Huo Gua Left, Xiao Hongchen Arrived

Huo Gua is gone, taking the hopes of the entire village... uh, no, the entire Shrek Sea God Pavilion leadership with him.

A month after Zhou Huan and the others returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Gua finally became a member of the first batch of Shrek Study-Abroad Group.

Mu En's passing caused absolutely no stir in the Outer Court.

After all, who would have guessed that the hunchbacked old man who always lay at the dormitory entrance was actually Mu En, the master of the Sea God Pavilion and the Dragon God Douluo?

Even more than 95% of Shrek students were unaware of Mu En's existence.

However, Mu En's passing must have had a significant impact on Huo Gua, because this teacher was truly kind to Huo Gua.

Therefore, in order to live up to his teacher's kindness and for the future of Shrek, Huo Gua went to study in the Sun Moon Empire with the idea of stealing the secrets of the Mingde Hall's Soul Tool.

To be honest, in Zhou Huan's opinion, Huo Gua's greatest contribution to Shrek was bringing back a large amount of Soul Tool technology.

It can be said that Huo Gua is the most professional overt spy in the Douluo Continent.

Everyone knew he had ulterior motives, yet Huo Gua still managed to plunder Mingde Hall completely.

Even his acting in Feng Yun wasn't as professional Huo Gua's.

Shrek invested a great deal of effort and resources in training Huo Gua, and Huo Gua's most important contribution to Shrek was this theft of Soul Tool technology.

As for Huo Gua becoming Titled Douluo or even Limit Douluo in the future, he was immediately taken away and didn't protect Shrek for many years.

From this perspective, Zhou Huan also doesn't know whether Shrek's investment in Huo Gua resulted in a profit or a loss.

However, these things have nothing to do with Zhou Huan, a man who practices the Hiding Path; he just occasionally indulges in such imaginative thoughts.

He's just a weak Soul Emperor right now, how could he dare go to the Mingde Hall at this time?

Aren't you afraid of school bullying?

Moreover, he wouldn't be eligible for a study abroad spot, so he had even less interest in learning how to make Soul Tool.

For Zhou Huan, the Soul Tool is just a tool; as long as he knows how to use it, that's enough.

As for becoming the person who makes tools, Zhou Huan doesn't have the time, nor does he likely have the talent.

Of course, none of this matters.

The important thing is that with Huo Gua gone, Xiao Hongchen and his sister naturally came as well.

To Huan's dismay, Xiao Hongchen seemed to have his eye on him, while Meng Hongchen naturally tried her best to get close to that handsome Wang Dong.

Zhou Huan thought that the two siblings were definitely sick.

One is a lovesick, infatuated girl, and the other... well, he didn't know how to describe it. Wasn't it just that she scared him a little at the Star Emperor Hotel back then?

Two years have passed, and you're still holding a grudge?

Besides, I wasn't the one who defeated you in the competition.

If you need anything, go find Huo Gua, or Ma Xiaotao and the others.

Why are you staring so intently at a nobody like me, a Little Soul Master (in terms of superficial cultivation)?

According to the terms of the exchange between Shrek and Mingde Hall, Xiao Hongchen and his sister could actually enter the Inner Court to study.

However, apart from the Shrek Inspection Team, the Inner Court's teaching methods are not much different from the Outer Court's.

There were almost no theoretical classes even in the Inner Court.

So in the end, Xiao Hongchen and his sister stayed in the Outer Court to study.

Unfortunately, the two siblings were assigned to Grade Four Class One.

The academy explained that, firstly, Wang Yan was the best teacher in the academy in terms of theoretical teaching; secondly, Xiao Hongchen and his classmates had been studying there for two and a half years, which would be around the time their class graduated from the Outer Court.

Therefore, Xiao Hongchen's troubles landed on Zhou Huan.

In the classroom corridor, Zhou Huan, who had just finished class, was thinking of going to the library when Xiao Hongchen stopped him again, "Zhou Huan, how exactly did you find out about our Martial Soul secrets back then?"

It's been two years. Do you know how he's been doing these past two years?

After the Soul Master Competition ended, Xiao Hongchen returned to the Mingde Hall and investigated for two whole years.

They found nothing.

Let alone high-ranking traitors, they couldn't even find some peripheral figures.

Therefore, it's absolutely impossible for Xiao Hongchen to say he wasn't worried at all. Who knows when the time bomb Shrek planted in the Mingde Hall would explode?

Therefore, even knowing that Zhou Huan wouldn't answer, Xiao Hongchen still wanted to press her for a response, even if it was just a few words. What if Zhou Huan suddenly lost her mind and blurted it out in a moment of impulse?

To this, Zhou Huan could only answer truthfully, "Of course, I have an informant in your Mingde Hall."

"Impossible!" Xiao Hongchen blurted out.

"What's impossible about it? As adversaries, isn't it normal for you to leave a spy in my house and for me to plant a mole in yours?" Zhou Huan said calmly.

"..." Xiao Hongchen, what you said was so reasonable and well-founded, I couldn't refute it at all?

"Alright, stop bothering me all the time. It's not right for a grown man to be bothered by you," Zhou Huan said. "Can't you learn from your sister and find someone of the opposite sex to pursue you?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Hongchen's face immediately darkened, and the thought "Damn it!" echoed in his mind!

He knew Zhou Huan was being sarcastic, but he couldn't refute it, because his sister was always sabotaging him, and what was so great about that Xiao Bai Wang Dong?

Uh, no, he's steered the conversation off-topic again.

But by the time Xiao Hongchen realized what was happening, Zhou Huan had already left.

He was so angry that he clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly!

Actually, the investigation into the traitor within the Mingde Hall over the past two years wasn't what frustrated Xiao Hongchen the most.

Because the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo he bought at the Starlight Auction House for 150 million Gold Soul Coin is gone!

Along with Old Ma, several Level 7 Soul Master also disappeared.

There wasn't a single hair left.

Even today, Xiao Hongchen suspects that only members of Shrek could have accomplished this.

If he finds out who did it, Xiao Hongchen will definitely give him a few level -Level Nine Soul Guidance Cannon!

We'll blow him to smithereens.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find any concrete evidence whatsoever, let alone find the person who stole the Soul Beast Embryo.

Therefore, Xiao Hongchen came to Shrek this time to investigate the matter of Soul Beast Embryo.

On the other hand, Zhou Huan, having escaped Xiao Hongchen's entanglement, naturally had no idea what the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire was thinking.

Of course, even if he knew, he would only chuckle.

And he said, "Go ahead and search, you'll never find it, no matter Heavenly Desolation you search."

On the fourth floor of the Outer Courtyard Library, Zhou Huan began writing his fifth paper.

That's right, it's the fifth paper.

Since his first paper, "A Dialectical Analysis of 'There are no useless Martial Soul, only useless Soul Master'," was published, Zhou Huan has written three more papers in the past three years.

The following papers were basically written by the Martial Soul Research, combining the eras of Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect and Legend of the Dragon King.

Therefore, it's mostly theoretical speculation. Of course, Zhou Huan didn't write it without any basis, otherwise it would be hard to convince people.

Zhou Huan wasn't writing his thesis out of boredom; he was laying the foundation for becoming a Martial Soul Theory teacher so he could continue to survive at Shrek Academy.

Moreover, now that he is at level sixty-seven, even with the Immortal Herb stabilizing his foundation, he cannot recklessly and unrestrainedly absorb the Snow Empress Origin for cultivation.

Yes, Zhou Huan leveled up again after absorbing the Immortal Herb during the holiday.

Therefore, in order to continuously consolidate his cultivation and compress his Soul Power, Zhou Huan slowed down his cultivation speed. All of this was in preparation for condensing his First Soul Core when he reached the Soul Sage level.

Therefore, Zhou Huan still had time to write papers, which he considered a change of pace during his cultivation.

Zhou Huan has always felt that people can't work themselves to death on one thing 24 hours a day; that would definitely be inefficient and would lead to rigid thinking.

Therefore, besides meditating and practicing in his dormitory, Zhou Huan often goes to sit by the Sea God Lake, or goes to the library to read books and write papers.

It's good for your physical and mental health.

For example, right now, Zhou Huan is completely immersed in writing his thesis and can't tear himself away.

Believe it or not, Zhou Huan believed it.

However, just like in a college dorm, whenever you pick up a book, ready to study, there's always some "stumbling block" who shouts, "Bro, let's have a League of Legends match tonight!"

So, you gave your roommate a stern lecture, then comforted the CET-4 practice test book, and then expertly turned on your computer...

Just then, as Zhou Huan was about to fight until dawn, a little girl ran up to him excitedly and said, "Zhou Huan, Zhou Huan, there's a fight in the Soul Fighting Arena! Let's go watch!"

Zhou Huan gently put down his pen, took a deep breath, and then slowly said, "Xiao Xiao, when faced with important matters, one must remain calm. Only then can one remain unmoved even if Mount Tai collapses. Why are you so impulsive? Calm down. Besides, isn't the Soul Fighting Arena a place where battles happen every day? What's there to get excited about?"

Seeing Zhou Huan's unmoved expression, Xiao Xiao chuckled, "You really aren't going? That's Xiao Hongchen stirring up trouble, saying he'll crush Shrek Outer Court."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Huan's eyelids twitched, and he said, "No way, that guy's got a problem."

Xiao Xiao continued, "But, Grandmaster Beibei, Senior Brother Xu, Senior Sister Nannan have all entered the Inner Court. Even Wang Dong and I have passed the Inner Court assessment. Now, among the remaining Outer Court students, who can defeat Xiao Hongchen, a Soul King and Level Five Soul Engineer?"

Zhou Huan waved his hand dismissively. "So what if I can't beat them? What does it have to do with me? Come on, don't disturb my focused writing."

Xiao Xiao pouted, "Okay, actually, the teacher asked me to call you. The teacher said you're fast and have the Immortal Herb as a foundation. Right now, in the Outer Court, besides Xiao Shuai, you're probably the only one who can rival Xiao Hongchen. Our Outer Court can't lose face."

Zhou Huan rolled her eyes at Xiao Xiao, utterly speechless. "The mighty Shrek Academy doesn't need a theorist like me to salvage its reputation. You just love to talk nonsense."

After hearing Xiao Xiao glared at Zhou Huan fiercely. "Just tell me, are you going or not!"

Zhou Huan: "..." It seems he had no choice. Xuanzi has spoken. Chicken Leg Douluo is now the Sea God Pavilion Master, a big shot among big shots.

Can I not listen to what he says?

So, the miserable Zhou Huan silently tidied up the papers on his desk.

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