Business Opportunities Kept Coming

Battle armor! It was definitely battle armor!

The entire crowd fell silent. Seven-ring and six-ring Soul Masters were powerful, but they absolutely could not suppress everyone present with nothing but their aura. That was only possible with the amplification of battle armor.

Battle armor could raise a Soul Master's combat strength by thirty percent, equivalent to two major realms. Judging from the style of the battle armor on these two and the complexity of its arrays, they were most likely both Two-Word Battle Armor.

"What's going on? We received a report that criminals had broken into Shrek. Yang Qian of the Enforcement Team has come under orders." Yang Qian's gaze was icy as he looked at the people kneeling under the pressure. Then he suddenly noticed that Gu You was standing calmly beneath the pressure of a Titled Douluo, and his heart could not help but skip a beat.

The other six-ring Soul Master stopped Zhou Tian's violent convulsions, immobilizing him in place. After probing his Sea of Consciousness with Soul Power, his expression suddenly darkened. "You're an Evil Soul Master!" He then abruptly turned toward Gu You.

Yang Qian frowned and looked at Gu You. "Please show your Shrek student ID. If you don't have one, come with me to the Inspection Court."

Gu You cursed inwardly. A perfectly good day had been ruined by this mess. To be honest, he had never officially joined Shrek. After acknowledging Yun Ming and Ya Li as his godparents, he would occasionally cultivate in the inner court, though he spent most of his time at the Blacksmith Association. He had not handled any enrollment procedures at all. Officially, he could enter and leave Shrek freely, but that was only after his identity had been made known. Who here knew who he was? Breaking in was indeed inappropriate, but no one had brought him in, he could not fly, and Shrek City prohibited flight as well. Unless one was an important figure, getting caught would definitely mean a severe interrogation.

"No..." Gu You answered briefly.

"I don't care how you entered the academy, but if you harmed a Shrek student, you must pay the price. And your methods were so evil—an Evil Soul Master technique that erodes the Sea of Consciousness and erases memories." Yang Qian spoke grimly, just as he was about to use Soul Power to forcibly take Gu You away.

"Stop!"

Everyone looked toward the source of the voice. Gu You let out a long breath. The person who would break the deadlock had arrived.

Shen Yi hurried over and faced Yang Qian.

"Teacher Shen, why are you here?" Yang Qian asked quietly, his expression turning somewhat unnatural.

"Don't touch this child. He isn't an Evil Soul Master." Shen Yi flew in front of Gu You and grabbed his hand.

"You! We can only release him after our Inspection Court has investigated everything clearly. If he truly has done nothing wrong, why are you so intent on protecting him?" Yang Qian retorted. Seeing Shen Yi holding Gu You's hand, his gaze became rather strange.

The other students who had been suppressed, along with some onlookers in the distance, all wore expressions of eager curiosity. What was going on here?

"He..." Before Shen Yi could finish, a hand interrupted her. Gu You raised a finger to his lips and looked at Yang Qian, who stood high above them.

"I don't think I did anything wrong. On the contrary, I'm very disappointed in Shrek..." Gu You looked at Yang Qian fearlessly.

"What right do you have to mock Shrek?" The aura around Yang Qian became violent.

Gu You shook his head. "Based on the quality of its students. Harassing someone maliciously without even knowing who they are."

"Oh? You broke into Shrek. Our students have every right to detain you and question you." Yang Qian said disdainfully. Such a petty trick would not work on him. Back when he debated with others, he had never lost, and that was one of the reasons he had been selected for the Enforcement Team.

"What do you mean, broke in? This is my home." Gu You revealed a meaningful smile.

"Home?" Yang Qian was confused.

"That's right. Because it's my home, I can come in. It isn't breaking in." Gu You smiled.

Huh?

The entire crowd was bewildered.

Just then, a soft and gentle aura of life covered the entire area. All suppression vanished in that instant, and everyone's Soul Power was fully restored. Even Zhou Tian's eyelids twitched.

"Gu'er, stop it. You went a little too far." Ya Li's gentle voice spread through the surroundings.

"Greetings, Holy Spirit Douluo!" Shen Yi knelt on one knee respectfully.

"Holy Spirit Douluo! Did I hear that right? Holy Spirit Douluo called that person Gu'er? Could he be..."

A bold thought arose in the minds of Yang Qian and everyone around him. Why else could this child say something so disrespectful? Either he had a death wish, or someone was backing him. Clearly, it was the latter.

"Oh my god! Holy Spirit Douluo actually has a son."

This news was simply too explosive. After all, nothing like this had ever spread outside.

"Godmother, you saw it too. They bullied me first." While everyone was still utterly confused, Gu You suddenly spoke.

"Sigh, I shouldn't have let you walk around alone. You've caused such a huge commotion. Shen Yi, take Gu'er to the inner court first. I'll handle the rest." No one could tell whether Ya Li's voice carried joy or anger, but it descended like an imperial decree and engraved itself into everyone's hearts.

"Yes!"

"I have to thank you for getting me out of that, Teacher Mimosa." Gu You was being held suspended in midair by one of Shen Yi's hands, and his face gradually darkened.

"Who are you calling Mimosa?! I'll throw you to your death!!" Shen Yi snapped angrily and released the hand holding Gu You.

"Damn it! You actually let go?" He plummeted from the sky straight toward the waters of Sea God Lake.

"Ah!"

Glub...

After his brief scream, the surface of Sea God Lake began to boil continuously, bubbles rising up.

"I can't swim!!" Gu You shouted.

"You can't even swim? What the hell have you been doing for the past three years?!" Shen Yi was startled as well. He had better not actually drown. She then dove down, and just as the tip of her foot was only one centimeter above the surface of Sea God Lake—

"Haha!" Gu You's big face suddenly burst out of the lake.

Damn it!

Shen Yi nearly lost her balance in the air, and kicked Gu You straight back into the water.

It hurt! It hurt so much!!

Gu You felt like his face was on fire.

"You! You..." Shen Yi's face flushed bright red from that scare just now, her chest heaving nonstop.

"What did I do?" Gu You poked his head out of the lake again, a deep red mark in the center of his face.

"How could you be so awful?" Shen Yi could no longer hold it in. She wanted to curse, but the words would not come, so she could only yank Gu You up in an instant and rush toward Sea God Pavilion.

Maybe I really went too far. After all, the people of Douluo had never seen anything terrifying, Gu You thought, feeling a little regretful. But on second thought, all he could see were business opportunities. In the future, he could create his own faction—not only developing its strength, but also bringing over all those addictive products from his previous life, like milk tea, horror movies, Honor of Kings...

Wouldn't that mean counting money until his hands cramped? At the thought, Gu You gave a foolish grin. He decided not to join Shrek for now. Instead, he would establish his own faction, one that would endure forever and become the most popular and famous in the Federation. Even if he failed to become a god, after he died, people would still offer incense to him and revere him without end.