"Excellent!" Xuan Zi was very satisfied with the decisive answers from the members of the preliminary team. He said, "You must be wondering, since our Inner Courtyard has less than a hundred people, and the continent is so vast, there must be many serious incidents. How do we monitor them?
Well, I can tell you, no matter which country, even the most powerful Sun Moon Empire, would never dare to underestimate our Shrek Supervision Group. Currently, there are only over a hundred disciples in the academy, but there are nearly 20,000 Outer Courtyard students who have graduated from our Shrek Academy. At the same time, there are nearly a thousand people who have served as supervisors and successfully completed the supervision process, graduating from the academy. They, and their families, are all our helpers!
Although casualties often occur among Inner Courtyard Disciples, I dare say that anyone who has come out of the Shrek Inner Courtyard is an elite in the Spirit Master's world.
At the same time, our academy also has the most outstanding team of teachers on the entire continent. Any teacher who remains at the academy is also one of the supervisors.
Every Inner Courtyard Disciple is a supervisor, and they must complete thirty supervision missions to graduate. The process of completing these missions is not only a test of the Inner Courtyard Disciple's strength but also a guidance for their hearts. What our Shrek Academy wants to cultivate is not just simple powerhouses, but true talents who are willing to maintain the peace and stability of the continent!"
As Xuan Zi spoke, the pride on his face was evident. Listening to Xuan Zi's words, all seven members of the preliminary team had firm eyes, without any wavering. This performance made Xuan Zi very satisfied.
At this moment, it was the turn of an Inner Courtyard Disciple to speak from experience, and this task was given to Dai Yueheng. He stepped forward, and with a proud expression, said, "Junior brothers and sisters, as a member of the Supervision Group, what I want to tell you is that being able to become a Shrek supervisor is considered by many Inner Courtyard seniors who have already graduated as the greatest honor of their lives.
Even if they have already graduated, many are still doing what supervisors should do. To evildoers, we are the sharp blade of judgment; to the weak and bullied, we are the holy light of salvation.
Countless people on the continent have received help from supervisors. Helping them is to perfect our state of mind and temper our will!
I am very honored to have completed twenty-eight supervision missions so far. In these missions, I have killed bandits who committed rape, plunder, and robbery, corrupt officials who disregarded human lives, and I have also rescued women and children who were abducted and enslaved.
The motto of the Inner Courtyard is: Strength equals responsibility, and the heart walks with kindness. I wish to share this with you.
He who helps others will always be helped by others; he who loves others will always be loved by others!"
After Dai Yueheng finished speaking, his face showed pride and honor, and this emotion also infected Ma Xiaotao and others, including Zhu Ziyang. Although Zhu Ziyang was very dissatisfied with the current situation and certain practices of the academy, he had to admit that the academy was indeed fulfilling this responsibility of the strong.
Perhaps, this was the reason why Spirit Hall was able to emerge and actually control the continent for thousands of years!
However, Zhu Ziyang believed that Shrek Academy should do better, instead of becoming a tool in the hands of some people to eliminate dissidents. For example, regarding the corrupt official mentioned by Dai Yueheng, Zhu Ziyang was not sure if he was corrupt, but it was true that that person was an enemy of Duke White Tiger.
It can only be said that this is where Zhu Ziyang needs to make changes in the future. The Shrek Supervision Group needs a more complete organizational structure and member selection!
Xuan Zi was very satisfied with Dai Yueheng's narration. He nodded and said, "Now, I need an answer from you: join, or withdraw!"
"Join!" Seven uniform voices rang out simultaneously. At that moment, the seven members of the preliminary team seemed to be of one mind.
"Hahaha, excellent! Excellent!" Xuan Zi couldn't help but let out a hearty laugh and said, "Very good, I didn't misjudge you. None of you are cowards. The reason I'm telling you this now is also because you are about to face your first supervision mission. Wang Yan, tell us about this mission. Xiao Tao, give them the Shrek supervisor equipment."
Ma Xiaotao took out seven supervisor rings and handed them to Huo Yuhao and the other six.
Wang Yan stepped forward and introduced their mission for this trip, saying, "This supervision mission was arranged temporarily because the academy received a request for help from the Star Luo Empire's military. Our mission is to annihilate a group of bandits hiding in the Mingdou Mountain Range. This group of bandits is extremely vicious, having repeatedly plundered and massacred passing merchant caravans, and has more than once slaughtered villages on the Star Luo Empire's border.
Among these bandits, the leader is an Evil Soul Master, and the team includes several fallen Spirit Masters. Behind them, there is suspected support from the Sun Moon Empire's military.
Because this group of bandits acts very cautiously, after each crime, they immediately retreat into the Mingdou Mountain Range. And because the Mingdou Mountain Range is a military restricted area, the Star Luo Empire's military cannot directly intervene, so they requested our Shrek Supervision Group to take action and deal with these bandits.
This group of bandits calls themselves the Hands of Death, and the leading Evil Soul Master calls himself the Messenger of Death. Their actions are extremely arrogant."
"Messenger of Death?" Zhu Ziyang's face showed a strange expression when he heard Wang Yan's last sentence. What a coincidence? Isn't this exactly in line with the assessment content of the first trial of Death? He was just not sure about the strength of this Messenger of Death. An Evil Soul Master who could make the Star Luo Empire's military helpless should be very strong. He looked at Wang Yan and said, "Is there no specific intelligence on this Messenger of Death?"
"No!" Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Because this group of bandits appeared for a short time, and the mission came from the Star Luo Empire's military, the academy's intelligence department did not have enough time to collect information on this group of bandits called the Hands of Death."
"So, besides their name, we have no other intelligence?" Ma Xiaotao's face immediately turned ugly, and she looked at Wang Yan with dissatisfaction.
"Not entirely." Wang Yan noticed Ma Xiaotao's unfriendly gaze and immediately added, "We will first go to the Star Luo Empire's Western Army Group camp, and they will provide us with specific intelligence on the Hands of Death and the Messenger of Death."
"Understood!" Ma Xiaotao nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this, then looked at the preliminary team members, "This operation will be led by our main team. You will assist from behind. If there are no more questions, then we need to speed up, as time is tight. The three of you with lower cultivation are slow and can easily delay us. So, Ziyang, you take Huo Yuhao; Dai Yueheng, you take Wang Dong; and I'll take Xiao Xiao. Any problems with this?"
"I do!" Wang Dong suddenly said, "I want Senior Xiao Tao to take me! Senior Xiao Tao, I admire you the most. Will you take me?"
Ma Xiaotao was stunned for a moment, then said, "Alright then, I'll take Wang Dong. Xiao Xiao will be taken by Jiang Nannan. As for Dai Yueheng, you lead the way, as your family is in the Western Army Group!"
"Alright!" Dai Yueheng shrugged helplessly and agreed.
"Let's go!" Ma Xiaotao said. She supported Wang Dong under his arm with her right hand, soared into the air, and moved forward at high speed.
Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan followed suit, each carrying Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, and flew forward at an accelerated pace. Behind them, Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, and Ling Luochen, the three Inner Courtyard Disciples, walked calmly. He Caitou, relying on his spirit tool, was actually able to stay at the same position as Ling Luochen. Behind them were Tang Ya and Bei Bei. Although they were not agility-attack system Spirit Masters, they still had the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track of the Tang Sect, so their speed was not slow. At the very back was naturally Xu Sanshi, as the speed threshold for defense-type Spirit Masters is generally not high.
"Big Brother Ziyang, are you and Senior Xiao Tao on very good terms?" Huo Yuhao suddenly asked on the way.
"Hmm, pretty good." Zhu Ziyang was currently thinking about the mission objective, that Evil Soul Master who called himself the Messenger of Death. His strength must be very strong, otherwise, it would be impossible for the Star Luo Empire's military to ask Shrek Academy for help. If the Messenger of Death's strength exceeded that of a Spirit Emperor, then he must deliver the final blow to him, so he could complete the first trial of Death. He was lost in thought, then heard Huo Yuhao's call, so he stopped thinking and replied, "What's wrong? Do you need her help with something?"
Zhu Ziyang immediately saw the shy expression on Huo Yuhao's face and instantly understood Huo Yuhao's thoughts, so he smiled and said, "Tell me, if it's not a big deal, I can help you talk to her!"
"Really? That's great!" Huo Yuhao's face showed excitement as he said, "It's like this, I got a ten-thousand-year whale gum at the treasure appraisal earlier, and I want to ask Senior Xiao Tao to help me refine this whale gum."
"Ten-thousand-year whale gum?" Zhu Ziyang's face showed an understanding expression when he heard this, and he said, "Refining a ten-thousand-year whale gum is not difficult for Senior Xiao Tao. I can talk to her for you."
"Really? Thank you, Big Brother Ziyang!" Huo Yuhao couldn't help but chuckle excitedly.