The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

But before they could get far, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out not far ahead.

"Yoona? Junior Yu? What's going on here?"

The two of them looked ahead at the same time, and what came into view was a female student wearing a black school uniform representing the sixth year of the Foreign Languages ​​Department.

It was Senior Sister Qin who had sold the Mo Xue Ji plant to Xu Zihuang before.

Seeing the teasing look on Qin's face, Nanmen Yun'er blushed slightly and explained softly, "Sister Qin, we are planning to find a place to discuss and prepare for tomorrow's freshman assessment."

Senior Qin took Nanmen Yun'er's hand, covered her mouth and chuckled softly, "I haven't said anything yet. Yun'er, why are you in such a hurry?"

He then smiled and shook his head, looking at Xu Zihuang with great interest.

"Junior Yu, your name has recently spread throughout the entire Foreign Languages ​​Department."

Xu Zihuang keenly noticed that the green in Qin's originally dark green hair was much more vibrant than it had been three months ago. However, he maintained his gentle smile and gave a dry laugh.

Tuoba Yu, who was following behind Xu Zihuang and Nanmen Yun'er, had a numb expression on his face.

One can't help but marvel at how popular Yu Tianhuang is with women.

First it was Tang Ya, a fourth-grade student, and now it's Qin, a sixth-grade student.

Chapter 81 Azure Serpent Martial Soul

Senior Qin nodded politely to Tuoba Yu, then continued to say to the group, "If you don't mind, you don't need to find a special place. Just discuss it in my shop. Anyway, no one comes to buy flowers during the day, so it won't bother you."

As soon as she said that, both Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er looked at Xu Zihuang.

Among Soul Masters, the strong reign supreme. Yu Tianhuang, with the highest cultivation level, is naturally the captain of their team.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Sister Qin."

Xu Zihuang didn't care; with his strength, he could easily crush this year's freshmen.

To put it bluntly, it wouldn't matter whether Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er were there or not. But they were a team now, and he had to consider their feelings.

He will likely remain at Shrek Academy for a long time to develop his network, and Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er, who are currently on the same team as him, are obviously the most suitable candidates.

After all, fighting side by side is the easiest way to foster a relationship. Moreover, their talents are among the best of the freshmen.

And so, the three of them changed their minds at the last minute.

This senior student, Qin, owns a flower shop in a charming wooden building right next to the main road. It has two floors. The first floor is dedicated to selling various flowers, while the second floor contains several private rooms and an open-air flower garden.

Senior Qin was very hospitable. After serving some sweet pastries and a pot of fragrant black tea, she left the space to the three of them.

Amidst a rich floral fragrance, Xu Zihuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er sat around a wooden table in the center of the flowerbed and began to talk.

Tuoba Yu happily put a piece of pastry into his mouth; it was made by that senior sister Qin herself.

Compared to the male students in Class 9 who always took the initiative to help Xu Zihuang deal with the upperclasswomen, he was much luckier.

The former, busy running around, at most received a verbal thank you from the senior students, and might even be met with disdain and glares, while he did nothing but enjoy the pastries made by Senior Qin himself. The difference is enormous.

They've won so many times they're practically ecstatic.

Compared to the two, he felt exceptionally comfortable.

"Let me go first. My martial soul is called White Armor Earth Dragon, and its attack and defense are both quite good. My first soul skill is called White Armor Holy Dragon Body, which is a defensive-oriented amplification soul skill, but it also enhances my strength. My second soul skill is called Earth Dragon Formation, which can condense two earth dragons made of rocks, which can be used for both offensive and defensive purposes."

After hearing Tuoba Yu's introduction, neither Xu Zihuang nor Nanmen Yun'er reacted much.

They had seen Tuoba Yu use these two soul skills in the practical combat on the first day of school.

Among the soul skills of offensive soul masters, it's neither particularly outstanding nor weak. It's just average.

After Tuoba Yu finished his introduction, Nanmen Yun'er took over the conversation.

"My martial soul is the Jade Bird, which is good at speed. My first soul skill is called Jade Blade, and my second soul skill is called Jade Slash. Their effects can be perfectly combined and used at the same time."

When Nanmen Yun'er said the last sentence, Xu Zihuang and Tuoba Yu raised their eyebrows at the same time.

The fact that the effects can be perfectly combined is enough to explain a lot.

Not all Soul Masters' Soul Skill effects can be stacked. But if they can, the resulting power will be exceptionally strong. Only those long-established Soul Master families, through generations of experimentation by their ancestors, could possibly achieve a perfect stacking of effects like Nanmen Yun'er.

Therefore, the first few soul skills of many great soul master families are fixed. These are soul skills that have been tested by their ancestors and found to be the most suitable for the family's martial soul.

The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family and the White Tiger Duke lineage of the Star Luo Empire are both examples of this.

After a moment of calm, Xu Zihuang put down the porcelain cup of black tea in his hand and said slowly and calmly, "My martial soul is the Golden Eye, which is a spirit-attribute martial soul."

"A true martial soul?!"

"..."

The three-way conversation didn't last long. Words can never compare to the power of real-world experience.

The three-person team consists of one strong attacker, one agile attacker, and one controller. This combination is perfect, representing a team that prioritizes extreme offensive capabilities.

Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er both possessed level 24 soul power, while Xu Zihuang directly revealed his true soul power. Shrek Academy had many powerful individuals, so there was no need for concealment.

He wanted to tell the higher-ups at Shrek Academy that he was a genius.

However, by the time they finished their conversation, it was already afternoon. Senior Qin brought some food for the three of them, and they had a simple lunch there.

Putting aside the close relationship between Nanmen Yun'er and Senior Qin, Xu Zihuang and Tuoba Yu are not people with low emotional intelligence either.

Of course, they didn't take Qin's actions for granted. Out of gratitude, they spent the entire afternoon and evening doing what they could at Qin's flower shop.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the soul-guided streetlights lining both sides of the road emit a soft glow. After nightfall, the area outside Shrek Academy's east gate becomes lively again.

Only freshmen need to take the assessment; students in other grades can continue doing what they always do after class.

There are also sixth-year students like Senior Qin, who have almost completed their coursework in the first five years. Apart from those exceptionally talented students who are preparing to take the entrance exam for the inner academy, most sixth-year students are actually quite free.

You only need to pass the graduation exam one year later to graduate from the School of Foreign Languages.

Xu Zihuang, who was sitting on a wooden chair in the flower shop, suddenly stood up and patted Tuoba Yu on the shoulder.

"Take a look, I'll go to the flowerbed and move those flowers over."

"Oh, okay." Tuoba Yu paused for a moment, but didn't pay much attention.

Xu Zihuang went alone to the open-air flower garden on the second floor of the wooden building and looked thoughtfully at the closed room in front of him.

Since sunset, he had noticed that Senior Qin's condition was not quite right; she had left with Nanmen Yun'er not long ago. If he wasn't mistaken, Senior Qin's internal poison had likely taken effect.

"Click—" The wooden door was opened, and Nanmen Yun'er saw Xu Zihuang in front of her, her pretty face showing a moment of surprise.

"Nanmen, it seems that Senior Qin has been poisoned."

The surprise and doubt in Nanmen Yun'er's dark green eyes deepened, and she didn't know how to speak for a moment.

"Yoona is fine, I'm much better now."

Just then, Qin, who was pale-faced, came out of the room and waved to Nanmen Yun'er, who wanted to help her.

"Junior Brother Yu, how did you figure that out?"

She didn't seem to have any intention of hiding her situation.

"My martial soul is of the spiritual attribute, and my senses are quite acute. May I ask what your martial soul is, senior?"

Senior Qin gave a wry smile, "My martial soul is the Azure Scale Serpent."

Her martial spirit wasn't exactly a secret within the outer courtyard. And the deadly poison in her body was also a result of the martial spirit inherited from her family.

Sure enough.

Xu Zihuang understood, and then said seriously, "If you have the chance, Senior, you can get a soul bone to absorb and force the toxins in your body into the soul bone. This might alleviate your condition."

He had a good impression of Senior Qin, and revealing this information wouldn't cost him anything; in fact, it would do him a favor.

To Xu Zihuang's surprise, Senior Sister Qin subconsciously shrank back and avoided eye contact.

Nanmen Yun, who had been focusing her attention on Senior Qin, seemed to understand something. Her usually gentle personality hardened, and she said in an unusually firm tone, "Sister Qin, you must have known about this method a long time ago. Why didn't you tell us sooner?"

When she said "we," she wasn't referring to herself and Xu Zihuang, but rather to herself and her parents.

They grew up together and their relationship is much closer than it appears.

"Uh..." Xu Zihuang's lips twitched slightly. He realized that he seemed to have done something wrong with his good intentions. Sensing the strange atmosphere in the open-air flower garden, he understood and left the space to the two of them.

Chapter 82 Freshman Assessment

Knowing that it was no longer possible to hide these things, Senior Sister Qin could only tell Nanmen Yun'er everything completely, without even avoiding Xu Zihuang, who had voluntarily left the flowerbed and was standing on the edge of the stairs.

Senior Sister Qin's name is Qin Yin, and her ancestor was none other than Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo who was famous on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago. Dugu Bo's own strength was by no means outstanding among the titled Douluo, but his deeds of poisoning countless soldiers of the Spirit Empire earned him a fearsome reputation.

Speaking of Qin Yin's lineage, they are also descendants of Yu Tianheng, one of the twin stars of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex clan. Xu Zihuang's mother's ancestor was Yu Tianheng's cousin, Yu Tianxin. Tracing back, the two are actually from the same lineage.

However, her lineage inherited the Azure Scale Serpent Martial Soul, which gradually separated from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan.

A person's martial soul is directly related to the martial souls of their parents. The most normal situation is inheriting the martial soul from either the father or mother. This is the family-style martial soul inheritance. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul is of higher quality than the Azure Scale Serpent, but this doesn't mean that soul masters possessing both martial souls cannot have offspring who awaken the Azure Scale Serpent martial soul.

Of course, in most cases, the offspring directly inherit the martial soul of the more powerful one of their parents.

Because cultivating the Azure Serpent Martial Soul would lead to the Azure Serpent venom invading the body, over the course of ten thousand years, Qin Yin's lineage quickly declined.

Through generations of bloodline inheritance, the toxins accumulated, and by the time of her father's generation, he died young before the age of thirty due to the backlash from the venom of the Jade Scale Snake.

Therefore, she was adopted by Nammon Yoon-ah's family when she was young. However, due to the close relationship between their fathers, they always regarded her as their own daughter.

Qin Yin did indeed know the method of forcing the poison into the soul bone. It was a method passed down orally from her ancestor, Dugu Bo.

However, Qin Yin did not want Nanmen Yun'er's family to spend a huge sum of money to obtain a soul bone for her because of her.

For Soul Masters, Soul Rings are already extremely precious. Soul Bones, however, are a hundred times more valuable. Even the lowest quality Soul Bones will not fetch less than 300,000 Gold Soul Coins. Moreover, they are always in high demand but rarely available.

Once a soul bone appears in any auction house, it will inevitably cause a frenzy among countless people. Under such circumstances, obtaining a soul bone almost always requires a significant premium.

Leaning against the edge of the stairs, Xu Zihuang couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

It was clearly Dugu Bo who first discovered the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, but now it has become the Tang family's backyard, and even their own descendants cannot enter.

It's truly pathetic.

When he heard Nanmen Yun'er and Qin Yin talking about some private family matters, he casually took a few flowers and went back down the wooden stairs to the first floor.

Qin Yin noticed his action and a slight smile appeared on her lips.

He admired Xu Zihuang more and more.