"But Xiaogang, do you really need to do this? With your intelligence, can't you work out a cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls? Why must you go to that woman?"
Even if Bibi Dong herself stood here today, he, Flender, would still stop Yu Xiaogang from leaving with her.
He would never allow his dear sister Erlong to suffer the slightest pain!
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang immediately furrowed his brow.
Wasn't that a pointless question?
If he could work it out, would he still go to Bibi Dong?
However, before his old friend, he would never admit that he could not work out a cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls.
His eyes widened, and he abruptly stood up, looking utterly anguished as he said:
"Flender, what do you know!"
"I have worked out a cultivation method for Twin Martial Souls, but it's ultimately still theoretical and hasn't been tested in practice. If something goes wrong when Xiaosan uses my research to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer, can you take responsibility!?"
"Do you think I want to go to that woman? Am I not doing this for Xiaosan, so that our Shrek Academy can achieve an even more outstanding result in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament!"
"Besides, Erlong established this academy, after all. We took over her academy, so if we repay her with a Soul Master Tournament championship, do you think she would be happy about it?"
After saying this, Yu Xiaogang still felt it lacked fire, so he simply forced himself to shed two tears and spoke as though he had suffered an injustice greater than the heavens:
"I'm thinking so much of the academy and Erlong, yet you actually think I'm deliberately seeking out that woman. Flender, you've disappointed me terribly!"
With that, Yu Xiaogang turned away, his shoulders twitching ever so slightly.
Flender froze on the spot. Looking at his old friend before him, he realized for the first time just how ridiculous his own thinking was.
For the academy, for those Little Monsters, and even more for his dear sister Erlong, his old friend was willing to go to Spirit Hall to seek out that ruthless woman.
Yet he had misunderstood such a righteous act, and had even questioned him to his face.
He truly was far too unworthy an old brother!
"Xiaogang, I..."
Flender hesitated to speak. Looking at his old friend's constantly twitching shoulders, he felt increasingly choked up.
"Flender, you don't need to say anything else. I'm asking you now: will you agree to help me keep this from Erlong for the time being?"
Ultimately, this was what Yu Xiaogang cared about most. He would be away for at least a month this time. If he did not keep it from Liu Erlong, there was no telling how she would interrogate him when he returned.
"Well..."
Flender hesitated somewhat. His old brother was indeed going out for all their sakes this time.
But he still found it rather impossible to deceive his beloved sister Erlong.
Seeing that Flender had begun to waver, Yu Xiaogang decided to administer another powerful dose!
"Flender, you wouldn't want Erlong to be heartbroken because we failed to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, would you?"
These words of Flender's were practically like touching Flender's underlying code.
The moment he heard that his beloved sister Erlong would be heartbroken because they failed to win the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament...
He abruptly grabbed Yu Xiaogang and said solemnly, "Xiaogang, just go. Leave Erlong to me. I'll find an excuse for you!"
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang could not help raising the corners of his lips.
When it came to manipulating people's minds, if he, Yu Xiaogang, dared claim second place, no one would dare claim first!
"Good, Flender. I'll leave today. Remember, no matter what, you must help me keep this from Erlong until I return."
Flender nodded with absolute confidence and patted his chest as he declared:
"Xiaogang, go without worry. Leave Erlong to me."
That night, a carriage so inconspicuous it could not have been more inconspicuous sped out of Shrek Academy and quickly headed toward Spirit City.
Meanwhile, inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yun Tian had also finished gathering the immortal herbs he needed this time.
"All done. Time to head back."
After putting all the immortal herbs into his storage Soul Tool, Yun Tian summoned Sang Biao.
But just as he mounted Sang Biao and was about to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the previously tranquil spring water suddenly began to boil.
The two bodies of spring water, whose energies were diametrically opposed, had originally left each other undisturbed.
Now, however, they slowly converged, constantly mingling at the center until they finally formed a vortex of intermingled red and blue.
At that moment, an enormous suction force poured out of the vortex.
"Fourth Soul Skill, Phasing!"
The instant the vortex and its suction appeared, Yun Tian immediately unleashed his fourth Soul Ring.
But he abruptly discovered that Phasing, which could render him immune to all attacks, could not render him immune to this suction.
More precisely, something contained within this suction prevented him from being immune to it.
Yun Tian's feet abruptly left the ground, and Sang Biao was likewise sucked straight into the vortex by that suction.
When he was drawn into the vortex, the suffocation and dizziness Yun Tian had imagined did not come.
Instead, all he felt now was his body descending at tremendous speed, beyond his control.
He descended so quickly that everything before his eyes was a blur.
It was like an old television, all static and blurred images.
Soon, a dazzling white light appeared before Yun Tian.
The next moment, Yun Tian felt as though something heavy had struck his head.
But before he could see what it was, he felt as though his body were somewhere without gravity, though the sensation lasted only an instant.
A second later, the strange sensation in his body vanished, and everything returned to normal.
"Where is this?"
Feeling the sensation of his feet planted on solid ground, Yun Tian continually looked around.
His surroundings were pitch-black, and even his spiritual power could only probe a meter away.
Yet the next moment...
Flames suddenly lit up all around him, flames unlike ordinary fire.
Some of the flames that lit up were crimson, while others were ice-blue.
Now, with the light of those flames, Yun Tian could also make out the sight before him.
Before him appeared two enormous Dragon Head Skeletons. At a glance, he could see only the dragon heads, not their bodies or tails.
In front of the two dragon heads lay two Soul Bones radiating divine light.
Looking at the scene before him, Yun Tian's pupils contracted slightly.
In his previous life, he had heard some experts say that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was actually the burial place of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King, and that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had formed from the power left behind after the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings fell.
"These dragon bones, and these two Soul Bones whose mere presence makes their surroundings distort slightly... could everything those experts in my previous life said have been true?"