51: Chapter 51 You're amazing to have so many beautiful women surrounding you…

The group walked for a while, finding a relatively safe place in the forest to rest for a bit.

Wang Donger and Wang Qiuer's eyelashes fluttered slightly as they slowly woke up.

When the two opened their eyes, they were still a bit dazed.

"Is it over?" Wang Donger rubbed her throbbing temples, her voice sounding weak.

Wang Qiuer slid down from Ma Xiaotao's back and stretched her limbs.

"What just happened? Why do I feel like my body has been hollowed out?"

Huo Yuhao handed over two bottles of recovery potions.

"You two just combined for a big ultimate move and scattered the ashes of that Spirit Saint." Huo Yuhao boasted without batting an eye.

Anyway, it was Gu Yuena who delivered the finishing blow, so it wouldn't hurt to give the credit to them.

The two women looked at each other, their faces filled with disbelief.

Huo Yuhao stood up and turned to look at the ancient sea of forest behind him.

The bodies of those Evil Spirit Masters had long since been wiped of all traces by Gu Yuena; not even a single hair was left behind.

It was as if they had never appeared in this forest at all.

Huo Yuhao forcibly suppressed the complex feelings in his heart regarding Gu Yuena's strength.

"Everyone's rested enough, right? Let's continue on our way."

The group set off again.

Not long after, they finally emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest.

Seeing the outline of the main road on the outskirts from afar, the nerves that everyone had kept tense for several days finally relaxed a bit.

Ma Xiaotao stretched grandly.

"Finally out. I haven't even been able to get a good night's sleep in the forest these past few days."

Just as they stepped onto the main road leading to Shrek City.

The sky suddenly darkened for a moment, without any sign of dark clouds blocking the sun.

A piece of extremely gentle moonlight spilled directly down from the horizon.

It was like a light, airy veil covering the ground around everyone.

Everyone subconsciously looked up.

They saw a cold, moon-like figure slowly descending from mid-air.

The newcomer was wearing the iconic Shrek Inner Court student uniform.

Her black hair hung down to her waist like a waterfall.

Her face was extremely exquisite, and her temperament was ethereal to the extreme.

A faint moon-white halo lingered around her, and she seemed like a bright moon that had fallen into the mortal world.

This entrance effect was absolutely maxed out.

She landed steadily, her gaze quickly sweeping over everyone.

After confirming that no one was seriously injured or missing limbs, she nodded slightly.

"I am Zhang Lexuan, an Inner Court student."

"Dean Yan received news that you encountered Evil Spirit Masters and ordered me to come and support you."

Zhang Lexuan's voice was cold and pleasant.

Her gaze swept across the faces of Wang Donger, Wang Qiuer, Ling Luochen, and Gu Yuena one by one.

Finally, it rested steadily on Huo Yuhao's face, lingering for an extra second.

A hint of curiosity, extremely difficult to detect, appeared in her cold eyes.

As soon as Ma Xiaotao saw the newcomer, her eyes instantly lit up.

"Sister Lexuan!"

Ma Xiaotao shouted excitedly.

She rushed over in a few steps and threw herself at Zhang Lexuan, grabbing her arm.

That appearance was completely devoid of her usual fiery, brash attitude.

She looked exactly like a little girl who had been wronged outside and had come home to act spoiled in front of her parent.

"Why did you come yourself! I haven't seen you in so long!" Ma Xiaotao shook Zhang Lexuan's arm while holding it.

Zhang Lexuan let her hold on without pushing her away.

A rare look of doting amusement curled on her cold face.

"I heard you were in this team, so I was worried and came to see."

Huo Yuhao, listening from the side, couldn't help but laugh and interject.

"Senior Sister is clearly worried that Sister Xiaotao would cause trouble outside again."

Ma Xiaotao turned her head sharply and glared fiercely at Huo Yuhao.

"Shut up! Nobody will think you're a mute if you don't speak!"

Zhang Lexuan's gaze fell back onto Huo Yuhao.

She sized Huo Yuhao up for a moment and nodded slightly.

"You must be Huo Yuhao."

"Dean Yan asked me to pass a message to you."

"The academy already knows about the traces of Evil Spirit Masters appearing on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest."

"You don't need to worry about subsequent safety issues; just focus on your return journey."

Zhang Lexuan paused for a moment and then added another sentence.

The group set off on their return journey again, with Zhang Lexuan walking on the left side of the team.

Faint moonlight constantly flowed around her.

Huo Yuhao observed and discovered that there were no traces of her deliberately releasing Soul Power.

It was purely the innate temperament of a Moon Spirit holder.

Cold.

Serene.

Walking beside her, one would inexplicably feel a sense of peace.

As they walked, Zhang Lexuan's gaze began to sweep over the people in the team again inadvertently.

Wang Donger and Wang Qiuer were walking side by side, whispering something.

Gu Yuena was lagging behind alone, leisurely.

That silver hair shimmered with an extremely soft luster under the afternoon sun.

Zhang Lexuan withdrew her gaze.

She deliberately slowed her pace and walked side by side with Huo Yuhao for a while.

"It seems you all have gained quite a lot on this trip." Zhang Lexuan suddenly spoke.

Her tone sounded like casual chatter, but there was clearly some deeper meaning in her words.

Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment; he followed Zhang Lexuan's gaze and looked around at his teammates.

Ma Xiaotao successfully obtained her fifth Soul Spirit and also broke through to the Spirit King realm.

Ling Luochen also successfully contracted the Ice Crystal Xuan Turtle Soul Spirit.

Wang Donger and Wang Qiuer were even more outrageous, having directly awakened their Spirit Resonance ability.

This wave was truly a collective takeoff.

Huo Yuhao smiled.

"It's just everyone's good luck; everyone can be considered to have returned with a full harvest."

Zhang Lexuan raised her eyebrows noncommittally.

Her cold eyes lingered on Huo Yuhao for another second.

"To be able to make so many geniuses willing to revolve around you."

"This is also a rare skill."

Zhang Lexuan said this sentence indifferently.

Huo Yuhao was stunned on the spot, his pace even slowing by half a beat.

By the time he reacted and wanted to reply.

Zhang Lexuan had already quickened her pace and walked to the very front of the team to clear the path.

Leaving Huo Yuhao with only a back bathed in faint moonlight.

Time passed quickly.

The setting sun slanted westward.

The magnificent outline of Shrek City finally appeared at the end of their vision.

The twilight grew thicker, and the sky darkened.

The Moon Spirit on Zhang Lexuan became even more translucent in the night.

The moonlight around her resonated with the crescent moon that had just risen in the sky, and she seemed to be draped in a layer of silver gauze.

Wherever she stepped, it was as if moonlight was paving the way for her.

Ma Xiaotao looked at the figure walking at the very front and became uncharacteristically quiet.

"Sister Lexuan is still the same," Ma Xiaotao sighed softly.

"Unbelievably strong, and unbelievably cold."

Huo Yuhao listened, his gaze still lingering on that back.

He didn't answer, but he silently added a sentence in his heart.

Big sister, she only looks cold on the surface.

But when she was concerned about you just now, that protective streak was very warm indeed.

At the end of the main road, the lights of ten thousand homes in Shrek City began to light up one by one.

The warm lights and the cold moonlight spilling from the sky reflected off each other.