Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect - Sharingan Intercepts Tianmeng

Chapter 70 Ning Tian: Shrek Academy is like a father figure to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Evil Soul Master!"

Ning Tian covered his mouth and exclaimed in surprise. Compared to Huo Yuhao in the original work, whose status suddenly rose and who didn't know many things, as the young sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, it was obviously impossible for him not to know what an evil soul master was.

As support-type martial souls, they need to have a clear understanding of the strength of soul masters; otherwise, they might die without even knowing how.

Therefore, when Elder Xuan mentioned the Evil Soul Master, Ning Tian broke out in a cold sweat almost instantly.

"Elder Xuan, are you sure we're going there to exterminate the evil spirit masters?" Not that the evil spirit masters are coming to exterminate us?

Ning Tian exclaimed in surprise, but of course, she didn't say what followed, or rather, she didn't dare to say it.

"Hmph, scared now?"

Ning Tian remained silent. He was only a three-soul master, and a support-type one at that. How could he not be afraid of evil soul masters? But he couldn't show that he was too cowardly in front of Elder Xuan.

"Elder Xuan, they are still just students from the outer academy, so it's normal for them to be a little afraid of evil spirit masters right now."

Wang Yan tried to smooth things over, and Elder Xuan glanced at him but then seemed not to care much about what Ning Tian said.

After releasing a little of his aura to quiet everyone down, Elder Xuan's face turned solemn as he prepared to give them a briefing on the history of Shrek Academy.

"Little ones in the reserve team, listen carefully, this concerns your future direction in the academy. Our Shrek Academy has a history of tens of thousands of years. Generally speaking, a powerful Soul Master can live for at least two hundred years or even longer. Some academies have students who pass the examinations to enter the inner court almost every year, but currently there are less than a hundred inner court disciples remaining in the academy. Do you know why?" (This follows what the Supreme Elder said at the beginning, after all, the number of inner court students has always been a mystery.)

Xu Sanshi said, "Because all the senior students in the inner academy have graduated."

Elder Xuan shook his head. "You're right, some students did leave the academy after graduation, but what I'm talking about this time are those disciples who didn't graduate from the academy."

At this point, a hint of sorrow crept into Elder Xuan's voice. "They were all good children. Although they didn't truly graduate, their names will forever remain on the academy's roster. They took the academy's ideals as their own. It wasn't that they lacked the ability to graduate; rather, they died fighting for the academy's ideals."

"Many students from the outer academy are actually qualified to enter the inner academy, but quite a few choose to leave after graduating from the outer academy. Entering Shrek Academy's inner academy not only means learning more and having better teachers, but also shoulders a heavy responsibility. The academy respects the choice of any student, but what I want to say is that all students who choose to enter the inner academy for further study are heroes, not just heroes of the academy, but heroes belonging to the Douluo Continent."

Elder Xuan spoke silently, while Ning Tian frowned almost imperceptibly. They took the academy's ideals as their own, not because they lacked the ability to graduate, but because they died fighting for the academy's ideals? Their names would forever be on the academy's roster? They became heroes, heroes of the continent at that? Didn't they receive any real benefits? Were there any benefits for their families or clans?

Thinking this through, after Elder Xuan told them to keep it a secret, Ning Tian couldn't help but ask him, "Elder Xuan, I'd like to ask, besides having their names forever recorded in Shrek's register, does Shrek offer any other benefits to the families of those who died fighting for Shrek?"

At this point, Elder Xuan's expression visibly stiffened, and he glanced at Ning Tian.

"They became heroes, heroes of the entire continent, and the pride of Shrek Academy. Their names will forever remain in Shrek's records, serving as role models for future Soul Masters. Isn't that enough?"

Sensing Elder Xuan's dissatisfaction, Ning Tian immediately stated his and his family's stance. "Enough. Shrek Academy is the holy land of all soul masters, and it is like a father to my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. When I came to Shrek Academy, my father, the sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, told me that I must treat Shrek Academy as a father. Our Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School will naturally always support all of Shrek's decisions."

Elder Xuan nodded, seemingly quite satisfied with Ning Tian's answer.

The moment Elder Xuan nodded, Ning Tian remembered something.

Ten thousand years ago, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School helped Tang San defeat the Spirit Hall. Two Title Douluos died in the battle, and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School lost one-tenth of its wealth. Afterwards, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School gained fame and became the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, which was famous throughout the continent, but it did not gain any real benefits.

Especially after the deaths of two powerful Title Douluos, Sword and Bone, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was suppressed by the Heaven Dou Royal Family almost immediately after the Shrek Seven Devils ascended to power.

Previously, with Bone Douluo at level 95 and Sword Douluo at level 97, the royal family dared not have any dissatisfaction with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. Every time the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School went to the palace, the emperor would get up to greet him, and the person serving fruit might even be a prince.

However, after the Spirit Hall was destroyed, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School lost two pillars of the sect. When the spoils were divided, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School did not receive any benefits, which marked the beginning of its decline.

With two Super Douluo, Sword and Bone, on the side, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was able to hunt 100,000-year-old soul beasts for soul masters. This, combined with the fact that the sect leader was an easy-going support type, allowed them to continuously absorb some genius soul masters, and even Soul Douluo level experts who were preparing to break through to the Title Douluo level. After all, who wouldn't want a ninth soul ring that was close to the absorption limit?

Back then, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was incredibly powerful, but after Sword and Bone died, the Soul Douluos and even Soul Saints of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School gradually became estranged from the school. As a support-type martial soul, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could not become powerful on its own, so for a long time, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was relegated to the bottom of the second-rate sects.

If it weren't for the fact that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's support capabilities were indeed quite good, and that they had methods to acquire large amounts of wealth, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School would probably not be much better than the Tang Sect.

After all, there was a period when the Heavenly Dou Royal Family was really targeting the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School with all their might. It was precisely because of that period of suppression that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School is still only a second-rate sect.

After all, unlike the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School cannot rely on the strength of their own martial souls. They can only rely on attracting talented soul masters and some soul masters who are preparing to break through to higher levels, and rely on the continuous accumulation of generations...

Wait a moment?

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is powerful because it has a powerful Title Douluo in charge, who can hunt for spirit rings for some Soul Douluo-level Soul Masters. By doing so, they can continuously accumulate wealth and resources to attract powerful Soul Masters, forming a positive cycle.

Now Shrek Academy has powerful Title Douluo in charge, but they have never had a powerful martial soul that can be passed down. They rely on their reputation and ability to hunt for soul rings to continuously absorb powerful soul masters or top geniuses to enhance their strength. Why does this way of enhancing themselves seem so familiar?

No single powerful martial soul has been passed down through generations, but a continuous stream of geniuses have joined Shrek Academy, contributing to its development and attracting even more geniuses in return.

It's true that Shrek Academy obtained the various books left behind by the Spirit Hall, but after ten thousand years of evolution, Shrek Academy's strength is still inferior to that of the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago. Instead, it has always been on par with the Mingde Hall and the Body Sect.

If we consider the Sun Moon Empire as the Spirit Hall of a transcendent power, isn't this the state of the three upper sects vying for supremacy at the beginning of ten thousand years ago?

What Shrek Academy is eating isn't the Spirit Hall, it's clearly the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School from back then!

(End of this chapter)