Shattering Shrek's Ten Thousand Year Glory
Zhang Lexuan gave Huo Yuhao a reproachful look. Although he didn't finish his sentence, Zhang Lexuan had been secretly reading the diary for more than three months, knew what the strange words that followed meant.
However, Zhang Lexuan did not refuse. Instead, she took a deep look at Kong Deming, who was sitting at the table with the core of the Soul Tool engraved on it. With a thought, she directly used her Martial Soul.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red—eight Soul Ring emerged from beneath Zhang Lexuan's feet.
The soft, bright moonlight illuminated the entire Laboratory. A new moon rose slowly, standing above Zhang Lexuan's head, adding a touch of holiness to her and making Zhang Lexuan look as if she had suddenly become a dazzling moon goddess.
Kong Deming finally stopped the action of engraving the core of the Soul Tool. His limbs were a little stiff as he slowly raised his head and looked at Zhang Lexuan standing next to Huo Yuhao.
As a fellow possessor of the Moon Martial Soul, Kong Deming was absolutely certain that this was the Moon Martial Soul inherited by the Sun Moon Empire Imperial Family.
But why has he never seen this little girl before?
Kong Deming cast a questioning look at Huo Yuhao, hoping to get an answer from his disciple.
However, Huo Yuhao did not choose to steal the spotlight, but instead gave Zhang Lexuan the opportunity to tell her own story.
Huo Yuhao could clearly see that when Zhang Lexuan said that she came from a minor noble family in the Heavenly Soul Empire, Kong Deming's eyes trembled. Although he did not show it, his heart was obviously unsettled.
He knew that Zhang Lexuan's family had been wiped out, but by sheer coincidence, she was the only survivor. She was even discovered by Mu En, who happened to be passing by. After rescuing her, he learned about her talent and offered to help her take revenge, but only if Zhang Lexuan became a member of the Shrek Academy forever and even agreed to be Bei Bei's child bride.
"Snap—"
A crisp sound rang out as Kong Deming crushed the core of the Soul Tool in his hand.
Zhang Lexuan paused, looking at Kong Deming as if she wanted to say something, but before she could speak, Kong Deming said calmly.
"I'm fine, please continue."
For Kong Deming, the most outstanding Rank Nine Soul Engineer of the Sun Moon Empire and the most trusted Grand Elder of the Sun Moon Empire Imperial Family Kong Deming, to react in this way, one can imagine how much turmoil Zhang Lexuan's words had caused in his heart.
Although it wasn't explicitly stated, both Huo Yuhao and Zhang Lexuan were certain that there was definitely some kind of relationship between her and Kong Deming!
Most importantly, everything else can be faked, but Martial Soul cannot be faked!
As the strongest person in the Sun Moon Empire on the surface, Kong Deming understands better than anyone else what the Moon Martial Soul truly means!
Although Zhang Lexuan participated in the Soul Master Competition, she first appeared as a substitute player and only made two appearances.
The second time, although she was the captain of the official team, the opponents she encountered were not too strong, and Shrek Academy was full of geniuses, so Zhang Lexuan gave the opportunity to stand out to others. Although she attracted the attention of some people, it eventually came to nothing under Mu En's secret guidance.
After Zhang Lexuan finished telling her everything, Kong Deming remained silent for a long time before finally looking at her with gentle eyes and speaking of memories that had been buried for many years.
Although Huo Yuhao had long suspected that there was a high probability that the two of them were related by blood, he did not expect that Zhang Lexuan would be Kong Deming's great-granddaughter!
Huo Yuhao learned from Kong Deming's account that Kong Deming's son and daughter-in-law had died in an accident, leaving only his granddaughter as his only family member.
Kong Deming's granddaughter, who is also Zhang Lexuan's mother, chose to travel around the mainland to relax in order to get over the loss of her parents as soon as possible. By chance, she met Zhang Lexuan's father and they eventually fell in love.
Although Kong Deming was very dissatisfied with Zhang Lexuan's father's status as a minor nobleman of the Heavenly Soul Empire, he ultimately did not try to separate the couple, but instead offered his blessings as an elder.
Since then, Kong Deming has been silently keeping an eye on the Zhang Family's situation. However, a coup occurred in the Sun Moon Empire that year. The current Sun Moon Emperor, who was a prince at the time, rebelled, causing considerable turmoil throughout the Sun Moon Empire.
As the Grand Elder of the Imperial Worship Hall, Kong Deming didn't care which member of the Xu Family became emperor, but he wouldn't ignore the matter either. He needed to observe whether the other party had the ability to become a qualified emperor.
During that time, Kong Deming had no time to worry about anything else. Only after everything had settled down did he learn the news that the Zhang Family had been wiped out.
Enraged, Kong Deming personally went to the Heavenly Soul Empire to investigate, practically turning the place upside down, but still couldn't find the slightest clue.
At this point, Kong Deming, having lost all his relatives, returned to the Sun Moon Empire in grief and despair, no longer concerning himself with anything outside, but only focusing on Soul Tool and fulfilling his duties as the Grand Elder of the Worship Hall.
"The problem that has troubled me for a long time is that the Zhang Family clearly didn't have anything worth exterminating, yet they were wiped out overnight! Now I can say with certainty that the extermination of the Zhang Family was orchestrated by those hypocritical beasts from Shrek!"
"I've heard quite a bit about that Mu En. As the Ultimate Douluo of the Shrek Academy, he was severely injured after the Du Bisou Body Sect. And none of the guys in their Sea God Pavilion could be relied on, so he was eager to find a genius to inherit his mantle."
"After all, with the Shrek Academy's inherent arrogance, they have offended all the forces on the continent. If no Ultimate Douluo succeeds Mu En after his death, Shrek's fate will definitely be terrible!"
Kong Deming paused here, looked at Zhang Lexuan appeared calm on the surface but whose fists were actually clenched tightly, and sighed.
"That's why, after hearing about your talent from somewhere, he secretly plotted all of this, and then appeared as your savior to completely bind you to Shrek. He even claimed to be helping you get revenge, but in reality, he killed everyone who might reveal his plan, so that you would never discover the truth!"
"The Light Sacred Dragon? The Dragon God Douluo? Bah! I've known for a long time that Shrek Academy, the so-called Number One Academy on the Continent, is full of these hypocritical scoundrels!"
Seeing the teacher's emotions gradually escalating, Huo Yuhao clicked his tongue inwardly. The teacher's insults were so weak; his aggression needed improvement!
However, as if he could hear Huo Yuhao's thoughts, Kong Deming slammed his hand on the table in front of him, his eyes filled with anger, and said in an extremely cold tone.
"I'm going to Shrek City right now. I want to see if those Shrek guys can still keep up their disguise after being bombarded by hundreds of Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's pupils widened suddenly.
He was wrong, terribly wrong!
Kong Deming isn't just lacking in aggression; he's a true man of few words and ruthless tactics!
With hundreds of Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell, the entire Shrek City would be nuked to death, wouldn't it?
Seeing that Kong Deming was really going to take action, Zhang Lexuan quickly grabbed his arm and said repeatedly.
"I begged you not to do that. Not everyone in Shrek deserves to die; there are many innocent people there."
Zhang Lexuan pursed her lips, her eyes becoming somewhat complicated. She lowered her head slightly to avoid meeting Kong Deming's gaze and spoke softly.
"Moreover, if you really do that, you will instantly become the target of the entire continent, besieged by everyone, and your situation will definitely be very difficult."
"Although Shrek's prestige has been somewhat damaged by the Evil Soul Master incident, they are still the Number One Academy on the Continent and are respected by the world."
Kong Deming knew that Zhang Lexuan was thinking of him, and what she said was all true. Going to Shrek to bombard them would indeed be a way to get revenge, but the price would be that the entire Sun Moon Empire would be dragged down and a crazy counterattack from the Original Douluo Three Kingdoms would be launched.
As the Grand Elder of the Sun Moon Empire Worship Hall, Kong Deming absolutely did not want to see that situation happen.
But Shrek Academy is the Number One Academy on the Continent, right? They have this so-called Ten Thousand Year Glory, right? Well then, I'll have my disciples personally shatter that glory that you value more than life itself!
Kong Deming suddenly turned to look at Huo Yuhao beside him and said, word by word.
"Yuhao, I want you to shatter Shrek's Ten Thousand Year Glory in the upcoming Soul Master Competition! Can you do it?"