Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect.

Chapter 152 Mirror of the Mortal World: I'm going to arrest you all
He Caitou instinctively felt that there was something wrong with what Teacher Fanyu said, but when he thought of his deceased parents and how good Shrek Academy had been to him, he stopped talking and started working silently.

"For the sake of the academy, and to avenge Xu Tianran and his son, we must steal the blueprints!" His mind raced with thoughts.

Then the master and apprentice began to steal the blueprints continuously. The blueprints basically contained the inscription methods for the core arrays of various soul tools. For any soul tool, the core array is always the most important thing.

Fan Yu wasn't worried about being discovered, because based on his observations over this period, the researchers from Mingde Hall would usually take a break during this time, so he had plenty of time.

After all, researchers are human too, and working long hours without rest is actually detrimental to their physical and mental health.

Soul Guidance Monitoring Room.

Jing Hongchen frowned slightly as he watched Fan Yu and He Caitou stealing the blueprints on the screen.

Because Huo Yuhao had previously suggested comprehensively strengthening the defenses of Mingde Hall, he specially installed some extremely secretive soul-guided monitoring devices inside Mingde Hall. This was not because he didn't trust the researchers, but mainly to prevent problems from occurring inside Mingde Hall.

In fact, soul-guided monitoring doesn't involve much technology. In essence, it's not much different from the light-guided screens in the Starlight Auction House. So, Jing Hongchen didn't spend many gold soul coins to secretly install some soul-guided monitoring in Mingde Hall.

Of course, not many people know that the Soul Guidance Monitoring exists. Even among researchers, not every one of them knows that the monitoring exists. So it is actually quite normal that Fan Yu and He Caitou do not know that there is a monitoring in Mingde Hall.

“I never expected that Fan Yu and He Caitou, who both come from Shrek Academy, would actually steal blueprints inside Mingde Hall. Xiao Meng, what do you think I should do to punish them?” Jing Hongchen asked without turning his head.

Meng Hongchen, who was watching the screen, said with dissatisfaction, "Naturally, they should be punished according to the laws of the Sun Moon Empire. Those blueprints are the hard work of the researchers. Fan Yu and He Caitou stole these blueprints, definitely to send them back to Shrek Academy."

If one day the researchers were to learn that Shrek Academy had appropriated their hard-earned research results through such despicable means, it would undoubtedly be a huge blow to them.

The researchers at Mingde Hall are all talented Soul Masters. However, even for talented Soul Masters, designing some very useful Soul Tools is not a simple task.

Although Mingde Hall wouldn't randomly store blueprints for level 8 and 9 soul tools inside, the level doesn't determine the value of a soul tool entirely.

Like an invincible shield, this kind of soul tool can only reach level seven at most.

Therefore, once these blueprints are delivered to Shrek Academy, it will undoubtedly cause huge losses to the Sun Moon Empire.

Jing Hongchen sighed, "Yes, I also hope to punish them according to the laws of the Sun Moon Empire, but they are backed by Shrek Academy, which means that if they only stole the blueprints, we absolutely cannot kill them."

After all, the Empire is not yet ready for war, and with Xiao and the others still at Shrek Academy, we can't afford to act rashly.

"However, we cannot just sit idly by and do nothing about this."

Those blueprints are extremely important to Mingde Hall. If they were stolen, I, as the head of Mingde Hall, would definitely have failed in my duty. "Fortunately, Yuhao had previously reminded us to comprehensively strengthen Mingde Hall's defenses. I thought this was only to guard against external threats, but I didn't expect that a threat had arisen within Mingde Hall itself."

After saying this, Jing Hongchen looked at Meng Hongchen beside him: "Xiao Meng, let's go. We need to arrest Fan Yu and He Caitou. We must not let them take the blueprints out of Mingde Hall."

Meng Hongchen did not refute, she nodded: "Okay, Grandpa."

"That's about it. With these blueprints, Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department will definitely be able to develop rapidly and produce better Soul Guidance Devices. By the time the next Soul Battle Tournament is held, Shrek Academy will also be able to use some extremely advanced Soul Guidance Devices."
Thinking of this, a smile involuntarily appeared on Fan Yu's face. He subconsciously rubbed the storage ring on his finger, feeling that the future of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department was promising.

Just then, He Caitou, who was standing nearby, heard the chaotic footsteps coming from outside. He immediately approached Fan Yu and whispered, "Teacher, someone is coming."

“Yes, I know. It must be other researchers. I guess they’ve finished their rest and are preparing to come back to continue developing soul tools. Let’s rest for a while too.” Fan Yu said, while giving He Caitou a wink.

Resting is just an excuse; the real goal is to get these blueprints back to Shrek Academy as soon as possible.

The longer the night goes on, the more things can go wrong. Only by sending these blueprints back can Fan Yu be completely at ease.

He Caitou immediately understood what Fan Yu meant, so he nodded and said, "Okay, teacher, let's go and rest then."

Fan Yu took the lead and walked towards the outside of Mingde Hall, with He Caitou following closely behind. Soon, the two arrived at the entrance, and sure enough, some researchers were already walking into Mingde Hall.

Suddenly, Fan Yu saw Jing Hongchen standing not far away. Jing Hongchen's face was ashen, and his gaze never left her. Beside Jing Hongchen was the famous genius girl, Meng Hongchen.

Fan Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he was worried that his theft of the blueprints had been exposed. However, he remained calm and showed no signs of distress, because he knew that he needed to stay calm, especially at this critical moment, otherwise he would inevitably give himself away.

So he continued walking briskly.

At this moment, Jing Hongchen walked up. Just as Fan Yu thought he might miss Jing Hongchen, Jing Hongchen stretched out his two hands and pressed down on Fan Yu's and He Caitou's shoulders respectively, saying, "Fan Yu, He Caitou, you stole the soul tool blueprints from inside Mingde Hall, so I am going to arrest you now."

Upon hearing this, the researchers who were walking towards Mingde Hall stopped and turned to look in Jing Hongchen's direction. Their faces were filled with astonishment, clearly shocked by what Jing Hongchen had said.

Fan Yu's expression changed, looking as if she had been wronged: "Dean Jing, some things can't be said carelessly. He Caitou and I have been studying diligently in Mingde Hall all this time, and we have never stolen any blueprints."

Fan Yu knew that once she did this, she absolutely could not admit it, otherwise it would bring extremely serious consequences. Moreover, she was always quite cautious in her actions, and the other party was probably just suspicious and trying to trick her, without being able to produce any evidence.

Therefore, as long as he continues to deny the theft, these blueprints will eventually be returned to the academy.

(End of this chapter)