Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 26 Hamster Huo Yuhao

Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is the only top-tier academy on the entire continent in terms of soul guidance technology. In contrast, Shrek Academy is the only top-tier academy on the entire continent in terms of martial soul cultivation. Its outstanding achievements can be seen from its performance in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

Since the official establishment of Shrek Academy and the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, Shrek Academy has almost monopolized all the championship awards in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament over the past ten thousand years. It can be said that the championship of each Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament is almost the private property of Shrek Academy.

Compared to the Soul Guidance Department, which is still in the catching-up stage and progressing slowly, Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department is truly the best in the world. For nearly four thousand years, over 80% of Shrek Academy's top experts have come from the Martial Soul Department, while the proportion from the Soul Guidance Department is less than 20%. This shows that even though Shrek's annual recruitment slogan emphasizes both Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Departments, in reality, both the academy itself and the students clearly have a preference.

The relationship between Shrek Academy's inner and outer academies is not entirely one of inheritance. In fact, the vast majority of Shrek students graduate and leave Shrek Academy after completing their studies in the outer academy. Only a very small percentage of students are qualified to continue their studies in Shrek Academy's inner academy.

It's worth mentioning that over 70% of Shrek Academy's teachers are graduates of Shrek Inner Academy, and over 90% are graduates of Shrek Academy itself. Furthermore, the management team within Shrek Academy, known as the "Sea God Pavilion," is entirely composed of outstanding graduates from Shrek Academy's Inner Academy. In other words, to truly become a member of Shrek, further study at Shrek Academy's Inner Academy is an essential step.

In addition to their studies, students in the inner court of Shrek Academy are also given a special mission: the "Shrek Prosecutor's Team." Every Shrek student who advances from the outer court to the inner court is automatically accepted as a prosecutor and must complete thirty prosecutorial tasks to graduate. The essence of their mission is to combat evil spirit masters appearing throughout the Douluo Continent. At the same time, bandits and outlaws also seem to fall within the scope of the Shrek Prosecutor's Team's investigation.

Huo Yuhao slowly put the intelligence in his hand aside, stopped eating the pie, and began to ponder, stroking his chin with his left hand.

Previously, the owner of the Confused Treasure Pavilion had written at the very beginning of the intelligence report, "Shrek Academy can be regarded as a political group that is like a monster to some extent." At that time, Huo Yuhao did not realize the weight of these words, but after seeing the scope of Shrek Inspection Team's attack, Huo Yuhao suddenly felt that the owner of the Confused Treasure Pavilion's description of Shrek was really just right.

Besides the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy's inspection team members are able to crack down on evil spirit masters and capture bandits roaming the land. This alone reflects Shrek Academy's extremely terrifying political influence. It should be noted that no matter whether Shrek Academy's actions are good or bad for ordinary people, for a country with independent sovereignty, Shrek Academy's behavior is tantamount to defecating on their heads.

For a sovereign nation, the most important thing is stability. However, this stability is not the peaceful and prosperous life that ordinary people desire, but rather the ability to control all aspects of the empire. This control includes land, taxation, the military, and many other things. As long as these major aspects can be firmly grasped, an empire can be stable enough even if its people are poor in terms of food and clothing.

But precisely because of this, Shrek Academy's actions were tantamount to challenging the bottom line of the three great empires. As soon as they received intelligence, they would organize a group of powerful Soul Masters to arrest the criminals. This was tantamount to telling the people that the empire's security forces were not as strong as a private army of an academy. At the same time, if this force had any other ideas, such as killing innocent people to claim credit, maliciously framing their enemies as evil Soul Masters, bandits, or thieves and killing them on the spot, it would be an extremely passive situation for any empire.

"Shrek Academy truly lives up to its reputation as a monster academy. Its political status on the Douluo Continent is just like that of a monster. It's truly astonishing."

After only a brief analysis of Shrek Academy's political status, Huo Yuhao was already astonished. Although Shrek Academy's relationship with the three great empires seemed to be very close on the surface, in reality, if the Sun Moon Empire, an external threat, were eliminated, Shrek Academy would probably be attacked by all sides immediately.

Ultimately, the relationship between Shrek Academy and the three great empires is probably not mutually beneficial, but rather more like a thorn in the side. No wise monarch would allow such a powerful force with a transcendent political status to ride on the throne of the empire. Even if no major conflict breaks out, they will inevitably try every means to weaken Shrek Academy's influence. All of this is not about whether Shrek's actions are righteous or evil, but simply the natural struggle between the ruling group and a giant special force.

After analyzing the intelligence, Huo Yuhao's understanding of Shrek Academy was no longer purely superficial. The owner of the Muddled Treasure Pavilion had a very comprehensive understanding of Shrek, including its development history, political status, geographical location, and organizational structure. Although there wasn't much truly secret information, it was more than enough for Huo Yuhao.

Shrek Academy, Inner Courtyard, Sea God Pavilion.

Huo Yuhao tapped the table rhythmically with his hand, his brain working at a rapid pace.

Shrek Academy was the best choice for him to investigate secrets from ten thousand years ago because most of Shrek's books were open to students. This is the difference between an academy and a sect. Huo Yuhao could uncover many secrets from ten thousand years ago without attracting any attention.

However, Huo Yuhao also knew that those truly priceless secrets could not be openly stored in the public reading area of ​​Shrek Library. These precious secrets would most likely only be accessible to him after he joined Shrek's inner court, or even the core leadership circle known as the "Sea God Pavilion." Therefore, he still needed to prepare in advance and determine the specific requirements for joining Shrek's inner court.

After organizing his thoughts for the next period of time, Huo Yuhao sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate his soul power by making the most of every minute. The absorption of the first soul ring opened up many meridians in Huo Yuhao's body, which increased his cultivation speed by 20%. This did not make Huo Yuhao slack off; on the contrary, he cultivated even more diligently.

After all, the more soul power he cultivates now, the more he earns compared to his previous cultivation speed. This hoarding behavior, like that of a hamster, makes Huo Yuhao very happy.

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(End of this chapter)