Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, I will never die in a battlefield.

Chapter 71 Meeting, Artificial Soul Ring Branch

A few days later, in the conference room within the Golden Ancient Tree in the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy, a meeting of the Sea God Pavilion was about to begin.

One by one, the elders entered the venue, almost everyone entering cautiously and then carefully finding their seats.

There's no way around it; anyone with even a little bit of inside information knows what happened.

Even those who didn't know the situation could tell that something terrible had happened when they saw Xuanzi sitting not far away, chugging wine to himself with a look of utter despair, and when Elder Mu, sitting in the main seat, also lost his peaceful demeanor and became serious.

Just then, Xian Lin'er and the others from the Soul Guidance Department arrived. Xian Lin'er glanced at Xuan Zi sitting on the steps not far away, her face showing some hesitation and confusion. In the end, she didn't say a word and led the Soul Guidance Department members back to their positions.

Yan Shaozhe and the others from the Martial Soul Department arrived last, and the first thing Yan Shaozhe did upon arrival was to look for Xuanzi.

Upon discovering that Xuanzi was merely flushed from drinking and disheveled, resembling a beggar, but his cultivation aura remained unchanged, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, his decadent, drunken appearance makes it hard to believe that he was once the famous and spirited Taotie Douluo.

Hesitating for a moment, Yan Shaozhe stepped forward and whispered his advice:

"Elder Xuan, this incident cannot be blamed on you, so please don't blame yourself too much."

(P.S.: This outrageous statement comes from Chapter 98 of the original work. The same applies to other outrageous statements that follow. Readers can verify this for themselves.)

Xuanzi remained silent, paused in his drinking motion, but ultimately said nothing and continued to drink in large gulps.

Seeing Xuanzi's attitude, Shao Zhe knew that Xuanzi wouldn't listen to anything he said now, so he could only return to his seat.

However, when Yan Shaozhe arrived beside Cai Meier, the vice dean of the Martial Soul Department, his eyes flickered slightly, as if he were asking something.

However, Cai Meier nodded, giving him a "thing's done, don't worry" look. Yan Shaozhe immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then stopped talking and sat down in his seat.

"Can the teachers' meeting begin?"

Yan Shaozhe looked at Elder Mu, but Elder Mu shook his head and spoke softly:

"Although I initiated this meeting, I am merely a witness; I am not the one who should be speaking."

Just as Yan Shaozhe was about to speak, the conference room door was pushed open, and a figure dressed in a black robe slowly walked into the conference room.

His gaze swept calmly over everyone in the conference room, and almost everyone could sense the faint authority and disdain emanating from his black robe.

It's like the look in the eyes of a leader who intends to reform, looking down at the decay beneath their feet.

His undisguised expression of emotion stirred a sense of dissatisfaction among the elders present, though they dared not show it.

They knew that the black-robed figure dared to be so unscrupulous because he had confidence, absolute confidence.

And even when they express their emotions, it's nothing more than impotent rage.

The elders remained silent, some even lowering their heads to avoid looking at Huo Yuhao, seemingly wanting to avoid seeing him and having a better mind. Huo Yuhao ignored them all.

He looked at Zhang Lexuan, who was sitting at the last seat, and the other five inner court members behind her. His gaze softened slightly, and the others looked at Huo Yuhao with gratitude. However, one or two of them avoided looking at Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao had some guesses in his mind, but he didn't say anything.

His gaze continued to move, looking at Elder Mu with a hint of respect on his face. He nodded slightly as a private greeting, then his gaze shifted to Xuanzi, who looked like a drunkard, further away.

"Tsk"

The sound was just right, not too loud or too soft, so that everyone in the conference room could hear it clearly.

Disdain and contempt were not concealed. If it were in the past, someone might have stood up to impeach Huo Yuhao long ago. However, this time, no one dared to speak, not even daring to breathe loudly, for fear of offending Huo Yuhao.

Xuanzi paused slightly as he poured wine into his mouth. His cloudy eyes seemed to clear a little. He then swayed as he got up and sat down in the seat closest to Elder Mu without saying a word.

Huo Yuhao took his seat, which was opposite Xuanzi's. Although Huo Yuhao's official position at Shrek Academy was the vice dean of the Soul Guidance Department, no one felt that there was anything wrong with him sitting there.

"Now that everyone is here, let's begin the meeting."

Elder Mu spoke calmly, then looked at Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao understood and stood up, saying:

"It's been a long time, everyone. Before we start discussing what happened a few days ago, I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you about something else."

Yan Shaozhe, who was not far away, frowned slightly and immediately sensed something was wrong.

Huo Yuhao smiled, paused slightly, and then spoke softly:

"I believe that after that meeting a few months ago, everyone here has a general understanding of my 'artificial spirit ring'."

"And in the past month, the sales of 'artificial soul rings' by my 'Spirit Pagoda' can be seen from the tax payments submitted to Shrek Academy last week."

"Similarly, the fact that all of you elders here have personally come to inquire also proves the superiority of my 'artificial spirit rings.'"

The senior members looked at each other, their expressions showing surprise that their colleagues had also secretly come to their door.

Old A: You big-eyed rascal! Didn't we agree that I wouldn't go, and whoever went was a dog?! How did you sneak off?!

Old B: You're talking like you didn't go! Besides! Do you call it sneaking around when it comes to Soul Master matters?! It's called going openly and honestly! Don't think I didn't see you deliver the gift!

Old A: Hey, you old bastard! I *Shrek* swear word!

Old B: *Shrek swear words*! You're saying the same thing!

Ignoring the intense eye contact exchanged among the elders below, Huo Yuhao paused briefly before continuing:

"In order to live up to everyone's expectations, while preparing for the 'artificial spirit rings', I am also researching some new branches of 'artificial spirit rings'."

"By sheer luck, I achieved new results."

"For example, an ice-attribute soul ring constructed from pure ice-attribute soul power, or a fire-attribute soul ring constructed from pure fire-attribute soul power."

"The quality and age of the soul ring depend on the quality and age of the soul power provided by the soul power provider."

"Taking myself as an example, with the help of a special soul tool that I developed myself, I can condense at least a ten-thousand-year-level ultimate ice soul ring."

"Through calculations, given that all of you elders here are at least at the level of Contra Douluo, you are all basically capable of achieving this level."

"I believe that most of the elders here have descendants, and the martial souls of these descendants are likely to be the same as yours, which makes your soul power attributes similar."

"Let's imagine this: if your martial soul undergoes a benign mutation or even a regression to its ancestral form, and a spirit ring constructed from your soul power is absorbed by a descendant, then... would that descendant's martial soul also undergo a benign mutation or a regression to its ancestral form, just like yours?"

(End of this chapter)