Douluo Continent: Shrek Prince, Getting to the Root of the Matter

"After deliberation, the academy has decided that the assessment for Yu Wudao, the young master of the Sea God Pavilion, is: to lead a Shrek Academy second team to achieve at least second place in this year's Continental Advanced Academy Soul Master Battle Tournament!"

Moon looked at the two children in front of him and said with a smile.

Even after hearing this request for the second time, Wang Dong still frowned and said with some concern:

"Grandpa, isn't this a bit too harsh? The main force participating in the competition are all genius soul masters who are nearly twenty years old. Wudao is not even thirteen years old this year. Even if Shrek Academy puts together a second team for him in the inner courtyard, the members are only soul masters with the cultivation of soul king. It is simply impossible for him to make it into the top two."

Mu En turned his gaze to Yu Wudao and asked with an inscrutable expression:

What do you think?

Yu Wudao looked into Mu En's eyes and asked a completely unrelated question:

"What does Grandpa want me to do?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Moon's lips curled into a bright smile.

He reached out his large hand and placed it on Yu Wudao's head, saying:

"You really can't hide anything from me! Although we will submit the academy information to the organizer, Shrek Second Team, I hope you can defeat the Shrek Team head-on in the competition under a name other than Shrek Academy!"

Wang Dong was stunned when he heard this.

But Yu Wudao thought for a while before saying:

"Since Grandfather has this plan, why not be direct and thorough? I'll participate in the competition under the name of the Tianlongmen Affiliated Academy, gather my teammates, and completely crush the Shrek Team!"

Mu En tapped Yu Wudao on the head.

"This is, after all, the Sea God Pavilion's assessment. We just need to desensitize them beforehand. We have to take things one step at a time; taking too big a step will only make us stumble!"

Yu Wudao clutched his head in pain; the flick on the head from Mu En's seclusion seemed to hurt even more after it ended.

"Did I just randomly select the members for the second team?"

Moon nodded and said:

"That's natural, but the academy rules state that students cannot be selected for the regular selection team."

Wang Dong snapped out of his daze and hurriedly asked:

"Wu Dao, do you really want to accept this?"

Yu Wudao nodded, then a smile played on his lips as he asked Wang Dong:

"And what about you? Would you be willing to help me?"

Wang Dong blushed and said softly:

"Since you're begging me like this, I might as well help you."

Yu Wudao didn't bother arguing with this arrogant guy; he just silently considered the selection of team members.

At this moment, Moon spoke up:

"Your name is Wang Dong, right? May I call you Xiao Dong?"

Mu En's question came as a surprise, and Wang Dong was taken aback for a moment before nodding shyly.

"Of course, no problem."

A smile appeared on Moon's face, and then he took out a leather bag from his storage soul tool and handed it over.

"I have heard about what happened before. As the ancestor of Wudao, I am very grateful for everything you have done. This is a small token of my appreciation. I hope that you will continue to help Wudao in the future."

Wang Dong took the bag with a puzzled look, and then opened it.

A golden-red light suddenly radiated from the crack, revealing a soul bone!

This soul bone is golden-red in color and looks like an arm bone with five slender finger bones pointing upwards, each fingertip emitting a faint golden-red light.

"Soul Bone!"

Wang Dong could even feel the throbbing and longing coming from the depths of his martial soul, indicating that the quality of this soul bone was definitely not low!

Only then did Moon slowly begin to introduce:

"This soul bone is called the 'Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone,' and it came from a ten-thousand-year-old Golden Earth Dragon King! It possesses extremely pure Light Dragon bloodline, making it exceptionally suitable for Light-attribute Soul Masters!"

This soul bone was originally prepared by Mu En for Bei Bei. The Golden Earth Dragon King that produced this soul bone was a true Beast King species, but it had not crossed the threshold of 100,000 years. Even so, this soul bone can greatly help Bei Bei stabilize her bloodline.

But it was Beibei's own fault for being so disappointing. The news that Mu En had "recovered" was known throughout the inner courtyard, but Beibei hadn't come back to see him even once, which made Mu En extremely angry.

Given Wang Dong's outstanding performance in participating in the freshman competition alone, risking expulsion for Yu Wudao, Mu En naturally chose to reward Wang Dong with this achievement.

Wang Dong quickly put the leather bag away and pushed it back.

"No, no! Grandpa, this is too valuable! I can't accept it!"

Moon didn't do much, he simply said:

"Are you sure you don't want it? This tournament starts next year, and your main opponents are basically all at least Soul Master level!"

Wang Dong stopped abruptly, his right hand holding the soul bone unconsciously clenching tightly, before he silently put it back.

"Thank you, grandpa."

Seeing that he accepted it, Mu En smiled and said, "No need to be polite. Just treat Wudao well in the future."

Wang Dong patted his chest, about to make a guarantee, when Yu Wudao, who had been deep in thought, suddenly spoke up:

"Grandpa, the outer academy simply can't muster a lineup I'm satisfied with. I'm going back to Tianlongmen during this break!"

Mu En nodded slightly, recalling the great-grandson of the Heavenly Dragon Douluo.

Yu Tianlong inherited the title of "Tianlong" for the new generation of Tianlongmen and is also the heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family. If Yu Wudao had not appeared out of nowhere, he would have been the leading figure of this generation of Tianlongmen.

If it is Yu Tianlong, then he is indeed superior to most of the candidates.

However, Moon still had some doubts.

"Aren't we selecting from within the inner academy? Although the best eligible students in the inner academy are all in the main team, it shouldn't be too much of a challenge to put together a strong second team."

Yu Wudao shook his head and explained:

"The senior students in the inner academy are not as obedient as the disciples in the outer academy. It will take a lot of effort to get them to reach the level of obedience of the outer academy disciples in a short period of time."

The scheming of a bad person is no match for the quick wit of a fool. Rather than struggling to control the quick-thinking inner disciples, it would be better to choose the more obedient outer disciples from the start.

Moreover, since this is an assessment, if I ultimately achieve this result mainly due to the strength of the inner court disciples, I'm afraid the elders won't be convinced!

"If I'm going to do it, I'll do it in a way that leaves them speechless!"

Mu En smiled and patted Yu Wudao's head.

"Just keep it in mind."

After their conversation, Moon quickly left.

He has only recently recovered to his peak condition, and there are still many things at the academy that require his attention. His visit here is merely a brief respite from his busy schedule.

Yu Wudao escorted Wang Dong all the way back to the shore of the Sea God Lake in the outer courtyard, where he stopped.

"You go back to your dorm first! I still have some things to take care of in the inner courtyard, and I probably won't be back until tomorrow at the latest, so don't wait for me."

Upon hearing this, Wang Dong pouted and snorted coldly.

"Hmph~ You just got back and you're already running away again, you wild man!"

However, despite saying that, Wang Dong still didn't ask Yu Wudao what he was going to do. After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the dormitory.

Now that she knows Yu Wudao's identity, she thinks that Yu Wudao may indeed have a lot of trivial matters to attend to at the academy.

Only after Wang Dong disappeared from sight did Yu Wudao head towards the inner courtyard.