Phoenix Saintess

After the afternoon assessment ended, Chen Yuan handed Wang Yan what he had recorded today, then spotted Xiao Xiao waiting nearby.

When Xiao Xiao saw that Chen Yuan had finished his task for the day, she immediately came over to his side.

"Brother Chen Yuan, you promised me yesterday. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"I haven't. By the way, where are your teammates?"

"Teammates? Wang Dong'er and I haven't known each other for long, so we're not close. Yuhao seemed to be in a hurry to go back and cultivate. He said he wanted to break through level 20 as soon as possible."

Since Wang Dong'er was no longer disguised as a boy, her relationship with Huo Yuhao was now fairly ordinary. By extension, Xiao Xiao's relationship with Wang Dong'er was also fairly ordinary.

Things were a little better with Huo Yuhao. They occasionally ate at the same table.

As far as Xiao Xiao knew, that table had been bought jointly by Chen Yuan and the other two. Whoever finished eating last had to put the table away.

Still, Xiao Xiao did not seem particularly close to Huo Yuhao either. They could probably be considered friends.

Speaking of friends, Xiao Xiao had not made a single one in the past three months. Her time had all gone toward cultivation and physical training with Chen Yuan. Where would she find the time to make friends?

"Where are we going to look around?"

"How about Sea God Lake first? We've been at Shrek for so long, but we still haven't explored Sea God Lake."

Chen Yuan had no objections to Sea God Lake, so he followed Xiao Xiao as they slowly headed that way.

Naming things after the Sea God was a special Shrek custom. Even the academy's highest governing body was called the Sea God Pavilion.

Both the Inner Court and the Sea God Pavilion had been built on Sea God Island, which stood in the middle of Sea God Lake.

Shrek Academy was divided into the Inner and Outer Courts. Compared to the Inner Court, Outer Court students had wildly varying talent, but the Outer Court itself was one of Shrek's methods of selecting students for the Inner Court.

As far as Chen Yuan knew, only those who entered the Inner Court could be considered true disciples of Shrek.

Only those with exceptional talent and deep backgrounds had a high chance of being admitted into the Inner Court.

Yet getting into the Inner Court did not mean you had become one of Shrek's own. Usually, you still had to make all kinds of contributions and, throughout the process, demonstrate absolute reverence for Shrek.

Shrek people generally did not doubt the favorable impression people from the original Three Great Empires of Douluo had of Shrek.

Chen Yuan was different. He had no such favorable impression of Shrek, nor did he feel even the slightest attachment to the Heaven Dou Empire, where Small Lake Village was located.

The people of the original Douluo Continent had truly become hidebound to an absurd degree.

The Holy War between the Sun Moon Empire and the original Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent four thousand years ago had indeed ended in Sun Moon's defeat. But that victory had relied on the Sea God Pavilion Master of that generation possessing Ultimate Fire and gathering dozens of Title Douluo to fight the enemy together.

By comparison, the Sun Moon Empire's Title Douluo powerhouses at the time could be counted on one hand.

Four thousand years had passed. Who knew whether the original Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent and Shrek Academy had caught up to the level of technology Sun Moon had possessed a thousand years ago?

He had heard that Sun Moon gave commoners free martial soul Awakenings. But what about the original Three Great Empires of Douluo Continent?

Pah! Trash!

Unfortunately, Evil Soul Masters ran rampant over in Sun Moon, and the royal family was colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult.

In short, none of the four empires on Douluo Continent was any good.

"Brother Chen Yuan, isn't that Senior Xu?"

While she and Chen Yuan were strolling through the academy, Xiao Xiao spotted Xu Sanshi not long after they started walking. His face was pale.

At that moment, Xu Sanshi looked utterly listless. His clothes were wrinkled and covered in several burned holes. He looked as bedraggled as could be.

Xu Sanshi normally did not spend much effort dressing himself up, but he was not usually this unkempt either.

Because Xu Sanshi looked completely unlike his usual self and was a little far away, Xiao Xiao briefly wondered whether she had mistaken someone else for him.

Not far behind Xu Sanshi followed a woman in a red Inner Court uniform. She had a tall, well-proportioned figure and an exceptionally slender waist, yet her curves were excellent.

Her eyes were pale pink, and an unnatural flush colored her face. Her brows and eyes were cold and sharp, giving the immediate impression that she was difficult to get along with.

There was no question that she was a beauty.

Ma Xiaotao, the future Phoenix Saintess of the Holy Spirit Cult. Chen Yuan could be said to know her, more or less in the sense that he knew Ma Xiaotao while Ma Xiaotao's impression of him extended only as far as Xu Sanshi's roommate.

After seeing Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao looked at the other woman's chest, then lowered her head to look at her own. Why did she suddenly feel so inferior?

Xiao Xiao subconsciously watched Chen Yuan's reaction. She saw no frivolous look in his eyes; instead, she even saw undisguised disgust in them.

She grew curious about what had happened between this Inner Court senior and Chen Yuan.

"Chen Yuan, are you... out playing with Xiao Xiao again?"

"Yeah, just taking a walk."

"Have you seen Yuhao today? I need to talk to him about something."

There was no need to ask. Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, which Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had suppressed, was probably flaring up again. Judging by Xu Sanshi's condition, Ma Xiaotao had likely come to him again to suppress her Evil Fire.

Whenever Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire erupted over the years, she would come looking for Xu Sanshi, regardless of the time or whether he was willing.

Suppressing the Evil Fire did bring Xu Sanshi certain benefits, which was why his Soul Power had always been one level higher than Bei Bei's. However, the process was incomparably painful.

At first, Xu Sanshi had tried to resist. After all, helping Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire was terribly unpleasant. The result was that Chen Yuan became Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei's roommate.

That wall had still not been repaired. It was not that Xu Sanshi could not afford to pay three times the repair cost, but that he did not want to receive that inexplicable disciplinary punishment.

Bei Bei and Chen Yuan both understood this. Later, Xu Sanshi divided the money for repairing the wall between Chen Yuan and Bei Bei, and the three of them became roommates.

"You're looking for Yuhao? Why? If you have any bad intentions, I can't tell you where he went."

"Chen Yuan, I'm not the one looking for Yuhao. Sister Xiaotao is looking for her."

"She wants Yuhao? What, did Yuhao offend her?"

Xu Sanshi had been repeatedly signaling Chen Yuan with his eyes, but Chen Yuan's tone remained perfectly normal, with no intention of lowering his voice in the slightest.

Xu Sanshi glanced at Ma Xiaotao and saw that she was not paying attention to what was happening here. He immediately pulled Chen Yuan over and quietly reminded him.

"Bro! Keep your voice down! That's Ma Xiaotao, famous throughout the academy for her explosive temper. Be careful she doesn't come after you."

"Thanks for the warning, but if she comes after me, she'll probably have to pay a considerable price."

Chen Yuan was not boasting. Ma Xiaotao, currently plagued by Evil Fire and unable to use her full strength, was no match for him at all.

Besides, if the two of them really fought now, guess which side Mu En would take.

"Where's your intelligence network? Don't tell me you don't even know something this small."

"My intelligence network only keeps tabs on Nannan."

Did anyone really think Xu Sanshi could always find Jiang Nannan for no reason?

Whenever Jiang Nannan appeared, Xu Sanshi would always show up too. Once or twice might be coincidence, but after it happened many times, there had to be a reason.

Though it was pretty creepy and sleazy.

"Nothing else to say. Yuhao should be cultivating in the dormitory right now. Just go to the dormitory and find him."

"Alright, thanks."

Xu Sanshi patted Chen Yuan on the shoulder. Having gotten his answer, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, I won't interrupt your date with Xiao Xiao. See you later."

When Ma Xiaotao saw that Xu Sanshi was done here, she immediately stepped forward, her eyes filled with disdain for the three people before her.

Ma Xiaotao looked down equally on everyone who could not defeat her.

Xu Sanshi could barely help her suppress her Evil Fire, so she gave him a little face.

Chen Yuan? She was unfamiliar with him and did not know him.

Not to mention Xiao Xiao, who was wearing a freshman uniform.

"Little Xu, now that you've found out, let's go. I'm in a hurry."

Xu Sanshi turned around and led the way with a miserable expression.

Just as Ma Xiaotao passed Chen Yuan, the scorching aura unconsciously leaking from her body due to her raging Evil Fire vanished like a stone sinking into the sea when it approached him.

Could this kid also have a fire-attributed martial soul, one whose rank is no lower than my Evil Fire Phoenix?

How could that be possible?

How could a martial soul of that rank appear so casually? And how could I have heard nothing about it?

It must be because the Evil Fire is interfering with my mind.