Fu Yu's words instantly silenced Ning Qingyun and Elder Wu, who swallowed hard but could not offer a rebuttal.
Currently, the two people with the highest spirit power in the Spirit Master's world of The Three Empires of the Original Continent are Poison Immortal, the Sect Master of the Body Sect, a Rank 98 Super Douluo whose Origin Artifact Spirit has undergone a Golden Rank Awakening, allowing his Peak combat power to barely reach the threshold of a Limit Douluo.
The second is Gluttonous Ox Douluo Xuan Zi, the head of Shrek Academy's Supervision Group, whose Taotie Divine Ox Spirit also possesses extremely powerful combat ability.
To be honest, neither of these two could definitively defeat Kong Deming. Although the Spirit Master's world of the Three Empires did not say it aloud, they were aware of this fact.
As for why the Spirit Masters of the Three Empires didn't recognize any current Limit Douluo, it was quite normal.
Dragon God Douluo Mu En, Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, and the former Sect Master of the Body Sect, Poison Must Die.
These three were the three publicly recognized Limit Douluo in the Spirit Master's world of the Three Empires.
After the great battle between Dragon God Douluo Mu En and Origin Artifact Douluo Poison Must Die, Poison Must Die died, and Mu En vanished.
Aside from the high-ranking members of Shrek and a few people in the Holy Spirit Cult who knew Mu En was severely injured but not dead, even the current Sect Master of the Body Sect, Poison Immortal, thought Mu En had perished along with his elder brother in that battle.
As for Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, he had disappeared much earlier than Mu En, having not appeared in the sight of the Spirit Master's world of the Three Empires for over a hundred years.
"Little Yu, I really can't refute your words," Ning Qingyun said with a bitter smile. "Indeed, you are absolutely right. Most of our Spirit Master's world of the Three Empires is deeply immersed in the ideology of the Spirit being unbeatable, unable to break free."
"It's not that no one has noticed this. For example, my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School is inclined towards using spirit tools. The shortcomings of support system Spirits mean we constantly rely on other Spirit Masters for our martial needs."
"To be honest, any Spirit Master with ambition doesn't want to hide behind others. The appearance of Hidden Weapons ten thousand years ago slightly compensated for this."
Ning Qingyun paused when mentioning the Hidden Weapons that appeared ten thousand years ago, then continued.
"But the flaws of Hidden Weapons are also obvious. High-grade Hidden Weapons are difficult to manufacture, and Low-grade Hidden Weapons are not very useful on battlefields above the Spirit Saint Rank. They are also limited by the consumption of Materials and Crossbow Bolts, making their audience too small."
"But spirit tools are different. From Spirit Master to Titled Douluo, there are corresponding Soul Engineer Ranks and spirit tools. By simply using spirit power, support system Spirit Masters can unleash attacks equivalent to those of Battle Spirit Masters of the same Rank."
As Ning Qingyun spoke, he took out several Offensive spirit tools from his storage soul tool to show Fu Yu.
"This is truly too friendly for support system Spirit Masters whose combat power has been weak for ten thousand years."
"To tell you the truth, Little Yu, your uncle here also Cultivates as a Soul Engineer, but due to my status and age, I couldn't go to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to study like you."
Ning Qingyun strongly agreed with Fu Yu's words and shared some of his own views.
But after speaking, he sighed again.
"It's just a pity that the voice of our faction is too small, completely insufficient to change the direction of the Spirit Master's world. Even the Imperial Families of the Three Empires might not be able to do it."
"Unless..."
Fu Yu completed the sentence Ning Qingyun had left unfinished.
"Unless Shrek Academy takes the lead for the Three Empires of the Continent, right?"
Ning Qingyun looked at Fu Yu and Elder Wu somewhat helplessly and said, "Yes, only Shrek Academy has that kind of influence. It's just that Shrek's Spirit Hall Department is too deeply entrenched. Even though the Academy has a Soul Tool Department, the support provided by the Sea Gods Pavilion is pitifully small."
"Even in the All-Continent High-Rank Spirit Master Elite Tournament, Shrek always sends out the Spirit Hall Department, and the Soul Engineers are never seen."
"In contrast, the other Academies in the Three Empires haven't really rejected spirit tools and use them to varying degrees."
After mentioning Shrek, Fu Yu's expression cooled slightly, and the curve of his lips dropped.
"Shrek has been overly mythologized by the Spirit Masters of the Three Great Empires. Now, it's merely used by major powers to foster relationships."
Speaking of this, Fu Yu sneered, "How many true Grassroots Geniuses can actually enter? Are Recommendation Letters from the Main Cities that easy to obtain?"
"And once inside, how much advanced knowledge can they really learn? The knowledge you acquire in the Outer Court can also be learned at other High-Rank Spirit Master Academies, and perhaps with even more resource allocation." Fu Yu toyed with the Teacup in his hand. "Are the countless Family powers sending their best young generation to Shrek truly going there to study?"
"When it comes to the research of Spirits, Shrek is indeed the most extensive, but whether it is the deepest is debatable."
"Regarding the research of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, is it really superior to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School? Similarly, for the Xuanming Turtle Shell Shield of the Xuanming Sect, the star crown of Star Luo, the White Tiger, and so on—does Shrek truly research them more deeply than these Legacy powers of ten thousand years?"
Fu Yu's expression of disdain grew stronger as he spoke: "As for the Inner Court, I look down on it even more. The Cultivation environment, resources, and knowledge in the Inner Court are indeed much better than the Outer Court."
"But what is that exchanged for? The lives of the Students. Every Student who joins the Inner Court is forced to join the Shrek Supervision Group and travel across the Three Empires of the Continent to handle all sorts of missions."
"But where are the people who should truly be mobilized? They are in the Sea Gods Pavilion, the Colosseum, the Auction House, and everywhere that represents the wealth of Shrek City."
"Yet only the Students are handling incidents and fighting Evil Soul Masters. But isn't the purpose of these people coming to Shrek for better Cultivation? Why are they doing things that don't belong to them?"
"Doesn't Shrek claim to be the Guardian of the Continent? Why don't the Pavilion Elders go?"
Ning Qingyun and Elder Wu shook their heads and smiled even more bitterly.
Is this something you should be thinking about at your age? Even they only seriously considered this problem when they became leaders of their respective powers, and yet they were powerless to change it.
Ning Qingyun smiled and interrupted what Fu Yu was about to say.
"Little Yu, let's not dwell on this topic too much. Besides, aren't you being a bit too biased against Shrek Academy? It certainly has many problems, but the Supervision Group's purpose itself is good."
Fu Yu took another sip of the tea he was holding, his fingers unconsciously tracing the rim of the Teacup as he spoke.
"Biased? But isn't this reality? Haven't they always done things this way? Uncle Ning, what I'm about to say might be offensive and unpleasant to hear. Do you mind?"
Fu Yu's words made Ning Qingyun smile suddenly, waving his hand dismissively as he replied.
"Sigh, we're just chatting casually. There's no such thing as offense or not offending. Little Yu, just speak your mind."
Seeing that the other party had said so, Fu Yu continued speaking.
"I believe that the current Shrek Academy's contribution is far less significant than that of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago."