"Teacher Zhao! Is everyone alright?"
Yang Tian and the other two jogged to the front of the group, instantly stunning everyone.
Zhao Wuji rubbed his eyes, looking disbelievingly at the perfectly fine Yang Tian and the other two, and immediately asked, "Are you humans or ghosts?"
Yang Tian's face darkened, choosing to ignore Zhao Wuji and looking directly at Tang San: "What happened to Little San?"
Xiao Wu also noticed Tang San's condition at this time and was about to run over, but Dai Mubai stopped her: "Don't go over, that spider lance is poisonous!"
Yang Tian scanned the surroundings and immediately noticed that everyone had injuries of varying degrees of severity. Ma Hongjun was the most disheveled; one of his arms was swollen and purple, likely from the poison on Tang San's spider lance.
"Yang Tian, what happened to you guys?" Zhao Wuji had recovered his senses by now and immediately asked.
Yang Tian spoke the excuse he had already prepared, and at the same time said, "Isn't it absurd? But if it wasn't so absurd, we would all have become food for that Spirit Beast. Alright, I'll check Fatty's poison first."
Without giving them a chance to ask further questions, Yang Tian went to Fatty's side, waved his hand, and instantly burned the sleeve of his arm to ashes.
Yang Tian frowned: "It's not a big problem, but it might be a bit painful, Fatty, bear with it."
Ma Hongjun nodded, his face pale, and then felt a surge of scorching energy injected into his body—that was Yang Tian's Green Lotus Core Flame.
Fortunately, Fatty was acting like a man at this moment, clenching his teeth.
Strands of Green Lotus Core Flame wandered through Fatty's body, burning away the spreading toxins, and then, following his arm, forced out the main toxins along the meridians by burning them.
This process was not fast, because destroying the toxins without harming Fatty's vitality required Yang Tian to carefully control the intensity of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
It wasn't until ten minutes later that Fatty was on the verge of fainting, and he looked as if he had just been pulled out of water, his clothes soaked with sweat.
"He's quite tough, he didn't even cry out in pain," Yang Tian said with a smile, withdrawing the Green Lotus Core Flame, and then casually evaporated the sweat from Fatty's body.
With the Green Lotus Core Flame gone, the light in Fatty's small eyes brightened a bit, and he spoke with a weak voice: "A man doesn't cry out in pain!"
Everyone burst into laughter, feeling a hint of admiration. From Fatty's performance, one could tell just how much pain he had been in at the time.
Yang Tian took out a bottle of Holy Spring Water and directly put it to Fatty's mouth. After a few gulps, Fatty let out a groan.
"Ah~, so refreshing~"
Although Holy Spring Water could not increase spirit power, its recovery effects were indeed immediate.
Yang Tian did not take back the remaining Holy Spring Water, but gave it to Zhao Wuji: "Teacher Zhao is also injured. You and Dai Mubai can share the rest; the recovery effect is very good."
Zhao Wuji did not stand on ceremony with Yang Tian; the lewd Fatty's performance was enough to prove the water's miraculous properties.
The remaining half bottle was directly divided among them, and the effects of the Holy Spring Water became apparent within a few short minutes. Zhao Wuji moved his body, laughing heartily: "I feel like I can use my Martial Soul True Body again!"
The consumption of Martial Soul True Body was enormous; a Spirit Saint typically needed several days of rest after using it once before being able to use it again. Yet, in just a few minutes, Zhao Wuji had fully recovered, and even his injuries were more than half alleviated.
Zhao Wuji patted Yang Tian's shoulder. He no longer treated Yang Tian as a student; he couldn't teach a student like Yang Tian. "Yang Tian, you rascal, I don't know where you get all these strange things."
"I found them."
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Yang Tian also gave Tang San a few gulps of Holy Spring Water. Finally, half an hour later, Tang San slowly opened a pair of blood-red eyes, his voice hoarse, and immediately cried out: "Xiao Wu~, Tian Ge! I, I want to go…"
"Brother, we're fine, don't scare me, brother." Xiao Wu ran to Tang San, her eyes red. Tang San looked as if he had gone mad at that moment, but when his blood-red eyes saw Xiao Wu, his expression gradually returned to normal.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, are you alright?"
"Of course I'm alright? You should worry about yourself first. Put away your Spirit Bone, don't hurt anyone."
Yang Tian spoke, and Tang San sharply turned his head, immediately sobbing: "That's great, that's great, Tian Ge and Xiao Wu are both fine."
Yang Tian frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable. After nodding to Tang San, he silently stepped aside, watching Tang San slowly retract his Eight Spider Lances back into his body.
Everyone looked at Tang San with concern, but only Zhu Zhuqing walked to Yang Tian's side: "I didn't expect you to be quite emotional."
Listening to Zhu Zhuqing's somewhat playful voice, Yang Tian rolled his eyes. He indeed hadn't expected that he held such an important position in Tang San's heart.
When he first swore brotherhood with Tang San, it was mostly for the Theft Scroll.
During their usual interactions, he hadn't shown them much concern, at most just giving them pointers on self-created Spirit Abilities and occasionally teaching them some spirit power application techniques.
In his view, when he came to Douluo, he should be detached from worldly affairs, and besides falling in love with a woman, he would have no friendships.
However, he seemed to be enjoying this feeling now. The feeling of being cared for was quite comfortable.
Half an hour later, Tang San's condition finally recovered somewhat. He also asked Yang Tian about what had happened, but Yang Tian's answer was as perfunctory as ever. Tang San didn't ask again; he was used to being brushed off.
It wasn't until noon that everyone walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest, all letting out a collective sigh of relief. This time, they had truly escaped death.
They exchanged smiles; a different kind of camaraderie had formed between those who had shared hardship.
Because of Yang Tian's Holy Spring Water, everyone was in good condition. Without further delay, by the evening of the next day, upon seeing the gates of Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji said with a smile: "Little freaks, hurry back and rest. The dean will arrange your classes tomorrow morning."
"Yes, Teacher Zhao."
Everyone responded in unison, then returned to their dorms in twos and threes.
At the very back, Yang Tian and Zhu Zhuqing leisurely trailed at the end of the group. Seeing Zhu Zhuqing's hesitant expression, Yang Tian suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him: "What do you want to ask? If you don't ask now, I'm going to sleep."
Zhu Zhuqing symbolically struggled for a moment, attempting to pull her hand from Yang Tian's grasp, but ultimately failed. Giving up, Zhu Zhuqing softly said, "Thank you."
"Is that all?" Yang Tian asked.
Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes darted around, then she glanced in the direction of the cafeteria, and then at Yang Tian: "Let's talk later."
With that, she broke free from Yang Tian's hand, took a few quick steps, and walked ahead of Yang Tian.
Yang Tian playfully chased after her, walking side by side.
The little actions of the two behind them did not escape the attention of those in front, but no one exposed them. Tang San and Xiao Wu were happy to see it, Oscar and Fatty were a bit envious, Ning Rongrong pretended not to see anything, completely forgetting her vow to disrupt Yang Tian's flirting. Even Dai Mubai… seemed to have accepted this, and rarely paid attention to Zhu Zhuqing anymore.
Yang Tian returned to his room, just about to begin cultivating, when the system notification sounded again.
"Ding! Mission issued: Create a Super Shrek Team, making the Shrek Seven Devils a legendary team (Time limit: one year). Mission Reward: To be determined based on mission completion."
Yang Tian's brows furrowed. This mission… was somewhat inconsistent with his intentions. He originally did not want to get involved in the war between Shrek and Spirit Hall.
But for him to give up this Theft Scroll, which could be legendary, was also unlikely.
However, what Yang Tian did not know was that the missions issued by the system had an inevitable connection with the future…