Another Sea God Pavilion Meeting

Ji Siyuan and the other two walked side by side along the road.

Wang Dong'er: "Tsk, the quality of our freshman class is truly high; there are already three people with Twin Martial Souls."

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao were all Twin Martial Soul users, while He Caitou did not belong to their current year.

Wang Dong'er turned to look at Ji Siyuan: "Tell me, you aren't a Twin Martial Soul user too, are you?"

How was he supposed to answer that directly?

"Do you think I need to be?"

Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao scrutinized Ji Siyuan carefully, then reflected on his previous performance: "It seems you really don't need to be."

Not needing to be did not mean he wasn't. Ji Siyuan let the two of them draw their own conclusions while he provided a misleading direction.

Regarding the matter of Twin Martial Souls, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er tacitly chose not to ask each other, both treating it as an established fact.

Huo Yuhao: "Speaking of which, what are we doing now? Didn't you say there was a lot to get done today?"

Ji Siyuan replied: "There is indeed a lot—Soul Fights against Bei Bei and the others, then celebrating your return. However, we still have rewards that haven't been redeemed; that might have to wait until tomorrow."

They had received the million Gold Soul Coins, but they hadn't been converted into corresponding items yet.

The stored-value cards could only be used within Shrek City, so they still needed to be cashed out as soon as possible.

Wang Dong'er: "Come to think of it, the rewards are strange. There was no apprenticeship gift when we took on our master today."

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Huo Yuhao asked curiously: "Are we supposed to give the teacher a gift?"

"No, she means that Mu En didn't give you two any gifts." Ji Siyuan immediately understood Wang Dong'er's train of thought: "It's unlikely there's no change at all; your teacher left so early precisely to secure benefits for you."

After the apprenticeship ceremony concluded, Mu En chose to leave, as he also had to convene a Sea God Pavilion meeting to prevent the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department from tearing each other apart.

Inside the Sea God Pavilion, several elder masters, along with Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, were all in attendance.

Mu En: "I have convened this Sea God Pavilion meeting to announce one thing. I have taken on two new disciples."

At this moment, the logical reaction for a normal person would be to congratulate Mu En and then ask who these two disciples were.

But now, the other members were all certain that Ji Siyuan was among them.

Yan Shaozhe spoke first: "Teacher, is there anyone else who can compare to Ji Siyuan's talent? Is it that Xiao Xiao with the Twin Martial Souls?"

If they couldn't find a single martial soul that could compare to Ji Siyuan's, then they would look for someone with an extra one. In their information, the only Twin Martial Soul user currently was Xiao Xiao.

Mu En shook his head: "Shaoze, your guess itself carries an assumption. I did not take Ji Siyuan as a disciple."

As soon as these words were spoken, the others could hardly sit still. Lin Huiqun: "Elder Mu, why? We can all see Ji Siyuan's talent; do you not value his potential?"

"Why can it not be that he is the one who doesn't value me?" Mu En countered Lin Huiqun: "It is not the case that whoever I want to take as a disciple must agree. Everyone has a different path to walk. I am not an omnipotent person."

Xian Lin'er: "Then who did you take as disciples, Teacher?"

"Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er."

For a moment, the group hadn't yet reacted to who these two were. Qian Duoduo recalled Huo Yuhao's identity: "Huo Yuhao is the Soul Tool student I took on earlier; his martial soul is the Body Martial Soul, Spirit Eye. He has decent talent in soul tools and has already become a Level 1 Soul Tool Master in just a few months. He was also on the same team as Ji Siyuan during the Freshman Assessment."

At this point, Yan Shaozhe remembered Wang Dong'er: "Is Wang Dong'er the one from the Clear Sky Sect? I recall her martial soul is the Radiant Goddess Butterfly, and her second soul ring is a Thousand-Year Soul Ring."

Xuan Zi also realized: "That Huo Yuhao? Wang Yan had me go look at him before; his Body Martial Soul showed no signs of a secondary awakening."

In short, he was a bit unremarkable. At least, compared to Ji Siyuan, he really didn't measure up. Everyone was waiting for Mu En to explain why he would take them as disciples.

Lin Huiqun: "That Wang Dong'er is from the Clear Sky Sect; could it be that she has Twin Martial Souls? Is her second martial soul the Clear Sky Hammer?"

Mu En nodded: "Not just Wang Dong'er; Huo Yuhao is also a Twin Martial Soul user. His second martial soul is the Ice Jade Scorpion—that is, the Ultimate Ice!"

Once he finished speaking, the others instantly understood the reason.

A Body Martial Soul combined with an Ultimate Martial Soul, and the other being a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect—taking them as disciples was only natural.

The several elder masters felt it was acceptable, but Yan Shaozhe was already starting to feel uneasy.

Because Qian Duoduo had previously emphasized that Huo Yuhao was his disciple, that meant Huo Yuhao would join the Soul Tool Department.

What was this? Handing over an Ultimate Martial Soul to the Soul Tool Department? He could not accept it!

He immediately stood up: "Teacher, although you have already taken Huo Yuhao as a disciple and I shouldn't say anything, I now want Huo Yuhao to return to the Martial Soul Department. This concerns the glory of our Shrek. He cannot be allowed to waste his time on soul tools."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xian Lin'er jumped up: "Watch your mouth—what do you mean 'waste time on soul tools'? Do you not realize the significance of becoming a Level 1 Soul Tool Master in two or three months? Even Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen of the Sun Moon Empire are no better than that. In the future, Huo Yuhao will be Shrek's number one Soul Tool Master! Don't forget that neither we nor the three empires have a Level 9 Soul Tool Master right now!"

Could they yield on this? Once something was already in their grasp, letting it go would be a sign of incompetence.

Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo would absolutely not give up. Yan Shaozhe would not give up either.

"Can your teaching possibly be better than the Teacher's?" Yan Shaozhe directly played his strongest card.

Xian Lin'er didn't know what to say for a moment, but she still bit the bullet and retorted: "Even the Teacher cannot teach Huo Yuhao knowledge related to soul tools. Only by staying in the Soul Tool Department to continue studying soul tools can we ever hope to have a Level 9 Soul Tool."

Both sides began a fierce verbal confrontation.

Yan Shaozhe brought out one trump card after another.

The possibility of dual cultivation with Ma Xiaotao to potentially gain another Ultimate Martial Soul, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ji Siyuan, and the Martial Soul Department's ability to provide Huo Yuhao with a 100,000-Year Soul Ring. All these conditions and benefits were things the Soul Tool Department could not offer.

But Qian Duoduo held the formal status; it was Yan Shaozhe who had recommended him, and he had truly accepted him as a disciple.

Mu En: "Shaozhe, are you truly ignorant or just pretending? Soul Tools are the future. Are you going to keep your eyes shut to the significance of a Level 1 Soul Master in just over two months? When will you finally realize that we are already falling behind?"

"Teacher." Yan Shaozhe lowered his head; he was merely striving for a moment of glory for Shrek's future, and trying to secure a chance for Ma Xiaotao.

Hearing this, Xian Lin'er was overjoyed—Huo Yuhao belonged to them now.

"Lin'er, Duoduo." Mu En's voice rang out once more: "It is not that this old man wishes to contend with you, but after all Shaozhe has said, have you not noticed one extremely important issue?"

The two looked at Mu En in confusion.

"The few people connected to Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei and Tang Ya, are both in the Martial Soul Department. Including his roommate, Ji Siyuan, if you think Shaozhe starts with these people, where do you think Huo Yuhao will stay?"

To keep a person, one relies not only on benefits but also on emotional bonds.

When it came to emotional connections, Ji Siyuan stood above everyone else.

"But the Martial Soul Department already has an Ultimate."

Mu En shook his head: "Why are you so narrow-minded! Why do you think he cannot dual-cultivate? Has he hindered his studies in either department?"

This sentence brought the argument between the two sides to a complete halt.

"It is this old man's fault; I only initiated this meeting to secure some benefits for my students." He said this casually, though it certainly wasn't the whole truth. Mu En also used this opportunity to readjust resources, which allowed the Soul Tool Department to receive a greater share.

Huo Yuhao also obtained the same resources that Ji Siyuan enjoyed, while Wang Dong'er received slightly less.

Xuan Zi, acting like an outsider, remarked: "It seems I must go and take another look at those few."