After Zhu Ziyang left Sea God Island, he quickly returned to Du Weilun's office. Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya had already successfully merged their Spirit Bones and were now sitting on the sofa waiting for him.
"Brother!" Zhu Ziyang walked into the office, and Jiang Nannan immediately stood up happily.
"Zhu Ziyang, you're finally back! If you didn't come back soon, Nannan would have turned into a husband-waiting stone!" Tang Ya also stood up and teased.
"It's not that exaggerated!" Jiang Nannan's pretty face flushed as she retorted.
"Hehe!" Zhu Ziyang smiled and asked, "You've finished merging your Spirit Bone, how is it? What were your gains?"
"Excellent!" Tang Ya exclaimed excitedly, "I'm already at level 23 now! Once I use that Soul Ascension Pill, I should reach level 24. By then, the gap between us will have narrowed! This is truly wonderful!"
"Is that so? Then congratulations!" Zhu Ziyang's eyes lit up. He first congratulated Tang Ya, then immediately looked at Jiang Nannan.
Jiang Nannan instantly understood Zhu Ziyang's meaning, shook her head with some disappointment, and said, "I haven't broken through; I'm still at level 27, but my first Spirit Ability has been strengthened."
"That's still very good." Although Zhu Ziyang felt a tiny bit of disappointment, it wasn't unacceptable, as the benefits of Spirit Ability enhancement were actually greater.
Du Weilun was not in the office, so the three of them left directly.
"Hey, Zhu Ziyang, where did you and Dean Yan go?" On the way, Tang Ya's curiosity soared, and she looked at Zhu Ziyang with eyes full of a desire for knowledge, asking.
Jiang Nannan, meanwhile, was holding Zhu Ziyang's arm, her pretty face full of joy, but the next second, her smile vanished.
Because a faint fragrance emanated from Zhu Ziyang, as if it had a Spirit, drilling straight into her nose.
Doubt filled the young girl's heart, and her cute little nose twitched slightly, only to feel the fragrance grow stronger.
It was body odor! And it wasn't her body odor!
The young girl immediately realized something.
"I went to Sea God Island." Zhu Ziyang said with a smile. There was no need to hide this matter, nor was there any reason to.
"Sea God Island! Inner Courtyard!" Tang Ya exclaimed in surprise, becoming even more curious, and said, "Quick, tell me, what's Sea God Island like? Did you see any Inner Courtyard students?"
After asking, she felt that asking alone wasn't enough, so she pulled Jiang Nannan, who was on Zhu Ziyang's other side, and said, "Nannan, aren't you curious? Let's ask together!"
At this moment, Jiang Nannan was already distracted, unmoved by Tang Ya's voice.
Her heart was in a bit of a turmoil. She smelled an unfamiliar scent on Zhu Ziyang. The young girl's intuition told her that this was definitely a woman's body odor!
Yang-ge had just come into contact with an unfamiliar woman, and it was the intimate kind, otherwise he wouldn't have picked up her scent!
What to do? What to do? Jiang Nannan immediately had a guess, and a strange sense of crisis welled up in her heart.
"Nannan?" Zhu Ziyang patted the somewhat dazed Jiang Nannan, asking in confusion, "What are you thinking about? You're so focused."
"Ah! No, nothing." Jiang Nannan startled awake and hurriedly smiled to cover up her thoughts.
However, Zhu Ziyang instantly read the young girl's thoughts from her eyes, so he smiled and said, "When I left Sea God Island just now, I was lucky to have an Inner Courtyard senior sister help me, otherwise I would have had to wait for the ferry to leave."
"Is that so? Then, Brother, did you thank her properly!" Jiang Nannan's heart immediately lightened considerably when she heard Zhu Ziyang's words. She said it aloud, but in her heart, she thought, "So that's how it is. It seems I was overthinking it! Jiang Nannan, you still need to work harder; only by being excellent enough can you capture Brother's heart!"
"Hey! I say, can you two consider how I, an outsider, feel? Can you stop showing off your affection so much!" Tang Ya, who had long been unable to bear it, pouted and said.
"Oh, oh! We'll be careful next time." Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan quickly said.
"Honestly, it's infuriating! I must bring Bei Bei next time!" Tang Ya said huffily.
The three arrived at the Core Disciple Cafeteria.
The Shrek Academy Outer Courtyard Core Disciple Cafeteria, as a cafeteria specially prepared for Outer Courtyard core disciples, was the most luxurious cafeteria in Shrek Academy, apart from the Inner Courtyard cafeteria, both in terms of its environment and the variety and taste of its dishes. Most importantly, all the dishes in this cafeteria were free for core disciples, which was one of the special treatments for core disciples.
"Xiao Ya, over here!" As the three walked into the cafeteria, they heard Bei Bei's shout.
"Bei Bei!" The three followed the sound and saw Bei Bei standing in front of a table not far away. So the three walked over, and Tang Ya called out excitedly.
"Sit, I've already ordered the food." Bei Bei said.
"Then we won't be polite." Zhu Ziyang said, pulling Jiang Nannan to sit down.
"Xiao Ya, why are you so slow?" Tang Ya sat next to Bei Bei, and Bei Bei asked.
"Mainly we were waiting for Zhu Ziyang. Zhu Ziyang was taken to Sea God Island by Dean Yan." Tang Ya decisively shifted the blame, pointing at Zhu Ziyang and saying.
"Is that so." Bei Bei also showed a surprised expression, but unlike Tang Ya, he didn't ask a lot of questions. Instead, he smiled and said, "It looks like you've gained a lot."
"Of course! We all got a Soul Ascension Pill!" Tang Ya said excitedly, but she wasn't satisfied and wanted to tell Bei Bei about the Spirit Bone, so she looked at Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan with a look of asking for permission.
"Soul Ascension Pill!" Bei Bei's eyes widened, and with a hint of joy, he said, "Doesn't that mean your spirit power can increase by one level! That's wonderful."
"Hehe!" Tang Ya stuck out her little tongue. Seeing that Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan didn't speak, she knew they had tacitly agreed to her request, so she leaned close to Bei Bei's ear and whispered.
"!" Bei Bei's eyes immediately widened, and the joy on his face visibly increased. His gaze towards Zhu Ziyang also held more gratitude.
After Tang Ya finished speaking, Bei Bei gratefully said to Zhu Ziyang, "Ziyang, thank you so much!"
"You're welcome, I just made the most beneficial choice." Zhu Ziyang smiled faintly and said.
Tang Ya mischievously winked at Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan. Clearly, she chose to conceal Jiang Nannan's Spirit Bone.
After dinner, the group of four returned to the dormitory.
"Xiao Ya, you go up first." At the stairwell, Jiang Nannan said to Tang Ya.
"Remember to come back early, and definitely don't stay out all night…" Tang Ya heard Jiang Nannan's words and couldn't help but show a mischievous smile, teasing.
"Oh my! Xiao Ya!" Jiang Nannan's pretty face flushed slightly, and she pouted.
"Hehehe~" Tang Ya left with a mischievous smile.
Jiang Nannan followed Zhu Ziyang into the dormitory.
"Brother." Jiang Nannan hugged Zhu Ziyang, her small head resting on his chest, murmuring.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly hugging me like this, are you afraid I'll run away?" Zhu Ziyang wrapped his arm around the young girl in return, first with a hint of teasing, then saying with a serious tone, "Don't worry, I won't leave you."
"Mm!" The young girl nodded, humming softly.
"Aren't you curious what I went to Sea God Island for?" Zhu Ziyang hugged the young girl and sat on the bed, his voice gentle, saying.
"Not curious!" Jiang Nannan looked up, her pink eyes filled with reliance, and said, "I'm not like Xiao Ya, who is filled with a desire to get to the bottom of everything."
"So well-behaved!" Zhu Ziyang heard this and couldn't help but stroke the young girl's beautiful hair, saying, "Actually, it's quite simple. I was just taken to meet a group of people and also conveniently took on a master."
"Meet people? Take a master?" Jiang Nannan immediately sat up, her face excited, and said, "Did Brother take Dean Yan as your master? This is truly wonderful! I heard Dean Yan is a level 95 Titled Douluo, and his Spirit is the Light Phoenix, which is very compatible with your Heaven-Suppressing Life-Reaping Scythe Spirit! This is truly excellent!"
"Hehe." Zhu Ziyang saw the young girl so excited and couldn't help but smile, saying, "Something like that."
The young girl was immersed in joy, subconsciously ignoring Zhu Ziyang's latter words.
Before learning the truth from Zhu Ziyang, the young girl would never have imagined that her Yang-ge had not become Dean Yan's disciple, but rather Dean Yan's junior brother.