Elder Xuan brought everyone to the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest. Huo Yuhao also gradually regained consciousness. His fate had now become linked with that of the Auspicious Beast.
Not long afterward, Scarlet King returned.
Clamped in its mouth was a fifteen-thousand-year-old Purple Spirit Wolf, while the mouths of its other two heads held various heavenly treasures of different forms. Among them were two purple "giant mushrooms."
"Human, I have brought what you requested. Release the Auspicious Beast!"
Su Yunlin carefully examined the items.
There were indeed five heavenly treasures, though he did not recognize most of them. The two purple mushrooms looked somewhat like ganoderma, so they were probably Nineleaf Purple Ganoderma. As for the remaining three, he had absolutely no idea what they were.
Seeing that Scarlet King had truly brought everything, Elder Xuan nodded before looking behind Scarlet King.
"This matter ends here. As for the one hiding in the back and unwilling to show himself, what do you think?"
"Release the Auspicious Beast. In the name of Di Tian, I guarantee that this matter ends here."
A deep voice suddenly echoed out.
Su Yunlin and Wang Dong were instantly shocked.
The true ruler of the Star Dou Forest—the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian!
Even Elder Xuan was startled.
"So it's the Beast God himself. This old man believes you. Catch!"
As he spoke, Elder Xuan directly tossed the Auspicious Beast toward Scarlet King.
Upon seeing this, Scarlet King immediately dropped the Purple Spirit Wolf and the heavenly treasures, hurriedly caught the Auspicious Beast, and carefully examined its body. Only after confirming there were no injuries did it finally let out a sigh of relief.
Elder Xuan also used his Spirit Power to collect the Purple Spirit Wolf and the five heavenly treasures before instantly wrapping Su Yunlin and the others with Spirit Power and rapidly escaping.
Su Yunlin took the five heavenly treasures from Elder Xuan and examined them carefully before sighing in admiration.
"Wow, they're all fully matured heavenly treasures, and their quality is top-notch. Honestly, only Spirit Beasts in this world won't bargain with you. They deliver exactly what they promise."
Elder Xuan nodded.
"That's right. Children, remember this: sometimes Spirit Beasts possess more integrity than humans do."
Meanwhile, elsewhere...
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked toward the distant horizon.
Her mind was now filled with Huo Yuhao's memories. She knew everything about him. For her, processing all of these memories would require quite a long time.
...
Elder Xuan traveled extremely quickly and returned directly to Sea God Island. He immediately had Huo Yuhao kill the fifteen-thousand-year Purple Spirit Wolf and absorb its Spirit Ring.
Meanwhile, Su Yunlin and Wang Dong were examining the heavenly treasures. Wang Dong happened to recognize them.
"Two Nineleaf Purple Ganoderma. Judging from their appearance, they've matured for over a thousand years. Nineleaf Purple Ganoderma strengthens the foundation, replenishes vitality, enhances cultivation, and can even transform one's physique.
"One Thousand-Year Sacred Soul Grass. Its effect is awakening dormant souls. If an ordinary person consumes it directly, it can greatly increase their spiritual power.
"Nirvana Flowing Heart Lotus, a fire-attributed heavenly treasure. It usually grows deep within magma and specializes in restoring damaged fire-attributed treasures. This is perfect for Senior Xiaotao. She's currently in a state of Nirvana, so consuming it could allow her to complete her rebirth ahead of time and perhaps even advance another step further.
"And lastly, the Nightshade Nether Epiphyllum, a dark-attributed heavenly treasure. Aside from strengthening dark attributes, its greatest effect is preserving the consumer's appearance—remaining forever youthful and never aging. However, it possesses heavy yin energy and can only be consumed by women."
Wang Dong explained the names and effects of all five heavenly treasures in detail.
Su Yunlin stared at the Nightshade Nether Epiphyllum.
"So I can't eat this?"
Wang Dong rubbed her chin before revealing a mischievous smile.
"You can eat it, but it'll throw your yin and yang out of balance. To put it simply, if you eat it... then you won't be able to eat me anymore."
Pfft—!
Elder Xuan instantly sprayed out a mouthful of wine.
"Are young couples nowadays really this straightforward?"
The corner of Su Yunlin's mouth twitched.
"No! Absolutely not! Anything but that!"
Wang Dong covered her mouth and giggled.
As expected, Su Yunlin really cared about her.
As expected, this lady's charm was still irresistible!
Su Yunlin asked again, "Then can you eat it? Eternal youth and everlasting beauty."
Wang Dong shook her head.
"No. I'm light-attributed. Eating this would be the same as swallowing poison—I'd die. This thing is actually more suitable for Aunt Xu. Evil and darkness are practically family, after all."
Elder Xuan nodded.
"Other than this red lotus, which this old man is keeping for Xiaotao, the rest of you can choose whatever you want."
Huo Yuhao was the first to speak. "I've already obtained the Spirit Beast I wanted this time. I want to give the Nirvana Flowing Heart Lotus to my sister, so I won't choose from the remaining heavenly treasures."
Wang Dong nodded. "That makes things easy. Give the Sacred Soul Grass to Xiao Xiao—it can increase her spiritual power, which will be very beneficial for her future cultivation. Yunlin and I will take the two Nineleaf Purple Ganoderma.
"As for the Nightshade Nether Epiphyllum, give it to Yunlin's mother. After all, I don't think our academy actually has any female dark-attributed Spirit Masters who fit it."
Elder Xuan nodded.
"That's true, there aren't any. Yuhao can stay here and absorb his Spirit Ring. I'll go report to Elder Mu. Xiao Xiao, stay here and watch over Yuhao. Yunlin and Wutong, come with this old man."
Elder Xuan brought Su Yunlin and Wang Dong into the Sea God Pavilion, only to discover that the Sea God Pavilion elders, along with Su Tianxuan, Su Jinming, and Xu Yunyu, were all gathered there. Elder Mu sat at the head seat.
"What happened?" Elder Xuan's expression changed upon seeing the scene before him. "Did something happen?"
Elder Mu looked at Elder Xuan and smiled faintly.
"Xuan Zi has returned? Did anything go wrong?"
Elder Xuan shook his head.
"No. Well... there were a few problems, but the four little fellows are all fine. Yuhao and Xiao Xiao both obtained their Spirit Rings, and as you can see, Yunlin and Wutong are perfectly alright as well."
"As long as everyone is safe."
Elder Mu's smile gradually faded.
"On the fifth day after you left Shrek Academy with Yunlin and the others, the academy came under attack!"
"What? An attack? Who was it? Du Busi?" Elder Xuan cried out in shock.
Elder Mu shook his head.
"Not Du Busi. Evil Spirit Masters. Eleven Evil Spirit Masters. Among them were five Evil Spirit Masters at the Titled Douluo level."
Elder Xuan sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Evil Spirit Masters? And eleven of them at once? How is that possible?"
Elder Mu let out a sigh.
"The Evil Spirit Masters have already become a force to be reckoned with. They've formed an organization of their own. They even deliberately created disturbances within Shrek City to lure the Pavilion Elders out to confront them.
"While we were occupied dealing with the enemies outside, several Evil Spirit Masters infiltrated Sea God Pavilion. Fortunately, Tianxuan was stationed here. Otherwise, that Evil Spirit Master would have succeeded, and Xiaotao would have been in grave danger.
"Of the eleven Evil Spirit Masters who came, this old man personally killed nine. Among the Titled Douluo-level Evil Spirit Masters, I killed three and heavily injured one. As for the Titled Douluo who infiltrated Sea God Pavilion, Tianxuan severely wounded him."
Elder Xuan's good mood instantly vanished.
"Elder Mu, are you alright?"
Elder Mu shook his head.
"If it had been my previous condition, making a move this time would probably have left me with very little time to live. However, my luck was quite good. I encountered a fortunate opportunity. Not only can I still fight with my full strength, but I can also live a while longer, so don't worry.
"Before Yunlin becomes a Titled Douluo and takes over the position of Sea God Pavilion Master, this old man won't be dying anytime soon."
Elder Xuan finally let out a sigh of relief.
He had already noticed that Elder Mu seemed to have regained a second spring in life. During the previous Sea God Pavilion meeting, Elder Mu had personally disciplined him, and Elder Xuan had sensed then that Elder Mu's condition had become far better than before.
Afterward, Elder Xuan recounted everything that had happened in the Star Dou Forest to Elder Mu.
Elder Mu nodded.
"Mm. Yuhao and Xiao Xiao are key individuals for the academy's future cultivation. As for the five heavenly treasures, aside from the one that can help Xiaotao recover, let them distribute the rest themselves."
Su Yunlin also pieced together some things from the conversation.
Even if Ma Xiaotao had not encountered problems during the Spirit Master Tournament, the Evil Spirit Masters would still have come to Shrek Academy.
But who were they looking for? Surely they weren't after me, right?
Then again, my Martial Soul does indeed qualify me to become the Holy Son of the Holy Ghost Church. Fortunately, the Fire Phoenix Saintess still hasn't returned.
The Blue Silver Saintess is also within Shrek Academy. Making the Holy Ghost Church lose two Saintesses... I'd say I've done a pretty good job.
...
Read Advanced Chapters on : patreon.com/cw/OblivionTL
~ Every 100 PS = Bonus Chapter!
~ Push the Story forward with your [Power Stones]