"I am Su Yu."
Su Yu maintained his composure, which made Qian Duoduo regard him with newfound respect.
"Aren't you afraid I might suddenly attack and kill you?"
"Please don't joke, senior. This world still needs order."
Qian Duoduo snorted coldly and changed the subject.
"I heard you're from the Xingluo Empire."
"That's right, I didn't expect the senior to be so well-informed." Su Yu was not surprised that the other party knew this.
"Why join the Sun and Moon Empire?" Qian Duoduo fixed his gaze on Su Yu.
"It's nothing, just purely because I think the unification of the continent by the Sun and Moon Empire is inevitable, so why go against the trend of the world?"
"Bullshit trend of the world!" Qian Duoduo cursed vehemently, quite agitated.
Su Yu was surprised by Qian Duoduo's reaction, not expecting such a strong response from him.
Qian Duoduo seemed very repulsed by this kind of rhetoric.
"What bullshit trend of the world, it's all nonsense! For the sake of this so-called trend, you're abandoning your own family and friends?"
"When I was six, my village was slaughtered by Evil Soul Masters. From that moment, I was alone, just surviving was enough."
Qian Duoduo fell silent for a moment.
Evil Soul Masters, truly despicable.
"Your village was massacred, don't you hate Evil Soul Masters? Don't you want to eradicate their organization?
Shrek has always been committed to exterminating Evil Soul Masters, the academy suffers heavy casualties every year to root out Evil Soul Masters—"
"Crocodile tears." Su Yu interrupted Qian Duoduo, saying, "You release your own demons and then clean them up, yet you can still dress it up as a noble cause."
"What do you mean?" Qian Duoduo's face turned grim as he asked sternly.
"Ten thousand years ago, were Evil Soul Masters nonexistent?
As far as I know, ten thousand years ago, Evil Soul Masters were driven to the City of Slaughter by the Martial Soul Hall of that time, where they killed each other.
Even the very few remaining Evil Soul Masters were hunted by Martial Soul Sub-Halls scattered across the continent.
Your Shrek ancestor Tang San destroyed the City of Slaughter and overthrew the Martial Soul Hall.
Now that Shrek enjoys the same honor as the Martial Soul Hall did, isn't it only natural to take over their responsibilities?
What is it? Enjoy the adoration of the people but don't fulfill this duty?
In fact, this duty is a consequence sown by yourselves."
Actually, Su Yu had some other thoughts he didn't express.
He suspected that the rampant Evil Soul Masters were not solely due to the destruction of the City of Slaughter.
This was just one aspect of it.
The fundamental element might still include the Rakshasa God.
The entire Divine Position of the Rakshasa God was destroyed by a certain Divine King.
And the Rakshasa God controlled the Power of Ultimate Evil and Resentment Slaughter, ruling over all darkness in the world.
Could there be no connection here?
Without the evil darkness rules being controlled, Evil Martial Souls seemed unrestrained, each one terrifyingly powerful.
...
Qian Duoduo frowned.
The history Su Yu spoke of existed, but no one had ever interpreted it that way.
However, upon careful reflection, this interpretation didn't seem unreasonable.
...
Reception room.
Su Yu led Qian Duoduo away, leaving Fan Yu here to wait.
Soon, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Huo Yuhao entered.
"Yuhao!"
Fan Yu couldn't believe it the moment he saw Huo Yuhao. How could Huo Yuhao appear in Mingde Hall?
Moreover, wearing that school uniform...
"Yuhao, how are you here?"
"Teacher Fan Yu."
Huo Yuhao had heard from Xiao Hongchen on the way that Fan Yu was here.
Yet he still came.
Since they could meet, he naturally wanted to see him.
After all, Fan Yu had treated him quite well in the past.
When the Martial Soul System was unwilling to give him core disciple status, Fan Yu applied for the Soul Guide System's core disciple identity for him.
However, Huo Yuhao no longer wanted to return to Shrek.
Things were good at Mingde Hall.
With Teacher Mirror Hongchen, a Level 94 Titled Douluo, personally guiding him, along with medicinal baths, diets, and elixirs to greatly increase his cultivation speed and the most advanced soul-guiding technology...
Most importantly, they wouldn't stop him from seeking revenge here.
"Yuhao, do you know how worried your Teacher Zhou Yi and I are? Also, your partners, they are all very worried about you!"
Fan Yu was overjoyed to see Huo Yuhao, but upon seeing his Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy uniform, a wave of anger surged.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Fan Yu, I lied to you. No one helped me hunt my Soul Ring, I ventured out alone.
Shrek couldn't give me what I wanted, but Mingde Hall could."
"Yuhao, how did they entice you?"
Fan Yu had a look of disbelief on his face.
"How could Shrek not give you what you want? Shrek is the number one academy on the continent, with the best cultivation environment and resources."
"Hold on."
Mirror Hongchen interrupted Fan Yu's fervor.
"To correct you, the current top academy on the continent is the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy."
"By the way, if I'm not mistaken, Yuhao's treatment in Shrek Outer Courtyard wasn't as good as imagined.
The environment and resources in Shrek are not as good as our Sun and Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy's.
Oh yes, you even overlooked such an outstanding Life Martial Soul in Yuhao.
It just shows you're not fit to nurture Yuhao."
...
Su Yu missed out on quite the drama.
The rivalry and mutual slander between the old and new teachers.
Taking Qian Duoduo to the prison where Not Much Money was held, they argued multiple times on the way.
Later on, Qian Duoduo stopped speaking to Su Yu.
He believed everything Su Yu said was nonsense.
Su Yu shrugged and didn't continue, intending to give Qian Duoduo some time to calm down.
...
"Not Much Money, your family is here to see you." The officer in charge of guarding opened the cell door and spoke to Not Much Money, who was napping.
Not Much Money sat up and rubbed his eyes but lay back down upon seeing Qian Duoduo, muttering, "I must still be dreaming."
"Not much!"
Qian Duoduo glanced around the setup of the cell.
It wasn't a dark cell.
There were Soul Guide lamps for lighting, clean and tidy with a bed, a desk, and chairs...
Qian Duoduo almost wondered if Mingde Hall was playing a trick on him.
"Not much!"
Qian Duoduo's voice grew intense, and under the amplification of Soul Power, it thundered in Not Much Money's ears like rolling thunder.
Not Much Money shuddered and sat up from the bed.
"Uncle?"
"It's really you!"
"Have you come to rescue me?"
"No, you're just here to see me."
Not Much Money was at a loss for words.
He didn't expect his uncle to come all the way to visit him.
Not Much Money dragged Qian Duoduo to sit by the bed, and they began to reminisce.
Su Yu didn't follow them inside.
"Uncle, Su Yu, the one who just came with you, he's a Life Martial Soul with an Ultimate Life Attribute and also from the Xingluo Empire." Not Much Money whispered to his uncle.
Qian Duoduo's eyes grew moist, his heart filled with sorrow.
No need to explain, he understood why his nephew was captured.
It was about Su Yu's Ultimate Life Martial Soul again.
Qian Duoduo felt a complex mix of emotions.