Douluo Dalu 2: Unrivaled Tang Sect

Chapter 26.1. National Treasure, Cauldron's Trembling Shake

After Mu Jin left, Nanmen Yuner took her leave as well. Only Wu Feng stayed behind to accompany Ning Tian. Although the three of them were a team, in truth, only Ning Tian and Wu Feng were closely related; Nanmen Yuner was only a classmate of theirs.

Young mistress, we cant just leave this as it is. That bastard dared to hurt you! Shall we use the strength of the clan? Wu Feng said hatefully.

An unresigned look flashed through Ning Tians eyes. Sister Feng, dont let anger cloud your reasoning. This is Shrek Academy. How can we rashly use the strength of our clan? Furthermore, we lost in terms of personal strength; we cant randomly accuse others for our loss. If we want to wash this humiliation away, well have to work hard by ourselves. Also, havent I said this before? Dont call me young mistress in the Academy. Were sisters here.

Alright. Wu Feng obediently replied, softly nodding her head as she did so.

After pondering for a moment, Ning Tian said, Lets see if we can find a way to watch their match tomorrow. As long as we watch them carefully, Im sure well be able to find a clue as to why we lost. They didnt rely on luck to beat us, they relied on strength. That student with the ten year soul ring seems to be known as Huo Yuhao; hes the one we should pay the most attention to. He could end up being our greatest opponent during our time in the outer courtyard.

Fortunately, the tournaments matches were held individually, which meant that there wasnt a large audience for each match. As a result, Huo Yuhaos team wasnt followed too closely.

Aside from proving themselves, Huo Yuhaos team had had their confidence levels increased after both successfully entering the top 16 and beating one of the three strongest teams. Soul Elders werent that scary; after all, hadnt they just beat a team led by a Soul Elder-ranked expert? Even an extremely synergistic team like Ning Tians had lost to theirs, so the excitement in Huo Yuhaos team could be imagined.

Huo Yuhao finally fulfilled his promise with Xiao Xiao. He first sold his regular amount of twenty fish, then brought the remaining fish hed bought to the forest and had a picnic with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. This went on all the way until the sky had become dark, when the three quietly returned to their dorms.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong first went to clean themselves up. Huo Yuhao knew that Wang Dong was somewhat of a mysophobic, so he changed into a set of clean clothes. Are we going to do it on your bed, or on mine?

Wang Dongs face stiffened and he replied with a slightly angry voice, Would it kill you to add the word cultivate? Can you not make it sound so ambiguous?

Huo Yuhao was speechless. Dont listen to Xiao Xiaos nonsense, I dont like you. I definitely still prefer pretty girls.

Wang Dong humphed. Lets do it on our own beds, yours is too hard.

Huo Yuhao furrowed his brows. Stop arguing, lets do it quickly. If we cultivate together, our cultivation speed practically doubles. Dont you want to quickly catch up to that Ning Tian in terms of soul rank?

Wang Dong smiled craftily. Who would want to argue with you? Who said that we cant cultivate together while were sitting on our own beds? Drag your bed over and make a 50cm gap between them. That way, well be able to hold hands if we stretch our hands out. Furthermore, well be able to use the remaining space as the dividing line between our sides of the room.

Huo Yuhao rolled his eyes. Arent you tired of all of this? Arent you just lying to yourself?

Wang Dong glared at him with his large, beautiful eyes. Are you coming over or not? If you arent, Im going to sleep. I wasnt even a hardworking person in the first place. If it werent for you, why would I even think of cultivating at night?

Fine, Im scared of you then. Helpless, Huo Yuhao could only drag his bed over next to Wang Dongs and sit in a cross-legged position with his palms outstretched.

Wang Dong raised his hands to meet Wang Dongs, causing their Haodong Power to rapidly circulate throughout their bodies.

Defeating Ning Tian today had been the first time that theyd tried using their Haodong Power to activate a soul skill together. When theyd succeeded, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had faintly felt that there was a chance for them to covertly turn all of their soul skills into fusion skills via their Haodong Power. When the two of them had gathered their soul power to activate the soul skill, it hadnt been as strong as a true fusion skill, but it had still distantly exceeded the strength of their usual skills. Theyd been able to smoothly defeat their opponents because of this.

On the other hand, their match today had given Huo Yuhao a feeling of power for the first time ever. However, their cultivation levels were simply too low. It had taken the two of them working together to activate the soul skill for it to barely reach the level of a Soul Elder. After all, Huo Yuhaos own soul power was still too weak. If it werent for the fact that his Spiritual Shock was a unique spiritual-type attack, they probably wouldnt have been able to win their earlier match as efficiently as they had.

Only a single day had passed, yet a large number of freshmen had already been eliminated from the freshmen assessment. After the second day finished, only the top 16 teamsor a total of 48 studentswould remain from this years freshmen assessment. Everyone that had reached this point could be considered an excellent figure from this years freshmen; so much so that they could even be considered as one of the most outstanding figures amongst their peers in the entire continent.

During the lot-drawing for the top 16, Huo Yuhaos team saw a few familiar faces. Huang Chutians teamwho theyd beaten during the round-robin tournamenthad entered the top 16 as well.

Huo Yuhao whispered to Wang Dong, How long do you think the Lan sisters will have to rest in order for them to use their fusion skill again?

Wang Dong replied, I dont think itll be that long. Even though theyre twins, their fusion skill wasnt that strong. I reckon that its because their compatibility rate isnt that hightheir fusion skill wasnt explosive enough. Its ability to restrict opponents isnt too bad though. However, they arent able to maintain the drain on their soul power for a long time. If we meet them again, you wont even need to make a move. As long as you help me activate my Light of the Butterfly Goddess, Im confident that Ill be able to break their fusion skill.

While they talked, they continued to observe the rest of their opponents. At this point in the tournament, Huo Yuhao was probably the only one-ringed Soul Master left.

There were even more people in the Spectators Stand today. The stands had already been filled up, despite the matches not yet being started. Strangely, there was an empty space in the middle of the stands that was about three or so square meters wide. An old man with disheveled hair and holes all over his clothes was sitting there with his legs dangling off the edge of the stand. He was drinking alcohol from a reddish-purple gourd that he was holding in his hands. In addition to that, there were a few pieces of fried chicken that had been placed on oiled paper in front of him. He was also holding a fried chicken leg in his off hand. As he drank and ate, he appeared to be extremely joyful.

Every single person who was watching the tournament from the Spectators Stand was a teacher at Shrek Academy, yet nobody had even dared to approach this old man, much less question him.

Wang Yan respectfully walked over to the sloppily dressed old man and whispered, Xuan Lao, youve come.

Yep. The old man simply snorted before he continued eating and drinking.

Wang Yan pointed towards the stage below and said, The three youngsters that I talked about are over there. Yesterday.

When he got to this point, Xuan Lao impatiently waved his fried chicken leg around and said, Ill take a look for myself.