People in Douluo, the mastermind behind the scenes

clang!clang!clang!
Accompanied by a rhythmic sound of metal knocking, Huo Yuhao breathed a sigh of relief, quickly raised his arm, wiped the sweat from his forehead, then turned around and walked towards the gathering place.

Huo Yuhao did not notice that at the moment the metal knocking sound was heard, Ning Rongrong's originally confused eyes instantly regained clarity. She no longer muttered about going home, but instead stared straight at the air mass in the sky, her thoughts drifting to who knows where.

Soon, Huo Yuhao arrived at the gathering place. Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing lined up in a row, making it exactly seven including Huo Yuhao.

Wait, where's Xiao Wu? Where did Xiao Wu go?
And...when did Ning Rongrong run ahead of him?

The unreasonable relationship between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, the disappearance of Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong's unfathomable cultivation, and the demise of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

The four seemingly unrelated clues connected together reveal a fact.

there is only one truth!
The timeline in the illusion is not the Soto City period, but the ending after the Battle of Jialing Pass, when the Spirit Hall achieved the final victory.

Only when the Spirit Hall achieves the final victory will the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect perish and Xiao Wu be killed and her bones taken out. Sea God Tang San is unwilling to fail, and uses the last of his divine power to create this world, imprisoning all the original Shrek Academy members here, so that the memory will always remain at the most beautiful moment?
What are the conditions for passing the level? Kill Tang San and let the other members of Shrek Academy return to the normal world?
I'm afraid things are not that simple. The Spirit Hall has won, and the Shrek Five Devils who followed Tang San to fight against the Spirit Empire will definitely be liquidated... No, that's not right. According to the rules, there is an undercover agent from the Spirit Hall hiding inside Shrek Academy. Who could that undercover agent be?

Is it Huo Yuhao? Or someone else?
What should he do now? Go find the Spirit Hall undercover and join forces to kill Tang San? If he finds out the identity of the Spirit Hall undercover and chooses to join forces, would that be considered a violation of the sixth rule?
[Six. There is an undercover agent from the Spirit Hall in Shrek Academy. Please find and kill him.]

Huo Yuhao stood in the queue and deduced all possible situations in his mind, but... he couldn't figure out anything. The information he had at the moment was too little, and he couldn't think of a relatively safe way to break the impasse.

Just then, a middle-aged man with ordinary appearance came over and stood in front of the seven people.

"Starting today, I will prepare some special training for you. Do you see that mountain over there? Without using soul power, I want you to climb to the top of the mountain with your bare hands to train the coordination and strength of your limbs. This... is the content of your training today."

As he spoke, Yu Xiaogang pointed in a direction.

Huo Yuhao looked in the direction Yu Xiaogang pointed. There was no mountain there. Instead, there was a towering tree.

Pointing to a tree as a mountain?

Huo Yuhao was about to ask, but then he thought of the third rule and quickly swallowed the words back.

[3. What the master says is always right, don’t try to correct him]

Just like that, under the leadership of Master Jade Belt, the seven of them arrived at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the steep mountain in front of them, an imperceptible look of strangeness emerged on Huo Yuhao's face.

This is obviously a big tree, how can it be a mountain? How can it be regarded as a mountain? Are the actions of climbing a tree and climbing a mountain the same?

I saw... Tang San came to the tree, and the moment Tang San touched the trunk, the tree began to twist, twisting into a criss-crossing... mountain road?
Seeing this scene, Huo Yuhao seemed to understand something. There was indeed a high mountain where the tree was, but for some reason, he could not see it for the time being.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao gave himself a psychological hint, imagining that there really was a high mountain where the big tree was.

But as Huo Yuhao imagined it, the outline of a mountain really appeared in front of him. Suddenly, Huo Yuhao felt his heart sink as a strange memory flooded into his mind. For a moment, he could no longer tell whether he was Huo Yuhao or... Xiao Wu.

Huo Yuhao quickly stopped imagining that there was a mountain in front of him, and the throbbing in his heart finally eased.

"This mountain...can't be climbed."

Huo Yuhao simply covered his chest and slowly sat down on the ground, pretending to be in pain.

"Master, it seems that Junior Brother Huo has suddenly developed a hidden illness."

Zhu Zhuqing walked out of the crowd silently, looked up at Yu Xiaogang, and said this carefully. Her expression seemed as if she was afraid that the other party would force Huo Yuhao to climb the mountain in this state.

Yu Xiaogang waved his hands and said expressionlessly: "Mubai, Zhuqing, quickly send the new student to Teacher Ye for treatment."

After saying that, Yu Xiaogang came to the foot of the mountain with his hands behind his back and began to cheer Tang San on.

On the other side, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing raised their heads and legs respectively and sent Huo Yuhao into a private house in the faculty and staff area.

Through what just happened, Huo Yuhao learned another piece of information, which is... Yu Xiaogang and Tang San are in the same group.

For Master Jade Belt, the most glorious period of his life was not his relationship with the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, nor was it his marriage to Liu Erlong, but teaching seven promising talented spirit masters in Shrek Academy. This kind of hope-filled life is what Master Jade Belt yearns for.

Wait, could it be that Ning Rongrong wants to go home for more than what she seems to mean, but that she wants to be buried with Ning Fengzhi, Jian Douluo, and Bone Douluo?

Perhaps, except for Huo Yuhao, the entire Shrek Academy is made up of dead people, living dead whose souls cannot rest in peace.

That sudden memory that belonged exclusively to Xiao Wu, could it be that... Tang San and Yu Xiaogang wanted him, Huo Yuhao, to replace Xiao Wu's role, so that the big family of Shrek Academy would stay at this moment forever?

Don’t look at scenes that you shouldn’t see!
Don’t say things that you shouldn’t say!
Don’t listen to voices that you shouldn’t hear!
Huo Yuhao silently repeated the first rule in his mind again. Just as he was about to take a breath, a fragrant breeze blew towards him.

Huo Yuhao subconsciously opened his eyes and saw... a beautiful woman with purple hair staring at him coldly.

"Okay, I know you're not sick, just get up quickly, and don't worry, I won't tell the master the truth."

The beautiful woman sat on the chair, holding her chin with both hands, looking out the window with a melancholy face, her thoughts drifting to who knows where.

Seeing the beautiful woman's worried look, Huo Yuhao frowned. Apart from the parties involved, no one knew the growth path of the original generation of Shrek Seven Devils better than him. In his impression, there were no female teachers in the original Shrek Academy, right?
Where did this woman in front of me come from? (End of this chapter)