Return to Shrek, Three Great Martial Souls

Enrollment registration at Shrek Academy had already ended.

Du Weilun remained very calm upon hearing that Li Qingming was late.

If Huo Yuhao had been late, there was a high chance he would have expelled him.

But if Li Qingming was late, then they could simply wait.

In fact, Zhou Yi and Mu Jin had already had an argument over Li Qingming's lateness.

However, after arguing for ages without reaching a conclusion, and with Du Weilun constantly trying to mediate, Mu Jin had never succeeded in revoking Li Qingming's status as a core disciple.

Du Weilun was rather speechless about Mu Jin's actions. This clearly had nothing to do with her, yet she insisted on meddling.

"Ugh, Mu Jin really doesn't think things through. Li Qingming has ties to Dean Yan. How could he possibly be someone she can casually touch?"

He sighed, helplessness written across his face.

There would naturally be consequences if ordinary students skipped classes, especially if new students failed to return for registration.

But this one had caught Dean Yan's eye.

Du Weilun had personally stood behind Yan Shaozhe that day and watched Yan Shaozhe stare excitedly at Li Qingming.

More importantly, he had heard Yan Shaozhe mention an ultimate martial soul.

How could he possibly obstruct such a genius?

Thinking this, Du Weilun sighed and prepared to rise from his chair and leave the office.

However, just as he finished packing his things and was about to leave, the door was abruptly thrown open.

At a glance, he saw a golden-haired youth walk in, panting heavily.

There was sweat on the youth's forehead, but his expression remained calm.

"Sorry, Director Du. I returned late because of some special circumstances."

Du Weilun stared at him blankly for a moment. Though somewhat puzzled, he did not pay it much mind. He picked up several forms and handed them over.

"It's good that you're back. If you hadn't returned, I might've had to send someone to look for you. All right, fill out the forms and head back to your dormitory. Rest well today. You have combat training tomorrow."

Du Weilun smiled at Li Qingming as he spoke. Tomorrow's practical combat training would reveal the children's true strength.

With that in mind, he acted especially courteously.

Li Qingming was a little bewildered by Du Weilun's somewhat ingratiating manner.

He did not understand what this director was doing, but he did not dwell on it.

After filling out the forms, he turned and walked out.

Outside, Li Qingming took a long breath of the fresh nighttime air tinged with the scent of seawater.

Under normal circumstances, he would have made it back in time.

But before he left, the Ice Empress had proposed another possibility.

Could his main body borrow and use his clones' martial souls?

After all, he currently only possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and his ability to protect himself was still too weak.

If someone suddenly attacked his main body, they truly might be able to kill him by force.

The Ice Empress had raised doubts about this as well.

However, since the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was absent, Li Qingming could only serve as a messenger between them, allowing the Ice Empress and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to communicate.

Both were ferocious beasts that had lived for tens of thousands of years, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger even possessed the Evil God's inheritance.

After discussing it, they concluded that replacing martial souls was indeed feasible.

The method was even simple: Li Qingming's own will would replace the consciousness within the spiritual sea, bringing the martial soul along with it.

This was equivalent to forcibly adding another martial soul for a short period of time, which would place a tremendous burden on Li Qingming's body, especially through the constant expansion and expenditure of spiritual power.

Of his three bodies, the ice-and-snow clone and Li Qingming's main body currently possessed only five hundred points of spiritual power, while the fallen clone possessed a full thousand points.

Under such circumstances, forcibly using the fallen clone would mean forcibly expanding his spiritual sea, which might affect Li Qingming.

Furthermore, when he used the martial souls of his two clones, he had to make sure that neither clone was using its martial soul.

Otherwise, once he used both martial souls simultaneously, his two clones would directly lose their martial souls.

If they suddenly became unable to use their martial souls, or suddenly had no martial souls at all, and a powerful expert noticed, it could easily cause trouble.

However, the two ferocious beasts had discussed this point thoroughly and made appropriate contingency plans.

Thinking of this, Li Qingming let out a soft breath and glanced slightly toward his shoulder.

At that moment, Qian Renxue's remnant soul was sitting there, her beautiful large eyes looking at Li Qingming in confusion.

As Li Qingming's strength reached four rings, her body seemed to have stabilized somewhat.

Though those eyes still held only a child's innocence, clarity had begun to gradually return to her gaze.

Based on Li Qingming's own speculation, Qian Renxue's remnant soul was in a state somewhat similar to the Snow Empress in the original timeline.

She was currently in an infant state, but as Li Qingming's strength increased, Qian Renxue's remnant soul might completely awaken as well.

Thinking that these "old grandpas" would also live inside his body, Li Qingming gave a bitter smile.

Yet as he quietly gazed at his hands, Li Qingming's eyes flickered slightly.

"This is interesting. For a short time, I can effectively use three martial souls at once. That's like gaining two additional trump cards."

"It looks like I need to put the third clone on the agenda as soon as possible."

As Li Qingming spoke, an extremely cold power surged from his left hand. In an instant, his hand turned transparent.

A terrifying icy power belonging to ultimate ice spread outward.

Almost instantly, that power engulfed the entire area outside the Shrek Teaching Building.

However, apart from Du Weilun, there were no other teachers in the academy at the moment.

With that in mind, Li Qingming casually flicked his hand. After dispersing the Ice Sky Snow Maiden Martial Soul, he slowly headed toward the rear of the academy.

But this left Du Weilun behind him in misery.

Du Weilun sneezed almost the moment he stepped outside.

It was currently transitioning from summer to autumn, and the temperature was still around twenty degrees.

Yet the temperature had suddenly dropped to minus thirty degrees, freezing Du Weilun so badly that he staggered.

Even with his considerable strength, he could not endure it for a moment. He could only look around strangely, unable to find anything amiss.

Still, Du Weilun was genuinely baffled by the sudden change in temperature.

Meanwhile, as the dormitory door opened, Li Qingming saw Wang Dong standing there the moment he entered.

Wang Dong's expression was extremely ugly.

As soon as the door opened, his gaze hurriedly turned toward Li Qingming.

Seeing that Li Qingming had returned safe and sound, Wang Dong immediately stepped forward and tightly gripped Li Qingming's clothes with both hands.

Li Qingming froze when he saw Wang Dong's appearance.

He did not think his relationship with Wang Dong was this deep.

After all, there had not been much interaction or connection between them, and because of Li Qingming's strength, they had not experienced anything unforgettable together either.

Thus, Li Qingming was confused by Wang Dong's sudden action.

But as he looked at Li Qingming's bewildered face, Wang Dong stared fixedly at him.

His pink-blue eyes were filled with grievance, but even more so with anger, as though he were furious that the youth could not sense what he was thinking.

Yet facing Wang Dong's gaze, Li Qingming merely gave a bitter smile and gently raised a hand to hold his fair, jade-like wrist.