Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 170 Shrek Sun and Moon Branch Campus Plan

"The Sea God Pavilion wouldn't let the single-minded Xuanzi lead the whole operation, would it..."

Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes, looking at the gold-embossed invitation on the table, increasingly feeling that this was a conspiracy.

He always thought Xuanzi was the strongest in Shrek Academy.

Now, Jing Hongchen has doubts about this idea: "Sending students to exchange and learn from each other, and inviting the Hall Master to visit the Sea God Pavilion, doesn't seem like a decision that Xuanzi would make."

He had encountered Xuanzi several times before.

"If the opposing team can be blown up by evil soul masters, then if Xuanzi were to take charge of the entire Sea God Pavilion, Shrek Academy would be blown up sooner or later."

Realizing this, Jing Hongchen suddenly understood that perhaps Xuanzi, at level ninety-eight, was not the strongest student at Shrek Academy.

So, inviting him to the Sea God Pavilion as a guest, Jing Hongchen was suddenly startled. This might be a trap set specifically for him.

Jing Hongchen's expression kept shifting. If Huo Yuhao hadn't just said he wasn't interested in exchange students, he would have actually wanted to visit the Sea God Pavilion.

As long as he has prepared various high-level soul-guided cannons in advance, even if Xuanzi is better than him in close combat, without the strength to kill him in one blow and completely overwhelm him, Xuanzi will definitely not dare to break ties with him and go to the Sea God Pavilion as if it were a game.

Now that I think about it carefully, things are probably not that simple. What seems like an invitation to the Sea God Pavilion actually has ulterior motives.

"Those people from the Sea God Pavilion have ulterior motives!"

Jing Hongchen sighed, feeling that Huo Yuhao understood Shrek Academy quite well, and then asked, "Yuhao, if there really is someone more powerful than Xuanzi in the Sea God Pavilion, then what do you think is their real purpose in inviting me to the Sea God Pavilion?"

Huo Yuhao organized his thoughts and said with a smile, "If the Sea God Pavilion had anticipated that the Hall Master would prepare various high-level soul tools for self-defense and deterrence..."

"But the hall master also believes that Xuanzi is the strongest in Shrek Academy, so he will definitely plant soul tools in advance to match his strength."

"However, after the Hall Master enters the Sea God Pavilion, he encounters someone stronger than Xuanzi, and then a high-level soul tool is handed to him. Wouldn't that be perfect for the Sea God Pavilion to extort money and make good use of their technological expertise?"

Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes, understanding the intricacies of the situation.

The Sea God Pavilion was using the pretense of inviting him as a guest to extort his high-level soul tool, so that their own Shrek Academy could overcome the technical difficulties of soul tools.

That way, he can't say much if he gets extorted; he can only suffer in silence.

After reading the contents of the envelope, Ye Yulin fell into a brief moment of contemplation before slowly saying, "This certainly doesn't seem like a decision made at Xuanzi's level. It must be from a higher level; he's just someone carrying out orders."

Jing Hongchen slammed his hand on the table, indignantly exclaiming, "So this is Shrek Academy! They really have designs on my soul tool!"

He looked at Ye Yulin with a questioning expression, and then looked at Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, Huo Yuhao, Meng Hongchen and others.

"Gentlemen, do you have any good countermeasures against Shrek Academy's exchange student proposal and their invitation for me to visit the Sea God Pavilion?"

Jing Hongchen said solemnly, "This hall master doesn't want to suffer this humiliation. I must turn the tables on Shrek Academy."

He asked everyone to brainstorm ways to punish Shrek.

He had previously thought of the Sea God Pavilion as glorious and magnificent, yet they actually plotted against him, trying to secretly steal his high-level soul tool.

That's not the most important thing. The key is that they want to acquire Mingdetang's advanced soul guidance technology, which is a very ambitious scheme.

Ma Rulong was very good at analyzing combat strength: "Hall Master, I suggest you call on Elder Kong and the others from the Hall of Offerings to enter the Sea God Pavilion together, get into position, and confront the Sea God Pavilion head-on."

Xiao Hongchen admired Ma Rulong's team battle strategy: "Grandpa and the others, as level nine soul masters, were able to fight against Super Douluo despite being above their level because they could suppress them from a distance with their level nine soul cannons, which were very powerful. If they entered the Sea God Pavilion, wouldn't they be putting themselves at a disadvantage?"

Leaving aside what would happen if the whole team were wiped out, what if, on Shrek Academy's home turf, Grandpa and all the elders of the Hall of Worship were extorted?

Wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing?

Meng Hongchen thought for a moment. She had no interest in the academy Wang Dong was in, and said with a smile, "Grandpa, why don't we just refuse the Sea God Pavilion and not go to Shrek Academy for exchange studies?"

"Grandpa, you shouldn't go to the Sea God's Pavilion either, then Shrek will have no way to use their plan."

Di Rachel also didn't want to see Wang Dong'er, and echoed in a clear voice, "Yeah, it's best not to let Shrek students come either; they're definitely up to no good."

"Especially that pink-haired girl who argued with me and Miss Meng, she must be strictly forbidden from doing so!"

Meng Hongchen nodded in agreement, clenching her fist.

"Yuhao and I have both successfully created one-word battle armor. Once we master the ability to create two-word battle armor, or even higher-level battle armor, we'll use advanced technology to defeat the Sea God Pavilion!"

Di Ruiqiu raised her pretty face slightly: "Yes, yes, Hall Master, you have no idea how powerful the Battle Armor becomes when there are more words on it."

"As long as I (the Silver Dragon King's soul in the Sea of ​​Spirit) and Yuhao can research for a maximum of ten years or so, if we can create a four-character battle armor, we can easily defeat Shrek Academy, Body Sect, and the like."

Jing Hongchen nodded slightly. Meng Hongchen and Di Ruiqiu's idea was indeed a good one. The semi-finished experimental subject No. 1 was no longer the primary research project.

They have begun to develop in the direction of mecha and battle armor.

The biggest weakness of a Soul Master is that their foundation and physique are not solid enough, while Battle Armor perfectly makes up for this weakness. It can even make use of the Soul Master's advantage in mental power to better control the Battle Armor that matches them.

Perhaps Rachel's statement about a period of more than ten years is an exaggeration.

But if it takes ten years to research it, then twenty years, half a century. Since losing the holy war, the sun and moon have been preparing for war for a long time.

Judging from the progress of Meng and Yuhao's battle armor research, even if they are not good enough, they will still be two-word battle armor. What's there to be afraid of if they continue to work hard and research for several more decades?

Meng Hongchen and Di Ruiqiu's idea of ​​not going as exchange students and not going to the Sea God Pavilion was only bad in that it made their Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy seem a bit weak, but Jing Hongchen could completely ignore that.

"Yuhao, do you share the same thoughts as Meng and Rachel?"

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had not yet spoken, Jing Hongchen assumed that he also agreed with Meng Hongchen and Di Ruiqiu's views.

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "Hall Master, isn't the Sea God Pavilion trying every means to get the blueprints for high-end soul tools so that it can break through Shrek Academy's own technological barriers?"

He told everyone that after discussing it, they decided to go along with the plan.

"Master, what is the significance of Experiment One's technology in Shrek Academy's eyes?"

Jing Hongchen said with some pride, "Even though I am now focused on researching battle armor and have become somewhat dismissive of humanoid soul tools, Experiment Subject No. 1 is the culmination of all the ninth-level soul masters of the Sun and Moon Sect, and its research value is immeasurable."

"I believe that Experiment One is absolutely top-notch technology in Shrek's eyes."

Huo Yuhao smiled wickedly, "A calculated strategy is the only way to win: Hall Master, then we will launch 'Experiment One' across the entire continent. In order to break through to new technological heights, we will take the initiative to invite Shrek Academy and see if the Sea God Pavilion will follow."

"If we follow, then the Sea God Pavilion will have to pay a price."

Jing Hongchen's eyes flickered slightly. The soul masters of Shrek Academy all knew the concept of humanoid soul tools. However, what they considered cutting-edge technology was actually the accumulation of skills that led Jing Hongchen to research mechs and battle armor.

So, according to Huo Yuhao, when launching the Experimental Subject No. 1 project, he wasn't too concerned about the technology involved. Instead, he immediately realized that this would allow him to completely fool Shrek Academy.

After all, it took the combined efforts of all the level nine soul masters of their Sun Moon Empire to barely produce a semi-finished product.

They took out one part of Experiment Subject No. 1 and invited Shrek Academy, seemingly hoping to conduct joint research and achieve a technological breakthrough in humanoid soul tools as soon as possible.

In reality, it's not about achieving a breakthrough, it's just about having fun.

Since they've already transitioned to mechs and battle armor, Shrek Academy should focus on figuring out even a small component of Experiment Subject One first.

When Shrek finally figured it out, he looked up and saw that Sun and Moon were already standing several levels high, wearing mechs and battle armor, waving to them.

Jing Hongchen blushed slightly upon thinking of this, but was very excited and discussed it with Huo Yuhao.

A few minutes later, after listening to Huo Yuhao's story, Jing Hongchen was filled with excitement, and the look of excitement on his face became even more intense.

"Yuhao, in other words, we are launching the 'Experimental Subject No. 1' project across the entire continent, committed to common development and technological innovation, and using the level-nine soul guidance components of Experimental Subject No. 1 as bait to actively invite Shrek Academy to join the game."

"But a level nine humanoid soul tool is of paramount importance; the intricate technology involved is beyond the comprehension of even a level eight soul tool master. Shrek Academy's soul tool research personnel are simply too incompetent, so..."

Jing Hongchen couldn't help but laugh as he thought about what he was about to say: "Therefore, we demanded that a Sun and Moon branch campus be established at Shrek Academy."

He felt that this was a reasonable move.

They presented the technical blueprints of Experiment No. 1 and invited Shrek Academy to conduct joint research. Such sincerity, especially considering the past conflicts between the two sides, was truly touching.

After all, the technology of Experiment Subject One was among the most advanced on the mainland.

The request to establish a Sun and Moon branch campus at Shrek Academy, and to send researchers from Kong Lao Dai Jiming Mingde Hall there, is not an unreasonable request, since Sun and Moon can provide both technology and technical personnel.

Jing Hongchen couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Excellent! Excellent, that's wonderful! What do you think, Elder Ye?"

After listening to Huo Yuhao and Jing Hongchen's conversation, Ye Yulin's smile deepened. This was a decision that neither he nor even Elder Kong had ever considered.

This decision left him with a feeling that neither cracking it nor not cracking it was an option.

Didn't the Sea God Pavilion want Jing Hongchen's high-level soul tool? Now Jing Hongchen has directly brought the blueprints and proposed Experiment Project No. 1. Since Shrek Academy wants to learn, then let's follow suit.

After following along, Shrek couldn't understand the artwork.

But the researchers from Mingdetang would need a place to stay, right? Setting up a Shrek Sun and Moon branch campus would be a great idea, both convenient and efficient.

This is Experiment Subject Number One!

Such sincerity is enough to negotiate with Shrek on any condition.

Most importantly, the technology of Experiment Subject No. 1 was a half-finished product, entirely technology that Jing Hongchen was preparing to discard, not to mention that it was just a small part shown to Shrek Academy.

Ye Yulin thought the plan was perfect and was in a great mood: "Great! The technical drawings of Experiment Subject One can be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Sea God Pavilion. They will definitely be more interested than ever before."

Similarly, for every great benefit gained, there must be a price to pay.

Ye Yulin believed that it wouldn't be too difficult for the Sea God Pavilion to establish a Sun Moon branch school at Shrek Academy, given their technological advancements and development. After some deliberation, they might agree.

After all, apart from going against people's faith in the sea god, this matter had almost no downsides and was mostly beneficial.

In fact, simply building a separate campus within the university would easily provide access to the mainland's top scientific research achievements, and no power would refuse such an offer.

Jing Hongchen had even come up with an implementation plan after the negotiations were successful.

Either he takes the senior researcher from Mingdetang to the temple while Master Kong stays behind at Riyue, or Master Kong takes him there while Jing Hongchen stays behind at Mingdetang.

Bring a few more offerings along, just enough to have some power to contend with the Sea God Pavilion.

Jing Hongchen felt incredibly relieved: "Everyone, do you remember that fifth-ring evil soul master we captured not long ago in the Mingdou Mountains?"

Ma Rulong, Xiao Hongchen, and the others nodded. They could hardly forget the classic scene of Xuanzi chasing down the Five-Ring Soul King.

Xiao Hongchen asked with great interest, "Grandpa, is there any new information about the interrogation of that fifth-ring evil soul master?"

Everyone was very interested in this matter, after all, this year's Shrek team seemed too abnormal, having assembled a disabled team, which must be related to this.

"Commander Guo Nu sent a letter this morning, saying that he obtained some important information from that evil soul master."

Jing Hongchen Youyou stated that the inspection team led by Xuanzi was not actually inspectors within the team, but rather the participating students from Shrek Academy this year. They were ambushed by the Grim Reaper and suffered heavy losses.

"Before Commander Guo even had a chance to use torture, that Fifth Ring Evil Soul Master eagerly and voluntarily revealed everything."

"Three Shrek Academy participants were killed and several others were seriously injured by his bomb."

Ma Rulong was somewhat taken aback when he recalled the scene of participating in the elimination rounds today.

"No wonder I saw some people with metal prosthetics and others in wheelchairs in the Shrek team today. I had my suspicions then, and it turns out it was true."

Jing Hongchen, connecting this to the Experiment Subject One Project from earlier, grinned and said, "Yuhao, how about we combine this with something else and work on it a little?"

Huo Yuhao pursed his lips and thought for a moment: "Master, this matter can at least strengthen our bargaining power."

"Shrek Academy probably doesn't want the people of the Douluo Three Kingdoms to know that it was blown up by a five-ring evil soul master..."

Ye Yulin nodded, his eyes narrowing slightly: "Although I firmly believe that the Sea God Pavilion cannot resist the temptation of Experiment Subject Number One, if the negotiations do not go smoothly, then we can help Shrek Academy with some publicity..."

"With a Super Douluo like Xuanzi leading the team, how could they be so badly defeated by a five-ring evil soul master? If this gets out, Shrek Academy's prestige will probably plummet."

(End of this chapter)