At this point, Xu Zhengyang looked at all the team members, especially Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
"I know that in your eyes, Shrek Academy may not be very strong, but in this Soul Master Tournament, we can defeat Shrek Academy and win the championship."
"But I'm telling you now, these are all illusions, especially your belief that Shrek Academy is weak, or even that they're nothing special. It's all a lie."
" Shrek's starting lineup suffered four injuries, leaving them with only three starters and four substitutes. Most of these substitutes are Soul Ancestor and Soul Elder, along with two Grand Soul Master. Even so, they still made it to the finals and caused our Sun Moon Team a lot of trouble."
"We can imagine that by the next Soul Master Tournament, these substitute players will have become stronger, and that will be the real challenge, that will be the true Shrek."
Everyone swallowed hard upon hearing Xu Zhengyang's words. Just as Xu Zhengyang said, everyone felt that their class was the strongest in history. Not only did they have the most Soul Elder enrolled, but their cultivation speed was also the fastest. In just two years, they had already produced more than eight Soul Ancestor, which was the best record in the history of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
According to their thinking, the Shrek Team was nothing special, and they would definitely be able to easily win the championship in the next Soul Master Tournament. After all, by then, everyone would be at least Soul King, and there might even be multiple Soul Emperor. It was impossible for them to perform worse than this time.
But Xu Zhengyang's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on everyone's hearts. Even the arrogant Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen became extremely serious at this moment. Just as Xu Zhengyang said, they had witnessed Shrek's terrifying combat power. Soul Ancestor Battle Soul King was already a basic operation, not to mention Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who had three Twin Martial Souls, which would be even more difficult to deal with in the future.
Xu Zhengyang continued, "Over the next five years, everyone will undergo extremely rigorous and brutal training, which will be exceptionally dangerous. You could lose your life at any time. Therefore, I require all team members to write a will after returning today, regardless of who you are or your status. I cannot guarantee that all of you will survive to five years from now. Injuries, deaths, and even death are all quite normal."
At this point, Xu Zhengyang looked at Xu Tianzhen beside him. "You too, if you want to fight for the Sun Moon Team and become a true powerhouse, go back and write a will."
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this. As geniuses, they naturally understood the significance of writing a will and the dangers they would face. Even Xu Tianzhen became unusually serious.
Ma Rulong and Ma Rufeng, standing to the side, also appeared unusually serious. After all, this was Soul Master Academy; there was no reason for someone to write a will.
Even so, they did not refute Xu Zhengyang, because they both knew Xu Zhengyang's attitude towards things; once he made a decision, it was impossible to change it easily.
With the team selection complete, Xu Zhengyang began to arrange the team's training plan. This training plan was significantly more intense and equally dangerous than the previous team's plan.
Back when they were in the team, Ma Rulong, and Xu Zhengyang was the one who often made suggestions. But now that Xu Zhengyang is the captain, he no longer cares about other people's suggestions and decides all the training content himself. Even Ma Rufeng, the team leader, can't interfere.
Xu Zhengyang's training was more complex and arduous than before. The first step was weight training, including extreme cross-country running and various high-difficulty rock climbing. The second step was the use of medicinal baths. When everyone was extremely tired, they used various precious medicinal herbs for medicinal baths, and all expenses were covered by the academy, which showed the academy's emphasis on the team.
You have to understand, the next Soul Master Tournament will be held in the Sun Moon Empire. We finally won the championship, and if we perform poorly next time, we will be disgracing the entire royal family.
Besides weighted cross-country rock climbing, there are other training methods, including weighted swimming, and even releasing various Soul Beast into a huge lake. This is extremely dangerous training, but it can also train all the muscles in the body and an individual's reaction ability.
Regarding the research and application of Soul Tool, everyone mainly focuses on practical combat. Xu Zhengyang's plan is to go to the Soul Beast Soul Beast Forest once a month and stay there for at least a week.
When everyone saw Xu Zhengyang's training plan, their faces turned pale. This was no longer a question of whether it would be hard or not; it meant that this new team would be constantly teetering on the brink of death.
Of course, Xu Zhengyang also had other plans. After everyone reached the Soul King realm, he would take the entire team directly to the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion. At that time, they would understand the cruelty of war and the true iron-bloodedness of the army, which would greatly benefit teamwork.
The grueling training officially began on the second day, and no one backed down, not even Xu Tianzhen.
They seemed quite spirited.
But in just one day, her strong fighting spirit withered away. This was no longer training, but a trial, which made the little girl complain endlessly. But because of her willful personality, no one dared to provoke her, and no one dared to help her.
Compared to others, Xu Zhengyang's training was much more rigorous. The weight he carried was several times that of others, and the medicinal bath used a steam therapy he had developed himself.
A full month later, everyone seemed to have changed. Not only did they become unusually serious, but their physical condition and personality also changed, and they all became extremely strong.
Xu Tianzhen, that little girl, couldn't keep up with everyone's pace when training first started. Her physical fitness was the worst among everyone, not to mention her coping abilities.
But this little girl, I don't know who taught her, actually managed to persevere and even started to catch up with the other team members in various aspects.
It has to be said that Xu Tianzhen's talent is truly remarkable, especially after daily meditation, which has led to significant improvement. In terms of talent alone, Xu Tianzhen is already on par with Xiao Hongchen, and her Sun flames are something that everyone is extremely wary of.
However, despite waiting for a month, Xu Zhengyang still received no news from the Holy Spirit Cult. Even though Crown Prince Xu Tianran had promised to let him contact Tang Ya, no further news came.
There was another piece of good news: Zhengtian Academy had finally moved here, although only a mere thirty people had come.
That morning, under the leadership of Dean Jing Hongchen, Ma Rufeng, Ma Rulong, Xu Zhengyang, Xiao Hongchen and others personally received the Zhengtian Academy who had come from afar.
The dean of the Zhengtian Academy is a middle-aged man whose exact age is unknown. His Martial Soul is also the Golden Leaf. Judging from his appearance, he is somewhat similar to Ye Wuqing Yu Mengdi's mother.
The Zhengtian Academy brought a total of seven teachers and twenty-three students to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. These students had different talents; some were outstanding, while others were relatively average. Among the students, Ye Wuqing and Yu Mengdi were the most outstanding.
However, they have one thing in common: their Martial Soul are more or less similar to those of the Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago, or rather, somewhat similar to those of the Worship Hall.
For example, Tang Xiaolei's Martial Soul, the Purple Splendor Bow, is somewhat similar to the Guang Ling Bow from ten thousand years ago. Bow-type Martial Soul are extremely rare, and there seems to be a connection between the two. What surprised Xu Zhengyang even more was that among these thirty people, four had the Coiling Dragon Staff as their martial Martial Soul, although their surnames were different and they were not from Qian Gu. Their individual strength was also average, and two of them had the Golden Crocodile as their martial Martial Soul.
If one is not very familiar with the Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago, one would not be able to perceive the relationship between the Zhengtian Academy and the Spirit Hall at all; one could even say that Zhengtian Academy was related to the original Worship Hall.
After the two sides made contact, Zhengtian Academy was very surprised by the situation of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. They did not expect that Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy would attach so much importance to the Zhengtian Academy. Not only did it allocate one-sixth of the entire Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy area to the Zhengtian Academy, but the allocated area also had exceptionally luxurious buildings and various facilities. In fact, the entire Martial Soul Department was completely isolated from other departments, like an independent small country.
Once in the conference room, the two sides began to discuss the establishment of the academy.
From now on, the entire Martial Soul Department will develop independently, with the Dean of the Zhengtian Academy serving as the Martial Soul Department head. The original Dean of Studies will continue to serve as the Dean of Studies for the Martial Soul Department. All operating expenses for the entire Martial Soul Department will be provided by the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. The various Soul Tool that were originally promised will also be provided as soon as possible.
Even if someone needs Soul Ring to break through to the next level, the Martial Soul Department can submit an application to the academy, and the academy will arrange personnel to handle it immediately, while absolutely ensuring the safety of the personnel involved.
In conclusion, after all the conditions were explained, everyone at the Zhengtian Academy was extremely satisfied. The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy did not impose too many requirements or restrictions on the Zhengtian Academy, but instead spared no expense in providing resources, which shows how much the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy valued Zhengtian Academy.
According to the communication between the two parties, the Martial Soul Department will recruit ordinary students in the future, and educate students just like ordinary advanced Soul Master Academy. Some Soul Engineer may even be able to choose to study the Martial Soul Department.
This is not a problem at all for a long-established academy like Zhengtian Academy, whose greatest strength lies in teaching, especially teaching ordinary advanced Soul Master Academy.
It can be said that from beginning to end, Zhengtian Academy did not need to pay too much. It was just like an ordinary advanced Soul Master Academy, except that the location was moved to the Sun Moon Empire, which was entirely beneficial.
However, among everyone, Xu Zhengyang's gaze was drawn to someone next to Yu Mengdi. This person looked somewhat similar to Yu Mengdi, but was younger, and exuded the same aura of holiness and radiance as Yu Mengdi.
Ye Guyi —when Xu Zhengyang first learned about the list of personnel at the Zhengtian Academy, all his attention was focused on this name.
In terms of pure talent, Ye Guyi is even superior to Yu Mengdi, but she did not participate in the last Soul Master Tournament because of her young age.
This also surprised Xu Zhengyang greatly. He never expected that Ye Guyi was born in the Zhengtian Academy, especially since her surname was completely different from Yu Mengdi's.
The original novel does not describe Ye Guyi's background, but her amazing talent and special Holy Angel Martial Soul amaze countless people. Moreover, her Holy Angel Martial Soul has a natural ability to restrain Evil Soul Master.
Ye Guyi's combat strength is particularly outstanding, and she may even surpass Ji Juechen in the future, even though Ye Guyi is much younger than Ji Juechen.
When Xu Zhengyang was cursed by the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, he wanted to find an Angel Martial Soul to help him, but he never received any news, especially about Ye Guyi. It seemed like she had never appeared in the entire Mingdu. Unexpectedly, she was still at the Zhengtian Academy, which was a pleasant surprise.