The meeting point is on the west side of the island in the center of the lake.
There is a ferry port here to facilitate the travel of inner courtyard students.
Shrek's inner courtyard Poseidon Lake has regulations: Under normal circumstances, students are not allowed to cross Poseidon Lake by flying, and they can only pay a fee to use the ferry boat.
Soon, Su Luoheng arrived at the meeting point.
At the same time, there were already people waiting at the meeting point.
From a distance, it looks like a fiery red figure.
Presumably, this should be his teammate in this mission to encircle and suppress the evil soul master, but he doesn't know whether his "teammate" is a helper or a burden.
I don’t know if Ma Xiaotao played any role?
If you go on a mission with a deliberately sabotaged tow bottle, you may be in trouble in this business.
"Hope everything goes well..."
"Wait a minute, that person looks like..."
Thinking in his mind, Su Luoheng speeded up his pace a little more. As the distance kept getting closer, the figure became clearer and clearer.
The man was sitting lazily by the lake at the moment. Her fiery red hair is casually draped, and her facial features are exquisite. Even the battle robe can't hide her proud figure and slender and well-proportioned legs.
It was Su Luoheng's old rival: Ma Xiaotao!
"Ma Xiaotao?"
Su Luoheng's eyes were full of surprise. He looked around and said in surprise: "You are not my teammate, are you?"
"That's right~"
"I am your teammate."
Ma Xiaotao seemed to be very satisfied with his unexpected expression and stood in front of Su Luoheng with a smile.
"How is it, are you surprised?"
"The accident was quite unexpected."
Su Luoheng glanced at the time and asked casually: "Where are the others? It's the meeting time in five minutes. Why is it that only one person is here? Are they not here?"
"..."
After saying that, Su Luoheng paused.
Looking at Ma Xiaotao with a smug and cunning smile, Su Luoheng felt a murmur in his heart. He always felt that there was something indescribably wrong with how things had developed so far.
Suddenly, he guessed something and his eyes became suspicious.
"It won't be just the two of us on this mission, right?"
Ma Xiaotao raised her eyebrows slightly and asked, "Is there any problem?"
"no problem……"
After a short pause, the corner of Su Luoheng's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at her with a strange expression: "Wait a minute, isn't this the way you thought of... to solve Shrek's stumbling block?"
"Yes~"
Ma Xiaotao admitted it of course.
"Are you like this-"
Before he finished speaking, Ma Xiaotao glanced at him and asked, "Just tell me if the problem has been solved?"
"The solution is solved..."
Su Luoheng helplessly raised his forehead, "But if you squeeze out all the soul masters originally arranged, will Shrek agree to this request?"
"What's wrong with that?"
Ma Xiaotao spread her hands and said inexplicably, "Under normal circumstances, our Shrek Prosecution Team's team to encircle and suppress evil soul masters is basically two people, or a team of three, and no more than five people at most."
"And senior soul masters like you and me usually carry out encirclement and suppression missions alone. If it weren't for your identity, I wouldn't have to take you to participate."
"Furthermore, didn't you say you wanted to reduce interference? I thought about it and the simplest and most effective way is for me to form a team with you. This way, you don't have to worry about your teammates."
"..."
After a short pause, Ma Xiaotao added in a low voice.
"Besides, given our apparent relationship, they feel more at ease if I team up with you."
In fact, when Ma Xiaotao proposed the idea of teaming up with Su Luoheng to participate in the mission, Yan Shaozhe's first reaction was that she wanted to take revenge on Su Luoheng. So I happily agreed.
She wasn't worried at all whether Ma Xiaotao would let herself go, and even specifically told her to be careful before leaving. At least it must be acceptable in terms of face, and it must not endanger Su Luoheng's life.
Although the goal was achieved, Ma Xiaotao was speechless.
Why are my teachers and friends so sure that I and Su Luoheng have a deep hatred? Irreconcilable? If you apply for a task yourself, you must make things difficult for Su Luoheng?
Can't they see it?
From beginning to end, there was no deep hatred between the two of them...
"Besides what?"
Su Luoheng didn't hear what was said just now.
"nothing."
Ma Xiaotao waved her hand and changed the topic.
"Su Luoheng, the college has given me full responsibility for the evil soul master's encirclement and suppression mission. Therefore, all subsequent actions must obey my command and dispatch, and no rash actions are allowed."
"besides……"
After a moment, Ma Xiaotao looked at Su Luoheng and said seriously.
"You have no objection?"
"No."
Su Luoheng was not interested in who would be the captain. For him, as long as the mission can be carried out smoothly, no one is stumbling behind his back, and he can redeem it for the time it takes to enter the library.
So he was quite satisfied with Ma Xiaotao's arrangement.
"That's fine."
Ma Xiaotao nodded and walked towards the ferry: "Since everyone is here, let's set off now. As for the precautions for encircling and suppressing the evil soul master, I will explain them to you one by one on the road."
"Um."
Su Luoheng had no objection and followed Ma Xiaotao.
Soon, the two took a ferry and left the city directly from the outer courtyard, then headed north from the east of Shrek City, all the way to the Douling Empire. Their mission to encircle and suppress the evil soul master this time was in the Dou Ling Empire.
Shrek Academy itself is not under the jurisdiction of any country. Independent from the four great empires. Therefore, the Shrek Prosecution Team's duty to inspect the mainland and encircle and suppress evil soul masters covers the entire Douluo Continent.
When soul masters carry out the mission of encircling and suppressing evil soul masters, they can directly enter the territory of any empire in Douluo Continent to carry out "justice" without any control.
This is also the reason why Su Luoheng and Snow Emperor met members of the Shrek Prosecution Team when they were in the Sun and Moon Empire.
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…
At the same time as the two set off from Shrek City.
The Snow Emperor in the outer courtyard followed the two of them quietly, responsible for protecting Su Luoheng's safety. Although Shrek Academy probably wouldn't do anything nefarious, the Snow Emperor still followed him for protection just in case.
After all... they are Shrek Academy...
This alone is enough to explain everything.
At the same time, Mr. Ma had been notified of this matter in advance, and Mr. Ma immediately agreed. He also thoughtfully helped Emperor Xue arrange his work, saying that he could protect Su Luoheng with peace of mind, and he would take care of the students in the outer courtyard.
In fact, if the Snow Emperor had not offered to protect Su Luoheng, Mr. Ma would have sent other soul masters to protect him. After all, Su Luoheng's significance to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is extraordinary.
Of course, Snow Emperor's own statement is nothing more than a clichéd contract.
As for what exactly was in his mind, only Snow Emperor himself knew.
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The west side of Dou Ling Empire.
The original Tiandou Mountain Range is now the Douling Mountain Range.
From the analysis of intelligence collected by Shrek Academy, traces of no less than a dozen evil soul masters have been detected here. It is most likely an important gathering place for evil soul masters in the Dou Ling Empire.
This is the destination of Su Luoheng and Ma Xiaotao this time.
Their mission is to encircle and suppress the evil soul masters stationed here, and at the same time explore whether there is a gathering place for evil soul masters. If found, notify the college as soon as possible. If you have the strength, you can destroy them.
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Leave Shrek City.
Su Luoheng and Ma Xiaotao started flying on their way.
At first, Ma Xiaotao was worried about whether Su Luoheng could keep up with her speed.
When she was in the academy, she had competed in speed with the soul guidance department. When the Evil Fire Phoenix Spirit maintains high-speed flight, its speed is even faster than the seventh-level flying soul guide made by the soul guidance system.
Su Luoheng is a soul king, so it may be difficult to keep up.
However, the facts proved that Ma Xiaotao thought too much.
Since he started flying, Su Luoheng has relied on the speed blessing of the sixth-level flying soul guide. Although his soul power level is not as good as his own, he has not fallen behind in speed at all.
What's more important is that the soul power consumption is lower than his own.
Ma Xiaotao, who didn't believe in evil at first, wanted to compete in speed. However, after several attempts, he not only failed to surpass Su Luoheng, but was instead left behind for a while. Now Ma Xiaotao was completely convinced.
While being surprised, I also saw that the Shrek Academy Soul Guidance Department had a huge gap between the Soul Guidance Department and the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy in terms of soul guidance.
It's obviously just a level six soul guide.
But in terms of speed, it is faster than the seventh-level flying soul guide of Shrek's soul guide system.
For a moment, I was filled with emotions.
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…
The two of them were not just in a hurry.
It’s a long way from Shrek City to Douling Mountain Range. Sufficient soul power must be ensured to cope with various emergencies. Both of them understand that haste makes waste.
So every once in a while, the two of them would stop and rest for a while.
Supplies and rests, and restores physical and soul power.
"..."
have a break.
The two of them had almost recovered and were about to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Su Luoheng stopped Ma Xiaotao and took out a set of flying soul guides, "Let's put on this one. This way, we can go even faster."
This set is a sixth-level flying soul guide issued by the Sun and Moon Empire. Although the quality is somewhat different from the one he owns, it still saves a lot of soul power compared to Ma Xiaotao flying by himself.
In this way, you can reach the mission location faster and complete the mission.
"Thanks."
Ma Xiaotao took the soul guide and quickly put it on.
Now it is indeed faster to switch to the flying soul guide.
Moreover, with the speed advantage shown by Su Luoheng, she was also full of curiosity about the advanced flying soul guides produced by the Sun and Moon Empire. Now I have the chance to try it out.
So, after changing the equipment.
The two continued to head towards the Douling Mountains.
Ma Xiaotao already had rich experience in flying martial arts, so she quickly became familiar with the flying method of the flying soul guide. Driving is easy and comfortable.
As the flying soul guide made a slight roar, Ma Xiaotao's speed increased again, turning into a stream of light, shuttling back and forth in the high altitude, sometimes with a sudden increase in speed, sometimes with a sudden drop in speed.
"Flying with a soul guide seems good, right?"
Hovering in mid-air, Ma Xiaotao's eyes flashed with colorful ripples.
Whether it was Shrek's self-made martial soul system or the flying soul guide produced by the other three empires, she had used them all. But this flying experience is completely different from any flying soul guide used before.
The comfort level and speed are comparable to flying with a martial spirit, and the soul power is even more economical. These completely broke Ma Xiaotao's inherent understanding of soul tools.
In fact, there is also competition within Shrek.
In particular, the competition between their martial arts department and the soul guidance department is even more fierce: in order to compete for high-quality students and teaching resources, the martial arts department often publicizes negative information about soul guidance devices internally.
Ma Xiaotao had no doubts about this before.
However, this experience of flying a soul guide broke Ma Xiaotao's inherent understanding of soul guides. However, this only represents the Sun and Moon Soul Guidance Device, not Shrek's Soul Guidance System.
Ma Xiaotao now admitted that it was not that the soul guidance device was ineffective, but that the Shrek soul guidance system's soul guidance device was incompetent. If the soul guidance device they could create was of this level, could they be suppressed by just a few words of negative news?
Of course, the above views represent Ma Xiaotao’s own.
"..."
Just as he was thinking about it, Su Luoheng had already caught up with him from behind, and Ma Xiaotao, who was already attracted to this set of flying soul guides, immediately spoke.
"How much does your flying soul guide cost? I -"
"Not for sale."
Su Luoheng shook his head and refused: "This set of flying soul guides is a patented product of our Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and is not for sale. This flying soul guide is also loaned to you. Remember to return it when the mission is over."
"No amount of money is enough?"
Ma Xiaotao asked relentlessly.
"no."
Seeing Su Luoheng's firm attitude, Ma Xiaotao could only give up the idea of purchasing in disappointment. But she could also understand what Su Luoheng meant. So this feeling of disappointment went away just as quickly as it came.
Then the two of them continued on their way.
Most of the rumors I heard about Ma Xiaotao were about her hot temper, being unreasonable, being difficult to get along with, etc.
But in the past few days with Ma Xiaotao, Su Luoheng felt that Ma Xiaotao's temper was not bad. Moreover, he takes the task seriously and responsibly. Whenever he has time along the way, he will give some instructions on how to encircle and suppress evil soul masters.
So Su Luoheng's sense of Ma Xiaotao was pretty good. I don’t know if Ma Xiaotao’s personality has changed or if the rumors are wrong.
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Time flies and it's late at night.
After Su Luoheng and Ma Xiaotao discussed it, they decided to find a nearby flat terrain to rest for the night and wait until dawn the next day before continuing to set off.
After setting up a simple camp, Su Luoheng started making dinner.
Soon, a pot of steaming hot meat porridge was freshly baked, and the aroma wafted in the air. Even the simplest ingredients become appetizing under the processing of Su Luoheng's superb cooking skills.
He had been eating dry food all the way, but now that he smelled this aroma, Ma Xiaotao was already moving his index finger. My stomach was not making obedient noises at this time.
"..."
Ma Xiaotao's face turned red and she lowered her head in embarrassment.
"No, try it."
"I made a lot, enough to eat together."
Just when she was hesitating about how to have a dinner. Su Luoheng had already handed over a bowl of steaming meat porridge. After all, this is my next partner, and I definitely want to stabilize the relationship.
(End of chapter)
