chsdbacks Chapter 464 Are you hiding something from me, old man?
Chapter 464 Are you hiding something from me, old man?
Chapter 464 Are you hiding something from me, old man?
"Boom!"
The deafening explosion drew the attention of the students on the other side of the shore to the direction of Poseidon Island.
The two phoenixes that had been locked in aerial combat have vanished, replaced by two orbs of light radiating intense brilliance.
Two orbs of light, one red and one gold, are facing off against each other in the air.
The extreme heat continued to evaporate the water in Poseidon Lake, and Ma Xiaotao stared at Yan Shaozhe with an unfriendly expression.
"Old man Yan! Are you busy with something for me?" Ma Xiaotao asked, rubbing her hands together.
"No!" Yan Shaozhe said decisively, and at this moment, the less he said, the better.
As the saying goes, too much talk leads to mistakes. As the dean of the Martial Soul Department and a member of the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe naturally knew the secret information about Ye Nanxiao's disappearance within the Sun Moon Empire.
However, his own disciple happened to have the means to contact Ye Nanxiao.
Yan Shaozhe was so anxious that he started shaking his head.
He didn't know how often Ye Nanxiao and his precious disciple contacted each other, but he knew that if they suddenly lost contact, even if his disciple only had three things on his mind—eating, cultivation, and that fox—he would eventually realize something was wrong after a while.
Given Ma Xiaotao's temperament, she would definitely fly directly to the Sun Moon Empire and stage a mythical story of a lone woman rescuing her husband.
That was exactly the scene Yan Shaozhe didn't want to see.
So Yan Shaozhe came up with an idea: to increase the intensity and duration of Ma Xiaotao's daily training so that she wouldn't have time to think about contacting Ye Nanxiao.
This method did work at first.
Every day, Ma Xiaotao was too tired to meditate, so she went straight back to the villa, hugged Jiang Nannan, and fell asleep, sleeping until she naturally woke up every day.
After waking up, he resumed Yan Shaozhe's training.
The intense training schedule left Ma Xiaotao wanting to sleep almost every day as soon as she got home.
Yan Shaozhe was initially secretly pleased with his plan, while Jiang Nannan was also given a lot of training by Cai Meier.
However, no matter how meticulous the plan, unexpected events will always occur.
For example, Yan Shaozhe only thought about increasing Ma Xiaotao's training load so that she wouldn't have time to date. However, the old-fashioned views on love were no match for Ye Huli, a time traveler.
Ye Nanxiao's romantic mind was as thin as a veil when it came to Yan Shaozhe.
The fact that Ye Nanxiao didn't reply to Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Nannan's usual messages made the two women realize that something was wrong.
However, both women knew Ye Nanxiao's strength, so despite their worries, they didn't panic. They just lost their appetite and couldn't sleep.
Ever since Ye Nanxiao created the long-range enhanced communication soul tool, the three of them have been chatting almost non-stop.
The two women could tolerate it for a day or two, but who knows, Ye Nanxiao might have locked himself in some laboratory again, working day and night to research soul tools.
However, Ye Nanxiao did not say anything in advance.
Time passed slowly, and Jiang Nannan, being a gentle person, tried her best to be patient, but Ma Xiaotao, known as the Shrek Volcano, had little patience.
These days, before and after training, Ma Xiaotao would ask Yan Shaozhe if there were any messages from Ye Nanxiao from the Sea God Pavilion.
Both women knew that Ye Nanxiao had secretly researched and cracked the soul tool of Mingde Hall, then drawn up blueprints and sent the data back to Shrek Academy.
Although Yan Shaozhe is full of tricks and bad ideas, he is not good at making up lies.
Ma Xiaotao crossed her arms, staring intently at Yan Shaozhe, and asked, "Old man Yan, my dear master, are you really not hiding anything from me?"
Flames shot up from behind Ma Xiaotao, looking from a distance like a towering fire tree suddenly growing on the Sea God Lake.
Yan Shaozhe subtly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He knew his disciple's temper well; if he could beat him right now, he would definitely pin him down in the lake and beat him up.
"Xiao Tao, how could I possibly keep it from you again! Don't you know about what happened at my family's place?" Yan Shaozhe withdrew the golden light from his body, floated in the air, and wore a calm smile on his face.
Pretend to act as usual.
"That seems to make sense." Ma Xiaotao touched her smooth chin.
She even knew which sofa in the living room Yan Shaozhe would sleep on when he angered Cai Meier and was kicked out of his room.
The refined and dignified dean of the Martial Soul Department is unusually obedient when facing his wife.
Upon hearing Ma Xiaotao's words, Yan Shaozhe subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had fooled her again.
At that time, the news that Ye Nanxiao had been forced to lose contact was relayed back to the Sea God Pavilion by Elder Xuan. Elder Mu urgently convened a Sea God meeting, but made a mistake in his haste, causing Ma Xiaotao to also receive the message that the members of the Sea God Pavilion were to be urgently assembled.
Ma Xiaotao then learned about the situation where the Shrek Academy exchange team was targeted at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy.
The entire Poseidon Pavilion was doing its best to conceal the most important news, to the point that a large group of old men had to put on an acting show.
Ma Xiaotao stared at Yan Shaozhe suspiciously, noticing some subtle expressions on his face, which made her even more puzzled.
"Old Man Yan, why are you sweating?" Ma Xiaotao narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, as if she had discovered a blind spot.
With Yan Shaozhe's cultivation level as a Super Douluo, his current flames could not pose a threat to him, even though his Phoenix Flame had evolved to the realm of ultimate fire.
"My cultivation has been going poorly lately, and I'm having some problems. You child, I'm already in this state, and you're still causing me trouble! Really! Hurry up and go back to the Sea God Pavilion to meditate!" Yan Shaozhe glared at him and said with a stern face.
Seeing Yan Shaozhe's stern face, Ma Xiaotao knew that this was a sign that Yan Shaozhe was about to get really angry.
"Old man Yan! I just got back from the inspection team! I don't care! I want to rest today! I want to go shopping with Nan Nan to relax!" Ma Xiaotao said through gritted teeth.
By the way, she also needed to contact Ye Nanxiao again. She hadn't been able to bring the enhanced communication soul tool when she went out on missions, as it was a difficult thing for Ye Nanxiao to make.
Yan Shaozhe maintained his stern expression, then took a step back and said, "Then let's rest tonight. Go meditate now!"
Ma Xiaotao pouted, somewhat annoyed, and muttered, "When Xiaoxiaozi comes back, I'll definitely make him trick you!"
Yan Shaozhe's lips twitched incessantly; with his cultivation level, he could hear Ma Xiaotao's whispers clearly.
After forcing the reluctant Ma Xiaotao into the cultivation room in the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe immediately went to Elder Mu to complain.
"Elder Mu! I can't hold on much longer! Still no new information?" Yan Shaozhe slumped in his chair, utterly exhausted from dealing with his disciple.
Mu En shook his head slightly. "Shao Zhe, let's keep this news a secret for as long as possible."
Mu En knew Ma Xiaotao's temperament well, but he knew even better about her terrifying talent after she purified the evil fire.
Talent is innate; some people are born to stand at the top of the pyramid. Ma Xiaotao, who inherited the Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils, is one such person.
With her terrifying talent and complete mastery of the Evil Flame, and nurtured by Shrek Academy's abundant resources, Ma Xiaotao is rapidly ascending to the level of a Title Douluo, a position that allows her to look down upon all living beings.
Ma Xiaotao's cultivation level has now reached level 86. The time she purified the evil fire was more than half a year ago, when she was a Soul Saint.
For Soul Masters with exceptional attributes, their cultivation speed decreases as their cultivation level increases.
However, Ma Xiaotao and Ye Nanxiao were perfectly matched, like yin and yang fish, in every way.
At the crucial juncture of condensing the soul core, the two encountered almost no obstacles and condensed their first soul core.
"Elder Mu, Xiao Tao has probably already guessed that we old folks are hiding something from her. Since Xiao Tao has guessed it, then Nan Nan has probably guessed it too, about the Tang Clan..." Yan Shaozhe hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Although the Tang Clan chose Shrek City from among Bei Bei and Tang Ya, the greatest contributor to the Tang Clan and the spiritual idol of the disciples is still Ye Nanxiao.
If the Tang Clan learns of Ye Nanxiao's disappearance, the consequences could very well repeat the situation of the Body Sect disrupting the continent with the power of a single sect, with the Sun and Moon Continent as the target.
Yan Shaozhe crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair, and stared blankly at the ceiling.
The conference room door was pushed open, and Qian Duoduo walked in.
"Hey, isn't this Lao Yan? Why are you so listless today? You're not even drinking your favorite Xueshan Maofeng tea?" Qian Duoduo sat down next to Yan Shaozhe casually.
Yan Shaozhe's eyes flickered slightly, not wanting to pay any attention to Qian Duoduo; he had enough of a bothering him today.
Qian Duoduo patted Yan Shaozhe on the shoulder and said to Elder Mu, "Elder Mu, Yuhao has sent back a message!"
"Good news? Is it from a fox?" Yan Shaozhe asked, turning his head to the side.
Qian Duoduo nodded emphatically, instantly energizing Yan Shaozhe.
"Really! Tell me quickly!" Yan Shaozhe excitedly grabbed Qian Duoduo's shoulders, his face full of anticipation.
"You fucking let go of me! How disgusting is this from a grown man?!" Qian Duoduo slapped Yan Shaozhe's hands away. "Yuhao sent word that Nanxiao has been contacted, and it's preliminarily confirmed that Nanxiao is safe and sound. However, judging from the situation at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy, Nanxiao is currently unable to return to the team!"
"Xu Tianran has too many hidden tricks up his sleeve, and Elder Xuan cannot extricate himself from the situation."
"Damn it! I'm going to fetch Nanxiao right now!" Yan Shaozhe roared, golden flames flashing around him as he prepared to fly away through the window.
The fact that the usually refined Yan Shaozhe could be so enraged shows how much brainpower he had expended to conceal Ye Nanxiao's disappearance during this period.
"The Sun Moon Empire has become an iron turtle box. Even if you go, it won't make a difference." Qian Duoduo slapped Yan Shaozhe back into his chair.
"Elder Mu! Could you please ask Elder Song to make a trip?" Qian Duoduo asked.
Moon shook his head slightly.
Qian Duoduo frowned and remained silent.
"Elder Song is going to oversee the inspection team, so I've already asked someone else to go. If there's any news, Nan Xiao will be safely sent back to Xuanzi." Mu En finished speaking and glanced at Yan Shaozhe.
Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe looked up at the same time and exchanged a glance.
Who is the person Master Mu is referring to?
Who needs Elder Mu's invitation?
Which old monster has emerged from seclusion?
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