Douluo Continent: I, an evil soul master, work nine-to-five in the Tang Sect.

Chapter 135 Breaking in

Although the final result of the war between Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent was that Douluo Continent won, it was clear to everyone that this was only because Douluo Continent had more top-level experts in terms of soul power cultivation.

If both sides have the same number of top-tier Soul Masters in terms of Soul Power cultivation, or if the difference is not that great, then the final outcome of this war is hard to predict.

Shrek Academy, as the force with the largest number of top experts on Douluo Continent, naturally participated in the war between Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent.

It was precisely because of the participation of a large number of nine-ring titled Douluo level experts in Shrek Academy that the major empires on the Douluo Continent were able to withstand wave after wave of attacks from the powerful soul-guided missiles of the Sun Moon Empire of the Sun Moon Continent. Ultimately, with the intervention of top experts, the battle was completely quelled.

It can be said that Shrek Academy played an indispensable role in Douluo Continent's victory in the conflicts between continents, and even accounted for the majority of the factors.

It was precisely because the powerful individuals of Shrek Academy had experienced the power of the various powerful soul tools used by the Sun Moon Continent during this war that they realized the changes of the times and resolutely made changes!

Even though Shrek Academy has been studying martial souls for thousands of years and has many experts who have reached the peak of their strength, they were still extremely shocked when faced with the increasingly powerful soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire.

Before this, the Shrek Academy's higher-ups, who regarded the path of Soul Masters as the only path of cultivation in the world, never imagined that people on another continent had found a different way and forged a path whose upper limit was no less than that of Soul Masters!

That is, the current Soul Master!

Realizing this, the higher-ups of Shrek Academy immediately convened a high-level meeting, not only establishing the training of Soul Masters as equal to that of Soul Masters, but also specifically dividing the academy's student training into two categories:

Martial Soul System and Soul Guidance System!

As it turns out, the decision made by the Shrek Academy leadership thousands of years ago was absolutely correct: to identify their shortcomings and correct them.

Since everyone knows that the development of soul tools is inevitable, why not take the lead and develop soul tools before the public's understanding of them is so widespread?

Shrek Academy did exactly that. After their battle with the powerful figures of the Sun Moon Empire, they discovered the strength of soul tools from them. To put it nicely, this is called learning from others; to put it bluntly, it's just following the path that others have already trod.

After all, for the group of soul masters at Shrek Academy who regard martial souls and soul masters as divine guidance, it is completely unrealistic to try to understand the soul tools that others have been developing for thousands of years in a short period of time.

Therefore, even though the higher-ups at Shrek Academy saw the bright future of soul tools on the continent and wanted to make them their own, they could only start from scratch, inviting one group of soul tool masters after another who had made achievements in soul tools, and acquiring and studying one soul tool blueprint after another.

Finally, after thousands of years, Shrek Academy has managed to bring its research on soul tools to a level comparable to that of the Sun Moon Empire thousands of years ago.

However, everyone knows that this is just copying what they've learned. No matter how hard Shrek Academy tries to explore the field of soul tools, it will never be able to surpass the Sun Moon Empire, which has soul masters as its core.

Even if all the power of an academy were gathered to research and explore the knowledge of soul tools, how could that compare to the Sun Moon Empire, which had gathered the power of a nation, or even the power of the entire continent, to pioneer the path of soul tools?

Therefore, even after thousands of years, Shrek Academy's expertise in soul tools is only at the level of the Sun Moon Empire several eras ago; the two cannot be equated at all.

Just as the Sun Moon Empire learned from the Soul Masters of Douluo Continent for thousands of years and explored the realm of Martial Souls for thousands of years, it could never compare to Shrek Academy and Body Sect, which have been passed down for thousands or even tens of thousands of years in terms of their understanding of Martial Souls.

Both are exploring unknown territories that do not belong to them. However, judging from their current achievements, Soul Masters who value their own cultivation and strength are undoubtedly superior to Soul Masters who rely on Soul Tools.

After all, even if the power of high-level soul tools can rival that of a so-called Title Douluo, it is absolutely impossible for them to contend with a Limit Douluo who stands at the pinnacle of soul masters.

However, it's hard to say if it's a Limit Douluo equipped with a high-level soul tool. But realistically, if a soul master puts most of their energy into researching soul tools, then that soul master's cultivation level can't be very high.

After all, most of the time spent cultivating martial souls is spent on researching soul tools. How can one achieve something in one's own cultivation while also focusing on soul tools?

Unless this is an exceptionally talented genius with ridiculously high aptitude, capable of both maintaining a high rate of improvement in their own cultivation and possessing exceptional learning talent in the field of soul tools, an ordinary soul master should forget about trying to merge a soul tool master with a soul master to achieve a synergy greater than one.

Even with the time and resources, one's own talent might not be outstanding enough. If cultivating two paths simultaneously were so easy, then Shrek Academy wouldn't only have Mu En as a Limit Douluo, and the Sun Moon Empire wouldn't have such difficulty in producing level nine and ten Soul Masters.

However, there are always exceptions...

Looking at the Soul Guidance Department's experimental building, which was much taller than the Martial Soul Department's teaching building, Luo Chen was dumbfounded for a moment, because the building was constructed entirely of metal.

Compared to the earthen walls and wooden tiles of the Martial Soul Department's teaching building, the Soul Guidance Department's architectural style was far ahead, making Luo Chen momentarily mistaken for returning to the real world.

However, when Luo Chen pushed open the door of the Soul Guidance Department's experimental building, everything was somewhat different, because inside the Soul Guidance Department's building were one spacious and magnificent experimental field after another.

The specifications of these test sites are similar to those Luo Chen had seen in the underground Soul Arena of the academy. In other words, in this Shrek Soul Guidance Department test building, these test sites used to test the power of soul tools can withstand the full force of a six-ring Soul Emperor level expert!

Seeing this, Luo Chen gained a better understanding of the level of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department. At first, he thought that Shrek Academy was relatively backward in terms of Soul Guidance Department, that is, it was only researching the most basic Soul Guidance Devices.

However, judging from the current situation, Shrek Academy's research on soul tools has at least reached the level of high-level soul tools. Manufacturing so-called level seven soul tools should not be a problem for Shrek Academy's soul tool department at present.

However, this is only Luo Chen's own judgment. He will have to go to the site to see for himself to know the specifics. Given Shrek Academy's resources, their research on soul tools should not be too low.

However, just as Luo Chen pushed open the door to the Soul Guidance Department and stepped inside, a teacher holding a form and dressed in gray Soul Guidance Department attire quickly walked towards Luo Chen and asked him:

"Excuse me, you look a bit unfamiliar. Are you from our Soul Guidance Department? To get in, you'll need to show proof of your Soul Guidance Department status."

"If you don't have the relevant proof that you are not a student of our Soul Guidance Department, then please leave. Even if you are a core student of the Martial Soul Department, you will still be punished by the academy if you trespass into the Soul Guidance Department's testing grounds."

Upon hearing this, Luo Chen was taken aback for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.

He certainly didn't have any proof. Since becoming Master Mu's disciple, he had never used such a thing. It was quite rare for someone to ask him for proof now.

However, Luo Chen didn't have much to say about it. After all, these were the rules of the academy, and they couldn't change the rules just because of one person.

Furthermore, he did not report to the academy's higher-ups before coming to the Soul Guidance Department; otherwise, the person standing here today would not be the Soul Guidance Department teacher whose soul power fluctuations are at the Soul King level.

"Sir, I am indeed not a student of the Soul Guidance Department, but I am here to join the Soul Guidance Department. I have already reported this to the teachers of the Martial Soul Department. Please do me the favor."

Faced with a teacher he didn't know well, Luo Chen was at a loss for what to do. He could only let the other party let him in. After all, he was already here. He couldn't possibly go back to the Martial Soul Department to invite Director Du or Dean Yan. That would be making a mountain out of a molehill, and besides, wouldn't that be making things difficult for the other party?

Therefore, Luo Chen did not intend to make a big fuss about this. He could just ask the other party for leniency. After all, he had only come to explain the situation to Dean Qian, although Dean Qian probably already knew about it.

What Luo Chen didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, the teacher in front of him, who didn't look very old, raised an eyebrow, looked at him with a strange expression, and said:

"I'm sorry, but that's the rule. Without the identification of a Soul Guidance Department student, I can't let you in. After all, this is a special area for Soul Guidance Department students to test Soul Guidance Devices. If something goes wrong, it won't be good for anyone."

"Furthermore, since you're already a student in the Spirit Department, why would you want to join our Spirit Guidance Department? To be honest, I've seen quite a few students eliminated from the Spirit Department's freshman assessment each year and then enter the Spirit Guidance Department to study. But our Spirit Guidance Department doesn't accept just anyone..."

At this point, the teacher paused, then looked at Luo Chen in front of him, the meaning in his eyes self-evident.

Luo Chen understood at this moment. Clearly, the other party regarded him as a student who had been eliminated from the freshman assessment and had to drop out of school.

Luo Chen felt somewhat helpless about this. He could only say that he had arrived at the Soul Guidance Department at the perfect time. It was not surprising that the other party would think this way, since apart from those who were eliminated, the only path for the students was to switch departments and continue their studies.

Why would other students who have already been admitted to the Martial Soul Department and successfully passed the freshman assessment give up the Martial Soul Department and insist on coming to the Soul Guidance Department?

Isn't that just plain stupid?

Seeing the other party's persistent look, Luo Chen was a little troubled. It was clear that the other party would not let him in unless he showed the relevant proof. What a responsible teacher!

"Teacher, I really didn't mean it... Oh well, since you won't let me in, then forget it."

As he said this, Luo Chen also showed a helpless expression on his face.

Upon hearing Luo Chen's words, the male teacher nodded with satisfaction and said:

"It's great that you think this way, classmate. It's not that I don't welcome you into the Soul Guidance Department, but I still strongly dislike the practice of using connections. However, due to the rules, I have no choice but to do this, and I hope you understand."

"Yes, I understand that, but... I hope you will understand why I did this."

As he spoke, to the astonishment of the teacher in front of him, Luo Chen's figure suddenly transformed into a cloud of blood-red mist, passing through the open door of the Soul Guidance Department's experimental building at an extremely fast speed, and darting past the teacher in front of him.

Upon seeing this, the teacher was about to speak up to stop it, but the next moment he suddenly realized that his body seemed to be forcibly frozen in place. Not to mention speaking, even moving his eyes was extremely difficult, and his body was not under his control at all.

No matter how much the teacher struggled, he could only watch helplessly as the blood-red mist that Luo Chen had transformed into moved further and further away from him.

Meanwhile, Luo Chen's figure, which had transformed into a cloud of blood mist, moved like a ghost, unnoticed, from the first floor of the Soul Guidance Department Experimental Building all the way to the top floor.

And this is the office of the Dean of the Soul Guidance Department of Shrek Academy.

(End of this chapter)