Lan Xuanyu: Does Tang Ya really have a brain?

Seven days later.

Huo Yuhao lay on the ground, completely naked, looking up at the clear sky where the darkness had finally been dispelled with a wry smile.

It hurts so much, I really can't move a single finger... If not for the protection of the Tianmeng Iceworm within my spiritual sea, such torture would likely have caused my spiritual sea to shatter.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao silently expressed his gratitude to the Tianmeng Iceworm, who had already fallen into a deep slumber.

Of course, this suffering was not in vain. The baptism of light and darkness had allowed Huo Yuhao's spiritual power to make significant progress. According to the spiritual power realm divisions mentioned by Baili Du, his current spiritual power was already extremely close to the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Seven days of day-and-night torture had finally allowed him to initially master this powerful martial soul that governed the two great attributes of ultimate light and ultimate darkness. Judging solely by its intensity, this martial soul was in no way inferior to the Deep Blue Glazed Dragon martial soul, which possessed the bloodline of the Dragon God.

To commemorate the world he once lived in, Electrolux named this martial soul: [Holy Demon Angel].

Strictly speaking, this martial soul was composed entirely of power from another world, so it could not have soul rings attached to it. However, the three halos generated by the powers of the two great powerhouses, the Demon Monarch Alba and Electrolux, already encompassed their respective abilities. On the surface, they appeared to be three halos, but the actual number of skills they possessed likely exceeded twenty.

Too exhausted to care about his naked state, the utterly drained Huo Yuhao simply closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

It was fortunate that there were no soul masters in the Demon Sealing Forest, otherwise, they would surely have captured little Huo as a little pervert...

This sleep caused Huo Yuhao to perfectly miss a major event concerning his life.

Fate had deviated from its original track; how would the gears of history turn now?

Meanwhile, at the border of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Having left the Xuanming Sect in a rather inglorious manner, Lan Xuanyu traveled over mountains and through rivers, finally arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest he had been longing for.

Relying on his own intelligence and exquisite elemental control, Lan Xuanyu successfully hunted a thousand-year-old [Young Rock Dragon Lizard] in the outer zone, using the Mysterious Heaven Technique to devour its bloodline and obtain earth elemental control.

Originally, his plan was to obtain wind elemental control, but he had been unable to find a suitable wind-attribute soul beast. Knowing that any further delay would cause him to miss the Shrek Academy admissions, he had no choice but to settle for the earth element...

During this time, more than one soul beast with over ten thousand years of cultivation passed by, but they were all obscured by Lan Xuanyu using the Blue Silver King's plant affinity ability.

"Why aren't they here yet?"

Standing by a small stream, Lan Xuanyu looked around anxiously.

He was waiting for someone—waiting for Huo Yuhao.

In his era, the federal news media promoted his grandfather Tang San and his father Tang Wulin more, often deliberately belittling Huo Yuhao's life, but the records of Huo Yuhao's life in the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy were relatively accurate.

These records stated that Huo Yuhao met the million-year soul beast Tianmeng Iceworm on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, and it was here that he met the then-master of the Tang Sect and joined the sect.

As the grandson of the Tang Sect founder Tang San, one could imagine how strong Lan Xuanyu's sense of belonging to the Tang Sect was; he was determined to join it.

Of course, if possible, he also wanted to make contact with the Tianmeng Iceworm.

Although it was a million-year soul beast with no combat ability, it could at least provide a martial soul and possessed a wealth of knowledge. Before finding Xiaobao [a parasite on the original Dragon God, one of Lan Xuanyu's major cheats; it could be said that Lan Xuanyu relied on it to run rampant], he would make do with it for now.

After waiting for several days without seeing Huo Yuhao, he instead encountered two students who had come to hunt for souls.

After some negotiation, Lan Xuanyu was pleasantly surprised to learn that these two were disciples of the Tang Sect! The one named Tang Ya was actually the current generation's Tang Sect Master!

Although he found it strange that Huo Yuhao was not there, Lan Xuanyu could not miss such a rare opportunity to join the Tang Sect.

Most importantly, he did not have a recommendation letter from a city lord and needed a quota from the Tang Sect to join Shrek Academy.

When Beibei asked about his family situation, Lan Xuanyu told the truth.

"I don't have anyone in my family now, just me left."

Yes, not now, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be in the future.

At this moment, Tang Ya began to display her art of conversation...

Tang Ya was overjoyed and blurted out:

"That's really great!!!"

Lan Xuanyu was stunned, while Beibei was speechless; the scene fell into an eerie silence.

"!!!"

An indescribable rage surged in Lan Xuanyu's heart, his eyes gradually widening. No... the fact that he had no parents, and Tang Ya actually thought it was... great?!

Was there something wrong with her brain? No, wait, did she even have a brain?

With Tang Ya's emotional intelligence, it was a miracle she had survived until today... How had she not been beaten to death on the street yet?

"How can you say that?" Beibei helplessly raised his hand and tapped Tang Ya on the head, then turned to face Lan Xuanyu with an apologetic smile, intending to say a few polite words to smooth things over, when Lan Xuanyu's angry roar came.

"If you don't know how to speak, you can shut your stinking mouth!!!"

Tang Ya & Beibei: "..."

Only then did Tang Ya realize she had said the wrong thing. She stuck out her tongue in a coquettish manner, shrank her neck, and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't mean it..."

At this affected, coquettish behavior, Lan Xuanyu turned his head away in anger, seemingly not wanting to look at Tang Ya and Beibei, and took a few heavy breaths to calm the rage in his heart.

Beibei rolled his eyes at Tang Ya in frustration. In his eyes, Xiao Ya was lively, cute, and kind, almost a flawless existence, but sometimes she spoke without thinking. It was because of this flaw that she hadn't recruited a single disciple within Shrek Academy...

And now, she had offended Lan Xuanyu, whom they had finally managed to recruit.

Just as Tang Ya and Beibei thought that this Tang Sect talent recruitment mission was going to fail again, Lan Xuanyu spoke, his voice suppressing his anger: "...I can join the Tang Sect, and I will contribute my part to the revival of the Tang Sect, but I will not take you as my master."

That's right, this was his bottom line.

Take a fool like Tang Ya as my master? Forget it... she isn't worthy.

Of course, she isn't worthy of this position as the Tang Sect Master, either.

Beibei rubbed his nose in embarrassment, though Tang Ya didn't seem to care much; as long as someone was willing to join the Tang Sect, it was fine by her.

Beibei laughed it off from the side, "Ahem... Xuanyu, I'm truly sorry. Xiaoya's temperament is just like this, so please forgive her. By the way, this Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, a replica of the soul tool once held by our Tang Sect ancestor Tang San, is for you. Consider it a welcoming gift from your senior brother."

Only after seeing the soul tool Beibei offered did Lan Xuanyu's expression soften significantly.

Forget it, forget it. I won't lower myself to the level of a fool.