Chapter 261: The Birth of Thousand Refinements with a Soul

It's a pity the Spirit Hall was smashed to pieces, smashed into fine dust, that is...

Aside from the branch of Xu Jiawei, who stepped out to become the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, most of the other major families from the Spirit Hall of that era chose to live in seclusion. Su Yu had also gone to Shrek to investigate a vast number of ancient texts back then, and even consulted all the written records of the Su Family. After comparing them, he only later discovered that the ancestors of the Su Family were also remnants of the Spirit Hall.

This is truly a miraculous twist of fate...

"Dean Xian, long time no see." Su Yu looked at the familiar person before him and stopped his steps.

"Long time no see. It seems you've been doing quite well; you haven't even fallen behind in your soul power cultivation. Now that you're back, are you interested in teaching at Shrek?" Xian Lin'er still held expectations for Su Yu. In all these years in the Soul Guidance Department, she had never seen anyone more suitable to be an Ultimate Individual Soldier than Su Yu.

Moreover, she and Xuan Lao believed that Su Yu could surpass Luo Yu, even though Su Yu had rarely appeared in public since the last tournament.

"I will consider it. However, is there some urgent matter that caused Dean Xian to take the initiative to find me this time?"

Looking at Xian Lin'er before him, Su Yu knew that as one of the deans of the Soul Guidance Department, she would not come to find him without a reason.

Xian Lin'er took an invitation out from her Storage Soul Guidance Device and spoke slowly: "The academy has already held talks with the Star Luo Empire. We hope you will attend this meeting; consider it the academy owing you a favor."

"You can keep the favor. One month of meditation in the Golden Tree House of the Sea God Pavilion, and remove Wang Dong'er from this operation," Su Yu stated bluntly.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Xian Lin'er looked at Su Yu with a meaningful gaze; clearly, she was not surprised by Su Yu's words.

Su Yu nodded, "Of course. I believe my handling of this will not disappoint the academy."

"Since that is the case, then this talk will be left to you. I hope you can reach a reconciliation with the Star Luo Empire. As for the Su Family, they will also let you take over as soon as possible. Currently, the Three Great Empires are already in a weak position, so the academy does not wish for you and the Star Luo Empire to have too much friction."

Xian Lin'er's words were very direct; what she meant was actually the meaning of the Sea God Pavilion.

The young elites of the Three Great Empires had been nearly wiped out. If there were internal strife now, and if Su Yu were to truly defect to the Sun Moon Empire out of spite as Bei Bei had guessed, it would be a massive blow to the Three Great Empires.

"I understand. I will handle this matter well. However, I want to know one thing."

Whether or not to reconcile with the Star Luo Empire didn't matter to him; right now, he only wanted to know the specific time of the operation, because this would determine whether he could successfully protect those few key figures.

After all, if Shrek were also to suffer losses there, he feared that even Wang Dong'er would collapse, as they were all comrades with deep bonds.

Xian Lin'er did not refuse and said, "Ask. As long as it is something I can say, I will tell you."

"When is this operation taking place? In half a year, or a few months?"

Time was very important. Once he lost control over the timing of the operation, it would likely be difficult for Luo Yu to provide the corresponding coordination.

"It is currently set for half a year from now. After all, mobilizing manpower for the Three Great Empires is extremely troublesome, and with three parties gathering, the specific operation has not yet been discussed. If we rush into it, I fear we will repeat the same mistakes as last time in Mingdu." Xian Lin'er did not hide this, because she trusted Su Yu enough.

"Do you have nothing else to say?" Looking at the silent Su Yu, Xian Lin'er only felt that compared to the high-spirited youth of the past, Su Yu had changed too much.

Su Yu smiled: "It's not that gathering is complicated; I'm afraid it's that the three parties have reached a dispute over the rescue plan. Many things cannot reach a consensus. Dean Xian actually understands this principle better than I do, don't you?"

Watching Su Yu leave, Xian Lin'er only felt that the current Star Luo Empire was simply full of nonsense. A perfectly good genius had been forced into a rift with the Star Luo Empire because of his family. If Su Yu were a guy like Huo Yuhao, perhaps the current Shrek Academy would see both the Soul Guidance Department and the Martial Soul Department developing rapidly under Su Yu's leadership.

Sea God Pavilion.

"Did that kid agree?" Yan Shaozhe looked at the smug Xian Lin'er.

Xian Lin'er said: "Naturally, that kid agreed. However, it looks like he will probably secretly participate in the rescue operation in half a year."

"Did he ask you for the specific time of the operation?" Xuan Lao seemed to recall something.

"If Mu Lao had taken Su Yu as his disciple back then, perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation today. Sigh..." Elder Lin sighed.

His words were not just his own regret, but the regret of the current Sea God Pavilion.

He had won glory for Shrek, snatched food from the tiger's mouth from Jing Hongchen, wisely repelled the Body Sect, and even brought a large amount of research data to Shrek's Soul Guidance Department, greatly promoting the development of the Soul Guidance Department. During the chaos in Mingdu, he led everyone to successfully avoid the Sun Moon Empire's army, becoming one of the few teams to evacuate Mingdu.

Perhaps some might question Su Yu's strength, but no one could question Su Yu's contribution to Shrek!

"The situation with the Su Family is very complicated. Recently, we found out a little something about the Wanjing Sect..."

In the Sea God Pavilion, an aged voice spoke slowly.

"The Su Family? Could it be that the Wanjing Sect has a connection to the Su Family?" Fan Yu looked at the elder who had just spoken in surprise.

That aged voice continued: "About five years ago, the Wanjing Sect was just an obscure little sect. Even at the time of its founding, the strongest person in the sect was only a Soul King. The operation and maintenance of the sect all came from the Su Family. Later, for some unknown reason, the Wanjing Sect disappeared, as if it had disbanded, and all the disciples lost contact."

"Now, when the Wanjing Sect has reappeared, it is already a powerful sect with a Super Douluo sitting in command. Moreover, they are recruiting disciples in the Star Luo Empire, and even recruiting disciples in the field of Soul Guidance Devices. This shows that they also have research in Soul Guidance Devices. But how could a hidden family manage to balance martial soul cultivation while also researching and developing Soul Guidance Devices?"

"Do you mean that Su Yu is very likely a former disciple of the Wanjing Sect, or has a connection with that hidden family? Or perhaps the Su Family is a branch of that hidden family?" Yan Shaozhe pressed.

"No, the martial soul of that hidden family has absolutely no relation to the Su Family's martial soul. The Su Family's martial soul is a Mirror. Although there are different branches like the Ice Crystal Mirror, the Flowing Water Mirror, etc., the main body does not change. However, the martial soul of that hidden family is the Titan Giant Ape, which possesses the bloodline of a divine beast! From this point alone, it is impossible for the Su Family to have any connection with such a family. The strength of such a family could even rival the Three Great Sects!"

That elder's analysis was very precise, but it was still an incorrect analysis.

Xuan Lao frowned and continued: "This brings us back to the original point: where does the Su Family actually stand?"

"That depends on how Su Yu chooses. It cannot be ruled out that Su Yu might join the Wanjing Sect, or perhaps..."

Or perhaps join the Sun Moon Empire!

Current news all pointed to Su Yu having a connection with the Wanjing Sect, so the current situation of the Su Family was a bit complicated.

A family that was already in a troubled autumn, now having a vague connection with a powerful sect, was indeed very headache-inducing.

"Don't think too much. Since that kid promised us, he will handle the Su Family's affairs well. The future Star Luo Empire needs Su Yu's help. Let him go with peace of mind..."

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Sun Moon Imperial Soul Guidance Academy, Mingde Hall.

With the fall of the final hammer, the roaring sound in the laboratory also vanished, and everything returned to calm.

"Finally succeeded! After experimenting for over a year, I finally succeeded! Hahaha!"

In the laboratory, Luo Yu danced with excitement. He had been looking forward to this experiment for over a year!

At the same time, a blinding light emerged, golden light bloomed—the birth of Thousand Refinements with a soul!

During that three-hour-long forging process, every hammer strike Luo Yu made seemed to resonate with the piece of Rare Metal before him.

It was a magical feeling, as if the metal he was forging had gained life; every strike was shaping it, sublimating it!

That feeling was like a craftsman carving out the edge of a peerless sword. It was like a top-tier chef pouring their heart and soul into creating a peerless delicacy!

Success!

This was the only success after thousands of failed attempts over these five hundred and eleven days!

This success announced that the Douluo Continent had achieved a qualitative leap in the field of metals!

However, this leap was born in the Sun Moon Empire!

"Record all the experimental data, preserve the materials from this experiment, and summon everyone to begin researching this piece of metal."

Luo Yu did not have time to dwell on it too much; if the popularization of Spirit Refinements metal could be completed now, then Battle Armor and Mecha would be a matter of a short time, because behind him was the most powerful Soul Guidance center of the Sun Moon Empire, Mingde Hall!

Once a new breakthrough was made here, it would be quickly shared by those Level 9 Soul Engineers, thereby immediately being put into research, and then triggering a new stage of technological explosion.

The foundation of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Devices had always been terrifyingly strong; Su Yu had originally thought the Sun Moon Empire's research was too one-sided, until Luo Yu thoroughly infiltrated the interior of Mingde Hall and discovered that the Sun Moon Empire's progress was simply stuck on materials and energy!

Moreover, the Sun Moon Empire's research was too comprehensive, covering almost every level from people's livelihoods to weapons; the Sun Moon Empire possessed a complete research system.

It was precisely because of the need to maintain this complete system that the Sun Moon Empire still lacked manpower, to the point that even Level Eight Soul Engineers were being heavily invested in research!

However, participating in this research also required paying a price, and it was precisely because of this that Xuan Ziwen was unwilling to be bound and did not join it.