Running Training Method

The following morning

Yang Ming still rose early. In the open space in front of the dormitory, he practiced his Spear Art as usual.

Besides Yang Ming, Tang San was also an early riser. Practicing the Purple Demon Eyes every day was a compulsory lesson that the Tang God King never missed.

Looking at Tang San's eyes, brimming with purple light, Yang Ming understood. He also possessed memories of the complete Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, including the Purple Demon Eyes.

As for why Yang Ming was not a member of the Tang Sect yet possessed the sect's supreme techniques, the answer had to start with the Tang Sect's decline during Huo Yuhao's era.

Ten thousand years later, during Huo Yuhao's era, the Tang Sect would face a crisis that nearly destroyed it. At the time, Sea God Tang San linked the Child of Destiny Huo Yuhao's fate with the Tang Sect's destiny in order to save the sect. Only then did the Tang Sect regain its prosperity. However, among the Shrek Seven Devils of Huo Yuhao's generation, there was another very special figure—the second-generation Dragon God Douluo, Bei Bei.

At the time, the Sea God Pavilion Master—Mu En, the first-generation Dragon God Douluo and Huo Yuhao's future teacher—arranged for his great-grandson Bei Bei to join the Tang Sect in order to help it revive. It was unclear whether that was the real reason, but at least that was the reason presented publicly.

Thus, Bei Bei joined the Tang Sect. Besides finding true love, he also obtained the Tang Sect's supreme technique, the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Bei Bei's acquisition of it also meant that Shrek Academy had obtained it. As a result, a copy of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record was left in the Sea God Pavilion.

Using the same method, Shrek Academy also obtained the Body Sect's Body Secret Method and the initial version of the Soul Spirit Secret Method through Huo Yuhao.

Setting aside the fact that Huo Yuhao had stolen Mingde Hall's Soul Tool technology while the two sides were enemies, Shrek Academy could still be considered to have received the Tang God King's true inheritance.

Compared with the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy seemed to have inherited more of the Tang God King's character. It was no wonder that the Tang Sect had experienced rises and falls. While it was hidden from the world, Shrek Academy had only been destroyed once, during Yang Ming's era, and had been rebuilt soon afterward. It had continued its inheritance for a full thirty thousand years and was still going strong, flourishing from generation to generation.

Shrek Academy also had an advantage over the Tang Sect. The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from twenty thousand years ago was not much different from the one twenty thousand years later, but after the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record reached Shrek's hands, it was completely digested and assimilated.

For that, they had to thank one of Shrek Academy's important founders, the Great Master Yu Xiaogang. Although he himself had followed the path of "fake innovation, real plagiarism, and even plagiarizing it badly," later generations did not know that! They truly honored him as the founder of Soul Master theory. Thus, the Great Master Yu Xiaogang disguised "innovation," a quality that did not belong to him, as his own and passed it down to Shrek Academy. That should count as one of the few good deeds in his perplexing life!

The successive Sea God Pavilion Masters of later generations also inherited this trait of daring to "innovate." They were not overly reverent toward the "Sea God-created" techniques of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. On the contrary, the record burst with new vitality in their hands.

After Mu En, the successive Sea God Pavilion Masters studied the structure of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and decided to create a supreme technique no weaker than it, to be passed down secretly by the Sea God Pavilion Master.

With the astonishing talents of the successive Sea God Pavilion Masters, combined with two thousand years of accumulated knowledge about Martial Souls, Self-Created Soul Skills, and other cultivation methods at Shrek Academy, the Sea God Pavilion ultimately succeeded. Taking the initial version of Absolute Dominance as its core, and using the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, the Body Secret Method, and Shrek's countless generations of accumulated knowledge as nourishment, they created a supreme cultivation method belonging to the lineage of the Sea God Pavilion Masters and named it "Absolute Dominance."

The name "Absolute Dominance" not only contained reverence and respect for Dragon God Douluo Mu En's original version of Absolute Dominance, but also reflected the Sea God Pavilion Masters' confidence in and expectations for this technique and Shrek Academy's future.

Later, an unparalleled powerhouse named Yang Ming appeared at Shrek Academy. He grew step by step, from student to Sea God Pavilion Master. Relying on the Atlas Spear in his hands, he defeated one powerful enemy after another. Carrying Shrek's dream of "Absolute Dominance," he truly reached the summit and became the strongest person on the continent.

Half an hour later, Yang Ming finished practicing his spear techniques. When he looked toward the roof of Tang San's dormitory again, there was already no one there. That made sense. According to the cultivation method for the Purple Demon Eyes recorded in Yang Ming's memories, the Purple Demon Eyes could only absorb the faint purple energy present before sunrise each morning. The time available for cultivation each day was not long.

Yang Ming put away his spear and returned to the dormitory, only to discover that Oscar was no longer in his bed. He did not pay it any mind until Oscar walked out of the bathroom.

Yang Ming was somewhat astonished when he saw Oscar before him. He had thought the description of Oscar's appearance in his memories had been another beautified version. He had not expected it to be so accurate.

After removing the excess hair from his face, Oscar had deeply set Peach Blossom Eyes that gave him a profound look. His face was as handsome and harmonious as jade, with eyebrows of just the right thickness. A carefree, cynical smile hung on his face, making him look like an elegant and romantic noble Young Master no matter how one looked at him.

Oscar saw that Yang Ming was somewhat astonished by his appearance and spoke smugly.

"How is it, Brother Yang? Isn't your big brother's face at least as handsome as yours?"

After chatting with Yang Ming for a few words the previous night and figuring out Yang Ming's personality, this somewhat lecherous fellow had begun to reveal his true nature. He had also started addressing Yang Ming without any regard for seniority... Uh, something seemed off.

As more and more of Yang Ming's sealed memories were unlocked, he grew increasingly suspicious of the identity of the memories' owner. If things were really as he imagined, then no matter how Oscar addressed Yang Ming, it would, in a certain sense, count as several generations of super-seniority to Yang Ming!!!

Yang Ming did not object to Oscar's form of address. Ignoring the way Oscar called him, he gave an objective and fair evaluation of Oscar's appearance.

"Not bad. A little better than Dai Mubai, but not as good as me."

Oscar had been delighted upon hearing the first half of Yang Ming's sentence, but the turn in the second half caught him completely off guard. However, when Oscar looked at Yang Ming's face, which was indeed a little more handsome than his own, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the assessment. Before he could reply, a sudden "clang, clang, clang" sounded from outside.

Hearing the noise, Oscar hurriedly called out to Yang Ming.

"That's the bell summoning the students. Yang Ming, are you... coming?"

He had only gotten halfway through his sentence when he remembered that Yang Ming was not a student of their academy. His reminder turned into a question.

Yang Ming naturally intended to go and take a look. That was the very reason he had come to Shrek Academy.

Although Oscar's previous remarks had already caused Yang Ming to lose most of his expectations for Shrek's teaching standards, he still had to witness them with his own eyes.

After washing up briefly, Yang Ming went with Oscar to Shrek Academy's Great Training Field. Aside from Dai Mubai, who was still recovering from his injuries, the other four students and Flender had also arrived.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong failed to recognize Oscar at first after he shaved his beard. The change was too great. However, with Yang Ming beside him as a comparison, Oscar's appearance became much easier to accept.

When Flender saw that the five students and Yang Ming had all arrived, he began to speak. His distinct, slightly magnetic hoarse voice rang out. "This year is quite good. We have three more Little Monsters. I, Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy, welcome you on behalf of the academy. Later, each of you will pay one hundred gold coins to Teacher Li, who is in charge of the finances. Hongjun, take them there afterward."

"Yes, Teacher." Ma Hongjun.

Flender said, "We have three more junior brothers and sisters. You can tell them the academy's rules later. Then each of you can go back and rest, doing your best to restore yourselves to peak condition. The first lesson today will begin tonight. Oscar, Ning Rongrong, you two are exceptions. Come with me."

Oscar's expression immediately fell. Reluctantly, he walked over to Flender and bowed. His expression only improved slightly when he saw Ning Rongrong come to his side.

Yang Ming was in no hurry to leave. He wanted to see how Flender intended to train Oscar and Ning Rongrong. Tang San felt the same.

Thus, Yang Ming and Tang San, along with Tang San's tagalong Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun, who was preparing to take the two of them to pay, quietly watched from the side.

Yang Ming then heard Flender confidently announce Shrek Academy's two great cultivation principles: First, Shrek Academy did not teach students how to cultivate their Martial Souls, only how to use their Martial Souls—in other words, how to fight. Second, the most important thing for an auxiliary Soul Master on the battlefield was survival. An auxiliary Soul Master had to possess the ability to run away. Although Shrek applied this principle to Battle Soul Masters as well, specifically, it meant running.

Then... Flender sent Oscar and Ning Rongrong off to run laps.

After hearing Flender's theory, Tang San found it somewhat familiar. His teacher, Yu Xiaogang, seemed to have told him similar principles before, so Tang San nodded in agreement.

Yang Ming, however, shook his head when he heard Flender's theory. After listening to these two great principles, his lingering hope that Shrek Academy was skilled at educating Soul Masters finally died.

This level of teaching could not even compare with the advanced Soul Master theories from twenty thousand years in Yang Ming's memories, let alone match the standards of the Breaking Clan. Yang Ming simply said to Flender,

"Dean Flender, if this is the level of Soul Master education at Shrek Academy, then you've already lost our bet!"

P.S. The biggest shift in pace of the Shrek arc has officially begun.

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