Chapter 18: Conflict, and importance of force.
Path to the Great Forest Star Duo
Currently the Shrek Academy students were running on their way to the Great Star Duo Forest.
They frequently took breaks as Rongrong and Oscar couldn't run as long as the others.
"Very good, we are near a small town, Professor Wuji said that he would be waiting for us there"
While they were resting, Aotian tells them that they are near a city where Professor Wuji is waiting for them.
This counted as a test to see how fast they could go. Aotian could have gotten there first, even beating Wuji if he used his second martial soul and flew.
But this was in a group, and he had to slow down so they wouldn't be left behind.
Finally, after a few hours, they all reached the city.
"I'll go find a place to sleep, you meet with Master Wuji"
After reaching the city, Aotian took Mengqin's hand and went to find a place to sleep. Partly it was because he didn't want to fight against the useless academy that they would be fighting against shortly.
So after the conflict with the academy ended, Aotian came and told them that he had found an inn that had several rooms.
The rooms looked like this: Aotian and Mengqin, Tang San and Oscar, Hongjun and Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing and Rongrong together, and finally Professor Wuji alone.
---Several hours later ---
Having all woken up and eaten breakfast, the group sets off towards the Great Star Duo Forest.
"Very well, pay close attention to your surroundings, as not only soul beasts, but also soul masters need to be taken care of."
Having reached the entrance to the forest, Zhao Wuji reminds them to be very careful, as there are many soul masters who kill others in this forest to reap profit.
After all, they could tell for a soul beast and no one could object.
As they advanced they made a 1-2-3-2 formation, with Zhao Wuji in front, Aotian and Dai Mubai to his sides, Zhuqing, Xiao Wu and Tang San in the line of three, with Tang San in the middle, and to the front. end Rongrong and Mengqin.
As they walked forward, Aotian senses something approaching at high speed and tells Zhao Wuji.
Aotian is a bit skeptical, but not many seconds pass and he feels it too, which surprises him at Aotian's spiritual power.
"Very well get ready, something is approaching at high speed, Zhuqing, go forward and verify what it is"
With the master's orders, they all unleash their Martial Soul and soul rings, except Aotian who only unleashes his Martial Soul.
Zhuqing runs off in the direction the teacher told her, and she jumps between the trees, until she sees a very fast red bird heading in this direction.
Zhuqing returns and tells Zhao Wuji of the soul beast's appearance, and Tang San having overheard their conversation reveals that the beast is a Phoenix Tailed Crest Serpent, and judging from the features Zhuqing said, it is about 1300 years old.
Hongjun hearing that he has a small Phoenix bloodline, sneaks up to Aotian's side, and asks if this beast will help him improve her Phoenix bloodline.
"If it helps, it will help you, but this is not the soul beast I want for you, it must have a much purer bloodline, it will help you very little. But don't worry, I'll help you find a suitable soul beast."
Aotian understands that Hongjun is tired of the shortcomings that his martial spirit gives him, so he reassures him a bit, as he probes the forest to try to sense a suitable soul beast for him.
"Very well it is coming, get ready, you are the ones in charge of catching the soul beast"
Zhao Wuji leaves the group, and walks away from them a bit, since he won't help them catch the soul beast.
At that moment they saw how he was flying some kind of bird very fast, and although it didn't look good, Hongjun felt a bit of affinity in his bloodline.
Just as everyone was preparing to catch her, Aotian jumps out and knocks her out with his hand, ruining the mood of most.
"I don't want it to take so long, so choose who will absorb the ring. I personally recommend Óscar as it will probably give you a flying ability"
Aotian doesn't bother to explain so much, and she recommends who in her opinion suits the soul ring better, and she grabs Mengqin's hand and they sit near Wuji.
Seeing this, Hongjun walks over to Aotian and sits next to him as he watches as Oscar prepares to absorb the ring.
Zhuqing also goes and sits next to Mengqin, as he befriended her while they were training.
Just as Oscar was absorbing the soul ring, Zhao Wuji and Aotian look in the direction the soul beast came from, and see a
beautiful young woman, who was followed by an old woman who supported herself with a cane. This old lady looked as if a mere breath of wind would blow her away.
"Insolence, how dare they hunt our soul beast, you, you seem to be the one in charge, tell me, how will you make it up to me?"
The old woman, who seemed calm and peaceful, explodes and demands that Zhao Wuji compensate her for killing the soul beast that originally belonged to her.
"I don't know what you're talking about ma'am, this soul beast was killed by my students, if you don't lower your tone, I'll have to teach you to respect people"
Wuji didn't want to give a bad impression of him to his students, because of that he didn't explode so much, but if this had been a few years ago, this old lady would already be going to the gates of hell.
"Shut up, you are the one who needs to learn to respect, when I was famous you were drinking milk from your mother's nipple. If you look at the soul beast you will see that it is injured, so I demand that you compensate me."
The old woman did not back down, and she gained momentum even more, and she demanded that he compensate her yes or yes.
"Professor, what the old lady said is true, the soul beast has a wound."
Mubai approached and identified the wound of the soul beast, and told the teacher that what the lady said was true.
"Look ma'am, that little wound wouldn't have done anything to you, and besides, my student is already absorbing her ring, so I recommend that you leave because no one here will compensate you"
Zhao Wuji didn't seem to mind the injury, and unleashed momentum from it, causing the leaves on the trees to start waving wildly.
The old lady responds by taking the rings off of her, revealing that she was a Soul Emperor, which shocked all the students as they didn't expect that what appears to be a normal old lady would end up being an expert.
"Hmph, wanting to impress someone while being so weak will only ruin her, old lady she better go as long as she feels compassionate to me."
Zhao Wuji ran out of patience and unleashed her martial soul and soul rings from her. Making everything around them suffer great pressure.
"Soul Sage, You are a Soul Sage. Yiran, let's go, thank you very much, dear Soul Sage for having mercy."
The old lady's attitude turns 180 degrees, and she bows to Zhao Wuji and she leaves in a hurry, she doesn't even let her granddaughter speak. Here all the students show different emotions. They realized that if it weren't for the fact that they were stronger than her, it would have been very different. Here the importance of strength is revealed.
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Tell me what you think of this chapter, and if you have a suggestion for the soul beast for Hongjun. I plan to give him a Spirit Soul. I also need suggestions for the name of the sect, so leave names in the comments. Thank you very much in advance for reading my novel.
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