"Don't be angry, brother. I'm just taking pictures normally."

"That doesn't sound like a normal shoot."

Meng Hongchen stuck out his tongue and made a cute expression. "Hey hey!"

"Don't play dumb in front of me!"

The two of them chased each other for a long time. In the end, Meng Hongchen's photos were not deleted. After they chased each other for a long time, Mr. Ma called a halt and things got back on track.

The two soul skills of spirit detection and spirit sharing are simply a perfect match for soul engineers. In terms of attack power, soul engineers are superior to soul masters. However, because the hit rate of soul guide cannons is there, soul engineers do not have an absolute advantage over soul masters.

But with the emergence of Xiao Qiang's soul skill, the situation has completely changed. When a soul master can hit the target without missing a single shot, even if the opponent is a stronger soul master, it is almost impossible to defeat the soul master at the same level.

With this soul skill, Xiao Qiang quickly became a popular figure in the team, especially Xiao Hongchen, who, with the assistance of Xiao Qiang, defeated all the soul masters except Ma Rulong, and even fought Ma Rulong to a draw. After that, everyone truly felt the power of Xiao Qiang's soul skill, and quickly became friends with Xiao Qiang.

"With this soul skill, our chances of defeating Shrek Academy this time will be much greater."

As Master Ma was analyzing, Xiao Qiang remained silent, silently calculating the strength of Master Xuan, the supreme elder of the Holy Spirit Church.

Although Alex was still in Huo Yuhao's hands, without Tianmeng and Ice Emperor, even if Huo Yuhao could still rely on Alex to remind Ma Xiaotao and the others, they would not be able to hold on in the subsequent battles. With such an incomplete team, it would be a question whether they could make it to the quarterfinals.

"So, Xiao Qiang, you, Xiao Yumeng and others will be one of our trump cards to defeat Shrek in the end. Originally, I didn't have much confidence in this competition, but with the three of you here, maybe this time we can change something."

"I see."

Xiao Qiang nodded. After Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen reached the fifth ring, their martial soul fusion skill Hongchen Attachment was enough to add a seven-ring Soul Saint-level soul instructor to the field. Combined with Xiao Qiang's spiritual detection sharing, the three of them were enough to defeat an incomplete team like Shrek.

After arranging some plans to fight against Shrek and rehearsing them several times, everyone ate something and went back to rest.

However, because Tianmeng helped Xiao Qiang strengthen his digestive system, he was obviously not full with just a little food, so after the training, Xiao Qiang quickly ran to a barbecue restaurant for a snack.

"Boss, give me fifty skewers of beef and fifty skewers of lamb, ten skewers of pork ribs, five skewers of pork ribs, one serving of kidney, one serving each of roasted leeks, roasted beans, and oysters and scallops."

"Okay."

"So you ran so fast just to eat barbecue?" Xiao Hongchen, who caught up with him, looked at Xiao Qiang's skillful ordering state. He suspected that Xiao Qiang was already thinking about eating during training.

"After all, you're really not full. Come over and eat something with me. This meal is on me."

Xiao Hongchen looked at the barbecue restaurant. Although it was located near the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, what they sold were just some ordinary meats without any soul beast meat mixed in.

Therefore, the prices in this restaurant are not high. Xiao Hongchen estimated that even if he died of fullness, he would not spend much money on the food, but...

"Boss, add some extra food!"

Xiao Hongchen still sat down with Meng Hongchen. Last time, he paid for a beating, and this time, Xiao Qiang treated him to a meal after being beaten. Although the money spent on the meal would not be much, it made him feel more balanced.

"What did you put there?"

"A little seasoning, but you probably can't eat it."

"Humph, what a joke. Give me some of the things that I, Xiao Hongchen, can't eat."

Xiao Qiang was silent for a moment, then handed some of his special powder to Xiao Hongchen. "Just put a little bit in, you really can't handle too much."

"Hmph, you can bear it, so why can't I?" Xiao Hongchen snatched the seasoning made by Xiao Qiang, and then sprinkled it on his part of the barbecue despite Xiao Qiang's dissuasion.

When the grilled skewers dipped in Xiao Qiang's secret seasoning entered Xiao Hongchen's mouth, Xiao Hongchen was calm for only a second, and the next second he felt as if his attention was on fire.

"Water! Give me water!"

After his stomach was almost filled with water, Xiao Hongchen finally got through the worst of the pain.

"What on earth is that thing made of and why is it so spicy!?"

"There is a kind of pepper in Donghai City called Devil Spicy. Ordinary people may even die from it if they eat it, but it won't kill a soul master." Xiao Qiang said expressionlessly as he ate the barbecue dipped in chili powder in his hand.

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"Why do you have nothing to do with this kind of thing?" At this moment, Xiao Hongchen felt so uncomfortable in his mouth as if he was at a war.

"It's not that there's nothing to do. I didn't have many resources in the East Sea City where I was before, and I couldn't get many resources. In this case, if I want to improve my soul power as quickly as possible, I need some special means."

"I am a spiritual master. When stimulated, my spiritual power is more likely to drive the growth of my soul power. Therefore, I need to find something stimulating for myself. It doesn't matter if it's happy, angry, sad, or joyful, as long as the emotional stimulation is strong enough."

"Pain is the easiest to obtain and the cheapest. If I choose to hurt my body directly, I will have to consider medical expenses and other issues. But if I like spicy food, the raw materials for my seasoning can be purchased with just Copper Soul Coins."

"Don't you have any better medicine?" Meng Hongchen asked.

"Yes, but I couldn't afford it at that time. I didn't have parents. Fortunately, I met an uncle who was very kind to me. He helped me as much as possible at that time and gave me some cultivation resources. But he was only a fourth-ring soul guide after all. His assets were not enough to support too many good medicines. In this case, I needed to consider some costs and maximize the benefits as much as possible."

"Although I am not short of money now, out of habit, or my appetite has been conditioned to the feeling of spicy food, I am used to eating very spicy food."

"So you are an orphan?" Xiao Hongchen looked at Xiao Qiang in surprise.

"That's not the case, but the situation is not much different. Anyway, I didn't have any relatives to protect me before."

Meng Hongchen put his hand on Xiao Hongchen's shoulder. "Xiao, I remember you still have a lot of third- to fourth-ring pills that you haven't taken yet. Do you have the nerve to bully someone who is close to an orphan?"

Xiao Hongchen: “…”

(End of this chapter)