Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 311 Dream of the Mortal World: We Want to Fight Seven of Two

Huo Yuhao was completely unconcerned about Xu Sanshi and He Caitou's reactions. What caught his attention were the glances from Xue Di and Yin Long Wang behind him.

Why do I have this feeling that I'm about to be devoured alive?

Huo Yuhao subconsciously shivered, pursed his lips, and smiled at the Silver Dragon King who was squinting beside him:

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Nothing, just thinking about healing." The Silver Dragon King smiled, his eyes sparkling.

Huo Yuhao was startled by this expression, but he maintained his smile and nodded, ultimately saying nothing more.

The Snow Empress behind her seemed to have heard what the Silver Dragon King said. Her brows furrowed unconsciously as she looked meaningfully at the Silver Dragon King's back.

He winked at Huo Yuhao and mouthed:

"I need to heal too. Don't let her get all the benefits!"

Huo Yuhao watched Xue Di's lip movements and could only nod silently, afraid of being discovered by others.

This feeling, like being sexually assaulted in front of everyone, gave Huo Yuhao a strange sensation.

Their interactions did not stop the tension between Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's duo and Meng Hongchen and Di Ruiqiu's duo.

Meng Hongchen's expression hardened, and a suit of silver-white metallic armor instantly appeared, clinging tightly to her body.

The spirit rings beneath his feet pulsed continuously, instantly reflecting several ice mirrors around him. Meng Hongchen, his long legs encased in silver-white metal armor, lightly stepped on the ice mirrors.

The silver-white combat suit, the perfect fit of her tall figure to the one-line battle armor, and the ice mirror that instantly appeared in mid-air, the silver-white battle armor covering her body was flawless.

Meng Hongchen's original Soul King cultivation level also began to rise steadily at this moment, instantly reaching the level above the seventh ring.

Xian Lin'er, with her youthful face and green hair, witnessed the same scene as on the competition field: Meng Hongchen's aura instantly rose to the Soul Saint level, and her face still showed a mixture of admiration and disbelief.

As the dean of the Soul Guidance Department, she still seemed somewhat clueless about the terrifying effect of Meng Hongchen being able to raise his cultivation aura by nearly twenty levels simply by wearing a silver-white armor.

With this thought in mind, Xian Lin'er quickly forced a kind smile, looked at Jing Hongchen, and softly asked:

"Dean Hongchen, I hope that both sides can maintain a sincere cooperative attitude during this exchange, so that Shrek Academy can make progress in the Soul Guidance Department, and your Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy can achieve breakthroughs in Martial Soul research."

Both sides should absorb each other's strengths to achieve common progress. Therefore, Shrek Academy will not hold anything back from you, so we hope that we can treat each other with the same respect.

"Is it possible that the armor Miss Meng is wearing could become a real thing in the future, so that Shrek Academy and other academies can enjoy the benefits of soul-guided technology?"

Hearing her words, Jing Hongchen maintained her calm and composed expression, slowly nodded, and said in an unhurried tone:

"Your Excellency, the God of War Douluo, this battle armor of ours has been researched for decades. This seemingly small battle armor contains the hard work and experience of several generations of researchers from Mingde Hall, and hundreds and thousands of people."

You think you can just ask us to hand this over completely based on a few words? Isn't that a bit too presumptuous?

Although we have a cooperative relationship, you should at least show some sincerity. Just listing conditions seems a bit... what do you think?

Looking at the cunning smile on Jing Hongchen's face, Xian Lin'er knew that if she didn't make Mu En and Shrek Academy bleed a lot this time, it would be difficult to deal with this old fox, Jing Hongchen!

It can only be said that the other party is indeed a leading figure who occupies an important position in Mingde Hall, and is the so-called pillar of the Sun and Moon Empire.

In terms of negotiation alone, few people at Shrek Academy can withstand it.

Is it Master Xuan? ...

Yan Shaozhe? To be honest, he's just the kind of person who uses resources to constantly bombard others to achieve his own goals. To put it bluntly, he's a wealthy and domineering landlord who gives away whatever he has.

If we're talking about Qian Duoduo, he's the kind of person who's rich but also rather stingy. He's prone to failing to offer the other party the bargaining chips they want during negotiations, leading to their failure.

As for Elder Mu, he certainly possessed ample wisdom, but unfortunately, he was too refined and gentle. Although he had his own firm principles, he would abandon everything for the benefit of Shrek Academy.

But precisely because of this, Shrek Academy's reputation became a major burden that the three of them were least likely to give up during their negotiations.

This would mean that when negotiating with the other party, they would need to offer a higher value than they imagined in order to demonstrate Shrek Academy's leading position on the continent and its magnanimity and breadth of vision.

Once they fall into this trap and illusion of arrogance, believing that the world is vast and rich and has no shortage of such petty gains, Shrek Academy will lose a lot of resources without even realizing it.

Although he was the dean of the Soul Guidance Department, he also had a certain understanding of the academy's financial situation.

Those who didn't come to Shrek Academy were mostly noble children and important figures from various kingdoms.

Their annual tuition fees become the operating funds of Shrek Academy. Without them, given Shrek Academy's extravagant nature, it would probably have already fallen into a predicament of insufficient funds.

The academy has been charging higher and higher tuition fees for its students over the years because the Soul Guidance Department can't contribute much in terms of student employment.

The soul tools they manufactured were inferior in performance and quality to those found on the Sun Moon Empire's black market, and they also cost more and required more human resources.

Therefore, the price will be higher. Compared with the soul tools that are available on the black market of the Sun Moon Empire, the soul tools made by the Soul Tool Department of Shrek Academy would probably not be able to be sold at all if they were put on the market.

The only possibility is that the other three countries, out of consideration for Shrek Academy, will accept all these soul tools.

This is at most a way of paying tribute to Shrek Academy in another form, out of respect for them, to ensure that Shrek Academy students will give way to these gold soul coins when facing a continent-wide invasion by the Sun Moon Empire in the future.

They could provide reinforcements to these three countries, maintain the current state of Douluo Continent, and live peacefully together, thus achieving this false and short-lived peace.

Therefore, she could also deeply realize that over the years, Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department had been like a parasite that lived off the blood of all its students, unable to play any role whatsoever.

Basically, all we can say is that a simple gold mine has invested so much in and researched soul tools.

It's better to buy directly from the Sun Moon Empire's black market; the quality will be higher, the price will be cheaper, and the loss will be smaller.

This is why Xianlin'er has always wanted to have friendly exchanges with the Royal Soul Master Academy of the Sun Moon Empire, hoping to obtain more advanced research concepts and design ideas for soul guidance technology from them.

At least let's not let their Soul Guidance Department continue in this state of financial deficit.

Considering these reasons, Xian Lin'er revealed a flawless smile, looked at Jing Hongchen, and slightly parted her lips:

"Dean Hongchen is right. We at Shrek Academy are certainly not the kind of shameless people who want to get something for nothing."

We will send all the students from the Sun Moon Empire to Shrek Academy's Sea God Pavilion to cultivate under the legendary Golden Tree.

The spiritual energy there is incredibly rich. Cultivating under the golden tree is dozens of times faster than cultivating outside, and Elder Mu will personally guide them.

"You should know the significance of the Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the continent, being the strongest Limit Douluo in the world to personally guide them.

Surely you understand that these bargaining chips should be enough to persuade Dean Hongchen to set aside his burdens and reservations, and to facilitate genuine cooperation between our two sides?

Seeing Xian Lin'er's confident expression, Jing Hongchen paused for a moment and began to ponder. He was quite satisfied with the conditions Xian Lin'er had proposed.

As for the battle armor, it wasn't really a secret. With Huo Yuhao's monstrous skill and talent in soul tools, the battle armor would definitely be able to undergo a comprehensive upgrade within a year.

All we need to do is send the original, low-quality battle armor to Shrek Academy, and they will treat it as a treasure and study it. This deal is feasible!

As for Xianlin'er's considerations, although these resources were given away in kind, overall it wasn't a loss.

After all, although Elder Mu's guidance was genuine, it couldn't possibly be more dedicated than his guidance to the disciples of his own academy.

Moreover, given Elder Mu's personal charisma, these disciples of the Sun Moon Empire would also become enamored with the thrill of doubling their cultivation speed under the Golden Tree.

They might try to stay at Shrek Academy. Although these students' talents can't compare to the geniuses of Shrek, they're not that far off.

If we can manage to keep a few of them at Shrek Academy, they will definitely be willing to contribute important information about the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool research in the future.

This is also of vital importance to the development of the Soul Guidance System, and may even bring greater benefits and effects than this nominal exchange.

She believed that, given the terrifying, almost god-like effects of the Golden Tree, few could resist such temptation.

I'll try to discuss it with Elder Mu and ask him to stall Jing Hongchen, and then send Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe to contact these students privately.

Given their current age and maturity, it won't be long before they are truly attracted to Shrek Academy and make choices that are truly beneficial to their future.

After all, Shrek Academy is still the number one academy on the continent. Their research on martial souls, especially the martial soul research methods left by their ancestor Yu Xiaogang, continues to benefit them greatly to this day.

Not to mention that after hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation by Shrek Academy, Shrek students are now scattered all over the land, and they are the vital force of Shrek Academy.

At the same time, they are also Shrek Academy's best brand. As long as they are used as examples to tell the students of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, they will definitely realize that they can achieve truly long-term and promising development in this area.

She believed that Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo had considerable experience in winning over students to Shrek Academy.

As time went on, he began to doubt whether the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were made of iron, able to remain steadfast in the face of any temptation, and always loyal to the Sun Moon Empire.

Impossible, absolutely impossible. No matter what, this world is always one that seeks profit and avoids harm. How could anyone remain unmoved by profit?

If so, it only means that the benefits are not yet worth waiting for, or that the price offered is not high enough.

These students, as elite trainees heavily cultivated by the Sun Moon Empire, must know some key information about the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology.

As long as we can find a way to break them down, what does it matter if they cultivate under the Golden Tree? Once they become core disciples of Shrek Academy, it will just be a routine matter.

Moreover, even if the students of the Sun Moon Empire knew the secret of the Golden Tree, what could they possibly do?

Uprooting the golden tree? Unless they wanted to anger the gods and court death, that would be impossible.

So overall, Shrek Academy also maintains a very hopeful attitude towards this deal.

Under her expectant gaze, Jing Hongchen's eyes held a hint of a smile as he looked at her and softly said:

"No problem, Lord Martial God Douluo. I have already felt your sincerity in this cooperation. I agree to your proposal and hope that we can cooperate happily."

A hint of joy flashed in Xian Lin'er's eyes as she gently shook hands with Jing Hongchen using her fair hand:

"It's a pleasure working with you, Dean Hongchen."

As the two weighed the pros and cons, the atmosphere on the sidelines became extremely tense. With the enhancement of her battle armor, Meng Hongchen's already cold and aloof temperament became even more outstanding.

He raised his hand, looking at Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, then glanced at Di Ruiqiu, who immediately understood. The two of them said in unison:

"We're going to fight two against seven, Xiao Hongchen, don't interfere!"

The moment the words fell, Xu Sanshi and Cai Tou, who were already looking unwell, turned a deep shade of liver with rage.

It's bad enough that Huo Yuhao poached the girls from Shrek Academy, but his female companions are still so arrogant!

They admitted that although they performed well in the competition, they really thought they were not arrogant enough to say something like "two against seven".

No matter what, they are the top students of Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the continent. How could he allow them to act like this in front of him?

Humiliation! This is blatant humiliation!

(End of this chapter)