Chapter 163 Task Assignment

“.Hmm.”

As if she didn’t notice anything wrong, Zhang Lexuan took a deep look at Huo Yuhao and then retracted her gaze, speaking lightly.

“Let’s all return to the team.”

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen’s hearts finally settled down. When they came to their senses, they found that in just a short while, beads of sweat had appeared on their backs.

With their joining, only Tang San and Xuan Lao were left in the team.

The main team: Huo Yuhao, Gu Yuena, Qiu’er, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xixi, Gong Yangmo.

The reserve team: Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, Zhu Lu.

Looking at the team members who were quite different from those in his previous life, Huo Yuhao couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.

"Did you sleep well last night? It seems that your relationship is developing very fast?"

Hearing Qiu'er's meaningful voice, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but glare back at her. Even though his voice was lowered, it was still full of gnashing teeth.

"That's really thanks to you two..."

If Qiu'er and Gu Yuena hadn't arranged the other days of the week very full, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen wouldn't have bumped into each other.

Just like when he fed Gu Yuena barbecue, other people's eyes turned green.

Even a few people who don't interact much on weekdays will choose to compete at some point, not to mention that Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen don't get along well, and neither of them will give in to the other.

Basically, if you kiss me, I will also come. In this back and forth, the wanton growth of competitive spirit gradually overshadows reason.

"You're welcome."

Before Qiu'er spoke, Gu Yuena on the side spoke lightly with some indifference.

"After all, this is all to help you practice better."

"..."

Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched, feeling that his cultivation was indeed increasing much faster than before, and he stammered and said nothing.

In the nearly two months since his promotion, his cultivation has risen from level 37 to level 38.5 under this high-intensity practice. Compared with the soul power level, the growth of his mental power is what surprised Huo Yuhao the most.

After all, ordinary meditation cannot increase mental power. Since he started fighting in bed, his mental power has increased rapidly.

In addition to the gold of living beings and the body refining effect brought by helping Ma Xiaotao suppress the evil fire, Huo Yuhao's strength during this period can be said to have been comprehensively improved.

The most intuitive thing is that after Huo Yuhao judged that he was able to withstand the silver-level awakening of his martial soul, he took the longing dew from his previous life.

He had been thinking about this thing when he went to the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire for the first time, but at that time he was only one ring. With that level of cultivation, the burden on his body would directly crush him if he awakened his martial soul for the second time, which was no different from suicide, so he chose to give up.

If you have to give an example, opening the second awakening is like the secret method of the Great Sumeru Hammer of the Haotian Sect.

The difference is that the ring explosion is equivalent to bearing all the loads at once, which directly causes huge damage to the body, while the former is equivalent to a long-term flow of water, and the body can be closed at any time if it can't bear it.

In his previous life, he made his first appearance in the silver-level second awakening at the second Soul Master Competition. Even though he had already reached the fifth ring of cultivation at that time and his physical fitness was far superior to that of ordinary people, he still couldn't bear it for a long time. You can imagine how terrible the consumption was.

In addition to himself, the progress of others is also considerable, such as the improvement of Ling Luochen's martial soul quality.

After their test, it is not the snow lotus petals themselves that have a permanent effect, but a wisp of extreme ice breath from Huo Yuhao hidden in the petals.

Therefore, compared to taking petals continuously, the effect of letting Huo Yuhao's soul power circulate in her body for a big cycle is undoubtedly much stronger.

This situation is similar to the previous life when Beibei used soul power to help him clear his meridians when he first joined the Tang Sect.

He only needs to let his soul power go through Ling Luochen's body while helping Ma Xiaotao suppress the evil fire, which is not a problem at all.

Although there is no consumption, it must be said that this is a very tiring job, especially when he has to endure the burning of Ma Xiaotao's evil fire and the huge mental damage caused by the two naked people swaying in front of him.

Not only that, every time it ends, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen will spontaneously massage him. As for why they massaged that place this morning because of their competitive spirit, no one knows.

"It seems that everyone is here?"

As an old voice sounded along with the slightly messy footsteps, everyone subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, and a trace of surprise flashed across their faces.

In addition to Tang San, there were two figures beside Master Xuan who had met them once before.

Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan.

The two of them naturally saw them from a distance, and when their eyes swept over Huo Yuhao, their faces darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As if noticing the surprised expressions of the crowd, Master Xuan drank a mouthful of wine from the gourd and said drunkenly.

"Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan are not participating in this Soul Master Competition. They are with us just because they are on the way to perform a certain task. The situation is more complicated. Let's talk while walking."

After saying that, he took the lead and turned to walk out of the school.

Looking at the back of Elder Xuan, Huo Yuhao recalled the events they had experienced before going to Xingluo City to participate in the Soul Master Competition in his previous life, and he was silent.

It was not until nearly half an hour after everyone walked out of the academy that Elder Xuan paused, turned around and looked at everyone, his tone solemn.

"Before explaining the purpose of Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, I need to say something, you outer courtyard students listen carefully."

"Our Shrek Academy recruits inner courtyard disciples every year, but even when the number is the largest, the number still does not exceed one hundred."

At this point, Elder Xuan took a deep breath and asked with a sad look.

"Do you know why?"

After a brief hesitation, Xu Sanshi said cautiously.

"Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre... They were beaten to death because they caused trouble everywhere?"

"Of course not!"

Elder Xuan's face sank, and the invisible pressure made Xu Sanshi subconsciously shut his mouth and dared not say anything more.

However, after Xu Sanshi interrupted him, Xuan Lao, who wanted to continue, seemed to have thought of something, and his tone became a little guilty.

"Although, although they did die, they died for the ideals of the academy, so even if they failed to graduate from the inner courtyard, their names will always be on the academy's roster."

Listening to Xuan Lao's nonsense, Xu Sanshi couldn't help but flash a trace of confusion in his eyes.

"... After all, isn't this the same as what I said? Isn't the motto of our academy that those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre?"

Although he deliberately lowered his muttering voice, how could he escape the ears of the soul masters present? Xuan Lao's face became darker and darker, but he pretended not to hear it and continued to speak.

"And what I really want to say is that by joining the inner courtyard, you can get not only an improvement in strength, but also a sense of responsibility."

"Why, every year, the academy has so many core disciples from the outer courtyard graduating, and many of them have already reached the assessment standards for the inner courtyard, but only a few finally join the inner courtyard?"

"It is because they cannot bear this responsibility, so they choose to withdraw. For this, I can only say that everyone has their own aspirations, but those who know the responsibility and still choose to join the inner courtyard are heroes, heroes of the entire continent!"

"..."

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but recall the scene when she first went to the freshman teaching building and ran into Huo Yuhao and Xuan Lao arguing.

She saw her lips slightly open and closed, as if she wanted to say something, hesitated for a long time and then slowly closed it.

Wasn't it Xuan Lao who argued with Huo Yuhao at the beginning?

Facing those words, Xuan Lao never changed, would it be useful to say it out himself?

Except for Ma Xiaotao, the other inner court disciples also had different expressions on their faces. Ling Luochen was still cold, and except for his eyes on Huo Yuhao in front of him, he seemed indifferent to everything.

Zhang Lexuan recalled the experience in the Star Dou Great Forest, and a gloomy look flashed in her eyes.

As for the others, including Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, the inner court disciples present could not help but show a solemn and proud look on their faces after hearing the passionate words of Master Xuan.

At this moment, they felt that their souls were constantly rising and becoming unusually majestic under the blessing of Shrek's glory.

Soon, after explaining the origin of the Shrek Supervisory Group to everyone, Master Xuan could not help but reward himself with a sip of wine again, moistened his dry throat, and continued.

"You who have been able to stand out from the core disciples of the outer courtyard and become the reserve team members can be said to have obtained the ticket to enter the inner courtyard. The reason why I tell you this is because there is a task that the inner courtyard disciples need to face next, and this is also a precious opportunity for you to exercise."

"Of course, whether to participate in the task is entirely voluntary. If you don't want to participate after listening to this, you can directly follow Zhang Lexuan to Xingluo City to participate in the competition, but you must keep it secret like other disciples..."

At this point, Xuan Lao looked at Huo Yuhao again.

"There is one more thing. In view of the fact that classmate Huo Yuhao once let the evil soul master run away, in order to prevent this situation from happening again, Huo Yuhao, you will not participate in this task, and will be led directly to Xingluo City by Zhang Lexuan. We will meet you after completing the task."

Hearing this, Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly, but did not say much.

Those tasks were originally very dangerous. If Huo Yuhao participated, she would still be worried.

And if no one quit, wouldn't she be able to spend a long time in the world of two with Huo Yuhao?

As for Huo Yuhao, his eyes narrowed slightly. Before he could speak, an ethereal voice rang out.

“I won’t participate.”