Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect: I, Huo Yuhao, join the Sun Moon Sect

Cai Meier, your demand for a rematch based on this, along with a series of unreasonable requests, is rather far-fetched.

Cai Meier said coldly, "The peaceful situation on the Douluo Continent rests on the shoulders of Shrek Academy. It's not your place to talk about the well-being of the people!"

Chapter 396 You can be smarter than the ancestor?

Zheng Zhan was stunned. He looked Cai Meier up and down, thinking to himself, "Are the strong people from Shrek Academy just making things up? They certainly have a whole bunch of fallacies."

His expression turned serious, and he transmitted his voice, "Dean Cai, I hope you can leave the arena with the Tang Clan team. In any case, the match between the Tang Clan team and the Holy Spirit Sect team is over."

The victor is the Holy Spirit Sect team, and that will not change; we will not grant your unreasonable demands.

“If Dean Cai continues to cause trouble, I will have no choice but to take special measures to drive you away. That would be embarrassing, and you don’t want to be captured by me in front of so many people, do you?”

Cai Meier's face was very ugly. To be honest, if it were just Zheng Zhan, she could still try her best.

The problem is, this is Mingdu, a place teeming with powerful individuals, and Kong Deming is also here. If she continues to pester him and is eventually captured, wouldn't that be a disgrace to Shrek Academy?

After all, she was the vice dean of the Martial Soul Department, a figure of considerable stature in the Douluo Continent.

So she had no choice but to swallow her anger and fly to the competition stage to take care of the students of the Tang Clan team. Since the competition between the Tang Clan team and the Holy Spirit Sect team had come to an end, the news of Tang Clan's defeat spread rapidly from Mingdu to all directions.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy is about to face the Snow Demon Sect in the semifinals.

Of course, although it is called the Snow Demon Sect, it is actually the Body Sect.

Because of the special nature of the semi-finals, there will be no second round of semi-finals today. As for the Soul Master Elite Competition organized by the three major underground forces in Mingdu, it will be held after the semi-finals are completely over and the two teams for the finals are selected.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao was not in a hurry to go to the Elite Soul Master Competition to find Feng Ling. For him, participating in the Elite Soul Master Competition as a contestant would at most reward him with a level nine fixed-equipment soul guide cannon and a carving knife, while watching the competition with Feng Ling was much more valuable than those rewards.

After all, Feng Ling was the vice leader of the Holy Spirit Cult and Yan Shaozhe's old flame.

Huo Yuhao now has some time to improve his strength before the finals, such as raising his cultivation to the Soul Saint level. However, since it is a sunny day, he plans to use the Sun and Moon Profound Technique to absorb the essence of the sun for a while to improve his physical qualities as much as possible before searching for soul beasts.

.......

Shrek Academy.

Underground prison.

Xu Sanshi sat on the ground, feeling somewhat desperate. He never expected that just by returning to Shrek Academy, he would go from being the captain of the Shrek team to a prisoner.

His hands and feet were bound by black shackles, which were level six soul tools. Their main purpose was to restrict his soul power and prevent him from using soul skills.

For a Soul Emperor like him, once his soul power is restricted and he is unable to use soul skills, he is practically at the mercy of others.

In addition, underground prisons are usually used by Shrek Academy to detain serious criminals. They are heavily guarded and have high structural strength, so he had no chance of escaping from there.

Of course, this was the first time he had ever known that Shrek Academy had such a place, which undoubtedly shattered his understanding of the world.

After all, in his mind, Shrek Academy was the number one academy on the continent, a place for teaching and nurturing people, filled with light and justice. How could it be like his own home, with an underground prison?

Now he realizes he was wrong.

According to the people who escorted him here, back when the Tang Sect was still in power and was the number one sect on the continent, Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had a very good relationship. So the Tang Sect helped Shrek Academy build this underground prison and thoughtfully provided a batch of torture instruments for interrogating prisoners.

Time has passed and the Tang Clan has declined, but this underground prison still exists.

Why bring me here and have them explain the origins of the underground prison? I haven't done anything seriously wrong.

He still remembered the middle-aged Shrek man he met in Mingdu, who claimed to be surnamed Tang. After being verified by the academy's elders, it was confirmed that the man was a teacher at Shrek Academy.

Teacher Tang came to me with twelve tokens from Elder Xuan, asking me to return to the academy as soon as possible to visit my father, who was seriously injured and had been transferred to Shrek Academy to be treated by Elder Zhuang.

Xu Sanshi still had feelings for his father, who was the leader of the Xuanming Sect, so he anxiously followed Teacher Tang back to Shrek Academy.

To maximize speed along the way, he mostly relied on Teacher Tang to carry him. To be honest, Teacher Tang was incredibly fast. Even though Teacher Tang's current cultivation level was only Soul Douluo, most Title Douluos couldn't match his speed.

One reason is that Teacher Tang's martial soul is the Bright Sharp-tailed Swallow, which is inherently good at speed. The so-called Bright Sharp-tailed Swallow is a kind of mutated martial soul.

After Tang San defeated Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, the Tang Sect became the number one sect on the continent. The Minzhi Hall of the Tang Sect also flourished. Some Shrek students married members of the Minzhi Hall, so the Minzhi Hall's Sharp Feather Swallow Martial Soul spread.

Teacher Tang is a pure speed-type Soul Master, and basically every Soul Ring can add speed attributes to himself. In addition, Teacher Tang carries a flying Soul Tool, so his speed is naturally even faster.

Tap tap tap, a series of footsteps sounded outside. Xuanzi and Teacher Tang appeared at the cell door. Teacher Tang opened the door and walked in with Xuanzi.

Xuanzi looked at Xu Sanshi and sighed: "Sanshi, honestly explain why you betrayed the academy. As long as you can explain the reason and help me find other traitors you know, that will be enough."

I swear by the Golden Tree that I will never pursue your betrayal of the academy again, and I will release you back to the Xuanming Sect to continue being your second young master!

Xu Sanshi was stunned. What betrayal of the academy? When had he ever betrayed the academy? Was Elder Xuan drunk and not thinking clearly?

Xu Sanshi, being upright and fearless, said somewhat displeasedly, "Elder Xuan, I have not betrayed the academy. I have always been loyal to the academy. By the way, why did you issue twelve orders in succession, falsely claiming that my father was seriously injured, to trick me into returning to the academy? Isn't what you're doing a bit too much?"

Teacher Tang, standing to the side, looked at Xu Sanshi and felt that the other party's expression did not seem to be fake. Moreover, based on his interactions with Xu Sanshi over this period of time, he had not detected the slightest trace of treason in the other party.

Teacher Tang couldn't help but speak up: "Elder Xuan, I feel that we may have misunderstood Xu Sanshi. Why don't we investigate this matter more carefully?"

“Misunderstanding? Absolutely not.” Xuanzi was extremely confident. “Don’t be fooled by his tough attitude now. As long as I use the torture instruments, he will confess everything honestly. The ancestors of Shrek Academy who interrogated prisoners said that as long as torture instruments are used, they can pry open the mouths of traitors and make them become sensible.”

“Torture instruments? Isn’t this a bit too cruel? Besides, isn’t this just forcing a confession? I don’t think we can get the truth out of this.” Teacher Tang hesitated.

Xuanzi said, "You think you're smarter than our ancestor?"

Chapter 397 Xu Sanshi Admits to Betraying the Academy

After speaking, Xuanzi immediately took out a large pile of torture instruments from his storage soul tool. These instruments were still stained with fresh blood and hair, and looked like they had just been used a moment ago.

Of course, Xuanzi basically didn't use this thing. The fresh bloodstains and hair on the torture instruments were deliberately added by him to make Xu Sanshi fear the torture instruments and thus make him reveal the information he wanted to know.

He and Xu Sanshi had known each other for some time and there was a certain affection between an elder and a younger man, so he was willing to give Xu Sanshi this chance. If the other party was willing to confess honestly, then he would not need to use these instruments of torture.

Xu Sanshi's face turned green when he saw these instruments of torture. He subconsciously swallowed, thinking that if these things were used on him, he would definitely suffer greatly.

As the second young master of the Xuanming Sect, he has always held a high position and has never been tortured with instruments of torture. However, he has seen the Xuanming Sect torture traitors, and the traitors screamed in agony.

His voice trembled slightly: "Elder Xuan, I have shed blood for Shrek Academy. My heart is devoted to Shrek Academy. How could I be a traitor? Are you mistaken?"

Even now, Xu Sanshi still doesn't understand why Elder Xuan thinks he's a traitor. He never betrayed Shrek Academy!

Xuanzi frowned, feeling that Xu Sanshi was being unreasonable. He had already given him a chance, yet he still refused to admit that he was a traitor to Shrek Academy.

Xuanzi then said somewhat displeasedly, "Xu Sanshi, even now you're still pretending to be innocent? Fine, I'll remind you, Shrek Academy's team lost the competition to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and this is inextricably linked to you!"

As the captain, you actually used Xuanming to switch positions with Huo Yuhao as soon as you entered the game. At first glance, this tactic seems fine, since dealing with the others would be much easier after eliminating the strongest Huo Yuhao.

However, your tactics led to the rapid defeat of six Shrek Academy players by Huo Yuhao alone! This undoubtedly brought great shame to Shrek Academy! Since ancient times, Shrek Academy has never had a precedent of losing six players to a single enemy in a team battle during a major competition.

Besides, how could you possibly hold off six people from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy all by yourself? Although I look down on those guys who only know how to rely on soul tools, I have to admit that before the Soul Saint level, in most cases, the strength of a Soul Master of the same level is superior to that of a Soul Master of the same level! You simply don't have the strength to take on six people at once!

Furthermore, everyone except Jiang Nannan suffered relatively serious injuries. Are you trying to tell me that Huo Yuhao showed mercy to Jiang Nannan because he liked her?

Therefore, I strongly suspect that you colluded with Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Empire, which led to Shrek Academy's defeat. Otherwise, with our Shrek team's powerful team fighting ability, as long as we played normally, no one would be a match for Shrek Team in the competition!

Xu Sanshi was stunned when he heard these words and fell into deep thought. He felt that what Elder Xuan said actually made some sense. He seemed to be a bit like a traitor, but the problem was that he was not a traitor at all.

He immediately retorted, "Elder Xuan, these are all coincidences. How could I possibly be colluding with Huo Yuhao and the Sun Moon Empire?"

"Still trying to argue! You're just asking for trouble! Quickly confess to betraying the academy, or I'll have to take action!"

"Let me tell you, I don't hold back, and you might just die by my hand." Xuanzi deliberately put on a fierce and menacing look, approaching Xu Sanshi with the torture instruments and threatening him.

Xu Sanshi could smell the pungent blood emanating from those torture instruments. He looked miserable, thinking to himself that he had not betrayed the academy at all, so how could he explain himself?

But if Xuanzi doesn't get the information he wants in a long time, is it really possible that he will die here? After all, the other party has just imprisoned him in the underground prison based solely on speculation.

If he were to die in the underground prison, Xuanzi could shift the blame for his death onto the Sun Moon Empire or the evil soul masters. Even his own parents would never have imagined that Xuanzi, the elder of the Sea God Pavilion, would do such a despicable thing.

No, I absolutely cannot die here! If I die, I'll never see Nannan again! I still want to gain Jiang Nannan's forgiveness and spend the rest of my life with her!

Never mind, for Nan Nan's sake, I must live well!

"Elder Xuan, please don't do it! I admit I betrayed the academy!" Xu Sanshi said, forced into a corner.

Xuanzi stopped what he was doing, stared at Xu Sanshi, and a knowing look appeared on his face. He put his hands behind his back and said calmly, "You've finally admitted it. Now tell me why you betrayed the academy. And name all your accomplices who betrayed the academy with you."

"Don't worry, since I've sworn an oath by the Golden Tree, as long as you cooperate with me, I won't kill you."

Xu Sanshi was worried about Xuanzi's credibility. He dared not easily believe Xuanzi's oath, so he said hesitantly, "Elder Xuan, if I reveal everything, what if you feel that I have lost my value and kill me?"

"Hmph, you don't even trust me anymore? I've always been a man of my word." Xuanzi was somewhat displeased. "Tell me everything, or I'll have to resort to torture."

Xu Sanshi closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Elder Xuan, then please use the torture instruments. I will not tell you anything."

After saying this, he was also feeling uneasy, wondering if he could fool Xuanzi.

Seeing Xu Sanshi's determination, Xuanzi hesitated for a moment, but then decided to agree to Xu Sanshi's request. After all, finding the traitor in the academy as soon as possible was the most important thing.

“Sanshi, I promise you.” Xuanzi said helplessly, “I will not ask you any further about the reason why you betrayed the academy. Now, identify the accomplices who betrayed the academy with you.”

Xu Sanshi opened his eyes, his mind racing. He thought to himself that he had no idea who his accomplices were, but he couldn't just randomly name a few people. After all, Xuanzi would definitely investigate if he said so, and it was impossible for anyone he named to be an accomplice.

So he said, “Elder Xuan, I don’t know many accomplices. In order to prevent me from losing my value, why don’t you name a few suspects and I’ll identify them as accomplices? Doing so would undoubtedly be in the best interests of both of us.”

He had essentially thrown the question back to Xuanzi.

Xuanzi frowned slightly, thinking to himself that if it weren't for the search for other traitors, he wouldn't have needed to concede to Xu Sanshi on this matter.

He then said to Teacher Tang, who was standing to the side, "What I'm about to say is confidential. You should leave the underground prison now."

"Yes, Elder Xuan." Teacher Tang nodded and then left.

Chapter 398 Shao Zhe also colluded with the Sun and Moon?

After confirming that Teacher Tang had left, Xuanzi looked at Xu Sanshi. In fact, he had some suspicions that He Caitou and Fan Yu were colluding with the Sun Moon Empire in the academy. As for Yan Shaozhe, he only suspected that the other party was colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Of course, the main reason he suspected that Fan Yu and He Caitou were colluding with the Sun Moon Empire was because there were doubts about the fact that the master and apprentice were sent back to Shrek Academy for stealing blueprints.

To be honest, he didn't object to Fan Yu and He Caitou stealing the soul tool blueprints from Mingde Hall, since Shrek Academy's technology in soul tools was indeed no match for Mingde Hall.

If we could obtain some of the soul guide blueprints from Mingde Hall, it would definitely allow Shrek Academy's soul guide technology to advance by leaps and bounds.

As Shrek Academy's soul tool technology improves, it can better protect the peace of the Douluo Continent, while the Sun Moon Empire's improved soul tool technology can only bring disaster to this continent.

Fan Yu and He Caitou were caught by Mingde Hall for stealing blueprints and were eventually sent back to Shrek Academy. It was one thing for He Caitou to be a novice, but Fan Yu was always careful. How could he have been caught on his first attempt to steal blueprints at Mingde Hall?

Logically speaking, he should have stolen a few times, passed on some blueprints, before being discovered!

Moreover, these two survived precisely because they were deported, while the others in the exchange student group who were not deported, except for Beibei, were all killed by the evil spirit masters.

Beibei is definitely innocent. After all, Beibei is the great-grandson of Elder Mu and has Yu Xiaogang as his ancestor. He can be said to have impeccable lineage. How could he possibly collude with the Sun Moon Empire?

Fan Yu is the teacher leading the exchange student team and is considered a member of the team. He Cai Tou is an outstanding student in the exchange student team. Both of them have studied at the Mingde Hall of the Sun Moon Empire and have an extremely close teacher-student relationship.