vncnus Chapter 205 Qiu'er: I'll show you how many eyes the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has.
Chapter 205 Qiu'er: I'll show you how many eyes the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has.
Chapter 205 Qiu'er: I'll show you how many eyes the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has.
Qiu'er looked at Di Ruiqiu, who was shamelessly approaching Huo Yuhao little by little, and ground her cute little tiger teeth in dissatisfaction. She lowered her voice and warned:
"How come I remember someone swearing back then that if she took the initiative to approach my Yuhao, she would change her name?"
"Heh, look closely, there's still a full half meter between me and Huo Yuhao. Unlike you, you're practically glued to him."
"Shouldn't you be a little more mindful of your image in public? We look almost identical, and I feel embarrassed that you're so eager to please me."
Di Rachel wasn't about to indulge this version of herself from another destiny. She pouted disdainfully, then continued with an air of self-righteousness:
"Besides, you're living inside my body now. I'm already being lenient by not charging you rent, and yet you dare to speak disrespectfully to me?"
Qiu'er's delicate face instantly turned red with anger, and she retorted angrily:
"Yuhao, hand over your Golden Dragon Spear... no, your Dragon Slayer Blade! Today I'm going to teach this arrogant Di Ruiqiu a lesson in just how many eyes the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has!"
Faced with this threat, Di Rachel nonchalantly curled her lip, even sticking out her little tongue and making a face, speaking in a playful tone, unhurriedly:
"I don't care how many eyes the Three-Eyed Golden Lion has right now. Anyway, it's me who will be going up on the competition stage later and performing a spirit fusion with Huo Yuhao, not you."
"you……"
Listening to the two auspicious beasts beside him arguing back and forth, especially the content of their debate, Huo Yuhao felt completely overwhelmed.
Meanwhile, two people were already standing quietly at the edge of the imperial city wall in the distance.
In the thin morning mist, their figures appeared indistinct and blurry.
Poison Undying was still dressed in his signature dark green clothes, but now a fine layer of cold sweat involuntarily seeped from his smooth, hairless forehead.
He looked at the old man beside him who was leaning on a cane, his lips moved slightly, and his voice was filled with an indescribable bitterness as he slowly said, "Dragon God Douluo, I thought you should have long ago gone to sleep underground with my elder brother."
But to my utter surprise, after that battle, you showed no signs of exhaustion; on the contrary, your vitality was profound, and you had truly taken that step. Perhaps you can protect Shrek Academy for another hundred years.”
Du Busi truly hadn't expected that upon returning from the Body Sect, he would encounter the Dragon God Douluo, whom he had long believed to be deceased, in Star Luo City.
Even in his perception, a vast and pure aura of light was flowing within Moon's body, its vitality far surpassing that of the past.
Clearly, after his life-or-death battle with his elder brother, Du Bisi, he not only survived but also rose from the ashes, reaching the level of Limit Douluo, and perhaps even advancing further.
Mu En's slightly cloudy eyes did not look at Du Busi beside him, but remained calmly gazing in the direction of Xingluo Square in the distance.
After a long while, he slowly replied, "Undying, it has been several decades since we last met after that battle with Brother Bi Si."
"Your Body Sect has made a grand entrance this time, first getting involved with the Heavenly Soul Empire, and now you've come to Star Luo City. What exactly are you trying to do?"
Shrek Academy is located within the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire. Mu En was naturally able to learn about the increasingly close exchanges between the Body Sect and the Heavenly Soul Empire's royal family through the academy's information channels.
What he couldn't understand was why the Body Sect, which had always been solitary and unruly, would want to get involved with the exceptionally troublesome royal family.
After a moment of silence, Poison Immortal slowly began to explain.
"With my talent alone, I'm afraid I'll never even reach the threshold of becoming a Limit Douluo in my lifetime. To put it bluntly, I'm already halfway to the grave."
Before he left, my elder brother entrusted the entire sect to me, hoping that the sect would become even more prosperous under my leadership.
However, we have yet to find a suitable successor within our sect to carry on the legacy of our Body Sect. In order for the sect to continue its lineage, our Body Sect must inevitably undergo some changes.
"Passing on tradition... It seems that this is the thing we old folks are most worried about when it's time to go."
Mu En nodded, seemingly empathizing with Du Bu Si's words, and said gently, "However, I think that since you're here, you must have already met Yu Hao."
After hesitating for a while, Du Busi asked with a hint of disbelief, "Where exactly did you find that little monster, Huo Yuhao?"
If he were from my Body Sect, I would have already made him my next successor—no, I would have treated him like an ancestor. Could it be that he is the next Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy?
Moon glanced at the Poison Undying beside him and shook his head:
"I wanted to entrust him with the entire Shrek Academy, and even the position of the Sea God Pavilion Master. But alas, that child already had his own plans."
"His own plans?"
Upon hearing this, Poison Immortal's expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"But his plans may lead the future of the entire Douluo Continent in a completely unpredictable direction, and may even cause widespread suffering."
"Such words as 'causing widespread suffering' are hardly appropriate to come from the mouth of your Body Sect's sect leader. Every time you emerge, don't you stir up trouble and disrupt the peace of the entire continent?"
Moon remained calm and composed, only his tone had changed slightly.
"However, Shrek Academy is ultimately just an academy. Just as you are worried about the inheritance of the Body Sect, the reason why Shrek Academy strives to maintain the status quo of the continent is simply because doing so is in the best interest of the academy's inheritance. It is not because of any so-called justice."
"Heh, if Shrek Academy didn't have the Sea God Pavilion, it could be considered half a pure academy."
Du Bu Si seemed to be provoked by Mu En's bland words, and revealed some of his views on Shrek Academy that he had discussed with the Emperor of the Heavenly Soul Empire a few days ago.
"We both know perfectly well that ever since you established the Sea God Pavilion two thousand years ago, the three Douluo Empires' suspicion of your Shrek Academy has been steadily increasing."
Now, no direct member of the royal family is ever sent to Shrek Academy to study.
"Immortal, you're absolutely right."
Moon's hand, which was holding the cane, tightened its grip even more.
"However, the reason why the Sea God Pavilion was preserved back then was twofold: first, to restrain your Body Sect, and second, to take into account the increasingly powerful Sun Moon Empire, which was eyeing us covetously from the side."
However, after two thousand years of development, the Sea God Pavilion, to some extent, has become no different from so-called sects or families.
During the decades that Moon was tormented by the malevolent energy of the dragon core, he was finally able to step out of Shrek Academy's so-called ten-thousand-year-old glory and re-examine the Shrek Academy that he had protected all his life from another perspective.
The outer academy of Shrek Academy needs no further explanation.
It was originally established in response to the demands of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.
However, since the establishment of the requirement that a recommendation letter from a major city level is needed to enroll, the school has been able to enroll.
Ninety-nine percent of the students who are able to study at Shrek Academy are members of various families, large and small, from all over the continent.
Geniuses who are truly from commoner backgrounds are intercepted by the city lords of various countries at the very first stage of the recommendation process and sent to other advanced soul master academies within their respective empires.
This directly resulted in the fact that the vast majority of those who were able to pass the rigorous tests and enter the inner academy for further study were disciples from various sects and families.
Even Moon himself came from the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family.
Of course, if he hadn't inherited the Holy Dragon Martial Soul from Yu Xiaogang's lineage, he probably wouldn't have been sent directly to Shrek Academy by his family when he was young, and would eventually have been taken in as a closed-door disciple by the former Sea God Pavilion Master.
Because Mu En also discovered that the previous generations of Sea God Pavilion masters had also discovered this problem long ago.
They also consciously tried to control the composition of the inner court students, and even the composition of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion.
However, this approach is still far from sufficient.
The foundation of the academy will always be its students.
However, most things are already decided at the most fundamental stage of enrollment.
Students from various factions, after entering the inner academy and even becoming elders of the Sea God Pavilion, will inevitably encounter various complex conflicts of interest due to their different backgrounds.
Even Moon himself, when he asked himself the question, had to admit it.
If one day the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family really encounters a problem they can't solve, he will definitely lend a helping hand.
The reason Shrek Academy is able to maintain a semblance of peace is simply because he, as its pillar of stability, still exists.
Meanwhile, the internal conflict between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Guidance Department temporarily overshadowed the deeper and more subtle conflicts of interest within the academy.
However, the interests involved in Shrek Academy are simply too enormous.
Unlike sects or families, they do not rely on martial spirits or bloodlines to maintain basic cohesion.
Unlike other advanced colleges, it does not rely on national sentiment to maintain everyone's sense of belonging.
Shrek Academy has always relied solely on the unparalleled cultivation of each Sea God Pavilion Master, who has dominated an entire era.
However, if any generation of the Sea God Pavilion Master encounters problems in the succession, Shrek Academy cannot choose to go into seclusion and avoid disaster like a sect or family.
Furthermore, those who originally belonged to the Douluo Three Kingdoms now have some reservations about the academy.
Mu En had no doubt that if he hadn't met Huo Yuhao at the very end of his life, he would have been even more fortunate.
More than ten years later, he passed away.
Under Xuanzi's leadership, Shrek Academy will inevitably face a massive crisis that could destroy the academy.
Even though he had already prepared to dedicate his soul to the Golden Tree after his death in exchange for the opportunity to protect the academy in the future.
But that approach is still only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
Just like in a story Huo Yuhao once told him.
When a neutral force, which was originally created to maintain relations between two ethnic groups, is left without strong oversight...
Ultimately, driven by their own interests, they slaughtered another ethnic group to the point of near extinction.
After gathering his scattered thoughts, Moon's tone softened, and he spoke as if talking to himself.
"So I hope to take advantage of this upheaval on the mainland, while my old bones are still able to move, to personally sever those rotten roots and allow Shrek Academy to return to being a pure academy."
Upon hearing this, Poison Undying instinctively widened his emerald green eyes, hesitated for a long time, and finally spoke:
"You're willing to part with that? That's the foundation your Shrek Academy has built up over ten thousand years. Or rather, do you really trust that kid Huo Yuhao that much?"
Moon's face, etched with the wrinkles of time, still wore a cheerful smile, as if what he had just said was not something earth-shattering enough to completely change the landscape of the continent.
"What's there to be reluctant about? The foundation of the academy will always be its students, not those entangled interests. In the end, rotten flesh must be cut off, otherwise the whole body will just rot away."
Rather, you should ask yourself, are you willing to live? Are you willing to let the legacy of the Body Sect end in your hands?
Poison Undying was taken aback by the question, and then his upright body slumped a bit as he let out a complex sigh.
"Just as you said, my only concern now is how to pass on the seed of my sect's heritage safely and soundly."
"As long as that brat Huo Yuhao agrees to inherit the legacy of my Body Sect, then from that moment on, he will be the new sect master of the Body Sect. What he wants to do with the Body Sect in the future is entirely his prerogative."
This was a strategy that Du Bu Si finally decided on after discussing it with the elders of the sect for many days after returning to the Body Sect.
As long as Huo Yuhao is willing, even if he only holds the title of Sect Master of the Body Sect in name only, they won't have too many thoughts even if the entire Body Sect is merged into the Spirit Transmission Tower in the future.
In any case, they had already made preparations to become the guardian sect of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
So now, changing the target to become a henchman of the Spirit Pagoda doesn't seem to make much difference.
Moreover, the master of the Spirit Pagoda is still the nominal sect master of his own sect; it's just that he'll have an additional identity in the future.
(End of this chapter)