69novels Chapter 241 Feeling the Difference
Chapter 241 Feeling the Difference
However, Wang Shaojie's brain is indeed not very sharp. He didn't consider at all whether the average-minded and weak low-level personnel he could mobilize, given his own status, could really compare to the "dutiful" guards of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Previously, Wang Shaojie's repeated successes were entirely due to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's guards, who "went easy" on him because of his background. Now, when Wang Shaojie wanted to target Huo Yuhao, a figure crucial to the safe return of the Mingde Hall Master's grandson, his low-level men naturally ran into the "dutiful" guards of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Huo Yuhao, unknowingly, was spared a potentially arduous life-or-death battle.
Even without personally engaging in combat, Huo Yuhao couldn't sleep peacefully. His instructor, Xuan Ziwen, went to Huo Yuhao's dormitory late at night, informing him of what had happened at the academy and offering him a plan to ensure he could focus on his studies.
"Wang Shaojie's attack on the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy with the intention of harming the academy's students is certainly a serious crime, but considering Wang Shaojie's status, we can't do anything to him. At most, we can only persuade him to withdraw."
However, the process of expelling you takes time. To prevent Wang Shaojie from doing anything even more incomprehensible after being provoked, I personally suggest that you temporarily leave the academy and get out of Wang Shaojie's sight. Wait until half a month later, after Wang Shaojie has completely left the academy, before you return to continue your studies.”
"Thank you, Professor Xuan. I am willing to leave the academy for a period of time as you have arranged."
"Alright, in that case. Tomorrow morning, you will go with Orange, Purple Wood, and Coco to conduct the soul tool test. This is a project that their group hasn't finished yet, so you can just follow Orange and the others."
As a teacher, Xuan Ziwen is quite responsible, but as a teacher at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he actually faces many limitations. It's only because Huo Yuhao's mental detection is so effective, and Shrek Academy has equipped all exchange students with intelligent auxiliary devices, that his success is truly remarkable. Otherwise, how much the Shrek Academy exchange students could actually learn at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would be completely unknown.
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The exploration of the new continent and the underwater secret realm has been going smoothly for an hour. Although the water depth in the underwater secret realm is somewhat greater than Long You expected, this will not be an obstacle for Long You to further explore the secret realm. So far, half of the underwater exploration soul-guided robots have successfully landed on the small island in the secret realm.
Although their movement on land wasn't particularly smooth due to being specialized underwater robots, even while moving, Long You could still see the edge of the island through the robots' cameras. There were no medicinal herbs available yet, but he could see the mangroves along the shore were thriving and in excellent health.
Twenty minutes later, the Soul Guidance Probe Robot, which had successfully switched to land mode, moved at a sudden increase in speed, and Long You finally detected the gathering of Soul Power energy on the robot's detector.
Looking at the tall willow trees on the island surrounded by mangroves, Long You felt a strong sense of déjà vu for some reason.
At first, Long You could still fool himself, but as more and more soul energy gathered and reacted on these willow trees, Long You could no longer hide.
"No—, this can't be true! It's impossible for all those big willow trees on the island to be 'hitting willows'—!!!"
A mournful wail echoed from the Land Link Island base and drifted away with the wind.
Watching the metal body of the exploration robot easily twisted into a pretzel by the drooping branches of the Man-Beating Willow, Long You's memories of helping Tang Ya obtain a spirit ring for the first time surfaced deep in his mind. Thinking back to how he shamelessly used the Fire Meteor (a catapult version) tactic to deal with a Man-Beating Willow that was barely a hundred years old, and then looking at the Man-Beating Willow on this small island—which was clearly only on the outer edge—that was many times thicker than that hundred-year-old Man-Beating Willow, Long You could only helplessly cover his head and order the exploration robots to stop exploring the island.
Although the underwater exploration soul-guided robots can switch to land mode and are not entirely without attack capabilities, these soul-guided robots, whose attack capabilities are generally equivalent to those of a Great Soul Master, are definitely no match for these Man-Beating Willows. There is no need to waste these exploration robots, which were made with many precious materials.
"Alright, alright, Little Twilight, we still need to ask for help. I don't want to reveal the coordinates of the New World to the academy right now. The Long family is also building their own small base, so I'm going to use the kids' ultimate move—calling their parents."
"After all this time, Dad and Mom are practically veteran Soul Saints now, and if nothing unexpected happens, Dad should be close to breaking through to Soul Douluo. They should be able to handle just wandering around the outer edges of this island."
Seeing that most of the exploration robots had safely retreated into the ocean surrounding the island, Long You weakly lifted himself up and began operating the intercontinental communication radio, trying to contact his parents who were far away in Tiandou City.
To Longyou's surprise, shortly after the radio communication signal was sent, Longyou received a feedback signal and successfully entered the communication state.
In fact, ever since it was confirmed that Long You had developed a radio capable of cross-continental communication, the patriarch of the Long family, Long Guozhang, also developed a matching soul-guided device. The specific principles won't be detailed, but its function appears similar to a pager before the widespread use of cell phones and PHS phones; it lacks real-time communication capabilities, but it lets people know someone is looking for them.
When a son asks his parents for help, they always offer unconditional support. However, Long You's request this time was somewhat ill-timed. Just as Long You had guessed before, his father was indeed close to becoming a Soul Douluo. How close? The couple was currently on the land where they were acquiring Long You's father's eighth Soul Ring.
"Hey Dad, why don't you and Mom come over now? There are only a limited number of spirit beasts over 50,000 years old in the Star Dou Great Forest, and they're all quite formidable. If we make a big fuss and attract the attention of those 100,000-year-old big shots lurking in the core area, then you and Mom won't be able to get out."
It's better to come to the New World. The density of soul beasts here is incomparable to that of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the probability of provoking a 100,000-year-old soul beast is much lower.
Furthermore, your son has recently made some new discoveries regarding the acquisition of spirit beasts and spirit rings. We've already successfully experimented with it once, and based on the feedback, the product of this experiment can form a highly effective synergy with the spirit's consciousness.
"Another new trick? Fine, your mom and I haven't found a suitable target yet. How do we get there? You give us the coordinates and we'll fly there directly?"
"Well, you two should go to Mohe City in the Heavenly Soul Empire first, and then take my cousin Longping to the island in the sea where he was previously stationed. I will pick you up from there. For this plan to proceed smoothly, we will need the cooperation of my cousin Longping, the successful experimenter. In the meantime, you can also study in detail that magical being that I call the Soul Spirit."
"That's settled then, son. Your dad and I will start our journey now. We should arrive in Mohe City around tomorrow morning, rest for a bit, and reach the island no later than the afternoon after tomorrow."
"Alright, Mom, I'll be waiting for you both on the island. By the way, the people of the Sun Moon Empire are also looking for the new continent, and there should be someone trying to find my whereabouts. You two need to be careful to see if there are any people with ulterior motives following you."
Having secured external assistance, Long You temporarily put aside his exploration of the underwater secret realm. Now, his task was to draw a soul transformation array. Although he had only glimpsed the scenery of the underwater island, he was certain that there was a 100,000-year-old Man-Beating Willow on that island.
Considering the terrifying territorial control of 100,000-year-old soul beasts, their already excellent communication abilities, and the fact that there must be 10,000-year-old man-beating willows on the island that cannot evolve any further, Long You decided to change the way he developed the secret realm.
As long as rational communication is possible, then some exchanges of benefits can be attempted. A rational being might agree to exchange a lifespan extended by hundreds of years for the chance to see the outside world and for a treasure that has been gestating within them but can no longer be conceived. In fact, Long You has always advocated using communication instead of conflict; when possible, there is no need to resort to violence to force others (or things) to conform to one's will.
This wasn't the first time Long You had carved an array plate, but this time he wanted to carve a semi-permanent soul transformation array plate that could be used for a long time. Therefore, Long You not only used more precious materials this time, but also put more effort into the carving process, which slowed down the entire production speed considerably.
A day later, the alarm clock woke Long You, who was engrossed in drawing the array plate. Slightly annoyed, Long You turned off the alarm, realizing he had been somewhat hasty in deciding to take time to draw the soul transformation array plate. He had just reached a crucial point in the drawing process that day; stopping now to do other things could significantly reduce the quality of the final array plate.
Rubbing his head, taking the opportunity to relax his stiff arms and fingers, Long You, who really didn't want to stop working at this stage, patted the special summoner on the corner of the studio table. A deep tiger roar came out, and as long as Xiao Muyang was still within a ten-kilometer radius, it could hear Long You's summons.
The piloting of the large aircraft could be left to Bourne. Long You only needed to have Xiao Muyang, whom both his parents knew, make an appearance to confirm that the large aircraft was indeed sent by Long You. Long You, overwhelmed with other commitments, finally remembered the importance of his younger brother.
The fluffy big cat was sent out to give Long You a little rest in the areas that had been working, such as his shoulders and arms, before he threw himself back into drawing the array.
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Outside the capital of the Sun and Moon Empire.
As per Xuan Ziwen's request, Huo Yuhao joined Ju Zi and the others' team to conduct a soul tool testing mission outside Mingdu. However, considering that Wang Shaojie was a reckless and thoughtless fool, only Ju Zi and the other two were currently gathered at the city gate, while Huo Yuhao chose another, more clandestine way to leave the city.
Considering that the only person Huo Yuhao really needed to keep in mind was Wang Shaojie, this wasn't a difficult task. As the morning light gradually pierced through the thin mist covering the earth, after searching the surroundings repeatedly without finding Huo Yuhao, the three of them exchanged helpless glances and shrugged.
"Alright, it seems Brother Huo won't show up unless we leave Mingdu. Are you all ready? Shall we go?"
"Let's go, let's go, let's see if that fierce guy can keep up."
If Ju Zi and Zi Mu have already accepted their losses and wanted to establish a normal social relationship with Huo Yuhao due to their personalities, then Ke Ke is the kind of villainous supporting character in a novel who will never be easily swayed by the protagonist's personal charm.
Outwardly, this manifested in Ke Ke's continued resentment towards Huo Yuhao, feeling that he shouldn't have attacked so harshly, and she would mutter to herself, trying to gain an advantage verbally. However, that was all she could do; Ke Ke, this "villainous supporting character," actually knew very well what was really going on. She fully understood that she was no match for Huo Yuhao, but for the sake of "face," Ke Ke was unwilling to "make peace."
Having determined that there was no need to wait any longer, the three of them immediately activated the flying soul tools they carried on their backs, easily taking off into the air under the watchful eyes of the many poor people around them. No one noticed that not far from the three of them, an old man who looked no different from any other ordinary commoner stood out among the bowed heads of the surrounding crowd by slightly raising his head.
Once the three of them had completely left Mingdu from the sky and the people around the metropolis of Mingdu had resumed their activities, the old man who looked no different from an ordinary elderly person also stood up unsteadily with the flow of people and walked towards the territory of this "modern" city of Mingdu.
As he walked, the old man tapped the rounded end of his cane in a subtle, rhythmic motion. Once his fingers settled back on the cane, in a makeshift treehouse about ten kilometers outside Mingdu City, Huo Yuhao's communicator suddenly lit up with a notification light.
"Hmm, have they set off? In this direction, where are they headed? Never mind, it's not important. I'd better hurry up and meet up with them. If too much time passes, I really don't know if I'll be able to find them."
Although the Sun Moon Empire's soul-guided technology seems more advanced, I always have a feeling that life at Shrek Academy is more convenient. Is it really because, as my senior brother said, communication changes lifestyles?