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Xu Sanshi, who ranked first in the reserve team in terms of soul power and most likely also in combat power, proposed not to enter the inner courtyard at the critical moment, which was undoubtedly a big blow to Shrek's expedition.
It cannot be said that the army died before achieving success, but it can also be said that the army failed and fell.
The team leader, Wang Yan, suddenly felt as if a black mountain had fallen on his shoulders, pressing him so hard that he couldn't breathe.
At this critical moment of life and death, Xiao Xiao, a second-year student, once again raised a naive question. In the eyes of the little girl, Xu Sanshi just chose not to enter the inner courtyard to practice because of his family's order, and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it.
Obviously, the effect of Mr. Xuan's speech was largely negated by Xu Sanshi's withdrawal and excuses.
The naive girl who was tricked into the den of thieves by an old man in a pyramid scheme using verbal PUA discovered something was wrong and wanted to escape!
Wang Yan, who was thinking about who Shrek would send to replace Xu Sanshi after he left five years later, suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
To make matters worse, Xiaoxiao's words caused an even bigger commotion, and this time the person who raised the question was Zhu Lu.
"Teacher Wang, I also have a question. If we spend most of our time in the inner courtyard performing various inspection missions and have very little time to stay in the inner courtyard, then what is the significance of the inner courtyard for our teaching?"
Wang Yan's scalp tingled, and he answered with a stiff head: "That can't be said. The inner courtyard disciples also have normal teaching time, and the knowledge they teach will be more profound and comprehensive."
Dai Huabin was puzzled and asked, "But the teachers who teach the inner courtyard students are still high-level teachers like Teacher Wang, right? We can get access to them in the outer courtyard. Is there anything unique in the inner courtyard?"
Wang Yan swallowed and replied, "Our academy has been passed down for thousands of years, so of course we have some unique skills. As long as you make enough contributions to the academy, you will have the opportunity to receive special secrets or combat skills from the elders."
Zhu Lu blurted out: "Doesn't that mean that if we don't work hard for the academy, we won't learn anything truly meaningful in the inner courtyard? Isn't this a waste of time?"
As the heir of the Netherworld Zhu family, she did not need Shrek to teach her the knowledge of cultivating martial spirits. The family had already summarized various experiences into several rooms of information. In her opinion, the attraction of Shrek lies in the powerful means of the mysterious inner courtyard.
Wang Yan was speechless: "..."
At the side, Dai Yueheng's forehead was filled with black lines without him noticing. He really wanted to say that even if you work as hard as I do, you can't learn anything truly meaningful. Only the dean's direct descendants like Ma Xiaotao can get good things like the soul bone gift pack.
His soul power is three levels lower than Ma Xiaotao's. If he had Ma Xiaotao's soul bone configuration and resource training, how could he lag behind her in soul power?
This is also the reason why he doesn't accept Ma Xiaotao. They are all geniuses, so who would accept a relative with similar talent? Dai Yueheng is confident that she is far superior to Ma Xiaotao, the crazy woman, in terms of dealing with people and leadership, and her popularity is much better than hers.
If Dean Yan hadn't been standing behind you, how could you, Ma Xiaotao, have climbed over my head? I'm not afraid of you in a one-on-one fight, but I'm stronger than you in deploying troops! Everyone respects me but I don't!
If Dai Yueheng, who had six rings, really had even one secret method from Shrek, he wouldn't have fought so hard in a one-on-one battle in the competition to replace Meng Hongchen, who had five rings. You have to know that Meng Hongchen was not in full condition at that time, and had already sent away Beibei, who had four rings, and Ling Luochen, who had five rings.
However, the responsibility of being the captain of the starting team eventually reminded Dai Yueheng that he had to learn to help the teacher out.
Holding down Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu with one hand each, Dai Yueheng forced a smile and said, "Second brother, sister-in-law, of course there are many good things in the inner courtyard. Teacher Wang doesn't stay in the inner courtyard often, so he doesn't know. I'll tell you about it later."
"We still have to go to Mingdou Mountain Range to deal with the Death Killer Group first, let's set off quickly."
Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu wanted to say more, but they finally knew they had to give Dai Yueheng face, so they swallowed the question "What are the unique benefits of entering the inner courtyard?"
Xiao Xiao, who was muttering softly, did not get an answer from Wang Yan, so she silently retracted her head and ran to Ling Luochen, a senior schoolmate she had just met, hoping to get an answer from this senior schoolmate.
Ling Luochen knew that this was a topic that should not be touched upon, so he just spoke vaguely and interrupted with a smile.
The team finally set off in a weird atmosphere. The six players in the original team were reminded of their experiences of working very hard but not getting much benefit in this farce, and a fire of grief and indignation burned in them.
After we finish the game, we will be able to leave here with our gilded resume as inner school graduates. It will be soon, very soon.
Let's start with the Death Killer Group. After we destroy them, we will go to Xingluo City and sweep all the academies. Then we can finish our studies and go home, back to our country. A wonderful life is waiting for us.
On the way of the forced march, Wang Yan took out the soul guide communicator and notified the leader of the second-year core disciple sightseeing group, Du Weilun, the director of the Wuhun Department, to quickly take the second-year core disciples to Xingluo City to deal with unexpected situations.
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"Tianxi, the proposal you jointly submitted is very meaningful. We have gone through in-depth research and consideration, and have polished it and submitted it to the royal family and Mr. Kong."
Jing Hongchen took a sip of beer and a sip of beef, his face shiny as he said, "Mr. Kong means that you guys should just go for it and control the scale yourself. It's good to do some advertising before and after the game, and it's okay if you want to do something big occasionally."
"The people of the original three kingdoms have had too deep a misunderstanding of us over the years. In fact, many of us have no interest in war. If we really wanted to be warmongers, how could Duke Dai Hao of White Tiger have achieved military success in the Mingdou Mountains and earned the title of military god? It's ridiculous!"
As the head of Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen had a rough idea of the military reserves of the Sun Moon Empire. Not to mention other giant lethal weapons, just the batch of ninth-level fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells buried under the Mingde Hall, any few of which could be taken out could raze the White Tiger Duke's defense camp to the ground.
If Mingdetang wanted to make a living from arms, the Hongchen family would have made a lot of money long ago, but Jing Hongchen, Xuan Ziwen and many other academic soul mentors were indifferent;
As long as the three former kingdoms do not attack them, they have no interest in supporting the military to cause trouble for the three empires, and as long as they do not disturb their research on the wonderful soul guide world.
But even though he doesn't care, Jing Hongchen would certainly be happy to see more power from the original three kingdoms and more little Xuan Ziwen and little Xu Tianxi.
Although he knew that this was not much different from daydreaming, people always have to have dreams.
Xu Tianxi sipped some juice to digest the roasted lamb he had just eaten, smacked his lips and said, "Although I did ask you to do something big, but this time... isn't it a bit too big?"
As he spoke, Xu Tianxi looked down at the remaining four members of the reserve team, his expression a little complicated.
Among these four people, he had an impression of one person; Li Sanshui, who had an unusually fair complexion.This person is said to be the gossip leader of the academy. His parents were from the Tianhun Empire. He possessed the auxiliary weapon martial spirit Bagua Compass.
Like Xuan Ziwen, he was a second-generation Run. He had met him in the Mingdou Mountains. The remaining three people also had extraordinary backgrounds. Their ancestors came from the Xingluo Empire, the Douling Empire, and... Shrek City.
What's outrageous is that the soul guide's ancestor who came from the Xingluo Empire has a spirit similar to the white tiger, the spirit of the Douling is similar to the swan, and the spirit of the person who was born in Shrek City is simply the same cat-owl as the dean of Shrek, Flanders, ten thousand years ago!
Dean Hongchen is setting up a professional stamp collecting group here!
If Jing Hongchen hadn't dug them out, Xu Tianxi would not have known that the huge Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy contained so many hidden talents.
More importantly, this group of people only have martial spirits but no real strength. There are not even two Soul Lords, two Great Soul Masters, and a single Soul Sect.
Xu Tianxi even wondered if the dean was getting carried away.
"Hey~ Isn't it because of you three that I dare to do this? Anyway, we will definitely win this time."
Jing Hongchen lay on the backrest leisurely and asked the waiter to give him a few more bottles of beer.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy has been the runner-up for a thousand years, and Ma Rulong's team is at the runner-up level. Xu Tianxi and his two companions swept them, so they can be regarded as Soul Emperors.
To put it in perspective, this time the Sun and Moon team has four Soul Emperors in charge, so what's wrong with being a little arrogant? Shrek has never created a team with four Soul Emperors in charge.
Some of Xu Tianxi's methods are too powerful to be displayed, but there is no problem with Xiao and Meng's martial soul fusion skills. As long as they use their martial soul fusion skills, the Soul Saints will be doomed.
This time, we have the advantage!
"Yes, this time we are going to Xingluo City to make a name for ourselves! I really hope that there will be a strong enough genius in Shrek Academy so that we can show off our strength!"
Xiao Hongchen spoke with a red face, and it was obvious that he had drunk too much.
Meng Hongchen covered her face slightly, not wanting to look at this embarrassing brother.
Ever since he regained some face from Lin Xi and other seniors from the regular team, Xiao Hongchen has been shaking again.
Xu Tianxi ignored him and took out fireproof armor and detection glasses from his storage belt and handed them to Ma Rulong and others.
"Seniors, this is the competition equipment that Teacher Xuan and I designed together. You can divide it up."
Ma Rulong looked at the words "This soul guide was made by the eighth-level master Xuan Ziwen" on the chest armor, and his eyes jumped slightly: "Little brother Kong, this armor soul guide doesn't have any special functions, right?"
Xu Tianxi said: "Yes, it is fireproof and high temperature resistant, specially designed to save lives."
"Ah?" Ma Rulong, Lin Xi and others looked confused.
"I heard that there is a murderer who plays with fire in Shrek's generation, so we do this just in case." Xu Tianxi explained with a smile.
Seeing that the seven people seemed to have no idea what a "murderer" was, Xu Tianxi coughed twice and said leisurely: "According to the statistics of the competition, the casualty rate caused by Shrek Academy is far ahead of all the top academies and ranks first."
"Among their tactics, the best one is to kill or maim the opponent in order to reduce their manpower, especially... when facing us!"
"Hiss~" The seven main players took a deep breath, their faces showing horror.
"Alright, alright, don't worry too much. We have made sufficient preparations this time and will definitely be able to return with a championship safely. Everyone continue to eat, and then we'll get ready to leave."
Jing Hongchen spoke to calm everyone down and asked the students not to shout and scream in the barbecue restaurant.
This is a farewell dinner before the competition. After this meal, Jing Hongchen will personally take them to the Xingluo Empire to participate in the competition.
In order to avoid causing fear to friendly countries, Jing Hongchen only gives them a ride for a while, and then hides in secret to protect them after arriving at the border. The teachers leading the team in public are Ma Rulong's grandfather Ma Lao and the director of studies Lin Jiayi, both level eight soul mentors.
As for how many helpers Jing Hongchen had found this time, Xu Tianxi had no idea; but with Jing Hongchen around, he wouldn't have to worry too much about a level 98 Chicken Leg Douluo who was about to lead the Shrek team to heaven.
If the situation is out of control, the worst that can happen is that we can take out the ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shells in Xingluo City, and everyone can take a gamble to see who will ascend to heaven first.
It is unknown who will lose patience first, Jing Hongchen or Jitui Douluo. If Xu Jiawei does not want Xingluo City to be reduced to ruins, he must prevent the situation from escalating...
"What's going on?"
Suddenly, Xu Tianxi felt an inexplicable pain in his heart, his face turned pale, and a feeling of dizziness rushed to his mind. He quickly reached out to support his head.
"What's wrong, Tianxi, are you okay?" Jing Hongchen asked hurriedly with concern.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen stood on the left and right, with their hands on Xu Tianxi's forehead.
"It's okay, I just don't know why, I feel a little nervous..."
Xu Tianxi shook his head, took a deep breath to relax his body and mind, his pupils gradually regained focus, and then suddenly lit up.
"No one else should be in trouble. Could it be Xu Sanshi..."