Douluo Dalu: Golden Spirit Tree

Chapter 128: Frank Talk with Ice Emperor
In the large conference room on the seventh floor of the Star Emperor Hotel, Shrek and his group gathered.

After a whole day of rest, everyone looked full of energy and vigor, and all the fatigue they had just felt when they arrived in Xingluo City disappeared.

As the team leader, Wang Yan was very busy yesterday. While registering the Shrek team, he also learned about the rules of the competition and collected information about college teams that might pose a threat to Shrek.

Although the Shrek team's lineup this time is extremely luxurious, the sudden news he received yesterday still made Wang Yan a little panicked, fearing that an accident would occur and cut off Shrek's eternal glory.

As the only one who did not get a good rest, Wang Yan's eyes showed some fatigue at this moment, and there were even some dark circles under his eyes.

Wang Dong asked curiously, "Teacher Wang, were you beaten?"

Huo Yuhao quickly pulled his good brother's hand and said, "What are you talking about? Teacher Wang, those are dark circles from not getting enough rest. Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Wang."

Xu Sanshi also said casually, "Teacher Wang, I think you're too nervous. With the lineup of seniors on our starting team this year, the championship is a piece of cake. Relax."

Ma Xiaotao and the others did not speak, but one could tell from the ease in their eyes that they did not take anyone seriously, not even their long-time rival, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

Most of the time, confidence comes from strength, but this time, they just have that strength.

Wang Yan smiled bitterly, but secretly hoped that these children could maintain their current mentality after hearing the news.

He cleared his throat and looked around at everyone. "Children, we received news from the academy yesterday. Because our Shrek Seven Devils team is so strong this time, and to ensure everyone gets enough training, the academy has decided not to allow the starting players to play in the elimination rounds. In the subsequent round-robin matches, the starting players can only play a maximum of three players per match, and the total number of rotation players cannot exceed five."

Ma Xiaotao and others' expressions suddenly changed.

Before he finished, Wang Yan continued, "Also, Lin Yi, during this period, if you go on the field, you are only allowed to use auxiliary abilities and must not expose your own combat power."

Xu Sanshi was immediately shocked and said, "Which brainless senior executive issued this order? Is this a joke?!"

Wang Yan said quietly, "This is the highest order from the Sea God Pavilion of the academy."

Xu Sanshi immediately said seriously, "I, Xu Sanshi, do not disagree with the academy's order. Since it is the decision of the Sea God Pavilion, it must be the result of careful consideration. I am too shallow and cannot understand the instructions of the academy's top leaders."

Even though everyone was a little depressed because of the academy's sudden order, they couldn't help laughing when they saw Xu Sanshi's arrogant and respectful appearance.

The moment Lin Yi heard the order, he understood that it must be Moon's order. After all, for other elders, Shrek's glory still needed these false names. The only person who could gamble with Shrek's so-called glory was Moon, the pillar of Shrek Academy, the mainstay of the academy, and the master of the Sea God Pavilion. He had the courage and determination to do so.

Afterwards, Wang Yan explained the competition system to everyone. A total of 133 advanced soul master academies and advanced soul instructor academies participated in this competition. The first round was an elimination match, and the two academies drawn together would have a seven-on-seven team battle, and the loser would be eliminated directly.

The winners will enter the second round of round-robin matches. All colleges will be divided into groups, with approximately nine teams in each group. A random competition system will be adopted, which is divided into three situations: single elimination system, 223 cooperative battle mode, and 7 vs. 7 team battle, which is also a draw system.

There is no doubt that these are all high-intensity tests of comprehensive strength.

The atmosphere among the reserve players became increasingly depressing, and the expressions of the regular players, such as Ma Xiaotao, were also solemn. The order from the academy undoubtedly broke the expectations of many people. Obviously, this was a contradiction caused by the different goals of both parties.

For Moon, the so-called honor is not just represented by a single championship. What he values ​​is allowing the participating players to get better experience and grow faster.

As for Ma Xiaotao and other regular and reserve players, they knew that Shrek would defend the title for an unknown period of time, and they must not let them destroy Shrek's glory.

But Lin Yi didn't care about this. He had already determined the extent to which he could take action, so the purpose of this meeting had basically been achieved, and there was no need to waste time on it.

"Well, since everything is fine, I'll go back first."

Everyone was a little surprised at Lin Yi's casualness. Isn't he nervous in this situation?
Beibei suddenly said, "Everyone, learn from Ayi. Although Ayi often irritates people, his mentality is indeed worth learning from. Our reserve team originally played the role of hiding the strength of the regular players. Now we are just showing it. I believe that our Shrek reserve team is definitely no worse than the regular players of other academies!"

Xu Sanshi stood up suddenly and said, "Beibei is right. We are considered geniuses even in Shrek Academy, where there are so many geniuses. It is impossible for us to be bad."

As a good friend, Xu Sanshi immediately chose to cooperate with Beibei's move to boost morale.

Seeing the reserve players put their hands together and raised them up, they shouted, "Come on!"

The improvement in the reserve team's morale was visible to the naked eye, and Wang Yan couldn't help but look at Beibei with approval.

Ma Xiaotao and other regular team members looked at Beibei with some admiration. This junior with good strength actually had such leadership skills. He was worthy of being a brother to junior Lin Yi.

Lin Yi walked to the door of the conference room and stopped, then turned around and said, "Huo Yuhao, come with me."

Huo Yuhao was confused and looked around. Seeing that Wang Yan and Bei Bei both nodded to him, he nodded to Wang Dong beside him and followed them out.

In Lin Yi's room, he asked Huo Yuhao to sit down, poured a glass of water and handed it to Huo Yuhao. Lin Yi then sat on the other side and looked at him.

"What's wrong?"

Huo Yuhao said a little uncomfortably.

Lin Yi had been very casual with him before, but he had never been as formal as he was today. The sudden feeling made Huo Yuhao inexplicably uncomfortable.

"In that cave earlier, the attack took you along with it, causing you to be injured. You don't blame me, do you?"

"No, you've already healed me. It was all to deal with that evil soul master. It's just a minor injury, it's worth it."

Lin Yi looked directly into Huo Yuhao's eyes, judging the sincerity in his words, and smiled brightly, "That's good."

Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "You called me here just to ask this? I shouldn't be that petty, right?"

Lin Yi chuckled and shook his head before saying, "Do you remember the ambush you encountered in Shrek City?"

Huo Yuhao's face changed. If Lin Yi had not come to rescue him, he and Wang Dong would have died there. How could he forget such a deep impression?

Lin Yi knew the answer from Huo Yuhao's expression and did not ask any further questions.

"The results of the assassination have been investigated and the murderer has been identified. However, I have stopped this matter and that is the end of it."

Huo Yuhao's expression changed, and a look of dissatisfaction flashed across his eyes, but he immediately calmed down.

"it is good".

This was Huo Yuhao’s response, very straightforward.

Lin Yi looked at Huo Yuhao with a half-smile, "Why don't you ask me why?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head. "I believe you won't harm me. I've always remembered your help. Since you've said you're stopping here, it must be for my own good."

"Then why didn't you give me that soul bone before?"

Lin Yi suddenly brought up the old matter again.

Huo Yuhao looked a little embarrassed and stammered, unable to speak.

"That's Wang Dong's stuff. How can I exchange it with you?"

"Isn't it your free quota?" "But I've already given it to Wang Dong."

Lin Yi's smile gradually became more meaningful, "I didn't realize you were quite good at it."

"what?"

Huo Yuhao was a little confused by Lin Yi's words.

Lin Yi had no intention of continuing to explain, but returned to the main topic.

"Anyway, this matter is over, but to prevent you from overthinking it, I'll tell you what happened."

"First of all, the person who sent someone to assassinate you was Dai Huabin."

Just as Lin Yi expected, when this name came out, Huo Yuhao immediately lost control. Bloodshot gradually spread from the bottom of his eyes, his teeth were clenched tightly, veins bulged, his breathing began to become unstable, and a strong look of hatred appeared on Huo Yuhao's face.

It was not until Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor reminded him in the Sea of ​​​​Spirit that Huo Yuhao suddenly realized that he had lost his composure. However, Lin Yi seemed not to have noticed Huo Yuhao's previous abnormality. He just saw that Huo Yuhao had calmed down and continued to speak.

"The reason I hired someone to assassinate you is because I felt insulted when I competed with you during the upgrade assessment, and I was furious."

"But Dai Huabin is, after all, the second son of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. You can't bear the consequences of making this a big deal right now. It's not too late to avenge your grudge against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion when you become stronger."

Ignoring Huo Yuhao's sudden change of expression, Lin Yi continued, "So I told Dai Yueheng about this matter and asked him to negotiate with me on behalf of both factions, using his status as the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."

"The final result is that this matter ends here. I helped you make the White Tiger Duke's Mansion bleed a little, as a lesson to them, to help you vent your anger, and by the way, I got you some resources."

Lin Yi took a sip of water from the cup on the table to moisten his throat, then looked at Huo Yuhao, "What do you think of this outcome?"

Huo Yuhao did not answer, but just lowered his head, with the loose hair on his forehead scattered, and the emotions on his face could not be seen.

After a while, he asked in a hoarse voice, "How do you know that I have a grudge against the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?"

"It's pretty obvious, isn't it? You don't really think your cover-up is successful, do you?"

Seeing Huo Yuhao suddenly looking up with a bewildered expression, Lin Yi laughed and said, "You thought your disguise was so good because no one paid attention to you initially. By the time you were noticed, the news of your feud with Dai Huabin had already spread. There's a reasonable explanation for your unusual behavior."

"But for me who has been following you, these are all very obvious things."

Huo Yuhao was silent.

Lin Yi did not rush him, and even found a teapot in the room and started to make tea. Soon, the room was filled with the fragrance of tea. It was obvious that the quality of the tea in the teapot was very good.

Lin Yi poured out two cups, pushed one to Huo Yuhao, replaced the previous plain water, and then started to sip the tea by himself.

"Why are you so nice to me? Why do you think so highly of me?"

Lin Yi paused for a moment while sipping his tea, then put down the cup. He looked at Huo Yuhao and said seriously, "Because I sense that you will have an extraordinary future. As the saying goes, icing on the cake is worse than helping someone in need. So, I decided to invest in you while you're still weak."

Huo Yuhao was a little surprised by Lin Yi's directness. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Lin Yi did not hide it, "In the future, I will have a very powerful enemy, so I want you to help me."

"You can't even deal with the enemy, and you want me to help you?"

Although he is the same age as Lin Yi, various things that have happened over the years have made Huo Yuhao realize that there is still a gap between him and Lin Yi.

Lin Yi chuckled a few times, "You can be more confident in yourself. In a sense, you and I are the only ones of the same kind."

"The same kind?" Huo Yuhao became even more curious, but Lin Yi had no intention of explaining further.

After a long while, Huo Yuhao finally said, "Lin Yi, thank you for all this time!"

Looking directly into Lin Yi's eyes, Huo Yuhao said seriously, "When the time comes, I'll help you."

Lin Yi smiled and said, "Okay."

After a frank discussion, Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief. Although Lin Yi had been very good to him, he had always been a little worried. Now that things had been talked out, Huo Yuhao felt much more relaxed.

Just as he was about to say goodbye, the Ice Emperor said urgently in the Sea of ​​​​Spirit: "Yuhao, quickly ask him about the Snow Emperor!"

Huo Yuhao was about to stand up when his body suddenly froze. He didn't know whether to stand up or sit back down, which felt a bit unnatural.

"what happened?"

Lin Yi naturally discovered it.

Sitting back down, Huo Yuhao pretended to have a sudden thought, "I just suddenly remembered where you got that Ultimate Snow earlier. I've never seen you use it before, but it seems like it just appeared out of nowhere."

Lin Yi was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Isn't that what the Ice Emperor asked you to ask?"

The words were questions, but the tone was very firm.

"How do you know?!" Huo Yuhao blurted out in shock, but only after he said it did he realize that this would be an admission.

Just when he was struggling, Lin Yi spoke.

"The terrifying pressure you unleashed during the upgrade assessment earlier was clearly something you could only simulate by actually seeing it. And the Ice Jade Scorpion tattoo on your back is also quite unique. Considering that the Tianmeng Ice Silkworm can grant you a second martial soul, a million-year-old soul beast, you wouldn't choose an ordinary Ice Jade Scorpion, even if you were a wimp, right?"

"As for the previously mentioned god-making plan, we need someone who is qualified. From this perspective, only seven of the ten fierce beasts and two of the three kings of the far north are worthy of this plan."

"As for the spirit ring, after knowing that your second spirit skill is a simulation, it is not difficult to guess that the color of your second martial spirit is simulated."

"Also, the power and quality of your spirit skills are too extraordinary. With so much information combined, it's not difficult to guess that it's Ice Emperor. Besides, you just admitted it yourself."

Huo Yuhao fell silent again. This was one of the reasons why he had never been close to Lin Yi. In front of Lin Yi, he always felt that he had no secrets...

In Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, the Ice Emperor said, "Yuhao, since he knows it's me, I'll talk to him in person. Give me control of your body."

Outside, Huo Yuhao repeated the Ice Emperor's words.

Lin Yi laughed a few times. "I don't have the face to let the Ice Emperor, a ferocious beast that's over 300,000 years old, come to talk to me. I'd better go find him. Yuhao, let me go to your spiritual sea."

Then, Lin Yi made a hand gesture and the golden tree spirit quietly activated. A soul fragment entered Huo Yuhao's sea of ​​consciousness and saw the beautiful scorpion again.

"Hello, Hyokui."

(End of this chapter)