Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 221 A Difficult Challenge

"So that's how it is. These two guys, Zhongli Tian and Zhongli Di, reaped what they sowed. One suffered a backlash from his evil deeds and got burned while playing with fire, while the other died at the hands of the soul beast he was torturing and refining. They truly deserved to die."

After listening to Chen Ping's story, Wang Yan exclaimed, "Every evil soul master possesses powerful evil energy. Because the abilities they wield often exceed their limits, once the balance is broken, they may suffer a backlash."

"Chen Ping, it's truly a stroke of luck that you survived this misfortune. Alas."

At this point, Wang Yan sighed subconsciously and glanced at someone.

After recounting his experiences in carrying out combat missions, Chen Ping solemnly collected the corpse of the Shadow Leopard in front of him.

After leaving the cave through the tunnel, Chen Ping carefully dug a pit for the Shadow Leopard and buried it there.

Chen Ping sighed. In any case, he had escaped with his life thanks to this leopard.

For that reason alone, it wouldn't be a loss to build a grave for the other person.

Chen Ping was too lazy to look at Elder Xuan anymore. He also bore some responsibility for the failure of this mission, which was due to the fact that he hadn't anticipated the presence of the Zhongli brothers.

If he had paid more attention to the smuggling case involving soul beast furs provided by the Star Luo military, and had investigated closely to discover the large number of soul beast corpses hanging above the cave, he could have captured two of them and interrogated them thoroughly.

Perhaps we can also learn that the Grim Reaper and the Zhongli brothers have formed a mutually beneficial alliance to some extent.

In the original novel, the three Zhongli brothers' goal was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear cub in the Star Dou Forest, as well as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that could be refined into a powerful natal beast soul.

So even if Zhongli Ren was killed by Chen Ping, the remaining two brothers would most likely not suffer such a loss for nothing. Instead, they would choose to lie low in the Mingdou Mountains, a no-man's-land, and wait for an opportunity to return to the Xingdou Forest.

In this situation, the Zhongli brothers realized that there were evil soul masters in the Death Hand bandit gang. In exchange for providing them with a certain degree of protection and supplying the Death God's messenger with a large number of soul beast corpses, they agreed to let the bandit gang process the furs after hunting soul beasts. It was a mutually beneficial deal for both parties.

Besides a relatively stable source of income, the Zhongli brothers also gained over three hundred henchmen to help them. They could do whatever they wanted under the name of the Death Hand Bandit Gang, perfectly concealing their identities.

The Death Hand Bandit Gang gained two powerful Evil Soul Douluos as their backers, while the Death Messenger, an Evil Soul Master, was able to stockpile a huge number of soul beast corpses from the cave as materials for corpse explosions. It was indeed a perfect complementary combination.

Thinking about it carefully, the biggest mistake he made in the whole mission was assuming that Xuanzi wouldn't make mistakes as long as he didn't drink.

In fact, in the original story, Xuanzi did not make mistakes because of drinking.

He deliberately kept his distance because he disliked the bloody smell inside the cave and could only sense that the highest cultivation level of the opposing Soul Master was only five rings.

After this battle, Xuanzi's trustworthiness plummeted in Chen Ping's eyes. He didn't want to risk his life to test whether the other party could improve in the future.

After circling around for quite some distance, the group finally returned to the entrance in front of the mountain where the mountain had been blasted apart.

The students from the outer academy were all sitting on the ground resting, clearly exhausted from helping the healing-type soul masters.

Elder Xuan remained silent for a long time, then personally questioned the captain of the healing department. Looking at everyone, he took a deep breath, his determined gaze showing that he had made a decision.

Elder Xuan said in a deep voice, "Wang Yan, a difficult task is about to fall on your shoulders."

“I need to bring most of the children from the inner courtyard back to the academy to help them recover from their injuries and prevent any long-term effects. That’s the most important thing right now.” “Xiao Tao and Yue Heng are in slightly better condition, but Xiao Tao needs to suppress her evil fire and has to go back to the academy first. The other one also needs a considerable period of rest.”

As he spoke, Elder Xuan waved his large hands to the people in the inner courtyard, and a dense white soul power instantly enveloped them like a large cocoon, protecting them completely.

Only Dai Yueheng, who had already regained consciousness, and Yao Haoxuan, who had suffered less severe injuries and had just woken up, remained.

Elder Xuan took a deep breath, looked at the seven people from the outer courtyard, and said in a deep voice, "The sudden change is entirely my responsibility. There is probably no time to send new members from the academy to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament. Only you can step up for now."

"Yueheng, Haoxuan, your injuries are a little less serious, so stay in the military camp to recuperate."

"Only after Dr. Wang confirms that you can unleash your soul skills and fight spirits freely should you head to Xingluo City to participate in the competition."

"Children, the honor of the academy rests solely on your shoulders. Victory and honor belong to you; defeat and the responsibility rests solely on me."

"Chen Ping, I apologize to you. I can only entrust you with the overall direction of all matters concerning the upcoming competition."

After saying this, Elder Xuan raised his head, wiped away the tears in his eyes, and led the five people from the inner courtyard, who were enveloped by his soul power, out of the cave in a flash. They immediately released their flying soul tools and headed towards Shrek Academy at top speed.

Dai Yueheng and Yao Haoxuan turned to look at Chen Ping, their eyes filled with gratitude.

If it weren't for the defensive soul tools that Chen Ping brought, they would most likely have passed away today.

They felt quite fortunate to still be able to open their eyes and see the stars at night.

On the way back to the military camp, Chen Ping couldn't help but sigh.

Life is unpredictable; even the large intestine wrapping the small intestine is no more than this.

If we say that he was just a grain of sand or a small butterfly in his era and didn't change the course of the entire Douluo Continent, then the three Zhongli brothers all died at his hands.

His current record is quite impressive even among all the graduates of Shrek Academy.

But if he really changed the course of history, Shrek Academy will most likely still have to rely on its reserve team to fight tooth and nail in this year's All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

From this perspective, it seems that Chen Ping hasn't changed anything.

Okay, there have been some changes. At least their reserve team now consists of four Soul Masters and three Soul Venerables, which is two more Soul Venerables and two fewer Great Soul Masters than in the original story.
Perhaps sensing Chen Ping's worries, Wang Yan patted Chen Ping on the shoulder: "Relax, you guys go back and rest first. Once we get to Xingluo City, leave all the remaining trivial matters to me."

He Caitou couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Wang, this time it's not really going to be us who go up, is it?"

Wang Yan smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid this is the only way. The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament will last for a long time, about a month."

“Dai Yueheng and Yao Haoxuan will need a considerable amount of time to fully recover. In addition to recuperating, Xiao Tao also needs to return to the academy to suppress the evil fire, which will probably take even longer.”

"Now, it's up to you to fight in place of the academy."

(End of this chapter)