Yu Tiancheng closed the diary, a relieved smile spreading across his face.
"The first day's diary has given me plenty of information."
[Ding! Today's diary entry is complete] [Rewards will be settled all at once at midnight]
He felt the surging Soul Power within him. After his Time Dragon Emperor Martial Soul had awakened, even without system rewards, his cultivation speed was already worlds apart from before.
"I'll go home and pack first. Tomorrow, I'm leaving for Heaven Dou City!"
He turned and left the Soul Hunting Forest, unaware that—
The moment the diary closed, it quietly transformed into countless points of light and vanished into thin air.
At the same time, in various parts of the Douluo Continent—
Heaven Dou City, Blue Tyrant Academy, the dean's office.
Liu Erlong was going through some files when the desk suddenly grew heavy.
A black diary had appeared out of nowhere.
"Who's there?"
She sprang to her feet. The phantom of her Red Dragon Martial Soul appeared behind her, and seven Spirit Rings lit up at once—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black.
To place something on her desk without making a sound, the other party had to be at least a Soul Douluo!
She spread her Soul Power and Spiritual Power, covering the entire Blue Tyrant Academy.
There hadn't been a single fluctuation of Soul Power, no unfamiliar presence, not even the slightest ripple in space.
"Who's playing tricks on me?"
Liu Erlong knitted her brows. Carefully, she wrapped the diary in Soul Power and opened the cover.
[Yu Tiancheng's Diary Copy (Exclusive to Liu Erlong)]
"Tiancheng? That child from the clan?"
She froze.
Just three days earlier, she had received word from the clan that Yu Tiancheng, a collateral-line disciple, had applied to study away from home and chosen Blue Tyrant Academy.
At the time, she'd found it strange. Why hadn't the child chosen Thunder Academy, with its better facilities, instead of coming to her?
Now, seeing this diary that had appeared out of nowhere, her first thought was that it had to be a prank.
"This child... what's he up to?"
She opened the first page, and large black characters came into view:
[Rule One: The owner may read the contents of Yu Tiancheng's diary at any time] [Rule Two: Absolute Confidentiality Agreement. Do not reveal the diary's existence to anyone who is not an owner of a diary. Otherwise, the copy will be confiscated and all related memories will be permanently sealed] [Rule Three: Mutual Non-Aggression Pact. Do not harm the owner of the original diary or any diary copy. Violators will have their copy confiscated and all related memories permanently sealed] [Rule Four: If an owner is unwilling to keep the copy, they may choose to give it up. The system will automatically erase all related memories] [Rule Five: Reading continuously for one week, one month, one season, or one year will grant guaranteed rewards (Soul Power, Soul Bones, Immortal Herbs, God Position Clues, and so on)] [Rule Six: The person mentioned most often in each day's diary will receive a random reward] [...]
Liu Erlong's brows drew together even more tightly.
"System? Rewards? What is all this supposed to mean...?"
She instinctively tried to close the diary, but the words "Soul Bones," "Immortal Herbs," and "God Position Clues" gave her pause.
After all, only by becoming stronger could she protect the people she wanted to protect.
Only then... could she stand by that person's side.
She turned to the next page.
[Six years! System, you've finally woken up] [I transmigrated here twelve years ago and had my Soul Power drained for six. Do you know what I've been through all these years?]
Transmigration? System?
Liu Erlong stared blankly. "What is this child Tiancheng talking about?"
She continued reading.
[Every day, those direct-line clan members mock me as a 'mutated good-for-nothing.' My cultivation speed is slower than a snail's]
Reading this, Liu Erlong felt a pang in her heart.
She knew what those direct-line clan members were like. She also knew that life was hard for the collateral-line disciples.
Tiancheng's parents had died young, and he had no one to rely on in the clan...
[But things are better now. My Space-Time Dragon Martial Soul has awakened, and it's God-tier Quality!]
"A God-Tier Martial Soul!"
Liu Erlong's pupils contracted.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan already inherited a top-tier Beast Martial Soul. But God-tier Quality... What did that even mean?
She thought of the clan's astonishingly gifted ancestors, and her heart began to race.
If Tiancheng had truly awakened a God-Tier Martial Soul...
She suppressed her excitement and continued reading.
[Let me sort out the timeline...] [Tang San and Xiao Wu should be at Shrek Academy by now, along with Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun] [Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing should be there too. The Shrek Seven Devils have already assembled]
Liu Erlong's hand stopped.
"Shrek Academy... the academy Boss Fu founded?"
"Tang San... Xiao Wu... Those names..."
She had indeed heard that Flender had opened an academy in Suotuo City, but she didn't know which students attended it.
How did this Yu Tiancheng know so much?
And that name, "the Shrek Seven Devils"...
She continued reading, her expression gradually changing.
[They probably haven't obtained their third Spirit Rings yet] [But I guess it won't be long before Shrek Academy moves to Heaven Dou City and merges with Blue Tyrant Academy]
"Merge with Blue Tyrant Academy?"
Liu Erlong jumped to her feet.
How had she not heard about this?
If Flender wanted to move the academy here, he'd surely discuss it with her first!
"What nonsense is this child spouting...?"
The next lines sent a chill through her.
[The Soul Hunting Plan, five years from now... Sigh] [The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan... the Upper Three Sects... Hardly any of them will survive] [A collateral-line good-for-nothing like me will probably be among the first to die]
Bam!
Liu Erlong slammed her palm against the desk. Spiderweb cracks instantly spread across the solid wood.
"The Soul Hunting Plan? Is Spirit Hall going to attack the Upper Three Sects?"
Her breathing grew rapid as she recalled all the things Spirit Hall had done over the years.
Expanding its influence, recruiting Spirit Masters, suppressing sects...
If Spirit Hall really wanted to unite the continent, the Upper Three Sects would indeed be the greatest obstacle.
"But... Great-Uncle is a Titled Douluo at level 95, and the clan has so many other powerful experts..."
"Would Spirit Hall really dare?"
She forced herself to calm down and continued reading.
[The clan's encouraging people to study elsewhere, so I have to hurry to Heaven Dou City and join Blue Tyrant Academy. I'll wait for Shrek to move here] [At the very least... I have to save the people who've been kind to me] [Aunt Liu Erlong, you have to stay safe] [Wait for me]
At those final two lines, Liu Erlong's eyes reddened.
"This child..."
She remembered her nephew, whom she'd met a few times when he was little. He'd been tiny and thin, always hiding behind the adults.
After his parents died, life in the clan must have been hard for him.
Now that he'd awakened a God-Tier Martial Soul, the first thing he'd done was come to her...
"It's good that he's coming."
Liu Erlong wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes, her gaze turning resolute.
"Auntie will protect you."
"Whether this diary is true or not, Auntie will protect you."
She closed the diary and looked out the window.
"Boss Fu... Xiao Gang..."
"If Shrek really does come here, could Xiao Gang come too?"
A complicated expression flashed across her eyes.
Twenty years.
She'd waited twenty years for that man.
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