69novels Chapter 90 of the First Person
Chapter 90 of the First Person
Forging Room
Looking at the dazzling array of precious metals on the forging table, Wu Siduo gained a clear understanding of the Spirit Pagoda's financial resources for the first time.
She always knew that Qian Gu Chenran was not short of money, but who would have thought that it would take him so long to find precious metals?
"Come and see! What kind of alloys do you all want? I'll start forging once we've decided today."
Qian Gu Chen Ran took out a small golden stick and teased the blond puppy in front of him. The group of people opposite him watched this scene with twitching lips.
"Good heavens! If Grandpa Qiangu knew that his precious grandson was teasing the dog with the Panlong Stick here, he would be so angry he would vomit blood!"
Ignoring Na'er, Gu Yue turned around and selected the metals she needed to forge her battle armor. The others also began selecting the metals they needed during this time.
As Zhenhua's beloved disciple, Qian Gu Chen Ran has everything available on the market—items that are either rare or discontinued. If it's metal, Qian Gu Chen Ran has it all.
After some deliberation, the women selected the metals they needed for their battle armor.
"Let me see! Spirit Gold, Star Silver, Dark Nether Crystal, Void Titanium, Demon Rock Copper. Hmm! Simple." Qian Gu Chen Ran glanced at the metals the women had chosen and snapped his fingers.
The Evil Eye Tyrant appeared out of thin air. Without a word, the Evil Eye Tyrant, as the ancient, ethereal spirit, naturally understood its master's meaning. It extended two tentacles and plunged them into its large eye.
One after another, pieces of spirit alloy were pulled out by the Evil Eye Tyrant. "These are the finished products from my previous practice sessions. The purity is over 95%. We'll use these metals to make battle armor first. I'll forge the other metals later."
Qian Gu Chenran said in a calm tone that all future battle armor would be made of 95% pure alloy. Wu Siduo looked at Qian Gu Chenran in disbelief.
"Chen Ran, isn't this purity a bit too high? Isn't it too much of a burden for you to forge so much metal all by yourself?"
Wu Siduo looked at Qian Gu Chenran with concern. She was naturally happy to use an alloy with 95% purity. After all, the battle armor made of this metal would definitely be of great help to a Soul Master in the future.
However, considering Qian Gu Chenran's own share, the pressure of forging enough battle armor for six people by himself is too great. Wu Siduo is afraid that this will delay Qian Gu Chenran's cultivation time.
"Don't worry, Sido! You don't need to worry about that. With my current strength and skill, if I'm serious, your battle armor should be finished in less than half a year."
Qian Gu Chen Ran smiled and reassured Wu Si Duo. With his current level six blacksmithing skills, these metals were nothing to him.
"Moreover, Chen Ran's own battle armor was already made long ago."
"Huh?" Wu Siduo looked at Yuan En Yehui behind her in shock, and only after seeing him nod did she reluctantly accept the fact.
"Alright! Alright! Let's go eat! Let's leave the battle armor for later." At Na'er's strong recommendation, the group headed towards the Treasure Restaurant, led by this seasoned expert.
at the same time
In the teachers' office, Shen Yi glanced at Wu Changkong beside him with a troubled expression. Wu Changkong looked at Cai Yue'er, who was dressed in hemp clothing, with a similarly helpless expression.
Because they had made a promise with their master, Zhuoshi, to have dinner with him on Seagod Island tonight, Wu Changkong and Shen Yi prepared to leave work early.
Just as they finished packing their teaching materials, Cai Yue'er suddenly arrived. Out of respect for the former dean of the foreign language department, the two listened carefully to the reason for Cai Yue'er's visit and were immediately stunned.
Tell them to give her next week's practical class so she can teach it, and introduce her to all the members of this year's list of gifted youths so she can personally mentor these future pillars of Shrek Academy. Shen Yi opened his mouth several times, wanting to speak but unsure what to say.
Unlike Wu Changkong, Shen Yi has stayed at Shrek Academy all these years. Although she doesn't know the full details of what happened back then, she does know a little about the incident where Elder Cai led the team, resulting in heavy casualties among the students.
As the homeroom teacher of Class One, Shen Yi was acting out of a sense of responsibility towards her students. She wanted to refuse directly, but she knew Cai Yue'er's personality all too well. If Cai Yue'er didn't agree, this matter wouldn't be so easily resolved, especially since her own teacher wasn't present.
Wu Changkong put down the soul-guided communicator in his hand and looked up at Cai Yue'er. He had done everything he could; now all he had to do was stall for time.
"Mr. Cai! Please tell us the truth! Why did you suddenly come here? And why do you insist on meeting with this year's first class of students?"
Cai Yue'er looked at Wu Changkong with displeasure. Although she wanted to reprimand him for speaking to her, an elder, in such a way, the slight dissatisfaction in her heart immediately vanished upon sensing the faint aura emanating from him.
Zhuo Shi went to great lengths to obtain rare and precious materials for Wu Changkong, greatly accelerating his cultivation speed. At this rate, Wu Changkong is a shoo-in for a future member of the Sea God Pavilion.
Cai Yue'er considered herself very tolerant of her own people. She shook her head sadly and said with heartache, "Xiao Shen! Chang Kong, you don't understand my feelings and my current situation."
At this point, she let out a long sigh: "Now I am no longer the dean of the Foreign Languages Department; He Yushu has taken over that position."
At this point, Cai Yue'er became emotional and slammed her hand on the table, repeating her classic gesture: "I've sacrificed so much for Shrek Academy. I treat all the students in our academy like my own children."
I'm no better than He Yushu, that freeloader. Besides his higher cultivation level, what else does he have that I don't? In terms of managing the academy and teaching students, in every way am I not better than him? Why is he allowed to sit in the position of Dean of the Outer Courtyard…”
Shen Yi's eye twitched. Old He is far superior to you. Whether it's handling work or educating people, he is far better than you.
“Speak like a whole! Don’t you think there’s a lack of successors in our Shrek Academy this generation?” Cai Yue’er said, her eyes shining as she looked at Shen Yi and Wu Changkong opposite her.
"Ye Xinglan, who was given high hopes, betrayed the academy and joined the Spirit Pagoda. Xu Lizhi, although also a genius that Shrek Academy was focusing on cultivating, did not betray the academy. However, he was only a support-type Soul Master and was destined not to be able to carry the banner."
"For the sake of Shrek's future, I can only select the pillars of Shrek's future from this strongest freshman class in a century, and start cultivating them now."
At this point, Cai Yue'er took out a list and handed it to Shen Yi.
"Xiao Yi! Arrange for us to meet these students starting next week. I've taken a look, and these are all good names that could get them into the inner academy."
Especially this Wu Siduo, from the Wu family of Xingluo City. Her martial soul is even the same as that of the original Shrek Seven Devils, Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai. Isn't this fate?!
"What destiny!" Wu Changkong frowned as he looked at Cai Yue'er, who was becoming increasingly agitated. What had happened while he was away from school? Why was Old Master Cai acting so unpredictably?
"The original Shrek Seven Devils thwarted the Spirit Hall's conspiracy and saved the continent from dire straits. Now, the Douluo Continent is also in a state of chaos. I will personally take Wu Siduo as my disciple, and the two of us, master and disciple, will make Shrek Academy bigger, stronger, and more glorious. Of course, those others who are sincere are also worth considering as my disciples..."
But your martial souls are completely incompatible! Wu Changkong and Shen Yi both had the same question in their minds.
Outside the window, He Yushu and Zhuoshi watched Cai Yue'er inside, who was becoming more and more excited as she spoke, and a look of confusion flashed across their faces.
"Shouldn't Cai Yue'er take her medicine? I feel like her mental illness is getting worse and worse."
Zhuoshi shook his head: "I don't know! Who has time to care about her! She's on Seagod Island with nothing to do all day, she's probably too stupid."
"Tsk tsk tsk! It's alright! Just give her a couple more slaps and she'll be fine! I guarantee she'll fall asleep right away." A smile flashed in He Yushu's eyes. When did Cai Yue'er become so sensible, eagerly letting him beat her up?
Chapter 172 The Mischievous Twin Moons
"No! Yushu, we have to find a way to teach Cai Yue'er a lesson today. If she keeps causing trouble like this, it'll never end." Zhuoshi frowned as he looked at He Yushu beside him.
He couldn't and didn't want to manage Cai Yue'er's unreasonable and argumentative behavior with others. But if she caused trouble for her own apprentices and grand-apprentices, he would have to intervene.
"Hmph! Mind your own business? Although Cai Yue'er is a fool with a problem with her brain, she still dared to come and catch demons even though she knew I was the dean of the outer academy. Do you think there was no one backing her up?"
Hearing this, Zhuoshi sighed helplessly. He had lived in Shrek Academy for so long, but he didn't know when the academy had completely changed.
Taking Wu Siduo as a disciple is essentially about bringing fresh blood to the Sea God Pavilion and finding new allies for Shrek Academy.
Using Wu Siduo as a link to strengthen the relationship between Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Dancers. It's a beautiful idea, but they don't even consider the mess Shrek Academy is in right now, and they're already looking for allies.
Yun Ming is currently busy dealing with the relationship between the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy. He has no time to pay attention to any genius students in the outer academy. Besides Yun Ming, no one else but Long Yeyue could come up with such an earth-shattering idea for Cai Yue'er.
Although Shrek Academy still enjoys a strong reputation in the past two years, some powerful families have become increasingly distant from them. The Le family, the Ye family, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, and other forces are all distancing themselves from Shrek Academy.
There's also the heavyweight War God Temple, even with Guan Yue's suppression. But besides the War God Temple, Chen Xinjie also commands the strongest Sea God Legion besides the Blood God Legion.
He doesn't target Shrek Academy, because Shrek Academy has produced quite a few councilors within the Federation. He targets the Tang Clan, who are on the same side as Shrek Academy.
Other forces and the Federation were aware of the Tang Clan's clandestine arms dealing. However, since the matter was not brought to light, and the weapons that the Tang Clan sold to the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires were all discarded items, the Tang Clan simply treated the Star Luo Empire as a sucker.
Given their connection to Shrek Academy, the Federation simply ignored it.
However, Chen Xinjie has now brought the matter into the open. Regardless of whether certain members of parliament and ambitious individuals within the Federation are willing or not, selling weapons to the Star Luo Empire is a serious crime of treason. As the overlord in name, the Federation must take action to suppress the Tang Clan.
Although the Tang Clan didn't know why their thriving business suddenly couldn't continue, they immediately backed down and pleaded with the Federation to save face. After all, saying a few nice words wouldn't kill them, nor would they have to pay anything. The Tang Clan didn't care at all.
But Chen Xinjie didn't care about any of that; he just kept pushing the Federation to suppress the Tang Clan. His main argument was: "I can't handle Shrek Academy, but I can handle the Tang Clan."
The Tang Sect's public influence is far less than that of Shrek Academy, the holy land of soul masters in the hearts of millions. They have always been dedicated to concealing themselves and making a fortune in silence.
When people talk about the Tang Clan, most of their impressions of them come from legends and myths.
Seeing that the Federation was still suppressing the Tang Clan, the Tang Clan's higher-ups could no longer sit idly by. With his trusted lieutenant Hu Jie absent, Zang Xin had no choice but to personally call the Federation Speaker.
When he learned that the Tang Clan had only suffered an undeserved misfortune this time, purely due to being implicated by Shrek Academy, even Zang Xin, with his good temper, couldn't hold back.
Shrek Academy, Shrek Academy, Shrek Academy again! Aren't the two factions supposed to be of one mind? Why does Shrek Academy keep stabbing the Tang Clan in the back?
They were making a good living there, but Shrek's actions have ruined their business.
This concerns the future of the Tang Clan. Even if the two major forces are like brothers, Zang Xin still needs to demand an explanation from Yun Ming. After all, even brothers need to settle accounts clearly.
Zang Xin arrived at Shrek Academy in a menacing manner to seek justice for the Tang Sect. When Yun Ming heard that the Tang Sect's losses were due to the conflict between Shrek Academy and the Temple of War, he was equally furious, his forehead veins bulging.
Long Yeyue, Long Yeyue, Long Yeyue again! Yun Ming apologized to Zang Xin while cursing Long Yeyue's ancestors for eighteen generations.
They only have the Tang Sect as their staunch ally. If they anger the Tang Sect, does Shrek Academy intend to fight against the entire continent on its own?
Finally, thanks to Shrek Academy's intervention, the turmoil surrounding the Tang Sect was quelled. However, the losses suffered by the Tang Sect were substantial.
Although Shrek Academy agreed to compensate Tang Sect for their losses, the blunder Shrek caused has strained the relationship between the two sects. Yun Ming is deeply troubled by this.
"Just do it! Seriously injure Cai Yue'er. Shrek Academy can't afford to let the two of them mess around like this anymore. That Wu Siduo is also a proud person; she definitely wouldn't even look at Cai Yue'er with her current strength. And then, when Cai Yue'er's temper flares up again..."
Although He Yushu didn't finish speaking, Zhuoshi understood what he meant. Thinking about what Cai Yue'er might do in a moment of passion, Zhuoshi became quick-witted.
We can't let this crazy woman continue to go mad any longer.
“Cai Yue’er, if you have the guts, come at me. What’s the point of coming at my two disciples?”
Inside the room, Cai Yue'er noticed that Shen Yi and Wu Changkong hadn't given her a response for a while. Just as she was about to put more pressure on them, she was startled by the sudden sound.
Turbid world? When did he arrive? Since he's here, does that mean He Yushu has come too?
Cai Yue'er suddenly remembered that when she was talking to Shen Yi, Wu Changkong was using a soul-guided communicator to send a message to someone somewhere. But now she realized it must have been him sending the message to Zhuo Shi. Otherwise, Zhuo Shi, who had been on Seagod Island, wouldn't have suddenly come to the outer courtyard.
Just as Cai Yue'er was about to cleverly explain her good intentions, a familiar sense of oppression suddenly appeared behind her.
She slowly turned her head to look at He Yushu, who was calmly watching her from behind, as if the space behind him had been torn apart. A chill suddenly ran through her heart.
Although it was only for a moment, Cai Yue'er clearly felt the killing intent that had just emanated from He Yushu. Although it was so faint as to be almost imperceptible, it was quite pure.
"Xiao Yi, Chang Kong, you two go first. Head to Seagod Island. I've already had the children picked up. I'll be there shortly." The two siblings nodded and immediately got up and left.
Both of them were just minor Soul Saints; there was no point in them staying to deal with something of this level.
After the two left, He Yushu looked at Cai Yue'er, whose face was pale, and a faint smile appeared on his lips: "Go to Seagod Island! Fighting here will not have a good impact."
Although Cai Yue'er was unwilling, she had no choice but to fly to Poseidon Island under the two men's insistence.
In a secluded grove, watching the three streaks of light fly overhead, Long Yeyue couldn't help but sigh. They were truly more trouble than they were worth! What were they doing going to find Shen Yi and Wu Changkong?
He should just go directly to Wu Siduo, demonstrate his skills, and then take her as his apprentice!
Sigh! Thinking of this, Long Yeyue sighed again. But Cai Yue'er was now the only elder in Shrek Academy willing to listen to her. She was still counting on her to prove that she had always been loyal to Shrek.
So now she has to rescue Cai Yue'er from He Yushu's clutches. He Yushu should be willing to give her face.
Chapter 173 Golden Rice Dumplings
Upon arriving above Poseidon Island, He Yushu and Zhuoshi suddenly struck Cai Yue'er before she could react.