The Hidden History

"I believe many of you are familiar with this name."

"When you entered the academy, you should have seen several statues. The statue on the left in the front row is Yu Xiaogang. Ten thousand years ago, he was known as the Grandmaster and laid the foundation for the teaching of all martial soul disciplines at our Shrek Academy."

"Why bring up this renowned Grandmaster from ten thousand years ago so suddenly?"

"Because the martial soul fusion skills and martial soul combination skills we just discussed, as well as the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill I'm about to explain, are all related to him."

At the mention of Yu Xiaogang, every student besides Ling Feng showed varying degrees of admiration, making Ling Feng frown slightly.

Others might not know what Yu Xiaogang was really like, but he knew all too well!

"A martial soul fusion skill is a soul skill jointly activated by two or more soul masters through martial soul resonance. Its power far surpasses the combined abilities of its individual users."

"Furthermore, the core of a martial soul fusion skill lies in the complementarity of martial soul attributes, forms, or spiritual power. After fusion, it forms an independent energy system. It can even break through a soul master's rank limitations and give rise to entirely new skill forms."

"As far as I know, there are two groups of freshmen in our cohort who possess martial soul fusion skills. I'll explain that in detail later."

"Such a powerful soul skill naturally cannot be as common as cabbages."

"To activate a martial soul fusion skill, several conditions must be met, including martial soul compatibility, soul power resonance, and spiritual synchronization. The difficulty is comparable to obtaining a hundred-thousand-year soul ring or soul bone."

"Among the three founding teachers of our academy, including Yu Xiaogang, there happened to be a martial soul fusion skill with a compatibility rate as high as ninety-nine percent. This is also the group with the highest martial soul compatibility ever recorded by Shrek Academy."

As she said this, a trace of reverence suddenly appeared in Mu Jin's eyes.

"Martial soul fusion skills are incredibly powerful, but how easy is it to find a compatible partner?"

"At that moment, the Grandmaster stepped forward."

"His soul power was weak, and his talent was far inferior to all of yours. Yet he devoted his entire life to researching martial souls, and he truly found an inferior substitute for martial soul fusion skills—the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill!"

"Ten thousand years ago, at the predecessor of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, the first-generation Shrek Seven Monsters used the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill first created by the Grandmaster. With none of them exceeding four rings, they unleashed their martial soul true bodies and defeated powerful enemies far stronger than themselves!"

"That battle was what truly established the Grandmaster's reputation!"

The students erupted into an uproar, praising Yu Xiaogang one after another. Quite a few had even begun imagining themselves displaying their brilliance on the stage of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.

Only Ling Feng's tightly furrowed brow shifted into astonishment.

First created?

By whom? Yu Xiaogang?

He clearly remembered that the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill had first been used in a competition by Shi Nian of Azure Radiance Academy.

The original text had never recorded how Yu Xiaogang taught Tang San and the others to use the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.

But if anyone claimed he had created it first, that was definitely complete nonsense!

How had it become Yu Xiaogang's original creation in Mu Jin's account?

While Ling Feng was still stunned, Mu Jin began explaining the final type: martial soul combination skills.

"By comparison, martial soul combination skills are more like stacked soul skills. Usually, identical martial souls are layered together, concentrating their power to launch an attack."

"Martial soul combination skills require identical martial souls and identical soul skills. They can only be performed with sufficient mutual understanding."

"For ordinary academies, martial soul combination skills may seem somewhat useless. But for certain sects with exclusive martial souls, they are an absolute trump card."

Just as Mu Jin finished explaining the differences between the three and was about to continue, Ling Feng rose to his feet.

"Teacher, I remember that before the first-generation Shrek Seven Monsters used the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, Azure Radiance Academy had already used this ultimate move."

"So, when you said Yu Xiaogang created the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill first, could it be... a mistake?"

Ling Feng had already formed a guess, but he still could not resist standing up and voicing the question in his heart.

Mu Jin was taken aback by Ling Feng's question, seemingly not expecting anyone to challenge her.

"This student, there may be issues with other matters, but on this point, I can assure you that there is absolutely no mistake."

Mu Jin gave Ling Feng her solemn guarantee.

"The matter of Yu Xiaogang being the first to create the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill is recorded in the academy's history."

"I don't know where you learned about that Azure Radiance Academy matter, but I'm more inclined to believe that you remembered incorrectly."

"After class, you may go to the academy library and look up the academy's historical records for comparison."

Ling Feng did not argue with Mu Jin. He nodded and sat back down.

After that brief interruption, Mu Jin continued her lecture.

But Ling Feng's brow tightened further and further, nearly twisting into a single line.

From Mu Jin's words, Ling Feng also learned of the "true" history recorded by Shrek.

For instance, the Ten Core Martial Soul Theories had supposedly also been first created by Yu Xiaogang. Without Yu Xiaogang, there would have been no theoretical foundation for the martial soul world.

Mu Jin even claimed that Spirit Hall was an evil organization that deliberately nurtured evil soul masters before releasing them to wreak havoc across the continent.

In short, everything favorable to Shrek's members had been preserved.

Everything unfavorable to Shrek's members had been rewritten and pinned on Spirit Hall.

By the end, Ling Feng was expressionless instead.

It was not that Ling Feng had let it go, but that he understood things might truly be exactly as he had suspected.

History was ultimately written by the victors!

Almost no one, including Mu Jin and even Mu En, knew the truth of what had happened ten thousand years ago.

The way people learned about history was by reading the records left behind by those before them, then drawing their own conclusions.

Passed down generation after generation, history naturally became nothing but tales of how righteous and glorious they had been.

At the thought of this, Ling Feng could not help but sneer.

What a Shrek!

"Student Ling Feng, what are you laughing about?"

Just then, Mu Jin suddenly spoke.

"I..."

Caught by Mu Jin, Ling Feng gave an awkward smile and said, "I'm happy that Shrek had a senior like Yu Xiaogang!"

At Shrek Plaza.

Huo Yuhao was still huffing and puffing as he struggled through lap after lap.

"Where were you just now?!"

Skydream Iceworm's voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind.

"Brother Skydream!"

Huo Yuhao was somewhat pleasantly surprised.

"I was in the classroom just now. What's wrong?"

"That aura I mentioned appeared again!"

Skydream Iceworm's voice carried fear, but this time, it clearly found the aura far more familiar.

"It appeared again?"

Skydream Iceworm's words immediately caught Huo Yuhao's attention, and he nearly stumbled and fell.

"That's right."

Skydream Iceworm replied with certainty.

"But since that aura didn't draw out Shrek Academy's powerhouses, it means it isn't much of a threat."

"Maybe it was caused by some new student's martial soul."

"A martial soul?!" Huo Yuhao could not help but gasp.

What kind of martial soul could make even Skydream Iceworm feel afraid?