Chapter 160 - Unnamed

High in the sky dozens of miles south of Star Luo City, dark clouds gathered densely, stretching to the horizon.

Jing Hongchen flew to this place a step ahead, turned around, and released a total of nine Spirit Rings: two yellow, two purple, and five black.

A burst of intense red light subsequently erupted from his body, dyeing half the sky red.

Behind him, a metallic glow resembling a red lotus rapidly flipped and combined.

In an instant, over a thousand red metal tubes, only as thick as a finger, were aimed at Xuanzi, who was flying at high speed.

" You don't even have a 100,000-year Spirit Ring, yet you dare to fight this old man! "

Seeing this, Xuanzi's gaze was filled with utter contempt. With a long whistle, he charged straight toward Jing Hongchen.

A dense yellow light bloomed from his body, and an overbearing aura suddenly erupted.

The heavy yellow light dyed the clouds in half of the sky above Star Luo City yellow.

Yellow and red were distinctly separated high up in the sky.

However, compared to Jing Hongchen, the quality of his Spirit Rings was much better.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.

At the level of 100,000-year Spirit Rings, he had one, while Jing Hongchen did not.

This also meant that his Martial Soul abilities had four more 100,000-year Martial Soul abilities than Jing Hongchen's.

This was the source of his confidence in defeating Jing Hongchen!

Xuanzi underwent a drastic transformation. Enveloped in the dense yellow light, a low, muffled sound spread through the air, and the air actually rippled in countless layers like water waves.

When the yellow light spread out at its peak, Xuanzi had transformed into another appearance.

A Monster with the body of a sheep, eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, human claws, and a pair of huge bull horns appeared out of thin air.

Its body length exceeded thirty meters, and in terms of momentum, it was far more imposing than Jing Hongchen.

Dense yellow light surged forth, and the nine Spirit Rings turned into light rings hovering up and down between that pair of giant horns over five meters long.

A deafening roar suddenly exploded in the sky.

Jing Hongchen and Xuanzi had already begun to fight.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, the entire sky changed color because of their battle; one side was blood-red, and the other was deep yellow.

Each occupied one side of the sky, and where the two colors intersected, the wind and clouds surged accompanied by various terrifying red Soul Tool Rays and the rampaging Taotie Divine Ox.

Mid-air, the Taotie Divine Ox transformed by Xuanzi fiercely charged forward, and the yellow light behind it slammed toward Jing Hongchen like a towering giant wave.

Without seeing any movement from Jing Hongchen, a red, heaven-shocking rainbow pierced through the void and arrived.

It whipped toward Xuanzi like a whip.

Wherever the heaven-shocking rainbow swept, the air violently twisted.

Under the circumstance of both powerhouses going all out, a large number of spatial rifts even appeared.

The heaven-shocking rainbow emitted by Jing Hongchen also heavily whipped against the Taotie Divine Ox.

That huge Martial Soul Avatar trembled violently, and patches of yellow light distorted fiercely, revealing a slightly collapsed chest contour.

A scarlet-red helmet appeared on Jing Hongchen's head, and a metal mask accordingly blocked his face.

That lotus-shaped integrated Soul Guidance Device flipped once more, forming a scarlet cannon barrel over a dozen meters long, a zhang in diameter, and exuding an icy aura all over.

Following closely, it erupted like the Sun, shooting out a terrifying Soul Tool Ray one zhang in diameter.

That intense red light illuminated the earth for over a dozen miles around in red.

Amidst a deafening roar, the two collided in mid-air.

At that very instant, slender black rifts exploded from the center of the collision, and the Taotie Divine Ox flew backward.

The terrifying pressure instantly dispersed from the center of the collision with a roar, pressing out a deep pit dozens of meters wide on the earth.

Above the clouds, a void with a diameter of several miles was blasted apart.

Bright sunlight pierced through the void, illuminating the radially fallen green forest on this land.

" Xuanzi, this so-called ninety-eighth-tier Super Douluo of yours is nothing much after all! "

" If you only have this level, then I'll have to leave something behind for you today. "

The heaven-shocking rainbow that whipped the Taotie Divine Ox disappeared.

However, a Soul Guidance Device slightly larger than a palm, resembling a heart-protecting mirror, appeared in Jing Hongchen's hand.

Xuanzi steadied his posture, looked closely, and felt terrified in his heart.

That Soul Guidance Device was surrounded by silver-white decorations, exquisitely engraved with the appearance of core magic arrays.

He couldn't understand these, but he could recognize that light blue Starlight Sapphire in the very center, with six starlight lines shimmering on it!

As the second most powerful figure of the Sea God Pavilion, Xuanzi possessed an extremely lofty status in Shrek Academy.

The storage Soul Guidance Device he used was also merely crafted from a mere egg-sized Starlight Sapphire.

Even so, his storage Soul Guidance Device could barely reach the standard of an eighth-tier Soul Guidance Device.

Such a large piece of Starlight Sapphire in Jing Hongchen's hand could definitely be rated as a ninth-tier Soul Guidance Device.

Jing Hongchen was about to unleash his ultimate killing move!

The six starlight lines on the Starlight Sapphire lit up brightly, and Jing Hongchen looked at Xuanzi and shouted coldly: " Come out, giant humanoid Soul Guidance Device experimental subject number one. "

" Armor Body Integration! "

A massive humanoid phantom emerged from around Jing Hongchen, and Jing Hongchen happened to be right at its chest position.

That was a huge humanoid metal body, with a height of fully fifteen meters, and its massive body was entirely cast from metal.

It looked seamlessly integrated, but the extremely terrifying Soul Power fluctuations made Xuanzi believe that it was definitely not an immovable lump of iron.

Jing Hongchen spread his hands outwards, allowing the humanoid phantom to envelop him within it.

Xuanzi blurted out: " Jing Hongchen, what kind of Soul Guidance Device is this?! "

Jing Hongchen naturally wouldn't explain it to him.

Clang!

Bright yellow light that struck awe shot from the eyes of the metal giant. With a wave of its right hand, the slender spatial rifts were smoothed out.

Xuanzi had just wanted to make a move when suddenly, an indescribable sense of crisis instantly appeared in his heart.

The metal man's palms propped up towards the sky and suddenly made a downward smashing motion in the air.

Silver light flashed.

Suddenly, the metal man's huge iron fist was right above the Taotie Divine Ox's head.

Thump!

Beneath the metal iron fist, a high-density air shockwave with a diameter exceeding thirty meters almost turned into a solid entity.

The Taotie Divine Ox instantly smashed toward the ground, and painful bovine bellows resounded amid dust raised over a hundred meters high.

Feeling the severe pain coming from his head, Xuanzi knew that his head Soul Bone, which was close to 100,000 years, was likely damaged.

Xuanzi could definitely ascertain that that metal man was not a Martial Soul Avatar.

When did the Sun-Moon Empire possess such a powerful Soul Guidance Device?!

If he were still a ninety-eighth-tier Super Douluo, he would have the confidence to test out more things.

But now, he had already given birth to the intention to retreat.

If they continued fighting, it was hard to say whether he could withdraw completely unscathed.

However, this thought of his underestimated the metal man's output capability.

The metal man didn't care what he was thinking.

The emerald on the metal man's forehead, engraved with complex patterns, lit up brightly, and the light within a radius of dozens of meters instantly dimmed.

It wasn't that the light was blocked, but rather it was attracted by the Soul Power fluctuations emitted by the emerald.

An aura of death emanated from the emerald along with astonishing Soul Power fluctuations.

This was the aura of death!

" Jing Hongchen, I am a ninety-eighth-tier Super Douluo, how dare you attempt to kill me?! "

The Taotie Divine Ox hiding in the dust and smoke did not dare to delay. Enduring the severe pain, its four hooves shook, and in a flash, it stepped on the void and dashed hundreds of meters away with a swoosh.

It was even faster than when it came!

As long as it was given a few more breaths, it could run back to Star Luo City!

The Taotie Divine Ox's speed was fast, but the blue-green light beam shot by the emerald on the metal giant's forehead was even faster!

However, Xuanzi was after all a Super Douluo who was once just a step away from the limit. His cultivation had dropped, but his Mental Power Realm hadn't lost much.

At the very instant he sensed this strike coming, he adjusted the Taotie Avatar to slightly tilt.

The blue-green light beam only brushed against the two rear hooves.

Boom!

The piercing, huge booming sound spread for a thousand miles.

Star Luo City, Star Luo Square.

Witnessed by hundreds of thousands of people holding their breaths, the chief referee Huang Jinxu solemnly announced: " The champion of this tournament is the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy! "

After Huo Yuhao sent Dai Huabin off the tournament stage with a Soul Shock, Shrek Academy still had its last two opponents.

Although Zhu Lu was Dai Huabin's fiancée, she had no past grievances with him.

And her appearance of passively being infected with Evil Fire was quite miserable.

Therefore, he didn't deal a heavy hand again, and his methods were relatively peaceful.

The Flash Black Dragon Spear was taken out from the storage ring, and simple basic spear techniques were wielded by him in a tricky and sharp manner.

He easily defeated Zhu Lu, whose movement technique was agile, and Wu Feng, who was baring her fangs and brandishing her claws.

Amidst countless cheers, Wu Feng, who had crawled up from the ground, took a deep look at Huo Yuhao, feeling extremely bitter in her heart.

Her all-out strike couldn't even make Huo Yuhao's footsteps move a single fraction!

These Spectators coming to watch the match were not all here to see Shrek Academy win the championship once again.

For many Spectators who followed the review reports from beginning to finish and watched all of the Sun Moon Team's matches.

The strength of each member of this session's Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy left a deep impression on them.

Not only did they fight their way out of the group of death all the way, but in the subsequent knockout rounds, they successively eliminated the Star Luo Empire Team and defeated Shrek Academy.

There were too many powerhouse teams encountered all the way.

The gold content of this championship was definitely unprecedented in tournaments of the past several hundred years!

What was most astonishing was that Huo Yuhao, a third-tier Soul Engineer, could single-handedly plan and lead the victory in numerous critical matches.

In the finals, he even staged a heaven-defying turnaround.

The White Tiger Spirit Emperor with monstrous ferocity and the overbearing Phoenix Spirit Emperor were successively counter-killed by a third-tier Soul Engineer.

Things happening in reality were indeed more magical than what was written in novel scripts.

If they didn't know that Shrek Academy couldn't possibly throw a match, many Spectators would have long angrily cursed " Fuck your mother, refund the money "!

Wasn't this topic much better than Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory, which had been hanging on their lips for countless years, shattering today?

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the methods.

Many Spirit Masters gathered together to watch the match, with extremely broad horizons and excellent eyesight, started discussing in low voices: " Is the live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle that awesome? "

" It's just a specialized weapon for a specific Soul Engineer in a specific occasion. "

" Speaking of which, what are the black flames on the bodies of those few people who erupted at the end of Shrek Academy's team battle? "

" It feels like Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire. "

" With that degree of tyranny of Ma Xiaotao at the end, maybe she is only a step away from that something. "

" Heh, speaking of Evil Soul Masters, Tang Yin is truly an Evil Soul Master, right? That wickedness, tsk tsk, nothing more to say. "

" All these methods that broke through the bottom line were used, just for the so-called ten-thousand-year glory. "

" In my opinion, Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year glory is a minor matter; they have probably already rotted! "

" What's this? In one match, I actually saw Wang Qingya sneakingly standing in the first row of the Spectator stands! "

" Ah, let's not talk about it, let's not talk about it. "

" Everyone should still recall the Clan Disciples studying in Shrek Academy's Outer Courtyard. If this goes on, disasters might arise. "

" Uh, isn't that a bit much———— "

Although not everyone no longer trusted Shrek Academy, after playing such a tournament.

It changed many people's views on it, and the golden body of this Holy Land of Spirit Masters didn't seem as dazzling and brilliant as in their impression.

Shrek Academy's rest area.

Dai Huabin looked relatively normal, except that his head was a bit groggy.

Star Luo official healing-type Spirit Masters said he suffered some mental impact, but Tang Yin, who had woken up again, diagnosed him: " Evil Fire has entered the brain, but the problem is not big. "

" It will recover before long, don't worry about it. "

Dai Huabin was too groggy to think about things, but the other people of Shrek Academy were beaten into complete confusion.

Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan sat at the edge of the team pondering. This disastrous defeat told them that they must treat Soul Guidance Devices with utmost seriousness.

He Caitou, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and others all had bitter faces.

Especially Xu Sanshi.

The blow of being defeated by Meng Hongchen was not as big to him as Huo Yuhao not looking at him properly even once during the team battle.

He and Huo Yuhao had a conflict!

Yet he was just ignored so magnificently?

Could it be that Huo Yuhao thought he was already weak enough to be ignored?!

Aside, two Star Luo official healing-type Spirit Masters pushed over Dai Yueheng, who was limp in a wheelchair, with a pale and lifeless complexion.

Seeing that Tang Yin couldn't move either, one of them simply took out a wheelchair from his storage ring and motioned for Tang Ya to help him up onto it.

The two offered a few words of condolence and then left.

Looking at the atmosphere in the team that was so gloomy it was about to drip water, Tang Yin was furious, yet helpless for a moment.

Suddenly, Tang Yin's eyes lit up.

We lost, but we can make up for it from other places!

Tang Yin couldn't help praising his own intelligence. He coughed twice, and after everyone's gazes looked over, he feigned profundity and said: " An academy has two most important points. "

" First is the potential of young Disciples, and second is the strength of top powerhouses. "

" Although we lost on the tournament stage, this is a minor defeat. "

" Xuanzi chased Jing Hongchen all the way out of the city, which is a major victory! "

" Overall, it means we won! "

" With a powerhouse benchmark like Xuanzi ahead, we only lost once. "

" The hearts of the people on the mainland are still with us, and Shrek Academy is still the everlasting Holy Land of Spirit Masters in everyone's hearts! "

Wang Dong raised her hand to ask: " Why is Jing Hongchen from the Sun Moon Team back, but Xuanzi hasn't come yet? "

Tang Yin frowned and looked over, noticing that Jing Hongchen, who had just landed, staggered slightly under his feet, so he understood and said: " Everyone look, Jing Hongchen's aura is unstable; from my observation, I'm afraid he has suffered internal injuries. "

After finishing these face-saving words, the morale was considered to have perked up a bit.

Tang Ya pushed Tang Yin, Zhu Lu pushed the dazed Dai Yueheng, and the group of people sneaked toward the Star Emperor Grand Hotel under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of Spectators.

Tang Yin was discussing with Xu Sanshi how Xuanzi would brutally kill Jing Hongchen.

As soon as everyone opened the door and walked into the large living room, they saw that Xuanzi was also sitting in a wheelchair!

Xuanzi's forcibly propped-up, ostensibly ruddy face didn't look very good either. He had heard all of Tang Yin's words before entering the door!

Tang Yin's five senses were after all stronger than most of the people present.

Although Xuanzi covered his legs with a white cloth, a faint smell of blood emanated from within.

Since he was already sitting in a wheelchair, it couldn't possibly be a minor injury, right?

Xuanzi dashingly took a gulp of wine, his tone calm, yet faintly revealing a bit of arrogance: " My strike was too sharp and ruthless, beating Jing Hongchen so he fled head over heels; it was truly too exhilarating. "

" I didn't pay attention for a moment, and an old hidden injury flared up, making my legs a bit inconvenient. "

" Jing Hongchen is different. Although he looks like he has no injuries on the surface. "

" But under the hidden force of my Taotie Divine Ox, he has suffered extremely serious internal injuries! "

Watching the three wheelchairs gathered together, Wang Dong, who almost burst out laughing, raised her hand again and asked: " Why couldn't we tell just now in the plaza? "

Xuanzi sneered while sitting in the wheelchair: " Jing Hongchen is just putting on a brave front. "

" Once he returns to a deserted corner, who knows how many liters of blood he will spit out. "

Another top floor of the Star Emperor Grand Hotel.

Huo Yuhao asked with concern: " Teacher, are you alright? "

Jing Hongchen waved his hand, smiled, and said: " The fight was too satisfying, I'm just a bit exhausted. "

Meng Hongchen blinked her blue eyes and said full of anticipation: "Grandfather, there are only a few people from our sect in this reception room, tell us about the specific situation."

No one can refuse to talk about their glorious achievements in front of the juniors they value.

Jing Hongchen mentioned the details of the battle, but he was quite puzzled about one point: "Throughout the battle, I found that Xuanzi's condition is very bad."

"His Soul Power intensity hasn't even reached Level 98, and he is suspected of not recovering from serious injuries."

"Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this. In this place of the Star Luo Empire, who else can hurt him?"

Huo Yuhao shrugged and said: "Perhaps it's related to the huge earthquake wave coming from the south a few days ago."

Xiao Hongchen asked impatiently: "Grandfather, how is the power of the humanoid Soul Guidance Device?"

Jing Hongchen looked at the gazes everyone cast at him, smiled, and nodded: "Fortunately, with the assistance of Yuhao's Mental Detection earlier, various problems of the giant humanoid Soul Guidance Device prototype were solved quickly."

"However, firstly, this Soul Guidance Device is a complex systematic project; secondly, the time Yuhao assisted was relatively short after all."

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"So currently it only possesses the combat power of a top-tier Ninth Level Soul Guidance Device."

"But it is already very close to initial completion. Once we collect the tournament reward tomorrow and return to the academy."

"In less than a year, it can truly be initially completed, taking half a step towards the Tenth Level Soul Guidance Device."

"However————it has extremely high requirements for Soul Power. With my Level 93 Soul Power, I can only support its operation for twenty or thirty breaths."

"If it truly enters the realm of Tenth Level Soul Guidance Devices, it cannot be driven normally without the profound Soul Power of a Super Douluo level."

"It's a pity that my Martial Soul bloodline is relatively impure, and Level 94 Soul Power is still far away."

Martial Soul bloodline relatively impure?

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, feeling that the reason why Jing Hongchen's cultivation progressed slowly...

...probably also had to do with being too obsessed with researching high-level Soul Guidance Devices.

His research attitude towards Soul Guidance Devices did not decrease by even half because of achieving a Ninth Level Soul Engineer.

Anyway, Huo Yuhao had been Jing Hongchen's Disciple for so long.

He knew his office location in the academy and several laboratories in Mingde Hall, but he had never heard of where his residence was.

Or rather, in Jing Hongchen's life, the concept of a residence had disappeared for quite a while.

At noon, the glazed tiles of the Star Luo Imperial City shone brilliantly under the poured sunlight.

In the imperial study, Xu Jiawei sighed deeply and said: "Jiujiu, after watching today's final, I have some regrets."

"Many people only saw Huo Yuhao relying on Soul Guidance Devices charged by others to decide the outcome of the match."

"And thought this is the strength of the Sun-Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Devices."

"But I, who have never missed every single one of his matches, believe that this child's future achievements will definitely surpass the Hongchen siblings."

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"In the future, he is expected to become an existence like Xuanzi who can support a top-tier force."

"Perhaps that ninety-thousand-year head Soul Bone really couldn't catch Huo Yuhao's eye."

"To think I even had people leave a backup plan."

"Such underhanded methods are ultimately not the Righteous Path."

"Brother, what can be done about it?" Xu Jiujiu rolled a pretty pair of eyes: "That ninety-thousand-year head Soul Bone is already the best treasure in the national treasury."

"Although there are also hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones, they don't match his Martial Soul attributes at all."

"However, I didn't expect that even with the added condition of helping him hunt a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, we still couldn't win him over."

Xu Jiawei shook his head and said: "That's why they say, initial shares are the best investment, right?"

"In my opinion, Huo Yuhao's talent was already very high to begin with."

"But due to long-term abuse and nutritional deficiency leading to physical depletion, his Innate Soul Power is not high."

"However, the essence of his Martial Soul is extremely strong. If he grew up normally, his Innate talent should also be very high."

"From when he met that Feng Bujue, to later being valued by Jing Hongchen."

"And with the nourishment of various nutritional supplements, his dusty cultivation talent gradually recovered."

"What's the use of saying all this?" Xu Jiujiu propped her cheek and said: "However, fortunately, we can reach a certain consensus on the matter of the Duke of the White Tiger."

"But next is the time for us to make our move."

"Huo Yuhao was not born in the Sun-Moon Empire after all. It just depends on whether the high-level officials of the Sun-Moon Empire have the courage to reuse him."

Having cultivated for an entire afternoon, when Huo Yuhao woke up from his cultivation, the sky outside had already grown dark.

Stretching his body vigorously, Huo Yuhao was pleasantly surprised to find that his Soul Power had made significant progress once again.

It had already reached the level of the peak of Level 34.

This was certainly related to his unremitting cultivation, but it was also definitely related to his thoughts becoming much clearer after this tournament.

However, he still had things to do right now; he had to wrap up this Star Luo trip.

He jumped out of bed, changed his clothes, and walked directly out of the door.

As soon as the door opened and he walked into the large living room, he saw Feng Yu dressed in formal attire sitting on the sofa and silly-smiling.

"Senior Brother Feng, what are you silly-smiling about?" Huo Yuhao asked strangely: "Where are the older boys and girls from the Reserve Team and the main team?"

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Feng Yu looked over, and seeing that it was Huo Yuhao, he couldn't help laughing and saying: "How can those senior brothers and sisters of yours be as calm as you and Xiaomeng?"

"After winning, they all went shopping around Star Luo City in twos and threes."

"Senior Brother Xiao and Tingting don't know where they ran off to either."

"You asked me what I was silly-smiling about just now? A Soul Guidance Device Genius like you probably can't understand it."

"An Rank 8 Soul Engineer certificate is evaluated, not tested for."

"The academic-style Soul Engineers in the expert group will give face to Teacher, and won't deliberately make things difficult for me."

"But it's hard to say for those from other circles."

"With this glamorous resume of being the lead teacher who led the Sun-Moon Empire to win the championship of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament for the first time."

"Thinking about it, as long as my project passes, no one will obstruct me."

I see, Huo Yuhao nodded knowingly.

He hadn't expected that this tournament championship could actually bring such assistance to Feng Yu.

It seemed to be caused by the project itself being difficult to produce an uncontroversial Soul Guidance Device.

With Huo Yuhao's emotional intelligence, naturally he wouldn't say such words out loud.

He would only lament that people change too fast.

More than half a year ago, Feng Yu was still a middle-aged man with meticulously combed hair, gentle eyes, and a scholarly temperament.

Emanating the refined temperament of a senior researcher from Mingde Hall.

Right now, Feng Yu couldn't even squeeze out any Chaos Qi, and his eyes had also become resentful.

If Brother Bujue were to see him looking like this, his jaw would definitely drop in shock, right?

Huo Yuhao really couldn't stand Feng Yu's resentful gaze and quickly slipped away.

He walked past the corner of the hotel corridor, and turned around to become the appearance of Meng Hongchen.

In the large living room of the suite where Shrek Academy stayed at the Royal Star Hotel, only Wang Dong was present.

"No way? Young Miss Meng actually has someone she likes?!"

After watching the recording again of the team battle against the Star Luo National Academy where Meng Hongchen took the initiative to hug Huo Yuhao.

Wang Dong's heart welled up with an inexplicable sourness.

Why would the iceberg beauty treat Huo Yuhao like this?

She is clearly so cold to me.

I admit Huo Yuhao is very powerful, but am I, Wang Dong, not bad either?

I just haven't had the chance to showcase it.

Could it be that before it even started— — — —

! Wang Dong, what are you thinking???

You are also a girl, girls and girls cannot be together!

Wang Dong patted her face and felt something was not quite right.

Is a Martial Soul Fusion Skill so heaven-defying?

Without any substantive contact, it made me develop unnecessary feelings for Young Miss Meng?

"Wang Dong, what are you looking at?"

As soon as Wang Dong raised her head, she saw Xiao Xiao standing behind her at some unknown time.

At this time, she looked at the video continuously playing on Wang Dong's hand with a complicated expression.

She had already analyzed many things from Wang Dong's expression.

That was clearly the expression of someone suffering heartbreak!

Exactly the same as when she was rejected by Wang Dong before!

The truth was obvious: Wang Dong actually fell in love with Meng Hongchen of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy!

On what grounds?

Xiao Xiao's heart welled up with an inexplicable sourness.

Why on earth would Wang Dong fall in love with Meng Hongchen, with whom she had little interaction?

She had clearly pursued Wang Dong for so long, expressing her feelings both overtly and covertly.

But what she got in return was Wang Dong's cold indifference.

I admit Young Miss Meng is an almost perfect person, but am I, Xiao Xiao, not bad either in terms of appearance or talent?

Why can't you consider me?

Wang Dong sighed, only feeling that she owed a mountain of romantic debts.

Now she had no way to clear her name.

Jingling!

The timed Soul Guidance Device rang, and Wang Dong gave a start; the time was up!

"Xiao Xiao, let's not talk for now."

"Young Miss Meng has something to discuss with me, so I cannot be late."

"Whatever it is, we'll talk when I get back. I'm heading out first."

Xiao Xiao watched as Wang Dong hurriedly put away the recording Soul Guidance Device and scrambled to her feet, walking out in a flurry.

Her mood was indescribably complex.

Could the person she lowered a girl's modesty and self-respect just to chase after be someone else's bootlicker behind her back?

In a teahouse not far from the Royal Star Hotel.

Wang Dong met the "Meng Hongchen" she had been longing for day and night.

"You're here?"

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Wang Dong received the cup of tea handed to her by "Meng Hongchen" with both hands.

Although she was unwilling to believe what she had deduced from the recording, she found that she had no standing to ask about Meng Hongchen's romantic situation.

What was this guy thinking?

"Meng Hongchen" found that without activating Beyonder abilities, it was already very difficult to read what Wang Dong was thinking.

Thus, he activated his mind-reading ability——

Oh!

Was this silly goose's inner world this complicated?

Huo Yuhao felt as though he had suffered spiritual pollution.

If he continued to communicate with Wang Dong under the identity of Senior Sister Meng like this, something bound to happen sooner or later!

Fortunately, this might be the last close-range contact.

After figuring out the key points, Huo Yuhao only wanted to quickly end this conversation.

But since he had a favor to ask of Wang Dong, he could only endure the awkwardness, take out two Soul Guidance Devices from his storage ring, and place them on the table.

One of the belt-shaped Soul Guidance Devices caught Wang Dong's attention, and she was slightly stunned: "Wasn't Tang Yin's Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges confiscated in Mingdu?"

Meng Hongchen stretched out a slender finger to tap the table, her voice detached as she said: "That piece was a replica, and so is this one."

"You saw the two dots of light on the other Soul Guidance Device as well."

"The dot of light in the middle corresponds to the position of this Soul Guidance Device, while the one on the edge corresponds to this storage belt given to Tang Yin."

"The distance between the dots of light symbolizes the real-world distance, and the scale can be adjusted manually."

"The induction between the two is maintained by non-Soul Power energy fluctuations, and the effective distance is around five hundred miles."

"This induction is extremely weak. Even powerhouses at the Super Douluo level would find it very difficult to detect without professional detection Soul Guidance Devices."

"However, its anti-interference capability is extremely outstanding. As long as it is not damaged, it can function."

Wang Dong didn't mind much about using this thing to prepare for the upcoming tit-for-tat, but she had a question: "Will making it into Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges be enough to make Tang Yin accept it?"

"Won't this arouse his vigilance?"

"Meng Hongchen" smiled slightly and said: "He won't refuse something he is used to using."

"Moreover, I believe he won't have any guard against you."

After Wang Dong accepted these two Soul Guidance Devices, the two chatted for a while longer.

When "Meng Hongchen" noticed that the situation was vaguely developing in a wrong direction, she sent Wang Dong away.

"What a sin!"

Recalling how Wang Dong looked back three times with every step upon leaving, "Meng Hongchen" didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After paying the bill, he left this teahouse.

Immediately afterward, he removed the Simulation and walked into another nearby teahouse.

After waiting for a short while, Beibei arrived.

"Big Brother Beibei, please sit." Huo Yuhao poured him a cup of green tea and said.

In Huo Yuhao's view, among the people from Shrek Academy he had contacted, normal people did not make up a large proportion.

Among them, Beibei's worldview was considered relatively upright, and there were no signs of his brain being rotted by the glory narrative.

Except for being a bit obsessed with a teacher-student romance.

Unfortunately, there was a risk of him being cuckolded.

From Beibei's perspective, it was a completely different picture.

His mood was even more complicated than Wang Dong's just now.

When he first met Huo Yuhao, he felt that this youth who dared to head alone to the Star Dou Great Forest with only tenth Level Soul Power to hunt Soul Beasts was a ruthless person.

This was something he couldn't do.

Intuition told him that this person would definitely accomplish something in the future.

Unfortunately, Tang Ya was very fond of Tang Yin at that time, causing Huo Yuhao to miss out on the Tang Sect.

Later, after learning that Huo Yuhao was rejected by Zhou Yi and was selling roast fish in Shrek City.

Bound by the face of Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, Tang Yin, and a few others, he did not speak up to ask the academy's higher-ups to make an exception for Huo Yuhao.

Just when he thought Huo Yuhao would gradually fade into the crowd, he vanished along with the merchants of the Sun-Moon Empire.

When they met again, it was at this tournament.

Beibei took a deep breath, sighed with a smile, and said: "Little Brother Huo, congratulations on finding your own direction."

"Losing to you in this tournament, I am thoroughly convinced."

"However, we will regroup and fight again."

"Using external objects like Soul Guidance Devices was just sheer luck." Huo Yuhao smiled: "Big Brother Beibei, aren't you curious why I invited you to this teahouse for a chat this time?"

Beibei raised his teacup and took a sip. Of course he was curious; after all, he and Huo Yuhao had no past friendship to speak of.

And from what he understood, Huo Yuhao was not the kind of personality who would stomp on the self-esteem of losers all over again after winning the championship.

Xu Sanshi had previously directly looked down on Huo Yuhao back when he was selling roast fish.

Didn't you see that on the arena, Huo Yuhao directly ignored Xu Sanshi?

Judging by Huo Yuhao's control in team battles.

Beibei felt that as long as he wanted to, even if Xu Sanshi didn't die, it would be very difficult for him to retreat unscathed.

Glancing at Beibei, Huo Yuhao gathered his words for a moment and said: "Big Brother Beibei, time is tight right now. Please forgive me for speaking so deeply when our friendship is shallow."

Huo Yuhao deliberated slightly once more before saying: "Sect Master Tang Ya's thoughts, uh, seem to be placed a bit too much on Tang Yin."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Sigh!"

Huo Yuhao poured Beibei another half cup of green tea, leaving everything unsaid.

Even though Huo Yuhao was extremely tactful, Beibei's hand holding the teacup froze, and his entire person was struck as if by lightning.

Even Huo Yuhao, with whom he had little contact, could tell?!

"When I was selling roast fish, I already felt that Tang Ya's attitude toward Tang Yin was a bit strange."

"I just couldn't be sure at the time. However, during this tournament— — — — sigh!"

Beibei's throat bobbed, unable to speak for a long time. Only after a moment did he say in a bitter voice: "Little Brother Huo, we rarely meet, yet you want to talk about my private matters?"

Having accurately gauged the extent of Beibei's reaction, Huo Yuhao said sincerely: "Big Brother Beibei, I am very sorry."

"But I think you are a great person and deserve someone better than Tang Ya."

"Let's talk about Tang Yin."

This combo of first apologizing, then speaking bluntly, and finally changing the subject was extremely smooth, easing Beibei's psychological pressure.

"Go ahead."

"Tang Yin's methods, judged by Shrek Academy's past standards, are probably those of an Evil Soul Master without a doubt."

"Dare I ask why your esteemed academy did not kill him, but instead took him in?"

"Why, knowing that Evil Fire is harmful and brings no benefit, do you condone so many people drawing the Evil Fire onto themselves?"

Beibei:

——

Seeing that Beibei could not speak, Huo Yuhao picked up his teacup and took a sip, finally saying sincerely: "Big Brother Beibei, no matter how strong Shrek Academy's Spirit Master theories are, it is at most just a Holy Land for Spirit Masters."

"No matter how strong it is, and no matter how glorious its ten-thousand-year history is, what benefit does it bring to the general public?"

"Just by relying on what it always has on its lips—establishing the Shrek Inspectorate to uphold good and eliminate evil?"

"In the process of exercising this continental supervisory authority, has it itself bred evil?"

"Big Brother Beibei, for the exchange student program in a little over a year, I hope you can bring a few like-minded students to take a look at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy."

"I will show you something different."

Huo Yuhao did not say the deeper words out loud, but what was said today was already enough to cause an indelible impact in Beibei's heart.

The next day.

The final award ceremony of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament was not open to the public, nor was it grand.

The championship prize was three pieces of ten-thousand-year Soul Bones and two million Gold Soul Coins.

After frowning and picking and choosing for a while, Jing Hongchen selected three Soul Bones that were still somewhat suitable for the members of the main team.

As soon as the award ceremony ended, the crowd from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had no reason to stay any longer.

Inside the light barrier of Jing Hongchen's ninth-Level flight Soul Guidance Device, and amidst the mixed gazes of countless people in the open and in secret, they left Star Luo City.

Over the past two days, Feng Tingting had not been idle either.

——

She utilized the final issue of the to

During a relatively peaceful era, the advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament, which caught the attention of the entire continent, was the most efficient channel for various countries to showcase their strength.

The Sun-Moon Empire's history of participating in this tournament spanned over four thousand years.

In these more than eight hundred tournaments, this was the first time the Sun-Moon Empire had won the championship.

Especially after defeating Shrek Academy in the finals.

For the Sun-Moon Empire, which had ceded territory, paid indemnities, and lost its mainland title after the continental war, this was undoubtedly a shot in the arm.

Regardless of how various circles of the Empire reacted, for Huo Yuhao, the most direct benefit right now was the rewards brought by the tournament.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Today, the teachers' cafeteria was rented out once again to host the triumphant banquet for the academy's representative team.

Most of the people invited this time held much more esteemed statuses compared to the departure banquet last time, which was mainly for the youngsters within the academy.

Among the most distinguished was the young man in white sitting in a wheelchair on one side of the banquet hall.

His legs were almost gone from the roots, and his trouser hems were completely empty.

Although he had a disability, not a single person here dared to show the slightest bit of contempt for this Crown Prince who possessed thunderous methods.

He was precisely the First Prince of the Sun-Moon Empire, Xu Tianran.

The first-in-line successor to the Sun-Moon Empire's throne.

Xu Tianran personally attended the scene on behalf of the royal family to present the awards, with a solemn Ju Zi pushing his wheelchair behind him.

Lin Jiayi stood respectfully to the side, accompanying him step by step.

In the side hall on the other side, Jing Hongchen was issuing academy prizes to the students present.

The rewards were Soul Bones, Gold Soul Coins, and project admission slots for senior Soul Engineers.

On this trip to Star Luo, Jing Hongchen had unearthed five Soul Bones at the Starlight Auction House, and the tournament championship reward was three pieces.

Aside from that thousand-year Lone Bamboo left leg bone, the ages of the remaining seven Soul Bones were all ten-thousand-year ones.

The main allocation principle was based on performance.

But because Huo Yuhao had already obtained the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone, he voluntarily gave up this reward.

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and the other five most outstanding starting team members each received one piece.

As for that comical thousand-year Lone Bamboo left leg bone, Jing Hongchen was too embarrassed to take it out.

As for Gold Soul Coins, Huo Yuhao was allocated a full seven million Gold Soul Coins, while the other members were allocated anywhere from several hundred thousand to two million.

Jing Hongchen stated that he was completely selfless.

The highest tactical position, zero mistakes in the semi-finals and finals setting the victory—he deserved this kind of status.

The others had not the slightest objection to this allocation.

The few trump cards of this session's Star Luo National Academy, along with Shrek Academy's twin Spirit Emperors with blazing Evil Fire, truly gave them no small amount of pressure.

Without Huo Yuhao, they might have fallen directly in the top four.

How would they have had the chance to rush into the finals and seize the championship?

As for the final senior Soul Engineer project admission slots, those were exclusive to everyone other than Huo Yuhao's trio.

Ma Rulong, Lin Xi, and Mi Jia were crammed into Mingde Hall's ninth-Level Soul Engineer project team.

The other starting team members entered the laboratories of Rank 8 Soul Engineers as well.

Even the Reserve Team members who had never taken the field managed to get at least the opportunity for hands-on guidance from a Seventh Rank Soul Engineer in the academy.

After the academy's rewards were distributed, Jing Hongchen led all the members to the banquet hall, accepting the awards from the Crown Prince under the watchful eyes of all the guests.

After everyone bowed to Xu Tianran, they lined up in a row. Pushed by Ju Zi, Xu Tianran greeted Jing Hongchen and praised, "Hall Master Hongchen, suppressing Shrek Academy to win the championship in this tournament has ultimately resolved the Empire's lingering regret of many years."

"If not for your meticulous cultivation, there would certainly be no achievement of today."

"If possible in the future, the Hall Master will still need to shoulder heavier burdens."

Jing Hongchen smiled faintly and said, "Where is that? It is all due to the royal family's wise steering and well-coordinated planning; Hongchen does not dare to claim any credit whatsoever."

"As for heavier burdens, Hongchen is currently spread too thin."

Jing Hongchen politely declined Xu Tianran's implicit intention of recruitment.

Being able to sit in the position of the Hall Master of Mingde Hall, his emotional intelligence and methods were exceptional; he was not just a Soul Engineer who only knew how to do research.

At the very beginning, regarding Xu Tianran, Jing Hongchen faintly had the idea of taking a side.

But ever since Xu Tianran lost his legs, according to Jing Hongchen's observation, he had become increasingly tyrannical and unscrupulous.

He even secretly heavily employed Evil Soul Masters.

Although Jing Hongchen understood that Xu Tianran was doing this out of consideration for securing his position as Crown Prince, he did not approve of this behavior.

This was tantamount to courting disaster, not the action of an enlightened ruler.

However, after encountering Huo Yuhao, Jing Hongchen could completely sit back and relax.

Above, the giant humanoid Soul Guidance Device project had made a breakthrough, and becoming a tenth-Level Soul Engineer in this lifetime was in sight.

Below, there were heaven-bestowed Disciples and grandchildren; as long as they were given time to develop, the future right to speak of Mingde Hall would definitely expand further.

No matter who wanted to become the Sun Moon Emperor, they could not bypass Mingde Hall.

"Junior Brother, what do you think this Crown Prince will award us?"

Meng Hongchen tilted her head and asked Huo Yuhao.

"Spirit Rings, Soul Bones, rare metals, Soul Guidance Devices?" Huo Yuhao guessed irresponsibly.

Xu Tianran still maintained an approachable appearance, smiling as he presented the prizes one by one to each member, including the Reserve Team members.

The prizes obtained by everyone were different.

Those with poor Martial Soul talent obtained Medicinal Pills, those with poor Physique obtained Heavenly Treasuress, and those whose Soul Guidance Device talent wasn't top-tier obtained decent carving knives.

They were all useful things.

It could be seen that Xu Tianran had indeed put in effort.

When it came to Huo Yuhao, Xu Tianran did not directly present the award, but instead smiled warmly: "Truly, heroes come from youth."

"Regardless of where you come from, the Empire needs young geniuses like you."

"Yuhao, Ju Zi is your Senior Sister; I heard that you have worked together in Teacher Feng Yu's laboratory."

"You must have a lot of topics between you, make sure to communicate more in the future."

Ju Zi smiled peacefully and nodded at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Your Highness flatters me, Yuhao is merely a Third-Level Soul Engineer."

"Senior Sister Ju Zi gave me a lot of help in previous project research."

Xu Tianran nodded, probably knowing that Huo Yuhao was not lacking in anything, so he gave Huo Yuhao a black card and a recommendation letter.

A black card from the Sun Moon Bank, five million Gold Soul Coins!

Vulgar, unbearably vulgar!

But Huo Yuhao felt that he was a vulgar person.

Although the total amount on him already reached nearly twenty million Gold Soul Coins.

But the Soul Guidance Device research projects he wanted to carry out next were all money-burning places.

The recommendation letter was also very interesting; unlike the ones given to others, it was not placed in an envelope.

Instead, it was openly spread out on the tray.

Making Meng Hongchen, who was peeking from the side, so angry that her teeth itched.

That was an internship recommendation letter from the Military General Research Institute!

Wasn't the president of the Military General Research Institute Ye Yulin?

That person did not get along well with Grandpa.

He was also Xu Tianran's die-hard supporter in the military.

What was the Crown Prince's intention in giving Junior Brother such a recommendation letter?!

Therefore, even when Meng Hongchen took Xu Tianran's prize, her pretty face was straight.

The prizes were distributed quickly. After completing the procedure, Xu Tianran took Ju Zi and bid farewell to leave.

As soon as Xu Tianran left, the atmosphere of the entire banquet suddenly became much livelier, and the conversations grew a lot louder.

Among them, the discussion rate of Huo Yuhao was the highest.

"No wonder the Hall Master would break the rules to take a closing Disciple. This Huo Yuhao is truly formidable."

"When could the live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle be made into a sixth-Level one?"

"More than sixth-Level? It can even fire continuously!"

"Sigh, I made my move too late. If my younger daughter had broken through the blockade of the inspection team back then and made a fait accompli, it would have been great."

"If he is willing to marry into my family as a son-in-law, I can fake my death and pass on the throne tomorrow."

"I'm different, I can truly die."

Huo Yuhao put away his prizes and looked around; guests of extraordinary bearing came into view.

Outstanding students, distinguished tutors, great merchants, great nobles ————

A woman wearing a bright red long dress made Huo Yuhao take an extra glance.

This person looked extremely beautiful yet her age was untraceable, and a head of chestnut-long hair was coiled high into a cloud bun on top of her head.

Her figure was alluring, yet her face was filled with a sacred expression; she was truly a peerless beauty in the Red Dust.

These were not what Huo Yuhao cared about.

What he cared about was that this woman's gaze always intentionally or unintentionally looked towards the direction where the teacher had left.

Thinking back again, the number of times the teacher's gaze had crossed with hers earlier was obviously abnormal.

Oh!

Let me discover something again.

Huo Yuhao's gaze turned again; a guy sitting in the corner, out of tune with the banquet atmosphere, attracted his attention.

This person looked to be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with a head of black long hair simply tied behind his head with a hair ribbon.

From him, Huo Yuhao actually couldn't sense the existence of too many emotions.

He was holding a sword in his arms, a long sword about four chi in length, pitch-black all over.

The feeling this person gave Huo Yuhao was just like an unsheathed sharp sword, concealing its edge.

This person's mental constitution was different from ordinary people!

Huo Yuhao had gone quite deep into the Spectator Sequence, and had also seen some people whose mental constitutions were different from ordinary people.

Such people were either born mentally disabled or became demented later in life.

At that time he guessed that a mental constitution different from ordinary people might also produce a positive impact, creating an alternative Genius.

The person in front of him was obviously not mentally disabled or demented, so he could find time to communicate.

Just in time, he had the need to act as a Psychiatrist.

Eh, Wang Shaojie actually sneaked in too!

Wang Shaojie noticed Huo Yuhao looking over, chuckled, and stretched out both hands to give Huo Yuhao two thumbs up.

Huo Yuhao only thought that his action was because of congratulating him on winning the tournament championship, so he nodded at him.

Then he walked towards the side hall on the other side, where acquaintances gathered.

Wang Shaojie emotionally watched Huo Yuhao's departing back, feeling a myriad of emotions in his heart.

Previously hearing Lin Xi talk drunkenly about Huo Yuhao's achievements during the tactical exercise.

Wang Shaojie was still a bit confused about what kind of operation Huo Yuhao was pulling again.

But at this moment Huo Yuhao returned after winning the championship, and Wang Shaojie understood.

Huo God.

Although you didn't say it, I have already comprehended the deeper true meaning of the licking dog scripture from your actions.

Frenzied licking was only a means, but forging iron ultimately required one's own body to be hard!

With the same licking method, when used by Huo Yuhao, he could lick Miss Meng.

While he Wang Shaojie couldn't even handle Hu Mei.

Therefore, not being outstanding enough would affect the effect of licking.

Wang Shaojie decided that this month's Fourth-Rank Soul Engineer grade exam, he must pass!

Moreover, to repay Huo Yuhao for the huge help he gave him in his emotional career, Wang Shaojie decided to impart love experience for free during his spare time, guiding all classmates in the academy who loved but could not attain, passing this help down.

Wang Shaojie was intoxicated in his great grand vow.

If everyone could have his kind of awakening, passing down love experience hand by hand.

Would this world still lack love?

In the banquet side hall, this session's champion crowd had already gathered here to celebrate.

In addition, there was Feng Bujue, this guy who was specially invited to sponge a meal.

Saying it was celebrating, it was actually just gathering together to eat, drink, and chat about everything.

Not eating a few bites, Huo Yuhao smiled and asked Feng Bujue sitting beside him: "Brother Bujue, did you get the Fifth-Level Soul Engineer certificate?"

"It came naturally!" Feng Bujue sighed with emotion: "That Medicinal Pill is truly fierce, I feel like I'm about to touch the threshold of fifty-fourth Level Soul Power."

"If I don't hurry up and study, perhaps the progress of my Soul Guidance Device level won't keep up with the speed of my Soul Power advancement."

Huo Yuhao smiled and raised his cup: "This is truly a double blessing!"

Feng Bujue raised his cup along, chuckling: "Knowing that you brat would soar into the sky, I didn't expect you to poke a hole in the sky."

Huo Yuhao took a sip and smiled: "Brother Bujue, before the tournament you hid and tucked away, not telling me about Uncle Feng."

"Now that I return after winning the championship, can you finally find time to talk about it in detail?"

Feng Bujue's initial mood when finding his old man missing was anxious.

But on second thought, this matter had already passed fifteen years.

Estimating that if he really found him in the end, it would probably just be collecting a corpse.

And even if he was still alive, being a little slower didn't matter.

"You just finished the tournament, your tense nerves have just relaxed. Let's talk about it after a while."

Huo Yuhao said sincerely: "Brother Bujue, your matter is my matter."

"Uncle Feng's matter brooks no delay; once the triumphant banquet ends, let's go to Senior Brother Feng's office to talk about it."

Seeing that Huo Yuhao cared so much about his matter, Feng Bujue couldn't say anything more, and could only nod heavily.

The sound of the two people's conversation was not loud, covered up in the joyous atmosphere of the crowd.

Not being joyous wouldn't do either, even for the few Reserve Team members who hadn't taken the field, just the Gold Soul Coins alone reached hundreds of thousands.

You must know that except for Huo Yuhao's trio, the Reserve Team members were still Fourth-Rank Soul Engineers.

Saving this money and using it sparingly, it was enough for them to be promoted to Fifth-Level Soul Engineers and lean towards Sixth-Rank Soul Tool Masters.

Not to mention other resource and quota-type rewards.

Jing Hongchen sighed with emotion: "To become famous, one must do it early; if it comes too late, the joy isn't as exhilarating."

"As for Yuhao and Xiaomeng, I am not worried that the two of them will become arrogant and conceited."

"However, it's hard to say for Xiaoxiao."

"Grandpa, I've learned to be smart!" Xiao Hongchen imperceptibly twisted his buttocks and said with a lamentable tone: "The excessive exposure of a weak person's sharp edge will only make them targeted by others."

"It's just that I'm not strong enough yet! When I truly Cultivate into a Soul Saint in the next session, watch how I slaughter all directions."

Was that what I was talking about? Jing Hongchen said speechlessly: "Although you have some talent, the further you go into the Late Stage of cultivation, the harder it gets."

"Wanting to Cultivate into a Soul Saint five years later is impossible without taking some potent medicine that damages the Foundation and overdraws potential."

"Don't let the so-called glory narrative get into your head; future potential is even more important."

"Alright." Xiao Hongchen smiled sheepishly; after winning the championship, he didn't have much obsession with defeating Shrek Academy anymore.

"However, I will Cultivate hard, starting with squeezing Senior Brother Ma off the top of the Sixth-Level list!"

Sitting on the other side of Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong leisurely took a sip of soup, curled his lips and said: "I won the championship, and this semester I will graduate directly and be promoted straight to Mingde Hall."

"Do you have the qualification to take the Sixth-Rank Soul Tool Master grade exam this semester?"

"Moreover," Ma Rulong's words paused, and he smiled playfully: "Haven't you noticed that for you, the momentum of offense and defense has changed?"

"I see Yuhao's momentum is very strong; as soon as he enrolled, he knocked you off the top of the Second-Level list."

"Unsurprisingly, this month he will also be able to knock you off the top of the Third-Level list."

"You'd better pray that his movements are slower."

"Otherwise, before you graduate, you might only be able to maintain the position of the top of the First-Level list."

"That's still because Yuhao showed great benevolence and didn't go take the exam."

"As the once-in-a-millennium Genius of the dignified Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, after a few years you only take the top of the First-Level list, tsk tsk."

"If this kind of thing really happens, do you still have the face to be on Tingting's soul tool master genius?"

Finishing, Ma Rulong sympathetically patted Xiao Hongchen's shoulder, and looking at his bitter melon expression, laughed gloatingly.

Bad people always have bad people to deal with them.

Xiao Hongchen, you also have today!

Huo Yuhao feigned exaggeration: "Senior Brother Ma, you can't build me up just to knock me down like this!"

"I plan to impact the Fourth-Rank Soul Engineer this year."

"By then, it won't be far from a Fifth-Rank Soul Tool Master!"

Meng Hongchen's eyebrows curved, laughing so happily that she couldn't help but speak out to strike down Xiao Hongchen.

The only one present helping Xiao Hongchen speak was Feng Tingting.

Two mouths could not match public opinion, and she quickly defeated.

Jing Hongchen watched everyone laughing and playing into a piece, and couldn't help but smile as well

As the victory banquet ended, the sky had already grown somewhat dim.

Feng Yu's office located in the experimental building was already brightly lit.

Huo Yuhao, Feng Bujue, Feng Tingting, and Feng Yu were all here.

Feng Bujue's calm voice sounded, carrying a hint of recollection as he said, "——My father was called Feng Zhe. He was a talented Seventh Rank Soul Engineer and at the time also an advanced researcher of Mingde Hall."

"Not long after my Martial Soul underwent Awakening, he went on a long journey to survey a rare metal vein near the coast."

"Within half a year of leaving, he still continuously sent back letters."

"After arriving at a certain major town on the western coast, he used that place as a stronghold to gather helpers."

"Extremely special metal fluctuations were detected within that rare metal vein."

"Just how special? The interior of this rare metal harbored energy capable of distorting a person's Martial Soul."

"And it did not belong to any kind within the rare metal directory."

"This was both dangerous and made him very excited. Because this was a private survey in nature, as long as he was the first to lock down the mining rights and spearhead the development, he would be able to sit back and enjoy a steady stream of huge profits, allowing our family to firmly establish a foothold in the upper echelons of Mingdu from then on."

"However——during a certain survey alone, eerie things happened."

"He vanished together with the mine vein."

"Mingde Hall therefore even dispatched an Rank 8 Soul Engineer to investigate."

"But because this matter was far too bizarre and the clues were cut off, in the end it was dropped without resolution."

"At that time Tingting had just been born, and my Mother was naturally frail to begin with, passing away shortly after under the grief."

Listening while reading through the case file materials provided by Feng Bujue, Huo Yuhao felt it was utterly absurd: "A rare metal capable of distorting human Martial Soul?"

"Uncle Feng vanished along with the mine vein?"

"The materials clearly state that that mine vein was over a hundred miles long."

Huo Yuhao felt it didn't seem like a commotion a human could make.

"Then Brother Bujue, what clues did you discover this time during your West Sea soul hunting?"

Feng Bujue scratched his head, probably also feeling that this so-called clue was truly a bit far-fetched.

"I went to take a look around my father's former residence on the shore, and as a result, an old man there grabbed me and said that my father actually didn't die."

"Instead, he fell into a place called the Ruins of Eternal Gloom."

"When I snapped back to my senses and questioned him further, this old man ran off crazily."

"After I returned, I searched through the school's archival materials, and there is definitely no such place on the Douluo Continent."

"This old man is also recorded in the case files." Feng Yu sighed and said, "He was once a member of the survey team. After investigation, that Rank 8 Soul Engineer believed that his brain had been affected by that kind of rare metal."

"After I became a disciple, I even mentioned this matter to Teacher."

"Teacher was busy with secret projects at that time and wasn't very concerned about these."

"This matter originally had nothing to do with the Hall Master, and it is bizarre enough." Feng Bujue looked at Huo Yuhao and sighed, "Yuhao, you don't need to ask the old man to invite a Ninth Level Soul Engineer to investigate either; it's not quite worth it."

"Once you have sufficient strength, just help me investigate it then."

Feng Tingting had no father since she was little, and therefore had no real sense of Feng Zhe.

Therefore, facing such ambiguous clues, she also advocated delving deeper into it in the future once they had sufficient strength.

Since the principals themselves had said so, Huo Yuhao had no choice but to go along with it, putting all the case file materials into his storage ring.

But this matter left an extremely deep impression on him, making him feel that the hidden circumstances behind it might not be simple.

This matter temporarily came to an end, and both Feng Bujue and Feng Tingting breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Yu smiled and asked Huo Yuhao, "Junior Brother, what do you plan to do next?"

Huo Yuhao pondered slightly and said, "At the beginning of enrollment, I once heard Senior Brother Feng say that true top-tier Soul Engineers are all Soul Engineers with their own deeply cultivated Domain."

"Right on cue, didn't Senior Brother Feng use the data of my ultimate cooling core array earlier to help me write an application?"

"I haven't really used that money much, so I plan to officially establish a project and ask Teacher for a laboratory to research in."

"The live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle is indeed strong when it reaches high Levels, but I have thought of a more interesting use."

As soon as Huo Yuhao said these words, it attracted the attention of the three people.

"There happens to be time, let's hear it." Feng Yu was also very curious to what height Huo Yuhao would bring the live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle.

Huo Yuhao smiled mysteriously and asked, "What Soul Guidance Device is used to launch fixed-type soul cannon shells?"

Feng Bujue quickly said, "At least a fixed-type soul cannon shell launcher of the same Level can launch them."

Huo Yuhao said again, "What about the launch distance?"

Feng Bujue continued, "Level Six is five hundred meters, Level Seven is three thousand meters, Level Eight is fifteen kilometers, and Level Nine is fifty kilometers."

"These data are the minimum requirements. The extreme distance of top-tier Ninth Level fixed-type soul cannon shell launchers in rumors is one hundred kilometers."

"That is one hundred kilometers, two hundred miles. Many times, when a major battle is spread out, it cannot even cover a radius of two hundred miles."

"One hundred kilometers sounds very far." Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "But what if I say that if a Seventh Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle is enlarged enough to use Seventh Level fixed-type soul cannon shells as bullets—"

"—and can shoot two hundred miles away?"

"Ah?" Feng Yu and Feng Bujue were both shocked and stood up.

Feng Tingting also widened her eyes.

Although they knew and had even personally witnessed the suppression power of Huo Yuhao's Sixth Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle on the competition stage.

They had never seen what the situation was like off the stage.

As for its extreme state, they were also very confused.

Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "I should be the person who currently understands the working principle of the fixed-type soul tool sniper rifle best, right?"

"After all, the most crucial Fifth Level ultimate cooling core array of the Sixth Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle I use was designed by myself."

"The Sixth Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle was never a toy used on the competition stage; it is a true battlefield weapon of mass destruction."

"Its effective range is a full five thousand meters away."

"If its volume is enlarged to use Level Six fixed-type soul cannon shells as bullets, this distance can reach ten kilometers."

"With my understanding of this Domain, let's make an irresponsible estimate."

"For every Level higher from then on, a zero can be added to the effective range."

Add a zero for every Level higher? Feng Yu's brain felt a bit overloaded listening to this.

This was simply too absurd; he even thought about it in his heart for a moment.

A Level Six Soul Guidance Device is three Levels away from a Level Nine Soul Guidance Device.

How far is ten kilometers with three zeros added behind it?

Ten thousand kilometers!

That is twenty thousand miles!

There aren't even twenty thousand miles from Mingdu to Star Luo City!

Figuring this out, Feng Yu's legs went soft, and he sat back down in his chair.

Feng Bujue swallowed a mouthful of saliva and cursed, "Damn it, if you brat really manage to build it, wouldn't you be able to bombard Shrek City directly from Mingdu?"

Feng Tingting blankly said, "It's not bombarding Shrek City, but being able to bombard the eastern coast of the Douluo Continent."

"If it is set up in Mingdu, there is no place on the Douluo Continent that is not within its strike range."

"If it's really built, calling it an intercontinental fixed-type soul cannon shell wouldn't be an exaggeration at all."

Feng Tingting and Feng Bujue were still pondering whether it could be built, while Feng Yu was already thinking about how to use it once built.

For no other reason.

His younger brother and younger sister were too young, and their Realm and horizons had not yet come up, so they couldn't see the terrifying nature of Huo Yuhao's Soul Guidance Device talent.

If these words came out of someone else's mouth, Feng Yu would only spit a mouthful of saliva in their face.

How dare they deceive me into not understanding Soul Guidance Devices?

I am an advanced researcher of Mingde Hall!

But since Huo Yuhao said it, he would only reflect on whether his imagination was lacking.

Then he would ponder when this kid could produce results.

"No matter how powerful Shrek Academy is, at most it possesses absolute control over the surrounding hundreds of miles."

"And the power of a Ninth Level fixed-type soul cannon shell is comparable to a full-strength strike of a Limit Douluo."

"Once the quantity reaches a plural level, it cannot be frontally resisted and intercepted."

"Previously, constrained by the limited throwing capability of the Ninth Level fixed-type soul cannon shell launcher, many flashy operations couldn't be played."

"It will be different by then; we'll directly suppress people with sheer momentum!"

"The original Three Douluo Empires do not have Ninth Level fixed-type soul cannon shells, but our Sun-Moon Empire does, and it hits wherever it is pointed."

"This forms a deterrence!"

"However, I'm very curious, if a Tenth Level Soul Guidance Device comes out of this research Domain, where will the shell be shot to at that time?"

"Could it be shooting towards the sky?"

Awesome, Senior Brother Feng, such whimsical thoughts. Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched slightly; it was fortunate he hadn't spoken out his fantasies regarding the Tenth Level Soul Guidance Device in this Domain.

He coughed and said, "Where are your minds wandering off to?"

"Did you not listen carefully when I said this was an irresponsible estimate?"

"Could it be that you really think it will have this effect when it's built?"

The two brothers Feng Yu and Feng Bujue exchanged glances, their eyes already revealing their thoughts.

They actually believed it!

"Junior Brother, you haven't told Teacher about this line of thought, have you?"

"No."

"No wonder. Junior Brother, you cannot use the project I helped you apply for to continue doing this."

Feng Yu slapped his thigh and said, "That project is a routine funded project established by the imperial family. From the legal principles of the Regulations on Soul Guidance Device R&D Funding, the Provisions on Ownership of Imperial Projects, and others, the final results belong to the imperial family."

"Although this provision has never been triggered, that's because it hasn't encountered something whose strategic value is even higher than a Tenth Level Soul Guidance Device."

"The imperial family could never rest assured letting outsiders master this level of technology."

"Moreover, the progress of such projects must be reported on time, and the imperial family's level of control over the project is extremely high."

"Then what should we do?" Huo Yuhao indeed didn't understand these rules as well as Feng Yu.

Feng Yu smiled and said, "This matter seems like a dilemma, but in reality it is simple."

"To use Teacher's words, although the Empire is large, people still have to eat from different pots."

"There is only so much food; whoever has more people and bigger fists can eat a bit more."

"A project with such profound strategic significance should still remain in our Mingde Hall."

"For that previous project, the Sixth Level live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle is already enough to pass the task."

"Anyway, it has already been exposed to everyone's view."

Huo Yuhao nodded and gave Feng Yu a thumbs up: "Senior Brother Feng still sees things the clearest."

"Then I'll trouble Senior Brother Feng to help me write a report and submit it to Teacher."

"If there are no problems, we'll establish the project directly."

Feng Yu wasn't afraid of trouble and nodded in agreement.

If he were to be a ghostwriter for someone else every day, he would still have somewhat of a complaint.

But being one for Huo Yuhao, not only did he have no complaints, but he was quite willing.

The Eighth Level super piercing cannon research project is just a piece of crap!

Figuring it out completely would at most only let him be rated as an Rank 8 Soul Engineer.

But if this project led by Huo Yuhao truly produced incredible results—

—that would be more than enough to rate someone as a Ninth Level Soul Engineer!

Yuhao, I also have a dream.

Consider me!

Feng Yu really wanted to directly halt the Eighth Level super piercing cannon and run off to hang out with Huo Yuhao.

But considering that Huo Yuhao was also only a Third Level Soul Engineer, producing results was still a long way off.

Rationality told him that if he dared to do this now, Teacher would definitely break his dog legs!

Huo Yuhao looked at Feng Yu's unpredictable face and smiled.

He had already determined that as long as the project had sufficient progress, he would be able to harvest a free laborer who brought their own dry rations and whip.

Yep, the plan has taken a big step forward!

After the conversation with the three Feng siblings concluded, the sky had completely darkened.

After borrowing a complete set of Fourth Level testing Soul Guidance Devices from Feng Yu, Huo Yuhao didn't go to the library, but instead returned directly to the dormitory.

His last rest was during that holiday a little under half a year ago.

Huo Yuhao first broke through to the thirtieth Level of Soul Power, then practiced tactics within the team, and later participated in the Martial Soul Fighting Tournament with high intensity.

Any time during that period was spent doing some psychological suggestion to accumulate Chaos water droplets and researching the ultimate cooling array.

Even though he could continuously give himself psychological suggestions, he was truly tired.

But he didn't rest immediately; instead, he took out the Third Level laminar flow output core array and the self-created Third Level ultimate absorption core array.

Previously, when he tried to match the two core arrays together, he happened to advance to Sequence Seven Psychiatrist.

Later, because his train of thought was unclear and there were many other things,

this matter was delayed.

But after so much time had passed, he felt he had sorted out the technical difficulties within it.

He could try again.

He took out a piece of square Heavenly Crystal Astral Gold; the powerful Star Power inside this metal made its affinity with Soul Power of various attributes extremely poor.

It was almost impossible to absorb a shred of Soul Power.

This was a top-tier rare metal used for researching and developing core arrays.

Huo Yuhao used a clamp to fix it on the experimental desk in his bedroom.

He took out the Blade of Life's Watch, activated Mental Detection, and gently shook his wrist.

His breathing lightened, his attention was highly concentrated, and he entered a state of flow.

During this, he used the Spectator perspective to constantly correct errors and adjust techniques.

A quarter of an hour passed, and Huo Yuhao completed the design and production of a trial version shell with zero errors.

If ordinary people saw this scene, they would make a fuss again. Huo Yuhao shook his head and installed the Third Level laminar flow output core array and the self-created Third Level ultimate absorption core array inside respectively.

He fixed this trial version Soul Guidance Device on the experimental desk.

After testing with a set of Fourth Level testing Soul Guidance Devices, Huo Yuhao made a slight calculation and obtained the data he wanted.

Soul Power loss amount: 0.3%

Soul Power transmission distance: 0.5 meters. Fluctuation amplitude: 2%

Confidence interval: 96.7%

Looking at this set of data, Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought.

The effect looked barely satisfactory, but intuition told him there was still huge room for improvement.

After all, the whole thing was only Level Three.

However——aside from filling the blank space of higher-Level Soul Power transmission, this gadget actually lacked everything else.

What direction could it be used in?

Shrek Academy, outside the Sea God Pavilion.

The participants of this tournament all gathered here, waiting for the summons of the pavilion elders inside.

Massive Taiwanese novels read with ease

"tournament genius inventory report: Numerous conjectures regarding the origin of Tang Yin's Eight Spider Lances."

"Star Luo Daily: Did the virulent poison used by Tang Yin exploit loopholes in the Soul Dueling Tournament?"

"Spirit Master Combat Skills Report: The character for evil in Evil Fire is not groundless."

"Heavenly Soul Empire Tournament Review Group: Decryption! Why did Tang Yin drape himself in a heavy cloak? Suspected torso bone abnormality!"

Tang Yin, sitting in a wheelchair, slapped the newspaper onto the ground with a smack, his face livid as he said, "Slander! This is slander!"

"Wang Dong, why on earth are you collecting these substandard newspapers mainly based on conjecture?" Tang Ya asked unkindly.

This Soul Dueling Tournament severely damaged the image of Shrek Academy.

Not only did they suffer a crushing defeat, but it was a desperate, exhausted defeat after exhausting all kinds of methods.

It let everyone on the continent know the madness of Shrek Academy.

Because Tang Ya worried about Tang Yin's heavy psychological pressure and considered that Tang Yin's movement was inconvenient,

she accompanied Tang Yin all the way into Sea God Island.

Wang Dong curled her lips. "When I gave Tang Yin the soul tool storage belt, you didn't have this expression."

"Stop talking! Hiss!" Tang Yin moved slightly, and a numb sensation came from his waist.

A ten-year torso bone is truly pathetic!

Tang Yin's expression darkened.

Previously, after his body thawed, the paralyzing effect disappeared along with it.

Only then did he discover that a section of his lumbar vertebrae had completely shattered, and his lower body had also lost all sensation!

Damn Huo Yuhao, considering how kindly I treated you, yet you repay kindness with enmity.

You already have a way to invite death!

[Tang Sect Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record General Outline, Article Three.]

[When determining that an opponent is an enemy, as long as they have a way to invite death, do not show mercy, otherwise it will only add trouble to yourself.]

In his heart, Tang Yin had already slapped a must-die label on Huo Yuhao.

He glanced at the condition of the people around him; their situations were also far from optimistic.

Dai Yueheng's lumbar vertebrae were also broken, and he sat in a wheelchair with a pale face and dejected spirits.

An Evil Eyes White Tiger Spirit Master who could not control his lower body was practically no different from being dead.

From this, it could be seen that Huo Yuhao was definitely doing it on purpose!

He had an evil hobby of specifically striking the lumbar vertebrae of Genius Spirit Masters.

Such a degree of evil was rare even ten thousand years ago.

It was simply intolerable to natural justice!

Tang Yin added another entry of a way to invite death onto Huo Yuhao.

However, the possibility of Dai Yueheng being cured was slightly greater than Tang Yin's.

After the incident, Medical Immortal Douluo Wang Xianer, the vice pavilion master of the Star Luo Enshrinement Hall, examined Dai Yueheng out of consideration for Dai Hao's face.

The conclusion reached was that although she could help Dai Yueheng heal his wounds,

if she took action to heal the wounds, Dai Yueheng's future strength would probably struggle to display even fifty percent, because she herself did not possess the healing ability of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bones.

Wang Xianer said it like that; whether others believed it or not was not her concern.

This was how she explained it:

The rare metal bullet fired by the level 6 live ammunition soul tool sniper rifle directly took away a section of his torso bone.

But Dai Yueheng himself had never absorbed a torso bone.

Therefore, the best treatment strategy was to find a high-aged torso bone and let him absorb it.

In this way, the problem could be resolved relatively properly.

Of course, if one could find the legendary Immortal Herb,

it was not entirely impossible to cure him perfectly.

Tang Yin thought to himself that Dai Yueheng was also extremely loyal and righteous, sacrificing himself for the glory of Shrek Academy.

If he could agree to join the Tang Sect,

it was not impossible to consider sparing an Immortal Herb for him after going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

But now to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang Yin summarized three difficulties.

First, solely based on his current cultivation and physical condition, he could not get past the Jade Phosphorus Poison Array.

Second, going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was not just for the Immortal Herb.

He also needed to soak in it to temper his Eight Spider Lances and make them undergo a complete transformation.

Soaking in such an extreme environment would not do if his Physique was poor.

However, his Physique had been dragged down a lot by the Spirit Ring and Soul Bone of the ten-year Lone Bamboo, falling short of his past self at the same Level ten thousand years ago.

A ten-year Spirit Ring could be destroyed through multiple Ring Explosions.

At that time, absorbing a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring could make up for part of the physical problem.

Along with it, his Soul Power could also rise quite a bit.

However, Soul Power could rise very quickly by relying on the devouring ability of the Eight Spider Lances.

As for the ten-year torso bone, if he did not borrow the Divine Power of his main body, he temporarily had no other methods.

And if he wanted to borrow the Divine Power of his main body, he naturally had to get in touch with his main body.

Currently, this Avatar had been shielded by the world consciousness and could not directly establish contact with the main body.

But on the Douluo Continent, the only places that could allow him to directly contact his main body were the Sea God Pavilion Golden Ancient Tree, the Clear Sky Sect, the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, and overseas Sea God Island.

The Clear Sky Sect had Da Ming and Er Ming. If they let them know that he had an Avatar, Tang Yin, descending to the Lower Realm, and thereby detected Xiao Qi's status,

that would be very ominous for this Avatar of his.

The Qiankun Asking Love Valley had not yet reached its opening node, and his main body would not pay attention to it at all times.

Overseas Sea God Island was too far away, and this Avatar's cultivation was too poor. Coupled with the time needed to win the trust of the contemporary Sea God Island High Priest,

it was too time-consuming.

However, if he wanted to use the Golden Ancient Tree to establish contact with his main body,

the contemporary Sea God Pavilion Master was an obstacle that could not be bypassed.

This Avatar could also be considered his grand-Disciple; perhaps he would agree?

It would be great if Xuanzi were the Sea God Pavilion Master; that way, he wouldn't need to consider so much.

Not giving Tang Yin time to continue thinking, Xu Sanshi walked over with sweat all over his head, faint Evil Fire emerging from his body: "Tang Yin, my Evil Fire is getting a bit out of control."

"I want you to help me absorb the Evil Fire!"

Why did those words sound so strange? Tang Yin raised his eyelids, and the Eight Spider Lances flew out rapidly, stabbing into Xu Sanshi's body.

When the Evil Fire emerging from Xu Sanshi's body was sucked clean,

not only was Tang Yin's craving for Evil Fire alleviated, but Xu Sanshi also felt a sense of relief.

Inside the Golden Ancient Tree, on the third floor of the Sea God Pavilion.

Deep within the corridor connecting to the small hall, in the fifth door.

Mu En stood leaning on his crutches with both hands, Xuanzi sat in a wheelchair, and Ma Xiaotao lay flat on the Myriad Year Cold Jade Bed.

Mu En looked at the unconscious Ma Xiaotao and remained silent.

Her complexion looked somewhat pale, and her originally rosy lips were now purple-black, carrying a somewhat eerie flavor.

Covered by a golden light shield, a strange black flame danced across her entire body. Although each time it only leaped up slightly

and was suppressed by that layer of golden light,

that black flame was extremely tenacious.

"The Evil Fire has taken the initiative within Xiaotao's body. If it is forcibly suppressed or dissolved, it is very likely to cause her body to collapse."

"Sealing her like this is currently the best method."

"Unless we can find a gentle force to neutralize this strange fire within her body."

"Otherwise, once she wakes up, she will be controlled by the Evil Fire."

"Even though she possesses the power of the Ultimate Fire, she will also be a complete and thorough Evil Soul Master."

"Although the occurrence of this matter was her choice, the greater responsibility lies with Shrek."

Mu En let out a long sigh, and then said in a low tone, "I originally wanted to hold you accountable."

"Yet you ended up like this because of all sorts of accidents. Alas!"

"Elder Mu! This matter is entirely my fault. If I had back then——" After finishing these words, Xuanzi tossed his head up, taking back the hot tears in his eye sockets.

"If I had been able to bring Meng Hongchen back to the academy back then, everything could have gotten better."

Mu En glanced at Xuanzi's legs and sighed.

He didn't judge this matter, but instead changed the subject: "Although your cultivation has plummeted, you after all ascended to that position."

"I want you to Cultivate diligently in the Golden Ancient Tree for the next two years, not allowed to go out, and return to Level 98 cultivation."

"What do you say?"

Xuanzi shook his head sorrowfully: "I cannot do it!"

"I still have sins that have not been paid off."

"Tang Yin is the future hope of our Shrek Academy!"

"He is walking the path to becoming a god."

"I must keep this useful body of mine to continue escorting him."

Whether Tang Yin was close to becoming a god or not was unknown, but he was certainly very far from being a human. Mu En was silent for a long time, his deep golden eyes looking at Xuanzi, and suddenly sighed half-smilingly: "Xuanzi, my time is running short."

"Since your mind is made up, I won't say anything more."

"How is that possible!" Xuanzi lost his color in shock and said anxiously, "Junior Martial Uncle, you are the pillar holding up the sky of our Shrek Academy; you must never fall."

Mu En waved his hand, turned around, and slowly left the room leaning on his crutches.

"Let's go. After finishing the Sea God Pavilion meeting, we still have to reward the children who fought in this tournament."

Golden Ancient Tree, Sea God Pavilion Grand Conference Hall.

The four primary and vice principals, along with all the pavilion elders, gathered here.

The two tardy arrivals took their seats.

Mu En sat at the head; the first on the left was Xuanzi, and the first on the right was Elder Lin.

Yan Shaozhe presided over this meeting, distributing stacks of booklets in front of each attendee.

Yan Shaozhe distributed them with a solemn expression while saying, "Originally, near the finals, although various countries had public opinion, under the control of the royal families, it was still somewhat restrained."

"But following the lead of the immensely influential tournament genius inventory report after the finals, it actually stirred up this surging public opinion!"

"There are even rumors saying that people from our Shrek Academy dig up people's ancestral graves. A considerable number of people actually believe such despicable rumors."

"Many ignorant commoners were fooled and successively expressed that they would no longer send their children to our Shrek Academy."

"Even many children of major aristocratic families who were originally studying in our Outer Court were directly recalled."

"The Inner Court has not been affected yet. But as a result, superimposed on the defeat of this tournament, the quality of future student recruitment will probably drop quite a bit."

Mu En did not open it to look; he just quietly watched the reactions of the pavilion elders.

Hearing this, Elder Lin frowned, opened the booklet, and looked at it.

It was filled with recent negative evaluations from various countries regarding Shrek Academy's performance in this tournament.

The reports above were varied and extremely exaggerated; it was hard to say that the raging public opinion lacked the backing of the royal families of various countries.

Her expression sank directly: "Xuanzi, look at the trouble you caused. Tell me, how should we handle this public opinion?"

Xuanzi closed the booklet. These were all situations he had anticipated long ago. He said in a deep voice, "We will dispatch a batch of powerhouses to form the Shrek Victory Propaganda Group to carry out propaganda."

"If they can occupy the high ground of public opinion, there is no reason why we cannot."

"Victory?" Hearing this, Elder Lin's old face twitched slightly: "Where did we win?"

"These two words, victory, do not refer to victory in the Soul Dueling Tournament, but rather the academy's victory propaganda group. In my view, we have at least ten victories."

Xuanzi said earnestly, "The first victory is winning by upholding the bottom line of the Righteous Path!"

"Shrek never produces treacherous and evil generations; our Disciples all take guarding the common people as their mission."

"The so-called 'digging up ancestral graves' rumor is purely nonsense."

"On the other hand, certain factions maliciously created weapons of mass destruction for the tournament rankings; the difference is immediately clear."

"The second victory is winning in the Shrek Inspectorate being courageous in punishing traitors and eliminating evil!"

"Corrupt officials that various countries dare not arrest, we arrest; Evil Soul Masters that various countries cannot find, we find out and kill. Shrek's Inner Court Disciples have never retreated."

"Take myself for example, as long as I hear that an Evil Soul Master appears somewhere, I am always the first to rush to the scene to solve the problem."

"How can such a reputation be defiled by a few rumors!"

"The third victory is winning in being partial to one's own without indulging them!"

"If Disciples suffer grievances, the academy will definitely exert all its strength to maintain them. If there are faults, they will also be strictly disciplined and never tolerated."

"Protecting the safety of Disciples while guarding the justice of the world."

"The fourth victory is winning in——"

"These ten victories are our confidence. What the propaganda group needs to do is make these truths public to the world."

"Let the world see clearly the conspiracy behind the rumors and understand what a well-deserved Spirit Master Holy Land is!"

Mu En was shocked. He had never discovered that Xuanzi could say so much in one breath.

There must be an "expert" guiding him behind the scenes.

Once this Ten Victories Theory was thrown out, coupled with Shrek Academy's influence in the original Three Douluo Empires,

it could really calm public opinion down to the lowest level.

Although Xuanzi made sense, Mu En felt that dispatching powerhouses to form a victory propaganda group was too ridiculous.

Yan Shaozhe pondered inwardly and felt that he could use this matter to rightfully make the royal families of the original Three Douluo Empires bleed a little.

Thus, he spoke out to echo Xuanzi's idea.

In the end, Mu En let them be.

After the Sea God Pavilion meeting ended, Xuanzi drove his wheelchair to find Tang Yin.

After the two pushed their wheelchairs to a remote place, Tang Yin chuckled and said, "Xuanzi, was the Ten Victories Theory I summarized useful?"

Xuanzi said with satisfaction, "It really is useful. You brat truly possess world-shaking wisdom."

"How could an old man like me think of all these twists and turns?"

"Discussed in the meeting, the reward for you is letting me take you to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Elder Zhuang said, the best thing for your condition is to nourish it with extremely pure vitality."

"We will specially find some special Soul Beasts with strong vitality to supplement you."

"As for the Emerald Swan in the core circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, we dare not think about it."

"But what if there are wild ones outside?"

"The age doesn't need to be too high; anything below the ten-thousand-year level should be enough for you to recover from your injuries."

Hearing this, Tang Yin was extremely moved.

After being moved came a trace of doubt.

In this kind of situation, his nominal Grandmaster didn't even come to see him once?

It seemed that the contemporary Sea God Pavilion Master was completely less competent than Xuanzi.

Xuanzi was still the best.

Although things always went wrong, they were all accidents and completely uncontrollable force majeure factors.

However, Xuanzi was not only unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, but also took meticulous care of him!

An old man and a youth sat in wheelchairs, one representing the past of Shrek Academy, and the other undertaking the future of Shrek Academy.

The two looked at each other and smiled, cherishing each other mutually.