Everyone Had a Bright Future

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Chapter 14: Everyone Had a Bright Future

The two sat cross-legged in the clearing before the Sea God Pavilion.

Ye Xixuan closed his eyes and focused on meditating, while Zhang Lexuan carefully sensed the route his soul power took through his meridians, correcting and supplementing it whenever necessary.

Soul power meditation methods also varied in quality. Ordinary methods could be used to cultivate, but they were far less efficient.

Shrek Academy had a legacy stretching back over ten thousand years, during which countless astonishingly gifted Soul Masters had emerged. The precious cultivation insights left behind by each predecessor had accumulated into part of the academy's profound foundation.

Its meditation methods had been refined time and again, until their effectiveness no longer fell short of the supposedly inherited Mysterious Heaven Skill of the Tang Sect. This was precisely why Titled Douluo were no longer as scarce in this era as they had been ten thousand years ago.

The times were always moving forward.

Only while meditating did Ye Xixuan discover that his innate ability, the mind demon mark, also greatly amplified his spiritual power.

With sufficiently strong spiritual power, his control over his own soul power naturally became increasingly precise. Whenever Zhang Lexuan offered a reminder, he quickly grasped the key and adjusted accordingly.

Ye Xixuan spent the entire morning meditating and benefited greatly.

"All right, Xixuan. Take a break." Zhang Lexuan's gentle voice sounded beside his ear, and Ye Xixuan slowly opened his eyes, still wishing he could continue.

"Sister Lexuan."

"We'll stop here for today." Zhang Lexuan smiled faintly, having gained a deeper understanding of Ye Xixuan's talent and comprehension. It seemed she would have to adjust her teaching approach next time.

"This will be your daily routine from now on. You'll cultivate with me here at the Sea God Pavilion in the morning, and your afternoons will be yours to arrange. Of course, you mustn't neglect your meditation at night either. Your martial soul's attributes are similar to mine, so cultivating at night will yield better results."

"Yes." Ye Xixuan nodded in acknowledgment. Then, seemingly struck by a sudden thought, he asked Zhang Lexuan a question.

"Sister Lexuan, does the academy have any Mystic Water Pills?"

"Mystic Water Pills?" Zhang Lexuan looked at Ye Xixuan in puzzlement.

"Don't you have innate full soul power? A pill like the Mystic Water Pill, which improves innate soul power, would be almost useless to you. Instead, it would introduce the pill's impurities into your body. A Soul Ascension Pill, on the other hand, would be worth trying once you reach the Soul Elder rank. After all, Soul Masters with ultimate attributes experience a noticeable drop in cultivation speed once they have more than three rings."

"Sister Lexuan, it isn't for me. I want to give it to a friend," Ye Xixuan said candidly.

"Is this friend a boy or a girl?"

"A girl." Under Zhang Lexuan's piercing gaze, Ye Xixuan inexplicably felt a little pressure.

Zhang Lexuan pondered for a moment, then pressed further. "Is it that little girl from the Tang Sect?"

"How did you know?!" Ye Xixuan's eyes widened in surprise, but inwardly, realization dawned.

Well, well. Senior Brother Bei really did sell me out to Eldest Senior Sister!

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The longer Zhang Lexuan remained silent, the greater the pressure Ye Xixuan felt. It was like the absolute authority an older sister held over her younger brother.

Fortunately, Zhang Lexuan finally took the initiative to break the stifling atmosphere.

"I'll bring it for you when you come to cultivate with me tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, Sister Lexuan!"

A biting wind swept snowflakes like transparent ice crystals into a dance across the sky. All around lay a boundless, dark-blue sea, its cool hues evoking a desolate stillness. This was the Ice Sea west of the Far North, a vast stretch of water spanning the northern reaches of the Sun Moon Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire.

Deep within the Ice Sea, an enormous icebreaker sailed with the wind. Thick iron armor covered its hull, and massive Soul Cannon barrels extended from both sides, their metallic surfaces exuding a powerful air of menace.

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Because of the bitterly low temperatures and the extreme latitude, the light on the horizon was distorted, rippling with dazzling, rainbow-colored halos.

An exceptionally beautiful white-haired girl stood alone on the deck, quietly gazing into the distance.

The girl looked very delicate. Her lovely, large eyes shimmered like water, as clear as emerald jade. Even someone viewing her silhouette from afar could sense the faint gentleness she radiated.

Strangely, whenever falling snowflakes came within three meters of her, an invisible force drew them away, sending them swirling like snow turned back by the wind.

"Your Highness." A middle-aged man of around forty approached the girl from behind, his white cloak seeming to blend into the surrounding landscape.

The girl turned to look at him, a captivating smile appearing on her lovely face. Her earlier air of loneliness vanished instantly.

"Master Mo, how much longer is the journey?"

"We're already deep within the Ice Sea of the Far North. Mr. Lang Ya said that if we keep sailing, we should arrive in about three days," the middle-aged man replied gravely, his expression filled with sympathy.

"Princess Vina, you'll have to stay in the Body Sect for five whole years this time."

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"As a princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, it is only right that I shoulder this responsibility and ease my imperial father's burdens." Vina smiled brightly. She had long since steeled herself for this.

"If doing this can make me a bond that strengthens the relationship between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect, I'm willing. Master Mo, I understand your concern."

"Your Highness..." Deeply moved, Mo Feiyun let out a melancholy sigh. Having to live alone in the Body Sect for five years, far from the Heaven Dou Empire's homeland, at just nine years old was far too cruel for this princess.

Their conversation alone had already revealed a great deal of shocking information.

Very few people could have guessed that the Body Sect's headquarters actually lay deep within this perilous Ice Sea of the Far North.

The Star Luo Empire, the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

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Inside the Duke's Mansion's awakening chamber, a small, thin, black-haired boy watched the middle-aged Soul Master awakening his martial soul, his heart brimming with anticipation. His dark-blue eyes held a resolve far beyond that of other children his age.

Under everyone's scrutiny, he unconsciously clenched both fists.

Mom, I'll definitely awaken my martial soul and become a Soul Master so you can live a good life!

"Huo Yuhao. Martial soul: eyes. Innate soul power: rank one."

Just then, the middle-aged Soul Master's indifferent voice reached the boy's ears. He froze as though struck by lightning, and the crowd's mocking laughter followed.

"He didn't awaken the White Tiger Martial Soul?"

"Hahaha! A servant's son, sure enough!"

"Innate soul power at rank one?!"

The young boy might not have understood the meaning behind these words, but he engraved each of their ugly faces in his memory. He remembered the legendary tales his mother had told him when he was little, of common-born Soul Masters defying fate and changing their lives.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west-never scorn a youth for being poor! This was his favorite saying, and today, it applied to him as well.

This world held people of every kind. Some received Shrek Academy's wholehearted nurturing, some were valued by the Body Sect, and some were living out "never scorn a youth for being poor."

Everyone had a bright future!

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