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"Fatty, do you know why I'm telling you all this?"

"Because I think you have thoughts of your own.

"You didn't argue with me just now, which proves you haven't been brainwashed.

"You still have your reason. You can see all this clearly."

Qian Buduo would not say that his heart had been shaken, but he had to admit that many of the facts Su Yu mentioned were true. Shrek did indeed have its shortcomings.

"Shrek Academy is nothing more than a group of hypocrites waving the banner of doing what is best for everyone while protecting their own interests."

Qian Buduo had actually wanted to argue, but Su Yu slapped a hand onto his shoulder, making him swallow the words back down.

"Fatty, I'm not asking you to betray Shrek Academy. I'm only helping you see the truth.

"Shrek isn't the Shrek you imagine it to be. It went off track long ago.

"At a time like this, it needs people like you to set it right."

"You don't even need to launch any reforms. There's no need for bloodshed, sacrifice, or laying hands on Shrek's higher-ups.

"I only hope that, as a truly qualified Shrek student, you can view the relationship between the Sun Moon Empire and the original Three Great Empires correctly.

"After all, the merged Douluo Continent is still Douluo Continent.

"The Sun Moon Empire is also an empire tied to the livelihoods of tens of millions."

Qian Buduo was finally somewhat shaken.

That's right, I'm not betraying Shrek.

I'm merely walking the path I believe is right.

Ever since I was little, the elders told me that Shrek was fair and just, absolutely neutral. Then I should live up to that.

"Fatty, don't think I'm trying to deceive or tempt you."

Su Yu felt it was not enough and continued to stoke the flames.

"Given your experiences and insights, tell me, what is so good about Shrek?

"Even in the aspect Shrek excels at most—soul master cultivation—what can Shrek do that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy cannot?"

"Resources? Cultivation experience? Reference materials?"

"Or Soul Ring Combination ability? Search your conscience—are soul ring combinations really guided by the academy? From what I can see, most of them are the students' own plans."

For a moment, Qian Buduo did not know how to answer.

He recalled his experiences over the past year, compared the differences between Shrek and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and fell silent.

"Although I've never been to Shrek Academy, I've heard that it uses the most traditional soul master teaching model. So traditional that it has become rigid and inflexible."

Qian Buduo had no way to refute him. That was simply the truth—Shrek Academy really was like that.

If he had not experienced cultivation at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and had only heard about the differences in teaching methods, he might have argued. He might have defended Shrek, insisted that Shrek's teaching was effective, and claimed that such remarks were merely attempts to smear Shrek.

But having truly cultivated and experienced life at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Qian Buduo genuinely could not bring himself to refute it.

"Tell me, without those exceptionally gifted students, would Shrek still be Shrek?"

Su Yu posed a deadly question.

"You don't have confidence in that either, do you?"

"Because you've seen it yourself. In terms of teaching methods, Shrek falls far behind. Its strength comes from nothing more than a large number of extraordinarily talented students."

Hearing Su Yu speak the thoughts in his heart, Qian Buduo wore a bitter expression.

That was right.

In fact, it was not just cultivation.

He had also discovered many flaws in Shrek's ideological teachings.

During his studies and life at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he had gradually noticed the differences. If he had to put it into words, Shrek's mindset was like that of a bunch of hooligans.

"There is no denying that the truly top-tier soul masters all came from Shrek. Although many extraordinarily gifted soul masters were ruined at Shrek, those who made it through did indeed become powerful.

"For example, bearers of Ultimate Martial Souls. Throughout history, the only people who cultivated Ultimate Martial Souls to the level of Titled Douluo, Super Douluo, or even Limit Douluo were Shrek students!"

"But why is it that only Shrek can cultivate martial souls with Ultimate Attributes?"

"Because Shrek has the Golden Tree!"

"The Golden Tree—the core of the entire Douluo Continent!"

"Does Shrek produce strong people because it knows how to train them?"

"No!"

"It is because they possess the Golden Tree."

"With the same resources and the same geniuses, any academy could potentially do better than Shrek."

Su Yu's analysis left Qian Buduo speechless.

They possessed the best resources, yet had failed to make the most of them.

"Using strength to forcibly seize resources would be one thing. But how did Shrek obtain all these advantages?"

Hypocrisy.

"This situation can be perfectly summed up in one phrase."

Su Yu paused and looked at Qian Buduo.

"Virtue unworthy of one's position."

Qian Buduo's back was already drenched in cold sweat.

"Shrek has reached this point. If it doesn't change, its destruction is inevitable!"

"Fatty, think it over carefully."

Su Yu said no more.

He had already said enough.

Bang!

The dormitory door was kicked open.

Xiao Hongchen burst in.

"So it's you? Shrek's spy?"

He sized Qian Buduo up skeptically.

This little fatty looked completely harmless. He was a spy?

But since Su Yu had sent word, he definitely was one.

"Senior Xiao, just lock him up. Fatty is a good comrade, so don't mistreat him."

Su Yu whispered into Xiao Hongchen's ear.

"Fine." Xiao Hongchen agreed.

Qian Buduo was bewilderedly pinned down and taken away by Xiao Hongchen.

No!

You told me all that, and I'm still getting captured in the end?

How am I supposed to pass on the warning now?

Su Yu had never intended to completely brainwash Qian Buduo in a single attempt. He was merely planting a psychological suggestion first.

Once Qian Buduo had digested what had been said today, Su Yu would have a second round prepared.

"Since he's connected to Qian Duoduo, there'll always be a chance to get in touch with Qian Duoduo."

What use was brainwashing a little fatty?

By the time the little fatty grew into someone useful, Su Yu himself would already have become a god.

What mattered most was using the little fatty to reach the big fatty.

Su Yu finished the medicinal meal he had not eaten, then began cultivating.

After refining the Soul Power within the medicinal meal, he began trying the meditation technique.

In Su Yu's view, the meditation technique Old Yi had taught him should have been called the Sensing Method.

Sense heaven and earth, adjust one's own Mental Power to better align with heaven and earth, and use heaven and earth to nurture the spirit.

At that moment, Su Yu was trying this Sensing Method. (Ahem, changed it to Sensing Method to avoid confusion.)

He emptied his mind and sensed the primordial energy between heaven and earth.

"Comprehend the fluctuations of primordial energy."

Su Yu's Mental Power had already reached a relatively high level, so he easily completed the first step.

"Then comes meditation—merging oneself into heaven and earth."

Following Old Yi's instructions, Su Yu began meditating.

His Sea of Consciousness churned violently.

Su Yu's mental structure began to change.

His entire mental space was turned upside down.

Two Runes erupted with violet halos, shrouding the entire Sea of Consciousness and stabilizing it.