Douluo: The Peerless Sun, Moon, and Yuhao

Chapter 141 Teacher Wang Yan, You Are Not Confined To Shrek
"Mr. Wang, is it convenient for us to talk alone?"

After Shrek's first "Shrek Spirit" lesson ended, Xiao Hongchen waited for the others to leave, and stopped Wang Yan alone who was packing up the lesson plans.

"Oh? Xiao Hongchen, is there something I didn't understand just now?"

Wang Yan pushed his glasses, packed the lesson plans into his briefcase, and put them in his arms.

Xiao Hongchen shook his head: "No, I don't care if I agree with what you just said, but at least I understand it."

Wang Yan didn't care about Xiao Hongchen's words, which were obviously a detour to express his negative attitude towards Shrek, and smiled tolerantly.

And Xiao Hongchen continued: "I am curious about Shrek's history and characteristics. The information I collected in the Sun Moon Empire before was biased, and it was all the opinion of the family. After coming to Shrek, I hope to be able to Get some opinions from Shrek's point of view in your mouth."

"Oh?" There was a little interest in Wang Yan's eyes.

"If you listen to one side, you will be dark, and if you listen to both, you will be enlightened. When you say this, I am actually a little curious about how the Sun Moon Empire thinks of us Shrek. As for Shrek's history and some situations... I will tell you a little about it later in the course. "

Xiao Hongchen, who had already changed into Shrek's school uniform, shook his head: "I don't really want to wait that long, and your courses may not be able to talk about what I'm really interested in."

"Are you in such a hurry... Then ask, I will try my best to answer within the scope of my ability. But about some questions about Shrek, maybe you should ask the elders, they are old and knowledgeable."

Xiao Hongchen had a half-smile look on his face: "No, Mr. Wang, after seeing you as the team leader teacher on the field, we asked someone to collect some information about you. Lake Academy is also a teacher who is very accomplished in theoretical research. I will search the literature for Shrek's clichés, and I am most interested in some of your unique insights."

"This...is ridiculous."

"Then shall we talk as we walk?"

"Alright."

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On the shore of Sea God Lake, in the dormitory area of ​​Sea God Island, Lin Xi took a bunch of keys from Yan Shaozhe. After hearing the latter's narration, her Adam's apple could not help but move slightly, and she felt more and more that she seemed to have underestimated the challenge of this trip.

"Lin Xi, this will be your residence for the next three years,"

Lin Xi looked at the brand-new furniture inside. Even if the materials used could not identify the specific source with his eyesight, at least he could see that they were absolutely extremely expensive and precious.

Of course it is precious enough, for example, the wide wooden bed in the room, although it is not as extravagant as in the original book to use golden tree branches to polish the wheelchair for Huo Hang, and the wood consumption of the bed is far greater than that of the wheelchair, but Shrek really took it With great sincerity and careful preparation, a certain forest area of ​​rare trees in the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest suffered disaster.

It was also fortunate that the 10-year-old soul beast who was the master of that forest area was not at home while hunting, otherwise, if he hadn't jumped out to stop Su Lao from cutting down trees, Shrek might have found an extra 10-year-old soul bone along the way...

Although Shrek has an agreement with Ditian and other ferocious beasts, it is forbidden to hunt and kill soul beasts indiscriminately, and they cannot take the initiative to attack 10-year-old soul beasts, but Shrek's boss just cut down two trees. It would be too much to accept it!
Although the Star Dou Forest belongs to the soul beast, it also belongs to Shrek.

Although the decoration in the room does not look luxurious, anyone who has done collection and decoration knows that the truly top-notch interior decoration obviously does not necessarily mean resplendent and magnificent, and even customers who are tired of looking at gold and silver with a bit of taste tend to prefer solemnity and elegance the kind of...

And the top-level lake-view room where you can see Poseidon Lake when you raise your eyes is even beyond Lin Xi's previous imagination.

"Principal Yan, this... this can't be done, it's too extravagant and wasteful, I feel ashamed of it, I dare not live here!"

"Don't think too much about it, this room is only vacated by the inner courtyard students who have left school and graduated, but it happens to be assigned to you when you come, and your companions will also have rooms with a similar layout."

Yan Shaozhe smiled authentically, but Lin Xi's mind instantly remembered a sentence that the other party mentioned unintentionally when chatting with Huo Yuhao earlier.

"Senior Lin Xi, I don't know if you will go to Shrek for an exchange this time, will they provide you with an international student dormitory with internal facilities different from ordinary students?"

Thinking of this, Lin Xi boldly asked: "But, it's not like everyone else's furniture is as precious as in this room... right?"

Yan Shaozhe's face remained unchanged, and he continued to explain in a calm voice: "There are no two identical leaves in the world, and it is impossible for Shrek to have identical dormitories. After thousands of years of inheritance, even the newly built outer courtyard dormitory has at least experienced several years of experience. Ten masters, not to mention the dormitory area on Sea God Island represents the inheritance of the inner courtyard, with a longer history, a hundred masters are considered to be few."

"With so many students moving in one after another, naturally they will arrange the dormitory accordingly according to their own preferences. It is normal for the furniture and interior to be different. It is impossible to be completely the same. So don't worry too much, I will allocate this dormitory for you It just happened to be because the previous host graduated, and when the dormitory was allocated to you exchange students, this room happened to be drawn for you by lottery."

Hearing what Yan Shaozhe said, Lin Xi immediately reacted——Huo Yuhao's guess was really correct...

Seeing that Lin Xi was still worried, Yan Shaozhe said with a smile: "I've said it, don't think too much about it, of course there are differences, but this is just a better dormitory on Sea God Island, far from being the best. Some inner courtyard students The furniture used is much higher than this value, but Shrek's inner court disciples are away all year round, you will have the opportunity to communicate with everyone in the future, and after you get familiar with it, you will not be so blind when you go to see other people's dormitories. "

"really?"

"Of course!"

Anyway, there are so many dormitories on Sea God Island, and most of them can't stay in the academy for three months a year, so how can there be so many dormitories for you to inspect...

Yan Shaozhe patted Lin Xi on the shoulder, and continued to persuade:
"Okay, student Lin Xi, don't think so much. If you have the opportunity to move to Sea God Pavilion in the future, you will know that the layout of this kind of dormitory is very sparse and ordinary. Don't underestimate Shrek's accumulated heritage over the years. .”

Seeing that he didn't seem to have the right to refuse, Lin Xi finally accepted the key to live in this dormitory under Yan Shaozhe's persuasion. He decided to hurry to see how the dormitories of other exchange students were doing at night.

This time it is really hard to get off. The conditions Shrek gave himself are much better than when they were in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy. Except that there are not so many convenient soul tools, Lin Xi admits that he is a little bit small. heartbeat.

It's a pity, he knows that his nonsense ultimate ice is fake at all, the longer he stays in Shrek, the greater the danger, he can't wait to end the exchange activities tomorrow and run back to Mingdu, if he stays for one more day, he will lose his life risks of.

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"Mr. Wang, I would like to ask you, how did Shrek establish its reputation as the 'No. [-] Academy in the Mainland' in the first place? Today's Shrek is the only academy where the celebrities and dignitaries of the Three Kingdoms scramble to send their descendants to study. , although we don't have specific data there, but it is estimated that Shrek has monopolized at least [-]% of the talented heirs of the powerful families in the Three Kingdoms."

"There is always a process in everything, Shrek's name didn't fall from the sky... Oh, this seems to be true, but why are the dignitaries of the Three Kingdoms vying to send their children to Shrek? Wannian When Shrek was just rising, it seems that there were many colleges with very high educational standards in the two empires, at least not much worse than Shrek, right?"

By the Sea God Lake, Wang Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard the question from Xiao Hongchen who was walking with him:

"Well... just like you said, 'falling from the sky' is the root of Shrek's reputation for thousands of years. It is an indisputable fact that Shrek has taught seven real gods, and for thousands of years, other academies on the mainland have joined forces. It seems that no true god has been cultivated. Even after ten thousand years, it is estimated that this golden sign will still be unshakable, and this is the biggest attraction of Shrek."

"As for how the Shrek you are curious about first emerged... I will take you to ask about the time when Tang San's ancestor became a god ten thousand years ago. It is actually very simple. The Sun Moon Empire did not experience the martial arts ten thousand years ago In the era when the Hall of Souls was in its heyday, perhaps there was a lack of awareness of the strength of the former number one power in the mainland. It is difficult to understand how the Seven Shrek Monsters of the first generation ascended to gods, the ancestors of Tang San fought against the two gods of the Hall of Spirits, and so on. Turning the tide when the situation in the mainland is at stake has a deterrent effect on the hearts of the people of that era."

"Shrek, with his scarce resources at that time, he actually educated seven true god-level peerless powerhouses! This is more useful than any advertisements and flattery, and some great nobles may still remain in their country because of historical inheritance. The inertia of learning in the Royal Academy, but there are countless small and medium-sized nobles who can no longer restrain their desire for powerful power, and they are almost scrambling to send their heirs to Shrek Academy."

Xiao Hongchen cast his eyes on the golden tree that had grown into a towering giant tree, and listened silently, while Wang Yan continued to explain:

"At that time, the Seven Shrek Monsters of the first generation did not ascend to the God Realm immediately after defeating the Spirit Hall, but stayed on the mainland for some time. The donation quickly increased. Although the top few martial arts are almost controlled by the big nobles, the base of the small and medium nobles is far larger than them. Occasionally there will be one or two with amazing talent and hard work. gone."

"As a student who had studied in Shrek became a titled Douluo, with the prestige of seven monsters becoming a god, Shrek's reputation as the 'No. [-] Academy in the Mainland' was further confirmed. I won't repeat the following stories. , Once such a virtuous circle starts running, it will be difficult to interrupt. Today, even the great nobles who used to pride themselves on their status and were unwilling to study at Shrek Academy have long put down their dignity."

"I won't mention those sects with their own inheritance, but those families that rely on the country's title inheritance. The White Tiger Duke's Mansion should be regarded as the highest among them. You also know Dai Huabin. In fact, he has another elder brother who has already entered In the inner courtyard, even the Duke of Baihu sent his two sons to Shrek. In terms of training soul masters, no academy can compare with Shrek. In fact, even Emperor Xingluo once hid his name in Shrek. How many members of the imperial family of the Three Kingdoms changed their names and identities to study in Shrek for the sake of saving face, it is really hard to say."

"Actually, what's the point of this? Star crown, swan, snow lotus... as soon as the inherited Martial Soul of the royal family shines out, everyone knows where they came from. This is nothing more than incognito, deceiving oneself and others."

Xiao Hongchen said softly, "Is that so?" A gleam of light reappeared in his originally dazed eyes, and he turned to Wang Yan and asked:

"But I think that Shrek's success is fundamentally due to the top talents of the students themselves coupled with the resources piled up with money? Even if they are trained in another academy, their own achievements may not be bad, but it feels to the world, as if their Is the cultivation mainly due to Shrek?"

"It's not that Shrek City has made those soul masters with powerful spirits, but their choices have in turn made Shrek's reputation! Whichever college they are willing to go to, that college will be the number one college in the mainland, even if This academy doesn't even have a single teacher!"

"In the class just now, you said that there are no useless martial spirits, only useless soul masters... But Shrek's enrollment standard seems to be to reach level 12 before the age of [-], and you need at least letters of recommendation from the city masters of the main cities of the three empires to be able to recruit students." Enrolling in school, it is already doomed that the students who enroll in Shrek cannot be trash, Shrek doesn't seem to be a practitioner of this sentence?"

Wang Yan shook his head slowly:

"That's meaningless. In the final analysis, apart from the efforts of the students themselves, education is mainly based on three points: the talent of the students, the faculty of the college, and the accumulation of resources you mentioned."

"Although the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy does not require letters of recommendation, you also have basic requirements on soul power and soul tool talents for the incoming students. There are multiple rounds of testing and elimination, and Shrek is just mutual. Aren't you also concentrating?" Have most of the high-quality students and the best resources of the Sun Moon Empire?"

"There is no college that doesn't want to have the best students. Why should Shrek be required to deliberately waste precious resources to cultivate students with poor talent in order to prove his teaching ability? As long as his talent meets Shrek's minimum admission requirements, Shrek has always been willing to give him a chance to prove himself with hard work."

Xiao Hongchen thought for a moment, and argued:

"But your recommendation letter system is fundamentally unnecessary! Even if a student's talent meets Shrek's requirements, they may be stuck in this link, let alone the so-called 'opportunity to prove yourself with acquired hard work'! "

Wang Yan shrugged: "I don't deny this, but Shrek Academy is here, and we can't move it away. We must also take care of the feelings of the Three Great Empires. After all, although Shrek doesn't have a motherland, it does have students. Shrek's purpose has always been to cultivate the best talents for each country. Some appropriate compromises are inevitable, right? After all, no one can live in a vacuum."

"Also, you have already crossed the line when you told me that, you are the grandson of Hall Master Hongchen, you can shoot whatever you want, but don't you also have to consider that I am just a little teacher doing theoretical research in the outer courtyard, so far I am nothing more than a The soul king’s cultivation base is nothing more than that, how can I comment on some things randomly? If you have any opinions on the major policies of those colleges, go to Dean Yan, go to Elder Xuan, they can talk.”

Xiao Hongchen couldn't help laughing a few times, which made Wang Yan couldn't help laughing, but after laughing, Xiao Hongchen continued:

"Mr. Wang, there is still a big difference between soul guides and martial arts cultivation. Martial soul cultivation places too much emphasis on blood inheritance. Although soul guides also require innate talent, acquired efforts can also play a vital role. The effect is that it can greatly increase the upper limit of the soul teacher's attainment! Compared with it, the upper limit of the soul master is basically locked by the martial soul and the soul ring. Don't you think that there are still some chances to change your life compared with the sky? Soul teacher, is the world of soul masters going to be much more hopeless?"

Wang Yan looked at Xiao Hongchen with great interest: "Your words are partially correct. Although I don't know much about soul mentors, personal efforts can play a more important role in the progress of soul mentors than soul masters. It is a fact that Shrek also admits."

"But in essence, you still can't get rid of the triple shackles of talent, teachers, and resources, and the discussion we just had can only be established on the premise that the supply of resources is basically sufficient. You said that the upper limit of the soul master is almost locked by the martial soul and the soul ring. Death, but soul power is inexhaustible anytime, anywhere. If you can't get a ten-thousand-year soul ring, you can make do with a thousand-year soul ring. Even if no one teaches you, as long as a soul master keeps practicing, he will reach his upper limit sooner or later .”

"However, have you ever considered that this is not applicable to soul engineers at all. To improve their abilities, soul instructors must use a lot of metals for practice. Soul power is at least free, but metals must be purchased with money. Rare metals The price is extremely expensive, and the children of ordinary people will never have further opportunities without the support of the academy or various forces. From the perspective of resource monopoly, the children of ordinary people are also children of ordinary people. Is there even less hope?"

"You are the grandson of Hall Master Hongchen, born with a golden key in your mouth, so it is very natural for you to 'ensure sufficient supply of resources'. But in fact, if there are no other forces to provide resource support, it will be purely wild. , the upper limit of a soul master is basically nailed to the fourth ring. Is it possible for a soul master to become a fourth-level soul master by self-study? I'm afraid it will be difficult for a second-level soul master. Low-level soul masters can't be sold at all. How to collect enough metal Letting myself practice this level will kill too many people."

Xiao Hongchen knelt down, picked up a stone by the lake, weighed it in his hand, thought about what Wang Yan said just now, and slowly shook his head:
"But you yourself have admitted that, under the premise that the resources are basically guaranteed, the chance of changing the fate of the soul teacher through his own efforts is much greater than that of the soul teacher."

Wang Yan paused slightly, and lifted his frame: "Yes, but these are just 'ifs', but what is the truth? As long as you have the talent of a soul engineer, you can be fully cultivated. Such a situation is too idealistic. No matter what the price of rare metals is, you and I understand that it is impossible to benefit everyone with the opportunity to show their talent."

"Just now we started from the perspective of cultivation and improvement, so now let's talk about potential. The martial soul itself basically determines the upper limit of a soul master. It hardly requires any identification and trial and error costs, and its future potential can be seen at a glance. But soul engineers are different. It is inevitable to consume a lot of metal in the process of identifying a person's talent on a soul tool. How many people can afford such expenses? How many forces and organizations can have enough patience for newcomers to consume huge amounts of metal? Slowly show potential after spending a lot of money?"

Wang Yan shook his head as he spoke. This was an idea he had never shared with other teachers. Today it was rare for Xiao Hongchen to take the initiative to start the conversation, and he accidentally poured out all the thoughts in his heart.

After listening to Wang Yan's discussion, Xiao Hongchen laughed again, threw the stone in his hand to the lake, and made a series of water floats:
"No, Mr. Wang, since the Three Kingdoms and Shrek don't allow any soul masters with powerful spirits to waste their talents, why do you think that the Sun Moon Empire will allow young people's soul tool talents to be wasted?"

"I can't guarantee that there are many, but the metal resources of the Sun Moon Empire are rich enough to give people who have just glimpsed the way of soul mentors ample opportunities for trial and error. As long as they show a certain talent, they will be rewarded in any regular force." The corresponding training will at least support him to become a fourth-level soul engineer—this is the threshold for the backbone of a soul engineer, and the cost is relatively acceptable."

"Perhaps your judgment of 'the Sun Moon Empire cannot give all soul engineers enough opportunities for trial and error' is based on the price of rare metals in Shrek City, but you may have forgotten—most of the rare metal veins are distributed in In the Sun Moon Empire, the rare metals that can appear in Shrek City are basically smuggled, and after raising prices layer by layer, it is considered conservative if the price is increased by five times."

"However, in the Sun Moon Empire, although common and low-level rare metals are controlled, they are not expensive. The society also has a huge demand for soul engineers, and the existing stock of soul engineers is far from enough to meet them. The mentor is also more tolerant, after all, the prerequisite for becoming a soul mentor is to become a soul master first, and soul mentors are even rarer than soul masters."

"The Sun Moon Empire can't compare to Shrek in the cultivation of soul masters, but it has always been willing to allocate funds for the cultivation of soul masters. This is not accidental, but the result of the joint action of the will of the country and the actual needs of various organizations."

After Xiao Hongchen finished speaking, he turned to look at Wang Yan.

Wang Yan was stunned, then smiled and said: "This is indeed a blind spot that I didn't pay much attention to before, I took it for granted. After all, Shrek's teachers basically never leave Shrek City, and I already travel quite frequently. Those like Teacher Zhou have basically never left Shrek after becoming a teacher..."

"Teacher Zhou?"

"Oh, you will go directly to the inner courtyard to study in the future, so you don't know her. If you are interested, just ask someone 'Mr. Bawanghua'."

Wang Yan clamped the briefcase tightly: "In short, although Shrek's every move affects the situation of the entire continent, due to the work content and the scope of daily activities, the vision of teachers is generally limited to Shrek City. I am not immune to this social circle. However, I have learned a lot from communicating with you today, and there are some things that I lacked to understand when I was sitting in Shrek City before."

Xiao Hongchen immediately said: "Communication with you has also broadened my horizons. Before I set off, someone recommended you to me, saying that you are one of the most insightful teachers in Shrek Academy. I haven't seen it before in the arena. , although I just had a brief chat with you today, I'm sure you really deserve your reputation!"

"Where, in the final analysis, I am just a theory teacher in the outer courtyard. If you boasted so much, I should be in the Sea God Pavilion now. It is quite interesting to chat with you today, and it also gave me some insight, but I still have to go home to make dinner, and some ingredients should be put away after today, so I won’t talk to you for now. If you are interested in the future, you can come to me again.”

"Mr. Wang, you won't be limited to a Shrek outer courtyard teacher forever!"

"Haha, then I will accept your good words."

(End of this chapter)