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"Great Ancestor, please save Xiao Ya!"
Inside the Sea God Pavilion, Bei Bei knelt heavily on the ground, cradling Tang Ya in his arms. His voice was filled with grief as he kowtowed repeatedly, pleading desperately.
Behind him stood Yan Shaozhe and Chen Junting.
"Little Chen, what exactly happened?" Yan Shaozhe leaned toward Chen Junting beside him, asking about the scene before them.
After knocking Tang Ya unconscious, Chen Junting and the others had followed Bei Bei back to Shrek Academy without delay. Chen Junting had used his Seven Kill Sword to bring Bei Bei and the unconscious Tang Ya to Sea God Island, which had alerted Yan Shaozhe on the island.
Chen Junting didn't hide anything from Yan Shaozhe's inquiry.
After all, Elder Mu needed to know the full story.
Through Chen Junting's account, the two learned the reason for Tang Ya's collapse and Bei Bei's desperate plea for help.
"An evil soul master?!"
Yan Shaozhe looked at Tang Ya, his brows furrowing.
However, his words had barely left his mouth when Bei Bei immediately objected, "Xiao Ya is not an evil soul master! She hasn't killed or harmed others to increase her strength, so she hasn't fallen into evil yet! Xiao Ya is not an evil soul master—she just made a mistake!"
But Yan Shaozhe ignored this. He clasped his hands respectfully toward Elder Mu. "Teacher, this matter is extremely serious. Although she isn't an evil soul master now, she undoubtedly shows tendencies toward becoming one. We must prepare for the worst and make decisions early."
"Shaozhe..." Elder Mu's eyes opened slightly, his aged gaze seeming to pierce the soul. "This child has indeed suffered greatly. Our Shrek Academy does owe something to the Tang Sect."
"Teacher..."
"Enough."
Elder Mu raised his hand slightly, stopping Yan Shaozhe from continuing.
"What Bei Bei said is correct. She only made a mistake, and it's still a small one. Moreover, in the past, haven't you and I also let some soul masters go who made even more serious mistakes?"
At this, Mu En fell into deep thought.
It seemed he was recalling the past.
But soon, he composed himself.
"Like that Zhang Peng from the past—he needed to constantly devour soul beast blood and souls to evolve himself, didn't he? He was more like an evil soul master. Yet even so, this old man gave him a chance to reform. And you yourself—you've gone even further than this old man. Didn't you once have a girlfriend with the Evil Phoenix martial soul..."
"Cough cough—" Before Elder Mu could finish, Yan Shaozhe interrupted him with repeated coughs. Looking at Mu En, who was watching him with a knowing smile, he couldn't help but laugh awkwardly. "Teacher, I just remembered I have something urgent to attend to. I should leave first."
Without waiting for Mu En's consent, he turned and left.
Though the retreating figure did appear somewhat flustered.
This made Chen Junting want to smile as he watched him go.
After all, this dean had accumulated quite a few romantic debts.
No, to be precise—peach blossom disasters.
"Great Ancestor."
Bei Bei held out Tang Ya in his arms toward Mu En.
Looking at his only descendant, Mu En, who had been smiling just moments ago, couldn't help but sigh deeply. "Foolish child, foolish child."
"Great Ancestor, please save Xiao Ya. Otherwise, this descendant Bei Bei is willing to kneel here forever. Great Ancestor, please save Xiao Ya quickly!"
Seeing Bei Bei about to kowtow again, Mu En's aged hand gently supported him. The ground seemed to have an invisible resistance that stopped Bei Bei's movement. "Foolish child, stand up. The Great Ancestor never said he wouldn't save her. After all, this girl—Shrek Academy does owe her something."
"Thank you, Great Ancestor!"
Bei Bei's face lit up with joy upon hearing this!
He quickly stood up, still holding Tang Ya, his eyes filled with hope.
Chen Junting behind him also clasped his hands and bowed slightly.
"Elder Mu, senior brother Bei Bei, I should leave first then."
"Wait, child."
Elder Mu called out, stopping Chen Junting.
When his gaze met Chen Junting's eyes... at this moment, Chen Junting felt as if Elder Mu could see straight into his heart.
"Child, if you're not in a hurry, stay and watch. I believe what comes next will be beneficial to you." Elder Mu's words seemed to carry hidden meaning.
Bei Bei also nodded slightly toward him.
Seeing this, Chen Junting didn't hesitate.
"Then I thank you, Elder Mu."
Though he agreed verbally, he secretly called out to Electrolux in his sea of consciousness. Learning that Mu En couldn't detect Electrolux in his current healthy state, Chen Junting, who was following behind Mu En, breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long after, they arrived at a room.
The arrangement here was no different from where they had closed themselves in cultivation before. Except that the central meditation cushion here was something between a bed and an altar.
"Lay your little girlfriend flat on it."
Following Mu En's instruction, Bei Bei placed the unconscious Tang Ya at the center of the platform. Then Mu En waved his hand gently, and a golden light flowed from his palm into Tang Ya's brow.
Not long after...
"Mmm—"
Accompanied by a soft sound, Tang Ya's eyebrows twitched slightly as she regained consciousness. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in a bright, warm environment. The life energy surrounding her made every pore on her body seem to rejoice.
"Where is this?"
As she looked around, "Bei Bei, young brother Chen, and you... dormitory manager?" Tang Ya's gaze finally settled on Mu En, a trace of surprise flashing in her eyes!
What a strange combination?
"Xiao Ya, Great Ancestor isn't the dormitory manager. He's the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion." Seeing that his Xiao Ya didn't seem to be having an adverse reaction, and was instead acting as carefree as ever, Bei Bei unconsciously sighed in relief, then explained to her with a mix of laughter and helplessness.
"You good-for-nothing Bei Bei!"
Who would have thought that Tang Ya would completely ignore the weighty identity of "master of the Sea God Pavilion," and instead start arguing with Bei Bei.
"Not only did you ambush me earlier, knocking me unconscious! But you also kept your Great Ancestor a secret from me until just now. Do you even consider me your girlfriend? Is this because you don't love me anymore, huh?"
"Nonsense!"
Bei Bei felt both amused and exasperated, hurrying to explain that it wasn't he who had knocked her out. But Tang Ya refused to listen to his explanation.
Watching the two bicker and play, Mu En chuckled lightly.
Looking at Chen Junting supporting him beside him, he said: "Youth truly is full of vitality, isn't it." Then he changed his tone. "It seems that now we only need to alter the martial soul."
Hearing this, Chen Junting was immediately startled!
Alter the martial soul?
How could that be possible?
But he quickly realized that what Elder Mu meant by "altering the martial soul" might be different from what he was thinking.
Sure enough, Elder Mu continued.
"The martial soul, being the source of a soul master, is difficult to change. But why do martial souls evolve? Besides the influence of heavenly treasures and great powers, there's only the soul rings left. Soul rings affect martial souls."
"So Elder Mu, you plan to start with the soul rings."
Mu En nodded slightly. "Douluo Continent has produced countless talents. There are self-created soul skills, self-created battle techniques, special secret methods... metalworking, poison-making... after tens of thousands of years, they have become as numerous as cow hair."
"I wonder if you've heard of the Speed Clan."
"Of course I have." Chen Junting nodded slightly. Setting aside his fragmented memories from his previous life, in this life alone, Aunt Yang and Uncle Tai were descendants of the four single-attribute clans, and he had often heard stories about the past from them. Moreover...
"I remember that Ma Hongjun ancestor's wife, Bai Chenxiang, was from the Speed Clan, and senior sister Ma Xiaotao is their descendant."
"You're absolutely right."
Mu En looked at Xiao Ya, who was bickering with (scratch that), flirting with Bei Bei. "After that Divine War in the past, the Tang Sect completely declined. Within a hundred years, the four single-attribute clans left the Tang Sect to survive. But compared to the other three major clans, the Speed Clan, lacking offensive capabilities, became a burden. In the end, they came to Shrek City seeking protection. The Sea God Pavilion master at that time agreed, but after a thousand years of inheritance, the Speed Clan gradually withered away, leaving only Xiaotao in the end."
"However, their arrival also brought their secret method to Shrek Academy—'eating rings' and 'changing rings'. But this method was initially only suitable for the Speed Clan's Needle-Tailed Swift martial soul. So under the modification of Shrek's ancestors, based on 'eating rings' and 'changing rings,' they created the secret method of 'washing rings.' Its function is to wash away previously obtained soul rings, allowing one to absorb new soul rings to make up for the lost ones."
(T/N: This is only in the manhua, not in the donghua)
"But this secret method also has limitations."
"The limitation is that the years of the new soul ring cannot exceed those of the original soul ring, right?"
Chen Junting pondered briefly before guessing the limitation.
Otherwise, everyone in high positions at Shrek Academy would probably have soul rings all over ten thousand years old.
"You guessed correctly."
Mu En chuckled lightly, praising him.
"Then why did you say this thing would be beneficial to me?"
Chen Junting asked his question, his eyes flickering.
"Because of your martial soul."
Elder Mu didn't keep him in suspense, speaking frankly: "Your soul rings have transformed into stars, integrating into your martial soul. This is something only possible when a tool-type martial soul soul master cultivates to a profound realm. Your martial soul seems to have some special quality that caused this to happen spontaneously. Though you may not care about it now, no matter what, when your cultivation reaches a certain level in the future, you will research it. And this 'washing rings' method can give you some preliminary ideas."
Hearing this, Chen Junting suddenly understood!
But it wasn't just for his martial soul. After listening to Elder Mu, he believed this 'washing rings' secret method could also give him deeper insights into how to create artificial soul rings.
After the two finished talking, Bei Bei and Tang Ya also ended their playful interaction. Mu En then explained the 'washing rings' to Tang Ya, leaving the decision to accept it entirely up to her.
After listening, Tang Ya looked at Bei Bei.
Seeing the pleading in his eyes, love filled Tang Ya's gaze. At this moment, her feelings for Bei Bei temporarily suppressed the hatred in her heart. She looked at Elder Mu and nodded firmly.
"Elder Mu, I'm ready. Let's begin!"
"Good."
Mu En nodded slightly, having Bei Bei step back to stand beside Chen Junting. The platform beneath Tang Ya and the surrounding ancient tree roots suddenly glowed brightly, and her three soul rings appeared one by one.
Then...
"Ahh—"
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