Douluo: Dragon King's Tai Chi Mystery

"I……"

Ye Xinglan opened her mouth, her azure eyes seeming to hold a hint of unspoken words. After hesitating for two and a half seconds, all her emotions finally turned into firmness as she said, "I'm sorry, I have something to take care of. How about next week?"

"Ah."

Today is Friday of the first week of school, followed by two days of rest. Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er's battle armor has already been designed, and Gu Yue, being a mecha designer, doesn't need any help.

Over the weekend, Zhao Xuanzhen planned to sketch out the prototype of Ye Xinglan and Yuan Enyehui's one-word battle armor, trying to design the complete right hand armor first, so that manufacturing could begin on the spot once the alloy was delivered.

Since Ye Xinglan is unavailable this week, the design can be postponed for two days. Having been classmates for three years, Zhao Xuanzhen is quite familiar with Ye Xinglan. Even without her request, based on his past impressions and knowledge of battle armor, designing a rough sketch of battle armor shouldn't be a problem; the details can be filled in later.

Ye Xinglan was clearly preoccupied with something on her mind. After speaking, she left in a hurry. Zhao Xuanzhen waited for Gu Yue, who was going back to the dormitory to take a shower, and Na'er, who was on Seagod Island, to return to the Spirit Pagoda together.

"Drip-drip-"

The soul communication device suddenly rang, and Yuan Enhui sent a message saying that she had broken through to level 40 last night and wanted to fuse a soul spirit with the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul.

After replying that he was waiting for him at the Spirit Transmission Tower, Zhao Xuanzhen put away his soul communication device and sat idly in the center of the stands, propping his legs up.

The blazing sun cascaded down onto the verdant meadow of the playground. Zhao Xuanzhen's snow-white shirt billowed in the wind, revealing her collarbone beneath the open neckline. Suddenly, a black and white halo bloomed, and the auspicious capybara appeared.

In just seven years, the Lingrui capybara has undergone a complete transformation, evolving from a century-old creature to a millennium-old one, and then to a ten-thousand-year-old one, becoming a mature auspicious beast.

The yin-yang symbol in the center of its brow is exceptionally deep, seemingly rotating slowly. With each breath, black and white patterns faintly appear on the body of the Lingrui capybara.

Zhao Xuanzhen leaned against the spirit capybara, which was not annoyed at all, or rather, it was used to being used as a cushion/pillow. The two of them, one human and one spirit, enjoyed a peaceful and tranquil time.

"Junior Brother Xuanzhen."

A melodious voice broke the silence, and a beautiful figure slowly walked over. Her waist-length black hair fell like silk, with feather ornaments at the ends, and a very friendly smile appeared on her lips.

Mo Jue, the vice class monitor of the third grade!

"Senior Sister Mo, are you asking me to spar in the Soul Arena again?" Zhao Xuanzhen asked with a faint smile.

Mo Jue and Li Qiankun would occasionally jump out to issue challenges, which was a typical example of repeated failures but continued fighting. Zhao Xuanzhen subconsciously thought it was no different from usual.

"Sort of, but this time it's a challenge."

Mo Jue smiled mysteriously, and a red-background, black-lettered challenge letter fell into Zhao Xuanzhen's hands.

"Next month, third graders will challenge first graders in a seven-on-seven team battle?" Zhao Xuanzhen raised an eyebrow. "I remember you've been working hard to cultivate these past few years, and your cultivation levels have all broken through to the fifth-ring Soul King level. Your one-word battle armor is also almost finished."

"You two are about to become inner court disciples, and you're here bullying first-year students?"

“Yes, we’re just bullying naive freshmen like you.” Mo Jue said righteously, “Li Qiankun and I have decided to avenge ourselves before entering the inner academy, and we’ll take the classmates you beat up with us!”

Resistance is futile. The Outer Court Dean, Crimson Dragon Douluo, has agreed to this team battle. Hurry back and select your fighters. Friendly reminder: you will be facing two five-ring, one-word Dou Armor Masters and five high-level Soul Masters with four or more Dou Armor pieces!

"You guys are really..."

Zhao Xuanzhen shook his head. The third year was the unluckiest class. Yu Yuanheng and others were the main force in the Tianhai Alliance Tournament, but they were defeated by ten opponents in the freshman entrance examination. Class monitor Li Qiankun was defeated in front of everyone... No wonder the class monitor and vice monitor disregarded their reputation and insisted on leading their classmates to take revenge.

"I won't hold back when the time comes."

"Are we, two One-Word Battle Armor Masters, afraid of you?"

Mo Jue snorted softly, then reached out and patted the little head of the Lingrui capybara, smiling as he said:

"Teacher TunTun, it's been a long time!"

"Hello."

Lingrui the capybara established a spiritual link with Mojue and replied politely and courteously.

"I'd like to ask you something," Mo Jue said, her beautiful eyes sparkling. "The design of the two-word battle armor is based on the one-word battle armor, but I don't quite understand those wings..."

"This is very simple."

Lingrui the capybara calmly answered Mo Jue's question, making Zhao Xuanzhen cover his face. Lingrui the capybara had been studying mecha design and manufacturing with him, and its level was about the initial stage of level five.

On one occasion, when Zhao Xuanzhen, Li Qiankun, and Mo Jue were exchanging knowledge about battle armor, Lingrui, who was keeping watch outside, was carrying a book on advanced mecha design theory when the two of them caught him.

As a result, the entire third grade learned about the amazing Teacher Tun Tun, and even invited the Spiritual Capybara to the class to teach about battle armor and answer questions, because Teacher Tun Tun was free and didn't cost any contribution points...

Mo Jue and Ling Rui, a capybara, were chatting happily when two figures approached from the east and west sides. The girl walking from the east had long, jet-black hair, and her black dress accentuated her graceful curves, with a breathtakingly cinched waist. Beneath the skirt, her legs were encased in black stockings with a subtle jacquard pattern.

The girl on the west side had silver hair that flowed with a moonlit halo, and the platinum gold chain wrapped around her hair shimmered like stardust with each step. Her pearl white dress was cut with a diagonally cut wavy hem, which looked like a sea of ​​clouds surging when she walked. Her calves were as white as snow.

The two girls walked side by side, and the sunlight seemed to dim in their presence. Their eyes were fixed intently on Zhao Xuanzhen... and Mo Jue, who was smiling sweetly beside him.

By starting with the soul and gradually winning over the host, we're all seasoned foxes. Do you think changing the track will hide your little schemes?

Gu Yue casually twirled the ends of her hair with her fingertips, a chilling smile playing on her red lips. Her dark eyes swept over Mo Jue like a cold wind sweeping across an icy pool.

Na'er raised her swan-like neck, her coral lips glistening with moisture, and the silver rhinestones on her skirt shattered the sunlight into tiny specks of light that scattered across her dress.

Mo Jue seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around to look. He saw the black-and-white girl with her arms crossed and a cold smile on her face, just like the Black and White Impermanence.

Gu Yue and Na'er rarely formed a united front. It was like two calico cats fighting amongst themselves suddenly discovering that a calico cat was trying to steal their home without any sense of justice. They immediately turned hostility into friendship and worked together against a common enemy.

Their shadows intertwined, and a gentle breeze carried the dark fragrance of ink and the cool scent of silver, making the playground resemble a battlefield filled with the smoke of gunpowder.

"Junior Brother Xuanzhen, Tuntun, let's chat again next time..."

The sight of the black-and-white girl instilled fear in Mo Jue, making him afraid to stay with Zhao Xuanzhen any longer. His retreating figure was hurried, giving the impression of fleeing in panic.

After chasing away the unruly Mo Jue, Na'er and Gu Yue flanked Zhao Xuanzhen from both sides, their beautiful faces displaying a half-smile.

"Xuanzhen, I was only gone for a short while, and you've already gotten quite close to this pretty senior..."

"Zhao Xuanzhen, we really have you under control now, Zhou, let's go home and talk..."

The two beauties, one black and one white, gave Zhao Xuanzhen no chance to argue and dragged him back to the Spirit Pagoda without a word. The spirit capybara dared not utter a sound and obediently returned to Zhao Xuanzhen's body.

The three returned to the Spirit Pagoda. Along the way, Zhao Xuanzhen only felt a chill emanating from both sides, and he did not experience the joy of traveling hand in hand with two beauties at all. It was not until he saw Leng Yaozhu that the two beautiful girls showed a happy smile.

Looking at the trident in front of her, Leng Yaozhu smiled with satisfaction: "Xuanzhen, Na'er, Guyue, I will arrange for you to go to the Ascension Platform for training this afternoon."

The three nodded, and Leng Yaozhu continued, "By the way, when I was approving the people who were going to challenge the Soul Tower today, I saw a familiar name."

"Who?" the three asked curiously.

The Soul Tower has 108 floors, each protected by a different formation. Once you pass through a floor, you can choose a soul to buy and receive a 50% discount.

Two types of people are qualified to challenge the tower. One type is the core disciples of the Spirit Pagoda, such as Xuan Gu Na and her two companions. Of course, their background is that of the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo Leng Yao Zhu, so they don't need to bother challenging the tower to absorb soul spirits; they can simply choose from the soul spirit list.

Another type is geniuses with special talents who are allowed to ascend the tower after being reviewed and approved by the Spirit Pagoda. This is an investment method used by the Spirit Pagoda to attract geniuses from all sides.

“Ye Xinglan,” Leng Yaozhu said, “her situation is quite special.”

She wanted to absorb a mutated starry unicorn whose spiral horn had grown into a sword. It could condense sword energy with the power of starlight. Among the many spirits in the Spirit Pagoda, this mutated starry unicorn was the most suitable for the Star God Sword Martial Soul.

As you know, special soul spirits are very expensive. Starry Sky Unicorns cannot be exchanged for Federal Coins, and the Spirit Pagoda requires resources from the Ye family in exchange.

Unfortunately, the Ye family is only willing to provide half the resources, which doesn't meet our requirements. Therefore, this girl will only get one chance to challenge the tower. One level features a Starry Sky Unicorn; whether she can obtain it depends on her own abilities.

Zhao Xuanzhen had heard of this rule. Ever since the defeat of the Tianhai Alliance in the Grand Competition, Ye Xinglan had become a cultivation maniac. Before the start of the semester, her soul power was already at the peak of level 39, almost a year faster than her counterpart in another timeline. It was normal for her to break through to level 40.

"Teacher, did she climb the tower alone?"

"Yes, according to the approval report, Ye Xinglan entered the tower alone."

Chapter 71 Ye Xinglan's Heart, The True Team, The Golden Dragon Python and the Starry Unicorn (4K)

The headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda, the Soul Pagoda.

The Soul Tower is not a real tower, but one of the 108 floors of the Spirit Transfer Tower, a virtual world similar to the Spirit Ascension Platform.

The entrance is a large hall several hundred meters in diameter, with a triangular roof and a pale gold gem suspended above it.

Before the magnificent golden gate, the girl stood straight, her ponytail neatly combed, the light shining on her handsome and dashing profile, which was full of stubbornness and determination.

"Starry Sky Unicorn..."

Ye Xinglan clenched her fists, her expression a complex mix of emotions.

She was born into the Star Saint Sword family. Although the Ye family was not the most top-tier Soul Master force, and the patriarch was only a Super Douluo and a three-word Battle Armor Master, they were close to Shrek Academy and would send elite disciples to Shrek for training and growth in each generation.

The Star God Sword is a mutated and evolved version of the Star Saint Sword. Like the Star Wheel Ice Staff of the Xu family in Donghai City, it occasionally appears when a member of the clan awakens their martial soul.

Ye Xinglan is undoubtedly lucky; the Star God Sword is much more powerful than the Star Saint Sword, but she will also have to shoulder more responsibility at such a young age.

At the age of nine, with the strong recommendation of the Star Saint Sword family, Ye Xinglan entered Shrek Academy through a special channel similar to Mu Xi's, outside of the enrollment period.

Both the Ye family and Shrek Academy knew that putting Ye Xinglan in was to train her to be a direct descendant of Shrek and to become a senior member of the Sea God Pavilion in the future.

This was a deal that satisfied both parties: Shrek Academy gained a super genius, while the Star Saint Sword Family hitched a ride on the coattails of the world's number one academy.

You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. A Star God Sword that can't be passed down stably is better off joining Shrek Academy. After all, the blood of the Ye family flows in their veins, and no one can change that.

The Ye family's higher-ups harbored an ultimate goal: for Ye Xinglan to become the Sea God Pavilion Master after the Sky-Supporting Douluo Yun Ming. Then, they could transform into the greedy maternal family and use kinship ties to force Ye Xinglan to transfer Shrek Academy's resources to their own.

Shrek Academy has a history of 20,000 years. Countless treasures are buried beneath the Golden Tree. Even a small scrap of it is enough to elevate the entire family to a higher level.

As a child, Ye Xinglan did not understand what the exchange of benefits was. She only knew to listen to the elders of her family and her teachers at Shrek Academy and to give everything in her life to protect the glory of the millennium.

Until two years ago, on the shore of Poseidon Lake, the resonance between Dao and sword intent was deeply moving. A figure quietly appeared in Ye Xinglan's heart, and she felt the urge to join the Spirit Pagoda.

With a mix of excitement and trepidation, Ye Xinglan called her parents' soul communication system to ask for their permission, only to be met with a barrage of scolding from them.

From the moment she entered Shrek Academy at the age of nine, her path was already predetermined. The only sect that the Ye family allowed Ye Xinglan to join was the Tang Sect, which was closely connected with Shrek Academy. She could forget about the Spirit Pagoda, the Temple of War, and the like.

Ye Xinglan tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night. It turned out that she had already been sold to Shrek Academy by the Ye family with a price tag.

Yuan Enhui resolutely left the Titan family after her mother's death and joined the Spirit Pagoda without any hesitation, while Ye Xinglan was not affected by that huge shock.

The love the Ye family gave her wasn't enough to allow her to be herself freely, and the hatred couldn't support her to abandon everything and fly away. The dull pain, like being cut by a soft knife, was more agonizing than love or hate.

Because of the rarity of the Starry Unicorn, the Spirit Pagoda demanded an exorbitant price. However, the Ye family was only willing to offer half of their resources in exchange for Ye Xinglan's chance to challenge the pagoda, casually telling her to find powerful teammates to join them.

A team of up to seven people can conquer the tower, provided that the age difference between the seven people is no more than three years. Ye Xinglan is a cold and silent person with very few friends.

Xuan Na and Yue Ye are all disciples of the Spirit Pagoda, but she is the only exception. Perhaps if she takes the initiative to ask, the other four will agree to accompany her on her journey through the pagoda.

Ye Xinglan obtained the complete set of Divine Base Alloy One-Word Battle Armor. Zhao Xuanzhen never mentioned money once. If he asked Ye Xinglan and his people for help to break through the tower again, he would never be able to repay the debt of gratitude.

Unclenching her fists and letting out a soft sigh, Ye Xinglan looked down at the tips of her shoes. It seemed as if two ears had grown out of the back of her head, drooping pitifully, like a little dog that no one cared for or loved.

"Xinglan."

A familiar, gentle voice came from behind her. Ye Xinglan turned around in surprise and met a pair of deep, dark eyes. At the same time, there were three other pairs of eyes, each looking at her with a smile.

Zhao Xuanzhen, Na'er, Gu Yue, Yuan Enyehui.

Suddenly, her eyes stung, and her usually cool and aloof star-like eyes became watery. It felt as if something was stuck in her throat, making it hard to breathe.

“We’ll accompany Yuan Enlai through the tower, Xinglan, can you lend us a hand?” Zhao Xuanzhen said.

"Thank you, thank you everyone..."

The girl's voice trembled violently. Yuan En Ye Hui didn't need to break through the tower at all; it was just that Zhao Xuan Zhen was protecting her pride.

The people looked at each other and smiled kindly.

"If we're on the same team, saying thank you would make us feel distant."

"Help each other."

"Let's walk hand in hand."

"Come on, let's conquer the tower together."

Ye Xinglan's eyes shone brighter than ever before. She knew that she would go through fire and water for her four closest friends for the rest of her life, and nodded emphatically:

"Okay, let's conquer the tower together!"

A golden aura filled the air as five figures walked in a row, disappearing into the golden light gate.

The next instant, the crisp sound of high heels hitting the ground rang out. Leng Yaozhu's eyes were playful, and she snorted lightly, "The trident has become a five-pronged fork, and the team is getting stronger and stronger."

However, you seem to be surrounded by beautiful girls. How old are you? You restless little rascal…

……

As the light and shadow gradually solidified, the Soul Tower unveiled its mysterious veil.

The spacious octagonal hall was surrounded by eight large metal doors. The five of them immediately went into battle alert mode. Gu Yue suggested, "Xuanzhen, there's no recovery time when you're in the tower. Let's split into groups. One group will fight, and the other two will rest to conserve our strength for the increasingly powerful soul beasts."

Zhao Xuanzhen nodded and adopted Gu Yue's suggestion to divide the teams: "Until we encounter a sufficiently strong opponent, we will split into three groups: Xinglan Yuanen in one group, Na'er and Gu Yue in another group, and I will fight alone in the third group. The three groups will take turns fighting."

As soon as the words were spoken, pairs of blood-red beast eyes lit up behind the eight metal doors, and a large number of robust bulls charged out. There were more than ten at each metal door, totaling nearly a hundred.

The first level of the Soul Tower is a herd of wild bulls, led by a thousand-year-old wild bull, with the rest being hundred-year-old soul beasts.

"We go first!"