Yan Shaozhe looked at Furina in front of him and raised an eyebrow slightly. "You want to take a leave of absence for a while to go out?"
Furina nodded, her tone matter-of-fact. "Yeah, I have some things I need to take care of, so I need to take a leave for a bit. Besides..."
She spread her hands. "Studying at Shrek isn't particularly useful for me."
She paused, as if suddenly remembering something, and her eyes lit up. "Oh, by the way, is it possible to share some secret techniques with our Axis Cult? Especially regarding spirit rings and Spirit Bones. It might be helpful for my Axis Cult's research into things like Artificial Soul Rings."
Before Yan Shaozhe could respond, she added, "Don't worry, my Axis Cult will give a corresponding return. For example—the universal Cultivation Technique used for students at Jianan Academy, what do you think?"
She tilted her head. "Once we completely finish the artificial soul bones and spirit rings, we will also share some of the technology with Shrek Academy."
Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but smile bitterly. He rubbed the bridge of his nose, his tone carrying a hint of difficulty. "I can't give you an immediate answer on this. If it were just for your personal use, there wouldn't really be a problem. But to give it directly to the Axis Cult... it's very troublesome; I have to ask for instructions."
Furina wasn't in a hurry and waved her hand. "It's fine, no rush, I can wait."
She changed the subject, her tone carrying a hint of deeper meaning. "However, I suggest being quick about it; after all, time waits for no one. You should know that value is something that depreciates over time. If Shrek wants to cooperate deeply with our Axis Cult, naturally, the more things you provide, the better, because correspondingly, I will also provide more things on my end to deepen the cooperation."
Yan Shaozhe heard the meaning in her words. Although it did carry a hint of a threat, he also knew in his heart that the things the Axis Cult possessed were far more than Shrek imagined, and some were even beyond what Shrek Academy could match.
If Shrek wanted a long-term and deep cooperation with the Axis Cult to obtain more beneficial things from them, they had to pay a corresponding price.
"I will convince the Elders as soon as possible." Yan Shaozhe sighed. "I believe Elder Mu will also agree, so the resistance should be much smaller then."
He added, "As for the leave, there's no problem. As you said, studying at Shrek isn't very helpful to you. However, as a student, I still hope you can complete your studies."
These words weren't just polite talk. No matter what, if Furina really became the Water God in the future, the fact that the Pope of the Water God Cult and the Water God herself had once been a student at Shrek Academy would bring a lot of Face to Shrek; at the very least, they could promote it a bit.
Furthermore, Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire still needed Furina's help to suppress and purify. In any case, Furina staying at Shrek provided more benefits than her leaving.
"Don't worry, I'll still be staying at Shrek for a while." Furina smiled. "I'm also quite interested in your golden tree. Of course..."
She raised her hand and made a gesture of promise. "Please rest assured, I won't think about uprooting it or cutting it down."
Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe's mind began to wander again. Not cutting or uprooting? What did that mean?
Furina didn't care about his thoughts and turned to leave. "Alright, then I'll head out first."
She reached the door and suddenly remembered something, turning back to add, "If there's a problem with Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, you can go find Huo Yuhao; he also has a way to help solve it."
After saying that, she pushed the door and went out.
Yan Shaozhe stood there, murmuring thoughtfully to himself, "Find Huo Yuhao? Does he also have an Ultimate Attribute? No... no matter how ultimate mental force is, it can't suppress Evil Fire."
His brow furrowed slightly as he suddenly thought of a possibility. "Could it be that he also has a Second Martial Soul?"
Once this thought emerged, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion. "There really are a lot of twin spirits in this class..."
In the past, twin spirits were rare to see; especially ten thousand years ago, only Thousand Hand Douluo Tang San and Spirit Hall's Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong had them.
Now, twin spirits were popping up one after another. Furina was a twin spirits user, Huo Yuhao was a twin spirits user, and he had heard Zhou Yi say that Xiao Xiao was also a twin spirits user. That made three twin spirits holders.
As for Wang Dong... Yan Shaozhe shook his head. To be honest, the one he understood the least was Wang Dong. Clearly the holder of the Light Goddess Butterfly, yet he insisted on cross-dressing as a boy to blend into the boys' dormitory.
Was this kid a fool? One should know that anyone who has seriously studied Martial Souls knows that holders of the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul can only be female; at least throughout history, it has basically only been females, and there has never been a male case.
Besides, Wang Dong's appearance leaned towards being feminine and didn't look like a boy at all.
However, Yan Shaozhe didn't want to meddle in this matter. Like other teachers and some students, those who should know were aware, they just didn't point it out. This was Wang Dong's own business; it would be bad to expose it, so it was better to wait and see when he wanted to say it himself.
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Before Furina left, she left fifteen portions of Nut Cake for Huo Yuhao and the others, as well as six portions of Fruits de Mer. These things were enough to handle the vast majority of situations.
If a situation like a severed limb really occurred, they would have to wait for her to return and use the golden doughnut vanilla cake to solve it. When that time came, she could also make some of the Seven Monsters feel deeply grateful to her and develop a better impression of the Axis Cult.
After leaving Shrek, Furina hurried all the way towards the Star Dou Great Forest.
Entering deep into the forest, she stopped, cupped her hands around her mouth, and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Di Tian! Di Tian—are you there? Answer me quickly!"
Her voice echoed through the woods, startling a flock of birds into flight.
"I know you're definitely in the forest!" she continued to shout. "Answer me if you hear my voice! You're not an ordinary Soul Beast, and you're not deaf either!"
Not long after, a figure appeared out of thin air in front of her.
Di Tian looked at her with a Face full of helplessness, rubbing his forehead. "Stop shouting, stop shouting, haven't I come? What kind of behavior is all this clamoring?"
He looked Furina up and down and couldn't help but complain, "You, a Pope, don't look like a Pope at all. You look more like an ordinary crazy girl."
Furina put her hands on her hips, acting righteous. "Tch! What do you know? I like it this way."
She chuckled and countered, "Besides, when you're taking care of Gu Qiuer, don't you also look like an old father? Where's the air and majesty of a Beast God?"
"Uh..." Di Tian was at a loss for words, his old Face turning red. "That's different."
"Hahaha!" Furina laughed until she was doubled over, and it took a while before she stopped. "Alright, alright, no more joking. I came to find you to discuss something."
Di Tian straightened his expression. "What is it? Is it about the cooperation between the Axis Cult and us Soul Beasts? Everything is going smoothly, there are no problems."
"No, I didn't come for that."
She paused and continued, "I came to find you for something else. I need you to accompany me, or rather help me go to the Sunset Forest to find a precious land."
"Oh? Sunset Forest?" Di Tian was somewhat surprised. "That's not my territory."
He frowned slightly. "Is there some precious land there?"
"Of course there is!" Furina said with a smile. "And you are the Beast God Di Tian, with eight hundred thousand years of cultivation, ranked first among the Vicious Beasts, able to command Soul Beasts to launch a Great Soul Beast Tide. Even the Extreme North Land has to listen to you; wouldn't commanding those Soul Beasts in the Sunset Forest be easy? It's not the Evil Eye Forest or the ocean domain; in the mere Sunset Forest, would the Soul Beasts there dare to disobey your orders?"
Di Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry at her words, but he had to admit she had a point. "True, there aren't many hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts over there."
He nodded. "Let's go, I'll take you there. What kind of precious land are you looking for? What are its characteristics?"
"There is one!" Furina's eyes lit up. "The surroundings are completely filled with toxic gas! We just need to find a place that's poisonous everywhere."
"This..." Di Tian was stunned for a moment. "That seems quite simple."
He reached out and grabbed Furina's shoulder. "Hold on tight, let's go."
Before his voice had even faded, the figures of the two disappeared from the spot, leaving only a few fallen leaves startled into the air, drifting slowly.
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