"Where are those three children now?"
Shi Yang coughed twice.
"I don't know either. They are all from Heaven Dou City and haven't returned for at least two years."
The Tang Sect's extermination had only happened four years ago.
He had been directly implicated and questioned back then, so he took the opportunity to recommend the three talented Spirit Masters with Body Sect Martial Souls he had learned about earlier to Shrek Academy, finally managing to muddle through.
As he said, even if he found talented individuals with Body Sect Martial Souls, he wouldn't consider recommending them to Shrek, let alone the Body Sect.
This was a matter that could cost him his head.
So, when he noticed some talented individuals with Body Sect Martial Souls, he would pretend not to see them, merely silently recording their information.
Last time, he had also relied on the details of three marked Body Sect Martial Soul talents to escape accountability.
However, over the past four years, he hadn't heard much news about those three talented individuals with Body Sect Martial Souls.
Especially in the last two years, not a single bit of news had emerged.
Seeing the killing intent in Du Busi's eyes, Shi Yang hurriedly said, "I suspect they were sent to the Sun Moon Empire!"
He didn't dare hesitate at all, spilling out all his guesses.
"After all, Body Sect Martial Souls are the exclusive domain of your Body Sect. If Shrek wants to research Body Sect Martial Souls and finds them worthy, and if the research is successful, they might publicly showcase them. But for those Body Sect Martial Soul Spirit Masters who fail their training, they certainly wouldn't want them to join the Body Sect. They would most likely send them to the Sun Moon Empire for training."
Sun Moon Empire.
Du Busi narrowed his eyes.
"The relationship between the three Douluo nations and the Sun Moon Empire has never been good. Both sides need to gather intelligence on each other. Shrek Academy controls a significant intelligence network and has inserted many agents into the Sun Moon Empire."
Du Busi released his grip.
"Considering you are the Sky Dou City City Lord appointed by the Tianhun Empire royal family, I'll give you a chance. You're quite good at finding Body Sect Martial Souls. I'll give you three years to find ten Spirit Masters with Body Sect Martial Souls. I'll spare you this time."
Shi Yang's face stiffened.
Three years?
Ten?
Are you even listening to what you're saying?
He put on a miserable expression and accepted the task.
It was nothing more than spending more manpower and resources; if you want to find them, you can always find them.
And to be honest, in the current world, the proportion of the total population that awakens a Martial Spirit is actually only twenty to thirty percent, most of whom are city dwellers.
If he truly couldn't find Spirit Masters with Body Sect Martial Souls, he would just conduct large-scale Martial Spirit awakenings to search for them.
The losses involved would undoubtedly be huge, but Shi Yang didn't dare to bargain.
Body Sect.
Du Busi was extremely efficient. In the time it took Su Ming and Su Yun to finish talking and pack their luggage, Du Busi had already detoured to Heaven Dou City and returned to Snow Demon Mountain.
"Xiao Ming, that's roughly the situation. Keep an eye out for it later."
When Shi Yang said that Shrek had received at most five talented individuals with Body Sect Martial Souls in the past twenty years, he was referring to those sent by other city lords besides himself.
"Eight. All were Body Sect Martial Souls that met Shrek's admission requirements. Find these people and bring them back."
Learning of the situation, Su Ming felt it was unexpected yet made sense.
In the original work he knew, it seemed like Elder Xuan was also looking for very important Body Sect Martial Souls.
But in fact, Elder Xuan had very high standards and looked down on most things; Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo weren't considered good enough in the original work, and Huo Yuhao was also declared by him to have insufficient talent in Body Sect Martial Souls.
"Teacher, you just let that Sky Dou City City Lord go like that?"
"Giving your senior sister some face."
Hearing this, Su Ming did not question further.
This face definitely had to be given.
Heaven Dou City was the former capital of the Heaven Dou Empire and now the core of the Tianhun Empire. If the Sky Dou City City Lord was killed in Heaven Dou City, what face would the Tianhun royal family have left?
How would Wei Na get along with the royal family then?
"The sect can't just let this go either. I will inform the various elders about what happened today and will also request meetings with the royal families of the three great empires soon."
Hearing this, Su Ming's eyes flickered.
This was good too.
They had just caught them by the short hairs ; they definitely needed to make good use of it. Whether it was the upcoming expansion of the Blacksmith Association or something else, they could use this opportunity to open doors.
The world wasn't just about fighting and killing; the world was about human relationships and social dealings.
Directly killing these city lords would certainly be satisfying, but it would yield little benefit.
These city lords were also cooperating with Shrek, and moreover, they were being duplicitous, not putting in special effort to find talented individuals with Body Sect Martial Souls, or if they found them, not directly recommending them as Shrek required.
Killing them was meaningless.
It was better to use this cooperation between the various city lords and Shrek as a point of contention and demand an explanation from the three great empires.
"You don't need to worry about the next steps. I will handle it myself, Master. You should go home with your father first."
Du Busi waved his hand.
"Teacher, this is for you."
Su Ming took out a small metal box. It was covered in dense patterns of core formations, and energy seemed to be flowing inside, as if sealing something.
"I originally planned to give it to the elders to pass on to you. Now that you're back, I'll give it to you directly."
"What is this?" Du Busi asked curiously, taking the metal box.
"This is vitality I collected during the process of forging metal. Teacher, you must have been injured from the big battle earlier. I was thinking maybe this could help you recover." Su Ming said with a chuckle.
Du Busi opened the box, felt the rich vitality inside, and sucked in a sharp breath.
"Sss~"
He looked thoughtful and gave his disciple a meaningful glance.
"Forging metal is really cost-effective; you can actually collect so much such pure vitality."
"After all, it's somewhat like creating life. What I collected is the primordial vitality from creating life."
"Is that so? Then it seems the disciples within the sect really need to increase their efforts in learning forging."
Du Busi glanced at Su Ming.
His gaze showed disbelief.
He knew very well how immense the vitality inside this box was; he felt that even if he were dying, it could save him and quickly return him to peak condition.
Could this really be obtained from forging metal?
Su Ming chuckled, playing dumb and didn't continue the conversation.
"Alright, alright, it's time for you to go."
Du Busi waved his hand again, signaling Su Ming to leave with Su Yun.
After Su Ming left, he looked at the metal box in his hand and took a deep breath.
"This vitality is enough for me to repair all my hidden injuries."
Su Ming's Sea of Consciousness.
"Elder Yi, is that vitality enough for Teacher to break through? I still have so much vitality in this Blade of Life; I feel like I could add more."
Electrolux was speechless.
"Your teacher's foundation is very good; he just has some hidden injuries. After using the vitality to heal those hidden injuries, he will naturally be able to break through. That's far better than forcibly pushing him up with vitality."
"Alright."
Su Ming rubbed his hands together.
"Then how should I fuse with this Blade of Life?"
He had possessed the Blade of Life for some time now, and Su Ming was quite eager for it.
A second Sea of Consciousness?
A third eye?
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