Returning to the Holy Spirit Cult, Huo Yuhao, besides cultivating every day, would go and find Ma Xiaotao to discuss life all night. Although the latter was still repulsed by him in every way, at least she was not as ruthless as on the day of their reunion. An important point was that Ma Xiaotao was still bound by Zhongli Wu. Even if she had the intention to struggle, she was unable to escape Huo Yuhao's demonic grasp.
To deal with this kind of a stubborn-tempered woman, Huo Yuhao had fully followed the experience of his past life: first, courtesy, then force. As the saying goes, with sincerity, even metal and stone can be opened. He believed that in not too long a time, the two of them would naturally resolve this misunderstanding that should not have existed in the first place.
Ma Xiaotao had lived in Shrek for so many years. Her feelings for the students far surpassed everything else. And right now, it was not good to have her return to the academy. Ever since Elder Xuan had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, the balance between the two sides had actually already tilted. Even if Long Xiaoyao had the intention to favor Mu En, Ye Xishui plus Elder Xuan was not something their Radiant Dark Twin Saint Dragons could resist.
What also made Huo Yuhao a little gossipy was Zhongli Wu's attitude towards the Valkyrie Douluo, Xian Lin'er. Besides imprisoning her soul power, Xian Lin'er could move freely in most areas of the Holy Spirit Hall. Zhongli Wu had even treated her with good wine and good food.
It seemed this Valkyrie Douluo had attracted no small number of the prodigies of that generation when she was young, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but complain in his belly.
What made Huo Yuhao feel puzzled was that in the Holy Spirit Cult, besides Ye Xishui, who had been staying by Xu Tianran's side all year round, the vice pontiff, Feng Ling, was also nowhere to be seen.
Could it be that this Holy Spirit Cult is going to make some big move again recently?
Some of the secrets of the higher-ups in the Holy Spirit Cult, even the Holy Son could not know. Seeing that the date of the hostage exchange was approaching, the experts that the Holy Spirit Cult had recalled from all over the continent had emerged one by one. There was a great sense of a suffocating feeling of a storm about to come.
A few days' time had passed in a flash.
Jiang Nannan was sitting in her room a little lonely. Although she had been staying on Sea God Island to cultivate during this period of time, and was receiving Mu En's guidance along with Tang Wutong, who had been sent back from the Divine Realm, as well as Xiao Xiao and Bei Bei, according to Elder Mu's meaning, at the beginning of the next school year, she could accept the inner court's assessment and formally enter the inner court. Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were also the same. After all, they were already experts at the Soul Ancestor level. Under Elder Mu's training, if they were still unable to pass the inner court's assessment, wouldn't the Limit Douluo's painstaking efforts be in vain?
Xu Sanshi's previous injuries had been very serious. Fortunately, with the meticulous treatment of the inner court's healing-type Titled Douluo, Elder Zhuang, he had now also recovered by seventy to eighty percent. At the same time, Xu Sanshi's soul power had also formally broken through to the Soul King realm and was already the one with the highest soul power cultivation among their seven.
And the death of Cao Jinxuan also meant that their titular Seven Devils had directly lost one person. In the future, the academy would re-assign a new member for them according to the situation.
It had been a long time since she had been harassed by Xu Sanshi. This made her a little unaccustomed. Especially after her position as the number one beauty of the outer court had been snatched away by Tang Wutong, the dream goddess in the minds of the vast majority of the outer court students had changed from her to Tang Wutong.
This had made Jiang Nannan, who was originally a little proud in her heart, can't help but feel a little wronged. She suddenly felt that Xu Sanshi was not so annoying either. Looking at the entire outer court, besides Tang Wutong, who had an unknown origin, Xu Sanshi was the number one in cultivation. Compared to any contemporary young talent on the continent, he was not inferior.
Xu Sanshi, if you don't come and chase me again, be careful I, this old lady, really will just casually find someone!
Jiang Nannan waved her small fist, as if she were showing off her might to the air before her. And just at this time, she keenly sensed that someone was approaching her residence.
Thump thump thump.
A light knocking sound was heard. The steady sound of the footsteps from before, even after so long, Jiang Nannan would not forget. She hurriedly jumped up from her chair, rushed to the door in a huff, and with one hand, opened the great door that had separated the two.
"Nannan, long time no see. You've improved again," a trademark, cheap smile was still on Xu Sanshi's mouth. It was just that this time, Jiang Nannan had not seen a look of amazement in his eyes.
Xu Sanshi's gaze was very clear, as if he were just greeting an ordinary partner. His broad shoulders almost blocked the room's door, looking very steady and reliable.
"Xu Sanshi, what is it?" The corner of Jiang Nannan's mouth twitched slightly. She suddenly had an incomparable desire for Xu Sanshi to, as in the past, rascally tell her some mushy, sweet words, and by no means to be like now, like a communication between good partners.
"I have something to give you. This is an immortal grass cultivated by Wutong's family. It is said that it can cure auntie's illness. She specially asked me to hand it over to you," Xu Sanshi took out an unknown plant from his storage ring and handed it to Jiang Nannan.
It's Tang Wutong's thing again!
Jiang Nannan took this pot of a plant. It was unknown why, but she now had an impulse, and that was to throw it away on the spot. But her reason, on the contrary, told her that this was a divine object to cure her mother's illness, which made her have no choice but to accept.
Seeing that Jiang Nannan had silently taken the immortal grass, Xu Sanshi was as if he had completed a mission and let out a sigh of relief. "Alright. In this way, you can study in the academy without any worries in the future. On auntie's side, I have always had people taking care of her. You can rest assured."
What? He has always had people taking care of my mother?
Hearing this, Jiang Nannan's entire person was as if struck by lightning. This bad guy, he... he had never told me these things. In these few years, it had actually been him who had been helping me take care of mom all along. Bad guy, idiot, bastard! You... why wouldn't you tell me!
For several years, Jiang Nannan had always just written letters to her mother and had then sent some money back. But she had never dared to go back and see her. It was just that she was afraid of seeing her and once again recalling the pain of that one night.
Tears had uncontrollably fallen. She suddenly felt she was so stupid. Before this, she hadn't gone to understand anything. For the sake of the pride in her heart, she hadn't even dared to go and see her own mother. And the one who had been taking care of Mother Jiang in her place was on the contrary the Xu Sanshi whom she had always disliked and found disgusting the most.
"Hey hey, don't you cry. Wutong said that her family still has a lot of this kind of immortal grass. It's not worth much. We are all our own people. Don't be so distant," Xu Sanshi hurriedly supported her shoulders and continuously comforted her.
Wutong? Tang Wutong! It's Tang Wutong again! It was unknown why, but Jiang Nannan at this time had actually developed a bit of a hatred for Tang Wutong. If not for Tang Wutong's appearance, if not for her being able to have a martial soul fusion with Xu Sanshi, if not for her...
How could Xu Sanshi have known what Jiang Nannan was thinking now? The next moment, the girl he had incomparably longed for before had quickly and tightly held him.
Jiang Nannan was crying loudly. This was the first time she had felt this embrace was so warm, so solid. But why had she never discovered it before?
Xu Sanshi used his gentle, water-attribute soul power to soothe Jiang Nannan's emotions. While verbally comforting her, he had on the contrary, without meaning to, slowly pushed her away.
How could Xu Sanshi's small actions be hidden from Jiang Nannan? Her beautiful pupils suddenly shrank. If it had been in the past, even if Xu Sanshi had been held by her for three seconds, he could have been happy for a whole day. But this time, she had clearly not yet enjoyed the warmth of this embrace and had been subconsciously pushed away by him.
"Sanshi..." Jiang Nannan raised her head stubbornly, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, her red lips tightly pursed, a look of both longing and also fear.
Her somewhat fluctuating gaze seemed to be urging Xu Sanshi. Kiss me. As long as you kiss me, we can go back to how we were before. As long as you kiss me, I am willing to be your girlfriend.
Xu Sanshi was stunned for a moment. In this kind of an atmosphere, the original him would by no means have been able to refuse this kind of a temptation. But the next instant, a peerlessly beautiful figure had appeared in his mind, and had completely shattered all the space that the former Jiang Nannan had occupied.
"Nannan, you should rest early. I still have something to talk to Wutong about in a moment. You..."
"No—" Jiang Nannan finally exploded. She fiercely threw the pot of an immortal grass that was used to save a life to the ground. She herself also then knelt on the ground. She was crying her heart out, like a little girl whose toy had been snatched away, so wronged that her entire world had collapsed.