Bonus Chapter. Enjoy!
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In a highly secretive and luxurious private room of a restaurant in Shrek City.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the room was quite oppressive and heavy. Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo were sitting together. The delicacies on the table emitted an enticing aroma, but no one touched their chopsticks.
Although the city lord of Shrek City was now working for Xuan Zi, Xuan Zi had not invited him over at this moment. In Xuan Zi's view, the city lord of Shrek City was, after all, just a city lord managing worldly affairs. In terms of status and strength, the gap between his identity and those present was simply too vast.
Besides, that Shrek City city lord did not know about their miserable encounter at that Shrek Academy thousands of meters in the sky. If he were called over and someone accidentally let something slip, causing the humiliation they suffered at that academy to spread, would they still have any face left? Would they still have any dignity?
Qian Duoduo sat in his seat, his gaze sweeping over Xuan Zi's face, which was so gloomy it looked like it was about to drip water. He couldn't help but feel a bit apprehensive in his heart. After a long silence, he finally spoke first to break the deadlock.
"Elder Xuan, since you specially called us here today, what exactly do you plan to do next?"
When Qian Duoduo said this, his voice was subconsciously lowered a few notches.
After all, what they were doing now was being done secretly behind Mu En's back.
Originally, Qian Duoduo did not want to attend this kind of private gathering at all; after all, Mu En had repeatedly ordered them to calm down, but he really had no choice.
During this period, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe acted as if they had agreed beforehand, taking turns emphasizing to him just how heavy a price Shrek Academy had paid because the three of them were captured. It had emptied out more than half of the treasury accumulated over ten thousand years!
At that time, Xuan Zi even pointed at Qian Duoduo's nose and asked him if he didn't find a way to make up for these losses, get those resources back, or bring back something more valuable, could he, Qian Duoduo, still be considered the Vice Dean of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy?
You must know that among the astronomical amount of resources Shrek Academy lost this time, as one of the parties involved, Qian Duoduo could not escape responsibility.
With things having reached this point, no matter how much Qian Duoduo grumbled in his heart, he could only bite the bullet and join in.
Yan Shaozhe's situation was much the same. Because Ma Xiaotao had killed an innocent student due to her evil fire outbreak, he was now completely tied to Xuan Zi's pirate ship, with no chance to get off.
Hearing Qian Duoduo's question, Xuan Zi slowly raised his head. His somewhat turbid eyes were now flickering with a strange madness. He took a gulp of wine, bit into a chicken leg, and then slowly spoke.
"I want that academy's Spirit Ring technology, that technology of the Counterfeit Shrek Academy that can artificially change the age of a Spirit Ring!"
Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo were both stunned, and immediately their breathing became a bit heavier.
They certainly remembered the Spirit Ring configuration of the people from that academy, because Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo had been defeated by Zhuo Shi who fought Yan Shaozhe and Zhang Yang of that academy respectively. The Spirit Ring configuration of those two simply overturned their common knowledge of Spirits.
Three purple, three black, three red!
That kind of gorgeous, almost dreamlike Spirit Ring combination had never been seen in the entire ten-thousand-year history of the Douluo Continent.
And according to Xuan Zi's later description, the dean of that academy even possessed nine red 100,000-year spirit rings; this was simply an incredible miracle!
Of course, there was another point that left a deep impression on them, which was that because Xuan Zi mentioned it at the time, he was directly slapped by Long Yeyue, knocking all his teeth out.
If this technology could be used by them, if they could move this technology back to their Shrek Academy, then what did the little bit of resources lost before matter?
Yan Shaozhe calmed his racing heart and couldn't help but speak. "Indeed, if this technology could be mastered by our academy, it would undoubtedly be the best, and it could even greatly enhance the strength of our Shrek Academy, but... Elder Xuan, how can we do this?"
Speaking of this, a bitter expression appeared on Yan Shaozhe's face. "Although we are unwilling to admit it in our hearts, in terms of actual combat power, that Counterfeit Shrek Academy is indeed unreasonably powerful. Even if the teacher personally takes action, he might not be able to gain any advantage."
"Bang!"
Xuan Zi slammed the table, causing the liquid in the wine glasses to splash everywhere.
Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, anger welled up in him, and he pointed at Yan Shaozhe's nose and began to scold him.
"You useless thing! Yan Shaozhe, don't you usually pride yourself on being smart and the best at coming up with solutions? Why is it that when it comes to a critical moment like this, your brain can't turn?"
[A/N: Hello pot...meet kettle]
The more Xuan Zi scolded, the angrier he got, and his face flushed red. "You even go around saying every day that you are the core of Shrek's think tank. Look at you now, you can't even think of a basic method to seize the technology. I think you're a fart of a strategist!"
Having been berated by Xuan Zi in such a head-on manner, Yan Shaozhe opened his mouth, but in the end, he shrank his neck and didn't dare to refute a single word.
He didn't dare to speak, not only because Xuan Zi's seniority in the academy was simply too high, but also because he now had leverage held in Xuan Zi's hands.
Besides, let him scold; anyway, during this period, he had gotten used to Xuan Zi's irritable appearance.
Seeing that the two did not dare to make a sound, Xuan Zi snorted coldly, and only then did he calm his emotions a little.
"If a strong attack from the outside doesn't work, can't we infiltrate from the inside? Have your brains been eaten by dogs?"
Hearing these words from Xuan Zi, Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe looked at each other, then both looked at Xuan Zi, with a trace of confusion in their eyes.
Xuan Zi continued to explain, his tone filled with a sense of deep calculation.
"My idea is very simple: it is to select the most outstanding and loyal talents from our current students and have them find a way to enter that Counterfeit Shrek Academy and become our undercover agents."
"As long as they enter that academy and become their core disciples, are you still afraid we won't be able to get that technology regarding Spirit Ring enhancement? When the time comes, with coordinated efforts from inside and outside, I want them to spit out what we lost a thousandfold, a hundredfold!"
After hearing this, Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He was truly a bit puzzled as to why Xuan Zi, who usually looked careless and only knew how to eat chicken legs and drink wine, seemed to have his IQ suddenly soar whenever it involved dealing with that Counterfeit Shrek Academy.
This time, this "undercover plan" received unanimous approval from both of them.
After all, compared to directly facing those Titled Douluo in armed conflict, the cost of this kind of secret infiltration was indeed much lower, and the possibility of success was also greater.
"This is a good idea; it is indeed feasible." Yan Shaozhe nodded, but immediately frowned again."It's just that... Elder Xuan, regarding the candidates for this undercover mission, who should we choose?"
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A/N: Xuan Zi's upto his bullshit again...who can't wait to see how this is gonna blow up in his face, lol.
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