The Future and the Answer

The moment those words were spoken, even the venerable elders of the Sea God Pavilion erupted in an uproar.

Twin martial souls?!

One of them was even Ultimate Ice—a twin martial soul!

Everyone began silently calculating Ling Feng's future potential.

According to the records, there were two essential conditions for twin martial souls to exist.

First, the quality of the two martial souls had to be similar.

Second, both martial souls had to be top-tier martial souls.

As the pinnacle among pinnacle martial souls, an ultimate martial soul was practically unrivaled.

If it could appear alongside Ultimate Ice, that meant Ling Feng's other martial soul, the Spirit Eyes, could not possibly be weaker than Ultimate Ice!

"Wait, Spirit Eyes?!"

Elder Xuan realized it belatedly, and there was even a hint of longing in his gaze.

"In other words, Ling Feng not only possesses twin martial souls with an ultimate martial soul among them, but his other martial soul is also a body martial soul?!"

Only then did the others present come back to their senses.

They had been too absorbed in the fact that Ling Feng possessed twin martial souls, one of which was an ultimate martial soul, and had failed to notice that he was also the holder of a rare and special body martial soul!

Although there were no records of the Spirit Eyes martial soul, the Sea God Pavilion elders were exceptionally knowledgeable. They immediately concluded that this martial soul corresponded to the human eyes and was likely related to spiritual abilities.

After their brief shock, everyone lowered their heads and reread Ling Feng's information.

Born into the Ling Family, possessing twenty-ninth-rank soul power at the age of twelve...

"A genius, an absolute genius!"

"He is undoubtedly the most gifted soul master I have ever seen in my life!"

"If he can cultivate to Rank 99—no, even Rank 97—then Shrek will have no worries for the next two hundred years!"

Yan Shaozhe, who had convened the Sea God Pavilion meeting, was instead stunned. He lowered his head and flipped through the information they had gathered on Ling Feng once more.

Across from Yan Shaozhe, after hearing that Ling Feng's other martial soul was the Spirit Eyes, Xian Lin'er also began making calculations in her heart.

"Although Ling Feng has never studied soul tools."

"With the support of a spiritual-type martial soul like the Spirit Eyes, learning soul tools would be like having divine assistance!"

"If we can recruit him into our Soul Tool Department..."

Xian Lin'er looked toward Qian Duoduo beside her. At that moment, Qian Duoduo was looking at her as well.

Their gazes met, and Qian Duoduo gave a slight nod.

"Honored elders, our Soul Tool Department is willing to devote all our resources and implement the Ultimate Soldier Plan for Ling Feng."

"We have absolute confidence that we can cultivate him into Shrek Academy's first ninth-rank soul engineer!"

"If we fail, Qian Duoduo and I are willing to resign from our positions in the Soul Tool Department!"

Xian Lin'er spoke with utter conviction, though Qian Duoduo could not help twitching his lips beside her.

No, sister, when did I agree to that?

"Xian Lin'er, isn't that against the rules?"

"Our Martial Soul Department discovered him first, and Ling Feng's primary martial soul is Ultimate Ice."

"Even if there are plans to train him as a soul engineer in the future, Ultimate Ice must be cultivated first."

At that, Yan Shaozhe looked at Xian Lin'er with an incomparably candid gaze.

"It isn't that I look down on your Soul Tool Department, but do you have any experience cultivating Ultimate Ice?"

"After Rank 30, soul masters with ultimate attributes cultivate much more slowly."

"If there is no proper training direction and his best cultivation years are wasted, wouldn't such a fine prospect be ruined?"

"What did you say?!" Xian Lin'er shot to her feet. "You say we have no experience cultivating ultimate martial souls? Then let me ask you—do you?"

"If you think I'm not up to it, then we can go outside and have a match!"

Hearing Xian Lin'er's words, Yan Shaozhe immediately felt two heads weren't enough.

How was he supposed to talk to her like this...?

Seeing that the Sea God Pavilion meeting was about to turn into a brawl, Mu En, seated at the head of the table, spoke again.

"Alright, alright, sit down. You all stood up in the middle of a perfectly good meeting—what kind of behavior is that?"

Mu En's voice was gentle. Hearing it gave one the sensation of having their soul cleansed, instantly calming the previously restless meeting.

"You've all focused on the wrong thing."

Mu En's first sentence left everyone present baffled.

Without keeping them in suspense, Mu En continued, an indescribable emotion mixed into his tone.

"You've discussed so much, yet failed to notice the most crucial question."

"Was Ling Feng willing?"

Hearing this, not only Yan Shaozhe and the four deans, but even the elders present were somewhat baffled.

"Teacher, I don't understand. Ling Feng wasn't willing to... what?"

After pondering for a long while without finding an answer, Yan Shaozhe simply asked directly.

"I've had contact with that child Ling Feng before. He seems to have a rather poor impression of our Shrek Academy."

Mu En's single remark made everyone present's expressions turn ugly.

What did he mean, he had a poor impression of Shrek?!

We were Shrek!

Over the past ten thousand years, the continent had undergone tremendous changes, but the one thing that had never changed was Shrek's status as the number one academy!

The students they trained were spread across every corner of the world, and every graduate was an outstanding elite.

How could he possibly have a poor impression of us?!

"I'll speak to him myself!"

With a dark expression, Yan Shaozhe immediately rose to his feet, intending to find Ling Feng for a face-to-face talk.

"Come back."

Mu En's voice was quiet, but it carried an undeniable command.

Helplessly, Yan Shaozhe could only sit back down.

"Did you see that? Even as the dean of the Martial Soul Department, you're this impatient."

"The moment someone fails to acknowledge Shrek, you want to go settle accounts with them?"

Mu En sighed softly, his gaze filled with complexity.

"So, do you understand now?"

"Perhaps we have been trapped by Shrek's glory for far too long."

"So long that the glory we took pride in has quietly changed in flavor."

"That is why that child was unwilling to openly tell the academy that he possessed a second martial soul!"

Mu En looked calmly at Yan Shaozhe. Faced with the questioning, Yan Shaozhe did not dare meet Mu En's eyes.

"He is only a twelve-year-old child. He has never personally visited Shrek; everything he knows about Shrek has come from what others told him."

"Therefore, what he has heard is the outside world's true assessment of us."

"Could it be that Shrek Academy cannot even tolerate the criticism of a twelve-year-old child?"

For a moment, the meeting hall was silent.

After a brief silence.

"Also."

"There is another matter concerning Ling Feng."

Mu En thought for a moment, and there was even a trace of uncertainty in his tone.

"He apparently was not born with twin martial souls. Rather, through some special method, his second martial soul underwent awakening."

"But regardless of how his second martial soul appeared, there is no need for us to pry into that secret."

"As long as he does nothing that harms the academy's reputation or interests, do not interfere with him."

"We of Shrek are merely an academy."

After saying that, Mu En swept his gaze around the room before adding at last.

"If no one has any objections, then that settles it."

"And please, everyone, try not to appear before that child."

"If we truly wish for this child to contribute to Shrek in the future, then for now, let him cultivate in peace."

"As for why he has developed such a misunderstanding of our Shrek."

Mu En paused.

"I will personally investigate the answer!"