Shrek's Three Phantom Gods
[Huo Yun'er: Just because of an argument and a veiled attempt to ask for a gift, someone had to die?]
[Black Dragon: Hm? What do you mean? What's wrong with doing that?]
[Du Busi: I don't see a problem with it either. Of course, I wouldn't go out of my way to kill the other person. Most likely, I'd slap them in passing, and whether they lived or died would be none of my concern!]
[Little Noble: But isn't that a little too extreme?]
[Du Busi: Extreme? Haha! You're calling me extreme? Why don't you take a look at who said that line about the Way of Seeking Death, you little brat from Shrek!]
Everyone in the group chat was discussing the matter heatedly.
But far more people supported killing than supported giving a minor punishment as a warning!
There was no need to even mention the Soul Beasts. Di Tian and the Snow Empress shared the same view: the weak were prey to the strong!
Du Busi and Jing Hongchen held much the same view. I didn't cultivate through all that hardship just to reason with you. If you don't like it, I've got fists for that.
Of course, given their standing and experience, they wouldn't go out of their way to deal with a nobody.
They would wave a hand as though sweeping away trash, and whether the person lived or died would come down to luck.
[I see Yu Xiaogang!]
[Sure enough, Yu Xiaogang had been listening there for a while.]
[But he probably didn't step in to help specifically because he heard about Innate Full Soul Power.]
[It looks more like... he picked just the right moment and angle to Show Off in Front of Others, specifically in front of the new students.]
[So... he was just trying to show off?]
[And he just happened to see Tang San's Martial Soul certificate?]
[Oh crap, he's almost at mine. Damn it, I'm out of here. I don't want to hear the Grandmaster analyze my Martial Soul, and I don't want to hear the secret of Tang San's Twin Martial Souls either. If I get marked down for the Way of Seeking Death and Tang Hao smashes me to death with one swing of his hammer, I won't even have anywhere to cry.]
[There are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters.]
[How does the Grandmaster's famous saying manage to turn itself around and insult him twice in a single sentence?]
[One moment he says Blue Silver Grass is a Trash Martial Soul and can't possibly have Innate Full Soul Power, so Tang San must have a Second Martial Soul. The next, he says that for someone to have a Second Martial Soul, the two Martial Souls have to be of similar quality, or the stronger one will swallow the weaker.]
[Who on earth believes these back-and-forth contradictions?]
[And even ten thousand years later, Shrek Academy still keeps saying, "There are no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters." I'm seriously begging you...]
Someone was trashing Shrek?
The moment a fight started, he jumped right in!
Du Busi charged ahead, with Jing Hongchen close behind.
[Du Busi: You little brats from Shrek, tell me, does anyone at Shrek actually believe that line now?]
[Jing Hongchen: Huh? That's not right. For us Soul Engineers, that saying couldn't be more accurate.]
Du Busi abruptly changed tack, biting at anyone he saw.
[Du Busi: That's because you Soul Engineers are trash yourselves!]
You take a kick at Shrek, and I'm delighted.
But I just can't stand Shrek. Usually, I only make a few snide remarks.
The Sun Moon Empire, though? That went beyond mere dislike. They were on opposing sides!
After his elder brother Du Bisou's battle with Mu En, Du Bisou had died, but he had lost fair and square. Though Du Busi had some personal feelings about it, he could still tell right from wrong.
The group chat instantly turned into a free-for-all. Perhaps because his identity had been exposed, Du Busi took advantage of the fact that the others still had to put effort into hiding theirs. He said whatever was most vicious, and if anyone rubbed him the wrong way, he cursed them out on the spot!
He was living every day as though it were his last, in the truest sense...
Shen Yichen had forgotten to speak in the group because he was helping come up with ideas for the diary. Otherwise, he would definitely have backed Du Busi up.
["Douluo Continent," "Peerless Tang Sect," "Legend of the Dragon King."]
[All three eras had a "famous teacher" of their generation from Shrek!]
[The Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Theories of Martial Souls consisted of either obvious nonsense everyone already knew or guesses that were half right and half wrong.]
[That line, "I turned out a god!" shook an entire summer to its core.]
[A man who didn't know Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had Soul Shock somehow managed to research the maximum Soul Ring Ages a Soul Master could handle down to the last detail. Those who understand, understand.]
[But having seen him today, without praising or bashing him, I'd say Gangzi isn't a bad person.]
[He's more like a Jiahao who enjoys putting on a melancholy, profound act.]
[Yet Gangzi, who was truly criticized and cursed by countless netizens, saw his reputation take a turn several years later. Not because his name had been cleared, but because ten thousand years later, an even more godlike marvel appeared.]
Hm?
Quite a few people straightened their backs.
Ten thousand years later?
Wasn't that their current era?
I've got to sit up and watch this!
[Leaving Gangzi's abilities aside for now, he really did have Tang San's interests at heart and genuinely wanted to make Tang San a cut above the rest.]
[Tang San understood that too. Perhaps by the later stages, Tang San also knew Gangzi's theories were riddled with holes.]
[But compared with Tang Hao, Gangzi was Tang San's real father during his childhood.]
[Xuan Zi ten thousand years later was a different story. With all the strength of a Level 98 Super Douluo, he led a group of Inner Court disciples out to hunt for Soul Rings.]
[Because his drinking caused him to botch things, well over half of the dozen or so Inner Court disciples died.]
???
!!!
Beside a small river on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Mu En froze and looked at Zhang Lexuan. "Lexuan, girl, why did you stop?"
"Don't worry about me. Although my lineage comes from the Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, I'm not that hidebound..."
It wasn't as if the Grandmaster's theories had only just become wrong.
There really were problems with the theories themselves, and he wasn't so overbearing as to forbid others from discussing them...
"Elder Mu, the diary says... the Grandmaster's reputation took a turn ten thousand years later because of Elder Xuan..."
Zhang Lexuan softened her voice, and even her breathing grew fainter.
Sure enough, the moment she said that, a low-pressure atmosphere enveloped Mu En. Even though he hadn't released the slightest trace of his presence, there was an oppressive feeling, as if a volcano were about to erupt.
"Go on, girl. I'm prepared for it..."
"Elder Xuan took Inner Court disciples into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings. Because his drinking caused him to botch things, more than half of the dozen or so Inner Court disciples... died..."
Silence.
Elder Mu stared blankly at the river flowing past, his hand crushing the fishing rod to pieces.
"It hasn't happened yet. There's still a chance to make things right..."
If something that serious had already happened, it surely couldn't have been covered up. Since word of it hadn't reached his ears, that meant it would happen in the future!
[After causing such a disaster, Xuan Zi lost his nerve too. Instead of making up for his mistake, he prepared to step down from the Sea God Pavilion and walk away.]
[In the end, he forced Zhang Lexuan, the Senior Sister of the Inner Court, to kneel and beg him not to leave.]
[Tsk, tsk. She was a favored daughter of heaven, and classmates and friends she had spent years with died because their elder and teacher was irresponsible. She herself was seriously injured too. Yet in the end, she still had to kneel and comfort the one responsible, telling him not to take it to heart.]
[Even writing this makes me feel aggrieved.]
[I wonder how Zhang Lexuan managed to put up with it?]