Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 40: My Favorite Episode

Currently, soul tools are not widely used in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard, so everyone can only travel on foot for the time being. However, with the boost of soul power, their speed is not much slower than using a flying soul tool.

The only drawback is that it needs to take detours when encountering complex terrain, instead of maintaining a straight line like when flying in the air.

During the journey, Ye Xixuan demonstrated the reason for his confidence to everyone through his actions.

His speed was not considered slow among the inner court disciples, and was almost on par with Gongyang Mo, who was a support-type Soul King.

Ma Xiaotao was undoubtedly the leader, followed by Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, the two powerful attack-type Battle Soul Kings.

Although Xixi is an agility-type Soul Master, her strength lies in bursts of speed. Traveling for extended periods demands greater stamina and Soul Power resilience, which is actually a disadvantage for her. Her speed is roughly the same as Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng.

Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan, two newly promoted inner court disciples who had not yet broken through to the Soul King realm, were surprisingly left out last.

Thinking back to how he had boasted that he would bring Ye Xixuan along, even with Ling Luochen's aloof nature, he couldn't help but feel his cheeks burning, and he became even more silent along the way.

Yao Haoxuan perked up immediately upon being able to walk alongside Ling Luochen. Judging from his occasional absent-minded gaze, he must have spent a lot of time daydreaming.

As Gongyang Mo ran at high speed, he chuckled and praised Ye Xixuan beside him, "As expected of a Soul Master with a Soul Ring ratio that exceeds the norm. Xixuan, your stamina and the density of your Soul Power are probably not much worse than mine. When you break through to level 40, you should at least be able to absorb a ten-thousand-year-level Soul Ring, right?"

"Senior Gongyang, the age limit of my third soul ring has actually reached eight thousand years." Ye Xixuan said this not to boast, but simply to show his sincerity to everyone.

Gongyang Mo stared wide-eyed in surprise.

"A third spirit ring after eight thousand years?!"

Apart from Ma Xiaotao, who knew beforehand, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Xixi, who were running ahead, all kept glancing at Ye Xixuan.

The combined age of Ye Xixuan's three spirit rings is probably almost comparable to that of a five-ring spirit king like him who came from the inner court of Shrek Academy. No wonder his physical strength is so astonishing. After all, the higher the age of the spirit rings, the greater the enhancement to a spirit master's body.

As for Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan, who were at the very back of the group, the combined age of their spirit rings was not even as good as Ye Xixuan's third spirit ring.

In order to accommodate Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan, the group gradually adjusted their speed and maintained a relatively stable formation.

Ma Xiaotao sidled up to Ye Xixuan, winking and teasing, "You little rascal, you're pretty smug now, aren't you?"

"What's wrong, Sister Xiaotao?" Ye Xixuan looked at Ma Xiaotao with a puzzled expression.

Ma Xiaotao snorted and curled her lip, saying, "Ling Luochen treats all the other male students in the inner courtyard with a cold attitude, but he's all warm and friendly to you. You're probably secretly pleased right now, aren't you? Don't think your sister Xiaotao doesn't understand the psychology of you teenage boys. An ethereal ice beauty, tsk tsk."

"Sister Xiaotao, how can you assume my aesthetic sense?" Ye Xixuan acted shy, but he was getting bolder and bolder, and immediately started teasing Ma Xiaotao in a rebellious manner.

"Is it possible that, compared to an ice queen like Senior Ling, I prefer a warm and straightforward older sister like you?"

"You're quite sensible." Ma Xiaotao immediately beamed and asked with great interest.

"Then tell me, who's prettier, me or Ling Luochen? Oh, and what if we add your senior sister too?"

"Of course it's Senior Sister." Ye Xixuan paused for a moment as if thinking, then quickly gave his answer while Ma Xiaotao wasn't paying attention, and immediately chuckled and ran away.

Ma Xiaotao, both amused and exasperated, lightly spat out a comment.

"You brat! You keep calling her 'Senior Sister' all the time. I think you really treat her like your own mother."

Hearing Ma Xiaotao's complaints behind him, Ye Xixuan paused for a moment. But then he thought that his excessive dependence on his senior sister might be due to a lack of family affection since childhood, so he decided not to refute Ma Xiaotao. Gongyang Mo also came over at some point and said softly, "Xiaotao, why do I feel a little jealous?"

"You're the one who's being sour!" Ma Xiaotao glared at Gongyang Mo with disgust.

"I'm warning you, stay away from me. If you come any closer, don't blame me for being rude!"

"Okay, okay, okay." Gongyang Mo waved his hand helplessly, his beautiful face full of sadness, thinking that there was no place for him in the whole team.

His situation is rather unique. He doesn't get along with people like Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng at all, and they are actually quite averse to him, or rather, afraid of him. In fact, he's the same kind of person as Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Xixi.

Ling Luochen is a cold person, and Xixi is also relatively quiet, so he and Ma Xiaotao have the best relationship.

However, Ma Xiaotao's personality is even more fierce than a man's, and Gongyang Mo is often disliked by her, but fortunately he has gotten used to it.

The group traveled swiftly and arrived at the border between the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire in the afternoon, almost spanning the entire Lima Plain.

Once inside the Star Luo Empire, the landscape stretched out as far as the eye could see, a vast expanse of mountains and hills. Ahead, a large military camp of the Star Luo Empire blocked the way.

Everyone stopped to rest and took out pieces of dark food and water from their storage soul tools.

This is an essential food for inner court disciples when they go out. It is made from more than a dozen medicinal herbs and dozens of highly nutritious ingredients. It is extremely nutritious and can quickly restore physical strength. However, there is one problem: the taste is not very good.

Only Dai Yueheng entered the military camp mysteriously, and then quickly came out again, nodding to Ma Xiaotao.

“I’ve already spoken with the Star Luo Empire’s military, and they will let us through later. But we must get through these mountains and hills tonight and reach the heart of the Star Luo Empire. From there, we’ll head west towards the Mingdou Mountains.”

“However, there’s a problem now. To reach the heart of the Star Luo Empire before nightfall, we can only fly there. But only Xiao Tao and Gongyang Mo among us have the ability to fly; the others will have to rely on flying soul tools.” Dai Yueheng said, taking out several heavy iron boxes from his storage soul tool. The iron boxes had folding wings attached to both sides, which, when unfolded, could reach at least four meters away.

Chen Zifeng frowned slightly and asked, "Is this thing safe?"

Within the Heavenly Soul Empire, the aversion to soul tools is the strongest, especially among long-established soul master families.

Yao Haoxuan also swallowed subconsciously, and timidly echoed, "Besides, learning to use a flying soul tool should take time, right? Why don't we just have Gongyang Mo take us there directly?"

"Then it's up to you. You can arrange it as you see fit. Anyway, I can use the flying soul tool myself." Dai Yueheng shrugged, then looked at Ye Xixuan again and smiled.

"Xi Xuan, it seems I'll have to take you this time."

"Senior Dai, actually I have a flight-type soul skill. And this soul skill has the effect of assisting in the recovery of soul power, so I should be fine." Ye Xixuan smiled shyly.

"It seems I can only disappoint you again."

Xi Xi walked over to Ma Xiaotao's side. Her face rarely showed any emotion. She said calmly, "Xiaotao, you take me with you."

“No problem,” Ma Xiaotao readily agreed.

Finally, everyone's gaze fell on Ling Luochen. Unexpectedly, yet logically, she chose Ye Xixuan again, her clear and ethereal voice carrying an undeniable air of authority.

"Take me with you."

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(End of this chapter)