37 Chapter 36 - Challenging the Main Team

The next day, Ma Xiaotao visited him once more and was surprised that Mo Xie was already on his feet fully recovered. Even though Mo Xie's recovery speed was pretty good, it couldn't be that fast, right?

However, she was happy that Mo Xie had completely healed and began to tell him about the Soul Emperor's interrogation.

The academy healed the Soul Emperor's wounds enough for him to speak and sealed his strength so he couldn't use his spiritual power. But the Soul Emperor was extremely cunning and refused to speak.

He had hidden a deadly poison between his teeth and drank it before the academy could do anything and died a moment later, leaving only a corpse behind.

Mo Xie knew they were sent by Dai Huabin and the academy wouldn't come into direct conflict with the Star Luo Empire just for that, as this action would involve many problems, but she should have made other plans to resolve the conflict.

Mo Xie threw this problem in the back of his mind and didn't care much. Although he struggled against Dai Huabin's spiritual masters, this problem was originally made to deal with Yuhao, so he will let him solve it himself.

"When should I go meet Elder Xuan?" Mo Xie asked after hearing Ma Xiaotao's entire explanation.

"He left to sort out some things and should come back tomorrow." Ma Xiaotao replied softly.

Mo Xie waved and said as he stretched his body, "Okay, then let's get something to eat and go train for a bit." A crack sounded from his bones. He looked at Ma Xiaotao and spoke teasingly: "I had a breakthrough during my meditation yesterday and I'm itching to hit someone!" Even though his rank didn't reach Rank 45, his comprehension and control over the elements have increased.

"You just recovered and already want to be bedridden again?" Ma Xiaotao didn't back down either. She put a hand to the lock of her hair and tucked it behind her ear and said with a teasing look, "All right, this big sister will fulfill your wish and teach you a lesson."

This action and expression of Ma Xiaotao stunned him for a moment, but he quickly composed himself.

"Sister Xiaotao, you better not regret it later." Mo Xie said and left the room while Ma Xiaotao laughed a little and followed him.

Mo Xie didn't notice, but he was slowly opening his heart to Ma Xiaotao. Previously he was much more restrained with her than he was now.

They ate something Mo Xie prepared in the kitchen for breakfast, which made Ma Xiaotao praise his cooking skills and then went to the familiar training room they'd used for nearly a year.

Mo Xie had to admit that it was the first time he had enjoyed his training with Ma Xiaotao so much.

They fighted, talked and meditated together and before they knew it, time flew by.

In the evening, Mo Xie returned to his dorm and met Lei Zhi, who had also become a second year. However, they were still in separate classes, as Lei Zhi was a spiritual master of the agility system.

"You seem in a good mood Brother Xie." Lei Zhi said, a little surprised. Since becoming his roommate, he'd rarely seen Mo Xie in such a good mood as he did today.

"Eh?" Mo Xie looked at him confused.

"Don't tell me you didn't notice?" Lei Zhi gave him a strange look and as if a lightbulb suddenly went on he asked, "Is it something associated with Senior Sister Ma?"

Memories of his training today with Ma Xiaotao flashed through his head and he suddenly realized why Lei Zhi said he was in a better mood than usual.

However, he showed nothing on his face and diverted the subject: "No, I had a breakthrough yesterday so I'm in a good mood."

Lei Zhi looked at him a little enviously, but quickly congratulated him.

He thought of something and asked, "Brother Xie, do you have any way to improve my advancement rate? My cultivation speed seems to have slowed down recently."

Mo Xie used his energy flow ability and his Mystic Eyes innate ability and tried to see any errors in Le Zhi's cultivation. After a few moments, Mo Xie said, "Lei Zhi, your martial soul is a Silver Wind Eagle and has an affinity for the wind element." Mo Xie commented and asked him to produce some wind in his hand without using his spiritual abilities.

With a little effort, Lei Zhi managed to create a small gust of wind in his hand and Mo Xie went on to explain, "If you want to improve your cultivation, you must understand every aspect of your martial soul. Although she is a beast-type martial soul, it is intrinsically related to the wind element. You must work on your control, not only under your spiritual power but also under the wind element. With that alone, your speed will increase by at least 30% and your understanding will make you not face bottlenecks."

Mo Xie waited for Lei Zhi to digest his words and continued, "You're still doing the spiritual power control training I gave you earlier, right? I will update it and teach you how to feel the wind element and how to control it."

"Then I'll buy you lunch as a thank you." Lei Zhi sincerely thanked him.

After some more time talking they went to sleep.

The next day, Mo Xie showed up at Zhou Yi's office and saw ten other people present, including Wang Dong and Yuhao. They were all core disciples from Class 1 who passed the advancement test.

Zhou Yi coughed a little, drawing everyone's attention to her. "The reason for calling all of you here is because the outer courtyard will hold a qualifier with all the central disciples. Originally, it had nothing to do with sophomores, but the academy suddenly decided to let the sophomores participate in the match as well. As a result, you will need to prepare."

"Only core disciples under the age of 15 will participate and core disciples from the spirit tools department will also participate. Seven students will be chosen from among the participants, so do your best to be chosen." Zhou Yi said in her cold voice. Her last sentence felt more like a threat than advice, making everyone inside the room tense.

"Alright, you guys get back to the classroom first. Mo Xie, Huo Yuhao, stay behind for a while."

"Yes." They looked at Yuhao and Mo Xie with pity and left the office.

"Mo Xie, why isn't your name on the list of core disciples to participate in the qualifiers?" Zhou Yi asked seriously.

"I do not know." Mo Xie shook his head and continued, "But Sister Ma Xiaotao said that Elder Xuan wanted to see me, so I think it must be related to him."

Zhou Yi was surprised at the mention of Elder Xuan, but asked no further and released Mo Xie, leaving only Yuhao in her office.

Mo Xie had just arrived at Sea God Lake when the figure of Ma Xiaotao appeared in his field of vision.

She gave him a mischievous smile and said, "Come on, I'll take you to Elder Xuan."

Mo Xie had already guessed why, but continued to act as if he didn't know anything. He spread his Basilisk Wings and flew in front of Ma Xiaotao.

"Sister Xiaotao, you will be left behind if you continue to fly so slowly!" Ma Xiaotao was a little angry and amused at Mo Xie's teasing. A pair of phoenix wings appeared on her back and she chased Mo Xie.

Between games, they quickly reached a combat platform in the inner courtyard.

There were already seven people including Elder Xuan on the platform when he arrived with Ma Xiaotao.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Elder Xuan began to speak: "I gathered you here for one reason only." He pointed to Mo Xie and continued: "By the academy's decision, Mo Xie will have the chance to challenge one of you. If he wins, he will replace one of you as one of the current Shrek Seven Monsters and will be part of the main team on the Continental Advanced Academy Soul Duelling Tournament."

Everyone widened their eyes and started looking at Mo Xie seriously. They wanted to find out what made it so special that it made the academy make such a decision. Ma Xiaotao was the only calm between them.

Xuan Zi drank some of his wine and said, "All of you introduce yourselves, with Mo Xie being the last." Xuan Zi smirked. He could even imagine the expressions of these children.

Ma Xiaotao was the first to perform. "Inner Courtyard, Ma Xiaotao. Soul Emperor of the Assault System, Rank 69."

The students in the inner courtyard looked at her in disbelief. They knew about the problem of the evil flames of her martial soul and that is why they found it so unbelievable that she could advance so fast. However, she knew that this was only possible with the help of Mo Xie.

The other students in the inner courtyard soon began their presentations.

[Author's Note: I won't put the description of each one here. A lot of work for this. Just look at Manhua and be happy.]

"Inner courtyard, Dai Yueheng. Soul Emperor of the Assault System, Rank 64."

"Inner courtyard, Chen Zifeng. Soul King of the Assault System, Rank 57."

"Inner courtyard, Xi Xi. Soul King of the Agility System, Rank 56."

"Inner courtyard, Ling Luochen. Soul King of the control system, Rank 55."

"Inner courtyard, Yao Haoxuan. Rank 55, Soul King of the control system."

"Inner Courtyard, Gong Yangmo. Rank 59, Soul King of the Support System."

After everyone introduced themselves, they looked intently at Mo Xie.

Mo Xie smirked and said, "Mo Xie, second year of the outer courtyard. Soul Ancestor of the control system, Rank 44."

"What!" Six incredulous screams were heard. Ma Xiaotao could be seen laughing at the situation while Xuan Zi had a smile satisfied with his reactions.

However, they couldn't take their eyes off Mo Xie. Was a 12 year old brat already a Rank 44 Soul Ancestor? If they didn't see it with their own eyes they wouldn't be able to believe it. A feeling of envy and admiration filled them when they realized that Mo Xie's talent was even greater than theirs.

Xuan Zi broke the moment with a cough and said flatly. "Mo Xie, among them, you can choose someone from the control or assault system to fight. Don't worry about injuries and do your best, I'll take care of the rest."

Mo Xie waved and looked at everyone and pointed to a 1,60 meters tall skinny boy. "My opponent will be Yao Haoxuan."

Yao Haoxuan looked seriously at Mo Xie and only they were left on the combat platform at a distance of 50 meters from each other.

Xuan Zi wasted no time and started the fight. Five rings rose from Yao Haoxuan's feet, two yellow, two purple and one black. His body also grew to more than four meters and became an adonis-like statue.

Mo Xie smiled and drew his sword. "Senior Yao, do your best to defend yourself." He then disappeared from Yao Haoxuan's field of vision.