People in Douluo: Ice Phoenix does not fight or compete

Chapter 81: The Eve of Farewell

Dai Mubai left the academy in shame.

No one tried to keep him, not even his nominal teacher Liu Erlong.

He was sent out of the academy with strange looks from the senior students.

"You two should handle yourselves. If you plan to continue to recognize me as your teacher, tell me the specific reason! If he comes to trouble you again, you can go directly to the teacher on duty at the door. I'm leaving first."

Shui Tian didn't want to listen to her explanation. After all, the two children were an engaged couple. As a teacher, he could only give advice and it was not convenient for him to directly participate in their relationship.

He turned and left, taking the silent Liu Erlong with him.

Zhu Zhuqing bowed deeply to his back and said, "Teacher, I will report to you tomorrow morning."

Regardless of whether Shuitian can hear it or not, she has to make her attitude clear.

If Dai Mubai had spoken to her nicely and patiently today, even if he had just lowered his head, maybe she would have softened her heart and stayed with him to accompany Shrek to the end.

But he really disappointed her. He disregarded the fate of both of them for the sake of that little bit of face, and was willing to give up such an easy opportunity to become stronger for the sake of other people's affairs!

She will repay the kindness of Shrek Education, and she also wants to recognize Shui Tian as her teacher.

She will not give up on either of them, but as for her fiancé Dai Mubai, she can only bury him deep in her heart for the time being.

Let’s wait until I have learned enough before we talk about anything else.

.........

Shuitian returned to his room and locked Liu Erlong outside the door. He finally had some peace and quiet by himself.

Knowing that she couldn't wait for him to open the door, Liu Erlong meditated under a tree not far from his door.

He didn't want to go back to his residence, nor did he want to see how Yu Xiaogang was doing.

She was too weak, so she used her soul power to nourish her body bit by bit, and recovered more soul power through meditation.

Just resisting the sky full of ice flowers consumed all her soul power. When facing her lover as an opponent, she found herself so insignificant.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with it in the past. He was just trying to protect his little Tian.

But now Liu Erlong was anxious. She was afraid that she would not be able to keep up with Shui Tian and would be left further and further away by him.

My soul power is now close to level 78 and there is still a lot of room for improvement. While cultivating, I can also calm down and improve myself.

This rare quietness was good for both of them. Shuitian, who had half of his worries resolved, was also meditating on the bed.

After that fight with Dugu Bo, his soul power increased slightly, although it is still some distance away from level 85.

There are generally three types of shackles on soul master cultivation.

One is the innate shackles, the lack of talent caused by innate soul power that makes it impossible to cultivate to a higher level.

This kind of shackles can be compensated through acquired efforts, just like the Shrek Seven Devils in the original novel took magical herbs to increase their cultivation speed. Except for Oscar and Xiao Wu, what they essentially improved was their innate cultivation talent.

The second type is acquired shackles, which usually occur when a soul master is seriously injured and cannot continue to practice and improve due to his injuries. Unless he encounters a top-level healing soul master, he will remain at the current level for the rest of his life.

The third type is the shackles that Shui Tian has to face now, which are easy for most soul masters to overcome.

The self-inflicted shackles of the state of mind, unclear thoughts and doubts in the mind lead to a lack of motivation to practice or instinctively ignore the breakthrough of soul power.

Unless they suffer a major blow, few soul masters will fall into this predicament.

Shui Tian's journey has been very smooth. He made his debut as a young genius and obtained the supreme inheritance when he first entered the Far North, so he could be called the Holy Son of the Far North.

He was taught personally by the two Ice and Snow Emperors, and the Titan Snow Demons were willing to serve as his sparring partners. In addition, as a time traveler, he had hardly encountered any setbacks.

This indirectness has shaped his special character, where he doesn't care about anything but cares a lot about everything at the same time.

With his talent, it is impossible for him to encounter shackles in his practice. Moreover, due to his personality, it is rare for him to encounter a strong enemy who is determined to severely injure or even kill him. The only thing that worries the Two Emperors of Ice and Snow is his state of mind!

How can one bear such a great inheritance without a strong enough mind?

In order to enable him to grow and also to prepare for a rainy day, after Xue Di taught him his unique skills, he ordered him to go out and take a good look at the world and measure with his feet the pattern that he should have.

But no one expected that he would stay in this small Blue King Academy for ten years, ten years just to find love.

Shui Tian, ​​who has lived two lives, has a mind between maturity and confusion. He knows what he should and should not do, but he may also do wrong things because he wants to follow his inner thoughts.

People are all twisted like this, but this phenomenon is more obvious in him.

Fortunately, he had never believed in meditation since he was a child. Based on his family heritage and knowledge collected from various sources, he used his own body to experiment and developed several sets of soul power circulation routes.

Although the process caused him to be seriously injured many times!
The Ice Phoenix was born from ice, like being reborn from the ashes. Its potential self-healing ability made it possible for him to not fear internal injuries such as meridian disorder. The most it caused the young boy to suffer so much pain that he couldn't control his tears.

The soul power absorbed through meditation is circulated along the established meridian routes, one cycle after another.

This offset some of the effects of his state of mind, but it was not enough. This was not the speed at which he should be practicing.

If he ignored everything else and practiced hard for the next ten years, he would have a chance to break through to level ninety-five even without the Snow Empress's spirit ring.

He is a person who is not restricted by the soul master's cultivation choices.

The so-called best training period before the age of twenty is useless to him.

The disadvantage of the slow training speed of the Ultimate Martial Soul in the later stage was simply ignored.

He was unhappy with the current speed of cultivation, but there was no way to improve it.

He couldn't accept the voice in his heart. How could he, who had traveled through time and space and had invincible innate conditions, not be arrogant?
The current slowdown in his cultivation is his own fault.

The peace and quiet he now felt made him realize that he must completely resolve the problems between him and Liu Erlong.

But he didn't want to think about how to solve it, because that would make his cultivation progress even slower~
For now, it is better to focus on breaking through 85.

Just like when he fought with Dugu Bo, he suffered some loss in soul power level, which was also the reason why he did not use powerful soul skills. Otherwise, with his two hundred thousand year soul rings and absorbed top-level soul bones, how could it take him so long to defeat Dugu Bo.

Soul power is the foundation of a soul master.

The meaning of ice lies in eternal purity and end, which is also the basic rule of the composition of his domain. What he cultivates and absorbs is also pure soul power, which automatically eliminates impurities in the energy.

The biggest benefit of this kind of training is that the quality of his soul power far exceeds that of soul masters of the same level.

The cyclones of air moved with the rhythm of his breathing, as if his body was integrated into the heaven, earth and all things.

The ice-blue phoenix condensed in his sea of ​​consciousness. Every time this happened, his spiritual sea would fall into silence.

Neither the Ice Emperor nor the Ice Bear King dared to make any unusual movement to disturb that great existence.

What exactly is a martial soul? No one knows how it came into being!
Some people say it is a gift from God, but Shuitian’s martial spirit itself can be called divine.

There is no time in cultivation, and night falls in the blink of an eye.

The moonlight was shining brightly, and Liu Erlong was very beautiful under it, the light on her face became even more brilliant.

Her complexion finally regained some of its rosy color.

The air at night was not cold. Liu Erlong opened his eyes and found that the soul power cyclone on the roof in front was still running. He knew that he had been practicing and had never come out.

It had been a whole day. Liu Erlong went to knock on the door and said, "I'll go prepare some food. Please drink with me later. It'll be a farewell for you."

After saying that, he quickly left the room without caring about his reaction. It would be bad if he refused.

Shui Tian in the room opened his eyes, and two rays of azure blue light shot out from his eyes and quickly dissipated.

His hand inadvertently rested on his belt, and he suddenly regretted accepting this thing.

According to the situation at that time, if he didn't accept the belt, Liu Erlong would continue to pester him. But now he gave her the wrong attitude, and he didn't know what his fate would be like next... Time is a river that flows upstream. No matter how hard you try, you can't reach its end. But Shui Tian wanted to go back to the source of time. If possible, he would rather have never met Liu Erlong.

He didn't have to wait long before Liu Erlong returned with a few plates of exquisite side dishes.

Two stir-fried dishes and two cold dishes. There is no rule in Douluo Continent that four dishes is an unlucky number.

After knocking on the door, Liu Erlong pushed open the unlocked door.

He smiled at Shui Tian who was lying on the bed and said, "Still outside? Or right here?"

Shui Tian got up from the bed, took a quick look and saw that they were all her favorite dishes. She even used her soul power to maintain the temperature of the two dishes. She was indeed very attentive.

"Let's go, the weather is nice tonight and I'm a little hungry."

Now that I'm here, I can't refuse. I'll just follow my heart on my last night here.

Liu Erlong's gentle gaze was almost glued to him. If she wasn't dragging the tray, she might have jumped after him.

In front of him, Liu Erlong can transform from a mature woman back into an innocent girl and can freely reveal her truest side.

They arrived at a higher open space and found that they had forgotten which of them had arranged for people to build a brick-paved ground many years ago.

It makes it convenient for two hearts that can't sleep at night to meet.

They sat down opposite each other with familiarity and the side dishes on the tray were neatly arranged.

She took out the dishes and chopsticks from the kitchen. She didn't dare to use the set of tableware that she had specially asked someone to make for her on Shui Tian day.

Shuitian glanced at the ordinary set of bowls and chopsticks, said nothing, but just picked up a piece of the vegetables she had fried with chopsticks.

Regardless of whether a broken mirror cannot be mended, he should find a chance to smash those sets of dishes and chopsticks. He doesn't like things that have been touched by others.

Seeing that he didn't react, Liu Erlong felt relieved and took out two wine glasses and placed them in front of the two men.

She had quit drinking for a long time and she didn't know how long she had kept the bottle of wine. Fortunately, she didn't drink the common alcohol on the market. The wine that Shui Tian bought at a high price was not afraid of storage.

She was like a virtuous wife taking care of her husband, holding the wine jug in both hands and smiling gently and charmingly.

A trickle of water poured into the wine glass, filling it to about eighty to ninety percent, with ten percent being a toast to the guests.

The aroma of wine was in the air. Shuitian, who didn't like drinking, didn't hate it either. He vaguely remembered that he had accompanied her to get drunk countless nights in the past.

The days when I didn't use my soul power to sober up, but just forced myself to drink alcohol with a strong desire to refuse to admit defeat will never come back.

Liu Erlong raised her glass and looked at him with a smile: "We haven't had a drink together in such a relaxed manner for a long time. Come, I toast you~"

Touch~
The two cups collided with each other, making a slight crisp sound.

He drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. The moment it entered his throat, Shui Tiancai realized that this bottle of wine was one of the few strong liquors he had bought.

It was very spicy, and the whole esophagus felt like it was burning, and the stomach felt warm as if it was roasted by fire.

He looked just as bold as he did in the past. Liu Erlong picked up the wine glass with tenderness in her eyes and drank it all in one gulp.

The spicy feeling entered his throat, and Liu Erlong let out a long breath as if venting the depression in his heart.

"Cool~"

Her eyes were shining. It had been a long time since she had drunk so much. Now the man she loved most was by her side and the liquor was in her hands. Is there anything happier in life than this?

"Xiaotian, we are coming~"

As she spoke, she poured him another glass, and her mood became excited as she drank the strong liquor.

It seemed as if she had returned to the past, to the time when she was most glorious, heroic and sad.

Touch~
Shui Tian drank it all again, accepting all the drinks, knowing clearly that using alcohol to vent emotions was the most cowardly behavior.

The chopsticks that were put down were never picked up again.

After two glasses of wine, the alcohol evaporated his emotions, and the depression in his chest became even stronger, but he rarely smiled and said: "I'm afraid this pot is not enough, you should have some stock, I remember there was a lot left~"

"I can't hide anything from you. Don't worry, I'll accompany you to have a good drink today~" Liu Erlong casually took out six more pots of liquor, which were packaged exactly the same as the current pot.

Seeing this, Shui Tian knew that she must have bought it secretly without his knowledge, and there wouldn't be so many of this brand left.

"Fuck~"

Without saying anything, the refilled glass was brought to his lips, and he looked up as if he was swallowing an endless bitter pill.

Liu Erlong also whispered: "Fuck~"

She then drank it all in one gulp, her eyes resting on his face, letting some of the wine drip from the corner of her lips.

One cup after another, one pot after another was empty.

The two men drank so much that they were drunk. The empty wine jug was thrown aside casually, and only one vegetable was touched from the four plates of exquisite side dishes.

After finishing the last glass of wine, Shui Tian fell to the ground in a daze, looking at the night sky. The bright moon kept changing, and familiar faces were smiling at him.

Relatives, friends, students, and Liu Erlong who had appeared beside him at some point in his life.

She placed her arm on his chest, feeling his strong heartbeat, and whispered, "Can't you really take me home with you?"

Shuitian couldn't hear what she was saying and turned to look at her in confusion.

Their eyes met, and the almost zero distance made Liu Erlong kiss her involuntarily.

She didn't care at all about the smell of alcohol on him, she liked him no matter what.

Like a fool, he really didn't use his soul power to sober up, but Liu Erlong, who was lying next to him, had very clear eyes.

While walking to his side, Liu Erlong had already used his soul power to evaporate the alcohol in his body.

He can get drunk, but she can't. She doesn't want to miss him in the morning because of being drunk.

After a gentle kiss, Liu Erlong looked at him lovingly and gently lifted his head to let him rest his head on her arm.

With her other hand stroking his cheek, Liu Erlong said softly, "We are no longer at the age where love dominates us, but I really love you, Xiaotian. Can you take me home and get married?"

Shui Tian couldn't answer her. He opened and closed his eyes and felt sleepy.

Just like countless times before, after getting drunk, the two of them found a place to sleep in each other's arms.

Pinching his lips unhappily, Liu Erlong gently put her head on his forehead and said, "Go to sleep, you are still as silly as you were back then~"

Nothing in the night

The morning sun shines on the earth, dispelling the chill of the night and bringing all things back to life.

Shui Tian, ​​who woke up from a hangover, found his chest heavy. He took a look and saw Liu Erlong who had just opened his eyes.

"Good morning~" she said softly.

He drank too much last night. The more he drank, the more depressed he felt and the more he wanted to drink. He let go of his mental defenses and soul power self-regulation and allowed the alcohol to completely anesthetize him.

"Good morning~"

Then we may never have good afternoon and good night again, he said to himself.

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(End of this chapter)