"Ma Xiaotao?"

“……”

"Ma Xiaotao, Ma Xiaotao?"

“……”

There was no response for a long time, and Su Luoheng thought that Ma Xiaotao had entered the weird situation just now. Just as he was about to slap Ott again, Ma Xiaotao suddenly raised his head.

Su Luoheng put down his arm regretfully.

Looking at each other, he took a look.

Only then did I find out that Ma Xiaotao was in a very bad state now, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was the same as before.

His eyes were confused, except for the red and swollen slap marks on his cheeks, his face was as pale as paper, his lips were bloodless, and the whole person looked very haggard and weak.

It's hard to believe that in just a quarter of an hour, Ma Xiaotao, who was originally full of vitality, seemed to have changed into a different person, and became this sluggish and sick appearance.

Su Luoheng frowned and couldn't help but ask.

"What's wrong with you?"

“……”

"That soul bone...... Take a look at it again. ”

Ma Xiaotao ignored Su Luoheng's inquiry, and after leaving a sentence in despair, he staggered to his feet, and left in a daze.

"Ma Xiaotao ......"

Su Luoheng's brows furrowed slightly.

Ma Xiaotao's current state is really hard to rest assured.

"Wait a minute!"

Just as Su Luoheng was about to step forward to check the situation, he suddenly paused, his pupils condensed slightly, and stared at Ma Xiaotao's back. Or more precisely, the shadow of Ma Xiaotao!

I don't know when, the shadow under Ma Xiaotao's feet changed several times like a frame-dropping animation, distorted, deformed, misplaced, and stuttered, until finally the shadow became more and more blurred.

But the change in the shadow did not affect Ma Xiaotao herself, she was like she didn't know anything, and she still walked forward step by step. This picture fell in Su Luoheng's eyes, and there was an indescribable weird feeling.

But soon, the distorted shadow suddenly returned to normal, and it coincided with Ma Xiaotao's muddy back again. Everything returned to calm, and Ma Xiaotao was still walking forward.

"Ma Xiaotao, you-"

By the time Su Luoheng came back to her senses and wanted to stop Ma Xiaotao, she had already disappeared around the corner at the end of the path. It's like that weird scene just now, it never happened.

"Just now, that's ...... What? ”

Su Luoheng's brows furrowed deeply.

In the slightly condensed eyes, he unconsciously became a little deeper.

Although the scene just now only happened for a few seconds, Su Luoheng could be sure that he was absolutely not mistaken. At that moment, Ma Xiaotao's shadow underwent a distorted and weird change!

Reminiscent of the changes that occurred after Ma Xiaotao mentioned the soul bone period just now, he suddenly lost consciousness without warning. Su Luoheng speculated that there must be a connection between this.

Even......

Most likely, it is a chain reaction caused by the same thing!

"Shrek ......"

Su Luoheng muttered, his eyes flashing slightly.

Fingers gently tapped the tabletop with a slight curvature, lost in thought.

He felt as if he had discovered something, but he couldn't bring the scattered threads together and get to the point.

But it's certain: this matter must have something to do with Shrek Academy.

And in addition to Ma Xiaotao's strange behavior, the soul bones that caused a chain reaction before and after were also a problem. Especially her last meaningful reminder.

Su Luoheng naturally understood the deep meaning.

Ma Xiaotao's meaning is to tell herself that there is a problem with the soul bone.

Although Shrek's words can't be fully believed, this piece of soul bone is already full of doubts. Now Ma Xiaotao specially told me that it is worth a good tasting.

“……”

Thinking of this, Su Luoheng gathered his thoughts, took the 80,000-year-old head soul bone in his hand, and carefully observed it again.

But...... Undoubtedly, nothing has been found.

This result is not surprising to Su Luoheng.

In the end, Su Luoheng decided to act according to the original plan first, and first see if the Snow Emperor's side could find out the problem like the Silver Moon Wolf King soul bone at the beginning.

……

……

Meanwhile.

At the same time that Su Luoheng was thinking about the soul bone problem, Ma Xiaotao was staggering, looking confused, and walking on campus in a trance. My mind went blank, just wandering at a loss.

In fact, the record of this head soul bone is very confidential in Shrek Academy. Only the elders of the Seagod Pavilion, as well as a small number of high-level martial soul officials, knew about the problem in the soul bones.

And Ma Xiaotao heard Yan Shaozhe mention it by chance, so he understood the problems in this piece of soul bone. That's why after seeing the reward identified in the notice, he tried to remind Su Luoheng.

The interests of the Academy are above all else.

Su Luoheng will definitely not be friends with Shrek.

Therefore, it is in the interests of the academy to let him absorb this soul bone. But despite this, for Su Luoheng, who helped him suppress the evil fire twice, Ma Xiaotao couldn't stand idly by.

It is precisely because of this choice that Ma Xiaotao touched on the core concept of being loyal to Shrek Academy, which caused the scene just now.

In the end, Ma Xiaotao adopted a compromise plan, and left a vague reminder to Su Luoheng without touching the position of betraying Shrek Academy.

But......

Although this bypassed the checks and balances of the rules, Ma Xiaotao couldn't bypass the hurdle in her heart. In her subconscious cognition, her actions have betrayed Shrek Academy.

That's why she was tormented in her heart, so when she left Su Luoheng's room, she showed a confused appearance.

If she wants to return to normal in her current state, I'm afraid it will take a while to adjust. After all, only she can overcome this psychological hurdle.

At least that's what Ma Xiaotao herself thinks.

……

……

Time flies.

Su Luoheng had already come to the Snow Emperor's dormitory.

As usual, the first thing to do was the research of the Soul Guide Array.

The research process is nearing the end, so during this time, Su Luoheng has put most of his energy on the research of the ultra-ancient soul guide, striving to see its true face as soon as possible.

Moreover, after this period of study, Su Luoheng was able to determine that this ultra-ancient soul guide was actually a combined soul guide, and the whole was composed of two similar soul guide arrays, which were closely related.

While operating independently of each other, it can also cooperate with each other.

But—

What special abilities does this ultra-ancient soul guide composed of the power of fate have, and it still needs to be verified after the production is completed before the answer can be revealed.

And with Su Luoheng's current production speed, I believe it will be completed soon.

"Click-"

The room was filled with the constant sound of metal cutting.

Xue Di, who had long been accustomed to it, glanced at Su Luoheng, who was busy in the room, picked up the book from the bookshelf at random, brewed a cup of Su Luoheng's homemade milk tea and pastries, and curled up on the sofa to flip through it.

During this time in Shrek Academy, the two have long been accustomed to getting along like this.

Once he begins to work on the soul guide, Su Luoheng will maintain his level of concentration until the set research goal is completed. In this regard, he is very similar to Dye Ruobing.

In the blink of an eye, it was two more hours.

The metal friction stopped abruptly.

"Hoo ......"

In the room, Su Luoheng breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

With the completion of these two inscriptions, he had completed all the soul guide arrays on the right side of the drawing. The inscription on the remaining side of the soul guide array is basically the same as this one, and it will save a lot of effort to engrave it.

Now that the research process has entered the final stage, it is only necessary to complete the inscription of the last short section of the soul guide inscription. And this process can be done within three days by conservative estimates.

In this regard, he has enough confidence.

The research on the soul guide has come to an end for the time being, and now it's time to solve the problem of the soul bone.

Su Luoheng stretched and walked to the living room.

“……”

The Snow Emperor was still holding a soul guide book and reading it carefully.

Half of the pastries on the coffee table were missing, and the milk tea in the cup was steaming, and it seemed that it had only been refilled for a long time.

After hearing the footsteps, the Snow Emperor raised his eyes slightly.

The book was spread out and laid flat on his knees, and he brushed his hair casually.

"Is it going well?"

Su Luoheng smiled and nodded, "Well, it will be done soon." ”

"That's good."

The Snow Emperor nodded and responded softly.

"Sister Xue, the rivers and lakes are in emergency~"

"Let's see, is there anything wrong with this soul bone?"

While speaking, Su Luoheng sat down beside the Snow Emperor, and at the same time put the 80,000-year-old time attribute head soul bone on the coffee table.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, the Snow Emperor glanced at the soul bone: "This is the soul bone you mentioned earlier?" ”

"Hmm."

"Ma Lao brought it last night, although I checked it up and down and didn't find any problems, but Shrek's things are really hard to reassure."

"So you thought of me?"

"Now all I can count on is you."

As he spoke, Su Luoheng clasped his hands together and looked at the Snow Emperor with pleading eyes.

Seeing this, the corners of the Snow Emperor's lips raised slightly, revealing a faint arc, and her cold voice sounded.

"I'll take a look first."

"Please, Sister Xue."

"There's no way to do it at the academy, I can only see if Sister Xue can find out the problem~"

After that, Su Luo handed over the soul bone with anticipation.

When he first got started, the Snow Emperor's eyes flashed with surprise, "It's really a genuine 80,000-year-old head soul bone, is Shrek Academy really so kind?" ”

"That's what I'm curious about."

“……”

After a moment, Xue Di Dai's brows furrowed slightly.

Even if she identified this soul bone, there was no problem. It's certain that Shrek didn't do anything about it. But with Shrek's temperament, there is no doubt, but it is the biggest doubt of the soul bone.

Under Su Luoheng's ears and eyes, and the scene of Xuanzi blatantly breaking the rules of the competition when he witnessed it in the last soul fighting competition, the Snow Emperor had no good impression of Shrek, the continent's No. 1 Soul Master Academy.

Head soul bone, time attribute......

Wait a minute!

The Snow Emperor's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something.

At the same time as he put down the soul bone, his expression instantly became serious.

"Sister Xue?"

"Luo Heng, you can't absorb this soul bone."

Su Luoheng's eyes condensed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "This soul bone was really understood by Shrek? ”

"It's not."

"There is nothing inherently wrong with this soul bone."

The Snow Emperor shook his head.

"The age and quality of this soul bone are very good. What's even more rare is the extremely rare time attribute, which in some respects is comparable to a hundred thousand year soul bone. ”

"How do you ...... that?"

Su Luoheng cast a puzzled look.

The Snow Emperor pressed his hand and sighed regretfully.

"There is no problem with quality, attributes, and age, and it is a diluted treasure in any part. But it's a pity that it's just a piece of head soul bone......"

"Sister Xue, I know that the fusion process of the head soul bone is difficult, but even if it is very difficult to absorb, it will not necessarily fail, right?"

Hearing this, Su Luoheng questioned.

The Snow Emperor picked up the soul bone and explained slowly.

"Soul masters absorb soul bones generally through a similar method of suppression, suppressing the remnants of soul beasts in soul bones, so as to fuse and absorb to improve strength."

"The brain is the most important and vulnerable part of the human body. Therefore, the fusion of the soul bones of the head has been the most dangerous of all the soul bones since ancient times. ”

"Of course, although the head soul bone of general attributes is not easy to absorb, if you have enough strong spiritual power or strong enough will, it will generally not be too much of a problem."

"And the problem with this soul bone is that it is a time attribute skull.

"In the process of absorbing this kind of soul bone, not only the remnants of the soul beast will impact your spiritual power, but the power of time contained in the soul bone will also continue to wash your brain, affect your judgment, and completely lose it until it dies."

"Even in the most ideal case, it will give you a strong sense of time dislocation after the absorption is complete."

"Because under the power of time, your brain will probably think that you have spent a hundred years, and your body has long since decayed."

"And once your brain thinks it's decayed, then your body isn't far from being truly corrupt."

"I once saw a human soul master with the title Douluo trying to absorb a 10,000-year-old time attribute skull, causing his spirit to be completely lost in time and fall into a deep sleep. Until his body was completely decayed, he never woke up from his slumber. ”

"That's the horror of the Time Soul Bone!"

"So it's balanced."

After a pause, Emperor Xue looked at Su Luoheng and said slowly: "Let's give up this soul bone." ”

“……”

A hint of horror flashed in Su Luoheng's eyes, obviously shocked.

This scene reminded him of a punishment he had heard in the original world.

Shut a person in a dark and confined environment, and at the same time blindfold him and obscure his vision.

Then give him a light stroke on his wrist and say it to him again.

[I've cut your wrist]

After that, the water dripped on his wrist continuously, creating a feeling that his wrist was bleeding.

After a few minutes or so, the man, who was obviously not bleeding, would fall into a panic under his own psychological cues, and finally be scared to death in this extremely stressful state.

And this psychological suggestion is similar to the power of time.

However, the effect of the erosion of the power of time is much stronger than this simple psychological suggestion. The impact is also more severe.

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ps: Book friends, guess how the male protagonist solves the problem of soul bones~