Of everyone in the room, only Yan Shaozhe, Mu En's eldest disciple, knew that Mu En had taken Ye Qing as a disciple.
After all, having taken in a junior brother for him, Mu En naturally had to let him know, so that he could look after his new junior brother as the eldest disciple.
Of course, looking after him did not mean turning Ye Qing into another Yan Shaozhe. Otherwise, Mu En would probably have felt like snapping his neck.
None of the Sea God Pavilion Elders, including Xuan Zi and Song Yunzhi, actually knew that Mu En had taken another disciple. They only knew that he often went fishing with Ye Qing and assumed the two simply got along rather well.
Now that they suddenly heard the pair had quietly become master and disciple, how could these Senior Elders not be surprised?
Xian Lin'er was the first to spot the key point. "Mu En, does that little fellow Ye Qing have exceptional talent?"
"Heh, exceptional hardly begins to describe it!" Mu En was clearly in an excellent mood at the mention of Ye Qing. "Some of you may know about his circumstances. His soul was initially incomplete, and his prospects were far from promising."
"But under the Golden Tree's influence, not only did his soul gradually repair itself, his martial soul also mutated from the Ye Family's hereditary Shadow Tiger into a Radiant Sacred Tiger. Its light attribute is extraordinarily pure. I even believe he has a chance of transforming it into ultimate light!"
"Ultimate light!!" All the Senior Elders were stunned.
Not a single person seated here was unaware of what the word "ultimate" represented.
Ultimate meant invincible!
Absolutely invincible!
Attribute suppression alone would leave Soul Masters of the same level unable to hold their heads up before him. An ultimate attribute was also their greatest asset in fighting opponents above their level, or even an entire rank higher!
Shrek Academy's previous Soul Master with an ultimate attribute had appeared four thousand years ago, during the era when the Sun Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent and sparked a war between the two landmasses. That Soul Master had eventually become a Limit Douluo, succeeded as Sea God Pavilion Master, and led the Douluo Three Kingdoms in crushing the Sun Moon Empire's ambitions!
It was precisely because of that predecessor with an ultimate attribute that the name Sun Moon Continent had ceased to exist, leaving only the Douluo Continent standing tall!
"Mu En... are you certain?" The slacker Xuan Zi's lips trembled, his expression unable to hide his excitement.
Fucking fantastic! If a genius like that really has appeared, I can keep drinking and eating meat without worrying about the academy's tedious little affairs.
Whoever wants to be Sea God Pavilion Master can have it. All I want is to coast through life at Shrek, eating my fill and waiting to die, a useless grain weevil. If anyone dares try to end my life of slacking off, I'll take them down with me!
At present, Xuan Zi was Shrek's strongest expert after Mu En. Yan Shaozhe's potential was limited, and he certainly could not reach Xuan Zi's heights.
Barring any surprises, once Mu En passed away, Xuan Zi would inevitably inherit the position of Sea God Pavilion Master. He could already envision the prison-like existence awaiting him after he took over.
How could that compare to the freedom he enjoyed now, drinking, eating meat, and occasionally getting a few lucky students killed!
Lord Sea God has answered our prayers!
Xuan Zi's eyes nearly brimmed with tears.
Mu En glanced at the old rascal, whose sole ambition was to slack off, and was somewhat speechless. Naturally, he knew exactly what Xuan Zi was plotting.
When it came to character, Xuan Zi was even worse than Yan Shaozhe. His current cultivation had been forcibly dragged up by his Godly Taotie Bull martial soul alone. Making this inherently lazy fellow succeed as Sea God Pavilion Master would be more unbearable to him than killing him.
Previously, there had been no other choice. Shrek faced a gap between generations, with no outstanding genius emerging in this one. With no alternatives, they could only designate Xuan Zi as the next Sea God Pavilion Master.
This was already an unspoken understanding among all the Senior Elders.
A Sea God Pavilion Master could lack grand vision and brilliant strategy, but they absolutely had to possess the strength to stand at the continent's summit.
Yet Xuan Zi had clearly overlooked one thing: Ye Qing certainly could not reach nine rings before Mu En died. Xuan Zi would still have to occupy the position of Sea God Pavilion Master until Ye Qing matured.
Heh, you old rascal. You're serving this prison sentence whether you like it or not!
"There should be virtually no chance of anything unexpected. I tested him just today, and his attribute is already only a hair's breadth from ultimate. He hasn't even obtained his second soul ring yet." Mu En nodded gently.
At those words, the temperature throughout the Sea God Pavilion suddenly rose.
All the cold air had been sucked away.jpg
"Now, there is one more issue. This is the real focus of the Sea God Pavilion Meeting I called today." Mu En swept his gaze across everyone.
Elder Song spoke solemnly. "Please, go ahead, Mu En. If that little fellow needs help from us old folks as he grows, we'll spare no effort to raise him!"
Ultimate light!
Merely thinking of those words made Elder Song feel as though her entire body would tremble with excitement.
"If that little fellow truly can reach the ultimate in the light attribute, I believe he will lead Shrek to even greater heights!"
"I second that!"
"I second that!"
"..."
Every member of the Sea God Pavilion agreed with Elder Song's words. Yan Shaozhe, in particular, was so excited that his aged face flushed slightly.
Previously, he had only known that the junior brother his teacher had recently accepted was exceptionally talented. He had never imagined that his talent would be this heaven-defying.
As everyone knew, factional struggles existed even within Shrek Academy. Yan Shaozhe constantly suppressed the Soul Tool Department while elevating his own Martial Soul Department, and as his junior brother, Ye Qing naturally stood on his side.
Hehehe, know pain, Soul Tool Department!
"Then I'll speak plainly. Ye Qing's first soul ring came from a seven-hundred-year-old Light Unicorn. As for his second soul ring, after absorbing a soul bone I gave him, he can now absorb one close to six thousand years old!" Mu En's tone was solemn.
"I'm sure all of you understand what absorbing a six-thousand-year soul ring as his second means. The question before us now is how to use our resources, and which resources to use, so that by his third soul ring, he will have enough spiritual power to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!"
Seven hundred years, six thousand years, ten thousand years!
Three simple numbers, yet they once again stunned everyone in the Sea God Pavilion.
The temperature rose again. (Sad.)
"Mu En, I have a starlight rose that can increase spiritual power without any side effects. I'm willing to contribute it!" Elder Zhuang, a healing-type Titled Douluo, was the first to declare his support.
"Mu En, I have a Deep Sea Clam Pearl in my possession. It can also help temper spiritual power. I'm willing to provide it too!" Elder Lin, who oversaw the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, spoke as well.
After these two, more and more Senior Elders pulled valuable items from their pockets, all treasures capable of increasing spiritual power without side effects!
P.S. Sorry, guys. This old geezer was a little busy today, so the update came rather late. Some real-life stuff came up. I really wasn't slacking off!
I'm terribly sorry for keeping everyone waiting!
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