In Xu Zihuang's eyes, the original Dai Luoli was just an insignificant figure. So even though he knew how to help Dai Luoli fully unearth his potential, he had never taken any action.
Because there was simply no need.
However, Dai Luoli had now independently awakened the origin of his mutant martial soul, and the White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, had specially sent him to Shrek Academy. This meant that Dai Luoli had already gained Dai Hao's attention.
Thus, he is now qualified to become one of his chess pieces.
Xu Zihuang spoke straightforwardly to Wang Yan: "In that case, Teacher Wang, Senior Sister Han, Ning Tian, and I will go along to take a look as well. Actually, my purpose in going to the library was just to look up powerful lightning-attribute soul beasts suitable for my second martial soul. I believe Teacher Wang knows these like the back of your hand, so I can ask you for guidance along the way."
"Tianhuang, are you preparing to start cultivating your second martial soul?" Wang Yan showed a surprised expression, but he quickly understood.
Although Yu Tianhuang possessed twin martial souls, he was different from ordinary twin martial soul masters. His physical constitution was freakishly strong; at level 60, he had already successfully absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring. Naturally, he did not need to wait until the Soul Douluo or even the Titled Douluo realm like other twin martial soul masters before adding soul rings to his second martial soul.
Now, Yu Tianhuang could absorb an especially powerful soul ring and maximize the advantages of his twin martial souls.
"I do know several soul beasts suitable for becoming soul rings for your second martial soul, and the academy's records even note the possible regions where these soul beasts might exist. Let's talk as we walk." Wang Yan pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, looking very interested.
"By the way, Tianhuang. May I ask what kind of soul beast your second martial soul's first soul ring came from?"
"I think Teacher Wang already guesses mind. Yes, it's exactly what you're thinking." Xu Zihuang held Ning Tian's hand and followed beside Wang Yan. Han Ruoruo walked on Wang Yan's other side.
Wang Yan clenched his fists in excitement and asked urgently.
"It really is the Thunder Hell Prison Vine?! But how could a Thunder Hell Prison Vine possibly cultivate to the 100,000-year level? And if it truly was a 100,000-year Thunder Hell Prison Vine, with your current cultivation, Tianhuang, you shouldn't have been able to suppress it, right?"
Xu Zihuang was already accustomed to Wang Yan's fanaticism toward martial souls and soul beasts. He immediately recounted the situation with that Thunder Hell Prison Vine for Wang Yan.
Of course, he concealed the existence of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He only said that he had encountered a blessed land during his training outside.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had long been occupied by Tang San and treated as the Tang Sect's backyard. Even in Shrek Academy, there were no records of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Wang Yan gave Xu Zihuang a deep look, suppressed the curiosity in his heart, and did not ask further. That blessed land had been discovered by Yu Tianhuang; continuing to press the matter would be inappropriate.
Han Ruoruo, who had been deep in thought, interjected: "Ning Tian's martial soul evolving into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is also related to that blessed land, right?"
Xu Zihuang smiled noncommittally.
Ning Tian remained calm from beginning to end, a charming smile on her delicate face as she quietly held Xu Zihuang's arm.
Her martial soul evolving into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was the long-cherished wish of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for ten thousand years; she was already content. Moreover, toward Yu Tianhuang, she had absolute trust. She had never asked about that blessed land, nor did she dwell on it. She believed that whatever Yu Tianhuang did must have his own reasons.
Dai Luoli was currently not in the inner court but at the outer court's reception area. After all, Sea God Island was not a place anyone could step onto; only after confirming identity could one be permitted to enter the inner court.
After the four crossed the Sea God Lake, Wang Yan led them into the senior teaching building.
Along the way, Wang Yan introduced several powerful lightning-attribute soul beasts to Xu Zihuang. Although there were quite a few powerful lightning-attribute soul beasts on the continent today, only a few could truly be called top-tier soul beasts.
The one that interested Xu Zihuang the most was a sub-dragon species called the Unihorn Thunderstorm Dragon. It was said that when this Unihorn Thunderstorm Dragon broke through to the 100,000-year level, it would undergo a transformation and become comparable to true dragon species soul beasts. Legends even claimed it could rival the true dragon species, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
However, although the Unihorn Thunderstorm Dragon was not extinct like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, its rarity was comparable to that of the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear. It might be found in the Star Dou Great Forest, but whether its cultivation level would meet his requirements was uncertain.
Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo were far more familiar with the senior teaching building than Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian. After a few turns, they arrived at their destination.
On the way, Han Ruoruo also picked up a document from an office. It was the registration form for information on the newly admitted inner court disciples.
Both Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan were currently inner court teaching assistants, responsible for such work.
Thinking of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion he had encountered in Shrek City earlier, Xu Zihuang glanced sideways at the registration form in Han Ruoruo's hands. Han Ruoruo naturally did not need to hide it from the others and simply held it open in front of her chest, checking the information.
But in the next instant, both Xu Zihuang's and Han Ruoruo's pupils contracted simultaneously.
On the first page, the top few lines recorded the following information:
Name: Wang Qiu'er
Age: Nineteen
Martial Soul: Golden Dragon Lion
Soul Power: Level 60
And below that were detailed comments on Wang Qiu'er's performance in the inner court assessment.
Han Ruoruo even exclaimed in surprise.
"Golden Dragon Lion?"
Wang Yan and Ning Tian also noticed Han Ruoruo's unusual reaction and subconsciously followed her gaze.
Han Ruoruo came back to her senses and asked Wang Yan in confusion: "This new inner court disciple's martial soul is the Golden Dragon Lion. Teacher Wang, have you ever heard of such a martial soul existing? Could it be a variant martial soul?"
Although Wang Yan's soul power was only at the level of sixty-something and not particularly impressive, his research on martial souls ranked highly even within Shrek Academy.
Wang Yan was also shocked, with a flicker of excitement deep in his eyes.
"No, this should not be a variant martial soul. Among soul beasts, gold and silver have special distinguishing meanings for high-tier soul beasts. Silver generally represents multi-attribute or possessing powerful attributes. Such soul beasts may have evolved or may innately possess strong abilities. For example, in the Sun Moon Empire, there is a soul beast called the Silver Moon Wolf that can control multiple attributes through mental power."
"And gold represents extremely powerful physical abilities, embodied in strength, destructive power, and recovery ability. Silver soul beasts are already extremely rare, but golden soul beasts are even rarer. Even super soul beasts like the Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear and the Redgold Lion cannot be considered purely golden soul beasts. Among the currently known top ten ferocious beasts in the soul beast world, not a single one is golden. And among golden soul beasts, the most famous is the Golden Dragon."
At this point, realization dawned in both Han Ruoruo's and Ning Tian's eyes.
They had all heard the legends of the Golden Dragon, Silver Dragon, and Dragon God.
Legend had it that the Golden Dragon and Silver Dragon each inherited one aspect of the Dragon God's abilities. The Golden Dragon controlled power, while the Silver Dragon controlled elemental laws.
And the next sentence Wang Yan spoke drew everyone's gaze to him.
"If I am not mistaken, that new inner court disciple named Wang Qiu'er most likely possesses an inheritance related to the Golden Dragon. From the surface of her inner court assessment, her most outstanding ability is also a strength."
Looking at Wang Yan's fanatical expression, Xu Zihuang inwardly praised him.
Wang Yan truly had unique insight into martial soul research. Merely from this information, he had deduced that Wang Qiu'er carried the Golden Dragon bloodline inheritance.
But immediately afterward, his expression became somewhat strange.
If Wang Qiu'er's Golden Dragon bloodline had not been extracted by him, simulating a Golden Dragon martial soul would have been no problem at all. But now, with the Golden Dragon bloodline missing, Wang Qiu'er could only settle for simulating the Golden Dragon Lion martial soul.
Her original form was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and the suanni already possessed characteristics of both dragon and lion. This was reasonable.
Moreover, what made his heart sink slightly was that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had transformed into human form exactly as in his memories from his previous life, taking the name Wang Qiu'er.
At this moment, Han Ruoruo reminded them with a gentle smile.
"Since this disciple named Wang Qiu'er has become an inner court disciple of the academy, there will surely be opportunities to meet her in the future. Teacher Wang, we should first complete the task that the academy assigned us."
"You're right. I lost my composure." Wang Yan said awkwardly.
Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian silently followed behind the two. Ning Tian was also somewhat concerned about Wang Qiu'er.
Ever since entering Shrek Academy, she had realized that there were plenty of people on the continent more outstanding than her.
At first it was Yu Tianhuang, then later Ma Xiaotao and Meng Hongchen who gave her a sense of crisis, and Ye Guyi.
However, her martial soul had already evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she had taken that step with Yu Tianhuang. She would no longer be as anxious and insecure as before.
What Ning Tian paid attention to was Wang Qiu'er's name. Seeing this name always made her unconsciously think of Wang Dong from back then. From the moment she saw Wang Dong's Radiant Butterfly Goddess martial soul, she had known Wang Dong was female.
Not long after, the four arrived at the reception area of the outer court senior teaching building.
The teachers responsible for receiving Dai Luoli were several senior outer court teachers. Xu Zihuang had only stayed in the outer court for a little over a year and was not familiar with these senior teachers.
Three years had passed, and Dai Luoli was now sixteen. He had reached a height of 1.8 meters, with a sturdy build. He had short golden hair, and his cold, stern face bore some resemblance to Dai Huabin. But unlike the arrogance ingrained in Dai Huabin's bones, due to his experiences growing up, Dai Luoli's personality was somewhat similar to Huo Yuhao's.
Not as paranoid and dark as Huo Yuhao, but the same inferiority and sensitivity were shared.
Back then, before he was twelve, his soul power had not reached level 15, so he could not enter Shrek Academy to study. With Dai Hao's personality, he couldn't pull strings. Helpless, he could only remain in the White Tiger Duke's mansion to cultivate.
After so many years, Dai Luoli never imagined that he would still end up entering the Shrek Academy he had always yearned for through "pulling strings."
Sitting on the sofa, he appeared somewhat uneasy and restless, occasionally looking through the crystal window of the reception room to carefully observe every part of Shrek Academy, his eyes filled with deep longing.
From childhood, he had aspired to become a powerful soul master, to become a hero like his father, the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao. If he could study at Shrek Academy, he would surely have a greater chance of achieving his goal. His two older brothers, Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin, had both experienced tremendous leaps in strength during their time studying at Shrek Academy.
At that moment, a series of footsteps startled Dai Luoli awake. He quickly sat up straight.
When those senior teachers saw Wang Yan, Xu Zihuang, Han Ruoruo, and Ning Tian enter the reception room, they rose very politely to greet them.
"Teacher Wang, so you were the one in charge of this matter?"
Although they were all at the Soul Emperor level like Wang Yan, as an inner court teacher, Wang Yan held a much higher status in the academy than they did.
"I'll take it from here. You can go attend to your other duties." Wang Yan returned the smile, then looked toward Dai Luoli, who had suddenly sprung up from the sofa.
Noticing Xu Zihuang following behind Wang Yan, Dai Luoli was overjoyed, his voice noticeably rising.
"Big Brother Yu?!"
"Long time no see, Luoli." Xu Zihuang greeted Dai Luoli.
"I've heard about your situation from Teacher Wang. I'm a spiritual-attribute soul master. Later, Teacher Wang and I will take a look at your martial soul together."
Dai Luoli's hands had nowhere to go. His emotions were too agitated, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say. In the end, he just nodded with a flushed face.
Wang Yan said, "It's inconvenient here in the outer court. Let's head back to Sea God Island first."
Along the way, he had already heard from Yu Tianhuang about their encounter in the Star Dou Great Forest back then. Now that Yu Tianhuang had confirmed Dai Luoli's identity, he could be brought onto Sea God Island.
On the way back to Sea God Island, Dai Luoli looked at the intimate behavior between Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian and said, embarrassedly.
"Big Brother Yu, Sister Ning, am I disturbing you two a bit?"
"Don't overthink it. Tianhuang and I don't have anything pressing to do lately." Ning Tian leaned against Xu Zihuang and gave Dai Luoli a gentle smile.
Back then, Dai Luoli had left a very good impression on Ning Tian. Moreover, Dai Luoli's admiration for Yu Tianhuang did not seem fake. As Yu Tianhuang's girlfriend, she naturally felt some goodwill toward Dai Luoli.
Xu Zihuang lightly pinched Ning Tian's fair cheek, the touch warm and smooth. Ning Tian instantly understood Yu Tianhuang's meaning. Her cheeks flushed, and she gave him a subtle glance.
The so-called "nothing pressing" referred to how they had messed around for so long last night on the top floor of the Nine Treasure Pavilion.
Here, one must praise the effects of the Black Tortoise Divine Pill. With the pill's medicinal power supporting her, Ning Tian had been able to perform far beyond normal limits.
Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo both wore gentle smiles. Of course, they were unaware of Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian's private thoughts. They purely felt a sense of gratification and fulfillment at witnessing the emotional journey between Yu Tianhuang and Ning Tian.
Considering Dai Luoli's situation, on the way back to Sea God Island, they changed to taking the ferry boat.
Just like everyone else who set foot on Sea God Island for the first time, Dai Luoli was greatly shocked and looked around everywhere.
So this was where the inner court disciples of Shrek Academy studied?
Han Ruoruo took the new inner court disciple information to find Zhang Lexuan. Knowing that Yu Tianhuang and Wang Yan had serious business, Ning Tian did not continue clinging to Xu Zihuang and left together with Han Ruoruo.
Aside from Ye Guyi, she also wanted to see Tang Ya and chat about some girls' private topics.
Only Xu Zihuang and Wang Yan remained to lead Dai Luoli toward the training field.
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