Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 83 Ma Xiaotao ①
The night is silent, dotted with stars.

Shu Yan lay on the rooftop, gazing at the starry sky, while the Evil Princess within his spiritual sea unexpectedly spoke up:

"You brat, I might be going into a deep sleep for a while."

"Firstly, Shrek Academy is indeed a place where hidden talents abound, with a Limit Douluo and a Level 98 Super Douluo. Although it won't be easy for them to find me in your spiritual sea, that doesn't rule out the possibility that I've been exposed."

"Secondly, according to your human terms, I need to get some beauty sleep and use the life energy in your spiritual sea to repair my spiritual origin."

Upon hearing this, Shu Yan pondered for a moment before speaking:
"Let's wait a few days. Don't fall into a deep sleep for the next few days. There might be some things we need your help with."

Upon hearing this, Xie Ji immediately showed a hint of dissatisfaction, and she kept shouting:

"You call this exploiting a soul beast, do you understand? These past few days, I've been doing my best to repair and mend your spiritual sea, even using my own spiritual essence. I'm already so tired, and you still make me work overtime? Are you even human?"

Shu Yan's lips twitched, and he said with a hint of helplessness:

Where did you learn these words?

The Evil Princess snorted coldly, then said:

“These past few days I’ve been studying the seed of spirit in your sea of ​​spirit. I’ve discovered that it’s definitely not a product of our world. Its level is too high, at least reaching the so-called god level or above.”

"Besides, this thing doesn't usually bother me, so I've been trying to analyze it in depth, but unfortunately, I think no one else has that right except you."

"You brat, now I'm almost certain that the you of the past was definitely not a being from this world..."

At this point, Xie Ji suddenly screamed in agony. Shu Yan looked into his spiritual sea and found that she was being pressed face down to the ground by an invisible pressure. It wasn't until a while later that the pressure slowly disappeared. Xie Ji could no longer suppress her surging anger. She looked up at the sky and roared, uttering a series of extremely vulgar words.

Shu Yan silently blocked out the sounds within his spiritual sea, then continued to gaze at the starry sky in a daze.

The existence of that spiritual seed was very special; he could only barely sense its presence after his spiritual power officially entered the tangible yet intangible realm.

But fundamentally, this seed of spirit felt as intimately connected to him as an indispensable part of his body. He was also certain that this seed of spirit was indeed related to his past. In a way, this could be considered his cheat code.

After pondering these matters for a while, Shu Yan's mind went blank again. After giving Xie Ji a few instructions, he got up and went back to his room, where he sat cross-legged to begin his meditation for the evening...

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It's almost time for the start of the new school year again.

Shrek City, which was already bustling with people, became even more lively and crowded. The original first-year students had finally become second-year students after going through layers of screening and assessment. Although the difficulty of the assessment and the competition were not as severe as those of the freshman classes, many people were still eliminated.

As expected, Zhou Yi, the original third-grade teacher, was demoted to teach first-grade students.

Many students in their second year and above said she deserved what she got.

In the eyes of many students, someone like Zhou Yi is completely unworthy of being a teacher. If it weren't for her powerful background, the families of the students she expelled would be enough to give her a hard time. The inner court students who had returned home to visit their families also gradually returned to the academy, and the inner court became lively again. A month-long vacation is not long, but it is not short either. Everyone has changed a bit, but most of the changes are reflected in their state of mind.

During this time, Shu Yan ran into Xu Sanshi again in the inner courtyard. It seemed that this guy had taken Shu Yan's words to heart. It is said that he has stopped following Jiang Nannan around like a sycophant and has instead been spending his time cultivating in the Soul Arena or the Simulation Training Ground.

Many people in the foreign language department found Xu Sanshi's change unbelievable. In their eyes, Xu Sanshi truly loved Jiang Nannan to the core, and even abandoned his dignity to become Jiang Nannan's complete simp.

But now Xu Sanshi seems to be showing everyone with his actions that he has given up on Jiang Nannan, which has really shocked everyone.

After asking a few simple questions, Shu Yan was certain that Xu Sanshi had come to help Ma Xiaotao suppress the evil fire again. He glanced at Xu Sanshi's blackened face, and then spoke:

"You'd better not come here again. I'm really afraid that one day Ma Xiaotao's evil fire will burn you to death."

"To be honest, the difference in your soul power is too great. Even if your Xuanming Turtle Martial Soul's water attribute is close to the ultimate water, it is not enough to make up for the huge difference in soul power level."

Xu Sanshi slumped unceremoniously onto a nearby bench, then slowly said:

"I didn't want to come either, but if I don't come, who will help Sister Tao suppress her evil fire..."

Upon hearing this, Shu Yan burst out laughing.

"You know Ma Xiaotao's true identity. Even if you hadn't come, Dean Yan and the others would have intervened anyway. You willingly chose to be used as a laborer, so who can you blame..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Sanshi scratched his head and, after thinking about it carefully, realized that what Shu Yan said was indeed correct.

"You know what, it actually makes sense..."

Looking at Xu Sanshi's rather dim-witted appearance, Shu Yan covered his face and sighed, always feeling that Xu Sanshi was born to be a free laborer.

Suddenly, as if he had just remembered something, Xu Sanshi sat up abruptly and leaned close to Shu Yan, saying mysteriously:
"Hey senior, let me tell you, Sister Xiaotao has been asking me about you more than once lately..."

"Do you think it's possible that after your forceful suppression of her last time, Sister Tao was moved by your heroic demeanor and fell deeply in love with you?"

"That's impossible!"

Although Shu Yan managed to slap away Xu Sanshi's dark hand that was on his shoulder, a large, obvious black handprint was still left on his plain white robe.

"You know Ma Xiaotao better than I do. Her fiery temper alone is enough to give anyone a headache. What's more, she's one of the two active volcanoes in the inner courtyard. With her hot-tempered and impatient personality, do you think she'd be interested in someone like me who suppressed or even humiliated her the first time we met?"

Shu Yan glared at Xu Sanshi with annoyance. Xu Sanshi smiled awkwardly at first, but after a moment his eyes widened suddenly, and his whole body trembled slightly as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

Shu Yan was somewhat confused, but when he turned around and met a pair of pale pink eyes with a captivating charm, he couldn't help but pause for a moment...

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(End of this chapter)