Douluo Continent: Becoming a disciple of Jing Liu, illuminating all the gods

Chapter 37 Supervisory Committee

From the moment Ma Xiaotao initiated the attack until the battle ended, only a minute had passed. All six enemies perished.

After all the enemies were killed, Ma Xiaotao scratched her head and said somewhat awkwardly, "I forgot to leave one alive..."

And so, the group, along with the six corpses, made their way back to Shrek Academy.

……

The next day after class, Wang Yan tidied up his lesson plan and said, "Core disciples, please stay behind. We'll go to the Soul Battle Zone together later."

All the core disciples perked up, knowing that the selection competition was about to begin. However, unlike what they had imagined, the assessment did not take up their class time, but was conducted after school in the afternoon.

Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao were quite excited. Huo Yuhao's class had a significantly larger number of core disciples than any previous class. Their class alone had eight, including Huo Yuhao himself. Adding Dai Huabin, Xie Huanyue, Zhu Lu, and Wu Feng from Class Two, and Ning Tian from Class Three, that made a total of twelve. This was extremely rare in Shrek Academy's outer courtyard.

Soon Wang Dong and his group arrived at the Soul Arena, along with other core disciples from different grades.

From a distance, you could even see Senior Brother Bei Bei greeting Huo Yuhao.

Senior Brother Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan appeared in sight one after another; they were all core disciples of the fifth grade. The most eye-catching were still the twin stars, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.

They were less like twin stars and more like a pair of unscrupulous best buddies… Of course, there were more than just the three of them among the core disciples in the fifth grade. But they were the only three who hadn't yet turned fifteen. Undoubtedly, they were also the strongest in cultivation among all the core disciples of the outer academy.

I won't go into the middle part of the plot, but there's an extra protagonist, and because Gu Yue is on the side of the soul beasts, it's impossible for her to participate in the competition.

快点吧

Elder Xuan acted as if he hadn't heard or done anything, and said in a deep voice, "We're not far from the academy, so I have something to say beforehand. You eight little ones in the reserve team, listen carefully. This will determine your future direction at the academy."

Elder Xuan's usual demeanor was rather unstable, and this was the first time he had been so serious. Huo Yuhao and the other seven immediately felt a chill in their hearts, and all their previous laughter and joking stopped as they stared intently at Elder Xuan.

The seven people in the inner courtyard and Wang Yan seemed to understand what Elder Xuan was going to say, but their expressions were solemn, and there seemed to be a special kind of pride in them.

Elder Xuan said, "Our Shrek Academy has a history of over ten thousand years. Generally speaking, a powerful Soul Master can live for at least two hundred years, or even longer. And almost every year, students from the academy pass the examinations to enter the inner court. However, currently, there are less than one hundred inner court disciples remaining in the academy. Do you know why?"

Xu Sanshi said, "Because the seniors have all graduated and left."

Elder Xuan shook his head and said, "You're right about part of it. It's true that some inner court disciples left the academy after graduation. But I'm talking about another group—those disciples who didn't graduate from the academy."

At this point, Elder Xuan's voice clearly carried a hint of sorrow: "They were all good children. Although they didn't truly graduate, their names will always remain on the academy's roster. They took the academy's ideals as their own. It wasn't that they lacked the ability to graduate; rather, they died fighting for the academy's ideals."

"Many outer court students are actually qualified to enter the inner court, but quite a few choose to leave after graduating from the outer court. This is because entering Shrek Academy's inner court not only means learning more and having better teachers, but also taking on a heavy responsibility. Those students who did not choose to enter the inner court believed they could not bear this responsibility and left after swearing to keep it a secret."

"The academy respects every student's choice, but I want to say that every student who chooses to enter the inner academy for further study is a hero. Not just a hero of the academy, but a hero belonging to the Douluo Continent."

The word "hero" was still unfamiliar to Huo Yuhao and his fellow young men and women. But when these two words came from Elder Xuan's mouth, they carried an inexplicable weight.

Elder Xuan said in a deep voice, "It cannot be denied that from the moment you became prospective disciples, you already had one foot in the inner academy. But precisely because of this, I must confirm before truly taking you away from the academy whether you are willing to shoulder the responsibilities that belong to the inner academy. If you are not willing, you can return to the academy now; no one will blame you. You will still be able to study and graduate smoothly in the outer academy. Moreover, I must tell you that the inner academy doesn't actually teach much more than the outer academy. The reason why inner academy disciples are so powerful is precisely because of that responsibility. If you choose to go back, you must swear an oath to keep it a secret, just like those students who chose to leave after graduating from the outer academy. Can you do that?"

Huo Yuhao and the other six sensed that the secret Elder Xuan was about to reveal was extraordinary…

Elder Xuan said, "The Douluo Continent was originally vast, and after colliding and merging with the Sun Moon Continent, it became even larger. Among all four great empires, the Sun Moon Empire is the largest in area and rich in various mineral resources. However, they are, after all, outsiders. Even after thousands of years, they still feel out of place in the hearts of the original three kingdoms of the Douluo Continent and cannot truly accept their existence. This has caused mutual antagonism. Although there is no large-scale war on the continent at present, conflicts exist at all times. If it is just a conflict between ordinary people, even if something happens, it will not cause too much damage. But if it is a conflict between soul masters, it is different."

"Not all Soul Masters are kind. Many become arrogant because of their strength, thinking they are the best in the world, and even harbor evil thoughts. These people will cause great harm to ordinary people. It is not uncommon for Soul Masters to commit evil, and often the higher the talent and cultivation of a Soul Master, the greater the destructive power after going astray. There was once a tragedy where a Soul Emperor slaughtered an entire village simply because the food was not to his liking. Why? Because the Soul Master's abilities far exceeded those of ordinary people, and there was a lack of supervision and restraint."

After Elder Xuan's explanation, all seven of Huo Yuhao's companions joined the monitoring team, while Chen Qiye had already been brought in.

(End of this chapter)