Wei Goat: Let Me Tell You a Huge Secret!
Bei Bei could not help worrying.
"Great-great-grandfather, please be careful."
Mu En smiled. "Don't worry. How much longer can an old bag of bones like me live?"
Yan Shaozhe sighed inwardly. In front of the younger generation, Mu En was still Mu En, the same great tree holding up the heavens.
Yan Shaozhe and Mu En arrived before the towering structure.
The first things they saw were a massive black boulder marked with two powers and a lifelike claw mark that radiated draconic might.
Yan Shaozhe said gravely, "Could this power be the Dragon God Claw mark left by Di Tian?"
Mu En's gaze also grew grave. "There's no mistake. No one but him could have left behind such a distinctive power."
Yan Shaozhe felt as though his whole worldview had been overturned.
"Even Di Tian is backing the Zodiac Temple? Could the Star Dou Great Forest be behind the Zodiac Temple?"
Mu En shook his head.
"I've dealt with Di Tian more than once. He prides himself on having the Dragon God Bloodline and has always disdained associating with humans."
"As things stand, there's only one explanation: the Zodiac Temple offered Di Tian something he could hardly refuse."
"The waters of the Zodiac Temple run deeper than we imagined."
Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe's eyes flashed with resentment.
He had always believed that Shrek was the foremost power on the continent, and now another had appeared.
This so-called Zodiac Temple had already rubbed him the wrong way, and now it had gone and created a Spirit Pagoda.
He said:
"Mu En, the Zodiac Temple has always acted strangely."
"I think they deliberately chose this location to make trouble for Shrek. We have to guard against them."
"I'm willing to go test the waters at the Spirit Pagoda first and see what tricks they're playing."
Mu En did not refuse. With Yan Shaozhe outside, he could provide support.
He was confident he could keep Yan Shaozhe alive.
At that moment, nine Soul Rings burst forth beneath Yan Shaozhe's feet, and a Bright Phoenix appeared.
Yan Shaozhe called out arrogantly:
"Spirit Pagoda Master, is Wei Goat here?"
"I am Yan Shaozhe, dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department. I've come to pay a visit!"
Just then, a sneer rang out. "A level 95 bright pheasant dares to act so arrogantly?"
The voice sounded gentle, with laughter in it, but it sent a chill through Yan Shaozhe's heart.
In the next instant, a figure in black robes and a white ram mask appeared, hovering in the air. It was Wei Goat, master of the Spirit Pagoda.
Facing Yan Shaozhe, a Super Douluo using his full strength and the powerful Bright Phoenix, Wei Goat merely waved a hand.
Yan Shaozhe felt an invisible soul hand seize his soul.
The next instant, Yan Shaozhe's body fell from the sky without a sound.
Even Mu En failed to react to that move.
He quickly caught Yan Shaozhe's body and saw that terror still lingered in his eyes.
It was as though he had just faced some terrifying move.
In midair.
Yan Shaozhe's soul was held in a giant soul hand.
"Why have my hands and body turned transparent?"
Yan Shaozhe could not help feeling a little panicked.
Only then did he realize that he was now in a soul-body state.
His soul was gripped by a giant soul hand, leaving him completely unable to move.
His physical body fell and was caught by Mu En.
His vast Super Douluo Soul Power and the Martial Soul he took such pride in were utterly useless at that moment.
With his soul separated from his body, killing him would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken for Wei Goat.
Wei Goat said calmly:
"If I killed you, Senior Mu En would be very sad, wouldn't he?"
Hearing this, Yan Shaozhe felt a sense of helplessness.
Even when facing a beast tide or Di Tian, he had never felt such despair, unable to resist at all.
Mu En could no longer remain calm. He said:
"Please show mercy, Spirit Pagoda Master."
In an instant, he transformed into the phantom of a Golden Sacred Dragon and appeared before Wei Goat.
He could tell Wei Goat's true strength: level 98.
But the sheer strangeness of Wei Goat's ability was far beyond his expectations.
No wonder Wei Goat had the strength and confidence to cooperate with the Star Dou Great Forest. It seemed there was a solid foundation for it.
Mu En bowed his head and said:
"Shaozhe acted rashly and offended the Spirit Pagoda. Please, Spirit Pagoda Master, for this old man's sake, show him mercy."
"Shrek Academy is willing to offer a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to ransom Shaozhe."
Seeing Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo and one of the Black and White Twin Holy Dragons famed throughout the continent, reduced to this, Wei Goat could not help lamenting inwardly that Shrek Academy truly had no one left.
Seeing his teacher lower himself like this and even offer up a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Yan Shaozhe nearly spat blood.
But the giant soul hand held him fast, and he had no way to resist.
Wei Goat waved a hand and said:
"Senior Mu En, you're much more broad-minded than this eldest disciple of yours."
Wei Goat gently loosened the giant soul hand and returned Yan Shaozhe to his body.
The moment Yan Shaozhe's body and soul fused, he shuddered. His face turned deathly pale, and he gasped for breath.
After returning to his body, he felt for the first time how wonderful it was to be alive.
He looked angrily at Wei Goat.
But he knew that circumstances were stronger than he was, and he could not act rashly again.
Mu En was just about to speak.
But Wei Goat smiled and said:
"For the sake of that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Senior Mu En, let me tell you a top-secret piece of information."
Mu En was astonished to hear this.
He did not know what Wei Goat was up to, and Yan Shaozhe was even more wary.
As Yan Shaozhe saw it, Wei Goat must be plotting to harm Mu En.
The next moment, a voice transmitted a message to Mu En:
"Yan Shaozhe is a descendant of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao."
Mu En's pupils contracted sharply.
He knew Yan Shaozhe might have some connection to Ye Xishui.
But he had never imagined Yan Shaozhe would be a descendant of Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao...
Yan Shaozhe had the Bright Phoenix Martial Soul!
Long Xiaoyao had the Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul, and Ye Xishui had the Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul!
They were so unrelated that even an eight-pole rod couldn't reach between them. How was that possible?
Unless...
Either Long Xiaoyao had hidden a Bright Phoenix Martial Soul, or Ye Xishui had hidden one.
But in Mu En's view, the latter was more likely.
After thinking it through,
Mu En fell silent.
It turned out he had never been the one they trusted most.
He gave Yan Shaozhe a long look.
Suddenly, his once-familiar eldest disciple seemed a little like a stranger.
That look from Mu En left Yan Shaozhe puzzled.
What on earth did Wei Goat say to Mu En?
Was it something about me?
Mu En soon recovered his composure.
After all, he already had one foot in the grave.
The many years he had devoted to training Yan Shaozhe, as well as the friendship he had once shared with Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao, strengthened his resolve.
He said to Wei Goat:
"Thank you for telling me, Spirit Pagoda Master."
"Shrek will deliver that Soul Bone as promised."
"This time, we represent Shrek and only wish to know why the Spirit Pagoda was established between Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest."
Mu En went straight to the point.