Chapter 60: Plans Change, The God Realm Might As Well Bear The Huo Surname Too
And the teacher Mu En, whom Huo Yuhao had been thinking about day and night without ever meeting, was indeed very worried at this moment.
Sea God Lake in the center of Shrek, with its deep blue lake water reflecting clusters of white clouds, the morning’s faint light accompanied by a gentle breeze caressing the lake surface, rippling like silk ribbons.
It was hard to imagine that this Sea God Lake, larger than all the rest of Shrek combined, was an artificial lake.
A middle-aged man was pushing a simple wheelchair for a stroll by the shore of Sea God Lake.
An old man sat in the wheelchair, dressed in gray cloth clothes, his face covered in wrinkles like dense gullies, indicating that his life was like a candle in the wind.
The morning sunlight left trails of light through the lake mist, and the old man wanted to straighten his back and touch the rainbow in the air with his hand.
But his hand stopped midway, unable to move; his waist had been paralyzed by the ferocity of the Dragon Pill after absorbing it in the battle with Poison Must Die.
He hadn’t straightened his back for a long time.
Mu En sighed, withdrew his hand, gently shook off Yan Shaozhe’s hand behind him with soul power, and slowly wheeled himself to the side of the lake shore.
He stopped at the lake’s edge, the wheelchair gently pressing into the soil, the fragrance of the soil filling the air, his eyes gazing at Sea God Island faintly visible ahead.
“Shaozhe, a new day has begun.”
“The new student assessment is almost over recently.”
“Any good seedlings?”
Yan Shaozhe walked respectfully to Mu En’s side and said:
“This batch has three three-ring Soul Elders, one with twin Martial Souls, and one with Goddess of Light Butterfly.”
“Among them, Dai Huabin from White Tiger Duke’s Mansion performed the best.”
Mu En remained unmoved by the first two, but the Goddess of Light Butterfly made his eyes light up.
“Oh, looks pretty good.”
Yan Shaozhe naturally knew what his teacher was thinking, shook his head helplessly, and said:
“The recommendation letter for that child with the Goddess of Light Butterfly is from Haotian Sect.”
Hearing this, Mu En’s eyes, which had brightened, dimmed again; he now desperately hoped to find a young person who could shoulder Shrek’s future.
He wanted to take another disciple while he could still live for a while, and this disciple would be Shrek’s hope for the future.
Everyone at Shrek had been immersed in that ten-thousand-year glory for too long, blinded by the so-called glory.
They had completely forgotten that Shrek’s true foundation was not the so-called glory! That was utterly worthless!
Mu En saw it in his eyes and felt anxious in his heart.
His lifespan was short, and soon he would follow the previous Sea God Pavilion Masters back to the embrace of the Golden Tree.
Where was Shrek’s future? Even with his cultivation at level ninety-nine as a Limit Douluo, he couldn’t see it clearly.
The Sun Moon Empire was closing in step by step, with soul tools developing by leaps and bounds.
The Douluo Three Kingdoms were still complacent and sealed off, with only Star Luo Empire making some progress, while Shrek itself had quite a few people resisting soul tools.
Mu En’s hand gripping the wheelchair armrest unconsciously tightened.
Yan Shaozhe seemed not to notice his teacher’s inner worries and said:
“Teacher, the Soul Tool Department seems to have received a lot more research funding recently.”
“But the Martial Soul Department hasn’t gotten any increase at all. Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?”
“After all, the Martial Soul Department has many disciples.”
Mu En was truly exhausted at heart; he didn’t turn to look at Yan Shaozhe, just shook his head toward Sea God Lake and said slowly:
“Sigh, it was I who had Lin Huiqun add funding to the Soul Tool Department.”
“Shrek needs change; soul masters cannot remain complacent!”
“Shaozhe, your vision should be more long-term!”
“Don’t let the fog before your eyes blind you!”
In the last few sentences, Mu En clearly showed anger!
His disciple and his great-grandson Bei Bei were both worrisome.
“Alright, Shaozhe, go back. Let me stay here alone for a while.”
Yan Shaozhe instinctively wanted to stay and persuade Mu En, but sensing his teacher’s obvious anger, he chose to leave.
“Sigh, this child Shaozhe, if only he had a broader mind and a more magnanimous personality, he wouldn’t be stuck at level ninety-five!”
“Light Phoenix is a top-tier Martial Soul; level ninety-five shouldn’t be a barrier for him!”
Mu En watched the silver pattern fish swimming in Sea God Lake, and the rage in his chest subsided slightly.
“Alright, Huiqun, come out. I’ve sensed you for a long time.”
An old woman with crane hair and childlike features appeared from afar, slowly coming to Mu En’s side and saying:
“This child Shaozhe just can’t keep his composure; with more experience, there won’t be a problem.”
“Heh, experience?”
“Almost a hundred years old, and still so shortsighted!”
“Huiqun, I know he grew up under your watch, and you’re a bit indulgent with him.”
“But some things he can only comprehend on his own!”
“If he can’t break the shackles in his heart, level ninety-six will be the end of his life!”
“His own narrow-mindedness will exhaust all his potential!”
Lin Huiqun certainly knew this truth, gently walking behind Mu En to push him for a stroll by the lake.
“We old folks don’t have much time left to live.”
“Me, Xuan Zi, Elder Song, and you are from the same era.”
“Who else from that era is still around?”
“The future ultimately belongs to those young people.”
Mu En looked at the lively and laughing Outer Court students of Shrek ahead and said:
“Yes, the future belongs to the young people.”
“But Shrek is already short on successors.”
“Of the twelve Inner Court disciples back then, eight died—that was eight Titled Douluo seedlings!”
“Looking at the sixty-seven disciples in the Inner Court, I can’t find even one to succeed me.”
“Xuan Zi, you know his personality too. After I die, he’ll be the Sea God Pavilion Master.”
“How can I feel at ease!”
Lin Huiqun said nothing and just pushed Mu En for a stroll, with a few Shrek freshmen occasionally passing by.
The Shrek freshmen greeted them enthusiastically.
Mu En would happily return a smile upon seeing them; he thought these children were much cuter than Yan Shaozhe!
“Mu Lao, tomorrow I plan to go to Xilu City.”
“The city lord there has changed, and I need to inspect it.”
Mu En nodded and said: “Xilu City is next to Shrek City; it’s not only the granary but also the key route to Star Dou Great Forest.”
“Be sure to ensure stability there.”
“Who the city lord is doesn’t matter; as long as he’s willing to continue guarding the outer ring of Star Dou Great Forest with Shrek, let him be.”
Lin Huiqun nodded; she thought the same. Xilu City’s strongest was merely a Soul Saint, unable to cause much commotion.
As long as they were willing to continue fulfilling the responsibility formed over the past thousand years, who the city lord was didn’t matter at all; to Shrek, it was just an ant.
Mu En looked at the Golden Tree beside him; it had stood here for who knows how many years, and all pavilion masters would fuse their souls into it.
He would do the same in the future; Mu En actually knew in his heart that this tree was absolutely more than Shrek’s guardian divine tree.
It should have other functions, but Mu En didn’t want to investigate, nor did he dare to.
He now only hoped to find a successor.
……
Enthusiasm Headquarters in Xilu City, Huo Yuhao stretched lazily; he had finally completed the initial draft of the Infinite Void Technique, basically figuring out the arrangement of the core matrix.
The rest just needed gradual correction through computation.
“Tian Meng Ge, want to go see Bai E and those humans I imagined?”
Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was currently exhaustively enumerating the Inscription Periodic Table in the Sea of Consciousness; upon hearing Huo Yuhao’s words, it immediately split off some computing power to talk with him:
“Oh?”
“Of course!”
“I want to see what makes these imagined humans special!”
“And why does Yu Hao your expression look so weird, a bit like the look when going to see your outstanding work.”
Huo Yuhao immediately stiffened his expression upon hearing this; he had accidentally made a mistake common among researchers.
“Hiss, it’s pretty much the same.”
“Bai E and the others can indeed be considered my works.”
“I hope he doesn’t make me eat braised noodles later.”
“I like eating fish, not noodles.”
“Douluo Continent isn’t a second-hand computer; it won’t explode.”
Actually, for Bai E and the others, Huo Yuhao had even higher expectations.
For example, during this time, Huo Yuhao had meticulously selected Bai E’s Martial Soul.
The Martial Soul Furnace was running at full power; this thing, as a branch ability of the Authority of Understanding, consumed enormous spiritual power!
He had carefully selected features from dozens of high-level, super soul beasts and rare weapon Martial Souls in the illustrated record, fusing them bit by bit.
He even had Tian Meng use a large amount of computing power to help adjust the bloodline ratios!
This Martial Soul was all Technology and Ruthlessness.
Ensuring the final Martial Soul achieved the effect Huo Yuhao wanted—Light and Destruction!
As the next-generation successor for Mu En, Bai E must reach Extreme Light!
At the same time, Huo Yuhao hoped to add a Destruction attribute beneath Extreme Light.
Best if it was the purest Destruction.
After the Martial Soul Awakening, Huo Yuhao would also have the Planet Will help spread this pure Destruction aura so that even the God Realm could sense it.
With Bai E’s personality plus this Martial Soul full of Technology and Ruthlessness, Huo Yuhao didn’t believe the God of Destruction wouldn’t be tempted.
Although he didn’t know if the God of Destruction would pass down a divine position, it would definitely go all out to help Bai E ascend to godhood.
That way, the God of Destruction would personally step in to duel Tang Buddha over the Douluo Continent issue.
At this period, the God of Destruction still might pass a divine trial; it was only after Huo Yuhao ascended in the original work that it became completely impossible.
Not only that, for basically all imagined characters, Huo Yuhao would give them the possibility of ascending to godhood.
Now it was Plan 2.0 version.
Once Huo Yuhao’s imagined retainers filled the God Realm.
I bet this God Realm can take the surname Huo too.
Huo Yuhao gently sensed the ultimate Martial Soul already prepared in the Martial Soul Furnace; it was a greatsword.
Updated seven thousand five hundred words today; Rat is burned out, puckering butt begging for monthly tickets. Tomorrow Rat will keep pushing! OrZ
