Chapter 450: Letting Go · Awakening
At this time, Shrek Academy was no longer the small Shrek Academy of old, where only a handful of students roamed the halls. After thousands of years, every outstanding graduate from Shrek had already occupied some of the most important positions across the Douluo Continent. After all, in the Douluo Continent, strength was everything.
At this moment, within the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy, Dragon God Douluo Mu En was lying on his recliner, listening to Xuanzi's report.
"Mu Lao, this is the situation. There's no news on the self created soul skill that the new student, Huo Yue'er, is using, but that self created soul skill is definitely not something she comprehended on her own. It has the aura of intent; I've only seen something like this from you, there's no doubt about it."
Mu En remained silent for a long while, almost as if he had fallen asleep. Finally, he slowly spoke.
"I understand. Let's leave it at that. I've met that child. She's a gentle and good child."
"But..." Xuanzi still wanted to argue, but Mu En raised his hand to stop him.
"Let it be. No matter who's behind that child, as long as she doesn't have ill intentions toward Shrek, that's enough."
In the end, Xuanzi reluctantly suppressed his inner thoughts and made to leave the Sea God Pavilion. As he was about to step out the door, Mu En couldn't help but call out to him one last time.
"Xuanzi, don't let the past tie you down. My time is limited. The future of Shrek is in your hands."
Xuanzi paused just before leaving, his old face filled with regret. He had once caused a soul hunting operation to fail due to a deficiency in his martial soul, which led to the deaths of many outstanding students from the Inner Court. That operation should have been almost foolproof, and to this day, he still couldn't forgive himself.
Finally, Xuanzi left only a solitary figure behind, his voice trembling as he muttered, "I understand," before exiting the room.
Mu En was left alone in the meeting room, letting out a helpless sigh. The 98th ranked Gluttonous Douluo Xuanzi was strong, but Mu En couldn't rest easy. After all, Shrek's enemies were just too powerful, and Shrek itself was in a period of transition, with its leadership aging and the younger generation unprepared.
However, none of this had anything to do with Ye Wen or Huo Yue'er.
At this moment, Huo Yue'er was struggling to complete push ups, sweat pouring from her body as she dared not stop for even a moment. After all, this was a training regimen carefully crafted by Ye Wen, and there was no way he would go easy on her.
And Ye Wen had plans to increase the difficulty even further.
"Sister, you're doing great! Keep going!"
At this point, Xiao Xue'er was sitting on Huo Yue'er's back, clapping her small hands and offering constant encouragement.
To make sure she didn't let her guard down even for a second, Huo Yue'er kept her focus entirely on her training, ignoring the fatigue building in her body.
"Ah! Master, are you a devil? How could you do this to me? But with Xiao Xue'er's encouragement, I'm so fired up I can't stop!"
Ye Wen chuckled at this sight, clearly satisfied with his work.
When the human body reaches its limit, the right kind of hormone can drastically reduce pain and fear. While Huo Yue'er would feel extremely fatigued afterward, Ye Wen could easily make up for it with some medicine. Thanks to this hellish, high intensity training, Huo Yue'er's physical strength was growing at a rate comparable to that of someone on a rocket.
Alongside her, Jiang Nannan was also training. After all, she was now one of Ye Wen's disciples.
However, unlike Huo Yue'er, who was destined to become a well rounded fighter capable of extreme feats, Ye Wen had designed a different training program for Jiang Nannan. A mediocre teacher would treat all students the same, but a truly great one tailors their lessons to each student's strengths.
Jiang Nannan's martial soul, the Soft Bone Rabbit, was built entirely around her long legs no, just one of her legs, actually. So, for her training, Ye Wen first had her focus on his self created soul skills that primarily relied on her lower body: the Swift Step, Gale Foot, and Moon Step.
Though Jiang Nannan was the academy's top beauty, she was far from the fragile, delicate type. In the original story, she even earned the title of "Crazy Rabbit Demon" due to her fierce nature and her relentless pursuit of power.
But aside from the two girls, there was another person present.
"Handsome big brother, please accept me as your disciple!" Xiao Xiao said coquettishly.
Ye Wen helplessly glanced over at the petite, cute little girl, Xiao Xiao, who was making her request.
"I've told you so many times. Your connection to Shrek is closer. If you reveal the secret of your twin martial souls, the elders at the Sea God Pavilion would accept you as their disciple. Why would you want to become a disciple of someone like me, who has an unclear background?"
But Xiao Xiao pouted and responded, "The rules at Shrek are too many. I don't want to be so closely tied to them."
Ye Wen didn't speak. Instead, he gave Xiao Xiao a long, intense look.
There wasn't much information about Xiao Xiao in the past memories. However, from Ye Wen's own investigation, he learned that besides being from a fallen noble family, Xiao Xiao's parents were both Title Douluo. Her father, just before his death, managed to reach the 99th level Title Douluo realm but perished in battle against the quasi deity Emperor Tian. Her mother wasn't any better, having also died in the Beast Tide.
Perhaps it was because of this, Xiao Xiao was reluctant to form deep ties with Shrek. After all, while Shrek didn't directly cause her parents' deaths, the academy had indirectly led to their demise in that war.
Despite this, in the original story, Shrek's "PUA" techniques were so effective that Xiao Xiao revealed her twin martial souls before the freshmen competition. However, in this world, due to Ye Wen's influence, Xiao Xiao had a new option.
Though Xiao Xiao was young, she had mastered the art of being a "loli" soft, gentle, and clingy.
Though Xiao Xiao had great potential, Ye Wen wasn't keen on nurturing a disciple who might turn against him in the future.
But due to Huo Yue'er's influence, Xiao Xiao had become determined to follow Ye Wen.
Huo Yue'er, who had just finished a thousand push ups and was practically on the verge of collapse, added, "Master, please take Xiao Xiao as your disciple! She has twin martial souls, and if she trains with me, we'll definitely make our sect famous across the continent!"
"Yeah, handsome big brother, accept Xiao Xiao! She'll help bring glory to your sect in the future!"
The more Ye Wen listened to the two, the more absurd their words became. He even suspected they were being suggestive. Ye Wen had proof.
"Enough!" Ye Wen finally snapped, tired of the chatter.
Sure enough, under the pressure of Ye Wen's adult like aura, the two girls immediately backed down. Jiang Nannan shot them a quick glance before continuing her own training.
Help bring glory to Tianxing Academy? Saying that in front of a 99th level master? Ridiculous!
(End of Chapter)
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