Burdened by Two Tag-Alongs, Seeking the Soul Beast, Exhausted

"Oh, such rich vitality, such pure affinity for light," Electrolux murmured.

As soon as Electrolux finished speaking, the faint voice slowly faded away.

Xu Yanli could sense that Electrolux's wisp of divine consciousness seemed to have settled into his sea of spirit; if he wasn't mistaken, it had landed right on the Seed of Life.

A flash of excitement crossed Xu Yanli's eyes. Good, the Undead Scourge Martial Soul, here I come.

Xu Yanli looked at Huo Yuhao beside him, slowly crouched down, and patted Huo Yuhao's face.

"Wake up, are you finished?" Xu Yanli asked softly.

"Brother Yanli, what happened to little brother Yuhao? There was a flash of white light just now, and it feels like I lost my memory of that moment," Ye Guyi said, scratching her head.

Xu Yanli tilted his head slightly and said with a smile, "It's nothing, no major issues. Once he wakes up, we'll go hunt a soul beast for you."

"Hmm, but what happened to him? Why did he suddenly faint? Was it because of that white light?" Ye Guyi looked at Huo Yuhao, puzzled.

Xu Yanli slowly stood up, brushed the dirt off his trousers, and said with a smile, "This is his opportunity—a very important one for him, though it doesn't matter much to us."

"Ah?" Ye Guyi looked at Xu Yanli, still confused.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had yet to wake up, Xu Yanli sighed and slowly released his first soul skill.

The sun in the sky seemed to respond to him; a gentle radiance descended, landing on his Martial Soul. After being converted by his Angel Martial Soul, it slowly flowed into Huo Yuhao's body.

"Brother Yanli?"

"Th-thank you, Teacher," Huo Yuhao said, looking at them nervously.

Xu Yanli flicked Huo Yuhao on the forehead and asked, "What soul skill did that Big Worm provide you?"

Suddenly sensing something, Xu Yanli turned his head toward the direction they had just come from, then pulled Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi along, saying, "Let's go somewhere else to talk."

"Teacher, was it those two people who wanted to roast fish earlier?" Huo Yuhao asked, looking confused.

"Yes. Remember, stay away from them if you still want your revenge. Both of them have decent relations with the White Tiger Family," Xu Yanli said with a smile.

Whether it was actually decent or not didn't matter; he said it was, so it was.

Besides, he wasn't lying—they had been on good terms once, and that counted.

After leading them a distance away, Xu Yanli turned back to continue questioning Huo Yuhao, "What was the soul skill that Big Worm gave you?"

"Ah, these four skills: Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing, Soul Shock, and one called Spiritual Interference," Huo Yuhao said after a moment of hesitation.

Xu Yanli chuckled, "Why tell me everything? Why not hide one or two?"

"You saw it, Teacher. Besides, I want to obtain more resources so I can avenge my mother," Huo Yuhao said, his expression filled with hatred.

"Good." Xu Yanli patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder with satisfaction. "You're right. Because of your loyalty this time, I will give you the best resources. Our Xiaoyao Pavilion is certainly not lacking in those."

Xu Yanli slowly took a jade bottle from his storage soul tool and tossed it to Huo Yuhao. "This is a Black Tortoise God Pill. I got it from the Xuanming Sect in exchange for something else. Eat it once we get back to the Xiaoyao Pavilion in Shrek City."

Xu Yanli threw it to Huo Yuhao quite casually, not feeling at all that the item was precious.

In truth, the Sun Moon Empire had many pills that could increase soul power, but very few that were free of side effects.

"Thank you, Teacher. Teacher, can I use my Spiritual Detection to share with Sister Ye Guyi to help her find a soul beast?" Huo Yuhao asked, looking up.

Xu Yanli shook his head and smiled, "No need, Elder Kong will guide us."

The next moment, Kong Deming descended from the sky. Holding a detector, he said slowly, "This Radiant Holy Spirit Flower should be around here."

Kong Deming slowly printed out the map detected by the device.

This technology had been suggested by Xu Yanli, and for it, their Offering Hall had worked overtime, finishing it in less than half a month.

Actually, building the printer wasn't hard; the key was how to perfectly integrate it with other detection instruments—that was the most difficult part.

Xu Yanli took the map and said with a smile to Kong Deming, "Thanks, Teacher."

"Don't mention it. I'll go back up to keep watch. Those two Shrek Academy students seem to be lingering in the area, so stay safe," Kong Deming instructed.

Xu Yanli gave a gentle smile and nodded.

After Kong Deming flew back into the sky, Xu Yanli signaled for them to follow the map.

"Why does this flower grow on water?" Huo Yuhao asked, puzzled.

Seeing that Huo Yuhao lacked even basic common sense, Xu Yanli sighed and slowly pulled an Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts from his storage soul tool.

Huo Yuhao took it, and only then did Xu Yanli notice a few small characters on the second page of his copy of the Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts...

Damn it, authored by Yu Xiaogang.

Xu Yanli immediately felt that this thing seemed unreliable. Not the book itself, but who had compiled it?

A flash of disdain crossed Xu Yanli's eyes. He quickly tore out the second page, handed the book to Huo Yuhao, and said, "Take this and read it, but remember that the content isn't necessarily accurate. Just treat it as light reading. Don't look at it now; wait until we get back."

Although Xu Yanli knew that guy Yu Xiaogang was unreliable, the content of the book should be reliable; it was likely a compilation of data from the Martial Soul Hall.

If this information were fake, Shrek Academy's reputation would likely collapse.

The content might be incomplete, but what was there certainly couldn't be false. Shrek Academy would never allow such a massive error to exist.

You could say Shrek Academy was wicked, but they weren't stupid enough to distribute fake books...

Xu Yanli looked at the ball of paper in his hand, quietly released his second Martial Soul, and struck the paper with a burst of soul power filled with the attribute of destruction.

The paper dissolved into nothingness the very next instant.

Xu Yanli slowly headed toward the designated target, dragging two dead weights along with him.

Xu Yanli took every step with great caution; after all, he had no desire to end up covered in mud, even if this outfit had been specially crafted by his own hand.

They walked for roughly two hours before finally arriving at their destination.

By this time, Huo Yuhao was already panting heavily; it seemed his physical constitution still left much to be desired.

A flicker of faint disdain crossed Xu Yanli's eyes—not because he looked down on the boy's weak physique, but because of how many times he had been forced to haul Huo Yuhao along the way...

Utterly unreliable, and the same went for Ye Guyi beside him; when he had first tasked her with holding the map to lead the way, she had veered them off course a full three times.

Xu Yanli let out a weary sigh. Searching for spirit beasts while dragging two dead weights along was truly exhausting.