.

  Starting from the day after Tai Tan recognized Tang San’s identity, there was one more person at Tang San’s side —— Tai Long.

  Every day as soon as Tang San appeared, Tai Long would immediately follow at his side. His reasoning was very simple: Tai Tan had made him Tang San’s body guard, as Tang San’s attendant.

  Regarding this bit, Tang San was very disapproving. But Tai Long so insisted on following him every day he didn’t he didn’t have a way to stop him; he couldn’t just give him another beating.

  And the expression on Tai Long’s face clearly told him, ‘Either you kill me, or you let me follow’.

  Helplessly, the former Blue Tyrant Academy chief was reborn as Tang San’s shadow.

  Besides when Tang San was cultivating, he followed even when he ate or went to the lavatory, what is called skin-tight protection.

  After five days, Tang San’s long awaited Grandmaster, Flender, Liu Erlong and Dai Mubai finally returned.

  Dai Mubai seemed to be in glowing spirits, his entire body seemed to have become a bit taller, simultaneously domineering and threatening, also even more conspicuously steady. His atmosphere was reserved, even without sensing his true nature, each of the Shrek Seven Devils knew that this boss had clearly increased his strength.

  “Little San, thank you.”

  On seeing Tang San, Dai Mubai immediately gave him a bear hug.

  Fortunately, Tang San’s body was also sturdy, and this excited embrace didn’t manage to break any bones.

  Oscar to the side laughed up his sleeve, saying:

  “Boss Dai, I didn’t expect you would swing that way. I thought you’d hug Zhuqing.”