An Invitation with Rewards, a Heavy Responsibility

One of the Soul Bones had not come from Shrek Academy's Treasure Pavilion.

Clearly, it was from Mu En's private collection.

"These two Soul Bones... you've seen the Right Leg Bone before. It was just taken from Shrek Academy's Treasure Vault and came from a hundred-thousand-year-old Golden-Patterned Python. As for this Right Arm Bone, I obtained it while traveling in my youth. It dropped when I killed a hundred-and-seventy-thousand-year-old Golden Earth Dragon King..."

"Consider one Soul Bone a gift from an elder to mark you and your daughter acknowledging each other. The other is my thanks to you."

After explaining the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in detail, Mu En pushed them toward Huang Jinxu with a kindly smile.

"Mu En, why don't you tell me what you want first?"

Huang Jinxu did not immediately put away the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

Fine as the Soul Bones were, he would not pocket them lightly without knowing what Mu En had in mind.

"You brat..."

Mu En laughed at Huang Jinxu's reaction.

Even a Super Douluo would have found it hard to resist the temptation of two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

Yet Huang Jinxu appeared utterly calm.

In all of Shrek Academy, that kind of composure was his alone.

"I won't beat around the bush. I do have a favor to ask. Now that Yan Shaozhe has been crippled, the position of Dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department is vacant. I want you to take it."

"There's something else I'd like to ask. After I'm gone, help me keep an eye on Shrek Academy and Bei Bei. Or use what I leave behind to help Bei Bei's Martial Soul evolve."

Mu En thus laid out what he wanted.

After hearing him out, Huang Jinxu pondered briefly, then pocketed the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

The gesture made his answer clear.

Of course he could see that Mu En wanted to bind him to Shrek Academy through benefits. Once he occupied that position, he would inevitably do things for the academy, and those so-called bonds would grow naturally.

Unfortunately, Mu En had overestimated how far his principles would hold him.

If it did not conflict with his ultimate goal, and a certain shameless God King did not interfere, he would not mind protecting Shrek Academy when he had the strength to spare.

After all, this was where he had grown up.

But if something arose that even he could not handle, Huang Jinxu would abandon it without hesitation.

Could reputation truly bind a powerful man?

Before the Divine Master succeeded, everyone had spat at him.

At one point, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao had even become a disgrace to his sect and a mortal wanted throughout the land.

Once you succeeded, free grand scholars would debate on your behalf.

"All right!"

After accepting the two Soul Bones, Huang Jinxu gave his answer.

He had to admit that Mu En had put thought into this.

The hundred-and-seventy-thousand-year-old Right Arm Bone came from a Sub-Dragon Soul Beast with a top-tier bloodline. It suited his daughter extremely well.

As for the other Soul Bone, he could send it to the Earth Dragon Sect and place it in Nan Shuishui's hands to help her become a Titled Douluo.

"I'll leave the whole mess in the Martial Soul Department for you to deal with."

Mu En sighed softly, then told him everything that had happened during his seclusion.

Huang Jinxu was stunned.

He had never imagined so much could happen while he was in seclusion.

Even the Titan Giant Ape had come to Shrek Academy.

If I killed that Titan Giant Ape, would it still drop a Soul Bone and a Soul Ring?

Huang Jinxu was curious.

By the established rules, neither the Titan Giant Ape nor the Sky Azure Bull Python was a mere Soul Beast anymore.

If a Soul Beast's soul was revived through the Immortal Spirit Power of the Divine Realm, was it still a Soul Beast afterward?

He guessed it probably was. The world's rules and order still stood, unless the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python possessed power great enough to overcome them.

What Huang Jinxu wanted to know even more was whether killing the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python would yield God-Level Soul Bones and God-Level Soul Rings.

If they did, could he kill them and fuse with their Soul Bones and Soul Rings?

Soul Rings and Soul Bones could be replaced, after all.

But Huang Jinxu also knew that, given the present circumstances, he had no way to plan such a thing.

Nor did he have the strength.

Still, he kept the idea in mind.

"All right. I'll get things settled here, then go deal with it."

Huang Jinxu gathered his thoughts and made his promise.

Now that he had reached level ninety-eight, he could sense that advancing further would be anything but easy.

So he needed to research Martial Souls and conduct trials with Huo Yuhao.

Mu En breathed a sigh of relief when Huang Jinxu agreed.

Everything was just as he had suspected.

It was not that Little Xu felt nothing for Shrek Academy. He cared too much. Because of his Martial Soul, he had not wanted to hurt the academy. That was why he had always refused to become an Elder of the Sea God Pavilion, and why he had been unwilling to take a management position with real authority.

Now that his strength had grown and the problem with his Martial Soul had been resolved, he was finally willing to truly accept the people around him.

Huang Jinxu had no idea what Mu En was thinking. After stabilizing his cultivation, he had the restaurant's manager arrange repairs and took care of a few tedious matters before heading to the academy.

Taking up any position required a handover from the old officeholder to the new. That was the best, quickest way to get started.

When Huang Jinxu arrived at Yan Shaozhe's residence and saw his condition, he almost felt sorry for him.

When Huang Jinxu had crippled Yan Shaozhe's cultivation with a punch, he had also drawn on the full suppressive power of the Heavenly Lone Star to bear down on him.

If Yan Shaozhe were still a level ninety-five Super Douluo, he could have handled that sort of bad luck.

The problem was that Yan Shaozhe was a cripple now.

How could he withstand that suppressive force?

If Huang Jinxu had not later shifted its power onto Huo Yuhao, leaving Yan Shaozhe touched by only a portion of it, Yan Shaozhe might well have died by now.

Just as Huang Jinxu had guessed, Yan Shaozhe's luck had been as bad as it could possibly get.

He choked on food, spluttered on water, toppled over while sitting in a chair, and had his bed collapse beneath him...

It was not that Yan Shaozhe did not want to cause trouble. He truly had no energy left for it.

Simply coping with all that and staying alive was difficult enough.