Chen Ming's knowledge was on a completely different level from these Spirit Masters, who had all come from rough backgrounds.
Problems they might spend their whole lives studying were things Chen Ming could answer in less than a second.
Even at their level, the Douluo Heart Method was still the best cultivation choice for them. Every one of them cultivated it. Shrek Academy also taught it to its students.
Just a few words of guidance from Chen Ming were enough for them to benefit from for the rest of their lives.
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As the sky slowly darkened, Flender, that stingy Four-Eyed Owl, did something that went completely against his usual image.
He took out the small savings he had kept hidden for many years.
He booked rooms at the best hotel in Suotuo City and ordered a table of the best dishes for Chen Ming. After everyone ate and drank their fill, he also booked the best room in the hotel.
Flender generously said that as long as Chen Ming stayed in Suotuo City, he would cover all of Chen Ming's expenses.
Did it hurt? Of course it hurt.
It hurt like hell.
Flender had quite a bit of money in his hidden savings, but normally, he would rather eat poor food than spend any of it on his own life. He had originally planned to take that money with him to the grave.
This kind of spending was the largest expense Flender had ever made in his life.
It hurt so much that his heart almost broke. His heart beat too fast, his breathing became too quick, and he nearly fainted on the floor.
But being able to build a connection with a great talent like Chen Ming, whose status was even higher than an ordinary Titled Douluo, was something Flender had dreamed of his whole life.
Thanks to Chen Ming, the old teachers of Shrek Academy, who had known Flender for many years, finally got to enjoy Flender treating them for the first time.
They rarely had the chance to eat at someone else's expense like this.
To them, this was no less shocking than Chen Ming appearing at Shrek.
In fact, it might even be more shocking.
After all, Flender's greed and stinginess were fixed facts in their eyes.
Under normal circumstances, they felt Flender would never spend this much money in his life.
Their doubts had been answered, and they had also eaten a huge meal paid for by Flender.
For the others from Shrek Academy, these few days were as happy as New Year.
Only Flender's wallet had been badly wounded.
It hurt so much that Flender felt as if he had developed a heart demon.
Still, it was hard to stay angry with Chen Ming after everything he had done for him.
Chen Ming also gave Flender some extra guidance and gifted him a signed copy of the Douluo Heart Method.
To Flender, this became the future treasure of Shrek Academy.
From now on, each dean of Shrek Academy would continue to pass down this copy of the Douluo Heart Method.
As Chen Ming grew into a great expert of his generation, this copy signed by Chen Ming himself would become more and more precious.
As for his good brother Yu Xiaogang?
Well, Flender did miss his good brother.
But…
But now, in Flender's heart, the most learned person in the world was no longer Yu Xiaogang.
You are still my good brother.
But you can only rank second now.
After staying in Suotuo City for two or three days, Chen Ming finally saw a familiar figure in the hotel.
Ning Rongrong, dressed in a plain skirt, sat in the hotel lobby. She absentmindedly moved the chopsticks in her hand, lost in thought.
Looking at Ning Rongrong, Chen Ming walked straight to her table and reached out to pat her.
"Who is it? Who dares touch this young lady? Don't you know who I— Eh? Brother Chen, why are you here? How are you here?"
The moment she saw Chen Ming, Ning Rongrong, who had been about to curse out of habit, immediately fixed her expression. She sat up straight at once and looked very serious.
Seeing Ning Rongrong freeze up like that, Chen Ming spoke with a faint smile.
"When I went back, the teachers at the academy told me you skipped class and ran out to play. I was curious where you went, so after guessing your route, I came straight to Suotuo City to wait for you."
"Rongrong, instead of cultivating properly, what are you doing here?"
If anyone else had said this, Ning Rongrong would have been unhappy. Even if it were her father or her two grandfathers, Sword and Bone, she would have acted spoiled and tried to dodge the question.
But the one saying it was Chen Ming, so Ning Rongrong could not lie at all.
She lowered her head and spoke with some embarrassment.
"Well… I don't really know either. I just suddenly really wanted to come out and have fun, so I rushed all the way here."
"Maybe… maybe I've been cultivating for too long recently, so I couldn't control my mood?"
There was some confusion in Ning Rongrong's voice.
Clearly, even she did not fully understand why she had suddenly wanted to run away from home.
After all, she had been doing very well at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy these past few years. Her cultivation speed was fast, and she had always been by Chen Ming's side. There was nothing making her unhappy.
She just felt as if her head had suddenly gone hot, and then she left home and ran in one direction without thinking.
She did not know why she had done it.
In the end, she could only blame it on a sudden impulse.
"Hey. Even if you go out, you should at least tell your family first."
Chen Ming said it casually, but in Ning Rongrong's mind, it caused a huge wave.
Tell my family first… tell my family…
Does he mean we're family?
Is he saying he's interested in me?
Thinking of this, Ning Rongrong's face turned red at once.
Chen Ming thought for about two seconds before realizing where Ning Rongrong's mind had gone.
He no longer wanted to complain about how early-maturing and romance-brained Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent were.
After all, complaining would not change anything.
"I've had some new ideas about your Martial Soul. After you go back, I want to try again. There's a strong chance we can break through the old idea and complete the plan from before."
Chen Ming spoke rather indirectly, but Ning Rongrong still understood at once what he meant.
There was progress on breaking through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?
Over the past few years of research, Chen Ming had kept collecting data on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and had given some of his ideas and data to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had not broken through yet, with the information Chen Ming gave and the improved cultivation method, the sect had already gained several more Spirit Masters who broke through to Spirit Saint.
The whole sect's cultivation speed had also greatly improved.
Under these circumstances, everyone understood one thing.
Completing the Martial Soul breakthrough was only a matter of time.
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