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"I really don't know where you learned all this."
Perhaps the speaker meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart.
Chen Junting paused briefly, then laughed freely.
"Master, do you want to know?"
"What? You're planning to be honest with me now?"
Ye Xuanji was slightly surprised, just about to say something when Chen Junting interrupted him. "Master, you and the Sect Master must have already guessed that this so-called soul spirit method isn't actually my creation. After all, what abilities do I have to achieve such a feat?"
Hearing this, Ye Xuanji remained silent. But his nod confirmed that they had indeed thought exactly as Chen Junting said—they just hadn't pressed for details.
After all, the soul spirit matter truly couldn't be explained on its own.
But now, Chen Junting had chosen to be honest himself.
Only to hear him continue: "Since this concerns some of my secrets, I've never told anyone before. Actually, in my current sea of consciousness, there's another teacher."
These words instantly shocked Ye Xuanji!
He had suspected his disciple had someone powerful behind him, but never expected that powerful figure to actually reside within his sea of consciousness.
The next second, the Eye of Fate opened.
A gray current flowed out from Chen Junting's brow.
In an instant, this gray current formed Electrolux's figure, appearing before Ye Xuanji. Ye Xuanji's expression turned extremely serious at this moment—for he felt an overwhelming pressure emanating from Electrolux.
He felt the difference between them was like clouds and mud.
"Master, this is Teacher Electrolux, who resides in my sea of consciousness. I met him before entering the academy, when I was in the outer zone of the Star Dou Forest inviting Yuhao to join the academy."
Following this, Chen Junting didn't hide anything about Electrolux's origins, revealing all the details. He explained how Electrolux had guided his cultivation, plus their related research on formations and soul spirits.
After Chen Junting finished speaking, Ye Xuanji was so shocked his mouth hung open. Becoming the disciple of a powerful divine consciousness fragment from another plane completely exceeded normal soul masters' understanding.
"Thank you, Elder Electrolux, for taking care of my disciple."
Forcing his mind to calm, Ye Xuanji spoke with a serious expression.
"Why thank me?"
Electrolux smiled and shook his head. "This fragment of my divine consciousness was originally like rootless duckweed on floating water. Without Junting, I would have long since dissipated into nothingness—how could there be today's scene?"
"Moreover, this child Junting truly suits my temperament. Otherwise, I wouldn't have passed on my complete legacy to him."
"Elder Electrolux flatters him."
Hearing this, Ye Xuanji clasped his hands slightly.
Becoming the disciple of a divine-level powerhouse—even if just a fragment of divine consciousness, and even if they weren't truly a god in life—was still an immense blessing for his disciple.
Thinking of this,
Ye Xuanji looked at Chen Junting and advised.
"You have such an excellent teacher and such talent, already surpassing the Shrek Seven Monsters of ten thousand years ago. Since that's the case, you must not become arrogant or lazy. You must forge ahead diligently, striving to become a god."
"I promise, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect will definitely produce another god."
The determination in Chen Junting's eyes showed his ambition—neither mountains crumbling nor heaven and earth merging could change his will.
"Good, good, good—"
Three "goods" poured forth. It seemed emotions had reached their peak, and Ye Xuanji couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh heartily.
"My disciple Junting has the potential to become a god!"
These words made Chen Junting shiver slightly—a rare reaction for him.
Though he had confidence, but...
Master, don't set up flags like that!
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In the following ten days, many things happened.
First was the cooperation between Shrek Academy and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, which was already proceeding quietly but intensively.
Soon, a research laboratory specifically for soul spirits quietly formed underground not far from the Beast Fighting Forest.
Additionally, the Star Dou Forest's rampage had subsided, allowing Shrek's high-level personnel to relax their tightly strung nerves somewhat. Though Elder Mu said no beast tide would be launched, no formal agreement had been reached—so who knew if those fierce beasts in the Star Dou Forest might suddenly change their minds.
After the soul beast rampage ended, several elders including Elder Mu directly summoned Ye Xuanji, who was stationed at the Nine Treasures Pavilion in Shrek City. This group quietly infiltrated the Star Dou Forest at the first opportunity to investigate the methods left by the evil soul masters.
However, Chen Junting later learned from his own master that when these powerful experts arrived, they found the place had already been completely destroyed, with thick dark energy lingering for a long time.
Clearly, Di Tian had intervened.
Thus, aside from bringing back a spiritual-type soul beast for Huo Yuhao in the Star Dou Forest, these powerful experts gained nothing else.
Since this soul beast was a seven-tailed three-eyed demon fox, an apex existence among soul beasts, and with the soul spirit method just emerging, Huo Yuhao's absorption of his fourth soul ring became a soul spirit contract. Perhaps under Ice Empress's coercion and inducement in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, the seven-tailed three-eyed demon fox readily agreed to become his soul spirit—truly a wise man who knows when to yield.
Huo Yuhao successfully broke through to Soul Ancestor, and his soul skill was the seven-tailed three-eyed demon fox's specialty—mind control.
Combined with his first three soul skills, this greatly enhanced Huo Yuhao's strength. Even Chen Junting had to be extremely cautious when facing him, lest he accidentally fall into his trap.
As for Chen Junting himself, he used his cultivation breakthrough to Soul King to develop the next stage of array formations while the iron was hot.
Using the core formations of soul guide devices like the Nine Transformations Soul Device and milk bottles, he upgraded formations like the Soul Absorption Array and Element Gathering Array. He also updated the array pattern soul guide devices he had previously made, producing several more to give to Huo Yuhao and other Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect disciples.
As time passed, ten days later at Shrek's Outer Court.
"Brother Junting, are you planning to take the Inner Court examination?"
By the Sea God Lake, Chen Junting and Ning Tian were strolling along the path. It was on this day that Chen Junting formally applied to Teacher Mu Jin to take the Inner Court examination, and was successfully approved.
Regarding this, Mu Jin wasn't surprised at all.
After all, with Chen Junting's current cultivation and strength, staying in the Outer Court would only be a waste of time. It would be better to enter the Inner Court for advanced study, especially since only the Inner Court could truly be called a gathering place of experts.
As for the position of Class One's Strong Attack system monitor, it naturally fell to Dai Huabin.
But Chen Junting's move to enter the Inner Court seemed to stimulate Dai Huabin, whose self-esteem was extremely strong. He was now applying with a skipping-grade attitude. As Teacher Mu Jin put it, the monitor position would probably change hands again in a few days.
"What? Do you miss me already?"
Holding Ning Tian's hand, Chen Junting teased.
"Yes."
Ning Tian nodded frankly. "If you enter the Inner Court, our days of meeting will be much less."
"Then you apply too."
Pulling the girl into his embrace, he whispered softly: "After all, Elder Mu mentioned before that they would lower the difficulty of the Inner Court examination for you. I believe with your current level, entering the Inner Court is more than enough."
"Let's wait a bit longer."
The previous reluctance disappeared as Ning Tian revealed an elegant smile. She slowly withdrew her hand from Chen Junting's grasp, then wrapped her arm around his left arm closest to her.
"At most one more year, I'll come find you."
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