Chapter 350 The New Sea God Pavilion Master.
Time flew by, and two days passed quietly.
Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion! In the spacious council hall, Wu Xuan sat in the main seat, flanked by the elders of Shrek.
After two days of respite, the grief caused by Elder Mu's passing had largely dissipated. After all, the living must continue to look forward. Today was also Wu Xuan's first time convening the Sea God Pavilion Council as its master.
"Master!" The elders rose in unison and bowed to Wu Xuan.
Unlike before, the elders today were unusually solemn, lacking their usual casualness.
"Please be seated, everyone!" Wu Xuan rose and gently gestured to the crowd. It was his first time being so formal, and Wu Xuan was a little unaccustomed to it.
Ma Xiaotao, sitting at the end of the hall, couldn't help but click her tongue twice; this guy's serious demeanor was quite imposing.
"Today, we convene the Sea God Pavilion Council. First, I express my deepest sorrow over the passing of our teacher. However, the deceased is gone, and we cannot remain in grief forever. We must continue to look forward and strive to make the academy flourish, to comfort our teacher's spirit in heaven." Wu Xuan delivered a standard opening speech after taking his seat.
The elders applauded upon hearing this.
"Today's council has four matters to discuss. First, to implement reforms to the types of missions issued by the Surveillance Hall. Second, to innovate the enrollment plan for the upcoming period in five months. Third, the handover of various academy affairs. Fourth, the handling of Elder Mu's belongings." Wu Xuan spoke eloquently, without showing the slightest timidity, outlining the topics to be discussed.
"I wonder what instructions the Pavilion Master has regarding the surveillance missions assigned by the Surveillance Hall?" Elder Li, standing beside him, clasped his hands in greeting.
Wu Xuan had only recently learned how powerful Shrek Academy's Surveillance Hall was, not to mention the Hall Master, the level 95 Super Douluo Li Yuquan, and Elder Li himself. The sheer number of intelligence gathering methods employed by Shrek Academy on the mainland left Wu Xuan breathless. Shrek Academy had so many spies in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms.
"From now on, I plan to activate the emergency management plan for the Surveillance Hall. This means the Surveillance Hall will concentrate its resources on dealing with all kinds of evil soul masters and evil soul beasts. Students below level 60 Soul Emperor will need at least three members in a team, led by a Soul Douluo of level 80 or above, to accept surveillance missions. As for Soul Emperors and Soul Saints, at least five students are required to form a team. Furthermore, I will cease issuing surveillance missions to those corrupt officials and nobles from the former Douluo Three Kingdoms." Wu Xuan said calmly.
"What? Pavilion Master, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
"Pavilion Master, if our academy doesn't act, those officials and nobles will only become more rampant!"
"Yes, Pavilion Master! If we don't uphold justice, won't the oppressed people have no way to survive!"
"Everyone, I haven't finished speaking yet, please don't get agitated!" Wu Xuan smiled and gestured.
"You've all overstepped your bounds," Elder Xuan said calmly.
Everyone was stunned. That's right! This was Wu Xuan's first time convening the Sea God Pavilion Council, and they were directly opposing him—wasn't that too disrespectful?
"I understand the feelings of you elders. After all, most of you come from humble backgrounds and naturally have a kind of goodwill towards ordinary people. Your starting point is good. But I would like to ask you a question: do you think the oppression of ordinary people by bureaucrats and nobles is more harmful, or the slaughter and cultivation by evil soul masters is more harmful?" Wu Xuan scanned the crowd and said, word by word.
"Naturally, the slaughter and cultivation by evil spirit masters and evil spirit beasts is far more serious. Once such a tragedy occurs, two or three hundred people dying is the least of it; in severe cases, not even a single living stray dog can be seen in the entire village," Elder Li said gravely.
Whenever he heard students returning to the academy after completing inspection missions discussing the methods of those damned bastards, Elder Li felt an urge to skin those evil spirit masters alive just from hearing their descriptions.
No matter how wicked those bureaucrats and nobles were, their persecution was limited, unless they were truly beasts in human skin.
"My decision to transfer the entire inspection team to eradicate evil spirit masters and evil spirit beasts doesn't mean I'll abandon those wicked bureaucrats and nobles; it means I'm handing them over to those in charge," Wu Xuan finally revealed his ultimate goal.
"This…" The elders were all momentarily stunned. The person in charge is none other than the royal family of the Three Kingdoms, but is it that simple? The royal family would most likely be unwilling to execute corrupt officials and nobles according to the law, since those who become officials and nobles are all Soul Masters, representing a nation's combat power.
Executing their own country's Soul Masters would be tantamount to weakening their own nation's strength! As for ordinary people, Soul Masters don't care about their opinions.
Seeing the expressions of the elders, Wu Xuan smiled slightly, then took out two strange metal frames in front of them. "I know what you elders are thinking, how could I not know your concerns? Let's first see the function of this Soul Guidance Device in my hand."
As soon as Wu Xuan finished speaking, he threw one of the metal frames, which flew to the gate in the blink of an eye.
Then, to the astonishment of the elders, Wu Xuan extended a finger and began to trace inside the metal frame. Then, gray characters slowly appeared inside the metal frame at the gate.
The elders were all shocked by this, staring incredulously at the metal frame in Wu Xuan's hand.
Seeing this, Wu Xuan didn't hide anything and slowly explained, "These two little things are a pair. They are the latest level-five communication soul tools developed by the Soul Guidance Department. Unlike the previous level-two soul tools that could only transmit sound over short distances, these soul tools transmit text. After testing, these soul tools can be used to contact the academy even in the capital cities of the original Douluo Three Kingdoms. We haven't had time to test them in more distant areas yet. Besides, they also have quite a few drawbacks."
The elders were all shocked. Even if there were many drawbacks to transmitting messages over such long distances, it couldn't overshadow its advantages.
Wu Xuan said calmly. "The core array of this communication soul tool was designed by Vice Dean Qian and features a self-destruct mechanism, making it impossible to replicate. Furthermore, the weight of its supporting metal means it cannot be reused indefinitely. Finally, only when both metal frames are intact can messages be accurately transmitted. This is one of the conditions. I believe the former Douluo Three Kingdoms will accept our proposal, punish those corrupt officials and nobles, and become our academy's largest client."
The strategic significance of this soul tool is obvious to anyone with common sense. This is Wu Xuan's confidence.
"Finally, if the former Douluo Three Kingdoms accept our Sea God Pavilion's proposal but merely go through the motions and fail to punish the wicked, I, as the Sea God Pavilion Master, will naturally teach them a lesson on how to govern their country." Wu Xuan's words were filled with domineering confidence, eliciting sighs from the elders. When had these old fellows ever been so passionate?
"In that case, I support the Pavilion Master's reform!" Elder Li was the first to speak in agreement.
Then, like a chain reaction, it was unanimously approved.
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