Douluo Dalu II: The Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 408 The Divine Position is a Wrong Code for Forcing Growth!

According to Shrek Academy's intelligence, the Heavenly Soul Empire's resistance against the Sun Moon Empire was not particularly fierce, for two reasons.

First, whenever the Sun Moon Empire conquers a city, it immediately announces that the empire will treat the former Heavenly Soul Empire's citizens equally and promises to awaken martial souls for all school-age children free of charge. This alone is enough to undermine the fighting spirit of most civilians.

Secondly, whenever the Sun Moon Empire conquers a city, it immediately takes control of the strongest local force or Soul Master. This serves to both deter others and make those who intend to resist think twice.

In short, judging from the fact that the Sun Moon Empire stabilized the former territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire in just six months, they had been preparing for this war of unification for a long time and very thoroughly. This will from top to bottom will not disappear with the succession of the supreme ruler. Zhang Lexuan's ability to take control of the Sun Moon Empire so quickly was actually due to this will. This is the general trend.

The fall of the Heavenly Soul Empire was the most significant event that occurred on the continent during Zhu Ziyang's seclusion. Following that was another matter that Shrek Academy needed to take seriously and that required Zhu Ziyang's decision. Just three months prior, when Heaven Dou City was heavily besieged from the north, Shrek Academy received a request from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

As one of Shrek Academy's traditional allies, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is far more reliable than the Clear Sky School. Therefore, the elders, including Xuanzi, took their request very seriously. However, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's request shocked them while also exciting them.

"You mean, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School wants to join our Shrek Academy?" Zhu Ziyang was also somewhat surprised, staring wide-eyed at Xian Lin'er.

"Yes." Xian Lin'er nodded, her expression serious and earnest, and said, "Ning Yuntao, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, hopes that Shrek Academy can provide them with a piece of land as the residence of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile family. In exchange, they are willing to hand over 70% of the wealth of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to our academy, and at the same time, they will no longer call themselves the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but instead change their name to the Ning Family of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. They are willing to become an affiliated family of Shrek Academy."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement upon hearing this, and said with considerable admiration, "As expected of the most business-savvy family on the mainland, their calculations are truly shrewd!"

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School contributed a lot to the defense of Heaven Dou City. Most of the sect's experts were killed or captured. Since they didn't have much combat ability, joining our Shrek Academy was the best choice for them to protect themselves," Yan Shaozhe said.

"That's right. Although the Sun Moon Empire hasn't taken action against the nobles of the Heavenly Soul Empire yet, it's clear to everyone that it's only a matter of time. As one of the old sects of the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will definitely be among the first to be purged. If they want to protect themselves, it seems that their only options besides resistance are to beg for the protection of Shrek Academy." Qian Duoduo chimed in.

"It seems everyone's thoughts are aligned. Alright, tell Sect Leader Ning Yuntao that we can accept them, but the conditions will be increased. In addition to the original conditions, we need to add one more: the Ning family members need to join the Shrek Academy's Supervisory Group," Zhu Ziyang said calmly. "I'll leave this matter to you, Senior Sister. However, one thing needs to be made clear: the reason Shrek Academy accepts the Ning family is because of the friendship between Nine Treasures Douluo and Food God Douluo."

"No problem," Xianlin'er nodded and agreed.

The Tianyuan Pavilion meeting ended quickly, but Zhu Ziyang's business was not over. He still needed to address all the disciples and students later. Although the disciples and students who remained at Shrek Academy were all staunch academics, they were in a period of dramatic ideological change, and many of them were still confused. This was where Zhu Ziyang, the head of Tianyuan Pavilion and the spiritual leader of Shrek Academy, was needed to strengthen their beliefs.

While Yan Shaozhe and the others were gathering their disciples, Zhu Ziyang found Fifth Huan'er waiting for him under the golden ancient tree.

"Huan'er!" Zhu Ziyang called out.

"Brother Ziyang!" Fifth Huan'er ran over excitedly and hugged Zhu Ziyang, her pretty face full of longing.

"It's been a year, have you missed me?" Zhu Ziyang asked with a smile, his arm around Fifth Huan'er's slender waist.

"Mmm!" Fifth Huan'er buried her head in Zhu Ziyang's chest and responded softly.

A year has passed, and Fifth Huan'er's cultivation level has reached level 95. The reason for such rapid progress is actually quite understandable. After all, before Zhu Ziyang went into seclusion, the girl's cultivation level had already reached level 88. Before Zhu Ziyang went into seclusion, he gave her a medicinal liquid equivalent to half a Primal Golden Pill. It is reasonable that her cultivation level reached level 95 in one year.

"Has Sister Xiaotao still not come out of seclusion?" After a brief moment of tenderness, Zhu Ziyang brought up another woman's name, much to his disappointment.

However, Fifth Huan'er didn't mind at all. After all, her relationship with Ma Xiaotao was closer than that of sisters. She replied, "Well, a month after you went into seclusion, Brother Ziyang, Sister Xiaotao came out. After I told her about your seclusion to accept the divine position, I also gave her the Origin Golden Elixir. Then she went into seclusion again. She said that this time she wanted to go all out and become a god directly before she came out."

"I see." Zhu Ziyang was slightly taken aback, then his divine sense swept across the ground beneath the golden ancient tree and immediately found Ma Xiaotao sitting cross-legged in a tree hole.

At this moment, Ma Xiaotao's breathing was very steady, and her body was surrounded by blazing fiery energy. With each breath, this energy was continuously absorbed and released. Zhu Ziyang could clearly feel that two completely unequal energies were colliding and flowing within Ma Xiaotao's body, achieving a strange balance.

He immediately withdrew his divine sense, breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile naturally appeared on his face. He said, "At most, it will be another six months before Sister Tao comes out of seclusion."

"Really!" Upon hearing this, Fifth Huan'er's face lit up with surprise. She asked, "Then after she comes out of seclusion, will she be able to become a god?"

"Yes." Zhu Ziyang nodded and said, "She is currently converting the soul power in her body into divine power. The moment she completes the conversion, she can officially accept the position of the God of Fire."

The transformation of soul power into divine power is a necessary step for mortals to advance into gods. Only when all the energy in the body is transformed into divine power can one withstand the pressure of divine laws on the body. Only then can the mortal body evolve into a divine body and become a true god. This is an extremely difficult thing for mortals under other stars, but for them under the Douluo Starry Sky, it is the simplest thing.

Because the gods will do everything for them. Although it's like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, you can't deny that the seedlings that have been pulled up do grow taller.

A king does not take the crown as his honor, but the crown is honored because of the king!

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The outer courtyard, Shrek Square.

All the students from the outer academy who remained in the academy had arrived. The oldest among them was already in sixth grade, and the youngest was only in first grade. However, the first-grade students would soon be moving up to the next grade. In three months, it would be the new enrollment day. Although they were unsure whether they would have any new juniors, they were quite confused and didn't know why the teachers had suddenly gathered them in the square.

However, many academies' attention was drawn to another group of people. They were all wearing red Shrek Academy uniforms, the legendary uniforms of the inner court disciples. Those people in red uniforms were undoubtedly the legendary inner court disciples. The inner court, how enviable it was!

Among the inner court disciples were many of Zhu Ziyang's acquaintances, with Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and others naturally leading the way. However, compared to the bewildered outer court students, the inner court disciples mostly wore solemn expressions, with Huo Yuhao's face being particularly grim. Bei Bei and Tang Ya were comforting him.

Upon closer inspection, one would notice that not far from Huo Yuhao and the others, a lone woman also dressed in the inner academy uniform stood. The woman had a slender and voluptuous figure, with her blue hair flowing down her back like waves. She possessed an ethereal and otherworldly aura, like a flower on a high mountain.

However, her appearance is so awkward. She should have a charming and cute smiling face, but she always maintains an inappropriate coldness, which makes people feel a sense of inexplicable disconnect.

Zhu Ziyang led the elders of Tianyuan Pavilion and arrived through the air, landing in front of all the students, disciples, and teachers.

With their arrival, Shrek Square fell silent. In the vast space, only Zhu Ziyang's gentle voice could be heard.

"Everyone..."

(End of this chapter)