A brilliant golden stream of light streaked across the sky, leaving a long trail.
Lin Yun, at level sixty-nine, with his extremely profound foundation (and cheat), could already be seen as a Title Douluo. His flying speed was also much faster than that of most Title Douluo.
Even though the distance from the Lake of Life to Shrek Academy was not short, he still arrived at an astonishing speed, seeing the bustling city built on the plains in the distance.
Shrek City.
In a few months' time, he had not only raised his spirit power level to near that of a Spirit Saint but had also turned all the spirit rings on his martial soul into crimson hundred-thousand-year ones.
Of course, this wasn't safe enough. He was going to meditate at the bottom of the Golden Tree, where he might have to face Tang San's divine sense and Ah Yin, who was taking over the life essence of the Douluo plane from within the Golden Tree.
So, before he left, he went to see Xue Qingci and borrowed the old man, Electrolux. With Electrolux, he was confident that he could get out of there safely.
Even... Di Tian would hide not far from Shrek City. If Tang San's divine sense appeared and Shrek Academy decided to flip the table, Lin Yun would be sure to make a safe escape.
You ask why he would put himself in such danger?
There's no other way. Why would he let go of something from Shrek Academy that he could get for free?
Freeloading was Lin Yun's true nature!
Especially when it meant freeloading on Tang San's resources, developing to his peak, and then severely backstabbing Tang San!
East Gate.
Lin Yun landed from the sky, and his golden dragon wings on his back were retracted.
Facing Lin Yun, who was wearing the crimson school uniform of an inner court student, the guards didn't stop him at all. Lin Yun, the co-lord of spirit beasts, returned to Shrek Academy as if he were entering a public restroom.
He had gotten this inner court uniform before he left. He had already been granted entry into the inner court without an exam, so it was natural for him to have a uniform and emblem.
To be fair, those old guys in the Sea God Pavilion were eager for Lin Yun to join the inner court. Only by truly joining the inner court could one be considered a part of Shrek Academy. And once he joined, they were no longer afraid of not being able to increase Lin Yun's good feelings toward the academy.
Such a genius should be shining and contributing to our Shrek Academy; that is the right path!
And perhaps because it was class time, Lin Yun didn't see many people in the outer court. He could only vaguely hear a commotion from a distance.
That direction was the training grounds. That old hag Zhou Yi used to make things difficult for the students there, but now the grass on her grave was probably a meter high. The class in session now was probably another one.
(Zhou Yi: When is this awful novel going to end?)
Lin Yun didn't go to the training grounds. Instead, he quietly went to the location of Class One of the second grade. Without alarming anyone, he peeked his head through the window and looked inside the classroom.
The first thing to do after returning to Shrek Academy was, of course, to see his little girlfriend from the outer court.
Although Xiao Xiao's talent had been enhanced by Lin Yun using spirit bones and immortal herbs, she obviously couldn't compare to him, a cheater. When the Soul Dueling Tournament began, Xiao Xiao had just gotten her fourth spirit ring, and her current spirit power level was probably around forty-five.
Although this level also met the inner court's exam requirements, Xiao Xiao had decided to wait until she reached the Spirit King rank before entering the inner court.
After all... that so-called Surveillance Group mission wouldn't excuse her just because she was a Spirit Ancestor. A large portion of the inner court students who died were those naive rookies who had just been accepted into the inner court.
Moreover, when Xiao Xiao became a Spirit King, Lin Yun would also be able to finish his tasks and go on a mission with her (which was a date and honeymoon).
Not just Xiao Xiao, but Ning Tian also didn't get into the inner court.
Her spirit power level had reached the forty-level bottleneck, but she hadn't gone to hunt for a spirit ring. She was waiting for Lin Yun's return.
After buying the Glazed Jade Camellia at the Star Luo City's Starry Auction House, Ning Tian immediately requested leave after the tournament ended and brought this precious immortal herb back to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan.
The higher-ups of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan treated this immortal herb, which had a high probability of breaking their seven-treasures bottleneck, with the utmost seriousness.
Originally, the sect master, Ning Zhirou, had intended to let Ning Tian consume the Glazed Jade Camellia. She was no longer young. Although her spirit power cultivation had also reached the Spirit Saint rank, she was a beautiful woman in her forties and had already passed the golden age of cultivation.
Furthermore... it was also unlikely that after evolving her martial soul, she would be able to procreate and have descendants who would inherit her martial soul as she did when she was young.
In this way, even if she evolved her martial soul, the effect would not be significant, and one could even say it would be almost nonexistent. Only she would benefit, and the sect's strength would barely increase.
Only by truly passing on the martial soul could this Glazed Jade Camellia fulfill its true purpose.
But when Ning Tian mentioned that Lin Yun had another Glazed Jade Camellia in his possession, and that its quality and medicinal effect were even better than this one, Ning Zhirou dismissed the idea.
"Xiao Tian, then you must work hard!" Ning Zhirou dotingly ruffled her daughter's hair, a hint of teasing in her voice. "Mother looks forward to the day you bring my son-in-law back. I also want to see just how stunning and exceptional that Lin Yun is."
And so, this seven-colored Glazed Jade Camellia was consumed by Ning Zhirou.
After successfully refining the Glazed Jade Camellia, Ning Zhirou walked out of the secret chamber with a mix of happiness and worry. In front of all the high-ranking members of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan, she showed her martial soul.
The Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Yes, it only had eight levels, not nine.
The effect of the seven-colored Glazed Jade Camellia was ultimately a bit lacking. It only allowed the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to evolve into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, unable to advance further to the nine-treasures state of Ning Rongrong from ten thousand years ago.
But the medicinal effect of this seven-colored Glazed Jade Camellia also made Ning Zhirou certain that it could help her break through her shackles. If the seven-colored one could evolve into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, then the nine-colored one could almost certainly bring the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda back into the world!
"Xiao Tian, no matter what, you must get the immortal herb from that young man. This is our only hope, and the only hope for our clan to break the curse!" Ning Zhirou said solemnly to Ning Tian. Behind her stood all the high-ranking members of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan.
"We will all support you. Our Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan is your backing, no matter the cost!"
Although Lin Yun still hadn't made a clear statement, Ning Tian was very confident in herself. She was willing to give up everything. As long as she obtained the Glazed Jade Camellia and evolved her martial soul to leave a descendant who inherited the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda for the clan, she could serve Lin Yun forever, until the end of her life.
So, it must be said that the spirit masters of the Douluo Continent had an obsession with their martial souls that had reached an incomprehensible level.
The Xue family of the Dou Ling Empire was like this. After their only hope for solving the flaws of their Swan martial soul, Xue Qingci, was kidnapped by Lin Yun and framed on the Star Luo Empire, the royal Xue family went crazy and fought the Star Luo Empire at all costs.
The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan was the same. For the sake of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, they were willing to give everything their clan could offer.
The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, which had appeared only for a brief moment ten thousand years ago, gave them hope, but it was a hope that was nearly impossible to achieve. In these ten thousand years, many of their sect members had complained and even harbored hatred, resenting their ancestor Ning Rongrong for not passing on the martial soul.
And now that hope had reappeared, they would be even more crazy and reckless than Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong were ten thousand years ago.
Even if...
So, Ning Tian was stuck at her level, hoping to get the Glazed Jade Camellia from Lin Yun, consume it, evolve her martial soul, and then go and hunt for a spirit ring.
Xiao Xiao's example was right in front of her. After consuming an immortal herb, she was able to absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring as her fourth. Ning Tian had the same ambition.
If she truly followed Lin Yun, she didn't want to just be a pretty face. Even if she was just a pretty face, she hoped to be useful.
Even if just a little bit.
(End of Chapter)
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