Soul Land 3: Legend Of The Jade Emperor

"That child… are you sure he's only Rank 14 at the moment? He isn't any weaker than a person at Rank 45." Long Hengxu was pointing at a screen that had been displaying Huang Yu. He had been greatly shocked when he saw the feats that Huang Yu had shown.

One should know that even a Rank 30 Spirit Elder could do nothing against a wave of spirit beasts like that. Yet, Huang Yu managed to slay a great number of them and escape without a scratch!

"Yes. I'm quite sure." Wu Zhangkong replied with a slightly smug tone.

Wu Zhangkong had been very satisfied with Huang Yu's performance. He had hoped that the students of class zero could become strong enough to enter Shrek Academy for him to atone for his sins and Huang Yu, with his talent and strength, could definitely make it in.

"However, the situation right now is quite strange. Why would a Duskgold Dreadclaw Bear, a Man Faced Demon Spider and a few other types of spirit beasts all appear in front of him? What's happening now looks similar to a rebellion period." Long Hengxu stated with a strange look on his face.

A grim look entered Wu Zhangkong's face as he heard that. Turning to one of the staff members of the Spirit Pagoda, he asked coldly, "Has something gone wrong with the spirit ascension platform?"

The aforementioned staff member felt a shiver down his spine. "N, no sir, there is nothing wrong with the spirit ascension platform. From what the information shows, the spirit ascension platform is completely fine."

"Then how do you explain what just happened?"

"It might be that Huang Yu was just unlucky."

Wu Zhangkong wasn't satisfied by this answer. However, he was in the Spirit Pagoda so he had to watch his own actions. In the end, he chose not to pursue the topic.

— — — —

Huang Yu sat in a lotus position as he tried to recover his physical vigour with spirit energy whilst he absorbed the energy he had obtained from slaying so many spirit beasts.

From absorbing that much energy, his sole spirit ring had already become a 990+ year old one from the weak 10+ year old one it was before.

During this period of recovery, quite a few beasts had attacked him. However, they were all taken care of by Gu Yue who had promised to protect him for a period of time.

Luckily for the both of them, the spirit beasts that had besieged them were nowhere close to the quantity and quality of beasts that had sent Huang Yu into such a condition.

Most of them were 10+ year old beasts, with some rare 100+ year old beasts here and there.

Gu Yue turned to look at Huang Yu who was still recovering his energy. There was a strange look in her eyes as she looked at him.

If Huang Yu were to see her gaze right now, he would notice it to be the same gaze she looked at him with when they first met.

'Six years. With his rate of growth, it'll take six years. After that, the spirit beasts can…'

Her train of thought was cut off as there was a sudden outburst of power from Huang Yu's body.

She closed her eyes and covered her face with both arms as dust was scattered from the sudden release of spirit energy from Huang Yu.

As the dust settled, Gu Yue coughed a few times before opening her eyes.

Huang Yu's 10 year old figure was standing up straight. His bandana that had been loosened from all the fighting previously had been blown away from that sudden burst of power. Luckily for him, his third eye had closed earlier or else he would have some answering to do.

A purple spirit ring shone behind his figure, indicating his spirit ring's breakthrough to the 1000+ year old stage. It made for an intimidating sight although he had the body of a child.

"Are you done?" Gu Yue asked.

Huang Yu raised an eyebrow, before wordlessly moving the purple spirit ring behind him in front of her.

Gu Yue's eye twitched slightly. "Nevermind."

A soft laugh came from Huang Yu before he approached her. "Thanks for the help."

"It's fine. Now let's get out of this place. I've spent quite a bit of energy protecting you. I don't think I'm in a proper condition to hunt spirit beasts anymore."

A slightly guilty look appeared on Huang Yu's face. He asked Gu Yue to protect him in order to try to test her. However, he didn't get any information from it.

"Sorry."

She sighed. "It's fine. Just remember what you promised me just now. Next time we come here, you'll help me hunt." Then, she pressed the buŧŧon behind her hand before leaving.

Huang Yu stared at that spot, pondering for a bit after Gu Yue left.

Had he been mistaken about her?

If she knew about what was happening, she would try to avoid him as much as possible in the spirit ascension platform

Maybe he was a bit too paranoid after appearing in this world?

His paranoia had stemmed from the fact that he was in a Xianxia world at the moment. It was a world where you could be backstabbed at any time so his paranoia was somewhat justified.

However, although he was now slightly unsure about Gu Yue, he knew that there was something about him that drew spirit beasts to him.

Huang Yu let out a sigh. This was really troublesome.

— — — —

Class zero left the Spirit Pagoda. On the way back, Tang Wulin's spirit ring had evolved. From a 10+ year old spirit ring, it became a 100+ year old one.

Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi let out gasps in astonishment when they saw what happened to Tang Wulin.

Huang Yu didn't bother to reveal that his spirit rings had evolved far further than Tang Wulin's. He didn't find a point to. There was no reason to randomly tell someone all your powers, even if they were your friends.

Your friends today can be your enemies tomorrow.

That's why although he got close with them, he never revealed the secrets about his third eye, unlike Tang Wulin who had revealed his special bloodline.

Back at the academy, Wu Zhangkong stood at the lectern.

"Tell me about your thoughts on your experiences in the spirit ascension platform."

When Huang Yu heard that, he couldn't help but somehow feel that he had a hand in their early demise.

On the other hand, Xie Xie and Tang Wulin were lucky and had managed to kill a fair few beasts before leaving the spirit ascension platform. Thanks to that, Tang Wulin was able to evolve his spirit soul.

Gu Yue just told Wu Zhangkong what she had done inside the spirit ascension platform prior to meeting Huang Yu.

Finally, when it was Huang Yu's turn, this was the report he gave.

"I just killed a few spirit beasts. Nothing much." Huang Yu said with a bright smile.