Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 73 A New Beginning, Still Aiming at the Star Dou Great Forest

A week passed, and on the afternoon of the second day, Long You's mother and the butler Fu Rong arrived at Shrek Academy. Unlike Old Master Long and Long's father, these two were unable to enter Seagod Island and could only find an inn in Shrek City to stay in.

However, the academy did not overlook the two. Long You's teacher, Fan Yu, and Teacher Ye, the Soul Saint of the Tree of Life who helped Old Master Long stabilize his injuries that night in Shrek City, were both sent out as intermediaries to take care of the two.

Within a week, Long You had handed over all the documents he had written about the second awakening of martial souls to Fan Yu. After learning that his grandfather was out of danger, Long You realized that he couldn't get involved anyway, so he simply stopped thinking about these trivial matters.

He pretended to be still in school, spending all his time in his soul guidance laboratory (due to the contributions of forging techniques and artificial intelligence soul guidance devices, Long You's authority was upgraded, and he obtained a separate laboratory), while researching new soul guidance devices and helping He Caitou improve his forging skills.

It's fair to say that Long You's life was incredibly boring, with practically nothing worth writing about. So, let's shift our focus to Seagod Island.

Grandpa Long has now woken up. Although he is still a little weak, he can speak without any problems.

Knowing that he had been saved by the elders of Shrek Academy, Old Master Long no longer had any thoughts of keeping his family scandals private, and began to recount the events from the beginning.

When did he notice that the family's third elder, who was also his third brother, had started to do something underhanded behind his back as the family patriarch?

How can we tell that the Third Elder must have someone backing him up?

How did they lower the Third Elder's guard? How did they determine if there were surveillance agents sent by someone behind the scenes around the family? How did they trace these people who were in close contact with the Third Elder back to the Sun Moon Empire? And how did they focus their attention on the Sun Moon Empire's "Shrek Academy"—Mingde Hall?

How long did it take to disguise himself as a former Soul Master from the Three Kingdoms period of Douluo Continent who admired the Soul Guidance Device technology of the Sun Moon Empire and came to learn it? How did he carefully make some "friends" in the Mingde Hall during this process?

How did you come to the discovery of Mingdetang's connection with evil spirit masters by chance?

How can one detect that the evil spirit master connected with Mingdetang is not an individual but an organization?

How to track down and eavesdrop on information about this organization? How to find out about a branch of an evil spirit master organization that controls the entire county?

The entire investigation, spanning nearly twenty years, was recounted in detail by Mr. Long Guozhang.

"Elders, although my strength is far inferior to yours, I am confident that I have enough experience after living for so many years."

The Holy Spirit Cult's power is extraordinary, and it has already taken root and spread throughout the Sun and Moon Empire's territory, becoming deeply entrenched.

"The evil spirit master organization is a powerful one, cooperating with the Sun Moon Empire's official forces to organize Jing Ran. The Sun Moon Empire's ambitions are crystal clear!"

After Old Master Long finished speaking, at the other end of the long table in the Sea God Pavilion, an old man with disheveled hair and unkempt clothes, holding a chicken leg and a wine gourd in his hand, showed a rare serious expression.

"Alright, Xuanzi."

An aged voice suddenly rang out at the long table of the Sea God Pavilion, near the old man with the chicken leg and wine gourd, stopping him from saying anything more.

Upon hearing the sound, Grandpa Long was startled. Looking closely towards the long table, he saw a reclining chair hidden there. However, he couldn't make out the figure on the chair.

"The news brought by Elder Long is quite timely for Shrek Academy. Elder Long should stay in my Sea God Pavilion to recuperate for a while; there's no need to rush to leave."

Furthermore, Xuanzi and Shaozhe, you've become somewhat complacent. While it's true we can't easily interfere with the Sun Moon Empire, why haven't we received any information about the Sun Moon Empire secretly planting spies in the original Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent?

Just because Shrek Academy doesn't participate in something doesn't mean the academy doesn't need to know. If the situation on the mainland changes, and Shrek Academy still wants to protect the peace of its territory, it must prepare in advance.

Alright, meeting adjourned.

The aged voice never revealed its face until the very end, but after that voice rang out, no further dissenting voices were heard within the entire Sea God Pavilion.

On the same day the meeting at the Sea God Pavilion ended, Long's father left Sea God Island. After staying in Shrek City for two more days with Long's mother and the butler Fu Rong, the three of them went their separate ways. Long's father and mother returned to Heaven Dou City, while the old butler Fu Rong went to handle other matters.

A month later, Grandpa Long left the Sea God Pavilion. During his time in seclusion at the Sea God Pavilion, Grandpa Long replenished his depleted vital energy, and as a stroke of good fortune, he directly broke through the level 90 soul power bottleneck. Now, he only needs one soul ring to advance to the Title Douluo level.

However, none of this mattered to Long You; his grandson still hadn't seen his grandfather.

Well, it's normal that we didn't see him. No matter how many new gadgets Long You comes up with, it doesn't change the fact that he's still just a kid who hasn't even reached the Soul Master level. National affairs, the situation on the continent, and the survival of the family are not things that a kid like Long You can participate in, in the eyes of his elders.

What about Long You? He's a very self-aware person, well aware that he can't do anything about these things right now. He'd be better off focusing on Tang Ya's martial soul recovery progress and when He Caitou will master spirit forging. These practical matters are much better to attend to.

Because he was focused on these things, Long You was in a really good mood. He Caitou was about to break through to the Spirit Forging level; Tang Ya and Lan Lan were working well together, and the problem of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul mutation was on the verge of being resolved. Most importantly, he could obtain his fourth Soul Ring during the holiday.

With twenty days left before the start of the new semester, Tang Ya was "released from prison and successfully reformed," and Bei Bei, who had accompanied her, was also freed. Coincidentally, He Caitou also used this time to create his own combat-aid AI, named Cigar.

Therefore, the trip for the four-person team to hunt for spirit rings in the Star Dou Great Forest was put back on the agenda. Bei Bei, He Cai Tou, and Long You had been without spirit rings for a long time, so they immediately agreed.

Seeing that it was still morning, Long You and He Caitou told their teacher, Fan Yu, and prepared to leave. Unexpectedly, they were stopped at the school gate.

The person blocking the door was a gentle, kind, tall, and beautiful senior student in red.