At this moment, during the Dragon King Era.
Nearly every major forum was discussing the relationship between the Tang Sect, Shrek Academy, and the Holy Spirit Cult.
Some had even begun spinning conspiracy theories.
"Do you think it's possible that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy deliberately chose not to wipe out the Holy Spirit Cult?"
"Otherwise, with the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy's strength, even if they couldn't completely eradicate the Holy Spirit Cult, they could at least limit its growth. But now, the Holy Spirit Cult is getting stronger and stronger. It's hard not to be suspicious, isn't it?"
At that moment, someone refuted them.
"Then why would the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy deliberately refuse to eliminate the Holy Spirit Cult?"
"Isn't it obvious? To keep the Federation in check and prevent it from unifying the continent. Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect have always claimed to be neutral, but in truth, they've always supported the doves."
"So that's why! With the Federation's strength, I was wondering why it still couldn't unify the continent. Turns out Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect were sabotaging things behind the scenes!"
The internet was easily misled to begin with. Once the first person put forward this conspiracy theory, the view swept across the Federation like a locust swarm and quickly surged onto the trending searches. For a time, it became the topic everyone in the Sun-Moon Federation discussed after meals.
Chen Xinjie, who was in the Sea God Legion, naturally saw similar information. Just as he was pondering it, the Federation Chairman called.
"Chairman, this is Chen Xinjie." Chen Xinjie answered the call.
"Hall Master Chen, have you seen the recent information concerning Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect?" the Federation Chairman asked.
"You mean the relationship between Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Holy Spirit Cult? That is utter nonsense!" Chen Xinjie said indignantly.
"You absolutely must not believe these rumors. Never mind whether the information from ten thousand years ago is accurate; even Shrek Academy today remains on the front lines fighting the Holy Spirit Cult!"
"Alright, I understand. I have another meeting to attend, so I'll leave it at that." With that, the Federation Chairman ended the call.
Fine, fine, fine! Chen Xinjie, even with the evidence right in front of him, he was still defending Shrek Academy?
After hanging up as well, Chen Xinjie faintly developed a bad feeling.
Was the Federation planning to move against Shrek Academy?
If that was the case, should he notify Long Yeyue in advance?
But he was the Federation's Vice Chairman, the Hall Master of the War God Hall, the commander of the Sea God Legion, and a Federation general. Wouldn't doing so amount to betraying the Federation?
Even now, no one could understand what was so captivating about that Fireworks Douluo. She was already married, yet Chen Xinjie remained utterly devoted to her.
Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen.
Ma Xiaotao's evil fire was gradually suppressed by Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Ice.
Not far away, more than a dozen figures flew rapidly toward them from the depths of Sea God Lake.
There was no need to think about it. It had to be Yan Shaozhe and the others.
"Let's go." As Ye Chen spoke, he pulled Wang Dong away.
He had no desire to get involved in Ma Xiaotao's mess, much less reveal that he possessed an Ultimate Ice martial soul as well.
Over the following days, they did nothing but attend class every day. Before they knew it, three months had passed in the blink of an eye.
During the final class, Du Weilun appeared in Class One's classroom for the second time. The first time had been when they had just enrolled.
"Seriously, isn't this homeroom teacher way too useless? He hadn't shown up once in three months, and now he only appeared because the Freshman Assessment is about to begin," Wang Dong complained beside Ye Chen.
"Who knows?" Ye Chen replied.
During class, Du Weilun first explained the rules of the Freshman Assessment.
Those who failed the assessment would have to leave Shrek Academy.
After that, he divided the students of Class One into groups.
The Freshman Assessment required teams of three, and each team could only have one assault-type Battle Soul Master.
It was unclear whether Zhou Yi was abusing her authority for personal revenge. Ye Chen had thought he would be assigned to the assault type, but Zhou Yi directly classified him as a control type.
Ye Chen: ???
Could the Three-Eyed Golden Lion take the control path? It seemed that Ye Chen had not revealed much of his true strength during this time.
What he had revealed in class before was only Fate Control and his spiritual attribute. Taking the control path was not impossible.
Meanwhile, outside the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang saw how Shrek Academy had classified Ye Chen.
He immediately perked up again.
[Yu Xiaogang: Where's the person who said the Three-Eyed Golden Lion should take the assault path? Did you see that? Shrek Academy didn't make him take the assault path either!]
At that moment, Yun Ming was speechless.
Was Yu Xiaogang calling him out?
It had been so many years since any Soul Master had dared to call him out that even he could not remember how long it had been.
[Xu Xiaoyan: But Shrek Academy didn't make him take the support path either. What are you showing off for?] [Yun Ming: What's wrong with taking the control path? It's only because they don't yet know how terrifying the Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul is.] [Yu Xiaogang: What a joke. What is so terrifying about the Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul? It can't compare to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon!]
When everyone saw Yu Xiaogang boasting about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon in the chat again, they stopped paying attention to him.
By now, everyone knew Yu Xiaogang had two favorite things to boast about.
First, that he was a master of martial soul theory.
Second, that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was the greatest beast martial soul in the world.
Over the past two months, Yu Xiaogang had boasted endlessly in the Sky Screen's chat box, and everyone had grown accustomed to it.
Soon, the grouping list was announced.
It was unknown whether Du Weilun had arranged it deliberately.
Ye Chen, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao were assigned to the same team.
Naturally, Wang Dong served as the assault-type member.
However, Wang Dong knew very well that in terms of raw strength, Ye Chen surpassed her.
But a team could only have one assault-type Soul Master.
After spending the past three months together, Wang Dong's opinion of Ye Chen had changed greatly.
When Zhou Yi insulted the students in class, Ye Chen had been the only one in the entire class who dared to stand up and refute her.
Besides, Ye Chen usually did not put on any airs.
The moment she heard that they would be divided into classes, Wang Dong could not help panicking. But then she heard that the assault types would be in the same class.
She relaxed, only to hear that each team could have only one assault type, and she immediately became nervous again.
Her emotions rose and fell completely, and even now, she was nervous!
"What should I do? Will Ye Chen go explain to the teacher that he's actually an assault type?"
At the thought of being separated from Ye Chen, Wang Dong could not calm down for a long time.
At that moment, Ye Chen turned around and looked at the worried Wang Dong before speaking.
"Class is over. Let's go get familiar with our teammate."
Hearing that, Wang Dong did not react for a moment.
Teammate?
Was Ye Chen going to find a new teammate?
Was she about to be separated from Ye Chen?
The more Wang Dong thought about it, the more frightened she became, looking as though she had suffered a terrible grievance.
Within the Sea of Spirit, Bibi Dong watched the scene and teased him.
"Little one, it looks like she's fallen for you."
On the other side, after learning that her teammates were Ye Chen and Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao had been preparing to happily meet up with them.
Then she witnessed this wonderful scene.
"Wait, do those two really have something going on?" Xiao Xiao was greatly shocked.
There had always been rumors in class that Ye Chen, the class monitor, and Wang Dong had an unusual relationship.
Xiao Xiao had not believed them at first.
But now, it seemed the two really did have some sort of special relationship!
Meanwhile, outside the Sky Screen, Yun Ming had been waiting for this moment.
"At last, I can see what level Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao—the strongest Limit Douluo from ten thousand years ago, the one who defeated Di Tian—had reached at this age."
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