[Bonus Chapter for 10,000 Rewards]
She never expected to encounter two Soul Saints and three Soul Masters of considerable strength on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The old woman was very cultured and bowed, saying, "Flander the Four-Eyed Cat Owl, Zhao Wuji the Immovable King, so it's the team of two Soul Saints. I apologize for my rudeness."
Ma Hongjun couldn't stand it anymore. They were acting like people from his ancient past life, with a bunch of titles and such roundabout greetings. Everyone was hiding their ulterior motives, yet they still had to be so polite.
They were all old rascals who liked to put on a show!
Flander returned the greeting. He wasn't as senior as her in the Soul Master world and couldn't accept such a courtesy.
"Senior Snake Granny, you're too kind. We're here to obtain soul rings for our disciples."
Snake Granny glanced at the Phoenix-tailed Rooster again and said,
"This thousand-year-old Phoenix-tailed Rooster is extremely important to my granddaughter. She has just reached level 30 and needs a suitable martial soul. We were the first to discover this Rooster and even wounded it, but it escaped by accident.
Could we please ask the Soul Saint to do us a favor and return this soul beast to us? I will remember this kindness and repay it in the future."
Ma Hongjun shook his head to himself and sighed softly,
"This is a bit difficult!"
The fully developed girl standing next to Chao Tianxiang couldn't help but speak up when she heard Ma Hongjun's words:
"What's so difficult about it? We were the ones who discovered this thousand-year-old phoenix-tailed crested serpent first, and we were the ones who injured it before you caught it. You can't absorb it, so why won't you give it to us? Do you think our Dragon-Snake Clan is easy to bully?"
As she spoke, she raised her snake-headed cane
, pointing it at Ma Hongjun. She had long disliked this kid. Why should a child interrupt when adults are talking? She didn't like being interrupted.
"Who says we can't absorb it? If you hadn't come, we would have already started absorbing it.
Besides, this is the Star Dou Great Forest, and all the spirit beasts here are ownerless.
Even if you were the ones who first discovered this thousand-year-old Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent and injured it, we were the ones who ultimately caught it. To insist that it's yours is far too domineering."
Ma Hongjun pointed at Oscar, his eyes fixed on the fully grown girl, and continued without backing down:
"While this Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent is more suitable for you, it's also very suitable for my brother Oscar. This relatively gentle yet fast spirit beast will greatly help my brother Oscar's spirit." The
Phoenix-tailed Crested Serpent, a gentle spirit beast, is a rare find that is very suitable for Oscar. Gentle spirit beasts are easy to absorb spirit rings from, which is very useful for food-type spirit masters with weaker constitutions. Moreover, Oscar is a carnivore, so beasts are also very suitable. In addition, if he obtains a speed-type spirit skill, it will be a life-saving skill for him. The grandmother
and granddaughter, Chao Tianxiang and her grandson, turned to look at Oscar. Oscar had been particularly careful about his appearance lately because of Xiao Yuanyuan's impending return, so he was clean-shaven and looked about thirteen or fourteen years old.
The well-developed girl pointed at Oscar, looking incredulous.
"You mean he's already reached level thirty? That's impossible!"
She was already considered a rare cultivation genius in their family, and this boy, who looked much younger than her, was at the same level.
"What's impossible about it? You're just ignorant and brainless!" Ma Hongjun glanced at the girl's well-developed physique and said indifferently. Although the girl wasn't as fiery as Zhu Zhuqing, she was still quite impressive.
Chao Tianxiang's elegant demeanor was no longer calm. To be honest, the other party had at least two Soul Saints; it would be very easy for them to kill each other. If the other party hadn't been wary of the reputation of the Peerless Dragon and Snake, they probably would have already acted without hesitation. However, this was also part of their prestige.
"Soul Saint Flander, both of us need this Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Serpent, and I don't want us to fight and ruin our harmony. How about this, we follow the rules of the Soul Master world and let these two children decide for themselves who will inherit the Soul Ring?
What do you think?"
Chao Tianxiang was also indignant. She could tolerate the older of the two children with tiger-type martial souls being more outstanding than her granddaughter, but she couldn't believe that the younger one could be stronger than her granddaughter. Could the geniuses of the Dragon-Snake Clan be inferior to these Shrek Academy disciples?
Upon hearing this, Flander's face showed embarrassment:
"Senior Snake Granny, I'm afraid it can't be as you wish!"
Chao Tianxiang's expression changed, and she said angrily, "Flander, I've already conceded, what more do you want? Are you taking advantage of my old man's absence?
Humph!"
Flander smiled: "No, of course not. It's like this. My disciple isn't a battle spirit master; he's just a support-type spirit master, and a food-type spirit master at that. How can he possibly compete with your granddaughter?"
Hearing Flander's words, Chao Tianxiang was once again greatly surprised.
"What did you say? He's a food-type spirit master?"
The words "food-type" immediately made her look at Oscar in a different light. It's well known that support-type spirit masters cultivate slowly, and this Oscar, at such a young age, had already reached level thirty. This was simply a genius among geniuses, possibly the fastest-cultivating food-type spirit master in the history of spirit masters.
Immediately, the old woman had the idea of recruiting him. For a family power like theirs, they wanted to recruit any spirit master with even a little bit of strength into the family, let alone a food-type spirit master with such great potential.
She was thinking how wonderful it would be to have a food-type Soul Master as talented as Oscar assisting her, Meng Yiran.
Chao Tianxiang looked at Oscar with a gentle smile and said:
"Young man, may I ask which sect you belong to?"
The intention to curry favor and recruit was quite obvious. How could Chao Tianxiang not be eager to meet such a genius?
This infuriated Ma Hongjun. Oscar's future wife was already a member of his Fairy Robe Pavilion, and Oscar was now practically a half-member of the Fairy Robe Pavilion. How could he let this old woman recruit him? Although she couldn't recruit him anyway, she couldn't let him get away with it.
Before Chao Tianxiang could continue, Ma Hongjun suddenly interjected:
"How about this? We are all Oscar's brothers and partners, helping him in battle is only natural and understandable. We can provide a few Soul Masters with Soul Power levels similar to your granddaughter's, for her to choose from, to compete on Oscar's behalf."
The mature young woman, who disliked being interrupted, immediately couldn't stand it. Ma Hongjun had already interrupted them twice.
She wasn't someone to be trifled with. Like Ning Rongrong, she was a pampered princess from her family; otherwise, they wouldn't have mobilized the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny to help her hunt for Soul Rings.
She pointed at Ma Hongjun, her voice arrogant and domineering, brooking no argument: "You? I'll fight you!"
In her opinion, Ma Hongjun was about the same age as Oscar, and their strength should be similar.
Chao Tianxiang didn't stop her; she didn't like this interrupting boy, who always interrupted her, and she wasn't comfortable with it. She
wanted to see if he dared to fight her granddaughter. She wanted to know if this disrespectful kid had real skill or was just all talk.
To the surprise of the grandmother and granddaughter, after the girl pointed at Ma Hongjun and spoke, the expressions of the Shrek Academy students on the other side lit up.
They wanted to laugh, really wanted to laugh, but were too embarrassed to laugh out loud.
Chao Tianxiang didn't know what they were laughing at and said angrily, "Flander, what do you mean? Don't push your luck!" Flander
glanced at Ma Hongjun and winked at him. Ma Hongjun looked at Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter and smiled as well.
"Senior, you've misunderstood, we..."
Before Ma Hongjun could finish speaking, the fully developed girl, who disliked being interrupted, couldn't take it anymore. She pointed her snake staff at Ma Hongjun, unleashing a purple light blade, and said angrily in a delicate voice,
"You interrupted again..."
Ma Hongjun: "..."