Make Him Have Children!

Yan Shaozhe pondered for a moment before replying, "Elder Song, we have yet to determine the exact reason for this. But combined with the other information, I have some speculations."

"Please look at the next page of the documents. According to records from Hill City, the first spirit skill of the Lin Family, where Lin Yan comes from, has always originated from a peculiar spirit beast—the Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf."

"This spirit beast fed on flames and was somewhat similar to the legendary Thunder Hell Vine. But unlike it, newborn Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolves had nothing remarkable about them; they could even be called weak.

"But the special trait of this spirit beast was that from the moment it was born, it would continuously devour flames to nurture a Core Flame within its body. Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolves of lower cultivation had weak Core Flames and no other special abilities. At most, they counted as mid-tier spirit beasts."

"However, once this spirit beast grew beyond ten thousand years, its Core Flame would undergo a transformation. With the powerful transformed Core Flame, the Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf would leap into the ranks of truly top-tier spirit beasts!"

"Some even speculated that if a Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf could break through to one hundred thousand years, its Core Flame would truly transform into Ultimate Fire!"

"Yet just as the Thunder Hell Vine died by lightning, one who swallowed fire would ultimately perish in flames—according to the records, the instant a Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf broke through to one hundred thousand years and its Core Flame transformed, its frail body would be utterly incapable of bearing the explosive Ultimate Fire. It would ultimately burn itself to death."

Everyone present was a Titled Douluo, so naturally there were no fools among them. The instant Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, they understood what he meant.

"You mean Lin Yan's Ultimate Fire wasn't innate, but formed later?!"

Qian Duoduo, seated diagonally across from Yan Shaozhe, was the first to lose his patience and speak up. But before Yan Shaozhe could respond, Xian Lin'er—seated beside the cuckold Qian Duoduo and nominally his "wife"—slammed her hand on the table and snorted coldly. "Nonsense!"

"Yan Shaozhe, if that's what you're saying, then the Lin Family has obtained its spirit skills from Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolves for generations. Why has an Ultimate Fire wielder never been born before?"

Hearing Xian Lin'er's words, Yan Shaozhe frowned, his tone carrying a trace of helplessness. "Lin'er, you..."

"Shut up! Who gave you permission to call me Lin'er?!"

Before Yan Shaozhe could react, Cai Mei'er, seated beside him, smiled as she launched the first counterattack, her eyes carrying a trace of mockery. "Xian Lin'er, if you don't know how to speak, then obediently keep your mouth shut. Don't make trouble here."

Seeing her old romantic rival Cai Mei'er taunt her right to her face, Xian Lin'er, known by the title Martial God, was about to explode on the spot.

But at that moment, Xian Lin'er's mother, Elder Song—Song Yunzhi—furrowed her brow slightly and spoke sternly. "Lin'er, this is a Sea God Pavilion meeting. If you dare make any more noise, get out."

Seeing that her mother was angry, Xian Lin'er shot Cai Mei'er a vicious glare and gave an unwilling cold snort, ultimately not daring to act out any further.

Meanwhile, Qian Duoduo, who had witnessed the entire scene, felt a sharp pain in his chest. It hurt! It hurt so much!

His own wife was fighting over another man right in front of him. Even after decades of tempering himself, every time he saw this scene, his heart still ached uncontrollably!

With Xian Lin'er no longer deliberately picking faults, Yan Shaozhe cleared his throat and continued, "According to the records from Hill City's City Lord's Manor, the spirit skill the Lin Family has obtained from Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolves over the years should be called 'Fire Accumulation'!"

"The effect of this spirit skill is to permanently increase the strength of a fire-type martial soul as a Soul Master's cultivation rises. However, it does not involve any fundamental evolution of the martial soul. Like the transformation of the Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf's Origin Beast Fire, it cannot be inherited by descendants."

"Therefore, based on the above information, I have made two guesses regarding the Lin Family's continued purchases of spirit beasts possessing beast fire."

"The first guess is that Lin Yan's martial soul was innately Ultimate Fire, but after obtaining a Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf's Spirit Ring, he gained its ability to devour flames."

"The second guess is that his martial soul underwent a beneficial mutation. After obtaining the Fire-Swallowing Demon Wolf's Spirit Ring, he continuously devoured all kinds of beast fire, causing his martial soul to transform into Ultimate Fire after the fact."

After hearing Yan Shaozhe's two guesses, Xuan Zi, with grease from a chicken leg still on his mouth, asked without even thinking, "Shaozhe, what's the difference between those two situations?"

"There is a difference. Of course there is."

Mu En, who had been quietly listening all along, suddenly had a glint flash through his previously clouded eyes. He slowly straightened up and said evenly, "What Shaozhe means is that if it is the first situation, then even if Lin Yan's first spirit skill allows him to devour flames and strengthen his martial soul, it probably does not involve a fundamental evolution of the martial soul."

"But if it is the second situation, then that would be extraordinary—its value would be immeasurable!"

"If it is the second situation, then the fact that his martial soul evolved from ordinary fire into Ultimate Fire means that his martial soul must have undergone a fundamental evolution!"

"Because without a fundamental evolution of the Martial Soul Origin, its foundation would be insufficient. It would absolutely be unable to support a transformation into Ultimate Fire."

"So if it is the second situation, that means Lin Yan may continue devouring flames to transform his martial soul in the future. No one knows where his upper limit lies!"

"And beyond that, there is an even more important point—inheritability!"

Hearing Mu En reach this point, even Xuan Zi, who knew nothing about scholarship and only cared about three things in life—sleeping, eating and drinking, and fighting—suddenly understood.

One had to know that so-called ultimate attributes were originally defined by people. They referred to attributes that had crossed a crucial threshold and reached the relative limit of their kind in this world.

It was not that "ultimate" truly meant there was no room for further advancement, that one had reached the end.

It was simply that throughout the history of Douluo Continent, no power that clearly surpassed the level of "ultimate" had ever appeared, so no higher classification had emerged.

Thus, if Lin Yan's situation truly matched the second guess, and he could continuously evolve his martial soul by devouring flames, then his value was far, far greater than that of an "ordinary" Ultimate Fire wielder!

At the same time, there was an even more important point—heredity!

Ultimate attributes had never been able to be inherited reliably. Their emergence carried a certain degree of randomness; they could be encountered but not sought.

But if Lin Yan's Ultimate Fire had been transformed after the fact, did that mean that as long as his mutated martial soul could be passed down, his descendants could follow his path and transform into Ultimate Fire once more in the future?!

In the former case, once an Ultimate Fire powerhouse matured, he could at most protect Shrek for three hundred years.

But in the latter case, Ultimate Fire could be produced steadily and passed down through generation after generation, protecting Shrek for tens of thousands of years!

Having understood this, everyone present felt their hearts burn with excitement, their eyes filled with fervor!

Find out Lin Yan's situation!

Keep him! They had to make him stay at Shrek!

Make him have children! Leave the inheritance of his martial soul at Shrek!

Just as everyone was immersed in boundless visions of the future, Yan Shaozhe spoke and dumped a bucket of cold water over their heads.

"Elders, Teacher, everyone, please calm down first and listen to me."

"Because of what Zhou Yi did before, Lin Yan may now have some misunderstandings about the academy. Just now, he even told me that he wanted to withdraw from school!!"

"What?!"