Meng Hanchen didn't know how formidable Shrek's fanatics were, or rather, she was still too young, having spent most of her past decade or so on cultivation and soul tool research.
It was precisely because she had no concept of 'Shrek fanatics' that she would boast about smashing Lin Yun with gold soul coins to get him to Mingde Hall.
Of course, in reality, Lin Yun wasn't a Shrek fanatic, and Meng Hanchen's beauty and wealth held little appeal for him.
Oh, except for white hair. Meng Hanchen's silver-white side ponytail was indeed very attractive.
So it wasn't completely without any appeal, just that the appeal was indeed limited.
But no matter what the truth was, it didn't change the fact that Miss Meng had set her sights on Lin Yun and was ready to launch her offensive at any moment.
Among those who pursued Meng Hanchen at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, the line could stretch from the academy's gate to outside Mingdu City. Miss Meng refused to believe that she, by actively pursuing someone, would be rejected.
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
She'd sooner believe her elder brother, Xiao Hanchen, would be single for life!
Xiao Hanchen: ?!
Xiao Hanchen's knee was once again hit by an arrow.
Miss Meng was headstrong. Xiao Hanchen felt his scalp tingle. He tried his best to persuade Meng Hanchen, otherwise, Xiao Hanchen suspected, this young lady would directly storm into Shrek Academy's resting area right now.
Unlike Huo Yuhao and his group in the original story, who were overly exhausted and chose to return to the hotel to maintain their cool image, Lin Yun and the others returned to the combat zone after the match to watch other teams' matches.
"Meng, the match has just begun, and it'll be our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's turn soon. Can you stop causing trouble? If you truly like him, you'll have plenty of time to get to know him later, there's no rush right now!" Xiao Hanchen painstakingly tried to deal with Meng Hanchen.
"Alright, fine..." Meng Hanchen pouted and obediently sat back in her seat.
When out and about, she still had to give her older brother some face, otherwise, wouldn't it make her, Miss Meng, seem spoiled, willful, and ill-behaved?
But once the seed of a love-struck mind takes root and sprouts, it's not so easy to eradicate.
Especially for someone with Meng Hanchen's severe attraction to good looks and pure love-struck mind.
After the chaos caused by Meng Hanchen, the Sun Moon team finally settled down thanks to Xiao Hanchen's persistent efforts.
On the other side.
In Shrek Academy's resting area.
Everyone stared at Lin Yun with gleaming eyes, their gazes filled with undisguised admiration and worship.
Even Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan were no exception.
As fellow Soul Kings, they knew best the immense gap between themselves and Lin Yun. They were already elite inner court disciples of Shrek Academy, ranking at the very top of the Soul King realm in terms of cultivation and strength.
But compared to Lin Yun, it seemed Lin Yun was the high and mighty genius student, while they were merely wild soul masters who had barely cultivated to the Soul King level.
That single move, Shifting Shadows, was enough to leave them shaken for a lifetime.
Such a technique was unheard of.
Wang Yan didn't dwell on why Lin Yun had said yesterday that he wouldn't make a move, only to snatch Ma Xiaotao's kill today and rampage on the arena.
It was best that Lin Yun was willing to make a move. Wang Yan was even happy for Lin Yun to act, hoping that every battle could be like today, decisively defeating all opponents and leading Shrek to victory.
However, currently, Wang Yan was more focused on the technique Lin Yun had just used.
As a teacher with profound theoretical knowledge, Wang Yan was almost obsessed with soul master theories. This was evident from his persistent efforts in the original novel to uncover the secrets of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes martial soul.
If not for Lin Yun's profound background and the academy's high regard for him, Wang Yan would have been tempted to research his Golden Dragon martial soul.
After all, the Golden Dragon martial soul was known as the ancestor of power, an ultimate power attribute, a martial soul that had never appeared in the entire history of soul masters.
Wasn't this far rarer than a Body martial soul?
But Lin Yun wouldn't cooperate with his research, so he could only suppress his thirst for knowledge.
Today was different. As a well-read scholar, Wang Yan couldn't even understand the principle behind Shifting Shadows. He could only keenly sense that this power couldn't possibly come from the Golden Dragon martial soul. This was extreme speed, possibly even touching upon the domains of time and space.
How could the Golden Dragon martial soul possess time and space attributes?
This was what Wang Yan was most curious about.
"Lin Yun, can you tell me about that soul skill of yours? I'm truly too curious!" Wang Yan finally couldn't suppress his fervent curiosity, his eyes burning as he looked at Lin Yun.
At Wang Yan's words, the others also turned their gazes towards him.
It wasn't just Wang Yan; they were also impressed by Lin Yun's cool and dazzling Shifting Shadows, and they too wanted to understand the effects of this skill.
Lin Yun just smiled at Wang Yan.
'He dares to pry into my trump cards and secrets. Wang Yan cannot be kept around for long. He has already chosen his path to death!'
But after a moment's thought, he dismissed the idea. If he truly killed Wang Yan over this, what difference would he be from Tang San? He might as well just make up some nonsense to fool him.
"This soul skill is called Shifting Shadows. It's a self-created soul skill I developed by combining my soul bone abilities. You've seen its effect; it's similar to instantaneous movement, but it can also actively attack," Lin Yun said with a smile, his words half-truth, half-fiction.
While Shifting Shadows indeed utilized the spatial traversal ability of the Demon Spirit External Soul Bone, the fundamental basis of this self-created soul skill was the Golden Dragon King's innate time ability.
However, that part couldn't be revealed.
Lin Yun's explanation was vague, only roughly introducing his Shifting Shadows, which was no different from saying nothing, except that they now knew its name.
But that was enough.
A soul master's soul skills, especially self-created ones, concerned their abilities and secrets. Even the closest of people might not be completely honest about them.
Let alone them.
Prying into a soul master's abilities was inherently a taboo in the soul master world. Lin Yun being willing to tell them that this ability was developed from a soul bone was already giving them a lot of face.
At least he didn't get angry.
So they all tacitly agreed not to press further. Although Wang Yan still wanted to know more in his heart, Lin Yun's gentle smile, which clearly conveyed refusal, had already explained everything.
You can ask. Even if you keep asking, I won't tell you.
And if you annoy me with your questions, even if you are a teacher of Shrek Academy, you'll have to weigh how many lives you have that are enough for you to pry into my secrets.
Wang Yan shivered, and incidentally, he dismissed the thought.
Curiosity can kill the cat.
And people too.
(End of Chapter)
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