Douluo Continent: The Holy Evil Emperor.

Chapter 114 Ye Qing's Schemes Are Deep, Le Xuan Is Unable to Extricate Herself, A 100,000-Year-Old Soul Beast Attacks

Fifty miles outside the Starry Sky Forest, Shrek and his crew set up camp by a stream.

Water is the source of life. Spending the night by a stream saves a lot of effort, as you don't need to look for other water sources, and you won't lack food by the stream.

As soon as they landed, the eight inner court disciples tacitly split into two groups. Four people pitched tents by the stream, while the other four went to pair up, with two people hunting and two people gathering firewood.

Once you enter the Star Dou Great Forest, you can't make fire. Ordinary wild beasts are afraid of firelight, but many soul beasts are not only unafraid of fire, but are also attracted to it.

So after entering the Star Dou Great Forest, everyone could only eat dry rations. This last meal before entering the Star Dou Great Forest was the last hot meal they could have. For the next half month, they could only eat dry rations with an indescribable taste.

Any group that knows how to enjoy life will naturally try to eat as well as possible to reward their stomachs, which will suffer for some time to come.

However, Ye Qing experienced a leg cramp, not because he was walking too fast, but because his pace was too slow.

Normally, the distance from Shrek Academy to Star Dou Great Forest would take him several round trips in a day, but this time he could only travel slowly all day, which was really quite painful.

Everyone was busy, and Ye Qing naturally felt embarrassed to stand there alone. Since others had tents, he naturally had one too. As someone who often went out during holidays, how could he forget to buy such an essential temporary shelter in the wild?

After quickly setting up his own tent, Ye Qing glanced at the other people's tents.

They formed a circle on the open ground by the stream, with the middle spot presumably for setting up a campfire, since the others had already piled up a considerable amount of firewood on the ground. Seeing this, Ye Qing also transformed into a streak of light and moved along the stream, collecting a lot of stones and putting them into his soul tool to take back to the camp to build a campfire.

"Sister Lexuan, your brother knows quite a lot too!" Mingjing whispered to Zhang Lexuan as she watched Ye Qing busy at work.

Zhang Lexuan stopped what she was doing, looked back at Ye Qing, and replied softly, "My younger brother has indeed been exceptionally sensible since he was a child. Whether in life or in cultivation, he has never caused us much worry. He is very self-disciplined and self-aware."

Speaking of self-discipline and self-awareness, Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but think of her other younger brother, Beibei.

Compared to Ye Qing, Bei Bei is really nothing. Before meeting Tang Ya, he was fine. He cultivated diligently and his soul power level even surpassed Ye Qing's. But since meeting Tang Ya, he has become a completely different person.

Before this, he would call Zhang Lexuan "sister" affectionately, but after he met Tang Ya, three years have passed and Bei Bei has not come to see her even once.

On the contrary, Ye Qing often came to the inner courtyard to play with Zhang Lexuan after the start of the second year. It seemed that Ye Qing had healed Zhang Lexuan's loneliness of many years. With such a talented and handsome younger brother who was also considerate and sensible, Zhang Lexuan was truly envied by many senior and junior students in the inner courtyard.

Han Ruoruo was the first to be affected, and she expressed her envy, jealousy and hatred towards Zhang Lexuan more than once.

Even though Zhang Lexuan didn't care about these trivial matters, she was still a little proud.

There's no difference without comparison...

Zhang Lexuan sighed inwardly, then smiled and walked towards Ye Qing to help him start a fire and cook. Judging from the original work, in terms of strength and talent, the people in the inner courtyard were indeed unmatched, but when it came to cooking, they were far behind. Otherwise, they wouldn't have given Huo Yuhao the opportunity to show off.

Anyway, Ye Qing didn't expect them to make anything delicious. Rather than having to suffer for her stomach, she might as well spend some time making it herself.

"Sister Lexuan, leave the rest to me. You can trust me when it comes to cooking." After lighting the campfire, Ye Qing patted the dust off his hands and said to Zhang Lexuan with a smile.

Zhang Lexuan didn't press the issue, her tone carrying a hint of anticipation: "Then it's up to you. I haven't had your cooking in a long time, so you'd better feed me well tonight."

Feed...feed until full...

Ye Qing's expression changed, and his smile became somewhat strange. Originally, the word "feed" was a very proper word, but ever since that old man Mu En misinterpreted it, he could no longer look at it the same way.

Now that Zhang Lexuan has spoken, Ye Qing, who was already being led astray by Mu En, immediately started to misunderstand.

However, as a disciple of Douluo, it's reasonable for Ye Qing to inherit Douluo's spirit, right?

"Okay, okay... I'll definitely feed you well tonight."

As soon as Zhang Lexuan looked up, she saw Ye Qing's somewhat strange smile. She quickly realized that there was something wrong with the conversation, and a blush crept onto her beautiful face.

"You little rascal, you even dare to tease your own sister now, huh?" Zhang Lexuan glared at Ye Qing with annoyance, then turned and left.

But for some reason, her departing figure looked like she was fleeing in panic, even though it was clearly her words that were full of ambiguity.

Illuminated by the campfire, the blush on Zhang Lexuan's face appeared magnified in Ye Qing's eyes, and he clearly saw the fleeting hint of shyness in her eyes.

"Wow, Zhang Lexuan really does have a brother complex, huh? You won her over so easily?" Ye Qing clicked his tongue, gaining a deeper understanding of the love-struck characters in Douluo Continent.

Ye Qing had originally planned to just have a casual dinner, but it would be fine if he were to cook for Zhang Lexuan alone. He wouldn't mind holding Zhang Lexuan's hands and seriously making a dinner that was delicious and visually appealing in every sense of the word.

But if we do it for so many people...

Stop joking, he's not a real chef and he has no interest in cooking for others.

But given Zhang Lexuan's current flustered state of mind, if she were to showcase her culinary skills, it seems quite possible that it would further fuel her romantic infatuation!

Coupled with the upcoming storyline of a 100,000-year-old soul beast blitzing Shrek Academy, and his own hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act, wouldn't Zhang Lexuan be completely captivated by his endless, cheesy routines?

"It's feasible! It's feasible!"

With that in mind, Ye Qing became serious and used seventy percent of his cooking skills.

The first dish is a pot of fresh fish soup with a sour and spicy flavor, made by frying fish in high-grade spirit beast fat until golden and crispy, and then simmering it with various seasonings.

If Huo Yuhao's fish soup focuses on the flavor of the fish itself, then Ye Qing's hot and sour fish soup emphasizes the ultimate stimulation of the sense of smell and the ultimate enjoyment of the taste buds! The milky white fish soup is sprinkled with some chopped green onions, and just looking at it and smelling it is enough to make one's mouth water.

The second dish was stir-fried river crab, made with locally sourced ingredients. We can't do anything about the river crab god, so let the little river crab be the scapegoat.

In the Douluo Continent, where there are no heavy metals or pollution, the river crabs are incredibly clean. However, no one has ever eaten them before. Ye Qing showed the Shrek Academy group what it meant to be the first to eat crabs. A plate of stir-fried river crabs smelled delicious for miles around.

The third and fourth dishes used rabbits and roe deer brought back by the two inner court disciples who went hunting. Ye Qing made several rabbits into whole roasted rabbits, cut off the rabbit heads to make spicy rabbit heads, and cut the roe deer into strips to make kebabs.

Finally, there was a refreshing and delicious cold salad of blue silver grass.

This dinner even lured out Xuanzi Laodeng, who was drinking in the shadows. Laodeng drank a third of the fish soup by himself, and he ate half of the stir-fried river crabs.

"I never thought crabs could be eaten, and even cooked so deliciously!" Xuanzi said, crunching on a river crab while giving Ye Qing a thumbs up.

Ye Qing smiled slightly: "As a crustacean, river crabs actually have a rather fishy taste. Coupled with their less-than-appealing appearance, almost no one eats them. But if you remove the internal organs, coat them in breadcrumbs, deep-fry them until golden brown, and sprinkle them with cumin and other seasonings, they can make even the neighbor's kids cry with envy."

"Awesome."

Nine thumbs were raised in front of Ye Qing, and the plate of river crabs was quickly devoured by everyone.

Ye Qing didn't do anything else, just sat next to Zhang Lexuan with a smile and ate rice. When others praised Ye Qing, Zhang Lexuan could naturally see it too.

Sometimes, pursuing a girl doesn't require you to express any attitude. Just let her see your shining points, and she will be attracted to you involuntarily. Just like now, in Zhang Lexuan's eyes, Ye Qing is simply radiant.

Another innocent Douluo Continent girl has been seduced by Baby's Ye Qing, revealing her true nature as a love-struck individual.

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The next day, as dawn broke and the sun was still far from rising, everyone got up at the same time, had a quick breakfast, and then dismantled their tents, erasing any traces of their presence before heading towards the Star Dou Great Forest.

Fast, quiet, efficient, and coordinated.

Ye Qing had made this assessment of the inner court disciples' behavior more than once. To be fair, although Shrek Academy's outer court had given Ye Qing a huge thrashing, the inner court's teaching was indeed quite good.

"We're about to enter the Star Dou Great Forest, everyone be on guard," Zhang Lexuan, who was walking at the front, said in a low voice, her soul power forcing her voice into a line that accurately reached everyone's ears.

"Everyone here is an elite who has entered the Star Dou Great Forest several times, so I won't say anything more. You all know what to do. Now, maintain formation. Mingjing and Molang, you two are ready to provide support at any time. Luo Ge and Yiyun, you two guard the flanks and watch out for soul beasts that may attack from both sides at any time."

"Yang Jingjun, your task is quite important. When we encounter a soul beast attack, you must rush to the front and prevent it from breaking our formation."

"Zhou Lu, Xue Zhenyu, you two will cover the rear and provide support to other teammates as needed."

"Do you understand everything?"

"Yes, Captain!" The others responded to Zhang Lexuan's instructions.

(This is an original character, and I've borrowed some of the readers' cool IDs.)

Mingjing is the sweet girl from the support class, while Molang is the one from the soul guidance class. Both of them are now by Ye Qing's side, being protected by everyone.

Yi Yun is an agility-type Soul Master with a flying martial soul, while Luo Ge is a power-type Soul Master with an earth dragon martial soul. They are both guards who are always positioned on the sides of the team.

Yang Jingjun is the defensive tank behind Zhang Lexuan. Whenever a soul beast appears, he has to step up and take the hits.

Zhou Lu is a Soul Master with a Deer Martial Soul, a control-type Soul Master, while Xue Zhenyu is a Soul Master with a Sword Martial Soul, a power-attack-type Soul Master.

This team has a pretty complete lineup, with members from all sorts of backgrounds. No wonder they were able to fight that 100,000-year-old soul beast to death in the original story. Besides Zhang Lexuan, who contributed the most, her teammates probably also put in a lot of effort.

It seems that not many of them went back. If Ye Qing remembers correctly, according to Xuanzi, it seems that only two of the eight unlucky children returned alive.

In other words, apart from Zhang Lexuan, who reaped the most benefits, six of the other seven died, and the last one was probably also crippled, otherwise he wouldn't have never appeared in the original storyline.

"As for Ye Qing..." Zhang Lexuan opened her mouth, just about to assign Ye Qing something to do so that he could also integrate into the team, but she realized that she seemed to know nothing about Ye Qing's abilities except for his level and soul ring configuration.

All you know is that he's very fast?

"Sister Lexuan, I'm fast, let me be the scout," Ye Qing said, seeing Zhang Lexuan's hesitant expression.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Lexuan nodded and said, "Then you'll be the reconnaissance team member. Be careful, and if you find yourself outmatched, return to the team immediately!"

Ye Qing grinned and vanished from the spot.

Only Zhang Lexuan could vaguely see a fleeting golden streak of light. The others thought Ye Qing had teleported away. If they didn't have strong mental fortitude, they would probably have exclaimed in surprise.

After merging with the Holy and Evil, Ye Qing's control over his soul skills greatly improved. Even without using his martial soul, Ye Qing could freely use the Holy and Evil Charge, which was the real reason why he could come and go without a trace.

With Ye Qing scouting ahead, Shrek Academy's group easily avoided direct confrontations with various soul beasts.

Of course, Brigitte also contributed a lot. When facing the more powerful soul beasts, Ye Qing would have Brigitte lead the way to make the soul beasts leave, clearing a path for the Shrek group before they could continue.

The journey was excessively smooth.

After several days of searching, Mingjing and Molang obtained their spirit rings one after another, leaving only the other two members of the team without them.

It's worth mentioning that with Ye Qing and Bi Ji leading the way, they didn't encounter many soul beasts blocking their path. Naturally, they didn't kill any soul beasts that weren't on their target list. The stronger ones had already left, and the weaker ones were driven away by them.

This is why Biji was willing to help Ye Qing, because she knew that even if she didn't help, those soul beasts blocking the way would still die, and their deaths would be meaningless.

With her driving them away, the Star Dou Great Forest can actually reduce its losses.

As for Xuanzi?

Since that meal, Ye Qing has never seen anyone else. Even Bi Ji can only occasionally sense his presence following her, and at other times she is completely out of contact.

"Just keep disappearing. No wonder the inner court disciples suffered heavy casualties in the original story. With this kind of attitude, what kind of teacher can you be?" Ye Qing couldn't help but sneer after asking Bi Ji again and receiving her reply that she hadn't sensed Xuan Zi's aura.

As expected of the Supreme Elder, he still hasn't given up on his schemes to harm Shrek disciples!

Just then, the contestant Ye Qing had been waiting for finally took his place.

"Qing, a 100,000-year-old soul beast is coming from ahead, and it's heading in the same direction as you." Bi Ji's voice rang in Ye Qing's mind.

(End of this chapter)