In the preparation area, Wang Donger looked at the supported figure heading away from the arena, tilted her head slightly, and lowered her voice a fraction: "Shrek Academy is likely to return in defeat this time."
Huo Yuhao nodded. He watched Bei Bei's supported figure disappear at the end of the passageway, fell silent for a moment, and then replied: "Bei Bei was indeed a bit impulsive."
"However, based on what I've seen in historical records, many major turns or incidents on the continent seem to happen because of love."
He paused, his tone carrying a thoughtful calmness: "Perhaps this is also a tradition passed down on the continent."
Bei Bei chose to use his severe injuries to awaken Tang Ya's memories of him. Huo Yuhao would not comment too much on this choice; everyone had their own way of weighing the consequences.
Yet deep down, he still felt that this was not a rational choice.
In the afternoon match, the Spirit Pagoda team faced the Heavenly Dragon Gate.
The Heavenly Dragon Gate team was not weak, but they lacked a Spirit Saint holding down the fort. Facing the Spirit Pagoda team led by Jin Li, they were still a notch behind in the end.
The Spirit Pagoda team naturally won easily, all members stepping off the arena completely unscathed.
After the afternoon matches ended, the members of the Spirit Pagoda team returned to the Sun Moon Spirit Pagoda.
Although the rooms here could not compare to the luxurious and spacious presidential suites in the large hotels of Ming City, the accommodations of their own people had the advantage of being much warmer and more comfortable.
The room decor was simple, with the beds, tables, and chairs arranged according to the Spirit Pagoda's usual practical style.
None of them were people who craved luxury and comfort, so living here actually felt much more reassuring than staying in those unfamiliar hotels outside.
After eating dinner, Huo Yuhao specially brought Wang Donger into his room.
He pulled Wang Donger to sit by the bed, and seeing the faint blush rising on her cheeks, he couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.
He figured Wang Donger must have misunderstood, thinking that calling her over alone so late at night meant he had alternative motives.
However, Huo Yuhao didn't have any such thoughts at the moment; what he truly wanted to do was take this opportunity to investigate her physical condition.
During this period of time, through continuous observation of Wang Donger, Electrolux had preliminarily confirmed that some kind of problem indeed existed within her body.
But as for the specific situation and how to go about solving it, more detailed investigation was required to figure it out.
Huo Yuhao turned his body, his gaze falling on Wang Donger's face, and said earnestly: "Donger, I want to check your body."
Upon hearing this, Wang Donger was stunned for a moment, then, as if realizing something, she raised her hand and lightly patted Huo Yuhao on the chest.
The blush on her cheeks spread rapidly as if ignited, dyeing even her neck a layer of pink.
She slightly averted her gaze, her tone carrying a bit of shy annoyance and reproach: "Yuhao, you've grown bad."
Hearing these words, a few invisible "black lines" involuntarily appeared on Huo Yuhao's forehead.
Knowing that Wang Donger must have misunderstood, he quickly straightened his expression, his tone carrying an earnestness that allowed for no jokes: "Donger, I am serious."
"Your Second Dad told me that when you were three years old, you experienced the Awakening of your Twin Spirits. Because you were Innately weak, the load of the Twin Spirits on your body was too heavy, leaving hidden injuries within your body."
The smile on Wang Donger's face froze at that moment, and realizing she had misunderstood, the flush on her face grew even more intense.
At the same time, she tried hard to recall things from her childhood, only to find that those memories seemed covered by a thick layer of fog, unable to recall any details, and she completely did not remember when the Awakening of her Twin Spirits took place.
She fell silent for quite a while, the blush on her face gradually fading away in part, replaced by an expression intertwined with confusion and unease.
After a long time, she finally dared to raise her head, meeting Huo Yuhao's gaze, trying her best to make her voice sound calmer, yet Huo Yuhao could still hear the slight tremor within it.
"How... are you going to check?"
Huo Yuhao squeezed Wang Donger's soft little hand, the slight coolness of her fingertips transmitting into his palm.
He softened his voice and said: "Don't be nervous, just close your eyes."
Hearing this, Wang Donger obediently closed her eyes. Her pink-blue eyes were gently covered by her eyelids, yet her long, curled eyelashes trembled slightly, resembling butterfly wings in the wind.
The room fell silent for an instant. Wang Donger could sense Huo Yuhao's aura approaching, close enough for her to feel the warm airflow of his breath brushing against the tip of her nose.
Her heartbeat involuntarily sped up by a fraction, and a thought flashed rapidly through her mind: "Didn't you say you were checking my body? Why are you leaning in? Could it be... are you going to kiss me?"
Huo Yuhao's face slowly drew close, but in the end, it did not land in the position she had expected.
His forehead gently pressed against hers. The moment their warm skin touched, Wang Donger shuddered slightly, but she did not pull away.
Huo Yuhao closed his eyes, his mind completely immersing into his own Spiritual Sea.
In that vast mental space, Electrolux's figure was already waiting there.
His voice was calm and steady: "According to previous observations and judgments, the so-called hidden injuries on this girl mostly lie at the Soul level."
"Based on the history you understand, this girl is that Sea God's daughter."
"Then within her Spiritual Sea, it is very likely that divine-level power imprints remain."
"Even if it is just a residual Divine Thought, it is by no means something that can be touched casually for us, so the upcoming investigation must be extremely careful."
Hearing the rare seriousness in his teacher's tone, Huo Yuhao didn't say much else, simply nodding solemnly.
Afterwards, Huo Yuhao and Electrolux's mental force cautiously passed through Wang Donger's glabella, slowly seeping into her Spiritual Sea.
As for Huo Yuhao's current mental force at the Spirit Domain Realm, ordinary Spirit Masters' Spiritual Seas were practically free for him to enter and exit at will.
Reading memories and tampering with cognition were indeed abilities that required little effort for him.
But today he was unprecedentedly cautious, not daring to be the slightest bit careless.
And when he and Electrolux truly entered Wang Donger's Spiritual Sea, almost at the very first moment, they perceived that this place had a fundamental difference from other people's Spiritual Seas.
The entire space was permeated with a hazy azure blue, like the sky soaked by sea water, with soft and scattered light, making it impossible to see the specific boundaries.
Everything around appeared hazy and drifting, as if obscured by a thick layer of fog, making it impossible for anyone to clearly identify any specific outlines.
At the end of their vision, deep within that azure blue, a few wisps of golden light could be vaguely seen flickering slowly, like ancient runes dormant at the bottom of the water, brightening and dimming, carrying a sense of majesty that made people instinctively want to stay far away.
Neither Huo Yuhao nor Electrolux dared to approach that central area; they merely cruised slowly along the periphery, like two cautious captains navigating in unfamiliar waters.
Although Huo Yuhao's mental force had already reached the level of the Spirit Domain Realm, when it came to the control and insight into the essence of the Soul, he was naturally far inferior to Electrolux, a demigod from another world, so Electrolux was still the first to detect the anomaly in this space.
He stopped at a certain place, his mental force probing around like tentacles, and then an aged voice resounded in Huo Yuhao's consciousness: "Indeed, there is divine power here."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's spirits perked up, and he quickly asked: "What did Teacher discover?"
Electrolux fell silent for a moment, as if repeatedly confirming his judgment, before slowly replying: "It is a divine Seal. For now, it is still impossible to determine what it is sealing, but this power also possesses the function of protecting this girl's Spiritual Sea. This should be the handiwork of her Sea God father."
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