Chapter 136 - 137: The Twin Rising Stars of the Outer Court
A week passed in the blink of an eye. Aside from Ma Xiaotao and Ye Guyi, who still hadn’t returned to the academy, Zhou Sichen convened the Shrek Battle Team for the first time this semester.
Zhou Sichen sat casually with Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, Ling Luocheng, and Dugu Xianmeng in the northern mountain pavilion, pouring each of them a cup of fragrant, sweet honey tea.
Each of the four had a different expression.
Dugu Xianmeng was the most obvious—her eyes were practically glued to Zhou Sichen.
Although absorbing the Blood Swan Kiss Petals hadn’t been easy for her—any mishap could have caused her to explode from the surge of venom—thanks to Zhou Sichen’s personal guidance and the help of the Mysterious Ice Jade Bed, the process had gone smoothly over the past week. She had even broken through to Rank 55.
From her current condition, Zhou Sichen believed she was slowly developing a unique variant of the "Calamity Poison Body." If things went well, she might be able to rapidly grow stronger in the future by devouring toxins.
Of course, the prerequisite was forming a Soul Core from the essence of poison. Given her unique constitution, it might just be possible.
Otherwise, it would be far too dangerous.
As for Gongyang Mo, there was little need to elaborate. Although he appeared effeminate, that was a side effect of his Rainbow Dragon martial soul. After all the time Zhou Sichen had spent with him, he found that the guy was actually solid and dependable.
His martial soul was on par with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as a top-tier auxiliary-type beast martial soul. If he could one day establish a lineage, he might even create the next Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan.
Gongyang Mo now genuinely respected Zhou Sichen and obeyed his instructions without question. Lately, he had also been diligently studying soul tools—especially since Fan Yu had completed the Light Dragon Turtle Shields and distributed one to each member of the team. Gongyang Mo had become quite proficient in using his.