Ye Guyi

(Rewritten)

Hall of Virtue.

"Teacher Morax, my granddaughter has truly grown much stronger lately thanks to you. With skills this formidable, she is simply incredible. Your teaching philosophy is truly amazing."

Watching her granddaughter Meng Hongchen's recent special training and combat experience, Jing Hongchen could not help but admire Morax's teaching philosophy. Even an ordinary person could develop formidable fighting skills.

What was more, Soul Engineers relied on Soul Tools to fight in the first place, so many of them were not particularly skilled in close combat. Yet Morax's teaching could only be described as incredibly effective.

Every Soul Engineer undergoing training possessed exceptionally formidable combat skills. His own granddaughter was no exception; her martial arts were especially powerful as well.

"This is also the result of the students' own efforts. If they are unwilling to work hard themselves, then no matter how capable the teacher is, it will be useless. Honestly, I heard the Soul Master Tournament will begin soon."

What Morax referred to was the Soul Master Tournament held by the major empires. This time, it would be hosted by the Star Luo Empire.

"As for dealing with Shrek Academy, I will train the students as much as possible. However, their cultivation cannot be neglected either. I do not wish to see Shrek take the championship, so I will intensify their training as much as I can."

"Whenever the Soul Master Tournament is held, although the Sun Moon Empire can defeat the other three kingdoms, Shrek is simply too powerful. As the strongest Soul Master Academy in the Three Douluo Kingdoms—or rather, on the Douluo Continent—Shrek has won the Soul Master Tournament every time. No matter how hard our Sun Moon Empire tries, we have only ever finished second in the end. At worst, we have placed third."

Jing Hongchen felt rather helpless. The reason was simple: Shrek possessed the finest geniuses on the entire Douluo Continent. Many Soul Masters chose to enter Shrek Academy, and many talented Soul Master families sent their gifted children there as well. As a result, Shrek Academy had gathered the most outstanding geniuses across the continent.

Moreover, nearly every one of their Martial Souls was exceptionally powerful. The Martial Souls of Shrek's competitors in every tournament were all top-tier Martial Souls, or ones close to God Level.

It could be said that even if the Sun Moon Empire lost against such a lineup, it would not be an undeserved defeat.

But that made the Hall Master all the more unwilling to accept it. Jing Hongchen was loyal to the Sun Moon Empire and hoped it could become champion of the Soul Master Tournament and defeat the Shrek Team.

Yet in all these thousands of years, they had never won the championship even once.

"Actually, I think the students chosen to compete for the academy every time mostly focus on Soul Tools and do not place much emphasis on the coordination of their Martial Souls. So I hope we can find some powerful Martial Soul possessors—Soul Masters with top-tier Martial Souls. If we combine them with Soul Tools, perhaps we can defeat Shrek."

"That is indeed a good idea, but where can we find outstanding Soul Masters with high-quality Martial Souls? Shrek is the strongest Soul Master Academy on the entire continent. Many families will certainly choose Shrek rather than the Sun Moon Empire. So what should we do?"

Jing Hongchen had raised the key issue. In the Three Douluo Kingdoms, practically everyone believed that Shrek was the best academy at cultivating Soul Masters.

Thus, many Soul Master families chose to send their children to Shrek Academy for training. They would never send them to the Sun Moon Empire. The Sun Moon Empire might be excellent at cultivating Soul Tools and Soul Engineers, but cultivating Soul Masters was truly not their strength.

"I do not think there is any need to be so pessimistic. Perhaps a descendant of a God Level Martial Soul can help us."

"??? A God Level Martial Soul???"

Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen was completely baffled. God Level Martial Souls had only appeared in the history of the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago. Their possessor seemed to have been the Angel God, Qian Renxue, who was later defeated by the First-generation Shrek Seven Devils.

"God Level Martial Souls do indeed exist on this continent, though that was a long time ago and they have hardly appeared since. However, I do know of a descendant of a God Level Martial Soul. Have you heard of Ye Guyi?"

"No, I have not."

"This is information I spent a long time finding. Take a look."

Jing Hongchen then picked up the documents and began reading the information Morax had shown him. They contained the profile of a woman with an Angel Martial Soul. Her name was Ye Guyi.

"This wielder of the Angel Martial Soul is a descendant of the Angel God Qian Renxue from ten thousand years ago. I have already investigated it. Only the papal lineage of Spirit Hall on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago possessed Angel Martial Souls. Therefore, she may be part of Spirit Hall's papal lineage. The Angel Martial Soul is a God Level Martial Soul, left to the descendants of Spirit Hall's ancestor after that ancestor became the Angel God."

"Therefore, the Martial Souls of Spirit Hall's papal lineage were all Angel Martial Souls. This woman surnamed Ye may be a descendant of Qian Renxue from ten thousand years ago. Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to possess an Angel Martial Soul. However, after ten thousand years of change, the Angel Martial Soul has become merely an ordinary top-tier Martial Soul."

Listening to Morax's explanation, the Hall Master became extremely excited. With such an outstanding Soul Master joining the Sun Moon Empire, they might have a chance to contend against the Shrek Team. Then, they would have hope of winning the Soul Master Tournament.

"This wielder of the Angel Martial Soul has always been fighting Evil Soul Masters, so we can try to recruit her. However, I heard the empire seems to intend to cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult."

"!!! Mr. Morax, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand you...?"

The moment Jing Hongchen heard that name, he was instantly shocked, because the Holy Spirit Cult was the name of an Evil Soul Master organization.

In truth, the Sun Moon Empire had already begun cooperating to some extent with that Evil Soul Master organization. Though they disliked it, in order to stand against the Three Douluo Kingdoms and Shrek, they could only cooperate with the Holy Spirit Cult and share the pressure together.

Now that Morax had spoken that name aloud, the trouble was rather serious!

"Hall Master Hongchen, please do not take me for a fool. Your country has been cooperating with an Evil Soul Master organization all along, has it not? Let me be clear: have you heard of something called an addictive drug?"

"No, I have not."

"This is something that makes people highly addicted once they consume it. Many people use such drugs to control others, feeding it to them again and again until they become addicted. Once those people are controlled, they completely lose themselves. The Holy Spirit Cult is like such a drug. Once you take it, you become addicted."