Since Lin Feng had already put it this way, and the two of them had already obtained the precious Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, it was clearly not a wise move to continue being stubborn at this point.
Snow Empress knew very well that although the man before her appeared gentle and elegant, the fact that he could silently suspend such a massive island above the Star Dou Great Forest meant his strength and foundation had long since exceeded the scope of her understanding.
If they refused now, she feared the two of them truly wouldn't be able to walk out of this Shrek Academy today.
Thinking of this, Snow Empress and Ice Empress exchanged a look, and finally, they nodded, giving their consent.
"Since you two don't object, then come walk with me."
Lin Feng stood up and stretched his body.
After staying in the office for so long, he did feel a bit tired; after delegating everything, he had become quite idle.
The three of them walked out of the office.
"Dean Lin, what exactly did you mean by what you just said?"
Ice Empress frowned, clearly still concerned about what Lin Feng had just mentioned.
"What do you mean by no conflict over Spirit Rings? Could it be that the humans of this academy no longer need Spirit Rings to break through their cultivation?"
For human Spirit Masters to advance, hunting Spirit Beasts to obtain Spirit Rings was the only path; this was an ironclad rule.
Hearing Ice Empress's question, Lin Feng merely shook his head faintly."
That is not the case." Lin Feng replied in a flat tone. "If human Spirit Masters want to become stronger, Spirit Rings are still an indispensable medium. This will not change in the short term."
"You!"
Hearing Lin Feng's words, a flash of anger from being toyed with instantly flickered in Ice Empress's crystalline eyes.
"Since Spirit Rings are still needed, how can you talk about there being no conflict?!"
Ice Empress snorted coldly, the cold air around her body radiating due to the fluctuation of her emotions.
"Then, before you two came here, had you ever seen an island suspended thousands of meters in the sky?"
Lin Feng did not answer directly but instead asked a question in return.
Hearing this, Ice Empress instantly fell silent.
She looked up at the magnificent buildings around her, then at the floating island beneath her feet that was as steady as Mount Tai, pursed her lips, and spoke somewhat stiffly.
"This is something you humans created. After so many years of development, your Spirit Tools and such are indeed powerful. To be able to do something like this... it's not entirely impossible."
Although Ice Empress was not clear about the extent to which human Spirit Tools had developed, and didn't even know much about the technology of the three countries on the original Douluo Continent.
However, the shock that the floating island before her gave her was simply too great.
So great that she had to admit that in terms of creativity, humans truly possessed a talent that Spirit Beasts could not reach.
"Since such a floating island can be realized by relying on humans..."
"Then why is it impossible for something like a Spirit Ring to be realized through the same logic?"
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a thunderclap!
The pupils of the Ice and Snow Two Emperors constricted instantly, their eyes filled with horror!
Ice Empress opened her mouth, almost blurting out "How is that possible?".
But as the words reached her lips, she forced herself to swallow them back down.
This might actually be possible!
...
Lin Feng led the Ice and Snow Two Emperors to a building towering into the clouds within the academy, the Soul Beast Tower.
Teacher Wang Jin, who was guarding the tower gate, immediately stood up straight upon seeing Lin Feng and greeted him with a respectful expression.
"Dean!"
"Mhm, thank you for your hard work."
Lin Feng nodded, then signaled to the two people behind him and led them directly into the tower.
Inside the Soul Beast Tower, the space was enormous and divided into many independent spaces by countless transparent barriers.
Lin Feng led the two to an observation area, where a group of students below was in the process of obtaining Spirit Rings.
The leader was none other than Tang Wulin.
At this moment, Tang Wulin's bloodline power was surging, and his whole being was like a young dragon awakening.
Facing the roaring Spirit Beast in front of him, he didn't use any fancy moves at all.
"Hah!"
With a loud shout, Tang Wulin's fist, covered in golden dragon scales, suddenly punched out.
One punch!
With just one punch, that Spirit Beast shattered amidst a miserable cry.
Seeing this scene, the brows of the Ice and Snow Two Emperors instantly knit together.
Snow Empress's face also darkened, her tone carrying a hint of anger.
"Dean Lin, is this the 'no conflict' you spoke of?"
This act of imprisoning Spirit Beasts to hunt them was even worse than hunting Spirit Beasts in places like the Star Dou Great Forest or the Extreme North Land!
Snow Empress's voice carried a bone-chilling coldness.
Lin Feng extended a finger and lightly tapped on the transparent barrier.
"They are nothing more than a string of simulated data."
Hearing the word "data," the Ice and Snow Two Emperors frowned again.
Another new term they had never heard of.
"Words are useless; next, I will show you two something more intuitive."
Saying this, Lin Feng took out a transparent test tube from his robe.
Inside the test tube, some dark purple blood was flowing, emitting a faint, fierce aura.
"This is the blood of a Purple Cloud Badger."
Lin Feng walked over to a mysterious instrument flashing with complex runes.
He gently dripped a drop of blood into the instrument's inlet, and then his hands began to manipulate the virtual screen like afterimages.
"Buzz—!"
With a faint humming sound, a light screen suddenly bloomed in the center of the instrument.
Within that light screen, that drop of dark purple blood, under the guidance of some law, actually began to rapidly expand and reorganize.
In just a few breaths of time.
A lifelike phantom of a Purple Cloud Badger appeared in the center of the light screen.
"This is at the ten-year level."
Lin Feng flicked his finger, and the data on the light screen shifted.
"Next is the hundred-year level."
The Purple Cloud Badger's size instantly grew, its fur became thicker, and it even let out low growls."Then the thousand-year, ten-thousand-year..."
With Lin Feng's operation, the Purple Cloud Badger's aura exploded geometrically. That realistic life fluctuation made the Ice and Snow Two Emperors standing nearby feel their scalps go numb.
"Next is the hundred-thousand-year level."
Although Lin Feng had not yet obtained the "Artificial 100,000-year Spirit Soul technology" directly rewarded by the system, based on his research in the academy during this period and his heaven-defying comprehension, he had already overcome this point.
The Purple Cloud Badger in the light screen had completely changed its appearance; its whole body was purple-crystalized, and its eyes were full of majesty.
The Ice and Snow Two Emperors stared blankly at that scene; in less than a minute.
Lin Feng had only used... a drop of blood?
To create a Spirit Beast with a hundred-thousand-year aura?
The aura of this Spirit Beast was not fake; standing close, the two could feel that the aura of this Purple Cloud Badger was very powerful. Although it was only at the level of having just broken through to a hundred thousand years, it was enough to shock them.
A Spirit Beast's blood can regenerate; for a powerful Spirit Beast, losing a few drops of blood is nothing at all.
If humans only needed a drop of blood to generate the Spirit Rings they wanted, then...Then what reason would humans have to risk their lives to go to the Extreme North Land or the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts?
In the face of this technology called "Artificial Spirit Rings," the conflict between humans and Spirit Beasts that has lasted for ten million years could actually... truly be resolved like this?
While the two were still in extreme shock and hadn't come to their senses, Lin Feng smiled at them and continued to speak.
"After seeing the technology here, next, let me show you two a part of our academy's benefits."
"As teachers of the academy, I think you two should be satisfied with this kind of place."
...
A moment later.
Lin Feng led the two to a building within the academy; rather than a building, it was more like an ice cave, specifically the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave!
"This... this is impossible!"
The cold air around them made them think they had returned to the Extreme North Land, and just by staying here, both could feel their cultivation speed increasing!
Countless massive Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice crystal clusters grew intertwined in the void.
More importantly, the energy here was extremely pure, without any impurities!
After all... this was a place that could generate Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow!
"After seeing the benefits, what is your choice?"
Snow Empress and Ice Empress looked at each other, their gazes exceptionally complex.
They had a premonition that if they refused today, they would definitely miss the greatest opportunity of their lives.
"Dean Lin..." Snow Empress took a deep breath to calm her turbulent emotions, but a trace of doubt still lingered in her heart. "Since you already possess this technology for artificial hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, it would be easy for you to create as many experts as you want."
"Then why... do you insist on inviting us to serve as teachers of this academy?"
"Wouldn't those 'hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts' created by you be easier to control and more suitable as teaching materials?"
Hearing this question, Lin Feng chuckled.
"Because they have no souls."
"Things simulated through genes and data, while they have powerful strength and origin, they have no emotions."
"They... are no different from those low-level Spirit Beasts that are eaten by you."
Of course, there was one thing Lin Feng didn't say: because they couldn't drop gold coins.
Snow Empress was silent for a long time. Finally, she bowed slightly to Lin Feng, a look of unprecedented seriousness appearing on her cold face.
Snow Empress is willing to join Shrek Academy.
Seeing this, Ice Empress, though still snorting somewhat tsundere-like, also lowered her head.
"I agree too!"
...
[Ding!]
[Detected that the key character Ice Empress's recognition of 'Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy' has increased!]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the reward: Special Location — Thunder Pool]
[Detected that the key character Snow Empress's recognition of 'Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy' has increased!]
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the reward: Ten Thousand Year Golden-Haired Lion-Mastiff]
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A/N:
5 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter
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