Dormitory 108.
As soon as classes ended, Long Yaochen went nowhere else and ran straight back to the dormitory, where he sat cross-legged and focused his mind.
"What is this guy up to now?" Wang Dong watched Long Yaochen with a puzzled expression.
She had originally planned to drag him outside Shrek City after class.
To celebrate passing the Freshman Assessment.
Who would have thought that the moment class ended, he would look as though he were in a terrible rush.
Wang Dong had thought he had something urgent to deal with.
Yet the moment he returned, he started cultivating?
What a joke!
Long Yaochen was not a lazy person, but he was not diligent to this extent either.
He was definitely cooking up some crooked scheme again.
Wang Dong puffed out her cheeks in annoyance, then helplessly prepared to begin cultivating as well.
Within Long Yaochen's Sea of Spirit.
"Elder Yi, I suddenly thought of something today." Long Yaochen's voice echoed through the Sea of Spirit.
Electrolux's figure appeared in response.
"What is it?"
Electrolux's voice was aged yet powerful. After several months of nourishment from Life Gold, his condition had improved beyond recognition.
"You said that as long as I found a Moon Martial Soul, I could begin the plan. But my Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon has three attributes. Can it withstand it?" Long Yaochen had only thought of this when he decided to seize the Ice Empress today.
"Not bad. Even among all the people I have seen, your mind is among the sharpest." Electrolux first gave Long Yaochen an approving look before explaining, "The sun is light, while the moon is darkness. As for holiness, this old man's Undead Law will bear it. Only fire remains...
Your fire attribute may be strong, but it has yet to reach the near-authoritative level of light and holiness. My original plan was to use the yin energy of the Yin-Yang Convergence Land to forcibly make up for this missing link.
Since you asked on your own initiative, you must already have an idea, correct?"
Long Yaochen nodded and did not beat around the bush.
"I think that while the quality of my flames is inferior to the other two attributes, it is definitely not weak.
If I can raise its quality and use Ultimate Ice as the foundation,
then after I split my Martial Soul, would its quality not decline?
It might even allow yin and yang to merge, taking it to an even higher level."
After he finished speaking, the Sea of Spirit fell silent.
Electrolux remained silent, clearly assessing whether it was feasible.
After a moment, he slowly said, "In theory... it should work. But..."
As he spoke, Electrolux glanced at Long Yaochen. The meaning in his eyes was obvious.
"The difficulty will rise sharply. Not to mention the danger—if you fail, there truly will be no return!" Electrolux's voice was filled with gravity.
"It does not matter."
Long Yaochen shook his head without the slightest hesitation. "If I do not gamble, I will die anyway. My past education never taught me to die on my knees."
Seeing Long Yaochen's resolute will, Electrolux nodded with even greater satisfaction. His aged voice seemed to grow several years younger.
"Good! Then this old man will gamble with you! I want to see just what Sun and Moon Shining Together, with yin and yang melding as one, will look like!"
After leaving the Sea of Spirit, Long Yaochen took a Black Dragon Scale from the deepest part of his Soul Tool.
This was his wish-granting machine... ahem, his means of contacting Long Xiaoyao.
He slowly injected his Soul Power into it, gradually forming four large words—Teacher, come find me at once.
After doing so, he put the dragon scale back into his Soul Tool.
Long Yaochen turned his head and saw Wang Dong sitting in the darkness, breathing in and out rhythmically as she cultivated.
This little girl only looked somewhat like a girl when she was quiet.
He chuckled softly, then rose gently without disturbing Wang Dong's cultivation.
He headed outside alone.
Next, he needed to report his departure to another old man.
Tsk... why did this feel like a family of three?
Night fell like gauze, shrouding the entire Sea God Island.
In the night, the Golden Tree gave off a faint glow, making it especially eye-catching.
The Sea God Pavilion within it was still brightly lit.
Within the main hall of the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En, Long Yaochen, and Zhang Lexuan sat together.
Zhang Lexuan brewed tea at the side while Long Yaochen and Mu En exchanged a few words from time to time.
The atmosphere was quite harmonious, as though an old man were telling stories to his granddaughter and grandson.
Until a single sentence from Long Yaochen instantly froze the atmosphere.
"Elder Mu, I plan to take a leave of absence and go out for a week."
Zhang Lexuan's delicate hand paused as she poured tea.
Before Mu En could speak, she could not help asking first, "Are you going soul hunting? Why leave at a time like this? This is precisely when you should be laying your foundation."
Long Yaochen glanced at Zhang Lexuan in surprise but did not explain.
When he came earlier, he had not expected her to be here. This saved him an extra trip to notify her.
He simply had not expected her to sound a little nervous.
"Does your master know?" Mu En asked indifferently without even raising his eyelids.
"He knows." Long Yaochen nodded. "I already informed him. I told him to come pick me up tomorrow, and we'll go together."
Mu En said nothing. He first glanced at the somewhat worried Zhang Lexuan, then turned his gaze back to Long Yaochen.
This brat... was stealing away one Ma Xiaotao not enough?
Still, it was fine. Two ropes tied things more securely.
"You must have told your master what happened, right?" Mu En suddenly seemed to remember something. "Do not think that because you were bullied here, he can come make a scene again... these old bones of mine cannot take it."
"Uh..." Long Yaochen's expression stiffened. He had actually forgotten about that.
Given his master's personality, it really did seem possible.
Hiss... he needed to tell him quickly. Otherwise, his master might really torment Mu En to death.
Then he would lose a Limit Douluo to back him up.
Or should he just have Teacher become the master of the Sea God Pavilion?
Long Yaochen shook his head and tossed out that absurd thought, then took out the Black Scale and continued working with it.
Mu En stared fixedly at the Black Scale for several moments, as though recalling something.
Zhang Lexuan held her teacup without speaking. For some reason, the hand holding it trembled slightly.
The new grade had only just been assigned classes, and he was already leaving?
At some point, she seemed to have grown used to this young man appearing beside her every now and then.
Now that she heard he would be gone for a week, her heart felt strangely empty.
The Sea God Pavilion fell silent for a time.
Amid that tranquil atmosphere, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.
"Great-Grandfather Xuan, I have something to discuss with you."
Mu En slightly raised his eyelids.
"Come in."
A refined figure entered. It was Bei Bei.
The moment he entered, he lowered his head and spoke respectfully.
When he looked up again, he discovered that Senior Sister was here too.
Bei Bei's eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face.
Just as he was about to greet her, Long Yaochen's figure entered his view as well.
Bei Bei's trademark smile instantly stiffened.
Why was this guy here too?
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