area51novel Chapter 176 The Sea God Pavilion Meeting That Went Off-Topic
Chapter 176 The Sea God Pavilion Meeting That Went Off-Topic
Long You was not proficient in this technique. Because of his Martial Soul Insight Glasses, there was nothing he couldn't find if he wanted to. Long You felt a sense of perfunctoriness towards this technique that made it so easy to find flaws.
To say he was completely clueless wouldn't be an exaggeration, but it's fair to say Long You's skills were lacking. For everyone's safety, let He Caitou do this job.
In order to avoid leaving obvious traces of the soul-guided mecha on the mud and sand, all of Long You and He Caitou's work was carried out under the condition of the anti-gravity soul-guided array in operation.
The silt layer at the bottom of the stream wasn't thick. Although the Deluxe Ball wasn't large, the silt at the bottom of the stream still couldn't cover it. With no other option, Longyou had to take out the Quick Gel and use it to completely seal the Deluxe Ball onto the riverbed.
The soul-guided power mecha made contact with the deluxe sphere, and Long You and He Caitou channeled their soul power into it, simultaneously entering the sphere. The five members of the Inner Court's regular team had already begun to rest, but the reserve team and Zhang Lexuan were all waiting for Long You and He Caitou.
"What's the situation now?" After resting for a while, Zhang Lexuan's complexion improved a bit, but the worry in her eyes had not faded.
"Don't worry, Senior Sister, we're still safe. This location is off the route we took this morning. Even if Elder Xuan is really being controlled, he can't possibly find this place."
The college has been contacted, and Dean Qian will arrive by tomorrow morning at the latest. Get a good rest tonight.
I will project the outside situation directly into the air above the luxury sphere, and then just leave someone to keep watch at night.
"Alright, Senior Sister, don't worry. We're underwater now, there won't be any problems."
After a brief exchange and reassurance, Long You began to rest. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy was in an uproar, at least the higher-ups were in an uproar.
Inside the Sea God Pavilion, where the wood scent was pleasant, all the deans and elders on both sides of the long table had solemn expressions.
"Fanyu, tell us the details. We can't contact those kids anymore, so you can relay the information to us."
Although the long table obscured Elder Mu's figure, making it only a shadowy silhouette, the moment his voice rang out, the entire Sea God Pavilion was instantly roused, and the previous slight restlessness vanished.
"Yes, Elder Mu, now I will reiterate the contents of the information I received earlier..."
Knowing that communication was difficult, Long You summarized the situation in great detail when sending the message. Starting from the night before when he entered the Star Luo Empire's military camp, Long You described in detail the whole process: leaving the Star Luo military camp the next morning to carefully search and stake out in order to find the traces of the evil soul masters; discovering the target in the afternoon; starting the battle in the evening; the battle falling into a stalemate; and being unable to contact Elder Xuan when he tried to ask for help.
During the relay, Fan Yu strictly followed the message sent by Long You without making any changes. This time, the members of the Sea God Pavilion, who had been hastily summoned, finally had a clearer understanding of the current situation.
"From the message Xiao You sent back, we know that there was a major blunder in this mission. Fortunately, judging from the current situation, neither the main team nor the reserve team is in imminent danger."
However, the disappearance of Master Xuan is a very big hidden danger for the children who are still outside.
Moreover, according to the message Xiao You sent back, they only eliminated two evil soul masters from the Holy Spirit Cult; the Soul King-level evil soul master who had been entrenched on the border of the Star Luo Empire remained untouched.
After relaying the information, Fan Yu took the opportunity to briefly express his own opinion, but that was all. Since it involved the participating teams in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament and Elder Xuan, ranked second in combat power within the Sea God Pavilion, Fan Yu currently lacked the authority to make a decision.
"For Xuanzi's matter, Xiaolin, Shaozhe, and Meier, the three of you go over there. For the children's matter, Xiaozhuang, Qian Duoduo, and Fanyu, the three of you go over there."
"Elder Mu, do we need to transfer some more inner court students from the academy? Xiao Tao, Xi Xi, Zi Feng, and Hao Xuan have shown signs of their martial souls degenerating due to the guidance of evil soul masters, so it is clear that they will no longer be able to participate in the competition."
"With just Dai Yueheng and the others, the academy might not be able to withstand the onslaught of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. We can't let the academy's millennia-old honor be ruined!"
Yan Shaozhe had no questions about the people chosen to handle the two issues, but this ambitious dean of the Martial Soul Department found it unacceptable that Elder Mu did not send replacements to compensate for the losses of the participating teams.
"Alright, Shao Zhe, the most important thing for an academy is its strength. Although honor is a key indicator of strength, Shrek Academy has stood on the continent for ten thousand years and has long passed the stage of needing to rely on honor to prove its strength."
Everyone keeps emphasizing Shrek Academy's honor, but don't you think we've been held hostage by this honor all these years?
Losing a match isn't terrible; what's terrible is pride and complacency. Some people already believe that the Martial Soul system is invincible, and even after a crushing defeat in a two-system competition, they haven't made any changes to their teaching methods.
Even though the Soul Guidance System has proven its formidable combat power, Xuanzi, your training of the competition teams has failed to keep pace with the times, resulting in one of the children experiencing a chaotic combat structure.
Just because I don't say these things doesn't mean I don't know them. Soul tools are developing rapidly and changing every day. Shrek Academy absolutely cannot continue to rest on its past laurels.
There are very few students in the inner academy. Among the students who are in the academy, it is hard to say that their strength is much stronger than the current reserve team.
"Heaven will entrust great responsibilities to those who are capable. The cohort whose main team cannot participate is precisely the cohort with the strongest reserve team members. Since Heaven has decided to give them early experience, why shouldn't we support them? If they are destined to be phoenixes, they will be reborn from the ashes; if they are like rotten wood, they can still be awakened and move forward."
Elder Mu's reply was resolute. Yan Shaozhe opened his mouth but said nothing more. He was still not entirely resigned to losing the title of number one on the continent, but Elder Mu's words made sense; the academy indeed couldn't find a suitable replacement in such a hurry.
Seeing that his words had plunged the Sea God Pavilion into silence, Elder Mu shrank back into his recliner and spoke again: "Lin'er, after the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament ends, you should send a letter to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in the name of the Soul Guidance Department, submitting an exchange application."
Although the academy's Soul Guidance Department has made great strides in its development, according to information shared by Guozhang (Longyou's grandfather), it still has shortcomings in terms of soul tools. We need to send people to learn, otherwise, it will take much longer to make further progress in the future.”
"But Elder Mu, the academy now possesses groundbreaking soul tool masterpieces like the Panlong Realm, as well as a series of highly practical soul tools such as communication satellites and soul tool networks. Is it really alright to invite the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy to our academy for exchanges?"
Xian Lin'er didn't know much about soul tool technology, but she had served as Long Guozhang's bodyguard for a period of time and had even helped him acquire his ninth soul ring. Through what she had heard and seen, Xian Lin'er had witnessed the significant gap in basic soul tool technology between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, especially between Mingde Hall.
Therefore, Xian Lin'er had no objection to her students going to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to learn from the masters and rebuild their foundations. However, Xian Lin'er was not very willing to let the good things of the Soul Guidance Department be exposed to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
"It doesn't matter. We need to let them see the real benefits so that our trainees can learn real skills."
Although I don't understand soul tool technology, judging from the fact that it takes your soul tool department so long to complete an upgrade to the Panlong Realm, the good things in our academy can't be understood just by looking at them.
This exchange is fine; we can show them the good stuff, but there's no need for hands-on instruction. What the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy really wants are some training programs for the Martial Soul system.
At this point, there's nothing more I can hide. Not long ago, I visited the Mingdu of the Sun Moon Empire, where I saw an ultimate version of a linked soul tool, similar to those developed by the Soul Guidance System. When facing that thing, I felt my life was threatened.
"what?"
With things having come to this point, this emergency meeting of the Sea God Pavilion has become somewhat off-topic.
It's a well-known fact on the continent that high-level Soul Masters are at a disadvantage when facing high-level Soul Masters. Yet now, Mu En, the level 99 Dragon God Douluo, a being standing at the pinnacle of Soul Master combat power, actually claims that a Soul Guidance Device can threaten his life.
"Alright, the fusion of the Martial Soul and the Soul Tool is unstoppable. Let's deal with the immediate crisis first. We can lose the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, but the safety of our students must be guaranteed."
This meeting is now adjourned. We'll discuss other matters after Xiaotao and the others are brought back.
Leaving the Sea God Pavilion, the six people who had been assigned the mission showed no intention of resting. They immediately soared into the sky in front of the Sea God Pavilion and rushed towards the border of the Star Luo Empire.
Oh, and here's another interesting story. Because Fan Yu's strength and status were too low, he didn't have the power of taking off directly in front of the Sea God Pavilion like the other elders around him. So, Qian Duoduo grabbed him by the collar and dragged him up there.
The perspective shifts back to the luxurious sphere. Thanks to Da Bai's treatment, the situation on the main team has improved significantly, with at least Ma Xiaotao and the other three regaining consciousness.
Although for safety reasons, none of the four can currently use their martial spirits or meditate to circulate their soul power, the fact that they have regained consciousness indicates that the physical injuries they sustained during the battle have been healed to a certain extent, at least to the point that they no longer affect their daily activities.
Because of the four people's wake-up call, the entire luxury ball became lively for a while, mainly because the main team needed to review the previous battle.
However, no matter how exciting things were, they didn't really concern Long You anymore. After a busy day, Long You was so sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open. As soon as he entered the luxury sphere, Long You crawled into his sleep pod to rest.
As his consciousness left the Pearl of Imagination and returned to his body, Long You closed his eyes and savored the feeling of creating a brand-new unmanned probe soul tool in the Pearl of Imagination before reluctantly opening his eyes.
Emerging from the sleep pod, Huo Yuhao found the luxury sphere still bustling with activity, as he was cooking, having gotten used to waking up early.
Although the waters where the luxury ball is located are turbulent, the high oxygen content due to the rapid flow, coupled with the nutrient-rich water rushing down from the mountain peaks, has attracted many large fish.
Throughout the night, some unlucky soul inevitably bumps into a luxury ball. When this happens, the person on night watch won't let the delicious treat slip by.
A peaceful night passed. Although the number of unlucky people was not enough to feed all 15 people in the luxury sphere, it was still no problem for each person to have some fish and meat, along with soft and sweet toast, to enjoy a delicious breakfast.
After breakfast, Long You released the luxury sphere from the Guangmingbai Ironland Reconnaissance Vehicle. This small vehicle, which is actually a multi-functional reconnaissance vehicle, will travel along the stream away from the luxury sphere, releasing special signal fluctuations at a distance of more than ten kilometers.
Because it was impossible to determine Elder Xuan's condition, when contacting the academy last night, Long You specifically noted the special communication signal band in the message.
Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu, who came from the academy, will first go to the high-intensity signal tower that Long You, Huo Yuhao, and Song He set up together. There, the two will try to search for the special signal band agreed upon with Long You.
Once they receive this special signal band, Fan Yu and his companion will be able to locate the specially dispatched Bright Iron reconnaissance vehicle. At this point, the decision-making power will be handed over to the reconnaissance vehicle. The Bourne copy installed on the reconnaissance vehicle will determine friend or foe by identifying the soul power characteristics of the approaching person.
If they are enemies, the Guangming Iron Reconnaissance Vehicle will not take any further action; if they are allies, the Guangming Iron Reconnaissance Vehicle will take friendly forces to a transit point.
During the journey to the transit point, Longyou, upon receiving the signal, will dispatch a Soul-Guided Stealth Reconnaissance Aircraft to determine whether a "Yellow Bird" is following behind friendly forces through aerial reconnaissance.
Once this set of actions has been verified, the Guangming Iron Reconnaissance Vehicle will then truly guide people to the location of the deluxe ball.
At 8:40 a.m., the Guangming Baitie reconnaissance vehicle, which had already arrived at its designated position, broke its silence for the first time and transmitted a brief signal that someone had made contact.