Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 115 Chen Xinjie, who stopped being a simp, and Long Yeyue, who completely turned to the dark side.

The next day, early in the morning.

The Central Stadium, with its hundreds of thousands of seats, was already packed, and the lively awards ceremony, presided over by the Speaker of the Federal Parliament, concluded successfully.

The awards differ for each of the three groups: teenagers, youth, and adults.

Yuan Enhui happily accepted a five-thousand-year-old spiritual object from the Three Realms Battlefield. Perhaps due to its origin, its vitality was exceptionally strong, even drawing slight attention from Nan Liujing.

His status was enough to allow him to see many of the spiritual objects collected by Leng Yaozhu, but among those of the same age, none of them possessed the vitality of the ones in Yuanen Yehui's hands.

Ye Xinglan also has a spiritual plant, but its lifespan is only three thousand years.

Once you reach the youth group, the reward options increase significantly, including soul tools, cultivation resources, three-stage fusion-level spirit-forged metals, federal honorary titles, and soul spirits.

Nan Liujing had no shortage of these rewards, so he simply chose the Federal Honorary Title.

This thing has many advantages.

First, they can sit in on non-classified federal parliamentary discussions and even speak.

Second, the emergency conscription right allows for the conscription of a Federation team of 100 Soul Masters/Mechs once a year.

Third, the official purchase price of rare metals will be discounted by 20%.

The only regret for the winners was that the legendary Soul Bone reward did not appear.

"I hereby declare the final Federal Grand Competition officially over!"

After awarding the prizes to the seven contestants from the War God Temple in the adult group, the Federal Speaker suddenly announced.

Whoa… Hmm? ? ? ?
The audience, who had just cheered, were suddenly stunned.

The last federal election?
What the hell?

For a moment, countless eyes looked at the Federal Speaker with curiosity or doubt. He smiled gently and said, "Next, we will create a brand new competition. It may take some years before it can be presented to everyone, but please believe that this will be an update that will go down in history."

...

The Federation Grand Competition has officially ended, but the lively atmosphere in Mingdu will take some time to cool down. Or rather, the lively atmosphere across the entire continent won't subside anytime soon.

Even though the Federal Speaker's help in mitigating the scandal had an effect, the more fatal blow to Shrek Academy was...

Their teaching abilities have been questioned by the general public on the mainland and even by many Soul Master factions.

Shrek Academy failed to win a single championship in this competition, and they were caught cheating in the adult group competition, which is the most important thing.

"Ugh."

In the dean's office at Shrek Academy's outer courtyard, the Crimson Dragon Douluo Zhuoshi sighed repeatedly.

The Dean of Studies of the Foreign Languages ​​Department stood in front of the desk.

"How many students dropped out this time?" Zhuoshi asked helplessly, rubbing his temples.

"Five students dropped out in the first year, seven in the second year, three in the third year, three in the fourth year, and no students have dropped out in the fifth and sixth years yet." The head of student affairs said gravely.
"A total of 70 students have dropped out of the first three years of the Foreign Languages ​​Department. The remaining students who have not dropped out are also somewhat distracted during daily classes due to public pressure. If this continues, at most 70% of the students in the first three years will have to drop out within half a month."

Zhuo Shi clenched his fists, veins bulging on his forehead. If he could beat Long Yeyue, he would have loved to give him a good beating.

After numerous reforms, the students' recognition of the college was gradually increasing, and the outside world was full of praise for the college. Everything was going in a good direction, but then a fool had a brilliant idea and ruined all the good things.

Two years later, when the new class of students was admitted to the academy, Zhuoshi knew that it was probably all over again.

The outer academy's primary function was originally to facilitate connections between the younger generation of various soul master factions across the continent. Occasionally, the academy's higher-ups would select promising talents from among them for training, thus establishing positive relationships with some factions.

But now Shrek Academy has a reputation for cheating, so anyone who sends their child there is considered brain-dead.

Not to mention genius soul masters born into commoner backgrounds.

The neighboring Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, seizing the opportunity, offered various top-tier recruitment benefits and leveraged federal media to promote itself across the continent, subtly showing signs of replacing Shrek Academy as the number one academy.

Other top-tier Soul Master academies on the mainland also frequently come up with new techniques.

Shrek Academy is like a giant whale that has fallen into the sea (a pile of excrement that has been excreted); once it falls, all things come into being.

"Alright, go ahead and get busy. I'll talk to the Pavilion Master," Zhuoshi said, waving his hand.

"Yes." The head of the teaching department left with a worried look on his face.

Meanwhile, inside the Sea God Pavilion.

A light screen appeared in front of Yun Ming, and the person he was talking to was Guan Yue, but his expression was clearly not good at the moment.

After Guan Yue returned to the Temple of War, she personally lobbied, and everything was going well. Some of the higher-ups in the Temple of War also felt that renaming Shrek Outer Academy to the Temple of War was a good opportunity. After all, Shrek Academy could not have achieved its current status by cheating alone.

The perspectives of top-tier leaders are not so simple.

Therefore, nearly half of the War Gods ignored the condition that it was just a change of shell, and the rest were still under the management of Shrek Academy.

But all of this was opposed by another deputy hall master, the Divine Brush Douluo, the deputy minister of the Federal Military Department.

He wasn't rejecting Shrek Academy's attempt to adopt the shell of the Temple of War, but rather the conditions he told Guan Yue were extremely harsh.

One of these measures is to replace the majority of the outer academy's teaching staff with people who are purely from the Temple of War, while at most 20% of the original Shrek Academy's outer academy's teaching staff will be retained.

This condition essentially severed all ties between Shrek's inner and outer quarters, making it even more serious than handing over jurisdiction of the outer city to the Federation.

Jurisdiction over the outer city was relinquished, but surveillance and some tax collection rights remained. However, once the outer courtyard was separated, Shrek Academy would only be facing its countdown to disintegration.

Guan Yue sighed: "The conditions proposed by Yu Guanzhi are difficult for the academy to accept, but they are excellent for the War God Temple. He is a qualified member of the War God Temple. Senior brother, I'll say something you might mind, but the situation is urgent now. Perhaps we can ask Long Yeyue to ask Han Hai Douluo for help."

Yun Ming's eyes darkened. "Looking for Chen Xinjie?"

Guan Yue knew about Long Yeyue and Chen Xinjie's affair. In fact, he was also helpless. His master had been kind to him, but Chen Xinjie had also been kind to him. Otherwise, he would not have felt at ease leaving Shrek Academy and accepting the invitation to join the War God Hall just because the academy had the Sky Douluo in charge.

"Apart from Long Yeyue, there is basically no one who can move the Vast Ocean Douluo. Whether or not to do this, it is up to you, Senior Brother, to decide. Let me know when the time comes."

Seeing Yun Ming remain silent, Guan Yue wisely ended the communication.

"Brother Ming."

A pair of fair and delicate arms reached out and Ya Li raised her fair and delicate face, and said solemnly, "Agree to let Elder Long contact Chen Xinjie. At this point, there is no time to hesitate."

"That's all we can do," Yun Ming said helplessly.

Yali acted quickly, and in the wooden house near the Golden Ancient Tree, she found Long Yeyue and explained the situation.

When Long Yeyue heard Ya Li ask her to do something, she immediately realized it was an opportunity and agreed without hesitation.

Right there at the Sea God Pavilion, with Guan Yue's help, a light screen appeared in the air, and Chen Xinjie's figure appeared on the other side of the screen.

"Xin Jie." Long Yeyue's attitude softened considerably, no longer as forceful as when she first met Chen Xin Jie.

Chen Xinjie sighed, "Yue'er, you shouldn't have done that."

Long Yeyue's face darkened, and she thought to herself, "If you can't speak properly, then don't speak at all."

Despite her thoughts, Long Yeyue knew that if she wanted to turn the tables, she could only rely on the other party. With a regretful expression, she said, "You don't need to say anything. I know how big a mistake it was to do that."

Yunming and Yali watched in silence.

"Xin Jie, I've come to you today for only one thing," Long Yeyue pleaded. "The academy is now completely mired in an irrecoverable crisis. I want to ask for your help, to allow the academy to..."

"I can't help."

Without giving Long Yeyue a chance to finish speaking, Chen Xinjie unusually refused on the spot.

Long Yeyue was taken aback, and Yun Ming and Ya Li were also slightly stunned.

"Why?" Long Yeyue's voice suddenly became more forceful, clearly indicating that this was the first time she had seen Chen Xinjie refuse her.

Chen Xinjie said in a deep voice, "The magic pen contacted me in advance. He guessed that you would ask me for help."

A cold glint flashed in Long Yeyue's eyes as she questioned, "Could it be that you, the Minister of the Military and the Lord of the War God Temple, can be controlled by your own subordinates?"

Chen Xinjie was silent for a few seconds before explaining, "If the main warships of the Poseidon Legion are not destroyed, I can help you."

"What do you mean?" Long Yeyue asked, her eyes wide.

Chen Xinjie said solemnly, "Since the attack at sea, the legion that our family's ancestors have worked hard to build up has been basically destroyed. It is impossible for the Chen family alone to rebuild it. Shenbi promised me not long ago that in some matters that do not involve the core of the family, as long as we listen to him, his Yu family is willing to help rebuild the Sea God Legion."

Long Yeyue asked incredulously, "So you chose the Sea God Legion over me?"

Chen Xinjie said apologetically, "I'm sorry, if the Sea God Legion were still at its peak, I would give you my life, but not now. I can't just watch the family's foundation be destroyed in my hands, otherwise I would have no face to face my ancestors a hundred years from now."

"Chen Xinjie!" Long Yeyue's steps faltered, and she took two steps back. Her eyes were bloodshot, she was panting heavily, and she said in a sharp voice, "You promised me that you would help me no matter when or where."

Chen Xinjie remained silent, then delivered a fatal blow, severely injuring Long Yeyue.
“Moon… if you hadn’t retreated immediately, but stayed to help me withstand the ambush, perhaps the legion wouldn’t have been wiped out. In that case, I would have helped you at all costs, but…”

He didn't say anything, and after the light screen flickered a few times, it disappeared.

boom.

Long Yeyue's legs went weak, and she crashed heavily onto the wooden table, her eyes almost glazed over.

She never imagined that a single wrong decision would lead to this outcome.

Even Chen Xinjie, the person most willing to do anything for her, rejected her request, leaving her with no last bargaining chip.

Just as Yun Ming was about to say something, he saw Long Yeyue hunched over and staggering towards the outside of the Sea God Pavilion, an aura of death spreading from her.

Yun Ming opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

After Long Yeyue left, Ya Li clenched her hands and said, "Things have come to this point, we can only use the backup plan." Yun Ming looked up abruptly and asked, "What backup plan?"

Yali calmly said, "After you told me about the method of using the War God Temple as a shell, I thought about what other options we could take if we failed. In the end, I thought of the Spirit Pagoda."

Yun Ming's eyes narrowed: "You want to use the Spirit Transmission Tower as a shell?"

Ya Li shook her head and said, "To be precise, it's about cooperating with Leng Yaozhu. Trying to use the Tang Sect as a shell is doomed to fail. When it succeeds, someone will definitely cause trouble, which will only drag the Tang Sect down with them. The only one whose reputation is no less than that of the War God Temple and our Shrek Academy is the Spirit Pagoda."

"And some potential troublemakers, knowing that Leng Yaozhu is involved, will definitely be wary and give up."

Yun Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Tell me in detail."

Yali resolutely said, "Hesitation will only lead to more trouble. To outsiders, Shrek Academy is now synonymous with cheating. Since its reputation is completely ruined, we might as well sever ties with the outer academy and give it away."

Yun Ming deeply understood the profound consequences of indecisiveness, and upon hearing this, he seriously considered it.

Yali continued, "Back when the Sun and Moon Federation destroyed the major empires, the Sea God Pavilion discussed whether to relocate to other continents. At that time, the proposal was rejected. Now that time has passed, we have reached the most critical moment. I suggest that the relocation be put back on the agenda."

“Migrate,” Yun Ming murmured.

Ya Li's beautiful and elegant face revealed a determined look, "We can learn from the Tang Sect and move the new outer academy to the other two continents."

"Of course, the inner academy will remain; it's our core strength, something we absolutely cannot abandon. But we will no longer recruit students from outside the academy; talent development will be something we have to find ourselves."

Yun Ming smiled bitterly, "If we do that, then Shrek Academy will cease to exist on the Douluo Continent."

Jingle Bell.

A quick ringing sound rang.

Yali frowned and took out her phone. The screen displayed the words "turbid world".

Yun Ming reached out and took it. "I am Yun Ming."

“Master,” Zhuo Shi’s urgent voice rang out, “Li Qiankun, the class monitor of the second year of the outer academy, and Mo Jue, the vice class monitor, have dropped out of school. They also led the rest of the class to drop out as well, leaving only seven students in the entire second year.”

"I see."

Yunming hung up the phone before Zhuoshi could continue.

He turned to Ya Li and said, "Talk to Leng Yaozhu and tell her about our plan to cut ties with the outer courtyard."

Yali nodded.

……

Outside the Spirit Pagoda, a man and two women got out of a car.

Ye Xinglan pressed Nan Liujing: "Tell me honestly, why does Wu Siduo blush whenever she looks at you when we part?"

Nan Liujing recalled the scene from last night when Wu Jingru asked him what he thought of Wu Siduo, and forced himself to remain calm, saying, "How would I know?"

"Huh?" Ye Xinglan gave me a look that said, "I don't believe you."

Nan Liujing tried to change the subject: "Xinglan, I overheard Uncle Ye and my uncle talking and they said they were planning to have you leave Shrek Academy?"

"Don't change the subject." Ye Xinglan snorted. "An academy that relies on cheating, even if my father doesn't allow me to quit, I'll quit on my own."

"Feel sorry!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than an apologetic voice suddenly rang out.

Nan Liujing, Ye Xinglan, and Yuan Enyehui paused and turned around. Ye Xinglan panicked immediately because the newcomer was none other than Ya Li, the vice master of the Sea God Pavilion.

"Your Holy Spirit, I..." Ye Xinglan's pretty face flushed red. She had just called the other party the Cheating Academy when the big boss of the Cheating Academy was right behind her.

Nan Liujing and Yuan Enyehui didn't seem to care. Facing Yali, they smiled calmly and said, "Your Majesty."

Yali nodded in response, then said very seriously to Ye Xinglan, "You're right to scold us. An academy that cheats doesn't deserve a friendly attitude."

Ye Xinglan pursed her lips.

Ya Li then said to Nan Liujing, "I'm here to see your teacher, I'll be going now."

One man and two women watched Yali leave.

Yuan Enhui said quietly, "Shrek Academy is really in a difficult position this time. I just checked the first-year group chat. Originally, there were 98 people in the class, including me, but now more than 30 have dropped out."

In fact, from the moment she returned to Shrek City, she could sense that something was off about the atmosphere in the city.

If it was noon before, full of vitality, now it is dusk, with a startling sense of twilight.

The glory of one brings glory to all, and the loss of one brings loss to all. The scandal of Shrek Academy spread throughout the world, and the people of Shrek City could not escape the ridicule from other places.

“If you choose to cheat, you should be prepared to be condemned for it. Xinglan, go find Guyue first, I'll take Yuanen to fuse with her soul.” Nan Liujing never expected things to turn out this way in this life.

It seems that before the original timeline's "Eternal East Wind" and the Holy Spirit Cult can even bomb Shrek City, Shrek Academy will be doomed on its own.

This cheating was truly exposed to the eyes of hundreds of millions of people.

"Mm." Ye Xinglan nodded.

She and Yuan Enhui had just accompanied Nan Liujing to Shrek City Station to see Wu Siduo off.

Thanks to the technology provided by Gu Yue, the cost of the ten-year-old spirit was reduced, which also lowered the selling price. Compared with Shrek Academy, the reputation of the Spirit Pagoda skyrocketed throughout the continent.

At that time, the hall was bustling with people, all of whom were people who had made reservations to purchase spirits.

"Are you excited?" Nan Liujing glanced at Yuan Enyehui, whose cheeks were flushed.

Yuan Enhui placed her jade-like hand on the towering mound, feeling her heartbeat, and said expectantly, "We'll soon have a second soul spirit, how can I not be excited?"

Nan Liujing smiled, and amidst the respectful greetings of his staff who recognized him, he led Yuan Enyehui onto the elevator and headed towards the Soul Tower.

Inside the elevator, only the two of them stood side by side. In the enclosed space, Nan Liujing could easily smell the girl's refreshing fragrance.

Ding dong.

The door opened, and the two walked out.

What comes into view is a circular hall, several hundred meters in diameter and nearly fifty meters high, mainly in milky white, and you can see the sea of ​​clouds outside through the glass windows not far away.

In the very center of the hall is a platform resembling an altar, with a 15-meter-high gate of light standing there, which is the entrance to the Soul Tower.

The altar is surrounded by various equipment, and hundreds of staff members work here.

"Little Lord."

As soon as Nan Liujing and Yuan Enyehui stepped out, someone quickly came up to them.

Their work clothes have faint phoenix feather patterns, indicating they belong to the Heavenly Phoenix lineage.

"I brought her here to retrieve the soul. How is that King Kong baboon doing?" Nan Liujing asked.

The staff member smiled and said, "Everything is stable. Please come with me."

The place where souls merge is inside the Soul Tower.

Under the guidance of the staff, Yuan Enhui took out the Soul Selection Card.

The staff member didn't forget to flatter him: "Young Master has actually killed a special type of wind baboon, that's really impressive."

"Just luck."

Nan Liujing said to Yuan Enyehui, "I'll go back to my teacher first. Come find me after you've finished the fusion."

“Mm.” Yuan Enhui nodded.

Nan Liujing is gone.

No sooner had he left than a staff member asked, almost as if it were a strange coincidence, "Miss Yuanen and the young master must have a very good relationship, right?"

Yuan Enhui withdrew her gaze and said indifferently, "It's alright." She assumed the staff member was trying to get close to her and then profit from her, so she didn't intend to pay too much attention to it.

Unexpectedly, the staff member suddenly laughed and said, "This King Kong Baboon was originally only a thousand-year-old soul spirit. Half a year ago, the young master personally supervised and increased the soul spirit's age to ten thousand years. He also went to great lengths to find the original blood of the Titan Giant Ape to strengthen the soul spirit. For soul masters, while the soul spirit is strengthened, the difficulty of fusion is also reduced a lot."

"To be honest, this is the first time I've seen the young master instruct us so seriously. It's clear that the young master cares a lot about Miss Yuanen."

A hint of surprise appeared on Yuan Enhui's alluring and stunning face. "This King Kong baboon has been specially modified?"

"Yes. And after the modification, this King Kong baboon is at least several times more valuable than before. It is a top-tier treasure that is not open to the public at all. Even if you are rich and powerful, it is difficult to obtain."

"Speaking of which, Miss Yuanen has the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, right? After fusing with this soul spirit, the increase in strength will definitely surprise you."

The staff member answered the questions while carefully operating the instrument.

Looking at the projection of the gorilla on the screen, Yuan Enhui's heart suddenly raced for a moment, and he asked as if possessed, "So this gorilla couldn't possibly have been given to a core disciple as a prize for winning the competition?"

The staff member laughed and said, "Of course not. After you won first place in the junior group individual competition, the reward, according to the usual practice, is at most a thousand-year-old spiritual plant. Compared with this soul spirit, it's like heaven and earth."

"Alright, Miss Yuanen, please enter the portal directly. The system will guide you to fuse with the King Kong Baboon."

The staff maintained a respectful smile.

"it is good."

Yuan Enhui took a deep breath and immediately walked towards the light gate. Gazing at the dazzling light, his dark eyes seemed to be tinged with an unusual brilliance.

(End of this chapter)