"Xiao Gang, I have to admit that these cultivation methods and Self-Created Soul Skills of yours are formidable-terrifyingly so. Even if an ordinary Soul Master with only level-three innate soul power practiced them, reaching Soul King would be our most conservative estimate."
"First, this Mysterious Heaven Skill. I have to admit, it's far more powerful than the meditation methods of many other families on the Douluo Continent, and it's comprehensive, too, comprehensive in every respect. Even Spirit Hall would have a hard time comparing with this method of yours, I think."
"So I think even a Soul Master with level-three innate soul power could rely on this method to cultivate to Soul King. That's why I wanted to ask: would you be willing to let the other teachers at our Shrek Academy practice these cultivation methods and Self-Created Soul Skills?"
"If Shrek's other teachers practiced these Self-Created Soul Skills and cultivation methods, their strength would only grow. That would benefit us in many ways."
"Then Shrek's other teachers would definitely become stronger. We might even have several Soul Saint teachers. I'm even confident I could advance to Soul Douluo, and Zhao Wuji could advance to Soul Douluo as well. With Soul Douluos and a whole bunch of Soul Saints serving as our deans and teachers, we'd definitely be able to secure more investment.
"At that point, we might even qualify to become an advanced Soul Master Academy!"
Flender said this because the royal family of the Balak Kingdom had once wanted to invest in Shrek Academy, but the problem was that Shrek Academy's graduates would have to enter the Balak royal family's service. Flender could not accept such a requirement, even though Shrek Academy itself was a fraudulent, unlicensed academy with no proper credentials that people considered a diploma mill, and was even denounced as a pyramid scheme.
But Flender himself disliked the Balak royal family's way of doing things, too, so he had refused.
At the time, Flender had only been a Soul Saint, a Soul Saint whose strength was merely decent, so he could not attract much investment. But now, as long as he advanced to Soul Douluo, a whole crowd of people would come to invest. Soul Douluos were powerhouses who ranked among the best on the entire Douluo Continent.
After all, the strongest experts of the Lower Four Sects among the Seven Great Sects-their sect masters-were all Soul Douluos.
So as long as Flender became a Soul Douluo, Shrek would qualify to become a top-tier power, an existence that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lower Four Sects.
That was also why Flender was so worked up. Besides, becoming a Soul Douluo was extremely difficult. Soul Douluos stood second only to Titled Douluos, and among the ranks of Soul Masters, Soul Douluo was also a very difficult rank to reach.
Those who could become Soul Douluos were one in ten thousand. Those who became Titled Douluos were the true top geniuses.
Becoming a Soul Saint was already very difficult, let alone a Soul Douluo.
So in Flender's eyes, once deans and teachers like them practiced these cultivation methods and Self-Created Soul Skills, the academy would gain more Soul Saints and Soul Douluos.
The benefits went without saying.
"If you want to practice them, I won't object. Besides, they were meant for you to practice in the first place. I came here to invest, after all, so there's no problem with letting you practice these Self-Created Soul Skills and cultivation methods. At the same time, I hope you'll make a name for me."
"Let plenty of people know that Shrek has a grandmaster of Soul Master theory named Yu Xiaogang, who possesses Self-Created Soul Skills and top-tier cultivation methods. Then I'll be able to turn my fortunes around. Then the entire soul world will have to marvel at my world-shaking wisdom."
The further Yu Xiaogang followed this train of thought, the more excited he became. He kept thinking that he could finally turn his fortunes around. Although all this had been plagiarized from Tang San, so what? Tang San, that rebellious disciple from his previous life, had not taken him along when he ascended to the Divine Realm. There was nothing wrong with collecting a little benefit from him.
Besides, in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, if I hadn't guided Tang San to godhood, could Tang San have ascended to become a god?
So he had simply plagiarized Tang San's cultivation methods without hesitation, without the slightest guilty conscience.
"Then let's hurry and call Old Zhao and the others over."
"Old Zhao, hurry over, all of you! There's a real treasure here!" Flender hurried off to call Zhao Wuji. Once Zhao Wuji had been called, he, as the academy's vice dean, soon brought all the teachers over.
"Li Yusong, what do you think Flender wanted us here for? And who's this fellow who doesn't even look like a Soul Ancestor?" Shao Xin, the academy's food-type Soul Saint, asked curiously.
"How would I know?" Li Yusong was curious, too.
"Take a look at these!"
Flender showed everyone the Self-Created Soul Skills and cultivation methods. Zhao Wuji took a look and found that these cultivation methods and Self-Created Soul Skills simply shattered his view of the world. To think such Self-Created Soul Skills and cultivation methods existed.
"Flender, where did these come from? Probably only those top Soul Master families or the Seven Great Sects would qualify to possess Self-Created Soul Skills like these."
"Don't tell me you stole them from a top-tier power. Our Shrek couldn't withstand their retaliation."
Zhao Wuji grew a little nervous. After taking a savage beating from Spirit Hall in the past, he had become wary and no longer dared to act recklessly, afraid of provoking another top-tier power. The consequences would be unthinkable.
At the same time, he understood that such formidable Self-Created Soul Skills and other things did not seem like something Flender could possess. That meant they could only have come from a top-tier power. So how had Flender obtained them?
That was why Zhao Wuji was nervous.
"Don't worry, Old Zhao. I didn't steal these. Yu Xiaogang gave them to me. Let me introduce him: this is the Golden Iron Triangle's Horn of Wisdom, the grandmaster of theory among the three of us, Yu Xiaogang. He's the best when it comes to theory. Although his theories aren't recognized by the soul world, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill the three of us share was developed under Yu Xiaogang's direction."
"These Self-Created Soul Skills and cultivation methods were all developed by Yu Xiaogang himself through many years of research."
"These weren't stolen from anyone. Yu Xiaogang's innate Martial Soul was very poor and underwent a harmful mutation, making cultivation extremely difficult. With no other option, he switched his focus to theoretical research."
"Old Zhao, just put your mind at ease. These definitely aren't things we stole from someone else. We won't face retaliation from any top-tier power. Don't worry."
Flender trusted Yu Xiaogang deeply and believed he would not do such things. Besides, in Flender's eyes, Yu Xiaogang was a grandmaster of theory. Did he need to steal from others?
"So that's how it is. That's good, then. But speaking of which, that name, Yu Xiaogang..."
Zhao Wuji began trying to recall where he had heard the name Yu Xiaogang before.
"Wait, Yu Xiaogang...!"
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