Chapter 156: Precursor Events to the Plan: The Humiliation of Shrek

The Eastern Palace garden of the Gu Lei Royal Palace.

Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu discussed for about an entire afternoon, finally finalizing the preliminary version of the entire plan.

Xun Yu said, "My Lord, if this plan can be completed, the strength of us few should all improve significantly. I would like to ask, is the various interconnectedness of this plan something you deliberately guided, or is it a coincidence?"

"Coincidence!" Nan Feihuang smiled, "I don't have the ability to guide so many things. It's just that every action I take is like the Butterfly Effect, stirring up changes in the continent's situation, and thus they ended up connected inexplicably."

"Is that so, My Lord." Xun Yu said with gratification, "To be able to connect coincidental events, you, My Lord, have also started to become outstanding. Then, let's place the official execution after the Soul Master Tournament. Also, My Lord, I feel that we should also start the next step. In the future, if you want to contend for the world, just being strong yourself is not enough; an army and a foundation of Spirit Masters are also indispensable. Once the Soul Master Tournament ends, it will mean that your days of playing house are over, and we should also start making preparations."

Nan Feihuang nodded, "Wenruo, rest assured, I understand."

Forming his own foundation—he had actually had this idea for a long time, but as a student, his cultivation was too weak, and the timing was not yet right.

Once the Academy Tournament ends, it will indeed be about time.

According to the original work, if things are roughly the same, there is about a five-year period of peace on the continent during that time. It was precisely during that period that the Shrek Seven Devils, with the help of the medicinal power of Immortal Herbs, achieved a rapid leap in their levels, reaching a level of nearly all being Spirit Emperors.

Nan Feihuang also needs to make good use of that period to lay a solid foundation for his own forces.

At the same time, over at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a small precursor event that triggers Nan Feihuang's plan has just about begun.

That is, Shrek has arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, intending to join them to obtain a spot for a second team in the competition.

As a result, on the very first day they arrived, they had a conflict with Prince Xue Beng. The Star Luo Third Prince Dai Mubai beat up the Heaven Dou Fourth Prince Xue Beng; it is truly a "legendary tale of a generation."

And Xue Beng's persona at this time is that of a top-tier playboy, so how could he take a beating without fighting back? Even if he couldn't win, he had to call people to retaliate, otherwise, wouldn't this persona collapse?

So he immediately went to find his backer, his uncle, Prince Xue Xing.

It just so happened that at this time, Xue Xing was hosting Dugu Bo. The two had some friendship, and Dugu Bo had returned precisely because he still owed Prince Xue Xing a favor that had not been repaid.

This made Xue Xing overjoyed. In fact, during this period, he had often cursed Dugu Bo for being an ingrate, but he had not expected that after becoming a nominal member of the Gu Lei Kingdom, he would still be willing to return, just to repay the favor of help from back then.

This time, just as Xue Beng ran over to complain to Xue Xing, Dugu Bo also said he was willing to help step in.

The Tiandou Xueyuan Jiaoweihui.

Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin, the three Spirit Douluo, were currently hosting Shrek.

Meng Shenji said sternly: "Dean Flender, you are very welcome to join our Heaven Dou Royal Academy. You can rest assured that Shrek Academy will not disappear because it is merged into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"Look at these children behind you; their future achievements, as well as the achievements of Shrek Academy's past graduates, will not only belong to our Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but will always belong to Shrek. Qin Ming has already explained it very clearly to us. It is our honor that you all could come to our humble academy this time. Unless you teachers are willing, the academy will never assign any teaching tasks to you. Here, everything is free for you all. If you have any needs, feel free to bring them up; as long as it is within my authority, it is all negotiable."

Meng Shenji appeared extremely polite to Flender, which was truly because the talent of the Shrek Seven Devils was too outstanding, already surpassing their ace team, the Heaven Dou Imperial team without Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu.

He very much hoped that these few children could graduate from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and become a legend of their academy in the future.

However, there is one point different from the original work: because the Heaven Dou Imperial team had not fought Shrek this time, Yu Tianheng and the others did not express any appreciation for Tang San upon their return.

Tang San even lacked the External Spirit Bone, the Eight Spider Lances.

Zhilin did not test him as in the original work, using soul power suppression to infer his potential.

Regarding the various conditions offered by Meng Shenji, it would be impossible for Flender not to be tempted, so he immediately expressed his agreement to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Just as both sides were discussing, Prince Xue Xing pushed open the door.

"Your Highness the Prince, why have you come?" Meng Shenji asked.

"Hmph, if I didn't come, you would have sold our Heaven Dou Royal Academy out," Xue Xing said unpleasantly. Originally, he had indeed only come to vent his nephew's anger, but upon hearing the various conditions Meng Shenji offered to Shrek Academy, he was instantly enraged.

Isn't this letting Shrek borrow a chicken to lay eggs? Using the resources of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to cultivate their Shrek people, and even saying the glory always belongs to Shrek, without arranging any teaching tasks to help the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He somewhat suspected whether Meng Shenji was senile.

Or perhaps he didn't know how many drinks he'd had, to be this drunk.

"The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is the pillar of the Empire, the place that provides the pillars of talent for the Empire. As academy teachers, the influence on the students is enormous. I absolutely do not wish for the academy to hire some arrogant and despotic people. I heard from Xue Beng that these distinguished guests beat him up as soon as they arrived at the academy. Xue Beng is, after all, the Fourth Prince of the Empire, representing the dignity of the royal family; how can he be easily insulted?"

"Your Highness the Prince, this matter has a cause; it was His Highness the Fourth Prince who provoked first. Moreover, the children of Shrek are all geniuses, and the teachers are all talents at the Heaven Dou-rank Teacher level..." Zhilin was about to explain.

Prince Xue Xing waved his hand to interrupt, "Don't say so much. This Prince has always treated talent well. Since you all have come to seek cooperation with our Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xue Beng was also at fault yesterday, let's just let this matter go. However..."

Speaking to this point, his gaze swept over Flender and the teachers of Shrek Academy, "You must prove to me that you are indeed talents."

Flender himself was an untamed person; otherwise, there wouldn't be the school motto that "not daring to cause trouble is being mediocre." Hearing Prince Xue Xing's provocation, he suppressed his anger and asked, "Fine, then how does the Prince wish for us to prove it!"

Prince Xue Xing smiled indifferently, "It's very simple. As long as you can hold out for five minutes in the hands of Mr. Dugu, this Prince will recognize you as talents, and all treatment will be excellent. Otherwise, get out of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy immediately."

"Mr. Dugu?"

Flender looked behind Prince Xue Xing, and only then did he notice that there was actually a green-robed old man behind him.

If a Title Douluo wants to hide their aura, a group of Spirit Saints cannot sense it.

In the original work, they also only heard the footsteps of two people and initially did not notice Dugu Bo at all, but because Dugu Bo carried a strong fishy smell, it attracted their attention.

But the current Dugu Bo has his toxicity completely internalized, not leaking a trace of aura, making it impossible for anyone to notice.

"This person, what kind of cultivation, to be able to hide himself so perfectly in front of me and Wuji." Flender was astonished.

Unlike Zhao Wuji, who had met Dugu Bo once in the Star Dou Great Forest, this was his first time seeing this Poison Douluo.

(End of this chapter)