Douluo Continent II: You're an evil spirit master, but also a philanthropist?

Shrek Academy.

Old Master Xuan, his hair disheveled, sat on the steps drinking wine. Footsteps sounded behind him, and an old man dressed in white walked over.

"how is the situation?"

The old man in white stood respectfully behind Elder Xuan and said, "The situation has stabilized. It was corpse poison, and fortunately it was just this one type of toxin. You brought them back in time, and their lives are no longer in danger..."

Elder Xuan exhaled a breath of wine and sighed, "That's good."

Another person walked in; it was Yan Shaozhe.

"Elder Xuan, the Sea God Pavilion meeting you proposed is ready. You..."

"Let's go." Elder Xuan stood up and walked outside.

Inside the Poseidon Pavilion.

The noise could be heard from afar.

"Fuck your mother! Even after all this, you still won't let the students carry invincible shields with them? Yan Shaozhe, are you even human? Don't you know how many fewer people would have died if they had worn invincible shields before? Just for the so-called glory of Shrek Academy, you're making the students risk their lives?"

Xian Lin'er slammed her hand on the table in anger, stood up, and retorted angrily to Yan Shaozhe.

"...But if we widely utilize soul tools, the glory of our Martial Soul Department will be..." Yan Shaozhe remained unmoved, displaying an expression of utter defiance. (In the original novel, after Elder Mu ordered all members of the Inner Court to wear soul tools, Yan Shaozhe even said he would consider it further—what a fool!)

The Martial Soul System and the Soul Guidance System have always been on opposite sides.

The inner courtyard continued to use the Martial Soul system, so it was chosen that none of the members wore a single Soul Tool.

"Are the lives of your students more important than your so-called glory?!"

"..."

"Alright, Xian'er, let Xuanzi speak first."

Mu En calmly interrupted the excited Xianlin'er.

They were temporarily separated.

Elder Xuan walked into the hall, looked around, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone already knows about what happened this time. As the leader, I have an inescapable responsibility. Therefore, I have decided to resign from my position as the deputy head of the Shrek Academy Inspection Team and withdraw from the Sea God Pavilion, becoming a mere idle person in the academy."

"At the same time, let me announce to the whole continent that the responsibility for this is entirely mine; let's say it's my fault..."

When Master Xuan said this, everyone was shocked.

After all, Elder Xuan's strength and cultivation level were that of a level 98 Super Douluo, truly second only to one person and above ten thousand others.

He is also the first in line to succeed the Sea God Pavilion. Once Elder Mu dies, it will be his turn to shoulder the responsibility. If he relinquishes his duties, who will take over?

Yan Shaozhe exclaimed in shock, "Elder Xuan, no one can guarantee that something won't go wrong, especially since the responsibility this time isn't entirely yours. The inaction of the team leader, Wang Yan, and Xiao Tao and the others also have a lot to do with it!"

"In addition, that evil soul master has special abilities. With the strength of a soul king, he actually unleashed a full-force attack at the level of a soul saint."

"Elder Xuan, the Sea God Pavilion cannot do without you!"

His words were so eloquent that they almost completely absolved Xuanzi of all blame, and it was even more impossible to blame Ma Xiaotao, so naturally, the one who had to take the blame was Wang Yan.

As for announcing it to the world...

Xuanzi is the future heir of the Sea God Pavilion. Until someone can temporarily take on the responsibility, there absolutely cannot be any scandals! Otherwise, in the eyes of others, an unreliable old man has actually become the highest management of Shrek Academy, which will be a significant blow to the reputation of Shrek Academy, which is so closely tied to Xuanzi.

"There's no need for anyone to try to persuade me anymore; my mind is made up."

Elder Xuan shook his head and resolutely walked outside, as heroically as a warrior going to his death.

"Come back," Elder Mu said calmly.

"Elder Mu, I really have no face to stay any longer." Elder Xuan said, his back to the crowd, his body trembling slightly.

"call……"

Moon shook his head helplessly.

They're almost retired, about to die of old age, and they still won't let people have a peaceful life.

They're getting worse as they get older.

To be honest, if Xuanzi weren't his junior apprentice, someone he'd watched grow up, and someone he'd never seen betray Shrek Academy, even he would have some doubts about whether this old man was acting strangely...

Elder Mu said calmly, "You can leave if you want. If you have the ability to pass on the Taotie Divine Ox Martial Soul Bloodline, I'll let you go. Otherwise, forget it."

“I…” Xuanzi blushed.

After hearing what Elder Mu said, the other elders who participated in the Poseidon Pavilion meeting all showed strange looks on their faces, and Elder Lin opposite him just laughed out loud.

"Shaozhe."

Mu En suddenly looked at Yan Shaozhe.

"Teacher, I'm here."

“Ever since the incident involving the Tang Clan’s orphan three years ago, you still haven’t come to your senses much…” Old Mu said with a hint of disappointment.

"Shrek's honor has placed a thick shackle on all its members. It's a burden, it's arrogance. I'm constantly thinking about whether to break through and start anew, or maintain the status quo; whether to break these shackles that have lasted for millennia, or to continue down this path..."

Old Master Mu slowly closed his eyes.

The atmosphere in the arena gradually grew heavy...

Chapter 83 Mu En is exhausted, Xu Jiawei: My Xingluo sword is not without its advantages!

Seeing that the atmosphere had relaxed, Mu En continued leisurely, "From now on, all Shrek Academy inner court students will go to the Soul Guidance Department to receive a set of Soul Guidance Devices, including the Invincible Golden Body, and both melee and ranged combat equipment. Lin'er, you will supervise this matter. Anyone who refuses to wear them will be expelled from the inner court!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent.

Most of the elders were from the Martial Soul faction, but once Mu En spoke, no one dared to say another word, except for Yan Shaozhe…

The Martial Soul System and the Soul Guidance System have always been in constant conflict. As the current head of the Martial Soul System, Yan Shaozhe naturally has to suppress this newly emerging faction at all times.

Now that the Soul Guidance Department is openly riding on their heads, they naturally won't be willing.

But this was Elder Mu, so he could only carefully consider his words and say, "Elder Mu, the Martial Soul system is the source of Shrek Academy's honor for ten thousand years, and the Soul Guidance Device technology originated from the Sun Moon Empire. If everyone is equipped with it, wouldn't that be a blow to the morale of Shrek Academy's inner court?"

Then came the classic line: "I don't care, but can the students of the inner academy accept this...?"

"..."

"Heh, trying to intimidate me with inner court students?" Elder Mu opened one eye and glanced sideways at Yan Shaozhe.

"How dare a student..."

"Everyone, disperse." Mu En waved his hand, feeling utterly exhausted. This student wouldn't listen to a word of his good intentions.

Shrek Academy's eternal honor? It's nothing compared to those reclusive families and powerful figures in the court!

From the other side's perspective, is the honor of Shrek Academy more valuable than my child's life?

Besides, given the mess Elder Xuan made this time, is it really enough for Shrek Academy's higher-ups to just send Xuanzi to apologize and call it a day? They need to show some real, tangible reflection that the powerful clans can see and feel!

We must stand up straight when we're attacked. A mistake is a mistake, and we need to come up with a solution [equipment with soul tools to reduce casualties] to show the powerful clans our sincerity! After all, these clans are the very foundation of Shrek Academy! Where do you think Shrek Academy's students come from? How did they maintain their ten-thousand-year reign as the top student in the academy competition?

Moon rubbed his temples.

He wasn't afraid of Xuanzi causing trouble, but he was afraid of someone like Yan Shaozhe, who seemed to be wholeheartedly for the students, but was actually the academy's true... sigh.

The die is cast. The Dean of the Martial Soul Department is now a true high-ranking member of Shrek Academy. If we went back fifty years, he would have been fearless, with me keeping him in check, and he wouldn't have been able to cause any trouble.

But now time is running out.

He glanced at Xuanzi, who was hanging his head, and Yan Shaozhe, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

Destroy it, quickly...

……

Star Luo Empire.

Imperial capital.

Inside the spacious and brightly lit palace.

Xu Jiawei's lips twitched: "You mean, Shrek Academy isn't planning to send anyone this time?!"

Princess Xu Jiujiu's expression turned solemn. She nodded slightly and said, "According to the teachers they sent, Shrek Academy is not afraid of the baptism of ice and fire. They only regard this assessment as a trial, and they will accept it calmly regardless of whether they win or lose."

Xu Jiawei: "..."

As the Emperor of Xingluo, he naturally knew what was happening in the Mingdou Mountains.

After all, Dai Hao was watching from outside. He originally thought it was a great victory, but half of the troops were killed or wounded. As the commander guarding the frontier, Dai Hao naturally reported the truth.

This also made Xu Jiawei quite resentful.

I already disliked the Shrek Academy Inspection Team, and now so many people are dying just to hunt down a Soul King-level evil Soul Master.

Putting aside the fact that the guy who only knows how to gnaw on chicken legs is useless, that group of Soul Emperors and Soul Kings have completely disgraced Shrek Academy!

Two Soul Emperors and five high-level Soul Kings, all from Shrek Academy's inner court and known as the elite of the elite, were killed by a five-ring Soul King evil Soul Master. This shows how useless these people were raised by Shrek Academy!

"That Chen Zifeng who was kidnapped and whose fate is unknown is a disciple of a noble family in my Star Luo Empire! The useless Shrek Academy!" Xu Jiawei said angrily.

Fortunately, Dai Hao's eldest son, Dai Yueheng, although he suffered a serious injury, was not seriously injured and even went to prepare for the competition.

"Brother, let's think about how to deal with this first," Xu Jiujiu said helplessly.