Peerless: The Starry Sky Revival Plan of the Auspicious Beasts

The highlight of Shrek Academy is its elimination system. Even though there are about 300 people left now, according to convention, no more than 50 people can successfully graduate from the external college every year.

My goodness, there were a total of one thousand students enrolled in the entire mainland, but less than fifty graduated, with a dropout rate of over ninety-five percent.

What kind of school has a graduation rate of less than 5%? How outrageous.

But it is easy to understand if we regard Shrek as a sect instead of a regular academy.

Shrek Academy trains disciples with the label of their own faction. It is not like general academies that train more talents and the more graduates the better.

If there are only fifty students graduating, there is naturally no need for very detailed class divisions.

According to this class division method, Class One is naturally the strongest in overall strength, and the students in the control and strong attack departments are obviously stronger.

Ning Tianze, who was from the auxiliary department, separated from them and went to Class 3, leaving Wu Feng, who was reluctant to leave, alone in Class 1.

As for the two head teachers of Class 1...Mu Jin stood in front of the Class 1 team with an air of pride like a little rooster that had won a fight, and she looked really proud.

The other one was Wang Yan, who stared at Wang Rui as if he were a rare animal.

After being divided into classes, the students returned to the teaching building with their class teachers.

Mu Jin called out Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing and Ning Tian separately.

"Ning Tian is going to Class 3. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to Class 1 and ask me for help." Mu Jin first smiled and told Ning Tian, ​​then turned to the three students, "Before the freshman assessment, the teacher said that if you get first place, you will be rewarded. Now is the time to fulfill your promise."

Originally, she had also prepared some extremely high-quality elixirs that would help with cultivation.

But successfully getting a professional title and a salary increase are secondary. The most important thing is that Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing's soul fusion technique accidentally helped her completely defeat Zhou Yi.

The conflict between Mu Jin and Zhou Yi has long been more than just jealousy. Over the years, Zhou Yi, who is better than her in every aspect, has become a thorn in her side.

As for Fan Yu himself, the core of the original conflict... he had long since become a trophy that symbolized victory. Over the years, Mu Jin's thoughts on him had long faded. She just wanted to win, and this idea had become an obsession.

After so many years, the student finally won a game. She felt relieved and exchanged the elixir reward she had prepared for a more expensive prize.

Mu Jin took out a leather bag from the storage soul guide.

This long and thin leather bag seemed to be a soul guide device. There were some dark patterns on it. Huo Yuqing could recognize that those inscriptions all played the role of isolating the aura, and she couldn't help but feel curious.

"This... soul bone?" Ning Tian, ​​who is knowledgeable and familiar with the leather bag soul guide, exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right." Mu Jin said with a smile. She untied the rope that sealed the soul guide that contained the soul bone, and a low-key dark brown light ball immediately came out.

I saw a delicate brown skeleton that looked a bit illusory floating in the air. The soul power fluctuations around it were very obvious, and even the air seemed to become slightly sticky.

However, this soul bone is not complete. It can be vaguely seen as half a radius. The structure of the radial head and radial tuberosity can be roughly seen at the far end, while the other end appears to be roughly broken.

"This-this is too expensive!" Ning Tian looked at Mu Jin in surprise.

The young master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect certainly would not be short of soul bones, but as someone who was preparing to become the head of the family, she naturally knew how expensive firewood and rice were. She knew too well the value of soul bones - nowadays, the Star Dou Great Forest was extremely dangerous, and it was very difficult for soul masters of average strength to obtain soul rings, let alone soul bones, which were even more precious.

Even a soul bone of such poor quality could basically drain the entire fortune of a soul emperor. Even if Mu Jin was in Shrek Academy and had more resources at hand, such a soul bone would still be precious to her.

Ning Tian didn't need this soul bone, but she appreciated the kindness. She was actually quite satisfied, after all, no matter who got the reward, Huo Yuqing or Wang Rui, they would eventually owe her a favor.

For the young master of Jiubao Liuli, favors are much more valuable than material rewards!

She thought that Huo Yuqing, who had some background in her guess, might also recognize this soul bone, so she subconsciously looked over.

However, Huo Yuqing looked at Wang Rui in a daze.

After unleashing the Blade of Rage in the final of the assessment, Huo Yuqing became more sensitive to the emotion of anger. In addition, she had always been paying close attention to Wang Rui, so she clearly caught the fleeting flash of anger in him.

The girl was a little confused, but she secretly hooked Wang Rui's finger in a soothing manner.

Then, the voices of Wang Rui beside him and Tianmeng Ice Silkworm in his sea of ​​consciousness sounded at the same time:

"Teacher Mu, isn't this a secret soul bone? I've vaguely heard about it. It's extremely rare. Where did you get it?"

"Oh my god, this woman is so bold that she actually dares to take the cursed soul bone!"

At this moment, Wang Rui's face had just the right amount of curiosity, and Huo Yuqing almost thought that the hint of anger she had just sensed was an illusion.

Mu Jin naturally didn't notice his change of mood. She looked at Wang Rui with appreciation and said, "Yes, this is indeed a secret soul bone. You have a good eye."

“Mystical soul bone…?” Huo Yuqing asked hesitantly.

Why did Tianmeng call this soul bone a cursed soul bone? She asked Tianmeng in her sea of ​​consciousness, but he refused to answer her.

"The secret method spirit bone is not a naturally produced spirit bone. The quality is not very good and the value is slightly lower." Mu Jin had a hint of embarrassment on her face and joked to the three students, "Natural spirit bones are too expensive. I can't afford them even if I sell them to your teacher. I got this piece of left arm bone at a treasure appreciation meeting held for teachers in the academy. You have all become core disciples, and the school will also hold treasure appreciation meetings for core disciples regularly. There are many good things there. You can go and have a look when the time comes."

After answering Wang Rui's question, she turned the topic back, "The name of this soul bone is the Mystic Soul Left Arm Bone. In a sense, it can't be considered a real soul bone, nor can it provide soul bone skills in the general sense. Instead, it will provide a 5% increase in soul power. Although the increase is not large, this increase is always there. The reason why the Mystic Soul Bone is so special is that it is not dropped by a single soul beast, but is obtained by people using special methods."

"I have heard a little bit..." Ning Tian pondered, "I heard that the process of making secret soul bones is very bloody. It seems that no one makes this thing now... I also seem to have heard some legends that the soul masters who make secret soul bones will die in the end."

"Indeed." Mu Jin nodded, and did not hide it, "Because this thing is obtained in a rather cruel way. It is said that to make a secret soul bone, one needs to kill a hundred soul beasts of the same kind within half an hour, and then use the secret method to activate their soul rings, there is a 10% chance of obtaining a secret soul soul bone. Although the success rate is still not high, it is much higher than the probability of obtaining soul bones naturally."

“This is too cruel…” Huo Yuqing murmured. After listening to Mu Jin’s explanation, she felt a little creepy. The warm brown soul bone seemed to be soaked in blood and smelled fishy. “So many lives were killed for a soul bone…”

In order to obtain a piece of broken soul bone, at least a thousand soul beasts must be killed...

Mu Jin saw Huo Yuqing's reluctance and said gently, "This kind of soul bone is rare now. Because the production process is too cruel and bloody, some soul masters killed too many soul beasts for this kind of soul bone, which broke the balance of the forest and attracted high-level soul beasts to kill those soul masters who made secret soul bones. Over time, some legends related to the curse were left behind. Currently, this kind of soul bone is rare in the world."

Huo Yuqing nodded with mixed feelings. She thought about the soul beasts she knew and found it hard to imagine that someone would kill thousands of them for their soul bones.

Wang Rui smiled with an ambiguous tone, and said sarcastically: "Some people can kill many innocent people for the sake of profit, and even kill their own blood relatives... Killing a soul beast is nothing, don't be so shocked."

Huo Yuqing turned her head a little worriedly and looked over. The red-haired boy blinked at her briskly.

But after spending such a long time together, Huo Yuqing already knew Wang Rui very well. Others might not notice it, but she just knew that Wang Rui was angry.

Especially since Wang Rui was born in the Beast Sect...

"He's right." Ning Tian agreed, with a look of memories and disgust on his face.

The Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had also been involved in the brutal political struggles of the aristocratic circles of the Heavenly Soul Empire. The sect’s education made her resonate with Wang Rui’s words, and she couldn’t help but echo: “Benefits can drive some evil things, and some people can do anything for the sake of benefits.”

What he said was actually a bit inappropriate and not quite in keeping with the identity of the heir to a large sect, but Ning Tian ultimately regarded Huo Yuqing and Wang Rui as friends, so he was a little more relaxed in front of them.

Mu Jin feels that her three most proud students are about to start their second-year "hate for humanity" phase. They are just kids, why are they thinking so much?

She quickly cleared her throat and interrupted, "Let's get back to the topic. Although the production method of this secret soul bone is not very good, it is still a way to improve strength. It also has another use, which is to fuse two similar soul bones... But few people can get two soul bones with the same attributes. The teacher suggests that you keep it first.

Although this soul bone can increase soul power by 5% when it reaches the Title Douluo level, it sounds pretty good, but with your potential, it would be a loss to hastily fuse this soul bone. If you fuse it now, you will not regret it when you meet a suitable soul bone in the future. This soul bone can be used as a soul guide material, or sold directly. The teacher will not interfere with your choice, you can do whatever you want. But if you keep it, you must keep it confidential. You must know that the saying "a man is innocent but he is guilty of possessing a treasure" is not empty talk after all..."

She was still instructing the students when Wang Rui reached out and grabbed the secret soul bone.

He grabbed the secret soul bone and raised it slightly: "Since Teacher Mu said so, this soul bone will belong to me first."

I've been complaining for a few days. The situation is really serious. I don't have much energy to write. I feel very sleepy and tired most of the time. I'm always sleeping. When I'm awake, I cough endlessly. I cough until I feel sick and want to vomit. I feel like I've coughed out the kernels of my brain...

I have only written a few words, and I feel the quality is not very good. I am really sorry.

103. Chapter 101 The Origin of the Curse

103.

2023-10-01

Ning Tian and Huo Yuqing naturally had no objection to Wang Rui taking the soul bone.

"I owe you one." Wang Rui put away the soul bone and said to Ning Tian lightly.

"I'll remember this." Ning Tian smiled.

Mu Jin looked at Wang Rui with a little surprise - according to common sense, shouldn't these children be polite to each other?

And according to her own consideration, this secret soul bone was actually prepared for Ning Tian.

Her three students all have outstanding talents, so this soul bone definitely cannot be given to them for their own use, and Mu Jin cannot afford to give them more precious soul bones.

But the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect behind Ning Tian is a large sect with many disciples with relatively average talents. Whether it is to use this secret soul bone as a reward or for other purposes, it is a good idea. Ning Tian will also owe Huo Yuqing and Wang Rui a favor, and a favor from the heir of a large sect is also very precious.

Compared with Zhou Yi in the original novel, who rewarded the secret soul bones to Huo Yuhao and others and urged them to absorb them quickly, Mu Jin was indeed considering the students.

As for Zhou Yi in the original novel... I don't know if she is just too short-sighted or if she just wants to implement her reward as soon as possible and make the students accept it. It's hard to evaluate this action.

It was also thanks to the fact that in the original novel, Huo Gua had his own golden finger and used the secret soul bone elsewhere that he was not cheated.

"Do you want to absorb this soul bone?" Mu Jin couldn't help but ask Wang Rui, "Although the soul bone is very precious... it is only a secret soul bone after all. Maybe there will be better options in the future."

"I know what's going on." Wang Rui nodded to her.

The red-haired boy looked indifferent, not excited about the reward. Mu Jin's heart suddenly skipped a beat. She felt something was wrong. Did the boy not like the reward? But Wang Rui was also lazy in class...

Maybe I'm thinking too much. This kid must have always been so calm.

"Okay, I've distributed your rewards. After the classes are re-divided, we still need to elect class monitors and so on. You should go back to class first." She waved her hand and sent a few students back to the classroom.

Wang Rui naturally didn't like the secret magic soul bones - to be precise, he hated the secret magic soul bones.

But he did not vent his anger on Mu Jin for this. After all, the other party did have good intentions, and the secret soul bone was not made by her herself, so Wang Rui could still tell the difference.

You know, the probability of obtaining arcane soul bones is much higher than ordinary soul bones. Compared with the soul bone card pool where the drop rate is almost illusory, this thing is roughly equivalent to a guarantee mechanism.

Unlike human soul masters who try to find more powerful soul beasts when hunting for soul rings, the secret soul bones require the number of soul beasts of the same kind. It is difficult for those powerful soul beasts to gather a certain number to be captured by humans, so they slaughter the weaker races - those lower-level races with a large base number, who reproduce a lot and reproduce quickly. They don’t even need to go deep into the forest, they can repeatedly brush soul bones on the periphery. How easy it is!

At that time, even the most powerful soul beasts at the top level did not think there was anything wrong - it was too common for soul masters to kill soul beasts. Those were just low-level soul beasts that served as food. Being killed by soul masters would not deplete the strength of the soul beast forest itself, and they would soon reproduce. Even some powerful soul beasts with brutal temperaments sometimes liked to kill excessively.

Because those soul beasts were too weak and had no value to be used, just like fishermen cutting off the most valuable fins of sharks and throwing them back into the sea, soul masters were too lazy to take away the bodies in most cases. There would always be soul beasts to eat the bodies, so the forest didn't even lose food, and the rulers of the forest thought it was not a big deal.

Although soul beasts are considered a whole compared to humans, this whole is extremely loose and there is no unity to speak of. Naturally, no powerful soul beasts will sympathize with those lower-level races - almost none - after all, who will sympathize with food? This is like a free cafeteria opening.

No beast realized that such behavior would corrode the foundation of the forest over time. After all, human lifespan is so short, and human lifespan is so long... At that time, Wang Rui really wanted to open the skulls of those ferocious beasts and stuff the story of Yugong moving the mountains into them.

As a result, a large number of human soul masters poured into the Soul Beast Forest to engage in this low-risk, high-return job, wantonly slaughtering those weaker social soul beasts. Even the two major empires at the time sent more manpower, intending to equip their own soul master armies with secret soul bones.

Those weak, social soul beasts were hunted down wantonly - messy, flying, dark blood-stained fur and feathers, broken insect shells with a special smell, broken bones, soft corpses, shrill screams and wails, burnt, struck by lightning, chopped off...

Any human could say that they just killed some weak soul beasts in exchange for soul bones. Don't you eat meat? What's the difference between soul beasts and livestock? Why can't they be killed? But Wang Rui couldn't.

Any soul beast can say that they are not my kind, but just some low-level ants. Soul beasts that are not strong enough are not worthy of surviving in this forest where the strong prey on the weak, and they deserve to die. But Wang Rui can't do that.

Now he is the emperor of the Star Forest, the destined soul beast that is opposed to humans. He is born with power and benefits, and those soul beasts are his subjects who provide for him. Not being able to fight back when being hunted by auspicious beasts is not a requirement of the evil beasts, but an instinct engraved in the fate of soul beasts. All soul beasts will obey it without any requirements.

However, when Wang Rui became a lucky beast, he already had his own thoughts. He could not take this nature for granted. Moreover, he had an agreement with Miss Jin Ni, so he naturally had to guard the forest.

He brought some powerful soul beasts to snipe those soul masters who made secret soul bones. Soul bones have a causal connection with the soul beast forest. Even if the secret soul bones are absorbed by the soul masters, they still cannot escape the detection of the Eye of Destiny. All soul masters who have absorbed the secret soul bones died in the process of soul hunting.

Wang Rui spent hundreds of years to create the bloody reputation of "cursed soul bones" for the secret soul bones, making the secret soul bones a taboo in human society for a time, which barely curbed human greed.

However, all conflicts are inevitably accompanied by bloodshed, and in the eyes of some ferocious beasts, it is not worth it to make a powerful soul beast bleed for a weak soul beast with no strength.

The Silver Dragon King even condescended to come out of seclusion in person to rebuke the auspicious beast for its impulsiveness and recklessness. After Huo Yuhao became a god, she also upheld the idea of ​​forbearance and concession to avoid the sharp edge of humans. It is hard to say that she was completely wrong, because a full-scale war would first attract the attention of the God Realm, and secondly, soul beasts with slower growth rates could not fight a war of attrition. However, that conflict was not limited to differences in ideas, but more of a warning from the Silver Dragon King to this auspicious beast with its own unique ideas.