Xu Jiawei was immediately excited.
Then he quickly calmed down, furrowing his brows slightly in thought.
Someone so incredibly powerful, someone who had never appeared on the entire Douluo Continent, was definitely the lifeblood of Shrek Academy. It wouldn't be easy to poach Lin Yun for the Star Luo Empire.
But there was no other way; Xu Jiawei had no choice.
The Star Luo Empire was currently in grave danger, beset by both internal and external threats. Internally, there was the treacherous Dai Hao, harboring sinister intentions, and externally, the terrifying enemy, the Sun Moon Empire, watched with covetous eyes.
One wrong move, and not only would he lose his position as Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, but his imperial Xu family might also be completely annihilated.
Now, with Lin Yun presented before Xu Jiawei, it was akin to placing a bottle of water in front of someone dying of thirst in a desert. Even if he knew this bottle of water wasn't acquired through normal means, he could only down it without hesitation, just as one would frantically search for a toilet during a sudden bout of diarrhea.
Compared to future consequences, preserving the Star Luo Empire, the Xu family, and even Xu Jiawei himself, was paramount.
After all, "every man for himself, or heaven and earth will punish him."
Even if his attempt to win over Lin Yun might cause a complete rupture between the Star Luo Empire and Shrek Academy, Xu Jiawei couldn't care less.
In the face of absolute self-interest, or even the threat of life and death, anyone would recklessly descend into madness.
In Xu Jiawei's eyes, he, the entire Star Luo Empire, and even the three Douluo Empires and Shrek Academy, were already in grave danger. How long they could exist entirely depended on how much longer the Sun Moon Empire intended to delay.
Once the Sun Moon Empire launched its war, they were doomed to defeat.
At this most critical moment, a true hero was needed to step forward and save them!
"This hero, it must be you..." Xu Jiawei smiled meaningfully.
As he waited, with every second feeling like a year, his subordinates finally presented all the information they could gather before Xu Jiawei. With just a glance, Xu Jiawei burst into laughter.
The further he read, the brighter his eyes became, and his expression shifted towards ecstasy.
"Excellent, excellent..."
"Heaven truly helps me, heaven blesses me, Xu Jiawei, heaven blesses my Star Luo Empire!"
Xu Jiawei, who had always been unreadable and composed since his enthronement, actually lost his composure to this extent, which showed what great news the intelligence he held brought him.
First, Lin Yun was at odds with Shrek Academy!
On the very first day of school, he was deliberately challenged by his homeroom teacher, and then, with a three-ring cultivation, he directly defeated his Soul Emperor-level homeroom teacher. Subsequently, he constantly clashed with this homeroom teacher.
For the next year, Lin Yun did not grow close to Shrek Academy, always maintaining a distance.
The intelligence here told Xu Jiawei that although Lin Yun was currently a Soul King, he was actually only thirteen years old! At such an age and with such cultivation, even with all of Xu Jiawei's knowledge, he had never seen such a monstrous genius soul master.
Lin Yun's talent seemed to have exceeded the limits of the Douluo Continent. Even the Shrek Seven Monsters from ten thousand years ago were no match for Lin Yun at the same age.
The second thing.
Lin Yun was not without influence. According to his own words, he came from a sect of unknown strength called the Beast Taming Sect!
Seeing this, Xu Jiawei was even more ecstatic.
Why?
Because this meant Lin Yun and Shrek Academy were destined not to be together! Shrek Academy outwardly claimed to be an academy, but in reality, it had long become a major power. The selection and restrictions for inner court disciples were no less stringent than the requirements of most sects for their inner disciples.
As a sect power, why would the Beast Taming Sect allow its own genius successor to become your successor and inherit your lineage?
What a joke.
But the Star Luo Empire was different. Although it was also a major power, Star Luo was an empire, not a sect. It had fewer restrictions on sect disciples. Not only did it not require the Beast Taming Sect to be integrated into Star Luo, but it could even allow the Beast Taming Sect to become a protective sect of the Star Luo Empire.
It was similar to the relationship between the Body Sect and the Heavenly Soul Empire.
However, whether it would become like the relationship between the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Church remained unknown. No one knew whether Xu Jiawei would eventually discard Lin Yun once he had outlived his usefulness, like "discarding the bow after catching the bird."
At least for now, Xu Jiawei had no such thoughts. He just wanted to win over Lin Yun and use the power of Lin Yun and his 'Beast Taming Sect' to resist the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy.
While Xu Jiawei was making his careful calculations, others were also making their own.
There were quite a few hidden individuals at this Douluo Tournament.
People from the Holy Spirit Church were likely not present; otherwise, Zhong Liwu wouldn't have had to rely on Jing Hongchen's message to know that his 'fellow traveler' and nephew/grandson? had actually nurtured such an incredibly powerful Holy Phoenix Maiden for their Holy Spirit Church.
But there were people from the Body Sect, and specifically, two Soul Douluo.
After Lin Yun left, the two Soul Douluo gathered, their expressions somewhat uncertain.
"Shrek Academy has actually nurtured another outstanding genius. Should we...?"
"Let's not. Although I really want to nip him in the bud, Shrek Academy won't let its own geniuses be hunted by others. Conservatively speaking, there's likely a Titled Douluo hidden in the dark. If the two of us go to kill him, it's just a death wish."
"Alright, too bad. It would be great if that kid had a body martial soul."
"Stop talking nonsense. Although we can't kill him, this matter must be reported to the Sect Master. I'll stay in Star Luo City and continue to lie low; you quickly go back and deliver the message!"
"Huh? Why me?"
"Damn it, I'm a spirit-type; my concealment ability is much stronger than yours, isn't it? Get lost!"
Some people were pragmatic, like Xu Jiawei, and like the two Soul Douluo from the Body Sect. One wanted to win Lin Yun over, and the other, though wanting to kill him, did not act for the sake of stability.
But some people were rather ignorant, even if they had a navigation app, they probably still wouldn't understand their own position.
A level 91 Titled Douluo, title: Herculean Strength, martial soul: Thousand-Ton Ant King, Star Luo Empire Consecrated Elder · Cheng Gang.
Don't let this string of intimidating titles fool you; in reality, this guy was just a clown. His soul ring configuration was two yellow, three purple, four black, not even reaching the optimal soul ring configuration. He had little strength, but his ambition was sky-high.
He was precisely the one whose eyes were clouded by greed.
In the original work, he mistakenly identified Huo Yuhao's Ice Empress martial soul as Huo Yuhao being the human incarnation of the Ice Empress, then directly went to him and was beaten severely by Xuan Zi.
And this time, the person he set his sights on was Lin Yun.
"Such a powerful aura, such a terrifying soul ring configuration, it simply cannot belong to a human. He is absolutely a humanoid Fierce Beast!"
(End of Chapter)
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