The results of the first day of the friendship exchange competition at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy were somewhat unexpected to most people. When their cultivation levels were roughly equal, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy actually lost more than they won.
Perhaps this was also related to the fact that the students sent by Shrek Academy were originally the most talented disciples in the soul engineering department, but the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy still felt a little embarrassed. In the later matches, they also sent out the academy's consistently outstanding students.
As a participant who was about to compete in the upcoming elite competition, Nana was naturally also sent to the arena. She did not disappoint and defeated her opponent, drawing cheers from many students.
However, her own thoughts were clearly not here. After leaving the soul engineering experimental area, she returned straight to her dormitory with a heavy heart.
But just as she reached the door of her dormitory, she suddenly seemed to sense something. She drew a short dagger from her storage soul guide tool and gripped it tightly.
Although apart from having to go to the Holy Spirit Cult branch once a month, she had not really done anything for the Holy Spirit Cult, she still felt a certain amount of vigilance in her heart, fearing that others would discover her secret.
At this moment, sensing something unusual, her heartbeat had become somewhat rapid. She lowered her steps and slowly moved forward.
Creak—
The instant the dormitory door opened, Nana's figure instantly became somewhat illusory, and the short dagger in her hand stabbed straight out.
However, the presence she had detected seemed to be extremely familiar with the way the short dagger attacked. With just a slight movement of his body, he completely avoided all of her attack directions.
Looking to the side, a gray short blade appeared from nowhere, drawing an extremely exquisite arc in the air as it descended toward her neck.
This seemingly simple strike was as if it had been rehearsed countless times. In a daze, Nana seemed to see countless vengeful souls who had died under this short blade.
She subconsciously reached toward her chest, feeling the aura within it, and gently closed her eyes.
But after a long while, she did not feel anything landing on her neck. She only felt her mind slightly dazed.
When she opened her eyes again, she realized that what appeared in her room was not a living person at all, but a semi-transparent shadow. With her Ghost martial soul, she was very clear that, more accurately, it should be a soul.
That soul was like a highly skilled assassin, seeing through all of her attack patterns, and even leaving an incomparably exquisite strike in her mind.
"Come find me at the academy gate."
Before she could react, that soul slowly dissipated, leaving only a familiar voice ringing in her ears.
Nana's body seemed to tremble slightly. The hand placed on her chest gripped even tighter, allowing her to clearly feel the token she kept close to her body and sense her mother's aura within it.
As night gradually fell and Mingdu had completely entered darkness, Nana also changed into a different outfit and appeared at the gate of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
After looking left and right, she quickly noticed the figure hidden in the shadows nearby. That figure did not deliberately conceal his aura. From a distance, the mask on his face was as cold as before.
Nana hesitated for a moment but still stepped closer.
"Eighth Elder."
Lin Xiao slightly turned his head, looking at the cautious Nana. For some reason, he actually saw a somewhat familiar feeling on her face.
"No need to be nervous. I'm taking you back to the headquarters." Lin Xiao sighed softly and spoke in a low voice.
Nana was stunned for a moment upon hearing this. She slightly raised her head. She didn't know if it was her imagination, but she actually felt that the Eighth Elder's tone seemed much gentler than before.
"Yes." Nana responded, then suddenly remembered something. She took out her No. 6 Holy Servant token from her bosom.
"Elder, my mother…"
"I know." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, his eyes narrowing as if he could see through the token to what was inside it.
"After all, this is just an ordinary token. Although I used some methods to temporarily store your mother's soul inside it, it will eventually dissipate over time."
Upon hearing this, Nana only gripped the token in her hand even tighter.
Although no one had ever told her directly, with her Ghost martial soul, how could she not feel exactly what was inside that token?
She didn't know whether this was a threat or a favor, and she had no way to communicate with her mother's soul inside the token. But being able to be with her mother every day, to sleep peacefully in her mother's aura, this was the greatest gain she had from entering the Holy Spirit Cult.
Yet as time passed, she could also feel that the aura inside the token was growing weaker and weaker. Perhaps she had already known the reason long ago, but she simply didn't want to think in that direction.
"After we return from the headquarters this time, I will use another method to help you preserve this soul."
Nana froze in place, slowly raising her head to look at Lin Xiao. There seemed to be a few points of crystal glimmer in her eyes.
"Let's go. In my eyes, death is never the end."
As Lin Xiao spoke, he suddenly reached out and grabbed a large sack from somewhere. Something alive inside it was still squirming slightly.
Back when he had placed Nana's mother's soul into the token and given it to her, he only had a superficial understanding of necromancy and used some crude methods, so naturally, it couldn't be preserved for long.
But now, his understanding of souls had far surpassed what it was back then. As long as Nana was willing to nourish it with her own soul power, he could even make Nana's mother exist longer than Nana herself.
Watching Lin Xiao's departing figure, Nana finally managed to compose herself and quickly followed after him.
Along the way, Nana followed behind Lin Xiao using her flying soul guide tool. From time to time, she would look up at Lin Xiao, who seemed to be strolling through the air ahead, then quickly withdraw her gaze.
Lin Xiao naturally also noticed her actions, but he didn't have much interest in guessing what Nana was thinking. Most of his thoughts had already drifted back to the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.
He still clearly remembered what he had experienced during his own soul ascension ceremony. He remembered that in that stone chamber during the soul ascension ceremony, there were only he and the Nightmare Sleep Douluo.
Neither Zhongli Wu nor Long Xiaoyao, who guarded that stone chamber, had disturbed the soul ascension ceremony.
As an elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, there were some things he had to slowly come into contact with. He would eventually have to personally preside over a soul ascension ceremony himself, and Zhongli Wu probably wouldn't interfere too much.
Although this trip was because Nana, anxious about her mother's soul about to dissipate, had urgently sought him out and was discovered by the Dark Lightning Douluo, who knows, perhaps this was truly a rare opportunity.
As he pondered, the outline of the Evil Spirit Forest had already faintly appeared in Lin Xiao's field of vision.
The forest that had once been pitch-black and made people shrink back in fear now actually made Lin Xiao feel a faint sense of anticipation. Even the occasional roars of soul beasts coming from within sounded much more pleasant.
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