"You mean Shrek Academy has been keeping our Body Sect's secret techniques for themselves, Master?"
A Ruheng furrowed his thick brows. A trace of indifference flickered in his bell-like eyes.
"That's right. I suspect that's what happened. But ever since the upheaval ten thousand years ago, our Body Sect has been on the decline. As for whether it's true, none of the Body Sect Masters through the generations had been strong enough to verify it."
Mu Ye gave a small nod, his expression tinged with melancholy.
Ten thousand years ago, when the Sun Moon Empire attacked the original three empires, the Body Sect had been the Heaven Dou Empire's guardian sect. After the Heaven Dou Empire fell, the Body Sect's then-master, Du Busi, led powerful fighters from the original three empires in an attempt to assassinate Xu Tianran, the Sun Moon Empire's emperor at the time.
Before the assassination attempt, Du Busi had already foreseen his own death. So he passed on the Secret of the Body to Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao in advance. He allowed Huo Yuhao to study it, asking only that, if Huo Yuhao ever met someone with a Body Martial Soul, he would pass the Secret of the Body on to them.
The Secret of the Body encompassed the combat techniques the Body Sect had researched over thousands of years. It was the very foundation of the sect, and it had greatly helped Huo Yuhao achieve the second Gold-Grade Awakening of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul.
But after inheriting the God Position of Emotion and breaking through to God Level, Huo Yuhao never went looking for someone with a Body Martial Soul. Instead, he handed the Secret of the Body directly to Shrek Academy...
And that led to a whole string of events.
"Master, what