Arrival at the Mingdu Branch, the Hidden Hand

After listening to Xu Xingyu's story, Wang Dong'er had mixed feelings.

First, let me state that her memories of the past are like watching a movie, and even in her memories, she didn't actually have much contact with her grandparents.

So I absolutely don't feel sympathy; at most, I feel a bit conflicted.

She already harbored great resentment towards her father, Tang San, and then her grandparents caused such a mess, which made her even more determined to sever ties with the Tang family.

However, it seems she still can't bring herself to directly suggest killing her own grandparents. After all, even if she has no relation to them, blood ties still exist, and it doesn't feel right to be so heartless.

If it were Tang San, Wang Dong'er would never hesitate like this. Instead, she would directly use the Sea God Trident as a signal axe and Frostmourne to deliver the final blow to him. Any father-daughter relationship would be gone after he severed his own soul and forged his personality.

In the end, Wang Dong'er softened slightly and suggested that Xu Xingyu erase their memories, reincarnate them as ordinary people, and place a seal to prevent them from advancing to God Level.

Xu Xingyu had no objection to this arrangement; after all, they had contributed a lot to her, so this approach wasn't unreasonable.

As for the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline that belonged to Ah Yin in Gu Yuena's possession, it was given to Tang Ya after being cleaned.

Tang Ya's long hours working at the Spirit Contract Pagoda and the discovery of part of the deception in Tang San's Blue Silver Grass script through her Blue Silver Emperor Soul Spirit shattered her illusions about Tang San.

Therefore, she felt at ease absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, allowing her Martial Soul to evolve once again.

Anyway, the Tang in the Tang Sect now isn't Tang San, it's Tang Ya, so no one can say anything about it.

After some twists and turns, the group arrived at the Spirit Contract Pagoda of the Mingdu branch. There, a protective shield surrounded the area, completely isolating the thick smoke in Mingdu that could turn people into Evil Soul Master and preventing anyone from entering.

This is one of the protective systems that Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena set up here. However, because it requires a lot of materials, only the main tower and the Spirit Contract Pagoda in the capital of each country have this protective device installed.

I just didn't expect it to be such a big event the first time I used it.

Upon arriving near the protective shield, Xu Xingyu did not instruct the people inside to activate it. Instead, she chose to open a spatial rift to allow people to pass directly through the shield.

Inside the protective shield Xu Xingyu and the others saw many ordinary people who had been rescued near the Spirit Contract Pagoda just as the shield was activated, as well as some lucky members of sects, schools, and academies who had managed to escape there.

Xu Xingyu was surprised to find that students from the Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy were also there.

The number of people from the Sun Moon Royal Academy who came here was not small, but it wasn't large either.

This is probably because the Holy Spirit Cult also planted biological bombs at the Mingde Hall, causing the entire Mingde Hall to be destroyed.

The students here were probably lucky enough to escape. As for the rest, they either died in the explosion or have become Evil Soul Master and started wreaking havoc.

Xu Xingyu could tell that they were simply seeking refuge, so she didn't deliberately make things difficult for them. However, she still had to be a little wary of them, so she instructed the staff of the Mingdu branch 'Spirit Contract Pagoda to be careful when treating their injuries and to keep a close watch on them.

Xu Xingyu was somewhat surprised by Shrek's presence here, given that Shrek Academy had Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan, one Super Douluo at Level 98 who was infinitely close to the limit, and the other a Titled Douluo Super Douluo with combat power.

Now, only Zhang Lexuan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Dugu Yanran remain on the Shrek Team; the others are nowhere to be found.

You don't know until you ask, and once you ask, you'll stumble upon a huge juicy story.

According to Bei Bei, when they were escaping, Xuan Zi suddenly went mad for some reason and began attacking the students indiscriminately.

At first, Bei Bei and the others thought that the other party was affected by the biochemical gas in the air. People with strong cultivation can use their Soul Power to isolate themselves from the influence of these gases. As a Level 98 Super Douluo, Xuan Zi had naturally been isolating himself from the influence of the biochemical gas since the beginning of this crisis.

Under such circumstances, how could Xuan Zi have been corrupted, causing his Martial Soul to degenerate into Evil Martial Soul, the Dark Taotie?

The reason for this was only revealed after Zhang Lexuan led them to escape.

They had just escaped from Xuan Zi and were preparing to leave Mingdu according to their original plan, but they encountered the Holy Spirit Cult not long after they left.

It was as if they had known all along that Shrek was coming and had laid an ambush beforehand, catching them completely off guard.

It was at this moment that they learned that there was a traitor in their Shrek Team, and what was surprising was that the traitor was none other than He Caitou!

It's unclear when exactly, He Caitou had contact with the Holy Spirit Cult, and then, in order to avenge himself against the Sun Moon Empire, he chose to betray Shrek Academy and the Spirit Contract Pagoda, assisting their plans.

The biological weapons found at the Spirit Contract Pagoda, Shrek Academy, and the original Three Kingdoms were actually used by the Holy Spirit Cult to deceive them. The real biological bombs look completely different from what they found, and the metal used to make them is a special type that can shield Spiritual Power, so you can't detect the truth without disassembling them.

As for Xuan Zi, it was because He Caitou had poisoned his food, and the poison was actually a liquid version of the biochemical gas emitted by the bio-bomb.

This drug is colorless and odorless, and initially there will be no effect from taking it. However, with prolonged use, its medicinal properties will accumulate and then manifest at a certain time.

This is why Xuan Zi suddenly fell into becoming Evil Soul Master. One can only say, Xuan Zi, don't you even bother to check the food you eat?

The attack on them by the Holy Spirit Cult was also He Caitou's doing; otherwise, Shrek wouldn't have been so easily located.

To be honest, facing several Titled Douluo at the level of Evil Soul Master, the remaining members of the Shrek Academy were somewhat desperate.

If Zhang Lexuan hadn't crushed a scroll and teleported Electrolux to repel the Holy Spirit Cult members, they might have been completely wiped out there.

After Electrolux arrived, he used his light magic and Power of Purification to repel the Holy Spirit Cult members and finally brought them into the protective shield of the Spirit Contract Pagoda of the Mingdu branch.

This is the story from the Shrek Academy.