It was decided that Su Qingfeng's first Heavenly Star would have an ice attribute.
Mu En, as quickly as possible, personally took Su Qingfeng to the Extreme North to hunt ice-element soul beasts.
The Extreme North was one of the three major soul beast gathering grounds on the continent. The climate was harsh and cold, and the soul beasts that bred there had very singular attributes, making it a human forbidden zone as well.
This morning, Mu En set out with Su Qingfeng.
Ma Xiaotao, on Sea God Island, watched Su Qingfeng and the others leave with a worried expression.
How she wished she could go to the Extreme North with them! That was a human forbidden zone, cold and cruel. How dangerous it was for her little martial uncle to go there!
Ma Xiaotao sat on a willow tree on the shore of Sea God Island, gazing north, her mind filled with thoughts:
I wonder where my little martial uncle and the others are now?
How are my little martial uncle and the others doing?
What year would my little martial uncle choose for his first soul ring?
Given my little martial uncle's talent, his first soul ring should be at least four or five hundred years old, right?
Ever since she met Su Qingfeng, Ma Xiaotao's mind had been filled with his handsome and elegant face, and what her teacher had said at the time: a good match, suppressing the evil fire, pure ice element...
"Heavens, is fate truly watching over us? First, it made me endure hardships and the pain of the evil fire, and then it bestowed upon me a beautiful and bright future?"
"Thank you, Heavens, thank you, Lord, thank you, Phoenix God!"
Ma Xiaotao devoutly prayed to her ancestors, her heart suddenly enlightened! It was precisely because of the past difficulties that there would be future happiness! Wait, future? "What's this? The Xiaotao I know isn't someone who dwells on sadness. Sitting here alone, are you thinking of Qingfeng?"
Yan Shaozhe walked out of the Sea God Pavilion, striding along the lake shore. He looked a bit disheveled. Seeing Ma Xiaotao sitting on the old tree, lost in thought, he stopped and said with a faint smile.
It was the first time he had seen Ma Xiaotao in such a state. She looked sweetly happy at times, then frowned, as if worrying or concerned about something.
"Teacher, why are you here?"
Ma Xiaotao jumped down from the old tree and sighed: "Teacher, my little martial uncle and the sect ancestor went to hunt soul beasts, and they went to the Extreme North. How cold it is there!"
"I don't know if the sect ancestor prepared warm clothes for my little martial uncle. What if my little martial uncle gets frostbite?"
"Why didn't the sect ancestor let me go along? I'm a six-ringed Soul Emperor, after all. Plus, I have the evil fire, which could help my little martial uncle warm up, and I could even cook some food by making a fire."
"Xiaotao, I never dreamed in my wildest dreams that you would one day become so much like a devoted wife and mother. Have you truly fallen for my junior martial brother?"
His disciple's personality was actually quite fiery. She would start a fight if she disagreed with someone. Now, she was so considerate towards her junior martial brother, even willing to make a fire and cook. It was simply unbelievable.
"Love? Is this what love is?"
Ma Xiaotao's face turned red, but she was not familiar with this feeling.
Yan Shaozhe pursed his lips, recalling his junior martial brother's peerless beauty. He thought that his disciple might just be attracted by his looks.
"Alright, you should focus on your cultivation. Otherwise, how will you catch up to Le Xuan? Your junior fellow disciple and the others should be gone for at least ten days, and with your grand-teacher accompanying him, nothing will happen."
Yan Shaozhe comforted Ma Xiaotao.
Ma Xiaotao nodded and then examined Yan Shaozhe, exclaiming in surprise, "Teacher, why are you so disheveled? You look so disheveled!"
As he spoke, Yan Shaozhe also forced a wry smile, about to pour out his troubles.
Unexpectedly, two figures caught up.
It was none other than Xian Lin'er, the dean of the Soul Tool Department at Shrek Academy, and Fan Yu, the vice-dean.
"Old Yan, that's not fair. We just wanted to meet the Holy Son. We are, after all, members of the Sea God Pavilion. Don't we even have that qualification?" "That's right, where exactly does the Holy Son live? Dean Yan, tell us, or I'll go tell Elder Zhuang and Elder Lin that you're here."
Xian Lin'er and Fan Yu had caught up.
Yan Shaozhe spread his hands, "I know what you're trying to do. You want my junior fellow disciple to learn Soul Tools from you, but he's a direct disciple of the Pavilion Master. You dare to snatch him? Moreover, my junior fellow disciple's Martial Soul is supreme. He's an unparalleled figure who walks the Martial Soul path. How could he possibly go and learn Soul Tools from you?"
Yan Shaozhe was truly exasperated. When the Sea God Pavilion meeting ended, his teacher had also called him over to arrange some training and competition matters for his junior fellow disciple within the academy.
After all, Su Qingfeng was the Holy Son of the Sea God Pavilion. He couldn't be kept hidden forever. Sooner or later, he would have to go out and attract attention... no, sooner or later, he would have to become a leading figure in the academy, make some friends, and create some glory.
After all, a flower in a greenhouse, no matter how brilliantly it blooms, cannot withstand the wind and rain.
This was a truth that Mu En and Yan Shaozhe understood.
Thus, the elders and members of the Sea God Pavilion began to pester him, all wanting to know about Su Qingfeng. Some even wanted to teach Su Qingfeng themselves, passing on their most profound skills to him.
Those from the Soul Tool Department were even more eager for Su Qingfeng to learn the forging and use of Soul Tools with them. They argued that someone with such extraordinary talent, capable of cultivating multiple elemental powers, was perfectly suited to learn Soul Tools and could unleash a more powerful combined force than ordinary Soul Engineers.
On the current continent, although Soul Masters were still a noble profession, they were no longer the sole overlords.
Over four thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent collided, bringing war and technology. The people of the Sun Moon Continent had unique research in Soul Tools.
Those Soul Tools, powered by soul power, surpassed the hidden weapons passed down from the thief Tang San of the Tang Sect ten thousand years ago in overall power and attack range. To a certain extent, they had shaken the status of the Soul Master system, and Soul Engineers had become the second cultivation path besides Soul Masters.
As the second most influential figure in the Sea God Pavilion, Xuan Lao thought about it for a whole night. He still felt that Su Qingfeng, a handsome man with an innate celestial aura, was most suited to learn his commanding presence. That casual and unrestrained style would be a perfect match for Su Qingfeng, wouldn't it? Azure Eagle Douluo, Elder Song, also wanted to teach Su Qingfeng some speed techniques and movement skills, so that he could escape if he encountered danger in the future.
These deans, vice-deans, and elders, speaking one after another, pulling and dragging, made Yan Shaozhe extremely annoyed and put immense pressure on him. He had finally managed to escape and find an opportunity.
But Yan Shaozhe had to admit that although his junior fellow disciple had started late, he had already become the darling of the entire Sea God Pavilion due to his peerless looks and transcendent Martial Soul and domain.
"Ah? Dean Xian, Vice-Dean Fan, you want to snatch my junior grand-uncle? He's the Pavilion Master's disciple, how dare you?"
Ma Xiaotao also understood and felt a bit protective. She thought it was best for her junior grand-uncle to stay with the Martial Soul Department and her grand-teacher, so she could find opportunities to see him often.
"You little girl, how can you speak to your elders like that? I am also a disciple of the Pavilion Master. How could I snatch a disciple from the teacher? We just want to impart more skills and life-saving methods to junior grand-uncle. What do you know?"
Xian Lin'er snorted.