Ning Tian covered his mouth and exclaimed. Compared to the situation in the original novel where Huo Yuhao's status suddenly rose drastically but he didn't know many things, as the young master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, it was obviously impossible for him not to know what an evil soul master was.

As auxiliary martial spirits, they need to have a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the spirit masters, otherwise they might die without knowing how they died.

Therefore, when Master Xuan mentioned the evil soul master, Ning Tian broke out in a cold sweat almost instantly.

"Master Xuan, are you sure we are going to destroy the evil spirit master?" The evil spirit master is not here to destroy us? Ning Tian exclaimed. Of course, Ning Tian did not say the rest, or she did not dare to say it.

"Huh, are you scared?"

Ning Tian remained silent. He was just a three-soul Soul Master and an auxiliary soul master at that. How could he not be afraid of evil soul masters? But he couldn't show himself to be too timid in front of Master Xuan.

"Master Xuan, after all, they are still students from the outer courtyard. It is normal for them to be a little afraid of the evil soul master now."

Wang Yan was trying to smooth things over. Old Xuan glanced at him, but then didn't seem to care too much about what Ning Tian said.

After releasing some of his aura to calm everyone down, Old Xuan's face turned solemn, and he was ready to give them some basic information about Shrek's history.

"Little guys in the reserve team, you have to listen carefully. This is related to your future direction in the academy. Our Shrek Academy has a history of tens of thousands of years. Generally speaking, a strong spirit master can live at least two hundred years or even longer. Almost every year, students in the academy pass the assessment and enter the inner courtyard, but currently there are less than a hundred inner courtyard disciples left in the academy. Do you know why?" (This is in accordance with what the Supreme Elder said at the beginning. After all, the number of inner courtyard students has always been a mystery.) Xu Sanshi said: "Because the seniors in the inner courtyard have all graduated."

Elder Xuan shook his head. "You are right. It is true that some students left the academy after graduation, but what I want to talk about this time are those who did not graduate from the academy."

At this point, there seemed to be a hint of sadness in Elder Xuan's voice. "They are all good kids. Although they failed to graduate, their names will always be on the academy's roster. They took the academy's ideals as their own. It's not that they didn't have the ability to graduate, but they died fighting for the academy's ideals."

"There are many students from the outer academy who are actually strong enough to enter the inner academy, but many of them choose to leave after graduating from the outer academy. This is because entering Shrek's inner academy not only means learning more and having better teachers, but also shouldering a heavy responsibility. The academy respects the choice of any student, but what I want to say is that all students who choose to study in the inner academy are heroes, not heroes of the academy, but heroes of Douluo Continent."

Elder Xuan was talking silently, while Ning Tian frowned slightly. They took the ideal of the academy as their ideal. It was not that they did not have the ability to graduate, but they died for the ideal of the academy? Their names would be on the academy's roster forever? They all became heroes, and heroes of the continent? Aren't there any practical benefits? Benefits for their families or clans? Thinking of this, after Elder Xuan told them to keep it a secret, Ning Tian could not help but ask Elder Xuan. "Elder Xuan, I want to ask, besides keeping their names on Shrek's roster forever, does Shrek give any other benefits to their families for those who died for Shrek?"

When Ning Tian said this, Old Xuan's expression froze visibly, and he glanced at Ning Tian.

"They have become heroes, heroes of the entire continent, and the pride of Shrek. Their names will remain forever in Shrek's records and will always serve as role models for future generations of soul masters. Isn't that enough?"

Feeling the dissatisfaction of Elder Xuan, Ning Tian immediately expressed his and his family's attitude. "That's enough. Shrek is the holy land of all soul masters, and it is like a father to my Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. When I came to Shrek Academy, my father, the leader of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, told me that I must treat Shrek as a father. We in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect will naturally always support all decisions of Shrek."

Old Xuan nodded and seemed very satisfied with Ning Tian’s answer.

Ten thousand years ago, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect helped Tang San defeat the Spirit Hall. Two Titled Douluo died in the battle, and only one tenth of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's wealth remained. Afterwards, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect gained fame and became the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect that was famous throughout the continent, but it did not gain any real benefits.

Especially after the deaths of the two powerful Titled Douluo Jian and Gu, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was suppressed by the Tiandou Royal Family almost as soon as the Shrek Seven Devils ascended to heaven.

In the past, with the ninety-five-level Bone Douluo and the ninety-seven-level Sword Douluo around, the royal family didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect. Every time the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect went to the palace, the emperor would stand up to greet him, and there might even be a prince serving him fruits.

But after the Spirit Hall was destroyed, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect lost two of the sect's pillars in the battle. Then when the profits were divided, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect did not get any benefits. That was the beginning of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's decline.

Originally with the two Super Douluos, Jian and Gu, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect relied on the ability to hunt hundred thousand year level soul beasts for soul masters. Coupled with the fact that the sect master was an auxiliary type and easy to talk to, they were able to continuously absorb some talented soul masters, and even strong soul masters at the level of Soul Douluo who were about to break through to the Titled Douluo level. After all, who wouldn't want a ninth soul ring that was close to the absorption limit?

At that time, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was in great prominence, but after the death of Jian Yu Gu, the Soul Douluo and even Soul Saints of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect gradually became alienated from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. As an auxiliary martial spirit, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could not rely on its own strength, so for a long time, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was relegated to the bottom of the second-rate sects.

If it weren't for the fact that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's auxiliary capabilities were indeed quite good, and if it weren't for the fact that they had ways to obtain large amounts of money, I'm afraid the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect wouldn't be much better than the Tang Sect.

After all, there was a period of time when the Tiandou royal family was really targeting the Jiubao Liuli Sect. It was also because of the suppression during that period that the Jiubao Liuli Sect is still just a second-rate sect until now.

After all, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is not like the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Sect that can rely on the strength of its own martial spirits. They can only rely on attracting talented spirit masters and some spirit masters who are ready to break through to a higher level, relying on the continuous accumulation of generations...

Wait a minute? The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect is so powerful because it has powerful Titled Douluo in charge, which can hunt soul rings for some Soul Douluo-level soul masters, and then rely on this method to continuously accumulate wealth and resources to attract powerful soul masters, forming a positive cycle.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Now Shrek has a powerful Titled Douluo in charge, but they have never had a powerful martial spirit that can be passed down. They rely on their reputation and the ability to hunt spirit rings to continuously absorb powerful spirit masters or top talents to enhance their strength. Why does this method of strengthening oneself look so familiar?

There is no powerful martial spirit that has been passed down, but there is a steady stream of geniuses joining Shrek, contributing to Shrek's construction and then attracting more geniuses.

It is true that Shrek obtained various books left by the Spirit Hall, but after ten thousand years of evolution, Shrek is not as strong as the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago. Instead, it has been competing with Mingde Hall and Body Sect.

If the Sun-Moon Empire is counted as the Spirit Hall of the transcendental force, isn't this the situation when the three major sects started competing for hegemony ten thousand years ago?

What Shrek ate was not the Spirit Hall, what Shrek ate was clearly the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect of the past!

(End of this chapter)