Chapter 217 Ma Xiaotao's Decision - The Land of the Extreme North
Xu Zihuang and the others had left for a while, and Huo Yuhao was still sitting beside his grilled fish stall, speechless. Even if someone came to visit, he would just accept the money numbly, and then hand the grilled fish to the other party.
The surging negative emotions were not completely suppressed.
"Why, senior brother. I obviously followed your suggestion and regarded him as a target to catch up with. But I can only watch the gap between him and me getting wider and wider, and even I can't even follow the footsteps of other peers.
I can’t even keep up. Senior brother, were you just lying to me back then?”
"Since I entered Shrek Academy, I have devoted all my efforts to practice. When others are resting, I am practicing, and when others are lazy, I am still practicing. Why can they easily trample on my efforts? Why
?" A trace of sadness appeared in Huo Yuhao's eyes.
He once again felt the cruelty of the world. When he raised his head again, there was a hint of self-mockery in the corner of his mouth, and a bit of chill in his eyes.
"Yes, I'm just a civilian soul master with no background. But who can I blame? I can only blame myself for my lack of strength. I can only blame myself for only having innate first-level soul power when I awakened my martial soul. Those of you who are soul masters by background
How could a big family, a 'genius' who has been pampered and pampered since childhood, understand how I feel?"
Whispering softly in his heart, Huo Yuhao recalled the figures of Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian, Beibei and Tang Ya involuntarily becoming clearer.
The year he studied at Shrek Academy gave him a much better understanding of the soul master world. He knew that whether it was Beibei's Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus Spirit or Ning Tian's Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Spirit, there were many people behind it.
There is a top soul master sect that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years.
There is also Yu Tianhuang, who has a ratio of cognitive soul rings that far exceeds the conventional cognitive soul ring ratio. In his opinion, the background behind him is only stronger than that of Beibei and Ning Tian.
The only person who can be called a commoner is Tang Ya, who cares about him very much. But where does his status in Tang Ya's heart rank?
Beibei is definitely incomparable, and Tang Ya is obviously closer to Yu Tianhuang than to him.
"Perhaps we were not from the same world from the beginning. Teacher Xiaoya, you asked me to join the Tang Sect just to pity me."
Huo Yuhao bit his lips tightly, and the sadness and loneliness in his eyes became even more intense. He seemed to be trapped in a vicious circle, with all kinds of negative emotions superimposed on top of each other.
The more inferior a person is, the more sensitive they are.
But in fact, not many people care about him at all. Just like when he cheated in the Soul Fighting Zone, no one deliberately remembered him. Otherwise, he would not be able to sell grilled fish here with peace of mind.
However, Huo Yuhao's grilled fish still tastes very good. In less than half an hour, the twenty fish caught in the stream were sold out.
Looking at the silver soul coins and copper soul coins in the bag, Huo Yuhao's mood relaxed a little, and the pain in his eyes was replaced by determination.
Although being in Shrek Academy made him feel depressed and painful, in order to have the power of revenge, he had to endure it and stay.
Putting the grill and various utensils away in the bright moonlit night of Twenty-four Bridges, Huo Yuhao walked quickly towards the dormitory of the Soul Guidance Department, preparing to start today's practice.
On the other side, Xu Zihuang and the others also walked on the official road to the south gate of Shrek City. The wide and smooth official road is enough to accommodate ten carriages traveling side by side. There is an exquisite soul-guided street lamp at every distance. Not far away.
You can already clearly see the tall gate tower of the south gate of Shrek City.
Shrek City is located in the Lima Plain, the largest plain on Douluo Continent. Standing here and looking around, you can see the endless green fields, dotted with flowers of different colors. Forests and streams are intertwined, and the line of sight is also extremely open.
Everyone deliberately slowed down to appreciate the surrounding scenery, which took nearly half an hour.
Tang Ya has always been a lively and cheerful optimist, and her emotions come and go quickly. After Beibei's enlightenment, she felt a lot more at ease about Huo Yuhao's situation. She had been staying in the academy to practice hard, and now she finally came out.
, he had let himself go a long time ago. Ning Tian, on the other hand, showed an elegant smile and stayed beside Tang Ya quietly.
Behind the two of them were Xu Zihuang and Beibei.
The reason why Ning Tian was with Tang Ya instead of Beibei was because Ning Tian saw that Beibei seemed to have something to say to Yu Tianhuang, so he took the initiative to go there.
Beibei turned her gaze away from Tang Ya and looked sideways at Xu Zihuang beside her.
From the first time he met Yu Tianhuang in the Star Dou Forest, although Yu Tianhuang's excellence put a lot of pressure on him, it also made him extremely fond of him.
After getting along with each other for more than a year, and fighting side by side when facing evil soul masters and the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, the relationship between him and Yu Tianhuang is undoubtedly deeper than that between him and Huo Yuhao.
Too much.
To put it bluntly, Huo Yuhao has no relationship with him except that he is a disciple of the Tang Sect. He gave Huo Yuhao a Xuanshui Pill out of his own pocket and tried his best to guide Huo Yuhao. He has really done his best to benevolent and righteous.
Just now Huo Yuhao showed jealousy towards Yu Tianhuang. Such behavior is extremely disgusting. Yu Tianhuang can ignore it, but it would be biased if he didn't take the initiative to mention it. After all, Huo Yuhao is the one he and Yu Tianhuang are talking about.
Tang Ya absorbed into the Tang Sect.
It was equivalent to him and Tang Ya not taking care of their own people.
Xu Zihuang met Beibei's gaze and chuckled understandingly: "Let's go, Brother Bei, Senior Sister Xiaoya and Ning Tian have already entered the city, let's go there quickly. Otherwise, Senior Sister Xiaoya will rush us again later.
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Beibei and Xu Zihuang's eyes met for a moment, and they immediately looked at each other and smiled. Everything was unspoken.
When he walked into the south gate of Shrek City with Xu Zihuang, he subconsciously compared Yu Tianhuang and Huo Yuhao, and then shook his head secretly.
Compared with Yu Tianhuang, Huo Yuhao is really far behind, not only in talent and strength, but also in mind and character.
He has no doubt that Yu Tianhuang will become an iconic figure in the soul master world in the future, and Huo Yuhao's future achievements will be unparalleled even to the soul master.
"Beibei, Tianhuang, what are you waiting for? Hurry up!" At this moment, Tang Ya's voice sounded unexpectedly. Xu Zihuang and Beibei had no choice but to speed up their pace.
Tang Ya was on the inside of the east gate of Shrek City, with her hands on her waist, looking at Xu Zihuang and Beibei.
"You two are so secretive every day, are you hiding some adultery with Ning Tian from me?"
At the same time, she looked back and forth between the two of them suspiciously.
Beibei stepped forward and flicked Tang Ya's smooth forehead angrily, the corners of her mouth twitching slightly.
"Stop thinking nonsense, I'm just talking about something with Tianhuang."
He was really afraid that Tang Ya, who was usually off-kilter, would say something shocking and weird again.
"Hey, you baby, you dare to flick my forehead?" Tang Ya stretched out her jade hand to cover her forehead, and there was a charming blush on both sides of her fair cheeks because of the anger in her heart.
Having a full view of Beibei and Tang Ya's interaction, Ning Tian said with a smile.
"Senior Brother Bei, Senior Sister Xiaoya, you two have such a good relationship."
"Who has a good relationship with him?" Tang Ya blushed, curled her lips duplicitously, and deliberately turned her face away from Beibei. Then she took Ning Tian's arm and pulled her toward the city.
Xu Zihuang and Beibei, who had been watching the two of them with smiles, followed Ning Tian and Tang Ya respectively. The four of them were all wearing the uniforms of Shrek Academy. Their appearance and temperament were also quite outstanding, and they instantly became
became the focus of everyone's attention.
However, the four of them were very adaptable to such gazes and did not feel any discomfort from it.
The shame in her heart dissipated, and Tang Ya remembered that she hadn't eaten anything since last night. As a natural foodie, she immediately started looking for it.
Tang Ya, who was looking around, suddenly raised her delicate-skinned right hand, pointed her slender index finger forward, and said with a smile.
"Sister Ning Tian, how about we have bamboo rice this morning."
As for the opinions of Xu Zihuang and Beibei, they were naturally ignored by her.
"Okay." Ning Tian also followed Tang Ya's gaze with great interest. Not wanting to reject Tang Ya's suggestion was just one of the reasons. The other was that her three meals a day since childhood were provided by the sect.
The chef strictly customizes the dishes based on nutritional needs. The most common food, bamboo tube rice, has become a novelty for her.
Not far from the direction Tang Ya pointed, there was an old man pushing a cart on the roadside to sell food. There were several large pots on the cart, and the large pots were covered with layers of bamboo steamers. Next to them were several large pots.
There are two simple wooden tables and several wooden chairs.
Tang Ya stepped forward and asked: "Boss, how do you sell this bamboo tube rice?"
The old man, who was busy with his head lowered, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the four people. Not only because of their appearance, but also because of the temperament that belongs to the soul master, he could feel that the four of them were different. Then he felt that the four of them were different.
He was relieved when he noticed the green Shrek monster logo on the four school uniforms.
A sincere and particularly honored smile appeared on the old, wrinkled face.
The students of Shrek Academy are existences that are difficult for ordinary people like them to touch. If they eat his bamboo tube rice, it will be something worthy of his lifelong bragging. In Douluo Continent, the gap between the soul master class and ordinary people
Bigger than imagined.
"My bamboo tube rice tastes absolutely delicious. It costs three copper soul coins for one portion. You are the first batch of customers today. If you buy four portions, I will charge you ten copper soul coins. How about it?"
Xu Zihuang's location was closest to the old man, so he took out a golden soul coin from the storage soul guide and handed it to the old man.
The money is not much anyway, and with the close relationship between everyone, Tang Ya and Beibei will definitely not rush to pay, let alone Ning Tian.
However, when the old man saw the golden soul coin, he smiled in embarrassment and said: "Young man, I just opened the business today. I don't have many copper soul coins and silver soul coins on hand, so I can't find such a large denomination."
"Then there's no need to look for it, old man." Xu Zihuang smiled and placed the gold soul coin on the stall.
Growing up, he really had no concrete concept of money and didn't care about it.
But the old man stubbornly refused to accept it and handed the gold soul coin back to Xu Zihuang.
"Young man, I can't accept this. Old man, although I don't make much every day, I only take what I deserve."
Xu Zihuang could only take it back helplessly and looked at Ning Tian beside him.
"I don't have any change either." Ning Tian shook his head and pursed his red lips. Like Xu Zihuang, he never carries silver soul coins or copper soul coins with him.
Tang Ya, who was pulling Beibei to select rice from bamboo tubes in the steamer, was speechless when she heard the conversation.
"Tianhuang, you and Ning Tian are really unworldly young masters and ladies. How will you live like this in the future?"
After handing the four selected bamboo tube rice to Beibei, she took out a silver soul coin from the soul guide and handed it to the old man.
"It's still early, Senior Sister Xiaoya." Tang Ya's unintentional words made Ning Tian blush with embarrassment.
At this time, Beibei came over carrying four trays with both hands. In each tray, there was a bright green bamboo tube as thick as a forearm and about the same length.
The fragrance of bamboo and glutinous rice blend together, which makes people's appetites whet their appetite.
"Go over there and sit down first."
The bamboo tube rice in Beibei's hand immediately attracted Tang Ya's attention, and she didn't bother to tease Ning Tian anymore. She followed Beibei to the wooden table and sat down, her eyes never moving away from the bamboo tube.
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Xu Zihuang also sat down with Ning Tian one after another.
Originally, the old man wanted to crack open the bamboo tubes for everyone himself, but Tang Ya, who was eager to give it a try, refused. Tang Ya even helped Xu Zihuang and the others to open the bamboo tubes.
Open the bamboo tube, and the clear crystal rice grains are immediately revealed in the bamboo tube. The rice grains are mixed with red dates, dried fruits and beans of various colors. It looks very attractive. There is also a translucent layer on the surface.
Bamboo film.
After Tang Ya took a bite, her eyes narrowed.
"Old man, your bamboo tube rice tastes really good." She praised it vaguely, and she continued to eat happily.
In comparison, Xu Zihuang, Ning Tian and Beibei's eating looks are much more elegant.
Beibei looked at Tang Ya with unusually gentle eyes, and Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian were also chatting with each other. The atmosphere between them was quite harmonious, and their relationship gradually became closer.
In the next day, the four of them visited almost the entire southern part of Shrek City. After finishing dinner at a barbecue restaurant in the evening, they returned to Shrek Academy and separated.
Ning Tian, Tang Ya and Beibei all returned to their dormitories, while Xu Zihuang, under the instructions of Mr. Mu, started living in the Poseidon Pavilion from today on.
The next morning, Xu Zihuang, who was practicing cross-legged in a room on the first floor of Poseidon Pavilion, opened his sparkling eyes. The silver hexagonal lines slowly converged in the center of his eyebrows. The intensity of the heaven and earth energy in the golden tree was originally
Several times that of the outside world, and under the influence of the silver scale attached to the soul bone, the energy of heaven and earth in his room was even more solidified to the point of being almost substantial.
Now that Mr. Mu has seen through his disguise, his silver scale attached to the soul bone must have been exposed. Naturally, he has no need to hide it anymore.
"My soul power has reached level 45. My current cultivation speed should be about the same as that of a normal soul master."
Xu Zihuang carefully felt the situation of this night's cultivation. Despite his character, a trace of joy passed through his heart.
If he continues like this, he is sure that he will be able to reach the fifty-level bottleneck in only about a year and a half. And at that time, he has just turned fourteen.
A fourteen-year-old Soul King, and a Soul King with extreme attributes. I am afraid that he will once again create the history of Shrek Academy.
Xu Zihuang finished washing, put on his clothes, bowed at the door of Poseidon Pavilion, and then left.
Not long after he left, dots of golden light gathered in the hall on the first floor of Poseidon Pavilion, and Mr. Mu's figure appeared out of thin air, lying on a wooden chair, with a gentle and happy expression in his eyes.
"Sure enough, it is an external soul bone that can condense the energy of heaven and earth. It seems that my guess is correct. My child, you are indeed a person who has inherited great luck. Your future husband is really a bit unclear. But no matter what,
It is the blessing that I originally belonged to the three great empires of Douluo."
In a hidden secret room on Poseidon Island, Ma Xiaotao was sitting cross-legged on a stone bed, her body red and her body trembling constantly. The hot breath emanating from her body made the surrounding air distort.
But even in such an environment, an old man in white remained motionless, with a look of concern on his face.
The old man is none other than Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Arts Department of Shrek Academy.
Ma Xiaotao's forehead was dripping with cold sweat, her whole body was convulsing, and she suddenly opened her beautiful pink eyes. However, as she was backlashed by the evil fire, the depths of her eyes completely turned fiery red, and her crazy thoughts were in her eyes.
Which is raging.
And at this moment, a deep blue light lit up between her eyebrows, and wrapped in the blue light, there was a cold and refreshing breath.
An invisible wave instantly enveloped the entire secret room. This was the ability to release mental power.
There is no doubt that Ma Xiaotao has successfully fused a head soul bone. Moreover, the quality of this head soul bone is extremely high, allowing her mental power to leap to a level where she can be released.
At this time, Ma Xiaotao's strange pair of pink and fiery red eyes turned completely blue. Her crazy thoughts turned into clarity.
"Teacher." Ma Xiaotao raised her head and looked at Yan Shaozhe, with a somewhat pleading look in her eyes.
"Xiao Tao, why are you so stubborn?" Yan Shaozhe sighed softly.
"Your skull of wisdom, taken from the spiritual condensation of the 80,000-year-old Holy Phantom Demon Ape, can only keep your consciousness clear, but it cannot completely solve the problem of your evil fire backlash."
Ma Xiaotao pursed her lips and said firmly.
"Teacher, I want to go to the far north."
Yan Shaozhe's eyes narrowed and he pondered for a long time.
"Xiao Tao, have you really thought about it?"
Ma Xiaotao nodded.
Underneath her fiery temper and careless personality, she also had her own arrogance in her heart. So after Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian confirmed their relationship, she did not go to Xu Zihuang to resolve the evil fire for her even though she would rather suffer the evil fire herself.
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Later, Yan Shaozhe had no choice but to find for her the top-notch head soul bone from the 80,000-year-old Holy Illusion Demon Ape from the college's treasure chest. At least to keep her conscious.
Relying on this spiritually condensed wisdom soul bone to keep his consciousness clear, coupled with the low temperature in the Far North, can theoretically help Ma Xiaotao suppress the evil fire problem in the body. But the Far North is also full of crises.
Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but hesitate in letting his only direct disciple go to the crisis-ridden Far North alone.
Just as he was hesitating, Old Mu's kind voice sounded in his ears.
"Shaozhe, let Xiaotao go. This is her destiny, but also an opportunity."