A Dark and Windy Night
The following night.
Five figures appeared on the edge of a dilapidated village, a border region where the southern frontier of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Northern Frontier of the Star Luo Empire meet.
Because of the existence of the powerful common enemy, the Sun Moon Empire, both the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire stationed their main military forces on the western border. Therefore, there were not many troops stationed in the border area between the Tian Soul and the Star Luo Empire.
Furthermore, the border regions were far removed from the political and economic centers of the Great Emperor, making poverty and backwardness inevitable.
Therefore, these remote towns and villages receive pitifully weak governance and protection efforts, and are often completely ignored.
Therefore, these places, especially villages with a considerable population, easily become playgrounds for Evil Soul Master.
On the way from Shrek Academy, Zhang Lexuan had already explained that the mission for Zhou Huan and his group was to investigate the Evil Soul Master causing trouble in this area, and if their strength allowed, they would kill these Evil Soul Masters.
According to Shrek Academy's intelligence, a village called "You Family Village" was massacred by Evil Soul Master.
Originally, this wasn't the plan for Zhou Huan his group's Inner Court assessment, but Shrek received this tip the day before, so their assessment task was changed.
As for Zhang Lexuan, she was both their examiner and their protector, in case the Evil Soul Master remaining in the area were too powerful.
As the saying goes, "On a dark and windy night, people commit murder and arson..." Well, no, saying it like that sounds a bit like being a bad guy, but Zhou Huan frowned slightly as he looked at the eerily quiet You Family Village not far away.
With his current level 92 Titled Douluo Spiritual Power, he naturally sensed the situation in the village immediately.
It was so desolate inside that not even a chicken or a dog could be left; the entire You Family Village seemed to have become a dead village.
However, Zhou Huan quickly discovered that there were still people in the village, and not just one or two, but none of them were on the ground.
Just as Zhou Huan was pondering how to reasonably unveil this mystery, Wang Qingya asked in a low voice, "Zhou Huan, what should we do?"
Wen Xiaoshuai, on the other side, also looked at Zhou Huan, after all, Zhou Huan had always been the leader of this small team.
As for Wang Qiu'er, she remained aloof and arrogant, barely speaking the entire journey, making her seem completely out of place.
Zhou Huan naturally had no obligation to care about her physical and mental health. After all, she was Imperial Auspicious Beast, and he couldn't expect her to be like a normal human.
It is said that Wang Qiu'er ran away because she was curious about the human world.
Of course, Zhou Huan had no idea how much of a role Tang Wutong's soul played within her.
In short, given Wang Qiu'er's current personality, it's impossible for her to truly integrate into or understand humanity. In the end, all she'll learn is to be love-struck and Sacrifice for Huo Gua.
It's a tragedy within a tragedy.
Therefore, during this joint assessment mission, Zhou Huan didn't intend to become Wang Qiu'er's friend or anything like that. What if she gets into trouble and Imperial Auspicious Beast decides to save her or not?
Therefore, for now, everyone should just focus on completing their tasks peacefully; there's no need for any deep friendships.
Therefore, in response to Wang Qingya's question, Zhou Huan replied, "The three of you stay here for now. I'll be quick and go into the village to investigate first."
This is the safest approach.
Upon hearing this, Wen Xiaoshuai and Wang Qingya both nodded, after all, Zhou Huan was widely acknowledged.
But Wang Qiu'er was clearly the one unaware of the situation; she had never witnessed Zhou Huan's speed before, so she frowned slightly and said, "I'll go instead; my Soul Power is higher."
In Wang Qiu'er's view, even if Zhou Huan was Agility Attack System Soul Master, she was a majestic Imperial Auspicious Beast with Soul Power Level five levels higher than him, so she couldn't possibly be slower than him.
Besides, when would Wang Qiu'er ever hide behind others and let them take the risks first?
This is clearly not like her!
At the same time, Zhou Huan looked at Wang Qiu'er without any dissatisfaction, and instead agreed immediately, "Okay, then go ahead."
This decisive and efficient manner surprised not only Wang Qiu'er, but also Wen Xiaoshuai, Wang Qingya, and Zhang Lexuan, who had been acting as an off-site examiner. They were all slightly taken aback by Zhou Huan's reaction.
Especially for Wang Qiu'er, she really didn't expect that this person, who was clearly the leader of their small team of three, would be so easy to talk to.
But since everyone else has agreed, I can't possibly have any objections.
So, Wang Qiu'er nodded slightly, and in a flash, she headed straight for You Family Village.
Zhang Lexuan glanced at Zhou Huan, and after a brief exchange of glances, she also flew towards the village.
After all, her main responsibility as an examiner was the safety of the students, and it was clear that she needed to keep an eye on Wang Qiu'er.
As for the three people still outside the village, Zhang Lexuan wasn't worried because Zhou Huan was there.
At this moment, Wen Xiaoshuai, whose social anxiety level had reached the required number, asked, "Although Wang Qiu'er is peak Soul King of level 59, speed is clearly not her forte. Why did you agree to let her go?"
Zhou Huan replied, "You've seen her personality these past two days, haven't you? Unless you're stronger than her, Wang Qiu'er won't listen to you. Since we're all taking the assessment together, instead of arguing about this, it's better to just go along with her wishes. In fact, at the same Soul Power Level, Old Wen, you might not be her match."
Upon hearing this, a glint of fighting spirit flashed in Wen Xiaoshuai's eyes. "We'll only know after we fight."
Zhou Huan patted Wen Xiaoshuai on the shoulder and smiled, "You'll have your chance soon."
The Mingdu Soul Master Competition is just over three months away. Whether it's selecting team members or captains, the real test will be their skills.
However, between Wen Xiaoshuai and Wang Qiu'er, Zhou Huan actually favors Wang Qiu'er more.
Of course, Zhou Huan had just agreed to let Wang Qiu'er go to the village to investigate first, not because Wang Qiu'er was strong, but because Wang Qiu'er was now unlikely to die at the hands of Evil Soul Master.
Whether it's the issue of Wang Qiu'er's Soul Beast luck or the reason behind the divine soul within her, it's impossible for her to log off so easily.
If something like this could happen to her, Zhou Huan thought, then things would get really interesting.
And as it turned out, Zhou Huan was right.
About ten minutes later, Wang Qiu'er returned, and Zhang Lexuan naturally followed behind her.
"What's the situation in the village?" Wang Qingya asked hurriedly.
Wang Qiu'er's expression was clearly not good, but she still answered seriously, "Aside from bloodstains everywhere and many pieces of corpses, we didn't find any trace of the Evil Soul Master."
At this moment, Zhou Huan glanced at Zhang Lexuan. Wang Qiu'er wasn't even Soul Emperor yet, so naturally she couldn't detect the Evil Soul Master underground. But Zhang Lexuan couldn't possibly have missed it, especially under the moonlight, which was her domain.
Zhang Lexuan looked at Zhou Huan and nodded slightly with a serious expression.
Clearly, she understood what Zhou Huan meant.
However, this is an assessment, and the key point is that there is no longer any sign of villagers living underground; all that remains are the disgusting and evil energy fluctuations of those Evil Soul Masters.
Therefore, there was no chance to save the villagers, so Zhang Lexuan was not in a hurry and could leave everything to Zhou Huan.
Zhou Huan immediately suggested, "Let's go into the village. After all, having one more person and one more pair of eyes will surely help us find out something."
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