Oscar and Hu Liena said goodbye to Luoying, and the two went to a private room to enjoy the food. During the process, Oscar took out a super recovery sausage and ate it, quickly recovering the consumed soul power.
Yan was indeed very strong and worthy of the word genius, but when facing today's Oscar, he was a bit lacking.
Even if it was the 45th level Oscar, whether in soul power quality, physical fitness, spiritual power, or the use of attributes, Yan could not compare to Oscar.
Oscar wouldn't say he could kill Yan in one sword, but crushing him was absolutely no problem.
Because at the 45th level, Oscar's physical fitness had already reached the Soul Emperor level. Just from physical fitness alone, he had already crushed Yan.
Moreover, he had copied Gai Yue's martial soul, and he hadn't even used Gai Yue's two soul bone skills, but these foundations were all important keys to widening the gap between him and Yan.
If it wasn't for not wanting to be too ostentatious and arousing the jealousy of Spirit Hall, he alone could even deal with their three Golden Generation members.
Because the mental control that Hu Liena was proud of had almost no effect on Oscar, because Oscar's spiritual power was far above hers.
The only one who could pose a threat to Oscar was the martial soul fusion technique of Hu Liena and Xie Yue, but Oscar's clone was only at the 45th level, and they couldn't use a martial soul fusion technique to fight with Oscar.
After all, that would truly be bullying with numbers.
Just as Hu Liena said, they were here to make friends. Although they had intentions, bullying people was not something she could do.
In the private room, Oscar held a white jade wine cup, took a small sip of green bamboo wine, and slowly said, "You're not going to see Yan? I saw that he was quite upset after losing to me."
Hearing this, Hu Liena's beautiful face was full of smiles: "Brother is enough over there. We're here to make friends, not specifically to fight. Didn't you get injured too? Brother is taking care of Yan, so it's only right that I show some concern for you?"
Hearing this, Oscar filled his cup with wine again: "To be favored by a beauty, this is Yue's fortune, I must drink to this."
Looking at Oscar's appearance, Hu Liena chuckled: "Are all swordsmen like you so interesting?"
Oscar put down his wine cup and shook his head: "Not all. There aren't many people like me in the clan. Most of them pretend to be aloof on the surface but are another way in private."
Hearing this, Hu Liena laughed and said: "You talk about others in your clan like that, aren't you afraid of them hearing it?"
Oscar said indifferently: "What's there to be afraid of? The elders wouldn't dare to bully a young man like me, and the young ones can't beat me."
Hearing this, Hu Liena's eyes lit up: "Does that mean Yue brother is the number one person in the Sword Sect?"
Listening to Hu Liena trying to extract information from him unintentionally, Oscar just smiled faintly: "That's not necessarily true. Although my talent in the clan is indeed rare, at most I rank in the top five."
Hearing this, Hu Liena was shocked in her heart. The battle between Yue and Yan had fully demonstrated his talent and strength, which was even stronger than Yan's. He was definitely a top genius on the continent today.
But such a genius, in the Spirit Jade Sword Sect, was only in the top five? That meant that among the younger generation of the Sword Sect, there were at least four other geniuses like him? Or even better than him?
Their Spirit Hall, as the holy land of Soul Masters, had reached its limit with this generation producing her, Xie Yue, and Yan. Moreover, the three of them were the most top geniuses in history.
And the Spirit Jade Sword Sect had at least five geniuses like them? Although Hu Liena wasn't sure if Yue was exaggerating, this information was indeed shocking to her.
But on the surface, she just smiled gracefully: "Don't be so modest, Yue brother. Your talent is already as rare as phoenix feathers, and you can only rank in the top five?"
Seeing Hu Liena's beautiful face, Oscar thought to himself: "She really likes to dig to the bottom of things..."
Oscar still smiled on the surface: "It's not absolute. My younger brother's talent is definitely stronger than mine. After all, I'm already eighteen years old, and he's only fourteen, but he can already fight me to a draw now."
Hearing this, Hu Liena nodded in her heart. That's more like it. Even if your Spirit Jade Sword Sect is a hidden sect, it shouldn't be this outrageous, right?
But to be able to fight Yue to a draw at just fourteen years old? That meant Yue's younger brother was already comparable to Yan at fourteen? What kind of genius was this?
Then Hu Liena subconsciously shook her head: "How is that possible? Such a genius actually exists in this world?"
"Yan's talent is already as rare as phoenix feathers. Your ability to defeat him is enough to prove your strength and talent. But can a fourteen-year-old child really fight you to a draw?"
Oscar smiled as he heard this: "I don't want to believe it either, but this is the fact. My younger brother... is not ordinary."
Hearing this, Hu Liena just stared into Oscar's eyes, wanting to see if he was lying.
But Oscar was indeed not lying. He did have a powerful younger brother. Now Ma Hongjun was at the 46th level. If he faced Yan, today's Yan would definitely not be Ma Hongjun's opponent.
But the younger brother Oscar was referring to here was not Ma Hongjun, but the main body. After all, the main body was the young master of the Spirit Jade Sword Sect.
Hu Liena couldn't see any signs of Oscar lying, and finally sighed: "A fourteen-year-old who can already be on par with us... a genius like this... I wonder if I'll have the chance to meet him."
Oscar smiled: "Perhaps. Now he's traveling outside, and I don't know where he is. But in two years, there will be the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament across the continent. Our Sword Sect has just appeared and is in need of an opportunity to prove ourselves. I think he won't miss it."
Hearing this, Hu Liena's brow slightly furrowed. Oscar's words had already revealed a lot of information.
The Spirit Jade Sword Sect would participate in the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament across the continent in two years. With Yue's strength, if he participated, he would definitely be a formidable enemy for their Spirit Hall at that time.
And Yue's younger brother's talent might truly be above his, which meant that in this tournament, the Spirit Jade Sword Sect might be the real dark horse they needed to pay attention to.
Hu Liena just accompanied Oscar chatting, and Oscar would also use words to extract some information he wanted. But Hu Liena was not a fool and was always on guard against Oscar, so Oscar didn't ask for any important information.
After Yan recovered, Hu Liena and Xie Yue took him back to Spirit Hall. But this time, Yan seemed to be truly discouraged. He no longer had the arrogant aura he came with and seemed somewhat dejected.
Oscar saw this and shrugged indifferently. If the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall was really so fragile, then it really wasn't worth his attention.
In the following days, Hu Liena and the others came almost every two or three days. When facing Oscar, Yan was no longer so arrogant, but he was still full of fighting spirit and vowed to defeat Oscar head-on in a fair fight.
But in every subsequent Soul Battle, Yan was always one step behind and couldn't win against Oscar.
Xie Yue and Hu Liena had also sparred with Oscar, but even as strong as Xie Yue, he was still one step behind and lost to Oscar.
When facing Hu Liena, although her charm ability was very strong, Oscar's powerful spiritual power almost made him immune, but he couldn't show it. He had to act along with this girl and then narrowly win in the end.
Half a month passed in a flash. After several exchanges, Oscar and the three of them had become familiar with each other.
Although Yan was still full of hostility towards Oscar, because he couldn't beat him, he could only swallow his frustration and have no way to vent it.
For some reason, after several contacts, Hu Liena became more and more interested in Oscar.
Because Oscar was the most special person she had ever met, and the only one of his peers who could ignore her charm.
Yue's talent was strong, his strength was great, and his talent was even higher than Hu Liena and the other three.
After all, he could narrowly win every time, which was very intriguing.
One narrow victory might be a fluke, but if it happened every time, then it was true strength, and even stronger than theirs by more than just a little.
Yan's explosive power and fierce strikes, Xie Yue's speed and sharpness, Hu Liena's natural charm—all were narrowly defeated by Oscar?
Could this Yue be invincible? Power, attack, speed, agility, and even spiritual power were all above theirs!
Such a near-perfect person, whether in appearance or talent, and of the opposite gender, it's no wonder even Hu Liena became interested.
But Yan was frustrated. Yue was indeed good, but he wasn't bad either? Why had Nana only treated him as a brother since childhood?
Yue was good, but after all, he wasn't from Spirit Hall. The Spirit Jade Sword Sect was only on good terms with Spirit Hall. Even if Nana really liked him, the Pope would never agree.
But when Yan was about to say this thought, a piece of news hit him like a thunderbolt.
The three of them, Hu Liena, had naturally received Bibi Dong's instructions to find Yue. And after Hu Liena and the others brought back information about Yue, Bibi Dong thought about many things.
First, the Spirit Jade Sword Sect not only showed strong strength on the surface, even faintly surpassing the Upper Three Sects, but internally it also had geniuses like Yue.
Regardless of whether what Yue said was true or false, at least Yue himself was a genuine genius, even stronger than Hu Liena and the other three by a margin.
For Bibi Dong, geniuses of this level only had two outcomes: either submit to Spirit Hall, or die!
But now the Spirit Jade Sword Sect was growing stronger day by day. Not to mention that killing him in Spirit Hall would openly tarnish Spirit Hall's reputation, which was unfavorable to her subsequent plans. Even wanting to make a move against Yue required weighing the retaliation of the Spirit Jade Sword Sect!
This was a critical period for Bibi Dong's planning. She not only wanted to destroy Spirit Hall but also destroy all obstacles unfavorable to her. Naturally, she had to consider the overall situation.
So killing was naturally not an option, so there was only one way left: to recruit.
As a disciple of the Sword Sect, Yue naturally couldn't switch to their Spirit Hall, but recruiting wasn't limited to one method. Marriage was also an important means of forming an alliance.
Ever since Bibi Dong was violated by Qian Xunji, she had become dark, but she had retained a little kindness for Hu Liena.
In her eyes, Hu Liena was not only her disciple but also someone she treated as a daughter in her heart.
Therefore, Bibi Dong would also carefully consider Hu Liena's marriage matters, and the appearance of Yue undoubtedly gave Bibi Dong a choice.
First, Yue's talent and appearance were heaven-defying. In terms of character, from Hu Liena's half-month of contact, at least Hu Liena and Xie Yue were both very satisfied.
Moreover, Yue had status and background. The key was that the Spirit Jade Sword Sect had just appeared and hadn't yet become firmly established. If their Holy Maiden married Yue, it would be the most likely way to bring the Spirit Jade Sword Sect into their Spirit Hall camp in advance.
Of course, the most important thing was that Bibi Dong could see that Hu Liena had a good impression of that young man called Yue, and this was the first time in eighteen years that Hu Liena had a good impression of someone of the opposite gender.
So Bibi Dong made a final decision. No matter what happened between Hu Liena and Yue, if the two of them truly fell in love, she would personally go to the Spirit Jade Sword Sect to act as a matchmaker for her disciple.
With her teacher's words, Hu Liena felt no more constraints and dared to face her feelings proactively.
But Hu Liena was comfortable, but Yan suffered. Even the Pope said so, what could he say?
But from then on, Yan became even more displeased with Oscar. Although he would deliberately suppress his displeasure with Oscar normally, as soon as he got on the Soul Arena stage, he was like a mad dog, attacking Oscar without regard for anything.
But no matter how mad he was, the result was always the same: being defeated by Oscar. That icy longsword time and again rested on Yan's neck, making him gradually feel a sense of powerlessness.
It seemed... he could never be Yue's opponent. Even though the other was a year younger than him and his soul power level was one level lower.
...
The clone in Spirit Hall gradually played a key role under Oscar's control. After more than half a month, Oscar's main body finally met with Flender and Zhao Wuji in a small town on the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.
Seeing Tang San, Flender's eyes flickered, but in the end, he didn't say much.
Flender was actually quite helpless about Yu Xiaogang's matter. After all, it was indeed Yu Xiaogang's fault, and he couldn't give up on Oscar because of Yu Xiaogang.
After all, without Oscar, there would be no him today. And without Yu Xiaogang... if there really was no Yu Xiaogang, perhaps he and Liu Erlong might have a child as old as Oscar by now...
But Tang San was a bit surprised. Dean Flender wasn't at the academy? Why did he suddenly appear in Star Dou Forest? Could it also be because of the clone sausage?
In Tang San's opinion, Oscar's soul skills were simply invincible, especially the fourth soul skill. If used properly, it could play an unimaginable role.
But Tang San didn't know that Oscar had already begun to stir up great waves on the Douluo Continent with this soul skill.
Flender didn't waste words. After reminding these little monsters to be careful for one night, he directly led everyone into Star Dou Forest the next day. Unless they encountered special circumstances, he and Zhao Wuji would not take action.
The two of them just followed the team to ensure no accidents happened, and the matter of obtaining soul rings was left to them themselves.
And the purpose of doing this was naturally to hone these children.
But Oscar was in the team, and with his current strength, it seemed there was no need for the two of them to take action. They just needed to do their job as bodyguards.
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