Douluo Continent: Copying Ya Li, the Carefree King of the Sun and Moon

"Second Soul Skill, Apocalypse: Holy Wings Protection."

The sacred barrier opened almost instantly, and six layers of pale golden phantoms of the sun and moon appeared in mid-air, gentle yet carrying an inviolable pressure.

The moment that crazy and fanatical aura of depravity collided with the barrier, it was like a raging fire meeting the sun, emitting a sizzling, ear-piercing sound, and was forcefully bounced back.

Ma Xiaotao was stunned by the force of the rebound, and a murderous intent surged in her scarlet eyes.

But her body seemed to be locked by an invisible force. The more she struggled, the tighter the holy power emanating from the barrier bound her. That energy, which specifically countered evil spirits and corrupted auras, constantly washed over her out-of-control soul.

Xu Yanli lightly raised his fingertips, and a wisp of the sun and moon soul power, refined to the extreme, silently entered Ma Xiaotao's body, precisely suppressing her raging emotions and that dark restlessness.

In an instant, the crimson in Ma Xiaotao's eyes faded little by little, the frantic roar stuck in her throat, and her eyes gradually regained their clarity.

However, as soon as she regained consciousness, all her strength seemed to be drained, and she slumped forward.

Xu Yanli reached out and steadily supported her, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she had completely fallen into a deep sleep and showed no signs of going berserk again.

Xu Yanli suddenly sensed a powerful aura approaching, and he knew that Yan Shaozhe had arrived.

The next second, he pinched his thigh hard, his face turning pale with pain.

Xu Yanli controlled his soul power and instantly shrank back into his dantian. He deliberately swayed his feet and then collapsed to the ground, his chest heaving violently.

He looked as if he had been completely exhausted after forcibly using a powerful soul skill, and he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand.

Xu Yanli slowly lay down on the ground, closed his eyes, and immersed his consciousness into the sea of ​​his mind.

Xu Yanli touched the small gray-gold ball.

Suddenly, a faint voice came through: "Thank you. I should recover in about a week. We can talk more about it after that."

He heard voices outside; they were Yan Shaozhe and another man called Old Li.

"It's that kid Xu Yanli. Thank goodness, it seems his martial soul has a certain suppressive effect on Xiao Tao's martial soul." Yan Shaozhe said after sensing Ma Xiao Tao's physical condition.

"The child is alright, he's just exhausted his soul power." Teacher Li released his Tree of Life martial soul to gently heal him.

“Let’s take him with us to Poseidon Island,” Yan Shaozhe said after a moment’s hesitation.

After saying that, the connection vanished instantly. Xu Yanli felt as if his body was enveloped by the power of light, and then a rich life force rushed towards him.

It appears he was taken to Poseidon Island.

Xu Yanli remained motionless, but slowly released his spiritual energy to sense the surrounding situation.

"Xiao Tao, didn't I tell you to slow down your cultivation for two days? I've found a way to suppress you. It's this kid. Do you know how close you almost got..." Yan Shaozhe's voice was filled with anger and helplessness.

"But teacher, he's alright, isn't he? We can give him more compensation later," Ma Xiaotao said nonchalantly.

"You!!!" Yan Shaozhe looked at her like that, and although he was angry, he didn't say anything more.

At this moment, in the core of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Boom..." The earth cracked open instantly, and the entire forest seemed to tremble. The water of the Lake of Life rushed in, revealing the bottom of the lake in an instant.

A huge silver claw slowly emerged from the crack in the ground.

The other ferocious beasts knelt on the ground with unremarkable respect, saying, "Welcome, Master."

At this moment, the soul masters who were preparing to hunt soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest all ran away in fear to the edge of the forest.

Chapter 29 The Golden Ancient Tree

But they had a premonition that if they stayed, they would surely die.

"My lord, don't you need some time to recover?" Di Tian stepped forward and asked very respectfully.

"Yes, that's right, but I sensed that the aura of the divine realm had disappeared, and time is of the essence." It was a voice that sounded neither male nor female. "I will transform into a human to heal the injuries in my body, and at the same time, I will see why humans have been able to develop so rapidly in such a short time."

The next moment, the silver dragon transformed into a petite girl.

Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion.

Xu Yanli pretended to slowly wake up.

"Where is this? What happened to me? I remember there was a red figure just now..." Xu Yanli coughed twice, his voice feigning weakness.

"You, you're awake? Are you alright?" Yan Shaozhe walked over after hearing the noise and gently put his hand on Xu Yanli's shoulder.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just that my soul power was a bit depleted," Xu Yanli said, coughing from the side.

"You can rest here tonight. I've also arranged your access pass to the inner courtyard library." Yan Shaozhe hesitated for a moment before placing a token on the bedside table and said, "But could we keep today's matter a secret?"

Xu Yanli nodded, and finally slowly lowered her head, looking somewhat sad from Yan Shaozhe's perspective.

"Hey classmate, don't worry, I'll make it up to you. This pass is what I promised you last time. And how about this, I'll bring you here to cultivate at the Golden Ancient Tree for one day every week, what do you think?" Yan Shaozhe said after rolling his eyes.

Xu Yanli was stunned for a moment, not expecting the other party to be willing to offer such a high price, although it seemed to have no impact on him.

Xu Yanli gave a slight, cold laugh, then slowly raised his head and said with a smile, "Thank you, Dean Yan."

"You should focus on your cultivation. With your talent, you'll be able to enter the inner academy sooner or later." Yan Shaozhe patted Xu Yanli's shoulder with a smile. "Enjoy the experience; cultivating here is truly comfortable."

Xu Yanli nodded, then watched Yan Shaozhe leave, crossed his legs, and slowly sensed the soul power around him.

Xu Yanli also felt a strong surge of life force and light power flowing into his body, which seemed to resonate with his Sun and Moon Sacred Prayer Angel Martial Soul.

Suddenly, a small unicorn ran out from beside Xu Yanli and cried out "woo-lu, woo-lu" at him.

Xu Yanli slowly opened his eyes, then touched his little soul spirit. He could feel that his soul spirit seemed to be absorbing that life force, as if it were cultivating with him.

After patting his head, Xu Yanli closed his eyes again, sensing the life force around him. He hadn't expected that this time he would actually obtain the core of a plane's life force.

After Xu Yanli closed his eyes again, he arrived at a room filled with gold.

This place seems to be filled with the rich essence of life and light, but there is only gold here, no other color.

"Are you the young master?" an aged voice asked. "Are you the successor of the Goddess of Life?"

The aged voice seemed afraid he wouldn't understand, and offered an explanation.

Xu Yanli observed his surroundings, then looked at the somewhat aged figure and said, "You are the core of life, or rather, the soul of the Golden Ancient Tree?"

“Yes, ever since I was transplanted here by the Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago, I have been required to protect Shrek Academy,” the Golden Ancient Tree said.

Then, as if it had suddenly realized something, the golden ancient tree said, "Young Master, rest assured, I will always be loyal to the God of Life, and I will always be loyal to you."

Xu Yanli was taken aback for a moment before saying, "Are you really going to be loyal to me?"

After a moment of silence, the golden ancient tree instantly channeled its rich life force into Xu Yanli's body.

To outsiders, it appeared as if the ancient golden tree had suddenly burst into golden light and was heading towards Xu Yanli.

It was only a small-scale convergence, but these small golden specks were the source power of the ancient golden tree.

"What's going on?" Xuanzi put down the chicken leg in his hand and looked at Mu En next to him with a puzzled expression.

"It seems to be a resonance of light, not bad, not bad. Remember this, nurture this child well." Moon's aged voice suddenly became unusually excited, "If in the future... no, no, that ancient golden tree seems to be..."

A look of disbelief crossed Moon's face. What was going on? What was the Golden Tree doing?

Why did he feel the killing intent of the Golden Ancient Tree towards him when he only felt a faint killing intent towards Xu Yanli?

Xu Yanli felt a rich life force continuously surging into his body, while a small angel mark slowly formed on the forehead of the ancient golden tree's aged figure.

"I, the Golden Ancient Tree, today I pledge my allegiance to you. If I betray you, I will perish and my very soul will vanish," the Golden Ancient Tree said with utmost respect.

"Old man, get up quickly." Xu Yanli slowly opened his eyes and saw the humanoid consciousness of the Golden Ancient Tree kneeling on the ground. He immediately helped him up.

There was nothing he could do; his remaining consciousness as a modern person made it impossible for him to accept that an elderly person had knelt before him for so long.

Although some people had knelt before him in the Sun Moon Empire before, he didn't think much of it because some members of the Sun Moon Royal Family had darker skin.

After Xu Yanli helped the golden tree up, a glint of light flashed in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you do anything bad. I just hope you can be obedient and stand on my side if Shrek Academy ever attacks me in the future."

“Young Master, our plant race has always been loyal to the Goddess of Life. Moreover, I am from the Golden Tree race, and we can be said to be the high priests of the Goddess of Life,” said the Golden Ancient Tree.

“I believe you, but from now on, I hope you can gradually reduce the life supply to the inner court disciples, so that they will not be able to absorb your life energy.” Xu Yanli’s eyes gleamed.

"Yes," the golden ancient tree replied respectfully.

Xu Yanli waved his hand: "Alright, now take me back. I'll probably come here to cultivate once a week from now on. If anything comes up, I'll come find you then."

The golden ancient tree nodded and slowly escorted Xu Yanli away from this core area.

Xu Yanli stroked his chin; the Golden Ancient Tree was truly an unexpected delight.

If Shrek Academy loses the protection of the Golden Tree, many things will be much easier to handle.

Without the Golden Tree, Shrek Academy's defenses would be reduced by more than half, and in addition, Tang Buddha is currently unable to contact the lower realm.

Chapter 30 Gu Yue Yearns for the Sun and Moon Empire

Then many plans targeting Shrek Academy can be implemented, but he'll have to do some serious calculations.

This was a wonderful surprise.

Xu Yanli's consciousness returned to his body, continuing to absorb the rich life force from the outside world that came with the golden ancient tree recognizing him as its master.

Time passed quickly, and it was the next morning.

"I'll take you back. Here's a leave slip. Just tell your homeroom teacher. With your current cultivation level, you probably don't need to attend some cultivation-related courses anymore," Yan Shaozhe said, holding up a leave slip.

Xu Yanli rolled his eyes. He hadn't expected this person to be so considerate. He hadn't even planned to do it yet, and someone had already brought up what he was supposed to do.

"Thank you very much, Dean." Xu Yanli said with a faint smile.

After Xu Yanli took the leave slip, he followed Yan Shaozhe toward the outer courtyard.

"Young man, with your talent, you're definitely destined for the inner academy. How was your training yesterday in the inner academy of Shrek Academy? Was it very comfortable?" Yan Shaozhe said enticingly.

However, seeing that Xu Yanli's expression did not change, he sighed helplessly and said, "Alright, anyway, you young people don't like to listen to us old folks nagging. How about this, I'll take you to the outer courtyard to ask for leave first. If you're interested, you can go to the library."

Yan Shaozhe grabbed Xu Yanli's shoulder and quickly took off into the air. The two of them headed towards the outer courtyard at an extremely fast speed.

Class time has already passed, and the bell has long since rung.

"Where's the class monitor?" Mu Jin asked, looking at the empty seat with some confusion.

"Heh, maybe he skipped class?" Wang Dong rolled his eyes and said, arms crossed.

"Teacher, he didn't come back last night. Maybe something happened that kept him waiting," Tang Ling said bravely after hesitating for a moment.

"Sit down. With that guy's talent, it doesn't really matter whether he attends class or not," Mu Jin said helplessly. "It's very likely that an inner court teacher needs to speak with him..."