Take Terror Knight Scott Away, Return to Skywater Academy

"Hmm?"

The Asura God's expression flickered slightly, but he quickly regained his composure, murmuring, "Three transformed beasts have obtained the Slaughter God's Domain."

"This has never happened since I left behind this Slaughter World."

"Soul Beasts."

The Asura God slowly closed his eyes again. As a God King of his power, he didn't care about this matter at all, nor did he care whether Ye Wen and the other two obtained the Slaughter God's Domain, or if they were Soul Beasts.

Because in the Asura God's eyes, Ye Wen and the other two were like ants. Would a top-tier god care about a tiny ant?

Therefore, this was a trivial matter in his eyes. As long as the inheritance ground was still there, he was waiting for a suitable successor.

Ye Wen and the other two, being Soul Beasts who had transformed, were not even within his consideration.

At this moment, after passing through the nearest city, Ye Wen and the other two bought several carriages and had everyone drive back to Skywater City.

On the way, Terror Knight Scott, acting as the driver, was in the same carriage as Ye Wen and the other two.

Ye Wen was quite curious about Scott and casually asked, "Hey, Scott, I heard the Slaughter King say you're a Soul Douluo?"

"Yes, Master."

"Tell me about your Soul Power, Martial Soul, and Soul Ring Configuration." Ye Wen intended to understand him more deeply, as he would be following him for a long time.

"Okay, Master." Scott nodded respectfully and then said, "My name is Scott, I am 42 years old, an 82nd-level, eight-ring, Assault-type Soul Master. My Martial Soul is a Weapon Martial Soul of high quality, the Blood Shadow Sword. My Soul Ring Configuration is yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black."

"A standard top-tier Soul Ring Configuration. A 42-year-old, 82nd-level Soul Douluo, Scott, your talent is very strong! How did you end up seeking refuge in the Slaughter City?" Ye Wen was a little surprised and very confused.

At his age and with his Soul Power, he was a genius. He even had the potential to reach the Titled Douluo realm.

After all, the continent's youngest Titled Douluo, Tang Hao, was 44 years old.

The continent's second youngest Soul Emperor, Qin Ming, was in his early thirties with 62nd-level Soul Emperor, and he broke through to the Soul Douluo realm within the next ten years.

Putting aside whether there were any unpublicized younger ones, being called the first or second undoubtedly meant he was a genius among geniuses on the continent.

And Scott's talent was comparable to Qin Ming's!

Such geniuses would basically be sought after by the Martial Soul Hall and the Empire, or recruited by major sects. How did he end up in the Slaughter City?

"You must have committed something or offended someone before, right?"

"Master, I killed a noble of the Heaven Dou Empire before, and then I was wanted. With no other way out, I could only choose to go to the Slaughter City."

Although Scott said it lightly, Ye Wen noticed the anger, grievance, and hatred in his eyes and emotions.

"A Heaven Dou Empire noble? Why did you kill him?"

"They insulted my wife and killed my son, so I killed them for revenge," Scott said, clenching his fist.

"I understand, I'm sorry for bringing up your painful memories."

"It's alright, Master, I'm already used to it."

It was clear that Scott had suffered injustice, a good person pushed to desperation.

In the past, when Ye Wen watched the story of the Douluo world, he stood from the protagonist's perspective. But as time went on, he gradually realized that compared to the Two Great Empires, the Martial Soul Hall was actually the more righteous side.

They suppressed Evil Soul Masters, bore the responsibility of maintaining social order, and helped every ordinary, even poor, child have the opportunity to awaken their martial soul, become a Soul Master, and have the chance to study at a Soul Master Academy.

If not for the existence of the Martial Soul Hall, the Two Great Empires would have already been at war, with endless conflict and the common people suffering.

And if not for the existence of the Martial Soul Hall, Soul Masters would likely have been monopolized by imperial nobles long ago, leaving no chance for commoner Soul Masters to rise, unless they were exceptionally outstanding.

Although there were many inactive Soul Masters in the various branches of the Martial Soul Hall, some even oppressing the common people, there were bound to be all sorts of people in a large organization.

Were the empires any different?

The empires were actually even more so. Many local officials and nobles oppressed the common people, used their influence to bully others, even more so than the Martial Soul Hall. Therefore, there should be many good people like Scott who were oppressed by nobles.

In short, both sides were equally bad. In fact, Ye Wen thought that it might be better for the Martial Soul Hall to unify the continent in the future.

"Scott, if you have any unfinished business, or any grudges left unavenged, just tell me."

"Thank you for your concern, Master. For now, I can only follow you."

"Alright." Ye Wen nodded, and the two stopped their conversation.

After a journey of about ten days, Ye Wen and his group finally returned to Skywater City.

He didn't go back to the academy immediately. Instead, he bought a five-story villa in Skywater City to house the Soul Masters from Slaughter City, including Scott.

After all, they were people and needed money. Even if they followed him, they would still need to be paid, and Ye Wen was not short of money.

"You will live here from now on. I will contact you when needed. You can move freely within Skywater City, as long as you don't cause trouble. Do you understand?" Ye Wen said.

"Understood, Master!"

"Also, Scott, from now on, your identity in front of outsiders will be Evil Tiger's distant cousin."

"Wait! Boss! Why is he my cousin, not Xiao Bai's?" Evil Tiger questioned.

"Do you think Xiao Bai's cute appearance resembles Scott's distant nephew?"

Evil Tiger: "Uh..."

They were all Soul Beasts. Once they reached a bottleneck, they wouldn't need to hunt Soul Beasts to condense their own Soul Rings. When the time came to absorb the Soul Rings, the teachers at Skywater Academy would definitely help, and it would be easy for them to be discovered.

With Scott acting as the elder cousin, he could prevent this by saying he would escort them every time they absorbed a Soul Ring.

"Alright, let's head back to Skywater Academy."

"Mhm!"

The three tidied up and headed back to Skywater Academy.

Upon their return, Ye Wen's Soul Power in his human form had already broken through to level 18, while Evil Tiger and Xiao Bai were at level 17, their Soul Power closely following without falling behind.

"Junior Ye Wen!!"

"Junior Evil Tiger!"

"Junior Xiao Bai!"

"You're back!"

"Junior Ye Wen! Come here! Come here, give us kisses, hugs, and lift us high!"

As Ye Wen and the other two entered Skywater Academy, the senior students were as enthusiastic as ever.

"No, no, senior students, no kisses or hugs, I'm still young."

"Hey, why are you leaving so soon~"

Ye Wen quickly slipped away and returned to his dorm. Before he could even lie down, someone knocked on the door.

Knock, knock, knock!

"Who is it!"

"It's me." Shui Bing'er's voice came from outside the door.

"Shui Bing'er?" Ye Wen immediately stood up to open the door and saw the beautiful girl in a dark blue dress outside: "What's up, why are you looking for me?"

"I... I actually..." Shui Bing'er's face was slightly flushed.