CH 39: Mysterious Water Pill

<Guys, I've changed some things. If you remember, the color of Ali's Necrofriggian form was black and dark purple. However, I've decided to make it the original black and blue for now.

Why? So that he will have that when he evolves. I'm definitely going to make it so Ali's Necrofriggian martial soul will evolve, so I'm to make it so it will evolve again after that. So at the moment, Ali's color is the original color of a Necrofriggian, black and dark blue with dark blue wings>

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The Soul Dueling Arena was hexagonal, and was roughly as big as Shrek Plaza. The center of the Soul Dueling Arena was a large open area, which was clearly the place where students would duel against one another.

Furthermore, it was surrounded by around three thousand chairs that rose progressively upwards. When the four of them entered, there were already two to three hundred students sitting around the battlefield.

They had arrived relatively early on, so they managed to obtain seats in the row that was closest to the battlefield. On the other hand, the battlefield in front of them was empty; it was unknown where Ali and Xu Sanshi were.

Tang Ya knew that since both Wang Dong and Yuhao were new, they were unfamiliar with the rules for the Soul Dueling Arena. Thus, she decided to explain them to him :"The Soul Dueling Arena is open everyday, from dismissal to midnight.

Students who wish to carry out a duel have to first pay the fee and register. If both parties are fairly famous students in the academy, the academy will use a soul tool called a 'megaphone' to broadcast the event in order to attract more viewers.

The academy will then keep half of the ticketing fees, while the winner will keep the other half. Your eldest senior brother's already made quite a bit of money from dueling like this in the past.

Furthermore, that Xu Sanshi is a fifth-year student, and Ali is only a first-year. Since they're separated by several years, it's considered a challenge that bypasses what year they're in.

Thus, that Xu Sanshi will have to give Ali an additional amount of gold soul coins if he loses. Not many people know Ali in the outer courtyard, however, that Xu Sanshi is quite familiar, he's acclaimed as a genius in the outer courtyard.

Normally, you wouldn't expect that many students to watch since it's a genius against an unknown newcomer. However, since it was quite obvious that Xu Sanshi was afraid or at least nervous in front of Ali, a lot of people will probably come to watch. I expect that at least a hundred or 2 people will come to watch. Maybe even more."

Yuhao tilted his head in curiosity as he asked :"Then who was that Jiang Nannan?" Tang Ya snorted as she raised her hand and hit Huo Yuhao on the head :"You've already learnt bad things at such a young age? You're already looking at pretty girls? Hmph!"

Wang Dong snickered when he saw his suffering, causing Yuhao to glare at him. But he didn't do anything else as he chose to take out his lunchbox and start eating dinner.

When she saw his naive appearance, Tang Ya couldn't help but laugh :"Fine, I'll tell you. Jiang Nannan is known as the outer courtyard's number one beauty. She comes from an ordinary family, and treats everybody kindly. She has countless fans within the academy. Do you think that she's prettier than me?"

A cold sweat ran down Beibei's back at those words as he just kept silent and looked away, afraid that she might ask him next. Yuhao was pretty smart too, hurriedly shook his head in disagreement a few times.

Tang Ya smiled in satisfaction, but Wang Dong beside Yuhao snorted with his hands over his chest :"It's obvious that Ali is prettier than both of you combined." Causing Tang Ya to pout.

She snorted with a teasing smirk as she wiggled her eyebrows :"Oh my, quite protective of Ali, aren't you? You have a crush on him or something?"

Causing Wang Dong to blush as he snorted and looked away :"No way! Why would I have a crush on another guy?! He's just pretty, that's it!" '... He also has a big butt- NO! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, WANG DONG?!! B-but he also has such a pretty hole...'

Tang Ya rolled her eyes in amusement as the pleased look returned to her face :"That's right! I don't think that she's stronger than me in any other area either, hmph!

That guy, Xu Sanshi, has a very strong mutated martial soul known as the Mysterious Underworld Turtle. It's a dual-attributed martial soul that possesses both the water and the earth element, and has an extremely strong defense.

It's been called an impenetrable fortress by some. His cultivation is around the same level as Beibei's, and they both have first-rate martial souls.

Don't worry, I've already vented some anger for you. I threw a Dragon Beard Needle at him, which should be unbearable for him. If he wants to pursue Jiang Nannan, so be it, but it won't do if he hurts any of my people in the process.

Speaking of strange, I'm beginning to think that Jiang Nannan has a problem with her gender orientation. There are an endless number of outstanding male students pursuing her, but she's never taken a liking to any of them.

When she rejects other people, she does it with a gentle tone. However, when she rejects Xu Sanshi, it's with a rarely-seen coldness. I don't know if this is because Xu Sanshi took advantage of her in some way."

Beibei beside her sighed helplessly as he gently knocked on her head :"Geez, what are you talking about? He might be an idiot most of the time, but Xu Sanshi wouldn't do something like that... At least I hope so..."

While Tang Ya giggled, Yuhao looked at Beibei in astonishment :"Eldest senior brother and that Xu Sanshi know each other?"

Before Beibei could explain, Tang Ya nodded with a mischievous smile :"Not only do they know each other, these two use the innocence of these students to their advantage from time to time.

They only know that Beibei and Xu Sanshi are respectively known to possess the outer courtyard's strongest attack-type martial soul and the outer courtyard's strongest defense-type martial soul.

However, they don't know that these two know each other. I'm guessing that they've colluded to both earn some money, that's why so many of them would run over to the Soul Dueling Arena when they would duel."

Beibei looked away while scratching his head awkwardly as Tang Ya chuckled :"Little Yuhao, don't worry. Even though they know each other, your eldest senior brother wouldn't let him bully you.

Hehehehehe, also, since that Xu Sanshi has such bad luck that he's going to fight against Ali of all people, he will definitely get his ass handed to him this time."

- (Soul Dueling Arena, lobby)

"Ahhh... It hurts, it hurts!! This Dragon Beard Needle is no ordinary pain! That Tang Ya is too vicious, boss Ali! Look at this, just look at this…" Xu Sanshi complained with a dissatisfied expression as he lifted his jacket to show Ali something.

A bulge the size of an infant's fist had already swelled up on the right side of his waist. Only, he continued to release his martial soul, causing the skin surrounding that bulge to seemingly become as hard as metal.

While sitting on a chair with one leg over the other, Ali snorted as he looked up at him with an annoyed look, that was charming in itself :"Serves you right, you jerk.

Who said that you can bully my little brother, huh? But jokes aside, Xiao Ya must've been really angry. I've heard from Beibei that this Dragon Beard Needle was left behind by the first-generation ancestor of the Tang Sect, and was only passed down to the successive sect masters."

"That damn girl..." Xu Sanshi looked even more annoyed before he looked at Ali with hopeful eyes :"Boss Ali, do you have any way to solve it?" Ali snorted as he looked away :"Luckily for you, yes.

That damn Xiao Ya had dared to use it on me once, so after I beat the heck out of her, she took it out of me. I also made her teach me how to extract it myself."

Xu Sanshi smiled happily as he looked at Ali with stars in his eyes :"Then will you please take this damn thing out of me?! It's seriously painful!" Ali glanced at him coldly before looking away again :"Hmph, why should I?

Since you're so strong that you can bully others as you want, why don't you take it out yourself? It's your own fault for picking on my little brother."

Xu Sanshi immediately came behind Ali with a flattering smile as he put his hands on Ali's shoulders and started massaging him :"Please don't say that, boss Ali. I didn't know that you thought of him as your little brother.

I was just annoyed since I thought that he disrespected Jiang Nannan! If I knew that he was your little brother, I wouldn't dare lay a hand on him! So, will you please... We've known each other for such a long time now..."

Ali finally dropped the old act and a small smile formed on his gorgeous face :"Fine, fine, no need to cry anymore. But there's a price, give me a Mysterious Water Pill and I'll take that Dragon Beard Needle out of you."

"Wha-?!" Xu Sanshi was speechless as he whined and complained :"A Mysterious Water Pill?! Are you kidding me?! Boss Ali, don't you know how precious those are?!"

Ali snorted with a smug look as he looked up at him with amusement :"Fine, if you don't want to give it to me, don't give it to me. Then you can wait till it digs out a piece of your flesh.

Not only did you hit my little brother, you even wrecked his booth. Since you want to keep the Dragon Beard Needle, then you can keep it even when we fight. I wanna see how you will fight against me with such painful feeling."

Xu Sanshi looked angry before it faded away into a helpless one :"Fine, you jerk. Hmph, just you wait, I will definitely defeat you this time." Ali shrugged as he held up his hand :"We'll just have to see then. Now pay up."

Xu Sanshi unwillingly took out a delicate bottle made out of white jade and put it in Ali's hand helplessly :"Here, one Mysterious Water Pill... Now hurry up and take care of this Dragon Beard Needle for me already!"

Ali chuckled as he put the jade bottle inside his storage device before getting up :"Alright, now withdraw your martial soul, I'll help you remove the Dragon Beard Needle."

Only then did Xu Sanshi slowly withdraw his martial soul. Without the restrictive effect of his martial soul, waves of unbearable pain immediately spread from the Dragon Beard Needle into his body.

Even with his cultivation level and willpower, Xu Sanshi actually couldn't stop his body from trembling. Ali used his delicate right hand to rapidly tap a few points surrounding Xu Sanshi's wound.

Afterwards, he simultaneously moved both of his hands, causing waves of gentle soul power to unceasingly pour into Xu Sanshi's cramped muscles.

After a moment's work, a hair-like golden strand slowly came out from Xu Sanshi's waist muscles. Ali pulled it out softly, causing the golden strand to pop out of Xu Sanshi's body, before quickly shrinking into a golden grain-sized pea.

Not wanting it to cause any more troubles or harm himself, he immediately put it inside his storage device and noted to himself that he would give it to Beibei or Tang Ya after the battle :"You're welcome, and thanks for the gift."