Di Tian stood on the Lake of Life and laughed heartily, his loneliness of hundreds of thousands of years instantly vanishing.
Learning that so many dragons besides himself and Zi Ji had survived was incredibly exciting news.
This strengthened Di Tian's resolve to promote Soul Spirit technology and bring about a turning point in the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts.
This time, it wasn't just for the Soul Beast race, but also for his own selfish reasons; he wanted to improve the situation of those he had never met.
Di Tian had no right to judge the merits and demerits of the Dragon God.
He was a member of the Dragon God's personal guard and had received many favors from the Dragon God; he didn't want to judge the Dragon God.
All he could do was protect the Soul Beast race, allowing them to board the ship to the future and not become a cold footnote in history.
Seeing this situation, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion realized it was a good opportunity and gently moved back, gradually shielding Di Tian and Bi Ji in front of him.
"Heh, what a great opportunity!"
"I must escape!"
Watching himself gradually move away from the two, Di Tian still didn't turn around, seemingly still immersed in his joy.
The auspicious beast seemed to see victory right before its eyes, wishing it could open a bottle of champagne to celebrate on the spot.
Just as the auspicious beast's footsteps left the moist, soft soil of the Lake of Life, Bi Ji's figure suddenly disappeared not far away.
The golden-haired girl's bright red eyes narrowed sharply.
"Where is she?!"
"Where is she?"
"Could it be!"
As if reflecting the auspicious beast's thoughts, a pair of fair and delicate hands suddenly appeared on her shoulders, then pressed down tightly.
"Guess who I am?"
"Little auspicious beast?"
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
The three-eyed golden lion trembled all over, sweat dripping from its delicate chin, its pupils trembling!
"This, this pressure!"
"Am I sweating profusely?"
"Oh no, Sister Bi Ji is really angry!"
Her neck made a "creaking" sound like a robot as she slowly turned her head to look.
Then, Brigitte's dangerously smiling face suddenly filled her entire field of vision.
Although she was mentally prepared, the auspicious beast was still startled.
"Wow!"
Hearing the commotion from afar, Di Tian also turned around and slowly walked over.
The three-eyed golden lion swallowed hard.
With the black dragon in front and the swan behind, she realized she really had nowhere to hide.
"Um, if I said I wanted to go back and do my homework, would you believe me?"
Brigitte gently pressed the auspicious beast's shoulder and said,
"Of course I would believe you."
"Little auspicious beast."
"But before that, shouldn't we settle the score for you sneaking out of home?"
The blonde girl's eyes were a little dead; she figured she was doomed today.
With Di Tian's black dragon belt and Brigitte's healing ribbon, she was probably going to suffer a lot today.
"Alright, Brigitte, let her go."
"I won't hit you this time."
Brigitte was completely bewildered. She wanted to ask Di Tian if he was sober.
She was ready to assist him, so why was he suddenly stopping?
Wasn't this the line she usually said?
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was also confused.
She seriously suspected that Di Tian and Brigitte had swapped scripts.
"You want to go to the human world?"
Di Tian looked at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, his tone gentle.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said,
"I want to go."
Di Tian took out a black dragon scale and handed it to the auspicious beast, saying,
"You can go."
"But you must take this dragon scale with you."
"I will contact the Master and send you to the Master's side."
"Don't be too happy yet. You still need to learn about soul tools. I will check your studies regularly."
"If you fail the exam, I will take you back to the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Do you understand?"
The blonde girl's face lit up with excitement, and she hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Regardless of what the future held, at least Di Tian agreed to let her go to the human world.
"Okay!"
"I agree!"
Di Tian pointed to her lair and said,
"Go back and finish today's homework first."
"Tonight I'll take you to Shrek City to meet the Lord."
"Of course, if the Lord doesn't agree, you must come back."
"That's non-negotiable."
The blonde girl happily ran back to her lair. She wasn't worried at all about whether her Lord sister would agree.
The other party was easy to talk to; as long as she acted cute, everything would be fine.
After the auspicious beast left, Bi Ji asked in confusion,
"You never used to let her go to the human world."
"Why not this time..."
Di Tian looked at the Lake of Life, rippled by the breeze, and said,
"Times have changed."
"Keeping her locked up will only make her rebellious spirit grow stronger."
"It's better to guide than to suppress.
Let her see the development of the human world."
"We've protected her too well. It's not a bad thing for her to see the true nature of this world."
"Besides, our lord is in the Heavenly Dou Plain.
How could anyone on the Douluo Continent harm the auspicious beast in front of our lord?"
"That black dragon's reverse scale can also protect her."
Bi Ji nodded gently, her soft voice carried by the breeze to Di Tian's ears.
"It's good that you're prepared."
"That child is indeed too naive about this world. Let her go and see."
"By the way, when you saw that White King just now, were you tempted?"
Bi Ji's last sentence carried a hint of danger. She placed her hand on Di Tian's waist, causing him to pause abruptly.
He then smiled and said,
"She certainly fits the dragon race's aesthetic perfectly.
If it were 100,000 years ago, I might have tried to confess my love."
"Forget it now."
Bi Ji withdrew her hand with satisfaction.
"I'm going to the Mixed Realm to treat some injured ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts."
"Contact me through the Magic Network if anything happens."
Afterward, Bi Ji flapped her emerald green wings and left the core area, heading towards the Mixed Realm.
Di Tian was left alone, quietly gazing at the Lake of Life ahead.
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"Those guys over there, watch your movements."
"This Soul Guidance Machine is worth twenty million gold soul coins!"
"A significant portion of that came from your Martial Soul Department!"
Several students wearing Shrek Academy uniforms paused upon hearing Xian Lin'er's words, then became even more cautious.
Twenty million gold soul coins! These inner court students began to suspect that this thing was made of soul bones—it was so expensive!
Because the Soul Guidance Department was short-handed, Xian Lin'er casually pulled over a dozen top-notch disciples from Shrek Academy's inner court to help install the Soul Guidance Machine Tools transported from Xilu City.
Thanks to their late-mover advantage, this batch of Soul Guidance Machine Tools was more advanced than the previous ones, with more precise inscriptions on the core magic arrays.
Including the Soul Guidance Department staff, nearly a hundred students and teachers were busy in the factory, working with the technicians from Xilu City to install and debug these Soul Guidance Machine Tools.
Qian Duoduo, from a distance, stroked a Soul Guidance Machine Tool as if caressing a lover.
"My goodness, how did they even come up with this thing?"
"Every detail is full of beauty; the design of all the structures is truly ingenious."
He had only seen it a few times before in the Xilu City Soul Guidance Factory, but now, by touching it personally and using his mental power to probe it, he could clearly feel the high quality of this machine tool.
Fan Yu and his disciple He Caitou were recording the data of the Soul Guidance Machine Tool.
"Xilu City is probably not following the same path as us in the development of soul tools."
"They've been racing ahead in terms of processing precision; the components that make up this soul tool machine are almost perfectly aligned."
"And the metal used in this soul tool machine isn't particularly expensive."
Fan Yu quickly discerned the difference between Xilu City and Shrek Academy's soul tool development paths.
Shrek Academy follows the path of the Sun Moon Empire, using core arrays and rare metals to create powerful flying machines, without requiring extremely high precision.
Almost all the components of a soul tool are handcrafted by soul masters, with precision relying purely on intuition.
Xian Lin'er overheard their conversation and asked,
"So, which path do you think is correct?"
Fan Yu touched the cold metal casing of the soul tool machine and said,
"I'm afraid they are correct."
"The soul tool revolution is irrefutable proof."
Xian Lin'er nodded, not surprised.
She and Qian Duoduo had recently visited Xilu City and, at Mu En's request, observed their educational methods, which had indeed given them a lot of inspiration.
"Alright, at the next Sea God Pavilion meeting, I'll propose a more specialized division of Soul Masters."
"I hadn't noticed before, but now it seems the Soul Masters are indeed a bit bloated."
"The Soul Masters could at least be divided into three branches."
Just then, Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er received a message notification on their magic network.
They opened it and found it was from Mu En.
"Sea God Pavilion temporary meeting, everyone come to Sea God Island."
"There's an important meeting."
Xian Lin'er stretched and said,
"What a coincidence."
"Let's go, Duoduo."
"Fan Yu, I'm leaving the installation of the Soul Guidance Machine Tool here to you."
"Don't let those brats break it."
"This thing is expensive!"
Fan Yu gave the two deans a nod of acceptance.
"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on things here."
A pair of wings made of azure flames appeared behind Xian Lin'er, and she took off, heading towards Sea God Island.
Qian Duoduo activated his flying Soul Guidance Device and followed closely behind Xian Lin'er.
The two quickly arrived at the highest level of Seagod Island. Pushing open the doors of the Seagod Pavilion, they were greeted by a long table, its sides filled with people.
Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo took their seats at the far right end of the table.
Mu En sat in the main seat, looking at the members of the Seagod Pavilion, and then a gentle voice rang in everyone's ears.
"It seems everyone has arrived."
"This meeting is an emergency meeting of the Seagod Pavilion, concerning the reform of Shrek Academy."
"Before that, please allow me to introduce someone. In fact, many of you here know him."
"Xiaoyao, come out."
A tall, elderly man with meticulously combed silver hair and a ruddy complexion emerged from the shadows.
Many of the elderly people present immediately narrowed their eyes.
Xuanzi put down his chicken leg, and Elder Song said in a deep voice,
"Dragon Emperor Douluo, Long Xiaoyao."
"So you're still here."
Hearing Elder Song's words, Long Xiaoyao laughed a few times, not caring about her hostility.
After all, in his youth, he had beaten Elder Song badly.
"You didn't die, how could I?"
The other younger elders, such as Xian Lin'er, were all shocked.
"It's actually the Dark Saint Dragon from the Black and White Twin Saint Dragons!"
Compared to the shock of Xian Lin'er and the others, Yan Shaozhe felt a strange bloodline attraction.
He felt a sense of familiarity with the old man before him, an inexplicable feeling.
Long Xiaoyao looked at Yan Shaozhe with some curiosity, also feeling that the other party looked somewhat familiar.
"Why do I feel that this child looks a bit like Xi Shui?"
Yan Shaozhe is a descendant of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao's child, inheriting Ye Xishui's Radiant Phoenix.
I reread it and found three different settings across the three parts.
I think the grandson is the most suitable, but that's still outrageous.
Feng Ling is Yan Shaozhe's old flame, and later marries Zhong Liwu... This is... a dramatic ethical mess.
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