Chapter 167 Love at first sight (two in one)

Poseidon Pavilion.

When Xian Liner received the notification and came to the conference room, the conference table was already full of people.

With doubts in her heart, she subconsciously scanned the crowd, and when she saw the slovenly old figure, she couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Why did Mr. Xuan appear here?

Didn't he join the team in the Soul Master Competition?

For some reason, seeing the same sad expression on Mr. Xuan's face as he had after the incident in the Star Dou Forest, she suddenly recalled the mission that the team had accepted before setting off, to go to the Mingdou Mountains to defeat the bandit group.

Subconsciously she glanced at Yan Shaozhe, who was sitting over at the martial arts department. When she saw that old face, which was so gloomy that it could drip water, her heart suddenly rose to her throat.

Did something happen again?

What about Yuhao? Did something happen to him?

If there is anyone among the higher-ups in the college who knows Huo Yuhao's value best, it is definitely her.

You know, Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu were shocked just by seeing some of the drawings handed over by Huo Yuhao. As the person who was personally responsible for communicating with Huo Yuhao in the past year, how could she not know that this young man was obsessed with souls? How important is mentorship?

It is no exaggeration to say that she is the only one who understands the entire soul guidance system. Compared with what Huo Yuhao studies behind closed doors every day, those drawings that bring technological innovation to the soul guidance system are simply not even the tip of the iceberg.

Take Jiang Nannan and Zhu Lu's exoskeleton soul guidance devices, for example. Even though the soul guidance system has been quiet this year, in fact Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu have approached her privately more than once, expressing their hope to learn about the related technology, but they were rejected. She refused on the grounds of confidentiality.

There was no way. Firstly, she didn't know. Secondly, even if Huo Yuhao was willing to sell it, the soul guidance system couldn't afford the price to match these technologies.

On the surface, Huo Yuhao is a student of the Soul Guidance Department, but privately their relationship is more like that of collaborators. She provides materials and then exchanges equivalent "leftovers" technology from Huo Yuhao.

But as mentioned before, even if it is a 'leftover' technology to Huo Yuhao, it is enough to initiate a technological innovation in the soul guidance system.

On the surface, they seem to be exchanges of equal value, and no one takes advantage of the other. However, those who do research know that in many cases, investment does not always lead to returns.

Once the research goes in the wrong direction, not only will all the previous efforts be in vain, but they are likely to continue to invest a lot of resources and time before they completely hit the south wall and determine that the road is unworkable.

In this case, one can imagine how terrifying Huo Yuhao's value is as long as he pays the same amount of resources and can definitely get positive feedback.

Now you suddenly tell me that the precious lump that our Soul Guidance Department holds in our hands for fear of falling, and holds in our mouths for fear of melting, may have encountered something unexpected?

What's going on?

"Lin'er, what's the problem?"

Listening to Mr. Mu's gentle voice in her ears, Xian Liner, who came back to her senses, took a deep breath and spoke in a low voice.

"No, it's nothing, teacher."

With so many old men in the conference room, she naturally couldn't ask Mr. Xuan her questions directly. And after calming down, she realized that things were not as bad as she thought.

After all, she had some understanding of Huo Yuhao's calm personality. Even if there was an emergency, the child would be able to respond correctly immediately.

Besides, with Zhang Lexuan and Qiu'er by his side, would Huo Yuhao really be in danger?

"Since there's nothing to do, just sit down and get ready to start the meeting."

"is teacher."

As Xian Lin'er sat down, Mr. Mu's eyes also fell on Mr. Xuan who was silent beside him, and he spoke lightly.

"Xuanzi, tell me why you started the Poseidon Pavilion meeting this time."

As if these words brought back bad memories, a look of sadness flashed through Mr. He slowly stood up under his gaze and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Yesterday, several inner court disciples encountered an unexpected situation while performing the task of wiping out the Hand of Death Bandits. The evil soul master shown in the data, who only had the Soul King cultivation level, suddenly launched a powerful move during the battle. The soul-killing saint’s corpse explosion skill caused "

Speaking of this, Mr. Xuan seemed to be unable to suppress the grief in his heart. After a pause, he said with a choked voice.

"As a result, two inner court disciples, Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan, were killed on the spot. Tang San was seriously injured. Although Gongyang Mo and Xixi were only slightly injured, they still need to rest for at least a month and cannot continue to participate in the Soul Master Competition."

Upon hearing this, everyone present turned pale except for Yan Shaozhe, who already knew the whole story.

A Soul King can actually launch an attack comparable to that of a Soul Saint, and judging from Mr. Xuan's description, this move is even a range attack!

With such fighting power, even among the group of evil soul masters who are always known for their weirdness, they can definitely be regarded as outstanding geniuses, right?

What kind of talent is this?

But after thinking about it, everyone realized that something was wrong.

"Only five? Where are the others?"

After a short silence, Elder Lin Lin Huiqun, who was sitting opposite Elder Xuan, frowned slightly and stared at the sloppy old man in front of him. He asked aloud.

"I have also seen the mission you mentioned. The abilities of evil soul masters are very strange. Even if we didn't know in advance that the Death Messenger had attack methods comparable to those of a Soul Saint, he was at least a Soul King. In addition, he had a bandit group of about 300 people under his command, one-tenth of whom were soul masters. No matter what, we shouldn't let only four inner court disciples and one outer court student go to fight against them, right?"

Hearing the topic that she was most concerned about, Xian Lin'er's expression straightened up, and her eyes were fixed on Master Xuan, waiting for his answer.

I saw that Master Xuan choked, but with the attitude of admitting mistakes, his eyes couldn't help but redden again.

"I made a mistake in assessing the difficulty of the mission. I thought I had my back, so I forced five students to carry out the mission. In the end, such a tragedy occurred. I cannot shirk my responsibility."

"This is not the first time I have made a major mistake. In order to avoid such a tragedy from happening again, I resign again from the position of deputy head of the Shrek Supervisory Group and will no longer participate in the relevant affairs of the academy in the future."

After these words came out, the first person whose face changed was the dean of the Wuhun Department, Yan Shaozhe.

Looking at the old Xuan in front of him, he subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to dissuade him, but the words seemed to be stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

After a night of treatment, although Tang San was still in a coma, he was out of danger.

According to the words of the soul master who helped with the treatment, although Tang San's condition was more serious, compared with the neurotoxins of the human-faced demon spider, this corpse poison that mainly acts on the blood is not difficult to remove.

In addition, Tang San took the detoxification pill in time, and a series of subsequent textbook-like countermeasures made the corpse poison not deeply corrode the internal organs.

The only thing that confused them was Tang San's Eight Spider Lances. For some reason, when they checked them, they found that those spider lances actually contained a huge amount of corpse poison.

The one in the blood was easy to get rid of, but they really had no way to deal with the corpse poison in the soul bones. Fortunately, after their careful inspection, they determined that the toxins in the soul bones would not endanger the body. In fact, to a certain extent, the corpse poison was slowly merging with the soul bones, causing it to mutate.

Regardless of whether the mutation is good or bad, this corpse poison is the stuff of the evil soul master!

He didn't dare to think about what Tang San would become in the future.

And even if it would not endanger his life, the body would be eroded by so much corpse poison, and sequelae would definitely be inevitable. According to the speculation of the healing soul master, it is expected that Tang San's physical fitness and even strength after recovery will be much lower than before the poisoning.

For Tang San, who has the Clear Sky Hammer martial spirit, this is definitely a huge blow.

Although he has only been with Tang San for more than a year, he is still his disciple!

Now, under the cultivation of Xuan Lao, in just two months, Tang San has experienced three life-and-death crises in a row, and even left incurable sequelae twice.

Even though Xuan Lao's original intention was to better train Tang San twice, it is not enough to have attitude without ability!

He really began to doubt whether Xuan Lao was capable of doing this kind of work. Who knows if you will come up with an idea of ​​training again one day and directly train someone's life away.

Even Yan Shaozhe, who has always been the most flattering Xuan Lao, did not speak out to stop him, let alone the others. With different mentalities, they did not comfort Xuan Lao as they did last time, but just cast their eyes on Mu Lao, the leader, and quietly waited for his statement.

I saw Mu Lao hiding in the shadows, his dim eyes flashing with sharp light, his fingers unconsciously tapping the armrest of the recliner, silently.

It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed. Since the Xingdou Great Forest incident, he thought Xuan Zi would change, but he didn't expect that he was still in this ghostly look.

"Let's put this aside for now. Tell me, why are there only five disciples participating in this mission? What about the other inner court disciples?"

Hearing Mu Lao's question, Xuan Lao's face changed slightly, and he hesitated to tell the story that he excluded Huo Yuhao from the mission because of the previous evil spirit master, which led to more than a dozen team members giving up the mission.

Gong Yangmo and Xixi were still there, so there was no need to cover up the truth of this matter that would be revealed as soon as it was asked.

After hearing this, everyone's faces were also strange. So you felt that you were infallible when you were obviously short of manpower, so you forced the mission, and didn't accompany you throughout the mission?

Compared to the undisguised contempt of others, Xian Lin'er sighed secretly in her heart.

No wonder, if there was Huo Yuhao's spiritual detection, not to mention completely avoiding casualties, the damage could definitely be minimized.

...Wait, then why was Tang San, as an outer court student, injured more seriously than Gong Yangmo and Xixi?

After all, as a junior, Tang San should be better protected by them. Besides, compared with Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan who died, Gong Yangmo and Xixi's injuries were too light.

Even if Chen Zifeng might have rushed to the front, the bandits were not fools. How could they not understand the principle of attacking the auxiliary first in a group fight?

As if he had thought of this, Mu Lao stared at Xuan Lao and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Because..."

Xuan Lao lowered his head and explained with regret.

"Because before parting with the main force, Huo Yuhao gave Gong Yangmo and Xixi a soul shield each, which made the two survive the corpse explosion..."

"So, what you mean is that a teenager who has never participated in any mission is more thorough than you, the deputy leader of the Shrek Supervisory Group!"

After hearing Xuan Lao's explanation, Mu Lao seemed to be finally enraged, his voice became louder and louder, and he asked word by word.

"Xuan Zi, do you know what you are doing?"

The pressure from the Extreme Douluo instantly enveloped everyone present. It seemed that they felt that Mu Lao was really angry, and the whole conference room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

After a brief hesitation, Yan Shaozhe on the side said with a stiff face.

"Teacher, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on Xuan Lao. No one could have imagined that the Death Messenger, a Soul King, could actually burst out an attack comparable to that of a Soul Saint, and Xuan Lao's martial soul caused him to eat all the time..."

However, before he finished speaking, Mu En's sharp eyes fell on him, causing the half-said words to stop abruptly.

"...Then resign."

The calm words exploded in everyone's ears like thunder. Before they could react, Mu En repeated them in a serious tone.

"From now on, Xuanzi's position as deputy head of the Shrek Supervisory Group and Shaozhe's position as dean of the Martial Soul Department will be cancelled. The two will no longer be responsible for any relevant matters of the academy."

"Lin'er, you will temporarily take over the former position, and Cai Mei'er will take over the latter. Qian Duoduo will take over the position of dean of the Soul Guidance Department, Fan Yu will take over the position of vice dean of the Martial Soul Department, and Zhang Lexuan will take over after the Soul Master Competition."

"..."

Silence.

Everyone seemed to be overwhelmed by the amount of information at this moment, and even forgot to breathe.

For a long time, Lin Huiqun subconsciously glanced at Xuan Lao, who was a little overwhelmed across the long table, and hesitated for a long time before slowly asking.

"Mr. Mu, isn't this a bit too sudden..."

"What?"

Mr. Mu turned his eyes and fell on Lin Huiqun, asking back in a cold tone.

"Like Xuanzi said, this is not the first time this has happened. Do we have to follow the so-called "three times the limit" and wait until Xuanzi convenes the third Poseidon Pavilion meeting for this?"

Lin Huiqun choked for a moment, and it was obvious that he wanted to say something.

Let's not talk about whether Xuanzi sincerely repented and whether he would commit the same mistake again in the future. Even if he had always been at odds with Xuanzi, he knew that Shrek couldn't do without Xuanzi at the moment, and how could Mu Lao not understand it.

And the last time the Poseidon Pavilion meeting was held because of the Xingdou Great Forest incident, Mu Lao also asked Xuan Lao to continue to stay.

This time, the attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees... Could it be that Mu Lao's health has improved, so the academy no longer needs Xuan Lao?

Thinking of this, Lin Huiqun's eyes lit up slightly, and he bowed in excitement to apologize.

"Sorry, Mu Lao, I didn't think it through..."

Others also figured it out later, and excitement flashed in their eyes. Mu Lao obviously didn't mean to explain, but continued to add.

"There is one more thing. First of all, the incident of the crusade against the bandits not only sounded the alarm for us, but also pointed out a clear path for us."

"I believe you have also seen the difference in the final outcome between Gong Yangmo and Xixi, who have soul guide shields, and Chen Zifeng and Yao Haoxuan. From today on, to promote the integration of the martial soul system and the soul guide system, each disciple of the inner courtyard of the martial soul system needs to customize at least one defensive soul guide from the soul guide system. Mei'er, you and Qian Duoduo will be responsible for this matter."

Cai Mei'er subconsciously glanced at Yan Shaozhe beside her with her peripheral vision and nodded slightly.

"Yes, Mr. Mu."

Then she seemed to have thought of something and asked softly.

"Then do we need to send more people to the soul master competition?"

"No."

Mr. Mu shook his head.

Just kidding, even if there are two missing regular players, the lineup of their academy this time is unprecedented for countless soul master competitions in the past.

Let alone Gu Yuena, Qiu'er, who has a 100,000-year soul ring, is enough to cause a dimensionality reduction attack on the participating teams of other colleges.

Why bother sending two people at this time?

Cheer them up?

"The meeting is disbanded, Lin'er, hand over the work at hand, and then go to Xingluo City to meet Le Xuan and the others."

"Oh, oh... yes, Mu Lao."

Xian Lin'er obviously hasn't recovered from the shock of her position jumping to the second in command of the Sea God Pavilion after attending a meeting without knowing what she was doing.

You know, she is only at level 95, but at this moment, she has surpassed a group of 96th and 97th-level elders and sat in a position that she had never dared to think of before.

Why is it Xian Lin'er?

Although everyone is confused, anyone can see that Mu Lao proposed this at this time, obviously to support Xian Lin'er, who is not experienced enough, and no one will sing a different tune at this time.

Of course, if Zhang Lexuan were here, he would probably think of Huo Yuhao's "Zi said on the river".

"Well, let's disband."

... A few days later.

Xingluo City.

In Xingluo Square, Zhang Lexuan led a group of people to the special registration point specially opened for the top 16 teams of the previous session and spoke softly.

"Hello, we are here to register for Shrek Academy."

Compared to the bustling ordinary registration point, the special registration point only needs to receive 16 college teams in three days, so it naturally seems very deserted.

After hearing the voice, the young man in charge of registration subconsciously raised his head, and when he saw the beautiful women standing in front of him in an orderly manner, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

What the hell is this?

When did Shrek only accept female students?

He looked at the back with a blank look, and when he saw Huo Yuhao and the other two who looked much younger at the back of the team, his eyelids couldn't help but jump.

Yin is stronger than Yang.

After sighing in his heart, his face showed a signature smile.

"Please show me the relevant certificates of Shrek Academy. I will register for you now. Who is the captain?"

Zhang Lexuan took out the certificate from the storage space and waved to the back.

"Yuhao, come here quickly."

In this way, under the strange eyes of the young man, Huo Yuhao came to him.

"I am the captain of this competition. What can I do for you?"

"Ah, nothing. I just want you to register the participating team members."

Xian Lin'er, who has officially become the deputy head of the Shrek Supervisory Group, is standing at the back of the team, waiting silently. After spending two days handing over the work, she rushed over without stopping. Finally, she met up with the team before entering Xingluo City and informed her of Zhang Lexuan's sudden promotion to the deputy dean of the Wuhun Department.

Of course, although she was promoted to the deputy dean, due to Zhang Lexuan's young age, most of the things would still be handed over to Cai Mei'er and Du Weilun. What she had to do was to discuss appropriate countermeasures with Cai Mei'er on some major issues.

Then she would teach when it was time to teach, and fall in love with her precious students when it was time to fall in love.

Just when Huo Yuhao completed the registration, a group of figures slowly walking towards this side immediately attracted the attention of everyone in Shrek.

Except for two old men who were obviously the teachers, the rest were about the same age as the people present. Although they were not wearing school uniforms, Zhang Lexuan, who had participated in the last Soul Master Competition, recognized the identities of the people on the other side at a glance.

"People from the Sun Moon Royal Academy."

Listening to the explanation in their ears, everyone suddenly understood and stared at the other side with full fighting spirit.

Compared with the high fighting spirit of the Shrek people, the people from the Sun Moon Academy were obviously a little surprised when they saw them.

The matter of the Duke's Mansion has already been known to everyone. The relationship between the Star Luo Empire and Shrek is very tense. They also speculated whether Shrek Academy would give up participating in this competition.

Of course, the reason for thinking so is not because they think Shrek dare not come, but they want to take this opportunity to observe how rigid the relationship between Shrek and the Star Luo Empire is.

Shrek is neutral, not to mention their Sun Moon Empire. People like Tianhun and Douling are also eager for Shrek and Star Luo to break up and then fall to their side.

It can be said that Shrek is completely fearless.

It is precisely because of this that if Shrek still does not participate in this competition, it proves that the relationship between the two families has no room for easing, and they should make corresponding preparations as soon as possible.

Now, Shrek has come, proving that this matter is not without room for easing. Regardless of what other forces think, Xingluo is really relieved anyway.

Of course, although it is certain that the Xingluo Empire will not take action in Xingluo City, it is also necessary to prevent other forces from taking this opportunity to frame others.

This is also the reason why Mu En asked Xian Lin'er to come as soon as possible. In any case, it is necessary to have a super Douluo sitting in charge.

"Why are there so many women."

In the Sun and Moon team, a beautiful girl with long wine-red hair and blue eyes was muttering softly, and her brows could not help but frown slightly.

But then, she noticed the boy who was still very eye-catching even among handsome men and beautiful women.

The long black hair was scattered, making the boy's skin look even whiter. Looking at that stunning face, the girl couldn't help but hold her breath.

As if he noticed her gaze, the boy's blue eyes, which were somewhat similar to hers, looked over.

After a brief eye contact, Huo Yuhao smiled politely at the dazed Meng Hongchen, thinking to himself.

What's wrong with this Meng Hongchen?