Chapter 5 The Fate of the Spirit Hall
Yu Xiaogang was still immersed in the excitement and self-satisfaction of his theories shining brilliantly ten thousand years later.
It was as if that junior called Teacher Wang Yan was the continuation of his thoughts, the best proof of his wisdom.
However, not everyone was as narrow-minded as him.
More truly intelligent figures had already caught the scent of earth-shattering information from the sky screen, enough to overturn the entire era.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi's gaze had long since moved away from the sky screen.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his usually gentle eyes deep as the sea, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who was beside him, couldn't help but speak: "Sect Master, this sky screen is truly strange. The future scenes it displays, labeling a junior of noble character a hypocrite, is simply reversing black and white."
"No." Ning Fengzhi shook his head slightly, spitting out a single word.
He turned around, looking at Chen Xin and Gu Rong, his voice lowered extremely low: "Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, have you not discovered a key issue?"
"A key issue?" Bone Douluo Gu Rong was somewhat confused.
Ning Fengzhi's eyes flashed with intensity, and he said word by word: "Spirit Hall!"
"In the past of that young man called Teacher Wang Yan shown on the sky screen, from when he awakened his Martial Soul in his youth, to later entering Shrek Academy, and then becoming a teacher... in the entire process, have you ever seen a trace of Spirit Hall?"
Once these words were spoken, the pupils of both Chen Xin and Gu Rong shrank suddenly!
That's right! Their attention had just been completely drawn by the story of Teacher Wang Yan, and they had actually overlooked this detail!
According to the iron law of the continent for hundreds of years, except for those large families with inherited Martial Souls, the awakening of a six-year-old child's Martial Soul was presided over by Soul Masters from the local branches of Spirit Hall.
This was both the duty of Spirit Hall and the means by which it controlled the foundation of Soul Masters across the entire continent.
However, on the sky screen, the one who awakened the Martial Soul for Teacher Wang Yan was an elder in the village!
That place called the "Heavenly Soul Empire" seemed to have absolutely no presence of Spirit Hall!
In that future era, Shrek Academy seemed unprecedentedly powerful; yet Spirit Hall, whose influence covered every corner of the continent, seemed to have completely vanished!
A guess that made Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo's hearts beat wildly emerged in the minds of the three.
"Could it be... that ten thousand years later, Spirit Hall... is no longer around?" Gu Rong's voice carried a trace of disbelief and trembling.
"Perhaps it is not that it is no longer around." Chen Xin added, sword light flashing in his eyes. "But rather... it was destroyed!"
Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath, suppressing the surging waves in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The replacement of Sects and the rise and fall of dynasties are common occurrences."
"But Spirit Hall is different. It has been rooted in the continent for too long, its influence is intertwined, and it is no longer a simple Sect."
"Such a behemoth, deep-rooted, could never disappear without a sound."
"To make it perish, it must have been completely destroyed by an external force!"
Ning Fengzhi's gaze turned back to the sky screen. The unprecedented spirit tools in the tournament that Huo Yuhao and others were participating in, as well as the unheard-of Sun Moon Empire, were all corroborating his conjecture.
"The future will surely undergo great changes!" And the beginning of this upheaval was very likely the destruction of Spirit Hall!
Spirit City, The Pope's Palace.
"Trash!" Bibi Dong slammed her palm on the armrest, and the throne cast from gold was instantly covered in cracks.
Her stunningly beautiful face was full of frost, and anger and killing intent were intertwined in her purple eyes. Below, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the others were silent as cicadas, not even daring to breathe.
How could she not think of what Ning Fengzhi could think of? In the future World, there was no trace of Spirit Hall! This was harder for her to accept than any humiliation!
This meant that her life's work, the grand ambition of uniting the continent that she pursued, had... failed in the future?
"Impossible!" "Absolutely impossible!" Bibi Dong stared fixedly at the sky screen, her voice squeezed out from between her teeth.
"I will never let such a future happen! The Soul Hunting Operation must be accelerated!" She wanted to use iron-fisted means to completely strangle the future predicted by the sky screen in its cradle!
Tang San, Shrek Academy, Qian Daoliu... Everyone who hindered her must die!
[Dou II Era]
On the square of Shrek Academy, waves of questioning and support rose higher and higher. Almost all the students firmly believed that Teacher Wang Yan was innocent.
"Sky screen! What evidence do you have!" "That's right! Bring out the evidence! Do not slander a good person out of thin air!" "Give back Teacher Wang Yan's innocence!"
Huo Yuhao stood at the very front of the crowd, his voice somewhat hoarse from excitement, yet exceptionally firm: "I, Huo Yuhao, will never forget the kindness of Teacher Wang Yan for the rest of my life!" "If there is no solid evidence, I will never believe he is a hypocrite!"
Just as the questioning voices of countless people in both eras reached their peak. On the sky screen, the golden light changed again!
The previous images regarding the life of Teacher Wang Yan dissipated completely, and in their place were a few cold and huge golden characters. [Reason for being on the list!]
As these four characters appeared, it was as if a basin of ice water had been poured over all the boiling emotions. The entire continent quieted down again. Everyone, whether in Dou I or Dou II, stared fixedly at the sky.
It's here! This mysterious sky screen was about to give its explanation!
And Teacher Wang Yan, who was held by Elder Xuan, saw these four characters. His already pale face lost the last trace of color. His legs went weak, and he slumped directly to the ground, his face ashen. He muttered: "It's over... everything is over..."
Elder Xuan beside him saw his appearance, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes. At the same time, he looked at the sky screen, his brows furrowed. A trace of panic that even he himself had not noticed flashed deep within his eyes.
Under the gaze of billions of eyes, new handwriting slowly appeared. [First: Bearing a blood feud, infiltrating under disguise.] [Second: Harboring malicious intentions, controlling geniuses.] [Third: Inconsistent in words and actions, intending to overthrow.]
The three reasons, like three heavy hammers, smashed fiercely into everyone's hearts! Especially the students of Shrek Academy, the anger and injustice on their faces instantly solidified, replaced by a blank and dazed expression.
Infiltration? Harboring malicious intentions? Overthrowing Shrek Academy? This... how could this be possible?
Before they could recover from this subversive information, the text on the sky screen changed again. [Next, the first point will be explained:] [Bearing a blood feud, infiltrating under disguise]
On the sky screen, the picture changed abruptly! It was no longer the gentle and elegant Teacher Wang Yan. The picture switched to a dark, damp underground secret chamber. In the secret chamber, candlelight was lit. It illuminated hundreds of Martial Soul tablets placed in front.
A six-year-old child knelt before these Martial Soul tablets. That tender face was none other than Teacher Wang Yan in his youth!
And on the wall behind him, a crest was carved: it was a sharp sword, inserted diagonally into a heavy hammer, and above it were six spread wings. The Seraphim crest!
[Dou II Era] Shrek Academy. Elder Xuan's pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks! In the Dou II era, very few people recognized this ten-thousand-year-old crest. But as an elder of the Sea God Pavilion, how could he not know the meaning of this totem?
He looked abruptly at Teacher Wang Yan, who was slumped on the ground, and shouted in shock and anger: "You are actually a remnant of Spirit Hall!"
[Dou I Era] When the Spirit Hall crest appeared, Yu Xiaogang's smug smile completely froze on his face. The three from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, had their expressions change drastically! In the The Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong stood up abruptly, her eyes full of disbelief! This Teacher Wang Yan, is a person from Spirit Hall?!
Before everyone could recover from this earth-shattering news, the young Teacher Wang Yan had already raised his head. However, at this moment, there was not a trace of gentleness or scholarly air on his face. Instead, it was replaced by coldness and hatred completely inconsistent with his age!
He put his finger into his mouth, bit his fingertip hard, and drops of blood fell to the ground. The young Teacher Wang Yan raised his blood-stained hand, and the fire of revenge that went deep into his bones burned in his eyes!
A voice that was repressed and resentful, every word seemingly soaked with blood, echoed in the secret chamber: "Shrek... Sea God Tang San... you destroyed my home, exterminated my clan!" "I, Wang Yan, take an oath here!" "In this life, I will surely overthrow Shrek, and for my Spirit Hall, for my Qiangu family, I will avenge this blood feud!" "Never ending, never dying!"
When this resentful oath resounded across the sky, the magnificent and cold voice of the sky screen, like a final judge, slowly stated the truth. [Teacher Wang Yan is not his real name.] [His real name is actually...] [Wang Yan!]
The moment the voice fell. On the sky screen, before the characters [Teacher Wang Yan], the characters [Qiangu] suddenly appeared! [Tenth place on the Hypocrite List: Wang Yan!]