Dugu Bo, Qin Ming, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai and others followed Xue Qinghe out of Shrek Academy. Not long after, they arrived at Lingguang Hou, the residence given to Ma Hongjun and Shui Binger by Emperor Xue Ye. Mansion.
"Hey, it's so close?" Ma Hongjun couldn't help but be surprised. He really didn't expect that he and Shui Bing'er's Lingguang Hou Mansion was adjacent to their Shrek Academy.
Everyone in Shrek was also stunned. They did not expect that the Lingguang Hou Mansion was right next to their academy.
They had been staying at the academy these past few days, practicing and training under Qin Ming's arrangements. They didn't know when a marquis mansion was built next to their academy.
Xue Qinghe smiled slightly when he heard this and said, "This is my father's arrangement. You and your cousin are still studying in the college. It will be much more convenient for you to live here."
"That's it." Ma Hongjun suddenly understood why Emperor Xueye made such arrangements.
In fact, the last time he met Emperor Xueye, he expressed his concerns. He must have considered these before building the Hou Mansion here.
Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "Cousin, Hongjun, let's go in. Your Majesty Dugu, please."
Lingguang Hou Mansion, covering an area of about 10,000 square meters, is located in the east of Tiandou Empire City, adjacent to Shrek Academy, and looks west to the Sunset Forest more than a hundred miles away.
The gate of the Hou Mansion is about ten meters high and seven or eight meters wide. It is mainly in dark colors and looks solemn and heavy.
There is no shortage of pavilions, rockery ponds, flower gardens and medicine gardens, small pavilions and flowing water, practice venues, etc. in the mansion. There are even two mimic environment training areas covering an area of two to three hundred square meters. One is ice and the other is fire, which correspond to the respective martial soul attributes of Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er.
Behind the ice and fire mimicry environment training area is a large dense forest with ancient trees and towering trees that block out the sun. It is connected with the forest behind Shrek Academy next door.
Obviously, from this Lingguang Hou Mansion, or rather the Eldest Princess's Mansion, it is enough to see how much Emperor Xue Ye attaches great importance to Ma Hongjun and Shui Bing'er.
Following Xue Qinghe, it took nearly an hour for everyone to finally complete the tour of the entire Hou Mansion. And Dugu Bo was also free enough to follow everyone around the whole time.
This made Xue Qinghe, who had introduced Lingguang Hou Mansion to everyone in Shrek, feel even more pressure, but it also made him realize that Ma Hongjun and Tang San had a close relationship with Dugu Bo, far beyond his expectation.
The scale, architecture, etc. of the Lingguang Marquis Mansion shocked Ma Hongjun. He really didn't expect that this Marquis Mansion could be compared to some of the large parks he visited when he was studying in Shendu in his previous life.
Everyone returned to the front yard of the Hou Mansion. The spacious living room was as big as a small football field. The antique look of the installation is like a scholarly family, and it doesn't look empty at all.
At this time, Xue Qinghe said, "Hongjun, cousin, the entire Hou Mansion, servants, maids, housekeepers, guards, etc. are all ready for you. You can move in at any time. If If you need anything else, you can always ask me."
Shrek and the others were sitting on one side. Several maids were very good at it and had fully entered their respective roles. At this time, they had made tea and served fruit snacks for Dugu Bo, Qin Ming, Tang San, Dai Mubai and others, and were waiting aside, waiting for orders at any time.
Ma Hongjun frowned, looking like he was hesitating to speak.
Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "What's the matter, Hongjun? You have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
Ma Hongjun touched the tip of his nose and said, "Cousin, you are really thoughtful. Hongjun would like to thank you for your kindness. But you also know that Bing'er and I are still in school, and we are now elites in the continent's advanced soul master academy. During the competition. We rarely live here. We don’t need so many maids, servants and guards. Cousin, you’d better let them go back. It just so happens that I have a few friends I met before who have come to the imperial capital during this time. Prepare to make a living here. I'd better let them take care of this place for me and Bing'er, and by the way, I can help them find a way to survive. Cousin, do you think?"
Xue Qinghe was slightly startled, and an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes, but no one noticed it. He smiled and said, "My cousin is kind-hearted, but he didn't consider it well for his brother. So what do you think? I asked the housekeeper to stay. He is an old minister I brought from the palace, and he is the best choice in terms of ability and loyalty. With him here, he will definitely take care of your house in order."
Ma Hongjun was speechless. He said this just because he didn't want the people Xue Qinghe brought. Not to mention the loyal old eunuch brought from the palace.
He didn't even need to guess. The old butler, who seemed to have a kind and honest face, was definitely not loyal. He believed that he was loyal to Xue Qinghe.
Ma Hongjun looked quite embarrassed and said, "Why is this so embarrassing? My cousin can't do it. My friends can just take care of this house, so there is no need to take special care of it."
"..."
After some friendly exchanges, Ma Hongjun declined Xue Qinghe's kindness and did not let any of the servants he brought stay.
He is still not sure whether Xue Qinghe is himself or Qian Renxue. How could he keep this time bomb confidant by his side.
Xue Qinghe didn't seem to care. He always had a faint smile on his face, gentle and elegant, like the warm spring breeze.
This made Ma Hongjun relieved. He was really afraid that Xue Qinghe would come by force, and it would be difficult for him to refuse.
It was just Xue Qinghe's next suggestion that both Ma Hongjun and everyone at Shrek found extremely unbelievable.
"Cousin, do you want to compete with me?" Ma Hongjun said in astonishment.
Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "Qinghe has heard a lot about my cousin-in-law's performance in the preliminaries. And Uncle Ning often praises you in front of me. Although Qinghe's talent is average, he really wants to see Hongjun's methods."
The old butler was startled and said quickly, "Your Highness, no. You are rich in gold, how can you come on the stage in person? Or let the old slave compete with the consort."
"What Eunuch Liu said is true. Cousin, you are a prince and have a body of ten thousand gold. How can Hongjun fight with you? No, I refuse." Ma Hongjun shook his head quickly.
Xue Qinghe's proposal made him very excited. If he could fight with him, maybe he would be able to discover some new discoveries, but he couldn't agree directly.
Xue Qinghe smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't be nervous, we are just having a brief discussion. Hongjun is my cousin-in-law, what can he do to me? Besides, Dugu Mian is also here, so you don't have to worry at all."
"But," the old housekeeper Liu Eunuch looked embarrassed and winked at Ma Hongjun crazily.
Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "I have made up my mind, there is no need for Mr. Liu to persuade me."
Ma Hongjun touched the tip of his nose and said, "Why don't we forget it and talk about it later."
At this time, Dugu Bo, who had been drinking tea and teasing his great-grandson, suddenly said, "Little monster, since Qinghe wants to spar with you, you'd better spar. I'm here to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
Ma Hongjun looked at everyone. Xue Qinghe looked expectant, and everyone in Shrek also looked curious and expectant. They had no choice but to shake their heads and said, "Okay, cousin, let's stop here."
Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "I hope Hongjun can be merciful."
Ma Hongjun smiled slightly, feeling a little speechless. He thought to himself, if you really were Qian Renxue, whether I could beat you now is a matter of two opinions.
But now that we really want to compete, we definitely can’t do it in this living room.
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At the training ground of Lingguang Hou Mansion, Qin Ming served as the temporary referee and announced, "Both sides of the competition salute."
"Xue Qinghe, Wuhun Swan, level 48 attack-type fighting soul sect." Xue Qinghe bowed slightly as he spoke, with an inexplicable glint deep in his eyes.
Next to the training ground, everyone in Shrek couldn't help being slightly startled when they heard Xue Qinghe's soul power level. His Highness the Crown Prince's age seemed to be at least twenty-seven or eighty-years-old, but he was only level forty-eight?
Everyone suddenly realized that the prince of a country was only at level 48. No wonder Emperor Xue Ye valued Shui Bing'er so much and tried his best to win over Ma Hongjun.
Opposite him, Ma Hongjun also bowed and returned the salute, saying, "Ma Hongjun, Wuhun Fire Phoenix, a level 48 attack-type Battle Soul Sect."
Compared to everyone at Shrek's surprise and Dugu Bo's disdain, Ma Hongjun didn't show any contempt at all.
"Both sides open martial arts." Qin Ming announced again, then stepped aside and handed the venue to the two of them.
"Yah!"
"Keng!"
As Qin Ming finished speaking, the loud and melancholy sound of the horn and the high-pitched and melodious sound of the phoenix suddenly sounded on the training ground of Lingguang Hou Mansion.
The swans squawk and the phoenix cries.
Holy white light rose, and a pair of white and wide swan wings appeared behind Xue Qinghe. Two yellow and two purple, four optimally prepared soul rings circled up from his feet.
A silhouette of a whooper swan with an elegant and agile figure, a tall and slender figure, convex and convex back, and a snow-white body, two or three meters high, appeared behind the Xueqing River.
Opposite him, golden-red flames rose, and accompanied by a crisp and loud phoenix cry, a golden-red fire phoenix with a wingspan of about four meters appeared behind Ma Hongjun.
Compared with the white swan shadow behind Xue Qinghe, the fire phoenix behind Ma Hongjun is as real as a real fire phoenix.
Then with a sound of "Teng!", a pair of broad golden-red wings appeared behind Ma Hongjun. One yellow, two purple and one black, four soul rings fell from Ma Hongjun's head, moving slowly.
Xue Qinghe's pupils shrank slightly. Although he had long heard that Ma Hongjun's soul ring was the second thousand-year soul ring and the fourth soul ring of ten thousand years, the shock he heard was far less than what he saw with his own eyes.
What surprised him even more was that as Ma Hongjun activated his martial spirit, he seemed to feel an inexplicable fluctuation.
He had a strong feeling in his heart that there was a high probability that his real martial spirit could be merged with Ma Hongjun's martial spirit.
But now was not the time to think about that. Xue Qinghe quickly raised his soul-capturing power to suppress the fluctuations. At the same time, the first soul ring light on his body lit up.
"The first soul skill, Swan Attack!"
"Boom!" With a sound, holy white light enveloped his fist, Xue Qinghe's swan wings flapped behind his back, and his whole body was blasted directly towards Ma Hongjun with a fierce wind.
Opposite him, Ma Hongjun seemed to feel a faint strange wave just now, but the speed was so fast that he didn't even have time to feel what the wave was, and the feeling disappeared.
This made him a little suspicious, but seeing that Xue Qinghe had already attacked, he didn't think much about it.
Ma Hongjun grinned, his eyes intertwined with golden red and icy blue light, and the yellow glow of the first soul ring surrounding his body was booming. With a sound of "Boom!", a golden red flame fireball as big as the mouth of a bowl was directly blasted by him. Toward the rushing Xue Qinghe.
"The first soul skill, Phoenix Flame!"
Phoenix flame bombs are domineering and ferocious, with blazing and terrifying high temperatures. Instantaneous skills arrive in the blink of an eye.
Of course, he had already compressed the power of the Phoenix Flame Bomb. After all, it is the number one soul skill of "hundred years". If it is too powerful, it cannot be justified.
Xue Qinghe's pupils shrank. Although he had heard that Ma Hongjun's soul skills were released very quickly, he didn't expect it to be so fast, but he had nothing to worry about.
The yellow light of the first soul ring flashed, and the white light wrapped around Xue Qinghe's fist changed. A white light shield appeared in front of him. With a "Boom!", it directly collided with the violent Phoenix flame bombs. . The overbearing violent force shook Xue Qinghe and slid three meters backward.
The violent fireball hit the light shield and exploded suddenly. The golden-red flames surged like raging waves of the sea and were about to swallow Xue Qinghe's body in the blink of an eye.
"The third soul skill, swan guardianship!"
In the roaring fire, Xue Qinghe's cold shout rang out, and the purple light of his third soul ring blazed brightly. The holy white light surged like clouds, instantly forming a thick "cloud layer" that enveloped his whole body.
The swan wings flapped behind him, and Xue Qinghe's speed suddenly surged, and the whole person rushed out of the raging fire in an instant.
His third soul skill can not only defend, but also increase his various attributes by 50% in all directions. Duan was extremely powerful, somewhat similar to Dai Mubai's third soul skill White Tiger Golden Light Transformation.
The pure white light shone on Xue Qinghe's fists, and seemed to hit Ma Hongjun directly with a huge force.
With the increase of the third soul skill, Xue Qinghe's speed was very fast, and he collided with Ma Hongjun in the blink of an eye.
With his soul power running, Ma Hongjun clenched his hands into fists, and his slender hands turned into crystal clear jade, with golden-red light flashing, as if they were beautiful natural carved crystals, but they contained violent attacks.
"Fire Jade Hand!"
Ma Hongjun's martial arts skills were developed based on the Tang Sect's Mysterious Jade Hands and the characteristics of his own soul power. They were as condensed as jade and indestructible.
Ma Hongjun directly hit Xue Qinghe's fist that was wrapped in white light. With a "Boom!", the two collided.
"Crack!" There was a crisp sound of bone cracking, and Xue Qinghe screamed instantly. His slender figure retreated, and cold sweat quickly covered his forehead.
Xue Qinghe was horrified. He didn't expect Ma Hongjun's body to be so terrifying. The fist blessed by his first soul skill was broken by his punch.
"Hiss!" Xue Qinghe gasped, it hurt too much.
The crisp sound of bone cracking made Ma Hongjun stunned. He quickly distanced himself from Xue Qinghe and said quickly, "Cousin, today's discussion ends here. If you still want to discuss, we can talk about it later."
"Hiss!" Xue Qinghe gasped, a pair of delicate eyes looking at Ma Hongjun like a monster, the expression in his eyes was complicated and difficult to understand, but he also stopped.
Ma Hongjun quickly stepped forward to support him and said, "Cousin, are you okay?" Ma Hongjun sniffed and thought, "Why does it smell so good?"
He smelled a fresh fragrance, which seemed to come from Xue Qinghe's body, like a woman's body fragrance.
Don't ask him how he knows it. Anyone who hugs a soft and perfect body every day will naturally be very familiar with this smell after smelling it too many times.
A strange thought flashed through Ma Hongjun's mind. When he saw Xue Qinghe's Swan Martial Spirit, he had already put aside his doubts about him, but the inexplicable fragrance made his heart twitch again.
