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Chapter 22 No Longer Alone
Every weekend, the Tang Clan's training grounds are filled with a completely different atmosphere.
Zi Ji never uses soul power. If she were to use soul power to train two minor Soul Masters or two Great Soul Masters, she would lose all face.
Murasaki's training method was simple and brutal, yet extremely effective: four people working together could endure the time it takes for an incense stick to burn under her guidance.
There is only one rule—she does not use soul power.
Initially, these were almost all sold out in seconds.
Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Martial Soul was fierce yet straightforward; Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass had good control, but it couldn't hold her back at all; Huo Yutong's mental detection was a divine skill, but their physical reactions were far behind Zi Ji's speed; Xiao Xiao's Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron had a solid defense, but it was used rigidly and couldn't form an effective linkage with her teammates.
Murasaki's figure was like a ghost, always able to evade the strongest attacks by the slightest margin and strike the weakest point.
She often uses only a few simple moves to break down the combined force of four people, leaving them sprawled on the ground in disarray.
Most remarkably, none of the four were injured throughout the entire process, demonstrating Murasaki's precise control over her power.
Over the past few weeks, Murasaki has become thoroughly familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of each of them, and her guidance, like her fighting style, is precise and sharp.
Her improvement plan for Beibei was to require her to incorporate more variations between reality and illusion in her attacks, and even to learn how to use the environment to create opportunities for a fatal blow.
She forced Tang Ya to break away from her old ideas about the use of Blue Silver Grass and to think about how to make control more aggressive and harassing, making her opponent feel uncomfortable both physically and psychologically.
Even though Huo Yutong's body has far surpassed that of other Soul Masters of the same level thanks to the modifications made by Tianmeng and Bingdi, Ziji still thinks it's too slow.
Zi Ji's training was extremely brutal. She would get close and use fierce attacks to force Huo Yutong to shorten the time interval between "seeing" and "doing" under extreme pressure.
She inspired Xiao Xiao to view the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron as a multifunctional platform that can be used for both offense and defense, and for both stillness and movement, rather than a fixed wall, and emphasized training her and Bei Bei's tacit understanding in switching between offense and defense.
The results of these past few weeks of hellish training are obvious.
The four players, who were initially overwhelmed, have now managed to organize an effective joint defense and counterattack.
Their greatest progress was not the improvement of their soul power, but the complete transformation of their combat awareness. They began to understand how to think and fight like a true warrior.
After each training session, Zi Ji would take Huo Yutong's hand and lead them to various restaurants in Shrek City for a big meal. "The more people go, the more dishes we can try." After the meal, Zi Ji would also buy snacks for them. "You're still growing, eat more." She would stuff snacks into their hands.
After each encounter, Zi Ji would escort Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao back to their dorm. Whenever she saw "Dormitory Supervisor" Mu En, she would also slip him a large bag of snacks, saying, "Grandpa, take this and share it with your family." For Zi Ji, this was equivalent to casually giving snacks to children.
After stuffing the snacks into her mouth, she picked up Huo Yutong and ran away (after all, they still needed to replenish their mental energy for disguise). When Mu En tried to stuff the snacks into her mouth, Xiao Xiao rushed into the dormitory as fast as she could.
Moon couldn't help but smile to himself, thinking, "They're all good kids."
After the students returned to their dormitories, Moon leisurely carried a large bag of snacks to the Sea God Pavilion.
Then, a group of elders in the Sea God Pavilion shared snacks after a long time. Some elders who hadn't eaten snacks in a long time took a bite and thought they tasted good. When they wanted to take a second bite, Xuanzi, this "beast," had already devoured them all.
Xuanzi: Even a second later would be disrespectful to me, Taotie Douluo.
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Inside the girls' dormitory, Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong were chatting, both dressed in comfortable pajamas.
The dormitories at Shrek Academy are quite spacious, with beds that are two meters long and one and a half meters wide.
As for the reason, some children develop too well. There are many who are only 11 or 12 years old and have already grown to 1.8 or 1.9 meters tall. If you don't say anything, who would believe that they are only in the first grade?
Therefore, Huo Yutong's bedside table was filled with plush toys, and at this moment Huo Yutong was hugging a black dragon plush toy.
"Teacher Ziyan is so kind. She not only helped us with training but also treated us to meals... Although the training was really scary. I want to become as excellent as both of them in the future."
"And both teachers really care about you. You must have grown up in a happy family where your parents love each other and are harmonious. I also want an older sister." Xiao Xiao's voice was full of envy.
Huo Yutong was stunned...
To claim he's actually an orphan? To say they aren't his cousins? ...Could all of this be just a mirage?
Since her mother left, her world has been nothing but desolation and darkness.
But fate played a cruel joke on her. She went to the Soul Hunter Forest alone, met Sister Tianmeng, and was taken back to the Star Dou Great Forest by Senior Di Tian... Her recent experiences were so bizarre and wonderful, like a beautiful dream she dared not wake up from.
But she was terrified.
She always felt that in the next instant, everything would collapse, and she would wake up from her beautiful dream and return to that cold, dark abyss where she was all alone.
A shrill voice screamed wildly in her mind: Do you deserve it? Huo Yutong, ask yourself, what makes you think you're worthy?
You're just a penniless orphan, a pitiful creature who couldn't even keep her mother. What right do you have to receive such extravagant care? This must be a misunderstanding, or... a dream that will end sooner or later.
Huo Yutong's tears welled up uncontrollably. She felt a suffocating tightness in her chest, and the scalding tears blurred Xiao Xiao's astonished face in front of her.
"Yutong, what's wrong?!" Xiao Xiao was flustered, wanting to comfort Yutong, but didn't know what to say or how to do it.
At that very moment, within the sea of spirit.
Tianmeng's voice rang out first, "Meeting you is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me! We chose you because you deserve it."
Immediately afterwards, Bing Diqing's voice, though cold, could not hide his concern, came, "Huo Yutong, do you think that I, and Di Tian and the others, have such poor judgment?"
If you were truly hopeless, who would waste even a shred of effort on you? We've seen your perseverance and your hard work.
"Rainy Eyes..." Electrolux's gentle voice rang out, "The hardships you have experienced have not made you bitter, but rather have made you cherish kindness even more. This is your most precious quality."
My child, learn to accept, just as you are willing to give. True strength lies in having both the ability to give love and the courage and wisdom to receive it.
Yes, she is no longer alone.
Huo Yutong's tears still flowed. She took a deep breath and tightly grasped Xiao Xiao's helpless hand.
She raised her other hand and forcefully wiped away the tears on her face, forcing a smile that glistened with moisture: "Um... I'm okay now, Xiao Xiao. Thank you... And, I'm sorry, I scared you."
When Xiao Xiao later learned about Huo Yutong's background, every time she recalled her own words, even in the middle of the night when she was fast asleep, Xiao Xiao would get up and give herself a good slap across the face.
I deserve to die...