Inside Sea God's Pavilion,
Su Yunlin sat in one of the seats, listening seriously as several elders exchanged words.
"Mm? Shaozhe sent word that the Sun Moon Empire may make a move against Yuhao? Xuanzi, take some people and make a trip," Elder Mu instructed from the main seat.
"Yes!"
Elder Xuan stood up, cupped his fists, and bowed to Elder Mu before leaving.
Elder Mu continued, "This time, while Yuhao was studying in Illustrious Virtue Hall, he reproduced quite a few soul tool blueprints. This can be considered a great merit. This old man believes that such merit is enough for him to enter Sea God's Pavilion. What do you all think?"
Several elders nodded one after another. Ever since Shrek Academy truly produced a Class 9 spirit engineer, the conservative elders finally understood just how powerful a strong Spirit Master could be when wielding a compatible soul tool!
Although Elder Mu had twice infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire and taken some soul tool design blueprints, including confidential soul tool technologies such as Class 9 soul tools, stationary spirit cannon shells, and humanoid soul tools, there were still many blueprints he had been unable to take away.
After all, time had been limited, and he could not be discovered. This was also why Elder Mu had brought Su Jinming with him, because Su Jinming could tell which blueprints were more crucial.
What Elder Mu and Su Jinming had taken were top-tier soul tool technologies, while the blueprints Huo Yuhao reproduced were core mid-level soul tool technologies suitable for armies! To Shrek Academy's spirit guidance department, they were also incomparably important.
Elder Mu looked toward Su Yunlin. Su Yunlin was listening to their meeting seriously. This was very good! Elder Mu felt that after the Spirit Master Tournament, he could hand the position of Pavilion Master over to Su Yunlin.
Next was the list of official members for the Spirit Master Tournament team. This aspect was handled by Cai Mei'er. She selected participating students of suitable age and prepared to conduct training after some time.
As for the team leaders for this Spirit Master Tournament, Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao would be responsible.
As the Eldest Senior Sister of the inner courtyard, Zhang Lexuan possessed excellent command ability and tactical skill, and her personal strength was also very powerful. She was thirty years old this year, and her Spirit Power had reached rank eighty-seven.
She had only broken through recently. Originally, her state of mind had affected her cultivation progress, making it less than ideal. But recently, her mental state seemed to have improved, and her Spirit Power rose along with it.
As for Ma Xiaotao, she could be said to have amazed everyone with a single feat. Ever since her phoenix nirvana, her cultivation speed had advanced by leaps and bounds. She was now one of the four inner courtyard students who had reached Spirit Douluo!
Moreover, just like Zhang Lexuan, she had obtained a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring as her eighth Spirit Ring! Elder Mu had personally hunted it for Ma Xiaotao. After undergoing phoenix nirvana, Ma Xiaotao possessed the qualifications to charge toward Limit Douluo, so Elder Mu was willing to spend some effort cultivating her.
As for exactly who the four Spirit Douluo disciples in the inner courtyard were?
Among them, three were women, and one was a man! Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, mentioned above, were two of them. The other woman was named Han Ruoruo, an inner courtyard student as well as a teaching assistant. Her Martial Soul was the Dazzling Golden Rope, and she was a rank eighty-two control-type tool Spirit Douluo, known as the number one control expert of the inner courtyard!
She had once been teammates with Zhang Lexuan in the Spirit Master Tournament, and together, they had won the championship.
As for the last one, it was naturally Su Yunlin. Su Yunlin's identity was still that of an inner courtyard disciple. Of course, he also simultaneously held many other identities, such as a member of Sea God's Pavilion and successor to the Pavilion Master.
And in this Spirit Master Tournament, Su Yunlin would represent Tang Sect. He was both a member of the Tang Sect team and Tang Sect's team leader.
This Spirit Master Tournament would not be simple. Just from the inner courtyard alone, three Spirit Douluo were being dispatched, and in secret, several elders would also be moving out.
The Sun Moon Empire's change to the competition system definitely hid some major conspiracy. They had no choice but to guard against it! At the very least, they had to ensure the students' safety!
Su Yunlin rubbed his chin in thought. As for whether this Spirit Master Tournament was dangerous or not, it was somewhat hard to say. There were not many opponents worth paying attention to in the tournament itself. The two great saintesses of the Holy Spirit Cult had completely sided with Shrek.
Without the two great saintesses, at least in the competition, that so-called Holy Spirit Sect had nothing to fear. Su Yunlin remembered that after the Spirit Master Tournament, there would be an assassination operation targeting Xu Tianran.
Assassinating Xu Tianran probably would not work. This man had already reached Titled Douluo, possessed an extremely rare dragon-type Martial Soul—the Purple Radiant Heaven-Destroying Dragon—and was also a Class 9 spirit engineer. He also carried several Class 9 soul tools on him.
Moreover, he also had Long Xiaoyao by his side, along with the Holy Spirit Cult and the entire upper echelon of the Sun Moon Empire. Killing someone in Radiant City would be too difficult.
'What else happens after that?'
While Su Yunlin was thinking, the Sea God's Pavilion meeting was still continuing. This meeting needed to discuss many important matters, such as establishing the position of city lord in Shrek City.
Although it was called city lord, in reality, it was the position of city defense officer, responsible for the defensive affairs of the entire Shrek City. The person appointed to the position was named Shi Xing, titled Time.
This person could also be considered quite remarkable. At just over forty years old, he had already cultivated to Titled Douluo, and his cultivation had reached the average level of an outstanding inner courtyard disciple.
Not long after, Xuanzi returned with Yan Shaozhe and the others. As soon as Elder Xuan came back, he reported the situation to Elder Mu.
Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao had appeared in the world, and the one who moved together with him was a mysterious Titled Douluo. That Titled Douluo's strength was about the same as Xian Lin'er's. In the end, Xian Lin'er won against that Titled Douluo by a slight margin, with Huo Yuhao's assistance.
In this battle, Xian Lin'er had concealed her strength. The fact that she had successfully advanced to Class 9 spirit engineer could not be exposed. Since the person who came was suspected of helping Illustrious Virtue Hall, it was even more important not to reveal it.
If Xian Lin'er had used her own bonded soul tool, even if that Titled Douluo did not die, they would have been severely injured.
"Oh? Xiaoyao has emerged? Hehe, Dragon Emperor Douluo appearing in the world, a mysterious darkness-attribute Titled Douluo, and the Holy Spirit Cult that Yuhao discovered—it all matches. It seems Xiaoyao intends to continue down the wrong path."
Elder Mu spoke slowly. At this moment, his expression was calm. Years of cultivation had left his heart unshaken by waves.
Elder Mu looked toward Yan Shaozhe and noticed some injuries on him. With a casual point of his finger, he used his own light-attribute Spirit Power to heal Yan Shaozhe.
"It seems Xiaoyao has improved again. Shaozhe, after truly facing a Limit Douluo, how did it feel?" Elder Mu asked.
Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath. "A difference between heaven and earth. I'm still far from reaching that step. Moreover, that Dragon Emperor Douluo actually possesses two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings."
"Mm. His luck back then was also astonishing. Without anyone's help, he obtained a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring at rank eighty. When this old man obtained a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring back then, it exhausted my master terribly.
"As for his ninth Spirit Ring and this old man's ninth Spirit Ring, we obtained them together. At that time, we possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Although the compatibility wasn't particularly high, its power was astonishing, enough to defeat a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.
"And because my seventh Spirit Ring was a hundred-thousand-year one, the amplification from my Martial Soul True Body was stronger than Xiaoyao's. That was why he was not my opponent. In the end, this old man's luck was simply a little better."
Elder Mu spoke slowly. The events of that year seemed as if they were still before his eyes. Back then, it had been the time when Elder Mu was at his most young and reckless.
Yan Shaozhe looked toward Elder Mu and asked, "Then Teacher, now...?"
Elder Mu smiled. "Now, this old man won't do. Most likely, I am no longer Xiaoyao's opponent. These problems with my body were caused by my own reckless actions. If nothing unexpected has happened to Xiaoyao, living another seventy or eighty years shouldn't be a problem for him."
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