Chapter 8 Zhou Mingxing Equipped with a Soul Tool.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's heart immediately trembled.
That familiar and gentle voice—wasn't it Zhang Lexuan, the senior sister of the inner courtyard?
Looking up, a stunningly beautiful face came into view. Zhang Lexuan was standing gracefully in front of him, also looking at him.
"Where's my milk tea? I already paid for it," Zhang Lexuan said.
"Oh, here you go." Lin Chen handed her a freshly made cup of milk tea.
Seeing Lin Chen's blank expression, Zhang Lexuan chuckled and said, "Alright, I won't disturb your business now. Do you have a place to sit?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Chen quickly replied, then pointed to the tables and chairs behind his stall, saying, "These are all my stalls behind here, Sister Lexuan, please sit wherever you like." Zhang Lexuan nodded, then walked to a chair and sat down.
After packing up, Lin Chen, carrying two cups of milk tea, sat down next to Zhang Lexuan and asked, "Sister Lexuan, what brings you here today?"
"I didn't come on purpose. I just finished a mission and didn't feel like cooking, so I came to buy something to eat. Who would have thought I'd see a freshman setting up a stall here instead of cultivating?" Zhang Lexuan answered readily.
"Sister Lexuan, a balance between work and rest is very important. If I work too hard, my little body can't handle it," Lin Chen said with a smile.
"You're so good at talking," Zhang Lexuan rolled her eyes at him.
Then she asked, "I heard the freshman competition has started. How are the results?"
"I've only played two matches so far, and I've won them both," Lin Chen said proudly.
"But compared to Sister Lexuan, it's nothing."
"Hmm."
As if remembering something, Lin Chen took out the ten-thousand-year-old whale glue he had previously picked up from his soul tool and said, "Sister Lexuan, this is whale glue I bought at the Treasure Pavilion. Could you use your soul power to help me dissolve it? I'll eat it during my cultivation tonight."
"Sure, but this whale glue… looks a bit spoiled." Zhang Lexuan said.
"No, no, no, Sister Lexuan, this is a ten-thousand-year-old whale glue."
"Oh?" With the circulation of soul power, the whale glue dissolved under Zhang Lexuan's powerful soul power, turning into a soft, fluffy substance.
"It is indeed ten-thousand-year-old whale glue, and the quality is quite good. The medicinal effect should be very strong. You should absorb it now, and I will protect you," Zhang Lexuan said, her tone leaving no room for doubt.
Lin Chen nodded, immediately swallowed the whale glue, sat cross-legged, and circulated his soul power to absorb the medicinal effect.
When the first light of dawn appeared in the east, Lin Chen slowly woke up from his cultivation, only to find Zhang Lexuan looking at him with a half-smile.
"Sister Lexuan, why are you looking at me like that?" Lin Chen asked, puzzled.
Seeing Lin Chen's bewildered expression, Zhang Lexuan had no reason to feel a mischievous urge, and said, "I'm really curious, some people just absorb whale glue and actually meditate deeply all night. I wonder what kind of freak they are."
"I don't know either... Ah?! What! I meditated all night?!" Lin Chen's mouth dropped open.
"Lelele... Sister Lexuan, I'm sorry, if you need any hard work in the future, just call me. I'm going to participate in the freshman competition now, bye-bye, Sister Lexuan!" After saying that, she directly summoned the Seven Kill Sword and flew away on the sword.
Lin Chen rushed to the Soul Arena and found Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing already waiting for him. Luckily, it wasn't their first match, otherwise Lin Chen might have been in serious trouble.
As for the match itself, he won without any surprises.
Back in his dormitory at noon, Lin Chen checked his body and found that it could now withstand a soul ring of about four thousand years old, comparable to a fourth soul ring for an ordinary soul master.
However, Zhou Mingxing wasn't in the dormitory, which puzzled Lin Chen. Although this guy was a food-type, he cultivated extremely diligently, even more so than Lin Chen himself.
Why wasn't he cultivating now?
Later that afternoon, during the match, Zhou Mingxing, carrying a soul tool, answered Lin Chen's question from noon.
Good heavens, he'd gone to buy a soul tool!
"Lin Chen's team from Class 1 of Freshmen versus Ma Hongguang's team from Class 3 of Freshmen! Please come to the stage!"
"Lin Chen from Class 1 of Freshmen."
"Lin Xiaolei from Class 1 of Freshmen."
"Zhou Mingxing from Class 1 of Freshmen." "Ma Hongguang from Class 3 of Freshmen." "Xiao Yang from Class 3 of Freshmen."
"The match begins!"
All six people on the field activated their Martial Souls in unison.
Ma Hongguang was a two-ring Great Soul Master, while the other two were one-ring Great Soul Masters.
Ma Hongguang beckoned with his finger, his provocation palpable.
"Damn it! Xiao Tu, beat him up!"
"Wait a minute, this team is no ordinary one."
Lin Chen had observed this team before. Aside from the previous team of three Great Soul Masters, they had all crushed their opponents. Xiao Yang's martial soul was a thread, similar to the steel wire of Lin Chen's previous life; Li Renba's martial soul was a boomerang; but Lin Chen couldn't determine Ma Hongguang's martial soul.
Having observed the previous battle, Lin Chen knew that Ma Hongguang's first soul skill was a mental control type, so he concluded that Ma Hongguang was the main controller on the opposing team.
Seeing that the opponents weren't falling for his trick, Ma Hongguang nodded to his teammates, and Xiao Yang and Li Renba immediately understood and charged towards Lin Chen and his group.
"You guys observe the situation, I'll deal with these two first."
"Little Tu (Brother Lin), be careful!"
Lin Chen nodded, wielding the Seven Kill Sword and rushing out to fight Xiao Yang and Li Renba.
Thanks to the power of his martial soul and the enhancement to his physical attributes from absorbing the millennium soul ring, Lin Chen was now holding his own against the two.
"First Soul Skill, Longsword Peak!" Lin Chen unleashed his first soul skill, conjuring two Seven Kill Swords and slashing at his opponents.
At this moment, Ma Hongguang, who had been behind Xiao Yang and Li Renba, moved: "First Soul Skill, Mental Control."
Lin Chen froze.
"First Soul Skill, Lingering Melody!" Lin Xiaolei used her first soul skill on Ma Hongguang, who instantly became dizzy, but his soul skill still landed on Lin Chen. Even though Lin Chen's mental strength was strong among those of the same level, he couldn't break free immediately.
Furthermore, Ma Hongguang also possessed an illusion-type martial soul, and his mental strength was stronger than that of ordinary soul masters.
Xiao Yang and Li Renba wouldn't watch Lin Chen break free from Ma Hongguang's control.
"First Soul Skill, Boomerang Dart!"
"First Soul Skill, Thread Cut!"
Instantly, a large boomerang flew towards Lin Chen from one side, while countless threads shot towards him from the other.
The referees on the sidelines were already prepared to intervene.
Just as Li Renba and Xiao Yang's soul skills were about to strike Lin Chen, Zhou Mingxing ran to Lin Chen's side and took out a level-two defensive soul tool.
The level-two soul tool split into two small shields, forming a small energy shield to help Lin Chen withstand the oncoming soul skills.
Soul tool?
A sense of contempt rose in the hearts of everyone present. When had Shrek Academy ever had a freshman using a soul tool in a competition? How could someone so young and already relying on external objects become a powerful soul master?
But Zhou Mingxing didn't care about any of that. He was a food-type, so what was wrong with using a soul tool to increase his safety?
Zhou Mingxing increasingly felt that Lin Chen's words made perfect sense.
"Referee, I'm reporting them for using soul tools," Li Renba said.
"That's just a level two soul tool, within the rules. The report is invalid, continue the match!" the referee said coldly.
Ma Hongguang sneered, seizing the opportunity to release his second soul skill: "Second Soul Skill, Amusement Park Environment!"
Instantly, a large amount of white mist appeared around Lin Chen and Zhou Mingxing, and the figures of Lin Chen, Zhou Mingxing, Ma Hongguang, Li Renba, and Xiao Yang were also covered by the white mist, leaving only Lin Xiaolei outside.
Lin Xiaolei remembered what Lin Chen had told her before the match: "If I'm not mistaken, that Ma Hongguang should be an illusion-type soul master. We can't let all three of us fall into an illusion during the match; at least one person should be outside to provide backup."
As it turned out, Lin Chen's guess was correct.
At this moment, Lin Chen and Zhou Mingxing found themselves in an amusement park.
"Brother Lin, what do we do?" Zhou Mingxing asked.
"Find his weakness!"
"But, I can't see any weakness here." Zhou Mingxing looked at the bustling amusement park around him and said.
"Generally speaking, illusion-type skills involve the caster pulling both themselves and the enemy into the illusion simultaneously, then using the illusion's assistance to kill them. Moreover, this is only a hundred-year soul skill; the illusion itself cannot possess offensive capabilities. Therefore, Ma Hongguang and his teammates should all be inside the illusion."
As he spoke, a thread shot towards Lin Chen at lightning speed.
A small lock of Lin Chen's hair was severed and fell to the ground.
(End of Chapter)