Sky Pillar Douluo Is the Number One Person on the Continent—So Says Our Spirit Pagoda!

Today, Luo Yanglu was teaching history.

The Academy had history classes. After all, one of the Academy's purposes was to supply the nation with talent, and history was meant to cultivate the students' sense of identification with the Federation.

But because the material was dull, few students could keep listening.

But where did Luo Yanglu come from?

The Spirit Pagoda, a force that had endured for Ten Thousand Years. It even had long-lived beings such as Soul Beasts and Soul Spirits. Not only historical records, but even interesting stories that had occurred throughout history were preserved in the Spirit Pagoda's miscellaneous books for people to read when bored.

Using two or three interesting historical stories, Luo Yanglu captured everyone's interest and smoothly began recounting the history of Ten Thousand Years Ago. "The empire Ten Thousand Years Ago..."

Huo Yuhao sat by the window in the back row. Hearing about matters he had personally witnessed made the corner of his eye twitch. Without a sound, he used Simulation, took out a carving knife and Spirit Metal, and began engraving a Soul Tool Array, spacing out during class.

Though he believed in reviewing the old to learn the new, when it came to the history of Ten Thousand Years Ago—especially the parts concerning the Tang Sect and Shrek—there probably wasn't anyone in this era more familiar with it than him.

For example, why had Shrek grown into such a flourishing state today?

First, one point needed to be clarified: the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire Ten Thousand Years Ago—Xu Tianran—had lived longer than he was originally meant to, and the unification of the various nations had happened earlier as well.

Then, let us invite Emperor Xu Tianran to speak:

"I will never destroy Shrek. Though it has always opposed me, in my heart, it has always been the supreme sanctuary of Soul Masters. And I, too, am a Soul Master.

"When we unify the continent, I will put on the uniform of Shrek Academy and listen to instruction in its most sacred classroom, fulfilling my greatest childhood dream.

"I will also bestow upon Shrek Academy the title of Sun Moon Royal Academy, making it an eternal part of my Sun Moon Empire and helping my Sun Moon Empire endure for generations to come!"

At this point, it was basically clear what had happened.

And everyone knew the result. Sea God's Descent occurred, Shrek's name remained unchanged, while the Sun Moon Empire was forced to change its name to the Heaven Dou Empire.

But whether Xu Tianran had been paying for his dream or simply wanted to win over Shrek Academy, as emperor, he still put on a Shrek Academy uniform after unification and attended classes at Shrek Academy.

That was no small matter. Even the emperor personally promoted it, naturally drawing a huge number of people to Shrek... well, Soul Engineers from the former Sun Moon Empire. What happened afterward could easily be imagined.

Huo Yuhao felt that was still acceptable. At least there had been an element of trying to win them over, though the investment and results currently seemed wildly disproportionate. He had seen something even more outrageous!

"My grandfather was a member of Shrek. On his deathbed, he instructed my father: Shrek's Glory will shine forever. No matter when, no matter what happens, the descendants of our family must never become enemies of Shrek!"

"Shrek has never made a mistake. They have never made a wrong choice, and more than once, they have turned the tide and saved the Federation. Without Shrek, our Federation would have ceased to exist long ago! When they stand on the opposing side, we must consider whether it is our Federation that is wrong!"

Everything above came from the words of a certain Federation military officer in Dou Si, Ten Thousand Years later. There was absolutely no exaggeration involved.

What could Huo Yuhao even say after seeing that?

He could only say one thing—"Your Excellency, what insight!"

At the same time, he secretly rejoiced that the Spirit Pagoda had still made mistakes over the years. There had been Soul Masters who nearly fell into becoming Evil Soul Masters, ambitious figures who wanted to turn the Spirit Pagoda into Spirit Hall, and even a deity, the Dragon King, who had infiltrated it.

If the Spirit Pagoda had always been right, even he, the First Generation Tower Master, would not have dared remain here...

Over here, Huo Yuhao did not want to listen to the history of Ten Thousand Years Ago. Gu Yuena was similarly uninterested in that period of history.

She was more curious about what Huo God King was doing.

Using a book to cover her face, Gu Yuena looked toward Huo Yuhao on her right and blinked lightly.

Naturally, she had sensed the spiritual fluctuations and spatial fluctuations over there. (The principle of Simulation was to distort space through spiritual fluctuations, using oneself as the foundation to simulate all kinds of forms.)

Without question, he was using a soul skill to slack off!

As the strongest Dragon King lurking in the human world, Gu Yuena felt it was necessary to remind this God King.

"Um, Your..." After a pause, Gu Yuena changed how she addressed him. "Yuhao, can you include me? I don't want to listen either."

The God King did not want to attend class, and neither did the Dragon King!

Huo Yuhao heard the Sound Transmission and gave Gu Yuena a strange look.

After thinking for a moment, he expanded the range of his Simulation and enveloped Gu Yuena within it.

Then Gu Yuena saw that Huo Yuhao was engraving a Soul Tool Array.

"..."

All right. Even slacking off was so distinctive. As expected of Yuhao.

For some reason, Gu Yuena felt like she was the only one idling around, and she pressed her lips together.

At the podium, Luo Yanglu looked at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena, who appeared to be listening attentively, and a vein popped on his forehead.

He knew what Huo Yuhao was doing. Huo Yuhao had told him already; he had only used Simulation to avoid disrupting classroom order.

Then what was student Gu Yuena doing?

Don't think I haven't noticed that you're covered by the Simulation's range. Even your movements are different now!

While lecturing on history, Luo Yanglu activated a secret technique—Sound Transmission.

"Yuhao knows the history of Ten Thousand Years Ago very well. He can even specify what major events occurred on a particular year, month, and day. Student Gu Yuena, do you possess such an ability? Please tell me: on what year, month, and day was the continent unified? When was it changed into a federal system? When was the first Federation Assembly held?"

Gu Yuena's expression stiffened slightly. "Sorry, I don't know."

Though she had also lived during that era, Huo God King had traveled outside while she had remained in the Lake of Life. How could she have had the opportunity to learn about major historical events... Besides, she generally would not bother learning such useless information.

"If you don't know, then listen."

Luo Yanglu seemed somewhat helpless. "The Spirit Pagoda is part of the Federation. We are not the Spirit Hall of Twenty Thousand Years Ago. We should regard ourselves as members of the Federation, understand the development of Federation history, and not know nothing when asked."

"The Spirit Pagoda is powerful, but precisely because we are powerful, there are certain attitudes we must make clear. That is also why the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters has been established in Mingdu for Ten Thousand Years without changing location. It represents our support for the Federation."

"You and Yuhao will be the future pillars of the Spirit Pagoda, but you cannot be too unrestrained."

They were already powerful. If they did not keep a lower profile, were they waiting for the Federation to target them and for the major factions to besiege them?

When it was time to keep a low profile, they had to keep a low profile!

Look at the First Generation Tower Master. He had been a Hidden World Douluo and only emerged after becoming a Limit Douluo. Even the Ancestor had done the same. Clearly, there was nothing shameful about keeping a low profile.

The Continental Storm List had been created to divert attention and keep the Spirit Pagoda from appearing so conspicuous.

The Spirit Pagoda would place its own people on the Youth Genius List, even granting them high rankings or even first place, to show that they had not declined. But the Continental Storm List was different.

After all, geniuses and Strong Experts represented entirely different things.

For instance, they had directly found an opportunity to throw the number one position on the Wind and Cloud List to Sky Pillar Douluo.

Sky Pillar Douluo of Shrek Academy was the Number One Person on the Continent, and no one was his match—so said the Spirit Pagoda. Believe it or not!

As for whether he truly was, they did not actually know. After all, their strongest Quasi-God had never fought that man at his peak. But that did not matter. They said "person"; they had not counted Soul Beasts. Even Emperor Heaven Tower Master had tacitly approved...

That list had existed for so many years, and everyone trusted it fairly well. As long as the people of the Federation believed it, nothing else mattered!

After hearing that lengthy lecture, Gu Yuena nodded. Then she remembered that she was shrouded in Simulation and Luo Yanglu could not see her, so she simply continued using Sound Transmission. "All right, Teacher Luo."

She then straightened her attitude and listened to the lesson seriously.

Luo Yanglu nodded to himself. Fortunately, this young lady was not arrogant and could accept advice.

Then he suddenly realized that something seemed off.

Gu Yuena had not spoken. How had the two of them communicated just now?

A Two Rings Soul Grandmaster had already learned "Sound Transmission"?

Luo Yanglu's expression turned complicated.

Sure enough... a freak.