Tang San: Battle Armor, Soul Cannon Shells, Mecha-are they as powerful as my hidden weapons?

"This isn't even as good as our Spirit Hall. At least our Spirit Hall awakened Martial Souls for commoners for free, and even subsidized these commoner Soul Masters with Gold Soul Coins," Qian Renxue said.

At that moment, in the Sky Screen Livestream Room, Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao perked up at once upon hearing that Spirit Hall subsidized commoner Soul Masters with Gold Soul Coins.

[Huo Yuhao: Spirit Hall subsidized commoner Soul Masters with Gold Soul Coins?]

[Tang Wulin: Really, really? They really gave out Gold Soul Coin subsidies?]

[Bibi Dong: Yes.]

At that moment, Bibi Dong stared at the two asking these questions, stunned.

"Aren't these two the protagonists from ten thousand and twenty thousand years in the future mentioned earlier? Are they that short on Gold Soul Coins?" Bibi Dong asked in confusion.

Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen, Qian Renxue turned to Ye Guyi and asked, "After our Spirit Hall was destroyed by Shrek Academy, did Shrek Academy take over our work and help commoners awaken their Martial Souls?"

Ye Guyi shook her head and said, "In our era, even awakening a Martial Soul had become an extravagant hope for commoners."

"Then how did later generations judge our Spirit Hall?" Qian Renxue asked.

Ye Guyi: "..."

For a moment, Ye Guyi did not know how to answer, so Jiang Yan took over and replied.

"How else? Naturally, they called Spirit Hall an evil organization that sought to unify the Douluo Continent."

In the Sky Screen Livestream Room, Qian Daoliu was dumbfounded when he saw this label.

[Qian Daoliu: Spirit Hall, evil?]

[Qian Daoliu: Who wrote this? Spirit Hall was founded by the angel lineage. What does it have to do with evil?]

[Qian Daoliu: When our Spirit Hall was around, what Fallen Soul Master dared openly step forward to establish an organization? To massacre commoners wantonly?]

Within the Sky Screen, Qian Renxue's face was likewise full of question marks.

"What does unifying the continent have to do with being an evil organization?" Qian Renxue argued indignantly.

"History is written by the victors. Shrek Academy won, and Spirit Hall lost, so naturally, Spirit Hall became the evil one," Jiang Yan said.

At that moment, Ye Guyi also turned to Jiang Yan and asked, "So was Shrek Academy this overbearing in every era?"

Jiang Yan nodded and replied, "Yes. The Shrek Academy ten thousand years in the future was practically as close as family with the Holy Spirit Cult. A few of its famous figures together killed almost more commoners than the Holy Spirit Cult did."

"Let's get back to Shrek Academy twenty thousand years in the future."

"Twenty thousand years in the future, Shrek Academy's prestige reached an unprecedented and unsurpassable level. It even thought nothing of the Sun Moon Federation. Not only was Shrek City outside the jurisdiction of federal law, but Shrek Academy's students repeatedly stirred up trouble outside, giving the federation quite a headache," Jiang Yan said.

"That actually happened? The federation couldn't deal with these Shrek students who broke the law?" Qian Renxue was somewhat surprised. She had not expected Shrek Academy's prestige to reach such heights.

"They couldn't keep them in check. The moment you punished a Shrek Academy student, Shrek Academy would immediately pressure you to release them," Leng Yaozhu said helplessly.

Their Spirit Pagoda often encountered situations like this. On several occasions, Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li had even come to her personally to demand someone's release, leaving her gritting her teeth in anger.

"Exactly. As the saying goes, when the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams cannot stand straight. Those Shrek students were no better. Take Tang Wulin, for example," Jiang Yan began.

"After he entered Shrek Academy, his first semester's final assessment required the students to defeat a Soul Master far stronger than themselves in every city they visited."

"From then on, Tang Wulin embarked on his road of crime. For example, he openly attacked a One-Word Battle Armor Master who had just finished registering his information. When the security forces arrived, Tang Wulin and his group even turned around and bit back! They claimed that the One-Word Battle Armor Master had attacked them!"

"What's more, the situation at the time was complicated. There were so many passersby on the street, and they had no Soul Power. Suddenly being dragged into a battle like that was truly an undeserved calamity."

"There were far too many similar incidents. I won't list them one by one," Jiang Yan said.

At that moment, outside the Sky Screen, in the Dragon King era, Tang Wulin froze briefly as he listened to his own deeds, then retorted.

"That was really me? Impossible! I'm a good, law-abiding citizen!"

At that moment, the Sky Screen Livestream Room was nearly flooded with complaints from Soul Masters of the Dragon King era.

[Exactly! Shrek students attacked passersby at will for their assessments!]

[I heard Shrek students don't even have to face punishment for killing people!]

[Who knows who started this trend? It's utterly heinous!]

[How are Shrek Academy's actions any different from those of a terrorist organization?]

[Qiangu Dongfeng: Aren't they a terrorist organization?]

[Ghost Emperor: Isn't Shrek Academy as close as family with our Holy Spirit Cult?]

[Long Yeyue: What do you mean by that? These are all normal Shrek Academy assessments!]

[Flender: Exactly! So what if the students attack a few passersby? Those who don't dare stir up trouble are mediocrities!]

In an instant, Shrek Academy of the Dragon King era was dragged completely into a maelstrom of public opinion.

First came its murky relationship with the Holy Spirit Cult, then these arbitrary attacks on passersby, leading many people to begin boycotting Shrek Academy.

In the end, Ya Li stepped forward to help Shrek Academy reassure the public. She stated that Shrek Academy would provide some compensation to those who had been attacked, and guaranteed that similar incidents would never happen again.

Only then did things gradually settle down.

At that moment, on Sea God Island in the Shrek Inner Court, Ya Li and Yun Ming let out heavy sighs of relief.

"I hope nothing else unfavorable to Shrek Academy appears in the animation," Ya Li said with a sigh.

"Don't worry. There probably won't be any more after this. With Ancestor Tang San around, things like attacking others at will probably won't happen," Yun Ming reassured her.

Meanwhile, within the Sky Screen, Qian Renxue suddenly remembered that Jiang Yan had mentioned Battle Armor several times earlier, and asked, "Just what exactly is this Battle Armor you mentioned?"

"Battle Armor is soul guidance technology that can greatly enhance a Soul Master's strength," Jiang Yan said.

Leng Yaozhu picked up where Jiang Yan left off and began explaining. "Yes. Battle Armor is soul guidance technology that only existed in our era."

"For example, a Five-Ring Soul King wearing One-Word Battle Armor could have the strength of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage."

"The same principle applies to the higher levels. Battle Armor is also divided into four stages: one-word, two-word, three-word, and four-word..."

After Leng Yaozhu's explanation, Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi immediately understood the importance of Battle Armor.

"Then which is stronger, Battle Armor or Fixed Soul Cannon Shells?" Ye Guyi asked.

"Well... Battle Armor enhances Soul Masters, while Fixed Soul Cannon Shells are weapons. They follow different directions. Besides Battle Armor and Soul Cannon Shells, the technology ten thousand years in the future also includes Mecha..." Leng Yaozhu said.

At that moment, outside the Sky Screen, in the Peerless Tang Sect era, Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming exchanged a glance as they listened to Leng Yaozhu's description, their eyes full of anticipation.

"Battle Armor, Mecha-isn't that exactly the direction of our research?" Kong Deming said with feeling.

"Yes, Elder Kong. It looks like our research succeeded in the future," Jing Hongchen said.

Meanwhile, in the Sky Screen Livestream Room, one person scoffed at all this soul guidance technology.

[Tang San: Battle Armor, Soul Cannon Shells, Mecha-are they as powerful as my Tang Sect's hidden weapons?]