Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 54 Even if it's like searching for a needle in a haystack, we must find it.

The situation is escalating.

Rumors have a huge impact on reputation, especially this kind of scandal that is a mix of truth and falsehood. It directly portrayed Yan Shaozhe as a scumbag who started relationships and then abandoned them, and who was bisexual, while portraying Qian Duoduo as an extremely affectionate but sexually abnormal gay man.

Then the two of them each received a title.

Shrek's number one sea king - Yan Shaozhe.

Shrek's most affectionate character is Qian Duoduo.

Although these two nicknames don't seem to have any special meaning in Douluo Continent at first glance, they sound strange to those who have read "Dragon and Phoenix Entanglement".

This was unacceptable to them.

In Douluo Continent, when have Title Douluos not always been the pinnacle of the Soul Master world, revered wherever they go?

As the deans of Shrek Academy, their status was comparable to that of the emperors of the empire (a death wish! If Shrek doesn't beat them up, who will?). This kind of damage to their reputation directly caused Yan Shaozhe and his friends to lose face.

Even the Sea God Pavilion took this matter seriously and held a meeting on it.

In this era where the four great empires could go to war at any moment, any slight disturbance would trigger Shrek's sensitive nerves, let alone such rumors that have spread almost throughout the continent.

Even Lin Yun himself couldn't have imagined that his evil plan would actually alarm the Sea God Pavilion and even trigger a meeting of the Sea God Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, the Demon King says that Shrek Academy has begun a full-scale search for the person behind the sale of 'Dragon and Phoenix Entanglement,' and asks what you should do next."

Lin Yun had just returned to his dormitory after a day of classes when Hyotei's mental link transmitted the latest news.

"Oh? You're only realizing it now?" Lin Yun shook his head.

Shrek's vigilance somewhat disappointed him; instead of extinguishing the spark when it was just ignited, they only came looking for the person behind it when the fire had already spread beyond control.

Ten thousand years of glory and peak have made them forget what a sense of crisis is, and forget that they are actually just an academy.

"Is 'Dragon and Phoenix in Harmony' finished?" Lin Yun asked.

"It's finished. Thanks to Your Majesty's foresight in sending that Radiant Unicorn ahead of time. With her here, that human named Qingye barely rested, working day and night to finish the manuscript," Ice Emperor said with some admiration.

"It's really hard to imagine that he's just an ordinary person; he's even more Paru than Paru."

"Trust my judgment. I told you, he'd have a bright future." Lin Yun grinned. "Give the order: the second step of the plan can begin!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

……

In the dimly lit hut, only a soul-guiding lamp emitted a faint light. The room was extremely quiet, with only the scratching sound of a pen gliding across paper.

Before the Soul Guiding Lamp, a handsome young man was writing furiously. Although his face was haggard, his bloodshot eyes were extremely fanatical, and he always maintained a terrifyingly manic smile on his face.

"Hehehehe..."

Outside, the mature woman in black JK stockings shuddered violently upon hearing the laughter. Although she had heard it many times before, it still sent chills down her spine every time. "Oh God... Sister is clearly a unicorn representing the sacred light, why would she participate in such a dark plan!" Sheng Xin clutched her forehead in pain, her voice even carrying a hint of wail.

Snapped!

A thick book was thrown out of the room and landed precisely on the table in front of her.

The book cover bears the four characters: "Dragon and Phoenix in Harmony"!

"Well, actually, a little darkness isn't so bad!" Shengxin's eyes lit up, and she eagerly picked up the book, turned to a page, and began to read it with great interest.

"Oh, it smells so good!"

"Hehehehe~"

……

The task of searching for the mastermind behind the compilation of "Dragon and Phoenix Entanglement" in Shrek Academy's inner courtyard has been placed at the top of the inspection team's task list and marked with the highest level of red.

A large number of inner court students flocked out and began searching the entire continent for the so-called mastermind.

Besides Shrek City, the footprints of the Inner Academy students were all over the continent. Even in the Sun Moon Empire, Inner Academy students infiltrated and began a secret search.

Within Shrek City, the Shrek City Defense Force conducted a thorough search, since the original source was Shrek City.

Even though Shrek Academy had tried its best, it still couldn't find the person behind the compilation of "Dragon and Phoenix Entanglement". Instead, it unexpectedly found many targets that the monitoring team had overlooked in their mission.

Dean's Office.

Yan Shaozhe sat at the table with a gloomy expression, browsing the search reports sent back by the inner court students.

They found no clues about the person behind the scenes. According to the person who had the book, the location where "Dragon and Phoenix Entwined" was sold was never fixed, and only very lucky people had the chance to meet them.

Moreover, after purchasing the books, the buyer always forgets the owner's face immediately, and even forgets the owner's age, gender, etc.

"A conspiracy! It's definitely a conspiracy against Shrek Academy!" Yan Shaozhe slammed his fist on the table and squeezed out the words through gritted teeth.

"Shao Zhe, is the situation really that serious?" Cai Meier asked with some concern.

Yan Shaozhe nodded, his face full of bitterness: "Mei'er, don't you understand? It's too fast! So fast that we didn't even have time to react. Almost the entire continent already knows about this book."

"And look at this, everyone who buys the book eventually forgets the face of the person who sold it. Among them are even Soul Masters, which shows that the person was extremely powerful, at least a Title Douluo of the Mental type."

"Why would a titled Douluo do something so unbecoming of his status without a reason? There must be a reason behind this. On the surface, it's just to smear the reputation of the four deans, but in reality, there is definitely a deeper meaning, a darker truth."

"But we can't find them at all!" Cai Meier was also very troubled. She knew that there was definitely a conspiracy against Shrek behind this, but they just felt like they didn't know where to start.

A titled Douluo with a mental cultivation ability, who wants to hide in the shadows and secretly cause trouble, is simply not something Shrek Academy can uncover.

The Douluo Continent is too vast. Unless they gather all the power of Shrek Academy and the four great empires, finding that spiritual-type Title Douluo hidden underwater is like finding a needle in a haystack.

But we must find it even if it's like finding a needle in a haystack!

"Right now, I just hope that their next move won't come too soon," Yan Shaozhe murmured.

He had a premonition that this time it was just a smear campaign against Shrek Academy, but next time it would definitely cause turmoil within Shrek Academy!

(End of this chapter)