Douluo: The True Eye

Wang Yan's words garnered goodwill from many within the Star Luo Empire and those from the original Douluo Continent's three kingdoms.

While, besides these people, the most deeply moved should have been the participating students of Shrek Academy.

However, regrettably, apart from Huo Yuhao and others who didn't compete, almost none of the participating team members who fought on stage were still capable of normal movement.

After finishing his speech, Wang Yan left the competition stage, and Star Luo Square fell into a prolonged silence.

As for the final outcome, there wasn't much to say.

The match between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Star Luo National Academy concluded with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's absolute victory, and the champion's cup fell into their hands.

Since the Shrek Academy's members had already been eliminated, they quickly packed up and left Star Luo City without lingering.

Although eliminated teams could still remain as spectators in the viewing area to observe the finals' progress.

Shrek Academy couldn't afford to lose face like that; throughout history, how many times had they taken a position other than champion?

Therefore, the Shrek Academy group didn't stay long. Although the Zhuqing Ice Toad's poison was disgusting, Meng Hongchen's cultivation was only at the Soul King level.

After the competition's healing-type Soul Douluo expert intervened, the ice and fire poison inflicted on them was forcibly suppressed and dispelled.

Although some residual poison remained, they would recover after a month or so of normal recuperation back at Shrek Academy.

Although as a top four team, Shrek Academy also received a reward from the competition, it was just some gold soul coins.

At that moment, this reward felt more like using Shrek Academy's reputation to mop the floor.

Therefore, without lingering, Wang Yan led the Shrek Academy group and quietly left Star Luo City one early morning.

They left the city that held the glory of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, and the most severe setback Shrek Academy had ever experienced in its millennia-long history.

As they departed, Xuan Zi also appeared, but unusually, the large red wine gourd that he always carried at his waist was nowhere to be seen.

Even his appetite seemed much smaller; he simply used a flying soul tool to carry the students back to Shrek Academy at a steady pace, without eating anything.

After flying for most of the day, they arrived at Shrek Academy in the evening. Unlike usual, Shrek Academy was unusually quiet, and Xuan Zi didn't stop at the academy's main gate but flew directly deeper into the academy.

However, the closer they got to Shrek Academy, the more uneasy the group became.

Ning Tian, as a support-type soul master, and Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, who were younger and didn't have many opportunities to play, were relatively fine.

Xi Xi, Bei Bei, and the others, who had awakened after treatment but were still pale and severely weakened, displayed an attitude of silence and repression.

However, Xuan Zi didn't linger in the outer court; he crossed the Sea God Lake and flew directly towards the Sea God Pavilion on Sea God Island in the center of the lake.

Gongyang Mo was quite surprised by this scene, but he didn't know why. Because the Sea God Pavilion, as the core institution of Shrek Academy's power, was generally only qualified to be entered by the Sea God Pavilion Elders and the four deans of the outer court.

Even they, as inner court students, rarely had the opportunity to enter it directly, and these defeated soldiers were actually being brought to the Sea God Pavilion by Xuan Zi.

After arriving at Sea God Island, Xuan Zi led everyone to descend from the air and walk on the road built of stone slabs, without saying a word along the way. After passing through various pavilions and buildings coexisting with trees, a three-story building appeared in front of everyone.

Unsurprisingly, this was the Sea God Pavilion, a full wooden structure, with a sense of vicissitudes in its simplicity, faintly containing a mysterious but difficult to perceive energy aura.

At this time, everyone became serious. Xuan Zi looked at everyone and shook his head, saying, "I'll accompany you here. Go in, the Pavilion Master is waiting for you."

After speaking, Xuan Zi left, because for his previous actions, Mu En had also set up a special punishment for him, but because he had to pick up the Shrek Academy's participating team members, the time of punishment was postponed.

Only now, the punishment that should be accepted could not be escaped after all. After all, in addition to his actions before and during the competition, Xuan Zi had also caused a trouble for Shrek Academy that was neither big nor small.

Because of his unauthorized action before, Mingde Hall took the opportunity to use it as a smokescreen, secretly spreading the news of the True Dragon Egg's loss.

Although they didn't dare to take direct action, many people and forces also probed Shrek Academy. After all, although Xuan Zi's speed was extremely fast at the time, and he also concealed his whereabouts.

But helplessly, there were only so many titled experts with names and surnames on the entire Douluo Continent, and Mingde Hall was also trying to muddy the waters, so it was easy to locate Shrek Academy as their old rival.

Whether they really found out or stumbled upon it by chance, Shrek Academy had indeed been quite chaotic these days.

However, this was not the most important thing. The most important thing was Ma Xiaotao's matter. In addition to Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe was also punished by Mu En.

Because of the unfavorable cultivation of Ma Xiaotao, coupled with the failure to discover Ma Xiaotao's evil spirit in time, which eventually led to her irreversible becoming a evil soul master, although not many people in the outer and inner courts knew about it.

But in fact, within the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi were both punished by Mu En, and at the same time, it was also to temper their temper.

Only the unknowing participating members, led by Gongyang Mo, stepped into the core of Shrek Academy, the Sea God Pavilion.

Just as they approached, without warning, a brilliant golden light bloomed, turning the entire Sea God Pavilion into gold, and an old voice rang out. At this time, the Sea God Pavilion was also extremely quiet, with only the voice echoing here.

"Children, welcome home."

Bei Bei widened his eyes in disbelief, while his eyes revealed undisguised self-blame and guilt.

He had, of course, already recognized the owner of this aged voice – it was his Great Ancestor, Mu En!

Dense yet gentle golden light drifted down, enveloping everyone within it.

The warm and weighty aura of light nourished everyone's body, cleansing the hidden injuries and foreign energies within, while also sweeping away the fatigue brought on by their journey.

Xi Xi, Bei Bei, and the others, who had originally looked pale and suffered a great loss of vitality, now regained their rosy complexions and began to recover.

Everyone couldn't help but close their eyes, and under the influence of this vast and dense gentle energy, they began to comprehend.

At this moment, propelled by the vast energy, everyone's cultivation was improving in a straight line, much faster than normal cultivation.

It was just a pity that after Huo Yuhao's second awakening of his martial soul, his own soul power had already reached the bottleneck of level thirty. Although the circulation of soul power through the Heavenly Cycle helped him convert a lot of energy on this occasion, most of it was still accumulating in his body, entering a state of saturation, and could not be directly utilized.

Moreover, because Huo Yuhao's own soul power was pure and powerful enough, the purification of Huo Yuhao's soul power by the light energy was also extremely limited. Even strengthening his body didn't help much for Huo Yuhao, who had been nourished by the Gold of Life.

After all, although this baptism of light was amplified by the power of the Golden Tree, it was ultimately not the pure life energy directly released by the core of life.

For Huo Yuhao now, this level of energy, mixed with the aura of light and the power of life, was an unattainable opportunity for others, but it was useless to Huo Yuhao.

After waking up, everyone gained different benefits and their own insights. Entering the Sea God's Pavilion also made them more careful and cautious.

After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch. They really couldn't understand why they could still receive such benefits in the Sea God's Pavilion after they had caused Shrek Academy to lose thousands of years of glory?

Walking into the Sea God's Pavilion, in the center of the wide hall, there was a long wooden table, with seats on both sides. This was the place for discussions in the Sea God's Pavilion. However, at this time, apart from an old man in the seat of honor, no other Sea God's Pavilion elders came forward.

Looking at the old man sitting in the chair, hunched over, everyone's mood was different, some were nervous, some were ashamed, and some were in awe.

After everyone stood in front of the long table, the old man, who had been closing his eyes, opened them.

At this time, many people also recognized that this person was the old man who usually guarded the gate of the dormitory.

It was just that they couldn't imagine at this time that the other party's true identity was actually the Pavilion Master of the Sea God's Pavilion.

"The failure of Shrek Academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, as Teacher Wang Yan said, is not the fault of you children."

Hearing this, Wang Yan's body suddenly stiffened, and he hurriedly bowed respectfully to the old man, but before he could speak, Mu En directly interrupted him.

"Similarly, this responsibility should not be borne by you, Teacher Wang Yan."

"As the team leader and tactical instructor, you have already done everything you should have done. Whether it was negligence or carelessness, the fact that the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition was lost is indeed an indisputable fact."

"The Sea God's Pavilion has already issued the punishments and sanctions for the relevant personnel before you came back."

"No one in the academy will criticize your performance, and the same goes for yourselves."

Mu En's eyes swept over everyone present, some were ashamed, some were sad, some were uneasy, and even Huo Yuhao lowered his head.

No one gave Mu En the reaction he wanted. What Mu En wanted was for someone to show a magnanimous attitude towards the previous failure at this time, and a positive and enterprising performance towards the future. Unfortunately, even his great-grandson Bei Bei disappointed him.

"Gongyang Mo, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, you have worked hard, but you are all good. The failure of this competition will not affect your future graduation assessment in the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy."

"Teacher Wang Yan, as the team leader, your teacher qualification evaluation will also be normally assessed, and now, you should leave first, I still have something to say to the remaining children."

Hearing this, Wang Yan didn't dare to say anything more, and respectfully bid farewell to Mu En, and then led the four inner courtyard disciples away from the Sea God's Pavilion.

This time, the failure of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition, without punishment, or being expelled from the academy, he was already very content, and so were the other inner courtyard disciples, because they valued this honor too much, too much.

At this time, the remaining people were uneasy, wondering what Mu En was going to say next, and their mood was very tormented.

"Failure is not terrible, the past cannot be chased, all you can strive for is the future. If you fail, then put in more effort and prove your success in the future."

"Throughout history, how many of those great soul masters have had a smooth life?"

"Five years, there will be another Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition in five years. I hope you will work hard and become the next members of the team representing our Shrek Academy."

"I hope that you will take back everything that was lost because of you, and take it back with your own hands, tell me, children, can you do it?"

Everyone lowered their heads, even Bei Bei was hard-pressed to say words full of confidence at this time. After all, they were beaten too badly in the competition with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Mentor Academy.

Being crushed in all aspects by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Mentor Academy, by Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, how can this mental torment be overcome?

Mu En sighed softly: "The experience in the outer courtyard is a test for you. I have also watched your competition. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen are indeed rare geniuses in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Mentor Academy."

"But they are able to achieve something, not because their talent far exceeds yours, but because they have the Hall of Enlightenment behind them, and Jing Hongchen's full support."

"Children, come with me, next, I will personally guide you in cultivation for a period of time. Only when I think you can leave, can you return to the outer courtyard."

Mu En's energy and lifespan are not much left at this time. He only hopes to free these young bloods from their inner demons in this remaining time.