Feeling hungry, Mo Hui came to a hotel in Tian Dou City, ordered some dishes that looked decent, and began to eat.
Mo Hui was no longer as poor as he used to be. The gold soul coins he currently possessed were enough for him to use for a lifetime, as long as he wasn't buying treasures.
After eating his fill, Mo Hui returned to his previous residence, only to find that the people from Shenfeng Academy were not there.
After some inquiries, Mo Hui finally understood that Dean Feng Qingcang, in order not to delay the students' cultivation, had reached an agreement with Heavenly Dou Royal Academy and temporarily borrowed Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's simulated training ground. Currently, everyone from Shenfeng Academy was cultivating there.
Upon learning this news, Mo Hui immediately went to Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.
This was the second time Mo Hui had come to Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, and his current state of mind was vastly different from before.
The first time he came to Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, he was only in his twenties, and his main purpose was to seek education. This time, however, he was a Soul King, having long surpassed the student level, and could view Heavenly Dou Royal Academy from a higher perspective.
Although Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's standard greatly disappointed him, it was undeniable that Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's cultivation facilities were indeed strong. If it weren't for Shenfeng Academy's special Hurricane Canyon, their artificially constructed simulated training ground wouldn't be stronger than Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's.
"Are you Mo Hui?"
Not long after Mo Hui entered Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, a beautiful figure noticed him and ran towards him with a hint of surprise.
Mo Hui looked at the figure quickly walking towards him with small steps, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes. He said, "Miss Ning, why are you here?"
No wonder he hadn't seen Ning Rongrong in Shrek's team before; it turned out she had joined Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.
And with Ning Rongrong's talent and status, joining Heavenly Dou Royal Academy would surely allow her to enter Heavenly Dou Royal Academy's main team. This also explained why she wasn't seen in the previous All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.
Because for the sake of the Tian Dou Empire's reputation, the Tian Dou main team had guaranteed spots and could skip the preliminaries and promotion rounds, directly participating in the final tournament.
"Heavenly Dou Royal Academy receives funding from my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, so why can't I be here?" Ning Rongrong retorted.
Mo Hui said, "I heard you suddenly asked about Shrek Academy before, and I thought you were going there. I didn't expect you to have joined Heavenly Dou Royal Academy."
With Ning Rongrong's family background and status, it actually didn't matter whether she joined an academy or not. The outside world couldn't possibly be better than what the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School taught. In the original work, the main reason Ning Fengzhi allowed Ning Rongrong to go to Shrek was primarily to temper her character.
If she stayed in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School all the time, due to her status and the pampering from the two Douluo, Sword and Bone, the others within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School wouldn't dare to say anything. In the long run, this wasn't actually a good thing for Ning Rongrong.
In fact, many powers would adopt this method, letting their family heirs go out to temper themselves and venture out. Only this way could they truly understand the world, otherwise, it would be easy to make the 'why don't they eat meat porridge' kind of joke.
"Talking about this makes me angry!"
Upon hearing Mo Hui's words, Ning Rongrong immediately said somewhat indignantly, "That Shrek is really, as you said, a weird and irregular academy. I stayed there for a few days, and there was nothing, they didn't teach anything, and they kept belittling me. It really made me furious."
In the original work, Ning Rongrong, who craved true friends, might have been brainwashed by Flander's words and fallen into self-doubt. However, due to Mo Hui's existence, Ning Rongrong had long since updated her understanding of true geniuses and knew what price she needed to pay to reach that level.
Certainly, if Ning Rongrong worked hard, she could become stronger now, but what of it?
Due to the limitations of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, it was basically certain that she could only reach a maximum of level seventy-nine in her lifetime. With her talent and background, reaching level seventy-nine was inevitable, it was just a matter of being faster or slower.
Since that was the case, why should she cultivate so hard? Wouldn't it be better to relax a bit and live more comfortably?
This thought only began to subside after Ning Rongrong learned that her father, Ning Fengzhi, had evolved his martial spirit into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Mo Hui listened to Ning Rongrong's complaints, but didn't reply. He just looked at Ning Rongrong and smiled without speaking.
Regarding Ning Rongrong's complaints, Mo Hui just wanted to say, fortunately, you didn't go to Shrek in Douluo Dalu II, otherwise, it wouldn't be as simple as being belittled, but a question of whether you could survive.
After all, the nickname of Elder Xuanzi, the Supreme Elder of the Holy Spirit Religion, wasn't for nothing. For a dignified level ninety-eight Super Douluo to lead a team and still have so many accidents, with students either crippled or dead, was truly outrageous.
After a frantic bout of complaining about Shrek, Ning Rongrong said to Mo Hui, "You must be here to find Dean Feng and the others, right? Let's go! I'll take you to them."
Saying this, before Mo Hui could reply, she took the lead and started walking.
Seeing this scene, Mo Hui chuckled wryly and slowly followed behind Ning Rongrong.
On the way to the area where the Shenfeng Academy people were, Ning Rongrong asked Mo Hui curiously, "I heard Dad say that you not only broke through to Soul King but also instantly defeated Thunderclap Academy. Is that true?"
"Just luck," Mo Hui replied.
This wasn't Mo Hui being humble, but rather saving face for Thunderclap Academy. He couldn't just say that Thunderclap Academy was just a bunch of weaklings not worth mentioning, could he? That wouldn't be good.
"Wow! You're amazing!"
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong looked at Mo Hui with some admiration. Just a few days ago, Ning Rongrong and the Heavenly Dou main team had a match against Thunderclap Academy and lost badly.
Although Ning Rongrong felt that Mo Hui was boring because he only knew how to cultivate, after truly hearing about Mo Hui's deeds, she couldn't help but feel a stir in her heart. That was a young girl's most basic yearning for a hero.
Soon, led by Ning Rongrong, Mo Hui arrived at the area where the Shenfeng Academy people were located.
However, what surprised Mo Hui was that this area wasn't only occupied by the Shenfeng Academy people. People from Tian Shui Academy, Thunderclap Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy were also here.
Seeing that Mo Hui seemed a bit surprised, Ning Rongrong explained to Mo Hui, "Although there's still some time until the promotion rounds, if the academies that advanced were to go back, it would be troublesome to organize them again. Therefore, except for that weird Shrek Academy, all the other advanced academies have come to Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to borrow the venue."