"Wow, how romantic!"
"What is Senior Sister doing?!"
"Oh~ What big plan is Senior Sister Rongrong secretly cooking up again?"
"Oh! Senior Sister is so brave! She actually dared to hug Teacher like that! Wow!"
"I want that too, isn't that amazing? Half my body would be pressed against Teacher~"
Under the night sky, where the bloody hue receded and faint starlight began to emerge, Hu Liena hid in a corner of the Slaughter Hall, secretly watching.
Seeing Ning Rongrong rush up and hug Teacher Su Ran, her eyes were filled with ambiguous and envious light:
Being a Peach Garden student, can one pursue their teacher?!
Just then, three exquisite little heads peeked out almost simultaneously beside her, all with astonished expressions, somewhat admiring Senior Sister Rongrong's courage.
"Can you understand what Senior Sister Rongrong is saying? I'm so curious!"
"I want to learn from Senior Sister Rongrong!"
Xiao Wu volunteered, raising her hand and saying:
"I can read belly language and lip-read. Do you want me to be your translator?"
"Sister Xiaowu actually has this skill? Quick, quick, tell us what blushing words Senior Sister Rongrong is saying to Teacher!"
Ye Lingling said expectantly.
Hu Liena also widened her eyes, looking at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu lightly coughed, cleared her throat, and imitating Ning Rongrong and Teacher's voices, said:
"This is simply absurd! How can you hug Teacher? You must know there's a distinction between teacher and student, and men and women should not touch intimately. If word gets out about you hugging Teacher like this, how will you get married in the future? Only Xiao Wu can hug me, her teacher; she's different, Rongrong girl, do you understand?"
"No, I won't, I just want to hug Teacher. I like Teacher the most. We'll hug secretly, and the other sisters won't see us~"
"Oh my, Xiao Wu, is your lip-reading really accurate? Why do I feel it's a bit unreliable?" Ye Lingling questioned, somewhat doubtful.
Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing also gave Xiao Wu a strange look:
"You're adding your own bias, aren't you?"
Xiao Wu's small face flushed: "There's just a tiny bit of deviation~ Alright, I really can lip-read, I'll read the real thing for you!"
...
"I brought you to Slaughter City to temper your body with killing intent and forge an indestructible physique. Yet, this is what you've comprehended, girl?"
Under the black robe, Su Ran's exquisitely handsome face showed a hint of helplessness as he sighed.
Ning Rongrong heard the momentary disappointment in Su Ran's tone, and she became nervous, hugging him even tighter:
"What's wrong with this? We learned a poem in class, and its name is 'Brocade Zither'."
"There's a line in it that deeply moved me after I learned it: 'This feeling could become a memory, but at that time, I was already lost.' "
"Although Teacher said this line is about looking back at the past, cherishing the years, and entrusting emotions, I feel that if I don't cherish the current feelings, when Rongrong gets old and Teacher changes, I will regret it for life."
"Rongrong accumulated courage for several days and nights, then gathered even more courage, deciding to express her feelings to Teacher."
"So, Teacher, are you going to reject a sincere, devoted disciple?"
It was an inexperienced girl's first confession, and to her beloved teacher at that, so she was naturally extremely nervous.
"You…"
Feeling Ning Rongrong's body trembling slightly, Su Ran took a deep breath:
"Rongrong, Teacher can understand your current feelings."
"Each of us has the right to like anyone and the right to dislike anyone. As for worldly opinions, I don't care about them either."
"However, Rongrong, you must understand that when you pour out your emotions, you must realize that the beginning of a relationship is not recklessness and impulse, but rather shouldering a responsibility."
"You are still immature now. If Teacher were to reciprocate your current feelings, it would be irresponsible to you, and also a disrespect to School Master Ning and Sword Douluo. Do you understand?"
"Alright, it's getting late. Go back and rest."
A gentle force spread, releasing Ning Rongrong's fingers. He slowly turned and patted Ning Rongrong's head.
But who could see the emotion under Teacher's black robe?
Our Teacher, in fact, is also a twenty-year-old virgin.
Even if he is as graceful as an immortal, he is still a dreamer in the mortal world.
"Responsibility… recklessness…"
"Then Teacher, when exactly is one considered mature, and when is one considered responsible?"
"Girl, a truly mature person wouldn't ask that question."
Su Ran's figure gradually disappeared into the night:
"True maturity is when you can stand on your own, think independently, and take responsibility for your actions. At that time, perhaps you will have already graduated from the Academy, and you will have grown enough to face any possible situation independently and accept it, bravely handling it—that is when you have truly grown up."
"At that time, Teacher responding to your feelings would not be taking advantage of you."
These words made Ning Rongrong, as well as Hu Liena, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling, who were eavesdropping behind them, fall into deep thought and were quite moved.
Indeed, in this materialistic environment where the strong survive, too many people seek to attach themselves to the powerful and to money, thus losing themselves.
The despised teacher-student relationship, in fact, what is truly discriminated against is that the teacher is stronger and more mature than the disciple. For immature and undeveloped students, it is a dimensionality reduction attack, and the teacher is also the easiest to deceive students' emotions.
Only Xiao Wu's eyes were still clear; she didn't understand at all, her mind filled with:
Grow up? Mature?
Oh! Teacher likes mature bunnies who are fair, well-endowed, and have hot, sexy figures!
"Teacher, I've remembered your words. I will definitely achieve it, and then you're not allowed to use any excuses to brush me off!"
"I will definitely work hard and truly grow up! I will definitely graduate!"
Ning Rongrong wiped away her tears. A woman of steel, she would never admit defeat!
At least, for now, she had another goal!
She didn't know exactly what counted as independent or mature.
But she understood that as long as she could obtain graduation qualifications from the Academy, she would surely meet the standard Teacher spoke of.
She remembered!
Not only Ning Rongrong remembered, but also Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena, who were eavesdropping, heard it.
Senior Sister Ning Rongrong, by her own efforts, laid down a standard for pursuing teachers for future disciples of the Academy, and the path to pursuing teachers suddenly became clear!
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"Little San, cheer up."
"You are so decadent; let alone surpassing the students of Peach Garden Academy, even Spirit Hall's pursuit would be enough to take your life right now."
"Dad, I'm really not convinced. Su Ran would rather take in scraps like Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu than give me a chance to learn. Am I really that bad?"
"That Wang Sheng, a good-for-nothing who hasn't broken through the Spirit Elder realm at eighteen, has to punch tens of thousands of times to get familiar with it. How is he better than me?"
"That Xiao Chenyu, when he was at Noding Academy, he was the school bully! He bullied students, was domineering and tyrannical. Isn't my character better than his? And he was a trash who only got a ten-year spirit ring at twelve or thirteen. When I was twelve, I was already a Spirit Grandmaster close to rank thirty!"
"And those last-tier academies like Plant Academy and Tianshui Academy, where did I lose to them? Where exactly did I lose?"
"And, Teacher Su Ran… he's really so beautiful… so beautiful…"
Outside Slaughter City, Tang Chen used his last privilege as a Killing God to retrieve Tang San from the Slaughter Land.
On a mountain peak, he looked at the drunken, dazed Tang San, seeing in him his own state from ten years ago.
"The more so, the more you should prove your potential. You have gained a trace of the Great Sumeru Hammer's essence from your grandfather. This is the strongest ultimate skill of our Clear Sky Sect; it will not lose to any of Peach Garden Academy's ultimate techniques."
"At that time, if you use the Great Sumeru Hammer to defeat the students of Peach Garden Academy, who would dare to look down on you then?"
Tang Hao gripped the Clear Sky Ring, warning him.
Tang San's eyes slightly regained focus: "Really?"
"Of course it's true. The Great Sumeru Hammer is hailed as a miracle closest to a divine skill. Back then, it was by relying on the Nine Rings Blasting of the Great Sumer
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