Douluo Dalu: Golden Spirit Tree

Chapter 22 Poseidon Pavilion Meeting

Yan Shaozhe’s words made Lin Yi stunned.

"It was obviously this sister who won, how could it be me?"

Lin Yi was a little confused. How could such a test be so blatantly shady? Weren't they afraid that this student named Wu Ming would expose it and affect their reputation?

Looking at Wu Ming again, he had a blank expression on his face, but he didn't seem unconvinced?
Ignoring Lin Yi's inner excitement, Yan Shaozhe explained, "What you just underwent was the inner courtyard's combat capability assessment. Do you remember what the passing conditions were?"

Lin Yi thought about it, and it seemed that if the students in the inner courtyard were injured and could hold on for the time of one stick of incense, they would be considered to have passed.

Seeing Lin Yi's face full of realization, Yan Shaozhe pointed to the incense stick next to him that had been lit at some point. Only the incense stem was left, and it had obviously burned out.

As mentioned before, Lin Yi was indeed the winner this time.

Yan Shaozhe said, "Now that you understand, then, as the 261st Dean of the Martial Spirit Department of Shrek Academy, I declare that Lin Yi will officially become a disciple of the Martial Spirit Department of the Inner Court of Shrek Academy."

"Wait a moment!"

As Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, Lin Yi suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Yan Shaozhe was a little confused.

"Why am I a martial spirit..."

"Shaozhe, let's discuss this matter later," Lin Yi was not finished speaking when Moon En suddenly interrupted him.

"Teacher..." Yan Shaozhe wanted to say more, but Moon raised his hand to stop him, so he had to shut up in disappointment.

Moon En said: "Okay, Wu Ming, thank you for your hard work this time."

Seeing Wu Ming's low mood, Moon En said, "Although this failure was due to Lin Yi's special ability, the main reason was that you underestimated the enemy and were careless. If you had used all your strength right from the start, no matter how Lin Yi struggled, you would have failed."

"However, this is just an assessment. If you find any problems, you can correct them in the future. Judging from the battle just now, your studies in the inner courtyard have not been wasted. You must continue to work hard and remember this lesson. Wu Ming, do you understand?"

"Wu Ming understands. Thank you for your guidance, senior."

Seeing how Moon pulled Wu Ming out of his somewhat depressed mood with just a few words, and even cheered him up again, Lin Yi couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "It seems like the people in this world are all stupid. They can even drink such obvious chicken soup..."

"Xiao Yi..."

"exist!"

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard someone shouting. Lin Yi responded instinctively, and then he realized it was Moon En, "What's wrong, Master?"

"Help your senior sister with her treatment, and then ask her to show you around the island."

"Yes."

After Lin Yi agreed, he summoned the golden tree again and began to treat Wu Ming. Wu Ming also sat cross-legged and began to recover.

Seeing that everything was arranged properly, Moon looked at the elders and said, "Since they are all here, I will call a meeting of the Sea God Pavilion."

Then he said to Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi, "You two come here too."

"what?"

"Mr. Mu, this is inappropriate, isn't it?"

"Follow!"

Moon En turned around and walked into the Sea God Pavilion first, followed by a group of elders. Elder Zhuang walked last and patted Lin Qingxuan on the shoulder, "Old Mu has spoken, you two should follow."

Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi looked at each other and had to follow.

A moment later, in the meeting room of Poseidon Pavilion, at the long oval table, Elder Mu sat in the main seat. However, due to his spine, his seat was a recliner. A group of elders then took their seats in turn. Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi stood at the end of the long table, but had not yet taken their seats.

After a moment of silence, Moon said, "I believe you all know what I want to say in this meeting. Yes, it is related to Lin Yi."

"Let me explain the situation again. My new disciple, who is also very likely my last disciple, is Lin Yi, the child of Qingxuan and Xi Yatou. His martial spirit is the Golden Tree, with the dual extreme attributes of Ultimate Light and Ultimate Life. He has a demigod-level martial spirit, an innate level 15 soul power, and is currently a level 26 Great Soul Master. His first soul ring has a lifespan of 10,000 years, and his second soul ring has a lifespan of 40,000 years."

As Moon continued to speak, there were constant gasps in the conference room. Even though they had witnessed Lin Yi's extraordinaryness with their own eyes before, they could not hide their inner shock after hearing what Moon said.

Moon had previously said that any of these abilities, taken individually, would be an absolute genius, especially considering they were all concentrated in one person. As if that weren't shocking enough, Moon continued, "On the day Lin Yi awakened, the ancient golden tree suddenly moved. After I found Lin Yi and brought him back to the academy, the ancient golden tree moved again, resonating with Lin Yi's martial spirit and granting him an opportunity. It was precisely because of this opportunity that Lin Yi was able to absorb the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring."

After listening to Moon's words, the elders finally understood the cause of the previous incident. They didn't expect that the source that alarmed the entire inner courtyard and Poseidon Pavilion was actually a six-year-old kid.

But then, a slovenly old man sitting at the first left suddenly stood up, slammed the wine gourd in his hand on the table, and said excitedly, "Mr. Mu, this man is born to be the future of Shrek. We must train him at all costs."

The elders nodded in agreement. This was indeed the case. With this kind of talent, and the resonance with Shrek's most precious treasure, the Ancient Golden Tree, it was clear that he was born to be a Shrek. This was especially true since this child was the child of Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi, two of the former Shrek Seven Devils. His background was absolutely spotless. When Lin Qingxuan and Ouyang Xi withdrew from the academy, these elders were heartbroken for a while.

"Xuan Zi, sit down first." Moon En said.

The sloppy old man called Xuanzi sat down obediently.

"So, you all agree to train with all your strength?"

The elders nodded repeatedly.

"In that case, Lin Yi will enter the Soul Guidance Department, and resources will be allocated to him."

A middle-aged man and woman at the end of the right side of the long table had originally been calm, but after hearing what Moon En said, they became extremely excited and asked hurriedly, "Teacher, are you sure? Are you really going to join our Soul Guidance Department?"

"Of course it's true."

Hearing Moon's words, the middle-aged man and woman were overjoyed and quickly assured: "Teacher and all the elders, please rest assured. Our Soul Guidance Department will do its utmost to train Lin Yi!"

"Wait a minute, I don't agree!"

Yan Shaozhe, who was originally in shock, reacted and quickly spoke out to stop him.

The middle-aged woman immediately retorted, "This is the teacher's decision. Who the hell do you think you are, Yan Shaozhe, to dare to object!"

Yan Shaozhe's expression changed, "Lin'er, this matter concerns the future of the academy, can you please stop messing around?"

Then he said to Moon En, "Teacher, it would be a waste for Lin Yi to go to the Soul Guidance Department with such talent. I understand your desire to develop the Soul Guidance Department. So, if Lin Yi comes to our Martial Soul Department, all students in the Outer Academy will be selected by the Soul Guidance Department within five years. At the same time, the Martial Soul Department will also provide resource support to the Soul Guidance Department. What do you think?"

After Yan Shaozhe finished speaking, almost all the elders were moved. Even the middle-aged men and women who were originally furious calmed down a bit. They knew in their hearts that the soul guidance system really had no appeal to such a monster, and it was acceptable to be able to get these benefits at the moment.

Xuan Zi, who was sitting at the head of the left seat, also said, "Mr. Mu, what Shaozhe said makes sense. For someone with Lin Yi's talent, the Martial Soul Department is the most suitable for him. It would be more appropriate for him to join the Martial Soul Department. Didn't Shaozhe also say that he would support the development of the Soul Guidance Department?"

Obviously, this Xuan Zi also believed that Moon placed Lin Yi in the Soul Guidance Department for the development of the Soul Guidance Department.

Moon's eyes swept across the faces of the elders present. Almost everyone looked in agreement.

Moon slowly explained, "It was not my decision to let Lin Yi go to the Soul Guidance Department. It was the child's own choice."

"This child is on the support system path. He doesn't have much combat power on his own, so he plans to learn soul guides to make up for his own combat power problem."

"Didn't Qingxuan choose this after he was seriously injured? Now he is a seventh-level soul master, and his combat power is not bad."

Xuan Zi said, "Master Mu, how can this situation be the same? Qing Xuan was seriously injured and his soul power could not be improved, so he had no choice but to switch to practicing soul guides. Lin Yi is so talented, wouldn't studying soul guides distract him?"

Moon remained silent upon hearing this.

Yan Shaozhe thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, since this is Lin Yi's own idea, can we talk to him in person? Children are bound to be inconsiderate, and as teachers, we naturally have to check for omissions and fill in the gaps."

Xuan Zi quickly agreed, "That's right, that's right. Lin Yi is only six years old, what can he understand? Just explain it to him and he will understand."

Moon En looked deeply at Yan Shaozhe, then at Xuan Zi, and lay down. The light inside the long table was already dim, and with Moon En lying down, his expression was even harder to see.

There was silence in the conference room for a long time.

When Yan Shaozhe was getting anxious, Moon En finally spoke, "Since you all say so, then bring Lin Yi here and let him choose for himself."

"Qingxuan."

Lin Qingxuan saluted and said, "Mr. Mu."

"Go and bring Xiaoyi here."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)