Right at this moment, Mu Jin rushed over. Du Weilun asked, "This is Elder Mu. That dormitory seems to belong to your Class 1. Do you know who is inside?"
Mu Jin glanced in the direction of Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin's dormitory, her mouth twitching slightly as she replied, "Reporting to the Director, it is Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin's dormitory."
"It's actually them?"
Prior to this, Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin had caused quite a stir due to their martial soul fusion skill, so Mu En had clearly heard of these two. Furthermore, he had a rather favorable impression of Huo Yuhao, who was a rarely polite child.
However, what took him greatly by surprise was that these two had actually developed to their current state.
It truly made an old man like him feel deeply embarrassed.
"Elder Mu, what exactly happened here?" Mu Jin asked warily.
This was naturally out of excitement rather than concern. All this time, because Zhou Yi had shown favoritism toward those two, it had resulted in the students Mu Jin valued the most disappearing with their fates unknown, and there was still no news of them to this day.
If this could be used to expel them, it would naturally be for the best.
Mu En said calmly, "It's nothing much. It's just that the little fellow named Huo Yuhao has just revealed his second martial soul."
"A second martial soul?" Zhou Yi emerged from nowhere. Her expression was thrilled yet respectful as she asked, "Elder Mu, the two of them are my students. May I ask what exactly is the martial soul Huo Yuhao revealed?"
Seeing Zhou Yi appear, Mu Jin raised her eyebrows and ridiculed, "Zhou Yi, you have clearly been dismissed from your public post. Since when did the two of them become your students again?"
"Over the past half year or so, I have been secretly cultivating them and providing them with cultivation resources. Is that not allowed?" Zhou Yi glanced at her and said unceremoniously.
Mu En did not care to watch the two of them bicker and said indifferently, "The second martial soul Huo Yuhao possesses is the Glacier Conjoined Ape, a powerful beast martial soul that is not inferior to the Evil Fire Phoenix."
At this point, he cast a glance at Zhou Yi and said, "Since those two little fellows were cultivated by you, then after the advancement assessment concludes, you shall continue to instruct them."
"Thank you, Elder Mu! Thank you, Elder Mu!" Hearing Mu En's words, Zhou Yi was indescribably thrilled, the excitement and joy on her face almost overflowing into her expression.
She knew of Elder Mu's identity from Fan Yu; that was an existence whom even the four deans and vice deans of the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department had to look up to.
His word was law in Shrek.
With him speaking up, her days of suffering as a daughter-in-law had finally turned into those of a mother-in-law.
But Mu Jin was displeased. "Elder Mu, previously Zhou Yi caused nine core disciples to have their fates unknown. One of them was even a twin-martial-soul genius who possessed a thirty-fourth rank soul power cultivation base right upon enrollment, and had achieved first place with overwhelming strength during the entrance assessment."
From Du Weilun's respectful demeanor, she could guess that Elder Mu's identity was extraordinary, but she was absolutely unwilling to let Zhou Yi resume her post just like that.
Du Weilun was also reluctant to let Zhou Yi escape punishment so easily, saying with some hesitation, "Elder Mu, this seems somewhat against the rules."
Mu En raised his eyebrows and instantly grew displeased. "Rules? I recall that Huo Yuhao wasn't even a true core disciple yet, and none of you paid much attention to him before this. Only Zhou Yi has been carefully cultivating him all along. If you all can also unearth a twin martial soul, then I will expel her from the academy immediately."
Seeing that Elder Mu had put it this way, what else could Du Weilun say? He could only lower his head helplessly.
However, Mu Jin's temper flared up instantly. "No, I refuse to accept this! I also unearthed a twin martial soul before, one that was a hundred times more excellent than Huo Yuhao, yet Zhou Yi caused his fate to be unknown."
"On what basis does she get exempted from punishment just because she unearthed a twin martial soul, while I was reassigned from my post back then when I discovered one?"
"Furthermore, Elder Mu, look closely, look closely! What kind of twin martial soul is that Huo Yuhao? He is simply a lust demon. Such a shameless and base person, who even arrived a full three days late after the second year commenced, is fundamentally unworthy of staying in our Shrek Academy."
Hearing these words, Mu En sighed in his heart. Regarding that matter, he was naturally deeply pained as well.
After all, he did not have many years left to live now.
The closer it was to this time, the more precious geniuses became to Shrek Academy.
If Feng Piaoling were still here right now, he would execute Zhou Yi as an example without the slightest hesitation, but he wasn't here.
In the face of a twin-martial-soul genius who possessed the Glacier Conjoined Ape, he could only show partiality to Zhou Yi. "Since that is the case, let us set a wager for you two. If Huo Yuhao fails to be selected for the Shrek Seven Monsters preparatory team in the upcoming selection, then Zhou Yi shall leave Shrek Academy forever. If he succeeds..."
"Then I will leave Shrek," Mu Jin stood forward and said.
"What do you think?" Mu En looked toward Zhou Yi. From beginning to end, he never mentioned the matter of expelling Huo Yuhao.
As for Mu Jin, she was merely an Outer Courtyard teacher at the sixty-something rank; if she left, so be it, saving her the trouble of remaining in the academy to target Huo Yuhao.
If they drove Huo Yuhao away as well, then Shrek Academy would suffer a massive loss.
Although there was another twin-martial-soul user, that person ultimately hailed from the Clear Sky Sect and did not belong entirely to Shrek.
"Elder Mu, I am willing to accept this wager." Zhou Yi was bursting with confidence toward Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin, while not forgetting to give Mu Jin a smug look, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of wiping away her past humiliation.
Watching Mu En settle the wager in just a few sentences, Du Weilun ultimately said nothing more after letting out a sigh.
He merely gave Mu Jin a somewhat pitying look, then turned and departed.
Inside the dormitory building, the ghostly wailing and howling continued.
This night was destined to be a sleepless night for Shrek Academy.
...
In contrast, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was not peaceful either.
Inside the exclusive office of the Director of Instruction, a pair of young individuals was voicing their dissatisfaction to Lin Jiayi.
"Director Lin, did you make a mistake? You actually allowed a group of transfer students who only have soul power at the thirtieth or fortieth rank and entered through the back door to join our preparatory team? There are even a few twenty-something rank Grand Soul Masters among them. Did you get things mixed up?"
The speaker was a handsome youth with feminine features, looking to be around fourteen or fifteen years old. When he mentioned the transfer students, his attitude was extremely arrogant and disdainful.
Accompanying him was a red-haired girl whose appearance bore some resemblance to his, though she was slightly younger.
Her wine-red, straight long hair was entirely gathered to the right side into a ponytail, and her pair of large, aqua-blue eyes seemed capable of speaking, looking exceptionally moving.
She revealed a brilliant smile and said, "What's so bad about that? I heard that those people possess quite good talent, especially the one named Feng Piaoling, who is said to be a rare great handsome guy."
"What's the use of looking good? The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament ultimately relies on strength. As for talent? No matter how strong they are, they certainly can't compare to the two of us siblings." The handsome youth's face was filled with nothing but disdain.
Looking at the young individuals before him, Lin Jiayi only felt his head growing twice its size.
If they were ordinary students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, or even the captain of the official team participating in the tournament, he wouldn't be polite with them.
But it just so happened that they were the grandson and granddaughter of the Hall Master, Jing Hongchen, which made things very difficult for him.
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