Douluo: Son of the Stars

Chapter 132 Entering the Inner Courtyard
Although they are both within the Tianhun Empire, Maple Leaf City and Shrek City are still thousands of miles apart. Even at their speed, it would take more than two days to fly there.

Two days later, Yan Shaozhe and a group of exchange students from Sun Moon Royal Academy arrived in Shrek City.

Due to Shrek Academy's arrogant status in the mainland for thousands of years, a unique and independent city sprang up around Shrek's academy, which is Shrek City.

Shrek Academy is built on the Lima Plain and covers an extremely vast area. It is a city in itself and is called Shrek City. On Douluo Continent, Shrek City is one of the largest cities, with more than two million people living there.

Shrek Academy has the sole right to govern this city and does not need to pay taxes to any country. This alone is unmatched by other academies in all countries, including the Sun-Moon Empire.

"Everyone, welcome to Shrek City."

Yan Shaozhe looked at the magnificent city in front of him, and confidence appeared on his face.

Although there is no soul guidance technology like the Sun and Moon Empire here yet, it has Shrek Academy, the title of the first academy in the Ten Thousand Years Continent, as a foundation, which the Sun and Moon Empire cannot catch up to in any case.

"As expected of Shrek."

A ninth-level soul engineer who came with him sighed.

However, he was not sighing because of Shrek City, but because of the terrifying aura hidden under this city.

Shrek Academy now plays an important role in the continent, and the fundamental reason for this phenomenon is the continental war that occurred after the collision of Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent more than 4,000 years ago.

At the beginning, the three empires on the Douluo Continent were not aligned with each other. In the early stages of the war, the Douluo Continent was at a disadvantage and was even invaded by the Sun Moon Continent's army.

At this critical moment, the dean of Shrek Academy of that generation raised a call and received the support of hundreds of people. He summoned nearly sixty super powers of the Titled Douluo level from all over the continent, temporarily became the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and led the army to defeat the army of the Sun-Moon Empire.

Finally, they won the war and unified the continent into Douluo Continent. After Sun Moon Empire ceded land and paid compensation, it was able to survive. But its military strength was greatly weakened and it could no longer compete with the coalition forces of the three empires of Douluo Continent. Its combat power was only equivalent to that of an empire at most.

That battle also made Shrek Academy famous, not only because Shrek Academy gathered sixty Titled Douluo, but also because the dean of Shrek Academy at that time became the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Under his command, the royal families of the three empires were shocked to find that almost all the generals were from Shrek Academy.

Under the unified command of the dean of Shrek Academy, the coalition forces of the three empires never had any conflicts with each other again. It was precisely because of the complete combination of the strength of the three empires that they were able to achieve success in one fell swoop.

From then on, Shrek Academy no longer belonged to any country, but existed independently.

Hearing the praise from the ninth-level soul engineer, even though Yan Shaozhe was an old fox, he raised the corners of his mouth slightly to show his good mood.

"Everyone, follow me. The place you are going to is our Shrek's inner courtyard."

Yan Shaozhe guided everyone into Shrek City and arrived at the gate of a college. There was only one college in Shrek City, and that was Shrek College.

Upon entering the academy, one can clearly feel that the environment of Shrek Academy is completely different from that of the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

The Sun and Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is like a steel forest, exuding the vitality and creativity of the human species everywhere.

Here, it was like a natural forest, with rare plants everywhere. Two hundred meters ahead, several huge statues blocked the view. There were ten statues in total, all ten meters high, carved from the hardest granite.

Tong Rui looked at the golden triangle and the original Shrek Seven Devils, and couldn't help but think of these people in his own time and space.

Because of Tong Rui's intervention, six of the Shrek Seven Devils are studying at the Star Academy, and Oscar, who is born with full soul power, has even joined the sect.

"I don't know if Xiaoxue has completed the ritual."

Tianyi, who was standing by, didn't hear Tong Rui's whisper and said, "Brother Qian, do you also think these statues are amazing?"

Except for Tong Rui and the other two, almost all the people present were high-level spirit masters. The two's whispered conversation could naturally be heard by everyone, even Yan Shaozhe, who was introducing them, wanted to hear the opinions of the two little geniuses.

After hearing this, Tong Rui looked at Tian Yi and said with a faint smile: "They are just ordinary statues, what's so great about them?"

“But, the Shrek Seven Devils became gods.” Although Tianyi was a little excited, he still tried to lower his voice.

After hearing this, Tong Rui chuckled and said, "So, what do you think is the purpose of becoming a god?"

The group didn't stop and had already walked past several statues, but the discussion between the two men continued, and everyone was still eavesdropping.

After all, listening to old man Yan Shaozhe’s introduction is not as interesting as listening to two kids discussing God.

"If you become a god, you can live forever. And after becoming a god, you will have great power, so you can do whatever you want."

Listening to Tianyi's views on becoming a god, everyone was curious about what Tong Rui would say.

"Gods, in a sense, are just people with greater power. If you can reach the hundredth level, you can defeat some weaker gods."

"I think you have heard about the battle between the four gods ten thousand years ago. Although it is hard to tell who was right and who was wrong, you can also imagine that they were not that powerful when they just became gods. Therefore, if you can research a tenth-level soul guide, in a sense you have the possibility of killing gods."

Then he gave Tianyi a look and said, "Although your martial soul is useless, your talent for soul guides is outstanding. As for immortality, if you don't have friends and relatives around you, immortality is nothing but eternal loneliness." "Just like Ma Hongjun from the first generation of Shrek, it is said that he couldn't bring his wife into the God Realm, so after becoming a god, all that was left for both parties was endless loneliness."

When the ninth-level soul engineer heard Tong Rui's words, he felt that Tong Rui's understanding of soul guides was very unique. After all, the idea of ​​soul guides killing gods was simply unheard of.

As for Shaozhe, his face became a little gloomy because of Ma Hongjun and his descendant, his disciple, the missing Ma Xiaotao.

But Yan Shaozhe fulfilled his duties and did not bring his emotions to the people who came to study, otherwise it would damage Shrek's reputation.

He still led everyone along the way. This was Shrek's outer courtyard, and they needed to go to the inner courtyard to study.

The group from the Sun and Moon Royal Academy attracted a lot of onlookers. Yan Shaozhe did not stop them, but took Tong Rui and his group to an endless lake.

"The inner courtyard is ahead. It is impossible to fly over this lake. Every Shrek disciple who is selected to enter the inner courtyard needs to rely on his own ability to cross this lake before entering."

"This is the first step to becoming a disciple of my inner court, and it can also be regarded as the first test for you."

"Of course, unlike the Shrek students, you can still enter even if you can't do it. After all, this is the agreement we made with Jing Hongchen."

"This test is just to evaluate your strength to facilitate our teaching."

"Since you are soul guides, you can choose a soul guide other than the flying soul guide as an auxiliary."

"Finally, I must remind you that this lake is very big, so you need to carefully calculate every ounce of soul power to succeed."

Although Yan Shaozhe's tone was one of discussion, he did not leave them with the option to refuse.

After Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, he observed the reactions of the students of Mingde Hall and found that they were not much panic or angry, but were thinking about how to break the situation.

Yan Shaozhe secretly nodded in appreciation for such a reaction, which showed that they were at least prepared for the challenges they faced when they came to Shrek.

But he turned to look at Tong Rui and Tian Yi. He had already received their information. Shrek's intelligence network rarely made mistakes.

Tianyi only has an outstanding talent in soul guidance, but the martial soul of this Mo Xunqian is gravity, which is top-notch in itself. His soul power of nearly level 14 at the age of 36 is also at the upper level of Shrek, and he himself is a fourth-level soul guide.

These two people have only been enrolled in the Sun and Moon Royal Academy for a year and are the ones most likely to be won over.

Thinking of this, Yan Shaozhe spoke again: "Tianyi and Mo Xunqian, you two have only been enrolled in Sun Moon Royal Academy for a year and a half, so your soul power level may not be enough to cross the Sea God Lake, so you don't need to take the test with them, just follow us into the inner courtyard."

Then, Yan Shaozhe brought Tong Rui, and the ninth-level soul engineer brought Tianyi, and they floated towards the inner courtyard from the lake.

In the air, Yan Shaozhe, who was carrying Tong Rui, reminded: "Spread the gravity all over your body, and use gravity in the opposite direction outside your body at the same time, you can create a repulsive effect."

After hearing this, Tong Rui also showed a corresponding level of repulsion. Yan Shaozhe looked at Tong Rui standing in place, and quickly completed the counter-repulsion, and nodded.

Soon, a soul instructor from the Sun Moon Royal Academy fell into the water and was rescued by Shrek's teacher.

The people who came after them gradually absorbed the lessons of their companions, and with the help of their martial spirits or soul guides to a greater or lesser extent, they established a temporary foothold on the lake, and then advanced a distance through the soul guides.

All the soul instructors of the Sun Moon Royal Academy were wiped out. Their soul powers were generally concentrated at the late Soul Sect stage and the early Soul King stage. Even if they did not make mistakes, it would be difficult for them to pass.

Finally, every student gathered on the shore realized that this journey was just the first step for students entering the inner courtyard, and it also corrected their attitude of looking down on soul masters.

Shrek's inner school students don't have soul guides to establish a foothold, but they can still enter the academy directly.

This shows that they can control their martial spirits and every bit of soul power to the extreme. They can walk in front of the lake by relying on their soul power with almost no waste.

Otherwise, facing such a wide lake, even the Soul Emperor would not dare to say that he could pass through it at will.

Shrek requires students to have precise control over every ounce of soul power. This is definitely an incredible ability for soul masters.

These soul masters who have been researching soul guides in the academy for many years couldn't help but have some fantasies about Shrek's training.

After seeing that everyone was present, Yan Shaozhe also spoke up: "Without any professional training, it's already pretty good to be able to achieve this. In other words, your soul guide level has indeed made up for your shortcomings as a soul master."

"Okay, you guys recover here for a while, and then you will follow him to your dormitory area. That will be your residence for the next three years."

Yan Shaozhe pointed to a teacher from the Shrek inner courtyard next to him and said.

Yan Shaozhe's task was only to bring them to the inner courtyard safely. As for the guide job, he couldn't always let a dignified dean of the outer courtyard of the Wuhun Department do it.

After Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, he left without waiting for the people from the Sun and Moon Royal Academy to say anything.

No matter what their needs are, they should not tell him anymore. The inner courtyard teacher in front of them can solve everything.

(End of this chapter)