Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 121: This is Shrek, Listen to Xiao Hongchen's Story
You know, Ju Zi is Xu Tianran's nominal queen. Xu Tianran's actions are, in a sense, actively cuckolding himself.
From the emperor's perspective, he must have offspring regardless, but this method is indeed a bit difficult to pull off.
Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment, then said: "It seems that Xu Tianran is completely using you and treating you as a tool."
A bitter smile appeared on Ju Zi's face. She knew this truth, but most of the time, many people had no choice. If she could take revenge, she wouldn't need to be Xu Tianran's subordinate. Instead, she would choose to directly storm the Duke's Mansion and take the life of the White Tiger Duke.
Huo Yuhao stared at Ju Zi and said: "Ju Zi, do you want to betray Xu Tianran and become my subordinate directly? Of course, you're also my undercover lurking in Xu Tianran's camp, and I will give you benefits that you cannot refuse."
Because Ju Zi was not as mature as in the original story, and since the other party liked him, Huo Yuhao decided to extend an olive branch.
Ju Zi was a little surprised: "Benefits that cannot be refused?"
"Exactly, for example—spirit souls."
Ju Zi was confused when she heard this.
She wondered what a spirit soul was. Could it be a new type of soul guidance device?
That didn't seem right. Teacher Xuan is the leading researcher at Illustrious Virtue Hall, so he has always been at the forefront of soul guidance research and development. Therefore, as Xuan Ziwen's student, she knew the names of new soul guidance devices.
"What is a spirit soul?" she asked, puzzled.
"The so-called spirit soul is a system that can replace the soul ring system. It's better than the soul ring system because it can not only maintain the wisdom of the soul beast before its death but also assist the soul master in combat."
"This is impossible. How many years has the soul ring system been around? No one can change this system," Ju Zi said, surprised.
"I know you don't believe it, so I'll show you proof." Huo Yuhao released Tianmeng's spirit soul. At this moment, Tianmeng appeared as a white jade silkworm, looking very cute.
"Is this the spirit soul?" Ju Zi was surprised. "It looks like a real soul beast. If many people could have spirit souls like this, then betraying Xu Tianran wouldn't be so difficult."
Ju Zi's heart also stirred. If the spirit soul is as Huo Yuhao described, then its significance is enormous.
Even equipping just one spirit soul to each member of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer Corps could greatly enhance their combat power.
This also meant that her revenge plan could be better executed.
Huo Yuhao looked at Ju Zi. "Senior Ju Zi, you can also have this spirit soul, and others will have the opportunity as well. But the price is that you must sign a contract with me."
"Contract?" Ju Zi was confused.
"Exactly. In simple terms, it's to prevent either of us from revealing our betrayal to others. It's a kind of guarantee. I've already established an organization called the Spirit Pagoda, and Master Kong is part of it." Huo Yuhao began persuading Ju Zi.
After some thought, Ju Zi agreed to Huo Yuhao's request because he proved that he could help her avenge her revenge against Dai Hao. The value of this spirit soul was too great; it was enough to subvert the current soul ring system.
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Shrek Academy
Xiao Hongchen walked along the road toward the dormitory building.
Studying at Shrek Academy was a novel experience for him, but not a particularly pleasant one.
Since arriving at Shrek, he felt that there were some extremely unreasonable aspects of the academy.
He complained to Lin Xi beside him: "Lin Xi, what on earth is Shrek Academy thinking?"
"I came here to learn how to become an excellent soul master. After all, Shrek is indeed far ahead in training soul masters."
"But why did they make me stand in the cafeteria to eat when I arrived? I wonder if this is some kind of torture for students?"
Lin Xi was also helpless. He didn't expect that a prestigious institution like Shrek would do such a poor job managing its cafeteria.
It's not that the food isn't delicious, but the rules are ridiculous. This isn't about training soul masters but about training obedience among students.
He nodded: "Xiao Hongchen, you're right. But aside from the cafeteria, Shrek Academy is also extremely stingy with its toilet facilities."
According to his research, there are very few toilets at Shrek.
The layout is like this: there are only a few collective toilets per floor, and there are only two on each floor of the outer courtyard dormitory.
Furthermore, there is only one main dormitory building in the outer courtyard, with six floors. The fourth floor is the female dormitory, meaning the first to third floors are for male students.
How many students does Shrek admit each year?
According to the original story, there are very few students in the inner courtyard, rarely exceeding 50. The total student body has never exceeded 5,000, but about 1,000 new students are enrolled annually.
With some calculations, there are approximately 4,000 students in the outer academy. If the male-to-female ratio is about 50/50, then over 2,000 boys are spread across the first, second, and third floors.
So, it's not an exaggeration to say that hundreds of students are fighting for a single toilet in the dormitory building.
Xiao Hongchen looked depressed: "Lin Xi, Shrek Academy has stood for thousands of years. I don't understand why it's so rich but still so stingy. This is unreasonable."
His main purpose in coming here was to improve his understanding of soul masters and strengthen his abilities, but now he feels that some details of Shrek's management are quite problematic.
Downstairs in the dormitory building, Mu En, lying on a chair and basking in the sun, heard their conversation and twitched his mouth slightly. He wondered if the two Sun-Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy exchange students had such a bad impression of Shrek.
Of course, even if he was somewhat dissatisfied, he didn't stop them from discussing.
Because now he is just an old man at the bottom of the dormitory — not the head of the Sea God Pavilion.
Even if he were the head of the Sea God Pavilion, questioning Xiao Hongchen and Lin Xi directly would be considered bullying the weak.
'This system was designed by our ancestors to train Shrek students. When Shrek was first founded, conditions were very poor, and our goal was to train monsters. Even for an outer academy, we must do our best to cultivate potential monsters. It's not unreasonable. Questioning the wisdom of our ancestors,' he thought.
(End of this chapter)