After Ning Rongrong came here, Ye Xuan and the others went to the Great Soul Arena far less often.
After all, what mattered most to them now was practicing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
As they practiced, they clearly felt their Soul Power slowly increasing, as if they were cultivating even while training.
And so, the days passed one by one.
With Ye Xuan's guidance, a month went by. Then, one noon—
Excited voices rang out from the courtyard.
"We did it! We finally did it!"
Only at the moment of success, when they felt the power of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, could they truly understand how hard it had been to master.
Naturally, that made them all the happier.
Ye Xuan came outside. The two girls immediately hurried over and said to him, "Brother Ye, we finally did it!"
"Mm, not bad. Starting tomorrow, you can go to the Great Soul Arena and test it in actual combat!" Ye Xuan said.
"Okay!"
Even if Ye Xuan hadn't said so, they would have gone to the Great Soul Arena on their own to improve through actual combat.
Ye Xuan and the others took a day to rest.
The next day—
They headed straight for the Great Soul Arena.
Not long after Ye Xuan and the others left, two people arrived at the Spirit Hall Main Branch.
One of them was Ghost Douluo, who had previously brought Ye Xuan some books.
The other was a graceful-looking man dressed in luxurious golden-purple robes.
He was Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, who had always acted alongside Ghost Douluo.
They first went to Ye Xuan's place. When they found he wasn't there, they went looking for Sading instead.
After finding him, Ghost Douluo asked directly, "Sading, Ye Xuan isn't here?"
"Reporting to the elders, Young Master Ye took the two girls he's been teaching to the Great Soul Arena," Sading replied.
"Two girls? Wasn't there only one before?" Ghost Douluo asked in surprise.
"He brought another one back a month ago," Sading answered respectfully.
"Interesting. Let's go take a look." Ghost Douluo turned to Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the two of them left at once.
After leaving Spirit Hall, Chrysanthemum Douluo said gravely, "The person who came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was Ning Fengzhi himself. I don't think he came for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. It must be for something else."
"Whether that's why they came doesn't matter. What matters is that they're here. You know how powerful Sword Douluo is. He might notice something. So this time, we have to bring Ye Xuan back to Spirit Hall. Once he's there, His Holiness the Pope can determine whether he's human or a Soul Beast. If he is a Soul Beast, then in Spirit City, he won't be able to escape our grasp." Ghost Douluo said.
They had come under orders to bring Ye Xuan back. If they left him here, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had set its sights on him, wouldn't the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or the Clear Sky Sect do the same later?
Spirit Hall would never allow such an unpredictable variable to emerge.
"What about those two girls?" Chrysanthemum Douluo asked.
"His Holiness the Pope will decide what to do with them once we're back at Spirit Hall," Ghost Douluo said.
The Great Soul Arena.
Ye Xuan was watching a fight between Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
Their opponents this time were two Soul Grandmasters at level thirty, whose Soul Power was far superior to the girls'.
Their Soul Rings were also of the usual configuration. Their first rings were over a hundred years old, not those white Soul Rings.
The two opponents were clever. Once they realized Ning Rongrong was a support type, they immediately went after her.
The girls could have won without using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Ye Xuan wanted them to train through battle and get familiar with it, so they used it.
With the power of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ning Rongrong slapped away the opponent who had charged at her, sending her flying off the ring.
"To think they mastered it so quickly. With Young Master Ye's teaching skills, it's a real shame he isn't a teacher."
It was Flender who had spoken.
Once they heard Ye Xuan and the others had come today, they had all come to watch.
Seeing the girls use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Flender wished he could drag Ye Xuan over to teach classes at Shrek Academy.
Of course, that was only something he could wish for.
Never mind whether Ye Xuan would agree; even if he did, Yu Xiaogang's presence meant they couldn't actually let Ye Xuan teach at Shrek Academy.
Although Flender admired Ye Xuan greatly, he wasn't about to abandon a brother he'd known for years because of him.
"Dean Flender, how has your training been going lately?" Ye Xuan asked politely.
"Not bad so far. It's just a shame they can't get any practice in team matches," Flender said.
Ye Xuan had taken Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong away, so those few really couldn't compete in team matches anymore.
"In the end, everyone has to go their separate ways," Ye Xuan said.
Ye Xuan didn't really care about team training.
Not competing in team matches would be a problem for Shrek Academy, since they wouldn't be able to take part in the high-level Soul Master tournament. But did Ye Xuan need to care about that?
Just then, Ye Xuan sensed two exceptionally powerful auras entering the Great Soul Arena.
One of them was familiar.
"Hmm? Ghost Douluo. Then the other one can only be Chrysanthemum Douluo." Ye Xuan furrowed his brow. What were those two doing here?
Ye Xuan then looked toward Xiao Wu, who was not far away.
When Ghost Douluo had come here before, the people from Shrek Academy had all been in the village outside the city, so Ghost Douluo naturally hadn't sensed Xiao Wu.
But here in the Soul Fighting Arena, with them so close, there was no way they wouldn't sense her.
After Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo entered the Great Soul Arena, Chrysanthemum Douluo immediately said sharply, "Hmm, Old Ghost, there's a Soul Beast's aura here. Could it be Ye Xuan?"
"Impossible. When I saw Ye Xuan before, I didn't sense a Soul Beast's aura on him." Ghost Douluo shook his head. He, too, could sense the Soul Beast's aura now.
He was certain it wasn't Ye Xuan.
"So there's an unexpected bonus, then? Let's hurry up there." Yue Guan sounded excited.
There was a Soul Beast's aura here in the Soul Fighting Arena. Surely no one would bring a Soul Beast inside.
If it had taken human form, then this would be a huge accomplishment for them.
And if they could bring it back with them, there was no need to say more.
The two moved swiftly toward Xiao Wu's location and arrived within seconds.
They went upstairs and quickly spotted Xiao Wu.
When they saw her, they exchanged a glance, their hearts brimming with delight.
She looked like more than just a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; she seemed weak, too.
When Xiao Wu noticed the two men, her heart lurched. They clearly hadn't come with good intentions.
Especially the way they looked at her—it was far more vicious than Sword Douluo's had been. It was as if they were about to snatch her away at any moment.
Yue Guan stepped forward and said with a genial smile, "Young lady, why don't you come with us? That way, at least your friends won't get hurt."
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