"Can't even the truth be spoken now?"
"It's not that it can't be spoken, but that you have to mind the occasion." Zhou Yi sighed softly. "The reason our Shrek Academy remains independent of the Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms is that our primary purpose is teaching and nurturing people, and we never meddle in the affairs of other nations. Once a war breaks out, Shrek Academy is also the final line of defense on Douluo Continent."
Huo Yuhao fell silent. "..."
This was the fundamental reason why Ju Zi would lead armies in the future and nearly drive Douluo Continent to ruin. After saying goodbye to Zhou Yi, Huo Yuhao walked toward Sea God Lake alone.
Huo Yuhao looked at the sparkling lake surface and Sea God Island, which could only be seen amidst the distant swirling clouds and mist.
"Instead of Douluo Continent being replaced by the Sun Moon Empire in the future, it would be better to let Spirit Hall rule the entire Douluo Continent. Achieving this goal really isn't something that can be done in a short time." Huo Yuhao only felt the heavy burden on his shoulders growing increasingly burdensome. He had unintentionally traveled ten thousand years into the past, unintentionally gotten to know Qian Renxue, and then pulled the other person into the era ten thousand years later.
Huo Yuhao rested his hands on the railing and narrowed his eyes, breathing in the cool wind blowing against his face. Only at this moment was Huo Yuhao relaxed.
Right at that moment, after a gentle breeze passed, the air felt as though it was about to burn. A scorching strong wind accompanied ripples rising across the lake surface. The instant Huo Yuhao opened his eyes, he saw a streak of fire not far away rushing toward the shore like an arrow released from a bow.
"Is that Ma Xiaotao?" Huo Yuhao frowned.
As a descendant of the evil fire phoenix Ma Hongjun, Ma Xiaotao suffered deeply from the torment of the phoenix evil fire.
Huo Yuhao chose to step aside. At the same time, Ma Xiaotao, wearing a mask and sporting a head of fiery red hair, arrived in front of Huo Yuhao. The phoenix flames burning all over her body were practically tangible, and even her eyes had turned a peach-red. Her curvaceous figure could not be concealed even though she wore a wide red dress.
"Little fellow, is your name Huo Yuhao?" Ma Xiaotao stared intently at Huo Yuhao with burning eyes.
"I..."
Before Huo Yuhao could even speak, the peach color in Ma Xiaotao's eyes deepened further, and her voice grew tremulous. "It's so hot! I can't hold on much longer! Huo Yuhao! Save me!"
Huo Yuhao widened his eyes as he watched Ma Xiaotao walk toward him. His first thought was to run away fast!
The moment Huo Yuhao turned his head to leave, Ma Xiaotao's delicate hand grabbed him like a pair of pliers, preventing him from moving a single step away.
Huo Yuhao furrowed his brows slightly and instinctively looked toward Sea God Lake, unexpectedly discovering four figures of young beauties hiding among the scenery. The moment they realized Huo Yuhao had spotted them, they immediately shrank back.
"I knew Older Sister was the one who sold me out!" Huo Yuhao shook his head. Within the Snow Empress soul bone on his right arm, a startling chill vented outward. Simultaneously, inside the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion trunk bone, the eruption of the extreme chill instantly overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao's phoenix evil fire.
Ma Xiaotao gave a start. Ever since she became a Soul Emperor, feelings like this had rarely occurred. There was actually an ice attribute in the world that completely suppressed her fire attribute; for Ma Xiaotao's current state, this was undoubtedly timely rain after a long drought.
Suddenly, the Snow Empress's voice came from within his Sea of Spirit. "Yuhao, turn the Extreme Fire and Heaven and Earth Yuan Power within your body."
"Snow Empress, you've finally woken up!" Huo Yuhao was overjoyed.
"If you hadn't run into danger, we could have slept a bit longer." The Ice Empress's voice was filled with laziness, looking as though she had just woken up.
"The phoenix flames on this little girl carry a trace of evil nature, and the intensity of the flames is infinitely close to Extreme Fire. Yuhao, don't you have a small Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye formed by the two Heaven and Earth Yuan Powers of Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire at your dantian?"
The Snow Empress said, "Right now, you should turn the Extreme Ice Heaven and Earth Yuan Power to consolidate yourself, and then turn the Extreme Fire Heaven and Earth Yuan Power to feed back into that little girl. In this way, the two of you will form a cycle of fiery alternation, which precisely matches the structure of the small Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye inside your body."
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao acted as soon as he thought of it. Ma Xiaotao's entire body grew ice-cold as the scorching phoenix flames were completely suppressed by the Extreme Ice—and this was with both the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress present in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit.
At his dantian, a golden sphere submerged within the Extreme Ice Heaven and Earth Yuan Power bobbed up and down, swimming happily amidst it as Huo Yuhao mobilized the Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire Heaven and Earth Yuan Powers.
Ma Xiaotao's whole-body temperature had just dropped to freezing point and she was currently experiencing a comfortable sensation when she suddenly felt an aura of flames that held extreme temptation for her transmit from within Huo Yuhao's body.
This flame was exceptionally pure; compared to her own phoenix flame, it was the difference between muddy water and clear spring water.
Surprise appeared in Ma Xiaotao's eyes as she opened her arms to pull Huo Yuhao into her embrace, pressing tightly against him.
Huo Yuhao instantly had the sensation of being unable to catch his breath, which made the four women hiding in the sea of clouds cry out in alarm.
"Wah-oh—"
"Xiao Xue, your younger brother actually possesses a second spirit of the Extreme Ice attribute, and judging by the look of it, the purity isn't low either!" Han Ruoruo looked at the two people embracing on the shore and chuckled.
"You must definitely keep this a secret!" Qian Renxue said with a hush.
"Possessing an Extreme Ice spirit and being able to receive key cultivation from the academy is a good thing after all!"
Every single person present was a high-level soul master, and they were well aware of the strength of extreme spirits and the soul masters who would possess this attribute in the future.
"In another three months, the new students will undergo the New Student Assessment. Aren't I going to give everyone a surprise? Don't you want to see those deans fighting fiercely to snatch people away?" Qian Renxue said with gloating satisfaction.
"You can't tell that Xiao Xue is still such a clever little sprite!" Wu Ming chuckled, wearing an expression that feared the world wouldn't be chaotic enough.
Seeing this, Grand Elder Zhang Lexuan also shook her head. "Shrek has been quiet for too long. I actually have a trace of anticipation as well."
The four women immediately guarded this secret, not letting anyone else know the truth of the existence of Huo Yuhao's second spirit before he revealed it.
"Plop—"
Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiaotao jumped into the freezing Sea of God Lake water while embracing, their bodies not separating from beginning to end.
Yet the color of the lake water also underwent a qualitative change at this moment. A Taiji shape appeared, with white on one side and red on the other, alternating between cold and hot—truly the living portrait of the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye.
The lake bottom was pitch black and you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.
Ma Xiaotao opened her fire-red eyes and locked gazes with Huo Yuhao. At this moment, Ma Xiaotao widened her beautiful eyes, and Huo Yuhao similarly looked on in shock, the two of them gazing at each other.
Yet the alternation of cold and heat continued.
The Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire Heaven and Earth Yuan Powers were far too vast; Huo Yuhao had almost sucked the Ice Fire Yin Yang Eye dry ten thousand years ago. Because of this, after sensing the anomaly, Ma Xiaotao couldn't bear to part either, as such an opportunity was hard to come by in a thousand or ten thousand years.
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