stonecrandall Chapter 156 Returning to Starry Sky
Chapter 156 Returning to Starry Sky
Chapter 156 Returning to Starry Sky
After returning to the academy, Ye Nanxiao flew on the floating ice towards the place where Elder Xuan was giving his lecture.
As he flew, Ye Nanxiao pondered how to find the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
"Auspicious beasts are always surrounded by ferocious beasts as bodyguards, so we probably won't find them by searching directly. They'll likely be avoided by the power of fate. It seems we still need to wait for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to be attracted by the chosen one of destiny." Ye Nanxiao pondered, rubbing his chin.
A mythical beast that receives the favor of fate will mysteriously avoid misfortune that is detrimental to it.
"If we can find it, the most important question is what reason to use to approach it. It's impossible for this silly deer to just come crawling to us, right?" Ye Nanxiao sighed, troubled.
Frustrated, Ye Nanxiao simply transformed the ice beneath his feet into an ice cloud and lay down on it.
Staring at the sky in thought, Ye Nanxiao suddenly noticed a shooting star falling from the sky.
"That's rare. I can see a shooting star even after half a day." Ye Nanxiao silently clasped his hands together and made a wish.
Goodbye shooting star, I hope I can run into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Why is this shooting star getting bigger and bigger?
Ye Nanxiao suddenly realized that the meteor, carrying intense flames, was heading straight for him.
"Have we arrived yet?" Ye Nanxiao sat up and looked down, where he saw Xu Sanshi covering his mouth to suppress a laugh and Bei Bei with a wry smile looking at him.
He flipped over and jumped off the ice cloud. Looking back, Ye Nanxiao saw that the fire meteor was still heading straight for him.
"Elder Xuan, help!" Ye Nanxiao ran towards Elder Xuan in a flash.
Before Ye Nanxiao could reach Elder Xuan, a jade hand enveloped in flames grabbed the back of his collar.
Ma Xiaotao, expressionless, grabbed Ye Nanxiao and threw him onto the martial arts stage.
Watching Ma Xiaotao gradually turn into a blood-red chili pepper, Ye Nanxiao snorted coldly, activated his martial spirit, and walked straight towards Ma Xiaotao.
Ma Xiaotao raised her eyebrows slightly. She had prepared herself to listen to Ye Nanxiao's long explanation, but it seemed that Ye Nanxiao had become more assertive.
"Aren't you even going to offer an explanation this time?" Ma Xiaotao bit her red lips, her eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
Standing in front of Ma Xiaotao, only a fist's distance from the dumpling, Ye Nanxiao asked calmly, "Are you angry?"
Ma Xiaotao crossed her arms, her beautiful eyes fixed on Ye Nanxiao. Listening to Ye Nanxiao's words, she suddenly felt a little wronged.
"Why didn't you come to find me?" The words were on the tip of Ma Xiaotao's tongue, but she found herself unable to say them.
The next moment, two tails stretched out from behind Ye Nanxiao.
Feeling the softness on her shoulder, Ma Xiaotao suddenly realized that she had been thinking too much; the fox in front of her was still the same Leaf Fox!
"Sister Xiaotao, it's not that I didn't want to come to you, but the soul tools in my pocket have suffered heavy losses. That damned evil soul master destroyed a lot of my treasures. You see, as an ordinary control-type soul master, without any legendary old masters, how can I not have some soul tools for self-defense? You agree, right?" Ye Nanxiao said with a fawning smile, rubbing his hands together, his two tails, covered in a faint frost, as he massaged Ma Xiaotao's shoulders.
"I remember that the tea at that teahouse in the city is really good. How about I pay for tonight's bill?" Ye Nanxiao said with a smile.
Ma Xiaotao reached out and pinched Ye Nanxiao's face with both hands, gritting her teeth as she said, "You little rascal, I thought you weren't even going to make up an excuse this time!"
After kneading for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, Ma Xiaotao finally withdrew her hand, satisfied.
Seeing Ye Nanxiao's hair, which she had messed up, Ma Xiaotao stepped forward and gently combed his disheveled silver hair.
"Forget about tea, I don't like that stuff. Let's do it next time. Sister Xiaotao wants to drink!" Ma Xiaotao brought her face close to Ye Nanxiao's, her eyes filled with a hint of resentment.
"Alright, alright, let's go first, don't delay Beibei and the others' training." Ye Nanxiao reached out and turned Ma Xiaotao around, wagging her tail, and pushed her off the training platform.
Xu Sanshi gave Ye Nanxiao a thumbs-up with a sly grin and followed Bei Bei onto the martial arts stage.
Elder Xuan strolled over leisurely, a chicken bone dangling from his mouth and a gourd of wine in his left hand. He asked Ye Nanxiao, "You only come here for practical lessons, kid? What brings you here today? Had a change of heart? Not slacking off anymore?"
"No, no, no, my conscience hasn't bothered me yet. I'm mainly here to see you because of our trip to Xingdou in a few days," Ye Nanxiao chuckled.
He was just making good use of his time as a lazy bum; he was definitely not slacking off. There's a lot of skill involved in being a lazy bum. Doesn't it take time to come up with all those fabricated reasons?
Xuan Lao silently took the chicken leg bone out of his mouth and shook it in his hand.
Upon seeing the chicken leg bone, Ye Nanxiao silently covered his head and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just that when we arrive at Xingdou, you need to place me in the outer circle area. I need to start the experiment from the outer area to establish a complete data set. Also, you took the three little ones to the central circle area of Xingdou, which is not conducive to my soul tool experiment and will also affect the three little ones' search for and hunting of soul beasts."
Old Xuan tilted his head back and gulped down a few mouthfuls of wine, shaking the chicken leg bone in his hand as if it would slip from his grasp at any moment. "What kind of mischief are you up to now, kid?"
"I'm known as the Honest and Reliable Little Fox, and I definitely didn't have any other intentions," Ye Nanxiao said, patting his slightly developed chest muscles.
Seeing Elder Xuan frown slightly in thought, Ye Nanxiao continued, "I have a level seven soul-guided shield on my body. If I encounter danger, I will release a signal flare."
Upon hearing Ye Nanxiao's words, Elder Xuan shook the wine jug in his hand, remained silent for a moment, glanced at Ye Nanxiao a few times, and then produced a chicken leg with a flick of his wrist. "Alright, kid, you'd better watch out, don't cause me any big trouble."
"Definitely not!" Ye Nanxiao shook his head and said.
If we really encounter a big problem, with my own abilities and Elder Xuan's cultivation, I should be able to hold out until Elder Xuan arrives in a short time.
Standing next to Ye Nanxiao, Ma Xiaotao grabbed the fox's wagging tail and asked, "When are you coming back this time?"
Ye Nanxiao swallowed hard, thinking to himself that Tuanzi had become fierce again recently.
"It will only take five or six days for Yuhao and the others to hunt down the soul beasts. I will come back with the main force then." Ye Nanxiao straightened his tail and tugged it slightly, but Tuanzi hugged him tightly instead.
"Mmm." The phoenix girl puffed out her cheeks slightly and buried her pretty face in the soft fox tail.
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Dividing line
Two days later, on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Elder Xuan left Ye Nanxiao at the doorway, then used his soul power to pick up the three little ones and fly towards the central region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Ye Nanxiao enjoyed the warmth of the sunshine on his body as he flew at a steady speed.
An endless, dense forest appeared before Ye Nanxiao's eyes. The warning signs at the entrance had been replaced with new ones. Looking at the claw marks on the signs, Ye Nanxiao said, "Now, it's time to see how things go."
Ye Nanxiao revealed his spirit rings and created two clones, Ye No. 1 and Ye No. 2. One clone prepared to experiment with the spirit tool in front, while the other walked straight into the interior of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Three-Eyed Golden Lion, if possible, you should continue to be your auspicious beast in the Star Dou Great Forest. The human world is too dangerous." Ye Nanxiao muttered to himself as he walked into the Star Dou Great Forest.
No matter which auspicious beast it is, its destiny is predetermined at birth. Unless it is killed, the destiny power of the auspicious beast will not be taken away. Ye Nanxiao has a bold conjecture in his heart: in this world, the only people who can manipulate the destiny power are the auspicious beast itself and the Sea King. Otherwise, Ye Nanxiao cannot think of anyone else who can have this ability.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, Ye Nanxiao suddenly sensed a murderous intent.
The next moment, three crescent-shaped claw strikes burst out from the bushes to the left front.
With a wave of his hand, Ye Nanxiao conjured a hexagonal ice shield to block the claw attack, and then retreated a few steps.
A lion with blue-black fur and a ghostly gleam in its eyes suddenly charged out.
"Judging from its size, the Netherworld Lion has a cultivation level of about ten thousand years." Ye Nanxiao quickly made a judgment in his mind, and his martial spirit instantly possessed him.
He raised his hand and made a grasping motion, summoning an ice prison to trap the Netherworld Lion that was pouncing on him.
Blue flames ignited in the mouth of the Nether Lion as it bit down on the ice prison.
As the crisp sound rang out, the Nether Lion's tail snapped straight up.
Ye Nanxiao turned around and left gracefully in the reddened eyes of the Nether Lion, not forgetting to wave and say, "Your teeth should grow back. Goodbye, big lion. This ice prison will disappear in a quarter of an hour."
"Roar! Roar! Awooo!" (Come back, it's cold!)
Ye Nanxiao continued forward, while simultaneously using his "mind's eye" to try and capture some strange energy fluctuations.
As he encountered more and more ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, Ye Nanxiao estimated that he should now be close to entering the middle area of the Star Dou Great Forest. However, Ye Nanxiao did not use Xue Di's aura to scare away soul beasts under one hundred thousand years old, because he was not sure if Di Tian was awake.
Looking up, Ye Nanxiao spotted a towering tree and jumped onto one of its thick trunks. He took out some dry rations from his storage ring and slowly ate them, pondering the question of the power of destiny as he ate.
After finishing his dry rations, Ye Nanxiao planned to rest for a while.
Suddenly, a terrifying aura emanated from his "Mind's Eye." Ye Nanxiao's expression changed, and he hurriedly did his best to conceal his own aura while simultaneously asking Xue Di, "Xue'er?" in his spiritual sea.
"It's alright, I can walk," Xue Di replied immediately.
Within Ye Nanxiao's spiritual sea, the Snow Empress sat on a throne formed of solidified ice, her head propped up by her right hand, her beautiful eyes filled with sharpness.
The only thing that could warrant such a large-scale attack from the two of them is a soul beast that Ye Nanxiao is currently unable to handle.
Ye Nanxiao was positioned in a relatively concealed tree trunk, and by hiding his aura, he might not be discovered.
Peeking out slightly, a dark red figure slowly entered Ye Nanxiao's field of vision. It was over five meters long, with three identical heads, and its appearance was somewhat like a lion. Its ferocious canines were exposed, gleaming with a reddish-gold luster, which added to the overall ferocity of this soul beast.
"Red King." Upon seeing the three identical heads, Ye Nanxiao immediately recognized the soul beast before him.
Huo Yuhao was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's super bodyguard, but also the most incompetent one, allowing Huo Yuhao to take a share of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's power of destiny. This can be considered one of the main reasons for the connection between the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Huo Yuhao's fates.
"The Crimson King seems to be on patrol? That means the Three-Eyed Golden Lion is nearby? This is troublesome. I thought the bodyguard was still that swan." Ye Nanxiao had overlooked the presence of the Crimson King and was thinking about a way to escape.
"So it's just this little dog. Nothing to fear." Xue Di also saw the Crimson King through her shared vision with Ye Nanxiao.
As the third-ranked of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts in the Central Plains, the Snow Empress naturally had no fear of the Crimson King, a soul beast with 300,000 years of cultivation.
"Just conceal your aura. If it really comes down to fighting, I'm not afraid. This little dog is nothing to me," the Snow Empress said proudly.
Ye Nanxiao silently gave Xue Di a thumbs up in his heart. Only Xue Di could call the Crimson King, who had cultivated for 300,000 years, a little dog.
The Snow Empress is the ultimate ice, while the Crimson King's own hellfire is only infinitely close to the ultimate fire, not yet at the ultimate level. No wonder the Snow Empress doesn't take the Crimson King seriously.
The two large heads on either side of the Red King closed their eyes, opened their mouths wide, and yawned loudly, their gazes sweeping casually around them.
The big-headed creature on the right muttered to itself, "Why is the auspicious beast suddenly in the mood to come out and play today? Oh well, Biji is with us anyway."
With a cultivation period of 300,000 years, and currently located in the middle layer of the Star Dou Great Forest, nearing the inner layer, with the Emperor Beast behind him and this ferocious beast guarding him, the Crimson King was somewhat complacent. He merely glanced around casually, not even releasing his own senses, only radiating his ferocious aura as he passed by.
Ye Nanxiao watched the Crimson King walk further and further away until he disappeared completely from sight. After waiting for a while, he dared to release his senses.
Although Ye Nanxiao was confident enough to escape, the ferocious beast was still beyond his current cultivation level to handle.
"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion should be nearby. I need to find an opportunity," Ye Nanxiao thought to himself.
As Ye Nanxiao expected, the three-eyed golden lion with beautiful golden fur soon appeared in his field of vision.
"Hey little guy, it's been a long time! What are you doing here?" a gentle voice called out.
Ye Nanxiao's mind immediately went on high alert. The Nine-Tailed Snow Fox instantly possessed him, and he gripped the ice blade in his hand. His fox eyes flashed crimson as he warily looked in the direction of the sound.
Wearing a bright green dress, Bi Ji stood behind Ye Nanxiao with a smile on her face.
"Little one, is this how you treat your older sister, just like that?" Brigitte crossed her arms in front of her, looking like a gentle older sister.
"This woman is here too? Does she walk silently? This is troublesome. Xiao'er, get ready to run away." Xue Di got a headache just seeing Bi Ji, and without thinking, she told Ye Nanxiao to prepare to run away.
Ye Nanxiao withdrew his martial soul and put on a standard smile, saying, "Oh, it's Sister Biji! It's been a long time. I'll just take a quick look around and then head back. I have other things to do, see you later."
After saying that, Ye Nanxiao immediately turned around to run away, but was disturbed by Biji. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already seen Ye Nanxiao and jumped directly in front of him, affectionately rubbing its big head against Ye Nanxiao's tail.
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