Zhang Lexuan

Shrek Academy

At the freshmen dormitory building, an old man lay there. He looked very ordinary and was not particularly tall, yet his voice had a soul-cleansing quality to it, though it was impossible to tell his age from it.

He wore plain gray clothes. The wrinkles on his face were deep enough to trap more than ten flies at once. His eyes were cloudy and yellowed, his eyelids drooping, and he looked as though he were in the twilight of his years.

The old man was Mu En, the current Sea God Pavilion Master of Shrek Academy—a Level 99 Assault-Type Limit Douluo with the title of "Dragon God" and the Radiant Holy Dragon as his martial soul.

After fighting Du Bisi, the Body Sect's leader, he had attempted to absorb the Dragon Pill's power to heal his injuries and break through Level 99. However, the violent aura hidden within the Dragon Pill had left him unable to straighten his back. When standing, his waist was bent nearly ninety degrees, and he needed a cane to support himself. Thus, he often lay in a recliner.

At this moment, he lay there, sensing the vibrant energy radiating from the freshmen. Only in this way could he feel that he was still so young and full of vitality.

Being young really is wonderful! Mu En sighed inwardly. Noticing someone approaching, he slowly opened his cloudy eyes and looked over. When he saw that it was Zhang Lexuan, he asked with some surprise and curiosity, "Lexuan, what happened for you to come looking for this old man?"

Zhang Lexuan came to Mu En's side and respectfully said, "Elder Mu!"

"There's no need to be so respectful outside. I'm merely an old man about to retire."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lexuan looked at the frail, aging Mu En, her heart filled with worry and pain. She had never expected that Elder Mu had gradually grown old without her noticing.

"Elder Mu, I just met a young man on the food street in Shrek City. The moment I saw him, my martial soul trembled—or rather, it became excited." Zhang Lexuan told Mu En everything that had happened on the food street, along with her thoughts.

Mu En listened very seriously before quickly offering his opinion. "That child's martial soul may possess a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with yours. That excited reaction could not have been fear."

"Is that so?" Zhang Lexuan fell deep into thought.

Mu En watched the pensive Zhang Lexuan and fell silent. After learning this from her, he began to doubt whether what he had done back then was truly right.

A young man whose martial soul can form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhang Lexuan—if he joins Shrek Academy, could he help Zhang Lexuan raise her Soul Power? And if his martial soul can fuse with Lexuan's, its quality must be exceptional as well. Mu En could not help thinking that he should have gone with Zhang Lexuan at the time and brought that young man back to Shrek Academy.

He truly did not have much time left.

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Elder Mu. Lexuan will go cultivate now and prepare for the next Soul Master Tournament." Zhang Lexuan quickly came back to herself and spoke respectfully to Mu En.

As Mu En watched Zhang Lexuan leave, he could not help saying, "Lexuan, you actually don't need to abide by the agreement we made back then."

"I'm sorry, Elder Mu. I am someone who keeps her promises."

Leaving those words behind, Zhang Lexuan headed toward Sea God Lake. She had long since fallen in love with Bei Bei, and there was no room in her heart for anyone else.

"Ah..." Mu En stared at Zhang Lexuan's departing back and could only sigh in the end. It seemed that he truly could not persuade anyone.

Brother Xiaoyao was like this, Xuan Zi was like this, Shao Zhe was like this, and now Lexuan was the same.

Mu En: ε=(ο｀*))) Ah

He could only turn his gaze back to the freshmen. Only by feeling the vitality on them could he avoid feeling so exhausted and powerless.

Where was the person who would carry the banner in the future?--

Heavenly Soul Empire Hotel

Tian Mucheng had finally recovered all his strength and means. Sitting up, he opened the box beside him, and the moment he saw what was inside, his mind went blank.

A photograph???

The item in the box was actually a photograph. But why were those people all searching for it?

Were they insane to be looking for this?

Or was there something else to it?

Tian Mucheng turned it over. "Zhang?" There was only a single character, Zhang, on the back of the photograph.

"No!" Tian Mucheng immediately realized something and looked at the elderly man and the young girl in the picture. The old man was an elderly fellow, while the younger one was a girl—and she looked very familiar.

Zhang? A girl? Could she be Zhang Lexuan?

Holy shit!

Could it really be such a coincidence?

Could I actually be the Child of Fortune?

Then why am I so sickly and weak!

Jin Tianming also leaned over. Looking at the girl in the photograph, he could not help sighing. "The world really is small. What are you going to do, original?" After speaking, he stared curiously at Tian Mucheng, eagerly anticipating what the original would do next.

There was another sheet of paper at the bottom of the box. Tian Mucheng curiously picked it up and read it.

Xiao Cheng, when you obtain this photograph, this old man will know that you survived. I have no children of my own, and I treated you like my own grandson, keeping you by my side. But when I learned of your martial soul and your physical defect, I initially planned to send you to Shrek Academy.

But when I considered that your Soul Power aptitude would likely make it difficult for you to cultivate beyond Level 15, I could only keep you by my side.

This old man once belonged to the Zhang Family, a noble family of the Heaven Dou Empire. When I returned from one journey, I discovered that the Zhang Family had been wiped out. I was filled with hatred and wanted revenge, but when I arrived at that family's residence, I learned that they had already been slain by the Shrek Supervisory Team.

My elder brother's granddaughter was accepted as a disciple of Shrek Academy. When the imperial family learned that I was still alive, they wanted to silence me. They feared that I would find that girl Lexuan and tell her the truth. At that moment, I understood that the noble family capable of destroying the Zhang Family must have had the imperial family's shadow behind it.

From that day onward, I fled from place to place, and along the way, I found you.

A Cheng! If you are ever in danger, take the paper I left behind and that paper slip created by a soul master's soul skill, then go to Shrek Academy and find that girl Lexuan. Tell her my name, and she will still take care of you.

"Original, that old man already paved the way for you." Jin Tianming immediately understood the old man's intentions. He had left the original a backup plan and paved a path for his future.

This grandfather of the original was not related to him by blood, yet he was even better than one who was.

So envious, so envious.

Tian Mucheng took the final item from the box. It was a Space Soul Tool ring. He put it on his thumb, returned everything to the box, and stored it in the ring. Then he shook his head. "I have my own path to walk now. Since the old man is gone, I'll just consider myself indebted to Zhang Lexuan once."

"So decisive?"

"I can't let the original enter Shrek Academy in the future." Tian Mucheng had already made up his mind. His sickly body could not possibly enter Shrek Academy, or something would definitely go wrong.

Thinking of something, Tian Mucheng looked at this arrogant clone and said, "Tianming, cultivate harder. We still need to make arrangements at Sun Moon Royal Academy. If possible, win Meng Hongchen over."

"I'm sorry, original, but my pride does not allow me to rise through a woman!"

Jin Tianming rejected the original's request this time. To him, conquering everything through his own strength was what he wanted.

Tian Mucheng was not angered by Jin Tianming's response. This clone was only obedient before him; before outsiders, arrogance was written all over him. He merely said, "Do as you wish."

He began thinking to himself again. Jin Tianming going to Sun Moon Royal Academy was enough, but Shrek Academy needed at least two or three clones sent there, especially the Golden Tree and the planar seed within it.

During the era of Soul Land III, Ah Yin had devoured the life core and become the new life core. Could he use the dragon soul to devour it instead?

He summoned that incredibly translucent dragon soul and faintly sensed that the dragon soul's abilities were only the tip of the iceberg.