Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 26 You naughty baby, you've really made my life miserable!
Ye Xixuan and Ma Xiaotao were playfully testing their martial soul abilities outside the Sea God Pavilion, their chatter filled with youthful energy.

Old Master Mu closed his eyes, but felt a sense of emotion in his heart.

"Xiaoyao, you have a house full of children and grandchildren, but you have never enjoyed a single day of family happiness. Whether it is you, me or Xishui, we all seem to have unspeakable sorrows. It is truly a cruel twist of fate."

With Elder Mu watching over them, Ma Xiaotao and Ye Xixuan naturally had no worries.

After numerous experiments, Ye Xixuan finally confirmed another innate ability of his martial soul, the Heart Demon Shadow. Not only the evil energy in Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, but all energy tainted by evil aura could be integrated into his martial soul's origin through the Heart Demon Mark.

This energy will then be converted by his martial soul to increase the age of his soul rings.

Having taken in all the changes in Ye Xixuan, Elder Mu was not too surprised.

The Child of Light represents light and holiness, while Ye Xixuan's martial soul, the Shadow of the Heart, symbolizes darkness and evil. The two coexist, yet maintain a specific balance.

However, as the Child of Light, Ye Xixuan's heart is inherently kind and pure, and he will not be corrupted by evil forces, thus affecting his nature. Therefore, there is no possibility that he will fall into becoming an evil soul master.

At this moment, Elder Mu's thoughts coincided with those of a certain God-King.

Ultimately, destiny belongs to Douluo.

As time went by, Shrek Academy's external admissions process became increasingly popular.

The day before the new students officially started classes, Beibei finally returned safely, having gained something under the guidance of Master Xuan.

Upon returning to Shrek Academy, Elder Xuan had vanished. Meanwhile, a smug Bei Bei encountered an old acquaintance in the outer courtyard of the Martial Soul Department.

It was a boy about the same age as Beibei, with thick eyebrows, piercing eyes, a straight nose, and a square mouth—truly a handsome man. He was tall and robust, even appearing somewhat more muscular than Beibei. His fair face still had a touch of baby fat, and upon seeing his mischievous friend, he immediately began to make exaggerated winks and gestures.

Beibei smiled, but was spouting nonsense.

"You dead turtles, arriving at the academy so late to register, aren't you afraid of missing the enrollment deadline and then slinking back into your turtle shells in disgrace?"

"You stinky Beibei, as expected, you never have anything nice to say to me." The boy was none other than Xu Sanshi, who was known as one of the twin stars of the outer courtyard along with Beibei in Ye Xixuan's previous life memories. However, he noticed that Beibei had entered the outer courtyard from outside the east gate, and he couldn't help but say this with some doubt.

"How did you get in from outside the city? Where did you go?"

“Guess,” Beibei replied with a smile.

Xu Sanshi retorted irritably.

"Little kid, do you expect me to guess? But I do feel that your aura is a bit different, it can't be just my imagination."

"Really? I don't feel anything myself."

Bei Bei's upturned lips were already starting to twitch, but if he simply told Xu Sanshi now that he was already a three-ring Soul Master and had successfully evolved his Martial Soul into the Holy Light Dragon, he felt it wouldn't achieve the effect he desired. To truly impress others, he needed to put on a grand show.

"It's still early. How about we go explore Poseidon Island first? I can introduce you to a friend while we're at it."

“Sure, let’s go mooch a meal from the senior students in the inner academy.” Xu Sanshi nodded in agreement without much thought.

Although Poseidon Island stipulates that non-inner court disciples are not allowed to set foot on the island, this rule only applies to ordinary students. Disciples like Xu Sanshi, from powerful families with close ties to Shrek Academy, are clearly not included in this rule.

"You don't have many friends you can truly trust. You're not like Sister Xiaotao, who was sent directly to Seagod Island to cultivate, are you?" "You'll find out then." Bei Bei gave Xu Sanshi a mysterious look, secretly pleased with her own cleverness.

It just goes to show that someone is getting impatient again.

"Stinky baby..."

As dusk approaches, Poseidon Island appears exceptionally tranquil and serene.

The setting sun casts long shadows on the trees, and only dappled light and shadow can be vaguely seen in the woods in the mountains.

Beibei and Xu Sanshi walked along the mountain path toward the center of Poseidon Island, and at a corner they unexpectedly met Ye Xixuan, who had just finished a day of cultivation.

The golden-red light shone on Ye Xixuan's exquisite and flawless face, while his black eyes, like calm ancient wells, were mysterious, deep, and unfathomable. Upon seeing Beibei, he immediately greeted her with delight.

"Senior Brother Bei, you're back. And who's this beside you?"

"Xi Xuan, let me introduce you." Bei Bei smiled and pointed to Xu Sanshi beside her.
"This guy is the dead turtle I told you about before, his name is Xu Sanshi."

"You're the turtle! You stinky Beibei, if you keep this up, I'm really going to lose my temper!" Xu Sanshi had truly lost his temper and glared angrily at Beibei. It was one thing for the two of them to tease each other privately, but to say it like that in front of others—wouldn't he lose face?

Just then, another tall, red figure appeared from around the corner, standing gracefully behind Ye Xixuan.

Beibei and Xu Sanshi, who had been playfully pushing and shoving each other, instantly stood at attention and turned around to make their escape. But they had only just lifted one foot when that cool yet alluring voice reached their ears.

"Beibei, Xiao Xu, where are you two going?"

"Sister Xiaotao." The two brothers stiffly turned their heads one after the other and greeted Ma Xiaotao in unison, obedient and honest.

Xu Sanshi realized what was happening and immediately sold Beibei.

"Beibei said he wanted to introduce me to a friend, and now that we've met, I'll be going now. You guys chat, you guys chat..."

"Didn't we just agree to spar and exchange skills with Xi Xuan? You can't leave now." Bei Bei grabbed Xu Sanshi's arm, her face twisted in a forced smile. Since Xu Sanshi was unkind, she wouldn't be so ruthless as to drag him down with her.

Xu Sanshi struggled frantically, but the two were evenly matched, and he couldn't break free for the time being. His eyes were full of resentment.

Hearing Beibei say that, Ma Xiaotao immediately became interested as well.

"Exchanging skills is great! I happen to be free right now, so I'll be your referee. Let's head over to the training grounds first."

"What, aren't you leaving yet?" Ma Xiaotao glanced at Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, who were standing there in a daze, and her cold and sharp gaze suddenly fell on the two of them.

The two had no choice but to obediently lead the way, during which Xu Sanshi even mouthed a harsh greeting to Beibei.

"You naughty baby, you've really made my life miserable!"

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