Soul Land: Exposing Tang San

Chapter 196: Huo Wu Joins, Mission Reward Increases!

Godwind City is actually not very far from Haotian Sect.

After leaving Haotian Sect, Tang San's original intention was to travel around the Tiandou Empire to train and quickly improve his own strength, so he specifically chose the Star Dou Great Forest as his first destination.

However, going to the Star Dou Great Forest, Godwind City was originally out of the way.

Along the way, Tang San heard that many people in the empire liked to talk about other matters while drinking, having tea, or eating.

The people they talked about were Su Yun, who had already defected to the Spirit Hall, and his own father, Tang Hao, whose whereabouts were lost, and life or death unknown.

Tang San thought that most people would hate Su Yun, but the behavior of the people around him in recent days greatly exceeded his expectations.

It seemed that the common people did not hate the Spirit Hall more than the people of the three sects.

When talking about his father Tang Hao's death, most people even thought that the Spirit Hall did the right thing!

"Spirit Hall, you killed my mother, and my father was just defending himself. Now he is being hunted down by you, ending up missing, alive or dead."

"Even these ignorant commoners are bewitched by you, thinking that you, the Spirit Hall, are the side executing justice, which is truly ridiculous!"

Tang San looked up in the direction of the Godwind City's Great Soul Arena, the vaguely visible arena caught his eye. As his gaze moved downward, a group of well-trained Spirit Hall soldiers passed by with their weapons. Upon seeing Tang San, a cold murderous intent flashed through his eyes.

"Su Yun, although I don't know what method you used to reach the level of a Soul King, as long as you are human, I can still kill you!" Tang San's hand, as white as jade, gently stroked the waist belt named "Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridge" at his waist.

As his fingers moved, it seemed that a dozen silver needles were held between Tang San's fingers, releasing a cold murderous intent, causing the Spirit Hall soldiers around him to shudder unconsciously.

The murderous intent appeared for only a moment before slowly fading away. Tang San eventually disappeared into the crowd, with no one able to detect his presence.

In the crowd, as Tang San disappeared, a black-robed man who was eating at a roadside table slowly raised his head.

Following the direction of his gaze, it was the place where Tang San had stood before.

...

Seven days passed quickly.

On the day of the match, Su Yun first washed up simply and then went to the backstage of Godwind City's Great Soul Arena under the lead of the Spirit Hall's master of Godwind City.

Along the way, Su Yun and his party's carriage was completely surrounded, with many commoners from inside and outside Godwind City coming to watch Su Yun, the Holy Son from the Spirit Hall.

What was originally a journey that would take only about ten minutes ended up taking nearly an hour.

Of course, this was also because Su Yun did not disperse the crowd around him.

But fortunately, he left early and did not delay.

On the other side, the team members of Godwind Academy, noticing that it was getting late, also took the carriage arranged by the academy and headed towards the Great Soul Arena.

This time, in addition to the seven combat members of Godwind Academy, the team was naturally led by Feng Wuji, the dean of Godwind Academy.

"Xiaotian, do you have a strategy for this battle?" Feng Wuji sat in the middle of the carriage, looking at Feng Xiaotian on his left and asked softly.

"Dean, we don't have much information about this Holy Son from the Spirit Hall. It seems that we can only rely on on-the-spot responses to deal with him." Feng Xiaotian was calm, but the fluctuations in his eyes showed that he had been looking forward to this battle for a long time.

"With your abilities, I'm not worried." Feng Wuji spoke lightly, "Up to today, this Holy Son from the Spirit Hall has almost never shown his hand in public, except for that one time on the birthday of Emperor Xue Ye, where I saw him from a corner."

"I have to say, his methods are indeed extraordinary. At that time, he was just a child, yet he was able to defeat Dai Weisi, the Crown Prince of the Star Luo Empire, with the assistance of Ning Rongrong, the daughter of the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which is enough to show that his combat awareness is not weak."

"Dean, is it really possible for someone to cultivate to the level of a Soul King by the age of twelve?" A member of the Godwind Academy team asked.

In fact, they had asked similar questions many times before, but Dean Feng Wuji had always answered that it was impossible.

Until now, Su Yun's appearance had completely shattered Feng Wuji's firmly held belief.

"It is said that his spirit is a top-tier plant spirit that is not inferior to the top three sects, combined with his extraordinary talent and the Spirit Hall's simulated cultivation environment and resource supply, it seems possible for him to cultivate to the level of a Soul King." To this day, Feng Wuji was still amazed by Su Yun's spirit power level.

"Don't worry, Dean, no matter who the opponent is, we will definitely win." Feng Xiaotian's gaze was firm, "Moreover, this time it's seven of us against him alone. If we lose, wouldn't it be a joke to other academies?"

This time, the matter of the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall taking on seven opponents had quickly fermented within these seven days, almost spreading throughout the north and south of the Tiandou Empire.

Even the people of the Star Luo Empire have heard about it.

Although the challenge was issued by a Soul King, losing in a seven-on-one fight would be a complete loss of face. Moreover, Godwind Academy was the first academy to be challenged.

If the Hoy Son Su goes on to challenge other academies and those academies win, then Godwind Academy might as well close its doors.

Brother Feng was pleased with Feng Xiaotian's words and was about to continue the conversation when the coachman's voice suddenly came from outside the carriage: "Dean, someone is blocking the way."

Blocking the way?

Hearing that someone was blocking their way, everyone in the carriage was stunned.

They knew that most of the city's inhabitants were going to see Su Yun today, so who would block their carriage at this time?

Who could it be?

Feng Xiaotian subconsciously pulled back the curtain of the carriage, looked up, and his pupils suddenly dilated. The usually calm captain suddenly became excited.

He hadn't expected that the person blocking their way was not a stranger but his acquaintances—Huo Wu and Huo Wu Shuang!

At this time, everyone else also noticed Huo Wu and Huo Wu Shuang, and immediately made room for the two to get on the carriage.

"Greetings, Dean Feng." Huo Wu and Huo Wu Shuang bowed to Feng Wuji.

Feng Wuji nodded slightly in response.

He then asked, "What brings you two to GodwindCity? Did you come after hearing the news?"

"Not exactly, Dean Feng," Huo Wu said softly. "My brother and I were training outside and only came here after hearing about your situation."

Feng Wuji understood.

The journey from Blazing Academy here would not have been possible within the short span of seven days.

The students, upon seeing Huo Wu, inevitably looked at their captain, Feng Xiaotian.

As expected, the previously calm captain now sat "bashfully" next to Huo Wu, appearing very uncomfortable.

Everyone from the Godwind Academy knew that their captain liked Huo Wu, but unfortunately, she had always been indifferent to him.

Even Huo Wu Shuang, sitting next to his good brother, had often advised him to pursue someone else, but Feng Xiaotian was always persistent.

"Brother Feng, do you already have a strategy to defeat the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall?" Huo Wu suddenly turned her head towards Feng Xiaotian.

Feng Xiaotian coughed lightly and said, "Not yet. We don't have enough information about Su Yun, but we'll give it our all."

Feng Wuji timely asked, "Student Huo Wu, by asking this, do you have any strategies that could help us?"

"Of course."

Ignoring her brother Huo Wu Shuang's gestures, Huo Wu spoke her mind: "That is to let me temporarily join GodwindAcademy."

"I remember that the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall has a plant spirit. If he faces my Fire Shadow Spirit, he can only admit defeat."

Fire beats grass, which everyone knows.

Even the people of GodwindAcademy guessed that the reason Su Yun, the Holy Son from the Spirit Hall, chose their academy was because the other academies were not easy to "bully."

Blazing Academy and Thunder Academy, one being fire and the other thunder, are almost complete counters to plant spirits.

The Plant Academy is the most comprehensive in studying plant spirits and can easily target his spirit's weaknesses.

As for the Elephant Armor Academy, their defense and attack are first-rate, belonging to the earth attribute. Even if Su Son is a Soul King, he probably couldn't defeat them quickly.

Therefore, after much consideration, they chose GodwindAcademy, the "weakest" academy, as their challenge target.

"This... might not be a good idea?" Feng Xiaotian felt this move was somewhat inappropriate, wanting to win but relying on attribute suppression seemed undignified.

Feng Wuji also felt this move was inappropriate.

Before he could speak, Huo Wu said, "Dean Feng, I have my reasons for this."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Holy son Su's visit to Godwind Academy must also be under the instruction of his teacher, the Pope of the Spirit Hall."

"The purpose is naturally to intimidate our Five Elements Academy."

"Since he dares to come to GodwindAcademy, the next would naturally be any of the other Four Elements Academies."

"In other words, sooner or later, we will have to face him."

"If he's as powerful as others claim, then my presence won't make much of a difference to his combat effectiveness."

"If his prowess is just exaggerated by others, being nothing more than a scarecrow, then he'll probably lose to you without me having to make a move."

Huo Wu's words made sense to everyone present.

After a moment of thought, Feng Wuji also nodded slightly and said, "Alright, let's do as you say. However, I still need to inform the other party in advance."

"No problem," Huo Wu smiled.

In her view, if Su Yun disagreed, it would mean he was already backing down.

Therefore, he must agree.

As a member of the Five Elements Academy, she naturally wouldn't let Su Yun step over the heads of the Five Elements Academy to rise.

Soon, their carriage arrived at GodwindCity's Great Soul Arena.

After getting off the carriage, Feng Wuji went to Su Yun's resting room and informed him of the situation.

He thought Su Yun would be angry.

But to his surprise, Su Yun seemed not to care and even looked excited.

Feeling that the other party was not pretending, Feng Wuji then left the room and returned to his own resting room.

Knowing that Su Yun had no objections, Huo Wu slightly narrowed her eyes, feeling that Su Yun was hiding his true capabilities.

A plant spirit, facing her fire attribute spirit without fear, definitely indicated a problem.

Then, she took the last bit of time to discuss tactics with GodwindAcademy.

On the other side.

Ten minutes ago.

When Su Yun learned that Huo Wu was joining GodwindAcademy's team for the match, his first reaction was surprise.

Why would Huo Wu appear here?

He had looked at the map and remembered that Blazing Academy was not close.

His second reaction was that this turn of events was not part of the original storyline.

However, he didn't mind at all.

After all, he had already absorbed two immortal herbs, the Octagonal Xuanbing Grass and the Fiery Apricot Jiaosu.

Do you understand the significance of being immune to fire and ice?

"Hehe, little Su Yun, if they knew that your Blue Silver Grass could resist fire, they would probably be shocked," Ah Yin laughed softly in the spirit space, also finding GodwindAcademy's actions amusing.

What excited Su Yun was not just his spirit's immunity to fire but more so the system's prompt after Feng Wuji announced Huo Wu's participation.

That was the addition of another reward to the system's original reward of [Wood Release: Substitution Technique].

[Reward: Invincible Golden Body Experience Card*1]

[Effect: Perfectly block one attack below the god level]

(End of Chapter)

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