Holy Spirit Cult's Lin Xiu

The Far North, Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.

A cloaked figure walked up to a youth and spoke, "I am ordering you to infiltrate Shrek Academy. Do you have any objections, Lin Xiu?"

"Demon Empress, you know full well that my martial soul possesses an evil attribute. Why would you want me to go there?" Lin Xiu was pulled back to reality by the Demon Empress, struggling to understand her line of reasoning. The authority of his martial soul was indeed unique, but it belonged entirely to the camp of evil soul masters.

Things like scythes and chains were all inextricably linked to the word "evil." If he infiltrated Shrek Academy, wouldn't he be besieged by everyone?

Watching Lin Xiu stare at her in confusion, the Demon Empress spoke with surprising patience: "Under pressure from the Sun Moon Federation, Shrek Academy has developed a different perspective on soul masters with evil martial souls. As long as you don't make any mistakes, they will accept you soon enough."

"Big Sister Demon Empress, can we change the target?" Lin Xiu really didn't want to go to Shrek Academy. Who would want to go to that pyramid scheme academy?

"Then shall I throw you into the Abyss Plane for training?" the Demon Empress said coldly, showing no intention of giving Lin Xiu a chance to refuse.

"Oh~" Lin Xiu said speechlessly, "As long as you're happy."

He was truly a child of misfortune. Not only did he have to work tirelessly for the Holy Spirit Cult, but now he had to go to Shrek Academy to act as a mole. Tsk.

Seeing Lin Xiu's expression, the Demon Empress finally offered some comfort: "Once you successfully infiltrate, you will be the successor to my position."

"You're just drawing me a pie; you can't actually give me anything substantial."

"..." Ever since she had grown familiar with this guy, the Demon Empress realized he was truly getting ahead of himself. He was someone she had picked up, and it was only natural for him to help restore her sanity, but this guy was pushing his luck, asking for this and that.

Whenever she asked him to do something, he would make excuses.

If it were anyone else, she would have slapped them down, but she had developed feelings for this child. "What do you want?"

"Give me some cultivation resources, like immortal herbs or something?" Lin Xiu made an exorbitant demand, asking for them regardless of whether she had them or not.

Hearing this, the air pressure around the Demon Empress dropped significantly. Her eyes locked onto the greedy Lin Xiu, and she forcibly suppressed the surging anger in her heart.

Her tone was laced with biting sarcasm as she said coldly, "According to you, should I also present you with a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone on a silver platter?"

"That would work too."

"Get out!"

"You can't just send me in without any benefits, right?" Lin Xiu wanted to negotiate further. Infiltrating Shrek Academy was a grueling task; he couldn't just go empty-handed, or wouldn't he just be free labor?

After hearing this, the Demon Empress couldn't bring herself to be cruel, choosing instead to toss a Soul Tool to him. "The contents inside will last you a long time. Now get out."

Lin Xiu immediately caught the Soul Tool. Watching the Demon Empress's retreating back, he stood up and stretched, a look of helplessness on his face. "Sure enough, you can dodge the first day but not the fifteenth. What a pain."

Infiltrating Shrek Academy—according to the main soul and his own judgment, this period was when Shrek Academy would welcome its child of destiny, Yun Ming.

If he went in now, would he be targeted by those two old geezers if he stole the spotlight from that guy? What a hassle.

However, thinking about how the main soul Lin Nuo had already met Na'er, one of the Silver Dragon King's clones, he understood that the uncontrollable had already begun. It was time for him to start formulating a plan.

However, when Lin Xiu returned to his quarters, he ran into an old acquaintance.

"Yo~ Old Ghost, long time no see. When did you get back?" Lin Xiu greeted the youth standing in front of his door.

This one was even more extraordinary. During the Yun Ming era, the future Ghost Emperor would join forces with Qiangu Dongfeng to use God-Slaying fixed-location Soul Tool shells to raze the Tang Sect and Shrek to the ground.

The youth handed over the item in his hand. "The Soul Tool blueprints you wanted."

"Old Ghost, you really are my best friend. Thanks~" Lin Xiu took the blueprints and expressed his sincere gratitude.

Watching the guy who was genuinely thanking him, the youth remained silent for a long time before asking, "The Demon Empress wants you to infiltrate Shrek Academy?"

"Yeah?" Lin Xiu nodded. "Why, do you want to come with me?"

Hearing Lin Xiu's invitation, the youth, Old Ghost, looked at him like he was an idiot. "Do you think it's really appropriate for my martial soul to go to Shrek Academy? I'm not like you; I don't need to rely on those things to advance."

After hearing Old Ghost's words, Lin Xiu could only say helplessly, "That's a real pity. I wanted you to come along as a friend, but thanks anyway."

"Don't die there." Old Ghost left this sentence behind and walked away silently.

Lin Xiu watched Old Ghost's retreating back until he disappeared from sight before slowly withdrawing his gaze.

His acquaintance with Old Ghost had an interesting beginning: at the time, he and the Demon Empress were out looking for something and happened to see the youth slaughter an entire village after awakening his martial soul. Because he couldn't explain himself, he was suspected, and Lin Xiu had reached out to help him.

The Demon Empress had originally wanted to train this guy into a heartless puppet, but Lin Xiu had refused.

Entering his room, Lin Xiu locked the door and opened the box Old Ghost had given him. A blueprint appeared in his hand.

He slowly unfolded it. The Dragon King era wasn't just about the soul master profession; there were also many others like Soul Tool, Battle Armor, and Mecha. It could be said that in this era, relying solely on the soul master profession wasn't enough. The soul master profession was just a foundation; it required the assistance of other professions.

For example, the future head of the Body Sect relied on a red-grade Mecha to become one of the top experts, though that could only be considered T2. Battle Armor was the true path for soul masters now.

However, why was Lin Xiu studying Soul Tools instead of other professions? He simply wanted to test whether he could transmit the important knowledge of Dragon King era Soul Tools to the other five people after learning them, creating a shortcut for them.

Especially since Lin Fan's birthplace was the Sun Moon Empire; that was practically a cheat code for him.

In another room, the Demon Empress looked at the youth who had appeared and asked, "A-Xiu, what did you take to him?"

"Soul Tool blueprints," Old Ghost replied.

"Heh~ go on then." Hearing that it was something insignificant, the Demon Empress dismissed the youth.

Old Ghost just took a deep look at the Demon Empress before turning to leave. He remembered clearly that this woman had wanted to train him into a soulless puppet assassin; if it hadn't been for Lin Xiu stepping in to stop her, he might not have even had a hope of living.

Now she wanted to send Lin Xiu to Shrek Academy, which was no different from sending him to his death. An immature idea began to form in his heart.

Perhaps once he became strong enough, he would kill this mad woman and support Lin Xiu to become the new sect master!

Lin Xiu: "?"