995: Yuanlei Encounter

In the System's space, Ye Tian wasn't surprised by the Host's performance.

Xuanwu, one of the Four Divine Beasts, it was impossible for Du Xingchen, a person bombarded by modern information, not to know about its existence.

There were countless legends about this Divine Beast, and its power, in most myths, various stories, and novels, reached a ceiling-level!

And the Soul Card it transformed into, its attraction to the Host was doubled!

In fact, there was no Xuanwu in this World, and the Soul Card in Du Xingchen's hand was not truly created from Xuanwu; this was something Ye Tian produced with his own small workshop.

Some time ago, Ye Tian went out and collected information resources on many exotic beasts in this World, filtering out some useful exotic beast Bloodlines to serve as the Foundation for continuing on the path of Body Tempering later.

Seeing that the Host happened to need a fifth Soul Card tonight, he took out those exotic beast samples, merged the advantages of various turtles and tortoises, and then extracted some snake-like exotic beasts to merge together, finally forming the Soul Card in Du Xingchen's hand.

However, although it was a branded assembly, this Soul Card was definitely at the peak in this Martial Soul World.

Even the Soul Cards produced by those King-level and Emperor-level exotic beasts couldn't match the power of the Soul Card in the Host's hand.

One could only say that the upper limit of this World was very low, but Ye Tian was more inclined to believe that his assembly technique was superior.

It only cost three points to merge this thing, the budget was tightly controlled.

Seeing that the Host had used all his draws and had already begun to release his Martial Soul, starting to swallow and absorb the Xuanwu Soul Card as his fifth Soul Card, Ye Tian withdrew his gaze.

Based on the Host's current physical strength, although it would be a struggle, he would ultimately be able to successfully merge this fifty-thousand-year-level Soul Card.

If not for that, Ye Tian would not have taken out a Soul Card of such a high age.

With a casual wave, a perfectly round ball of light appeared in his hand.

This was the Divine Disciple ball of light that the prophecy diary had intercepted from the God Realm in the Divine Hall.

Ye Tian felt it was necessary to study this kind of operation that firmly bound people from the Lower Realm to oneself.

Basically, when he had nothing to do, besides chatting with everyone in the Host chat group, his only other hobbies were researching various new and interesting things and learning how to sustainably 'cut leeks'.

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The next day.

As dawn broke, many people from outside the school successively arrived at Yunyong Academy.

These people were mostly those who came to inquire about information and ask about what happened last night.

The commotion caused by Huamao Supreme's arrival yesterday directly startled half of Shield City, including all City along the way from the Imperial City to Shield City!

In such a situation, it would be abnormal if no one came to Yunyong Academy.

And through the inquiries of some people, one explosive piece of news after another was spread out.

"Last night, Drunken Swordsaint broke into Yunyong Academy and went on a killing spree! Fortunately, the powerhouses of Shield City blocked him and killed Drunken Swordsaint, bringing this villain who had been roaming outside for more than ten years to justice!"

"But it is tragic and hateful that in order to kill Drunken Swordsaint, Shield City also suffered heavy losses, and even a Grand Sage Master-level Instructor of Yunyong Academy was killed by Drunken Swordsaint!"

These pieces of news caused many people in taverns and teahouses to discuss heatedly, expressing their different views and opinions.

However, compared to these pieces of news, the subsequent news was even more explosive!

"After Drunken Swordsaint's death, also last night, Yunyong Academy welcomed a Supreme-level figure from the Linshan Country Royal Family!"

"It's Huamao Supreme! It is said that her granddaughter, Huang Duo, one of the core Heavenly Talents of the Linshan Country Royal Family, was severely injured and bedridden by a Student from Yunyong Academy!"

"No, she's not bedridden, she only has one breath left!"

Those who learned the news all widened their eyes, holding their breath and listening intently to what happened next.

"Huamao Supreme found the person who severely injured her granddaughter, and was about to chop that person into minced meat when a group of people appeared! It was the people from the Divine Hall!"

"The person who severely injured Huamao Supreme is a person from the Divine Hall!"

"To be precise, he is the Man of the Divine Hall Goddess! His name is Moyun!"

"What?!"

"The Goddess's Man? The Goddess already has a Man?!"

"How is that possible?! Could that person be Jun Chen, the Captain of the God's Temple First Team?!"

Originally, the events that occurred at Yunyong Academy were limited to Drunken Swordsaint, and the scope of information dissemination would at most radiate to the surrounding two or three City.

But after the matter involved Huamao Supreme, it attracted the attention of the entire Linshan Country.

Until the Divine Hall Goddess also appeared in this matter, everyone on the entire continent paid attention to this matter!

For a time, countless people knew that the Goddess said her Man was Moyun, a guy who was only a Four-Star Soul Card Master!

Countless young talents across the land felt their hearts surge with anger!

It was like a group of fanatical fans suddenly discovering that their idol already had a partner, and that partner, no matter how they looked at him, was not as good as themselves; the anger in their hearts could be said to have pierced the sky!

Outside the God's Temple Main City, in a primeval forest filled with towering trees, a team of young men and women in white and gold attire were leaning on the massive corpse of a forty-thousand-year-old exotic beast!

Jun Chen, the Captain, who had a sunny appearance and a tall and straight figure, was at this moment looking at the information from the communication talisman in his hand with an extremely gloomy gaze!

"Bang!" He heavily punched the exotic beast corpse next to him, and with the terrifying force unleashed, even the hard skull of this forty-thousand-year-old exotic beast showed subtle cracks!

"Captain? What's wrong?" A burly Man behind him stood up and asked in a deep voice.

"Qing, she has a Man." Jun Chen's voice was hoarse and disbelieving.

"What? Who is it?!" Someone in the team exclaimed and asked.

Judging from their Captain's performance just now and his current gloomy expression, it naturally wouldn't be the Captain.

And if it wasn't the Captain, no matter who it was, it was something they couldn't understand and couldn't accept!

"It's a guy named Moyun; he and the Goddess have just been brought back to the Divine Hall by the Fifth Elder." In the back of the team, a young Man with a dog's tail grass in his mouth, lying on the exotic beast corpse with his legs crossed, had also just learned the information from his own news channels.

"Moyun? Never heard of him. There's no one from the younger generation of the Outer Sea Pavilion, no one among the Royal Family Heavenly Talents of the Five Countries, and no one surnamed Mu among the Sects as famous as the Saint Healing Sect?"

"Who is this person exactly? How can he be associated with the Goddess? And even make the Goddess admit that he is her Man?!" The girl with the bun didn't understand the current situation, and her tone was filled with more resentment and confusion.

Captain Jun Chen didn't say a word and walked towards the God's Temple Main City with his head down.

He obviously had no interest in today's subsequent training.

The burly Man and the teammate with the bun quickly followed, while the four monstrously talented individuals behind them, who had arrogant expressions and lazy postures, either sitting or lying down, also exchanged glances.

"Let's go, let's see which sharp guy dares to snatch a woman from the Captain." The young Man lying on the exotic beast corpse spat out the dog's tail grass in his mouth, stretched, and stood up.

"Let's go, let's go. It's training every day, training every day. It's rare to have a show to watch, we can't miss it."

Similar situations were happening in many places across the continent.

Of course, most of them were generally feeling heartbroken and distressed, unable to find the person involved to inquire about the situation like Jun Chen, the Captain of the Divine Hall Heavenly Talent First Team.

Within the Divine Hall, the high-level officials had basically figured out the cause and effect of this matter, and they also knew some more important information.

In a slightly tense atmosphere, powerhouses also gathered in the main palace of the Divine Hall.

Regarding the matter caused by the Goddess, the Divine Hall as a whole seemed to attach great importance!

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Luoyu Academy.

This was a small academy in a small City in Juhuo Country.

Within the academy, there were Students of different ages and grades, and the training and educational courses for Martial Souls were proceeding in an orderly manner.

The academy seemed peaceful, but only the Dean of the academy understood.

All of this was just a cover, a cover for the only team in the academy participating in the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination!

Luoyu Academy, its other identity, was a Demon Hall stronghold!

And the team that the entire academy was putting all its effort into cultivating was precisely the Demon Hall's third team participating in the Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination this time!

Behind Luoyu Academy, between the towering mountains, were stone steps extending upwards one after another.

And on the stone steps, were eleven young men and women carrying heavy objects, gritting their teeth and climbing for training!

"Hurry up, what kind of appearance is this, dawdling? The substitute in front of you has already surpassed you by a hundred steps!" At the very back of these eleven people, an Old man in black tight-fitting clothes with a horse face angrily scolded a young Man with a delicate appearance who was at the bottom.

"Hoo... Hoo... Hoo." Carrying a large log on his shoulder, Yuan Lei was sweating profusely, dizzy, and his body was already sending out signals of exhaustion, but he still gritted his teeth and continued to climb upwards with the log.

Time moved slowly as his body constantly sent out signals of being overwhelmed.

At noon.

Yuan Lei finally reached the top of the mountain in front of him.

After putting down the log on his shoulder, he could no longer support himself and collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.

Many people who had already rested nearby saw Yuan Lei arriving late, and many of them sneered, most of them looking disdainful.

"Yuan Lei, you should just give up. You were indeed capable when you were in the fourth team, you could rank in the top two of your fourth team."

"Even if you were here at that time, you would have the strength to be in the top four."

"But now... Look at your own situation, full of hidden injuries, your Foundation is gone, and you can't even exert the full power of a Five-Star Soul Card Master. With your kind of guy, what makes you dare to come to our third team?"

"You want our third team to take you in with this little ability?"

The Captain of the Demon Hall's third team shook his completely black clothes, which were engraved with a few bamboo leaves, and said with disdain: "It's already lucky that you survived under the Puppet Spider King; wouldn't it be good to roll aside and cool off with your garbage strength? You just have to come and disgust us!"

After the Captain finished speaking, a Man and a woman in gray robes came to Yuan Lei's front: "Yes, Yuan Lei, you should give up. Our team is already very complete, everyone in the third team is very strong, and our two substitutes are more than twice as strong as you are now. We don't welcome you, and we don't need you."

Sentence by sentence, word by word, these words made Yuan Lei's already pale face even paler.

He couldn't find a reason to refute; weakness was the original sin, and he himself hated his current weakness!

But he was unwilling!

After enduring so many years of hardship, the grand event he had been looking forward to was clearly in front of him, so why was it now so distant?

He originally thought that after he was the only one left in the fourth team, he could still join the third team, become one of the Heavenly Talent teams cultivated by the Demon Hall, and continue to fulfill his mission.

But what he couldn't accept was that the entire third team didn't welcome him!

These past few days, he had been subjected to mockery and ridicule every day, and even the Teacher of the third team was very unwelcome to his arrival.

Yuan Lei comforted himself again and again, constantly telling himself that his only choice was here, the third team in front of him was the only stage where he could place his hope!

But the actual evolution of events had long since deviated from fantasy, leaving only the reality that constantly radiated coldness!

No one welcomed him, the third team didn't need him, and he didn't belong here!

So where did he belong? Who else was willing to accept him?

Lying on the ground covered with grass and trees, Yuan Lei was under a tree shade, looking at the blue sky and white clouds in front of him. The warmth of the sunlight made him recall the group of people who had saved him from the brink of death and given him warmth.

"Will they... welcome me?"