Chapter 157: The Geniuses of Douluo Continent Are All Students of Shrek Academy!
Dai Yueyan—
The current Fourth Prince of the Star Luo Federation, and recently established Crown Prince.
Second among Monster Academy's Eight Heavenly Kings.
Though he possessed only a single martial soul—unlike his sister Dai Lingyu and Wu Duosi who had twin martial souls—his talent with it was extraordinary.
Who said that single-soul masters were inferior to twin-soul ones?
He was celebrated as the Tiger King.
Originally, Shrek Academy had planned to choose between Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi to fill the seventh spot among their candidates.
Hua Lantang, a native of the Star Luo Continent, possessed the Dragon Wolf martial soul—a uniquely Star Luo species, the most powerful among all wolf-type martial souls, merging the might of both dragon and beast.
A remarkable student indeed.
Another potential candidate was Su Mo, a control-type soul master with the Nine-Tailed Fox martial soul, known as the Fox King.
Looking at them collectively, it was obvious—
This generation of Star Luo geniuses far outshone Shrek's own students.
If the upcoming All-Continent Soul Master Tournament went wrong, Monster Academy might very well crush Shrek completely.
The current group of seven couldn't match the overall power of Monster Academy's elite.
Thankfully, the Star Luo Empire, eager to strengthen ties with Shrek Academy, made a grand gesture and directly offered all these prodigies to Shrek.
Of course, Shrek proudly embraced them as their own.
Otherwise, in the "God-Creation Project," apart from Na'er, nearly all the other chosen candidates came from Monster Academy.
At this point, dividing between "inner-lineage" or "outside recruits" no longer mattered.
Anyone who entered Shrek Academy would fight for its honor.
As for why Ye Zhi was chosen as the seventh—
It was because Shrek's Seven Monsters required a support-type soul master.
Originally, they had considered Xu Lizhi from within Shrek itself.
But he was still too young, his overall evaluations not impressive enough yet.
Thus, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master, Ye Zhi, was selected instead.
True, the Seven Treasures Pagoda carried a limit; unless it evolved to the Nine Treasures Pagoda, its wielder could not advance beyond Soul Saint.
But there was precedent—the first-generation Shrek Seven Monster, Ning Rongrong herself.
If she could succeed, then history might repeat.
And even if not, recruiting someone from the Nine Treasures Clan was politically worthwhile.
Hence, in the "God-Creation Project," the officially confirmed new "Shrek Seven Monsters" were:
Na'er, Dai Lingyu, Wu Duosi, Long Yue, Ye Zhi, Dai Yueyan, and Yuanen Yehui.
All immensely strong and handpicked with unanimous approval by the Sea God Pavilion's elders.
When the finalized list lay on Yun Ming's desk, he frowned deeply.
"What kind of decision is this supposed to be?"
He knew that, in truth, this was unfair to many of the academy's other talents.
Geniuses like Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan, Zheng Yiran, and Luo Guixing—
They deserved a chance too.
But with the names now officially confirmed, what could he do?
He sighed.
"The Sea God Pavilion's decision passed unanimously. Even if I oppose it, it would only offend the elders."
At least the Pavilion, though conservative, still supported the rebuilding of Tang Sect.
They might oppose a full Soul Guidance Academy branch, yet they were not blind—they understood the importance of soul tools and mecha.
Of course, what truly mattered was battle armor.
It directly amplified a soul master's combat strength, allowing them to exceed their own limits.
Currently, within all Shrek Academy, only Yun Ming and Ya Li possessed four-word battle armor.
Yun Ming, as the continent's strongest, had received help from Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua—the master smith who forged for him the core components needed to advance.
Ya Li too earned hers through merit and Zhen Hua's respect.
As for the others?
Sorry—Zhen Hua wasn't close enough to them.
Hence, Shrek had long resolved to cultivate their own divine craftsman—a smith capable of forging four-word armor.
Zhen Hua was aging; he would not fall, but the era of his finest creations was nearing its end.
A new generation of god-tier smiths was about to rise.
And Shrek's attention was already on the young prodigy known as the "Little Divine Craftsman" — Tang Wulin.
Rumor had it, Tang Wulin would arrive as an exchange student, apprenticing under Scarlet Dragon Douluo, Zuo Shi, to study the bloodline arts.
Once he experienced Shrek's magnificence firsthand, they believed, he would surely be moved—
and willingly join the great family of Shrek Academy.
Yun Ming signed the official approval documents for both the God-Creation Project and the exchange student case.
Still, he remained doubtful.
"They have far too much blind faith if they think they can easily recruit him into Shrek."
He shook his head, not expecting much.
Finally, he turned to another folder—one labeled "Exchange Students between Shrek Academy and Douluo University."
The list from Douluo University included names such as Tang Wulin, Qian Gu Zhangting, Xu Yucheng, and Yue Zhengyu.
But Shrek had yet to finalize their own list.
Choosing was proving difficult.
There was no denying it—Douluo University was inferior to Shrek.
Formed by the Federation and the Spirit Transferring Tower to rival Shrek, it had yet to match its prestige or heritage.
Every inner court student was Shrek's pride, each one a direct successor and potential Titled Douluo.
Sending them away as exchange students for three years seemed a waste.
What could they possibly learn there?
Yet sending weaker students would only tarnish Shrek's reputation abroad.
The selection, therefore, was exceedingly critical—
and every elder held a different opinion.
After a long moment of consideration, Yun Ming decided he would make the call himself.
"Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng…"
As senior brother and sister of the inner court, they were more mentors than students. Their participation wouldn't diminish Shrek's dignity.
In fact, it would honor Douluo University to host them.
He considered the list further—Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan…
Then, after some thought, he added one more name.
Na'er.
"Na'er should broaden her horizons for once," Yun Ming murmured.
(END CHAPTER)
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