Douluo: The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

If it had been anyone else in Wang Dong'er's place, Du Weilun probably would not have tolerated it for nearly so long.

But Wang Dong'er's somewhat deranged mental state... really was not something anyone could learn from.

Yet they had only been studying at Shrek Academy for three months, and they had already gone head-to-head with their homeroom teacher, the dean, and the director of academic affairs...

Most importantly, he had no idea what Wang Dong'er was really thinking. Yet every time she started an argument, she somehow seemed to be the one in the right. That was rather remarkable.

Shaking his head, Huo Yuhao stopped thinking about it. He was already following Wang Dong'er around anyway, so there was no point dwelling on it.

Soon, the group arrived at the classroom. For some reason, Zhou Yi was not there. Only Wang Yan stood at the front of the classroom.

"You came back at just the right time. We're about to choose the class monitors, so find your seats first."

Once the three had sat down, Wang Yan said, "There will be a primary and deputy class monitor, one each from the Assault System and Control System. The two monitors will switch positions every month. I'll nominate the candidates now, and everyone will vote anonymously."

After saying that, Wang Yan turned around and wrote two rows of names on the blackboard behind him. The first row was for the Assault System, while the second was for the Control System. All those listed were students who had obtained core disciple slots or provisional core disciple slots.

There was no suspense in the final result. Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao received the most votes.

After all, the impression left by Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao instantly defeating people together was simply too profound.

Next, Wang Yan distributed the badges representing core disciples.

The students who were only provisional core disciples also received one, but unlike genuine core disciples, the badges in their hands had a time limit. Once their first-year studies ended, they would have to return them to the academy.

Even after school ended, Zhou Yi did not appear in Class One, prompting quite a few discussions.

Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao returned to the dormitory building. As they passed the entrance, Mu En, who was lying in his recliner, suddenly opened his eyes and stared straight at Wang Dong'er's retreating figure.

"So it was her... the light..."

"There's a shadow climbing around outside the girls' dormitory?"

In the middle of the night, Wang Dong'er was interrupted from her cultivation by Xiao Xiao. Upon hearing Xiao Xiao's words, the first person she thought of was Bei Bei.

But Bei Bei had fallen out with Tang Ya. Could they really have made up so quickly?

Or was someone else climbing the girls' dormitory?

Hmm... Xu Shishi, perhaps?

"What should we do?" Xiao Xiao asked. Bei Bei had not crossed her mind at all.

"Do you even need to ask?" Wang Dong'er rolled her eyes at Xiao Xiao.

"Someone is secretly climbing the girls' dormitory!"

That night, countless shrieks and fluctuations of Soul Power erupted from the upper three floors of the girls' dormitory building...

Soul Tool Department

The next day, Zhou Yi, the deputy homeroom teacher of Class One, still did not appear.

Even Wang Yan did not know exactly what had happened.

However, he had vaguely heard that Mu Jin, the former homeroom teacher of Class One and current homeroom teacher of Class Two, had reported Zhou Yi and gathered evidence against her. The charge was that Zhou Yi was suspected of maliciously expelling students, causing losses to Shrek Academy.

Although most other teachers could not agree with Zhou Yi's teaching philosophy and methods, she had indeed produced the greatest number of Inner Court students.

Even if those Inner Court students were not necessarily the strongest or most talented in the Inner Court, they were certainly the most obedient and most compliant with discipline.

Mu Jin had been expected to receive a promotion to senior teacher due to the assessment results of Class One's new students, yet at such a critical moment, she had suddenly reported Zhou Yi, a teacher who already had a solid record...

Mu Jin was practically gambling her own career to clash head-on with Zhou Yi.

Who knew how the two had ended up at this point?

Wang Yan stopped dwelling on it and announced to the students of Class One, "Teacher Zhou Yi has recently been tied up with some matters and does not have time to instruct you. Starting today, I will guide your theoretical studies."

Dai Huabin was somewhat disappointed.

Back when he was in New Student Class Five, he had worked hand-in-glove with Zhou Yi and had been getting along quite comfortably. Yet after entering the first year, Wang Dong'er had become the class monitor instead.

Still, Dai Huabin did not cause trouble over it.

In his view, as long as he found an opportunity to duel Wang Dong'er and win, the students of Class One would realize who was better suited to be the class monitor.

Meanwhile, Wang Dong'er was checking her mission rewards.

Her mission to distribute resource gift packs was still one target short, but most of the students came from fairly well-off families, and she could not just give one to anyone at random.

However, she was currently looking at the reward from another mission—the one triggered after she confronted Du Weilun.

The "Are You a Thing or a Person?" mission has been completed. Random reward obtained: one Soul Douluo-level defensive soul skill use. Passive.

...This could count as a reward too?

Still, having something to save her life was better than having nothing.

She also listened in on Wang Yan's theoretical lesson, but she did not know whether Wang Yan simply had not reached the deeper material yet, or whether first-years were only taught this useless knowledge.

Besides, it was time to consider going to the Soul Tool Department to familiarize herself with Soul Tools.

However, visiting the Soul Tool Department required either registering for a transfer or having a teacher accompany her. That meant she could only ask Wang Yan to take them there.

Once the tedious theory class ended, Wang Dong'er immediately stopped Wang Yan.

"Wang Dong'er? Is there something you need?" Wang Yan smiled warmly, as though he and Zhou Yi were complete opposites.

"Teacher Wang, if you have nothing else to do right now, please take us to the Soul Tool Department," Wang Dong'er said.

"The Soul Tool Department?" Wang Yan froze for a moment and looked at Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao. "Are you transferring to the Soul Tool Department to study Soul Tools? But you are core disciples and provisional core disciples of the Martial Soul System. If you transfer, not only will your core disciple badges be taken back, your benefits will also be revoked."

Wang Dong'er shook her head. "We are not transferring. We merely want to take a look first."

"Could it be that you intend to study Soul Tools alongside your martial souls?" Wang Yan guessed.

The Martial Soul System and Soul Tool Department had always been clearly divided. There were almost no students who attended both, though it was not entirely unheard of.

It was simply that most people had long decided which path they wanted to take and would not waste time pursuing another direction.

Even those who tried both usually gave up after a while.

However, Wang Yan was one of the few open-minded teachers in Shrek Academy's Martial Soul System.

He did not believe that a soul master studying Soul Tools was necessarily wasting time. Therefore, he did not object to Wang Dong'er's request. After looking deeply at the three of them, he said, "All right. Follow me."

Wang Yan then took the lead, with Wang Dong'er and the other two following behind him.

The Soul Tool Department occupied its own vast area, represented by the color gray. After leaving the teaching building, the four walked quite a long way before reaching the exterior of the Soul Tool Department buildings.

Unlike the Martial Soul System buildings, the gray structures here were not built solely from materials such as brick and stone. They also incorporated all kinds of metal.

There was also a signboard in front of the buildings, bearing the words "Soul Tool Testing Area."

Once they reached this point, Wang Yan did not continue forward with the three of them. Instead, he turned around and asked Wang Dong'er, "Wang Dong'er, may I ask you a question?"

"Mm."

"Why did you think of visiting the Soul Tool Department?"

The answer was not much of a secret, so Wang Dong'er answered directly, "Future battles between soul masters will inevitably be filled with Soul Tools of all kinds of effects. If we do not begin learning about Soul Tools from the start, we will definitely fall behind in the future."

Surprise flashed through Wang Yan's eyes upon hearing Wang Dong'er's answer.

On Douluo Continent, Soul Tools had not been developed for very long. Few soul masters approved of this method of combat, claiming that fighting through one's martial soul was the glory of a soul master.

He had not expected Wang Dong'er, the winner of the freshman assessment, to possess such an unconventional perspective.

Wang Yan had thought that he would be the sole oddball teacher in the Martial Soul System, but he had not expected Wang Dong'er's thoughts to align perfectly with his own. Both believed that Soul Tools would become the mainstream of future combat.

Just as soul masters could possess martial souls with special effects, such as Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan, Soul Tools possessed the same potential.

The soul masters of Douluo Continent had grown accustomed to the convenience of spatial Storage Soul Tools, yet they still claimed that Soul Tools were not the glory of soul masters. The fundamental reason was probably that the Sun Moon Empire had lost the continental war.

They instinctively believed that because the Sun Moon Empire had lost the war, Soul Tools were nothing special. They simply could not imagine that technology truly advanced with each passing day.

"I never expected someone your age to possess such an understanding." Wang Yan nodded approvingly.

"I'll take you inside first."

With that, Wang Yan led the three toward the gray buildings.

Because of his own beliefs, Wang Yan had visited the Soul Tool Department many times. However, he was not particularly familiar with its teachers. He had only met Fan Yu, the sole special-grade teacher here, a few times and had briefly discussed Soul Tools with him on several occasions.

After entering the gray building, the materials changed once more. There was almost no trace of brick or stone; it was constructed entirely from metal.

This place also did not have all kinds of classrooms like the Martial Soul System's teaching building. Instead, it was divided into several testing areas.

Wang Yan led the three all the way to the end, stopping at the entrance to Testing Area Twelve. He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Fan Yu and He Caitou

Knock, knock, knock—

Wang Yan's knocking rhythm was forceful and resonant, accompanied by brief echoes.

Yet after waiting for a while, the metal door slowly opened with a faint sound, sliding sideways.

Once the metal door had fully opened, intense roaring and rushing air immediately filled their ears.

This testing area resembled the assessment grounds from the freshman examination. Heavy metal plates divided the entire space into separate sections.

Wang Yan led the three directly into the largest of those divided areas. After carefully looking around, he walked toward a tall middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man also noticed Wang Yan approaching with three students in first-year uniforms. He immediately came forward, glanced at Wang Dong'er and the other two, paused briefly at their core disciple badges, then turned his gaze back to Wang Yan.

"Teacher Wang, this is?"

"Teacher Fan Yu, these three children are core disciples and provisional core disciples of the Martial Soul System, but they are very interested in Soul Tools and wish to take a look around," Wang Yan explained.

"Take a look around?" Fan Yu frowned. If they had willingly given up their core disciple slots in the Martial Soul System to transfer here, he could at least show them some warmth. But just a visit?

Wang Yan immediately knew what Fan Yu was thinking, so he added, "Teacher Fan Yu, do not underestimate these three."

As he spoke, Wang Yan pointed at Wang Dong'er. "Her name is Wang Dong'er, and she shares beliefs similar to mine."

Fan Yu knew about Wang Yan's views on Soul Tools. The two had engaged in lengthy discussions several times before.

It was simply that the academy's upper management could not compete with Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul System. As a result, Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department was not valued and could only take in students unwanted by the Martial Soul System to study Soul Tools.

Hearing Wang Yan say this, Fan Yu's frown eased somewhat.

"So, you are here to study Soul Tools alongside your martial souls?" Fan Yu asked.

"No one has ever been able to cultivate two completely different paths at once. Between the Martial Soul System and the Soul Tool Department, you would do best to choose one path and focus your efforts on it."

"You cannot have both. The consequence of greed is that you will do neither well."

Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department was still only in the exploratory stages of development. It had not even divided its studies into different specialties yet. Everyone who entered simply had to learn how to manufacture Soul Tools.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, for example, had subdivided Soul Engineer studies into various tracks. There were even tracks for those who only used Soul Tools without studying how to manufacture them.

In Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department, what Fan Yu said was fairly normal.

"You need not worry about that, Teacher Fan Yu. We know what we are doing," Wang Dong'er said casually. Still, she was quite curious. For Zhou Yi to skip class rather than come to the classroom and rage, she must have encountered a genuinely troublesome matter. As Zhou Yi's husband, why did Fan Yu look as though nothing had happened?

Fan Yu had said what he needed to say, so he no longer interfered. Turning toward where he had come from, he waved and called out, "Caitou, Caitou."

A dark-skinned, bald youth over two meters tall immediately ran out from the crowd.

"Teacher." The bald youth bowed to Fan Yu.

"These three are here to visit and study in the Soul Tool Department alongside their main studies. Take them around first."

"Yes, Teacher." The bald youth hurriedly nodded, looked at Wang Dong'er and the other two, and introduced himself. "My name is He Caitou."

While they exchanged names with He Caitou, Wang Yan and Fan Yu had already moved to one side.

"Since you wish to visit the Soul Tool Department, I'll first take you to see how Soul Tools are manufactured. However, I can only show you the production process for first- and second-tier Soul Tools."

He Caitou, the former Prince of the Sun Moon Empire, had fled the Sun Moon Empire because of a coup by another branch of the royal family.

Whether it was his nature or simply misplaced hatred, no one knew. It had only been an internal royal coup, yet he hated the ordinary civilians of his own country.

In the original story, after Huo Yuhao carried out the utterly horrifying Mingdu bombing, He Caitou had bluntly said that there would be no problem with the explosion.

Mingdu had gathered over twenty million residents of the Sun Moon Empire, along with more than ten million spectators who had come from all over to watch the competition. A single blast had directly wiped out one-third of them. The unjustly slain souls alone would have filled Ye Xishui's Death God Tower to the brim, yet such horrific casualties were merely "nothing much" in He Caitou's eyes.

Wang Dong'er swept a calm glance over He Caitou's towering frame. On the surface, his martial soul was a Food System cigar, but because of certain unusual displays, many had believed that he possessed a second martial soul: the sun.

However, He Caitou was not her target, so she did not pay him further attention.