Xu Wenlong's Plans

Xu Wenlong had been thinking: if he merely sent people to these various factions or academies to fight in the Soul Master Competition, would it be too monotonous?

Or rather, Xu Wenlong's own urge to stir up trouble had begun to itch.

Xu Wenlong's original plan had been to send several geniuses to join different factions, let them make a name for themselves during the competition, and ultimately become famous in a single battle.

Then, at the awards ceremony, they would reveal themselves as members of Great Shocker, and Daguva or someone else from Great Shocker would step forward and kneel before Xu Wenlong.

Something like, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never underestimate a Kamen Rider."

That sort of eminence-in-shadow feeling... how should he put it? Xu Wenlong even found it a little embarrassing.

Still, the establishment of Shocker Academy could be put on the agenda.

According to his memories, Tang San would obtain his First Soul Ring now, enter Shrek around six years later, obtain Immortal Herbs and such, then join Blue Tyrant. That would take roughly eight or nine years.

That gave Xu Wenlong plenty of room to develop.

So Xu Wenlong decided to first set himself a modest goal: open an academy qualified to participate in the Soul Master Academy competition.

Naturally, the academy needed a nominal person in charge for everyone to see.

First of all, that person had to be strong enough. Otherwise, they would not be qualified to serve as the academy's headmaster.

That meant Daguva, whom Xu Wenlong had summoned first, would not work. Although Daguva was very strong, Xu Wenlong had already used up that connection when he sent Black and Shadow Moon into Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

In the eyes of the Heaven Dou Empire, Daguva was now a good man who diligently supplied the empire with talent.

Then if Daguva suddenly discovered another group of geniuses, opened an academy himself, and implied that there was an organization behind him...

Forget Daguva—even Black and Shadow Moon would have a hard time getting away with it.

So the candidates had to exclude those Xu Wenlong had already planned to send into various factions, those who had already been sent there, and those who had ever made a name for themselves under those factions.

After thinking it over and over without coming up with anything, Xu Wenlong resorted to his old classic: when he could not think of an answer, he recited the Grand Zi-O Driver.

"Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade..."

"But... villains, villains? Villains!"

Xu Wenlong seemed to have thought of something.

Damn it, Xu Wenlong had originally planned to have those villains make guest appearances at Shocker Academy.

And when it came to villains, he had to mention a certain Snake Skin Alien.

Setting everything else aside, Snake Skin Alien's popularity was genuinely high.

And that wild, slightly outrageous style of his was truly rare.

Most importantly, being the headmaster of Shocker Academy did not require him to shoulder any responsibilities. He only needed to send everyone a message.

Our academy's headmaster is very strong. Do not try to provoke this academy, or the headmaster will cut you down.

Just look at how Spirit Hall attacked Tang San outside Spirit Hall in the original work, even preparing to go after the others. If Spirit Hall did not dare lay a hand on Shocker Academy at that time, what kind of scene would that be?

If even Spirit Hall did not dare provoke them, would the students from those other academies not be green with envy on the spot?

As for the issue of strength, Xu Wenlong had only one response: no matter, I will make a move!

Looking at the Soul Power Upgrade Vouchers in the Shocker Shop, Xu Wenlong felt the joy of spending money.

After all, the people Xu Wenlong summoned relied on Xu Wenlong's own soul power.

No matter whom Xu Wenlong summoned, they would be localized into the form of Douluo Continent. Their traits would become martial souls, and their strength would be compressed into soul power.

Their current soul power would then be thirty levels above Xu Wenlong's own soul power.

Because Xu Wenlong was so disappointing, having only Innate Soul Power Level One, if he had not been modified somewhat, everyone in Great Shocker would probably still be Soul Elders rather than Soul Ancestors.

Thus, what truly restricted Great Shocker was Xu Wenlong's soul power!

So when Xu Wenlong saw the soul power vouchers capable of increasing soul power listed in the Shocker Shop, he understood. These were meant for him.

According to a certain dead rat's punchline:

Dogs go woof, cats go meow, so what do chickens do?

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared!

Xu Wenlong had not spent the past year since awakening the system loafing around for nothing.

Xu Wenlong had learned from the master of micro-management—yes, that's right, you! Move the machine gun five centimeters forward!

No matter what game he played, Xu Wenlong was the sort of person who hoarded everything. Back then, he had stubbornly saved thirty thousand Primogems just to get Hu Tao's first constellation.

What Xu Wenlong loved most was watching his assets accumulate bit by bit until they finally reached an astonishing figure!

So over the past year, Xu Wenlong had not spent a single thing. He had relied entirely on the draws rewarded by system missions to build his current faction.

Moreover, Xu Wenlong would probably appear very rarely in the future. Therefore, his public identity in the Heaven Dou Empire would be that he reached Level Ten after one year of enrollment.

After that, he would graduate and travel far away. Daguva could alter that day into something like, "He will never break through Level Thirty in this lifetime," and that would settle the matter once and for all.

After all, who could imagine that such a deeply hidden, mysterious, and enormous organization had been created by an eight-year-old child?

Therefore, Xu Wenlong could raise his soul power without worry.

If Xu Wenlong urgently needed to raise a particular person's soul power, he could purchase an individual breakthrough card for them.

Seriously, it had everything he could want, all for Xu Wenlong's meager savings.

And the Great Shocker System even offered highly user-friendly customized services.

It could ensure that every step of Xu Wenlong's plans, from getting started to being laid to rest, would put him at ease.

So what he needed now was to establish a model Shocker Academy.

As for where the academy would be located, that did not matter. Just like Qingbei, no matter which city it was in, there would definitely be a never-ending stream of applicants.

On the other hand, without any reputation or strength, even if Xu Wenlong opened it right next to the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial City, it would still be pointless.

So naturally, the location had to be as large as possible.

And unlike in his previous life, the good Soul Master Academies here emphasized simulated cultivation—Martial Souls cultivated better in environments suited to them.

For example, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass would certainly do better in a patch of Blue Silver Grass. Throwing him into lava instead would just be ridiculous.

So the academy would preferably have spaces that simulated common environments, such as water, fire, and grasslands. Or it could simply be located very close to such places.

That way, the academy's grounds would naturally shoot upward in size.

University towns were pathetically small by comparison. Besides, nobody was speculating on land now; he only needed to pay for the land.

So he could just find a place about the size of a small county town.

As for students, what a joke—hardly anyone was enrolling anywhere these days.

The principal would be a snake-skin freak, and Lao Tan and the others could serve as the teachers. They would definitely be up to the task.

As for the academy, Xu Wenlong would naturally welcome anyone willing to come. If no one came, he would just use summoned people to fill the seats.

In short, all of your geniuses would be our people. How were you supposed to compete with us?