Douluo Jueshi: Who let him join Shrek!

Chapter 814 If he wants to fight, then let's fight! Fight until complete victory!
"A ceasefire agreement?"

Upon seeing Jing Hongchen produce this item, the elders of the Sea God Pavilion present immediately frowned, their expressions turning somewhat grim, and even their gazes towards Jing Hongchen revealed a dangerous glint.

A ceasefire agreement would be perfectly acceptable on the negotiating table between the Sun Moon Empire and other empires, regardless of which one it was with.

Ke Jing Hongchen brought the ceasefire agreement to Shrek Academy, especially since Shrek Academy didn't have any representatives from the other three major empires present. This was clearly an attempt to trick Shrek!

Shrek Academy isn't the Empire, so why should we stop the war?

War is between nations. By bringing a ceasefire agreement to Shrek Academy, are you trying to say that Shrek Academy is also a nation?

Even if there were only one intelligent person among the three great empires, they would not believe the Sun Moon Empire's blatant attempt to sow discord.

But that can't stop some people from causing trouble!

Shrek Academy has indeed had students all over the world over the years, but it has also made quite a few enemies.

Moreover, Shrek Academy has developed so well in recent years that the soul tools used by the three great empires are all imported from Shrek City. In addition, Shrek Academy recently showcased a group of powerful soul masters.
Currently, Shrek Academy boasts over twenty Title Douluo-level Soul Masters and more than ten Super Douluo-level Soul Masters. In terms of Soul Instructors, aside from the Sun Moon Empire, only Shrek Academy has three Level 9 Soul Instructors: Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Jiang Ming.

The fact that Jiang Ming is a level nine Soul Master is unknown to others, but it is public knowledge that Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu are both level nine Soul Masters.

In addition, through selling soul tools over the years, Zhang Lexuan has skillfully integrated Shrek City's caravans and various merchant guilds, becoming a veritable female god of wealth on the continent.

In this situation, Shrek Academy has all the Soul Masters and Soul Instructors it needs, and it also has plenty of money!

If I had to point out any shortcomings, it would probably be that the territory isn't big enough and there aren't enough people!
With this setup already in place, as long as you have ambition, are you afraid of not having enough territory? Are you afraid of not having enough people?

Over the years, the three great empires have been wary of the Sun Moon Empire, and they have been just as wary of Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy today has a more profound foundation than the Spirit Hall did ten thousand years ago!
If Shrek Academy's influence hadn't been confined to Shrek Academy and Shrek City, instead of spreading across the continent like the Spirit Hall with its branch halls, the three great empires would probably be worried that Shrek Academy might start a war like the Spirit Hall did ten thousand years ago!

Even though Shrek Academy hasn't shown any ambition in recent years, the three great empires are still wary of it.

Otherwise, Princess Xu Jiujiu and Princess Vina wouldn't have visited Shrek Academy so frequently.

Jing Hongchen's release of this ceasefire agreement is definitely an attempt to sow discord!

"Master of the Red Dust Hall, Xu Tianran, do you really want you dead?"

Jiang Ming glanced at the ceasefire agreement on the table, raised an eyebrow slightly, and looked at Jing Hongchen.

This tactic of sowing discord is not clever, or rather, it is basically impossible to succeed.

Although three or four years have passed since the last commotion caused by the Sun Moon Empire, the friction between the Sun Moon Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Heavenly Soul Empire has never stopped. There are no major war developments, but local wars are everywhere, and there are frictions almost every day.

Even though Jiang Ming had messed with the Sun Moon Empire, its hard power was still undeniable.

It possesses a vast foundation of Soul Masters, a large number of Level 9 Soul Masters, and abundant rare metal resources.

With these things in place, even though Jiang Ming has dealt with the Sun Moon Empire several times, its war foundation will not be greatly affected.

With manpower and resources, it's only a matter of time before those soul tools are replenished.

Under these circumstances, the threat posed by the Sun Moon Empire is undoubtedly greater than that of Shrek Academy!
Moreover, the three great empires are currently relying on the soul tools from Shrek City to supply their armies. Not to mention that this ceasefire agreement is obviously a provocation, even if it wasn't, the three great empires would never turn against Shrek Academy at this time!
Similarly, Shrek Academy has never had any ambition to dominate the world.

In fact, running a college and establishing a country are two completely different concepts.

Shrek Academy's very nature dictates that, no matter how strong its resources, it is not suitable for conquering the world and establishing a nation.

Even the Spirit Hall back then was more suitable to establish a country than Shrek Academy, because the Spirit Hall had branches in the cities of both empires, and its control over intelligence and information in major cities was almost the same as that of the Star Luo and Heaven Dou empires at that time.

Shrek Academy has no ambition to dominate, and to avoid the ceasefire agreement from negatively impacting the cooperation between Shrek Academy and the three great empires, killing Jing Hongchen directly to show their stance is undoubtedly a good approach.

That's why Jiang Ming said Xu Tianran wanted Jing Hongchen dead.

With Jing Hongchen's strength, it would be very easy for Shrek Academy to keep him or even kill him if they really wanted to!
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen sighed softly and said, "Alas, His Majesty will make his own decision."

When Xu Tianran handed him the ceasefire agreement and asked him to come to Shrek Academy, he already guessed what Xu Tianran wanted to do.

For him, bringing this thing to Shrek Academy was tantamount to courting death.

But he couldn't refuse.

His grandchildren, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, are still in Mingdu, still in Mingdetang.

With his strength, coming to Shrek Academy would be a near-certain death, and bringing his grandchildren out of Mingde Hall would be impossible.

Moreover, he himself had some questions about Jiang Ming that needed to be answered.

So, he still came to Shrek Academy.

"I'll make my own decision. Hehe."

Jiang Ming chuckled, then waved his hand, and the ceasefire agreement on the table spontaneously combusted and burned to ashes at an extremely fast speed.

"Since he has made his decision, let him make his decision. I can represent Shrek Academy here to say that Shrek Academy does not want to see war break out or see bloodshed. Therefore, if the Sun Moon Empire does not launch a war, Shrek Academy will not interfere in the power struggle between the major empires."

But if he wants to start a war, then sorry, the fate of the nation is the responsibility of every citizen. How long the Sun Moon Empire wants to fight, what scale of war they want, Shrek Academy is ready to oblige! If he wants to fight, then let's fight! Fight until complete victory! Fight until the Sun Moon Empire no longer has the capacity to wage war!

Jiang Ming's voice rose and fell, his tone carrying an indescribable domineering aura. Combined with his own powerful fighting spirit, just sitting there and saying these words made everyone, including the elders, feel an incomparably powerful aura!

If anyone else, even the emperors of the three great empires, said these words, they wouldn't have such an imposing manner, because none of the Star Luo Empire, the Heavenly Soul Empire, or the Fighting Spirit Empire on the continent could compare to the Sun Moon Empire in terms of national strength.

In their confrontation with the Sun Moon Empire, the vast majority of them suffered losses!
Jiang Ming, on the other hand, always held the advantage and even gained countless benefits whenever he clashed with Xu Tianran or the high-end combat forces of the Sun Moon Empire.

Therefore, only Jiang Ming could speak such words to the Sun Moon Empire and Xu Tianran with such domineering confidence!
With Jiang Ming's domineering speech, Jing Hongchen and the two attendants arranged by Xu Tianran beside him were completely stunned! Even though Jing Hongchen was a level nine soul master and a titled Douluo, he felt a terrifying sense of oppression that made it hard for him to breathe when facing Jiang Ming with such an aura.

That was an absolutely invincible feeling, as if a person stood there and that was the Tao, the reason!

After hearing Jiang Ming say these words, the elders' tense expressions completely relaxed.

Shrek Academy is no pushover now!
Shrek Academy naturally wouldn't get involved in wars, maintaining a neutral stance, which is the fundamental reason why Shrek Academy has been able to exist on the continent for tens of thousands of years.

However, if the Sun Moon Empire were to start a war, Shrek Academy would certainly not stand by and watch the three great empires be invaded, or even destroyed one by one.

After all, everyone at Shrek Academy, from students and teachers to elders from the Sea God Pavilion, came from the three great empires to study at Shrek Academy.

Normally, they wouldn't show favoritism based on their nationality or identity, but when the country is on the verge of collapse, it's absolutely impossible for them to stand by and watch.

This is why, thousands of years ago, when the Sun Moon Continent clashed with the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Empire invaded with its soul guide technology that was thousands of years ahead, Shrek Academy summoned all the strong individuals who had left Shrek Academy to resist the invasion of the Sun Moon Empire.

After a long while, Jing Hongchen nodded with a complicated expression.

"I understand. I will convey what you said today to His Majesty, but this ceasefire agreement also reflects His Majesty's sincerity."

Although Jiang Ming had burned the ceasefire agreement, Jing Hongchen must have seen it beforehand.

Even if Jiang Ming burns this thing, he can still describe it verbally.

"His Majesty hopes to reconcile with Shrek Academy and restart the previous cooperation between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."

Jing Hongchen's purpose in coming here was not simply to present the ceasefire agreement; he also had to speak, lest he be crushed to death by the Shrek Academy's powerful figures.

Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy did have a collaboration before, but that was a long time ago, seven or eight years ago.

At that time, it was Elder Mu and Jing Hongchen who were talking about promoting the development of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy, while the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy also wanted to make some progress in the field of Soul Masters.

However, this exchange student program only lasted for one time and then it ended.

Because of what happened after that incident, this cooperation had to be terminated.

Now, not counting the last time the Sun Moon Empire mobilized its entire nation to kill Jiang Ming in the Ice Sea, the Sun Moon Empire has been quiet for several years, and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has also been quiet for many years. War is unlikely to break out anytime soon, so this may really be an opportunity to cooperate again.

"Master of the Red Dust Hall, do you think we Shrek Academy students are fools to cooperate again at this time? We haven't even settled accounts with you for the time Long Xiaoyao ambushed and killed my Shrek Academy disciples!"

Yan Shaozhe said in a deep voice.

After the last exchange student activity ended, Huo Yuhao and his friends were ambushed by the Dragon Emperor Douluo on their way back to the academy!
Furthermore, bringing out the Dragon Emperor Douluo wasn't just aimed at Huo Yuhao and his fellow students! It was an attempt to kill him and Xian Lin'er, who were leading the team at the time!
Under these circumstances, how could he possibly allow this so-called cooperation to resume?!

"This"

Upon hearing Yan Shaozhe bring up this matter, Jing Hongchen didn't know what to say.

Actually, when he first heard Xu Tianran assign him this task, he also thought it was a bit outrageous.

Shrek Academy would never agree to that!
But Xu Tianran really didn't care whether he lived or died, and insisted on making him jump around in this kind of thing.

If his grandchildren weren't still in Mingdu, still being monitored by Xu Tianran in Mingde Hall, he would never have done such a thing!

"Hehe, it seems Xu Tianran really doesn't regard you, the Hall Master of the Red Dust, as a human being. If you ask me, Hall Master of the Red Dust, you might as well come to my Shrek Academy. Serving a ruler is like serving a tiger. Who knows when that psychologically twisted pervert Xu Tianran will use you as a target for a fixed soul-guided cannon."

"Look how great Shrek Academy is! Free and easy, excellent environment, and great benefits. Tsk, want to consider it?"

Jiang Ming patiently and persuasively explained.

He meant it sincerely.

After all, Jing Hongchen had helped him so much back then. Without Jing Hongchen, it would have been much more difficult for him to become a level nine Soul Master. Although Jing Hongchen had some other motives, the debt of gratitude still remained.

Moreover, Jing Hongchen's current state is somewhat related to him.

Jing Hongchen is too deeply tied to the identity of Mingjiang. The more glorious Jing Hongchen was in the early stages, the more miserable he will be when Mingjiang's identity as an undercover agent of Shrek Academy is exposed!
Kong Deming is alright, after all, he is a member of the royal family.

But it's perfectly normal for Jing Hongchen, an outsider, to be suspicious.

No matter how much Jing Hongchen assured him, he could never regain Xu Tianran's trust.

Upon hearing Jiang Ming's blatant attempt to win him over, the attendant arranged by Xu Tianran next to Jing Hongchen immediately changed his expression, but Jing Hongchen's expression remained unchanged.

He said calmly, "Jiang Ming, no matter how His Majesty treats me, I am still a citizen of the Sun Moon Empire and the current head of the Mingde Hall. I will never betray His Majesty."

After experiencing great ups and downs, Jing Hongchen's desire for power had long since faded away.

If he had a choice, he would really like to come to Shrek Academy. Both the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Mingde Hall are core institutions of the Sun Moon Empire, and in any case, power struggles are inevitable.

Shrek Academy, on the other hand, seems to be much more relaxed.

In fact, he would definitely be able to show off his skills at Shrek Academy.

Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department has indeed developed well in recent years, but if he, as a top-level ninth-level Soul Guidance Master, were to come to Shrek Academy, he would definitely be able to take the development of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department a big step forward again!

But he had no choice.

His entire family is in the Sun Moon Empire. If he dares to agree, his entire family will be beheaded! Xu Tianran is absolutely capable of doing such a thing.

(End of this chapter)