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Wang Yan sighed and said, "It has come to this point. There is no other way. I believe in your abilities. Do your best. There should be no problem with the preliminary round."
"If Master Xuan can get back in time, he should be able to transfer other inner courtyard students from the academy."
Beibei stood up, smiling, and said, "Teacher Wang, isn't our reserve team's original mission to serve as substitutes and provide cover for the main players? This opportunity is just right for us to hone our skills. When reinforcements from the academy arrive, we just need to hold on for a few days. I believe we can do it."
Xu Sanshi said with full fighting spirit: "That's right, we are the elites from Shrek Academy. We don't need the seniors to take action against other academies."
Wang Yan looked at the high-spirited reserve team members and said, "Okay, okay, the honor of Shrek Academy depends on you to protect it."
Wang Dong's eyes lit up. Can he also do his part to protect the honor of Shrek Academy?
Huo Yuhao had no expression on his face, and said calmly: "I'm going to get some fresh air."
After saying this, he walked out of the tent.
Huo Yuhao climbed to a high place and looked into the distance, deep in thought.
He has many more important things to care about than the fighting spirit competition and the honor of the academy.
That old Xuan, when he led a team of students to carry out a mission before, most of them encountered a hundred thousand year old soul beast and died. This time he led the team without caring about anything, and as a result, they encountered such a vicious incident.
Really short of memory.
Why must the students be put in such a dangerous situation?
Huo Yuhao was not denying the statement that talents need to be tempered, but he felt that Shrek Academy's approach of giving students a mission goal and then letting them go was wrong.
Whether based on humanistic care or economic benefits, it is extremely inappropriate to train talents through life and death tests. How high is the initial investment cost of a talent? If he dies, he will die.
You really treat human life as a joke.
Tian Meng's voice came faintly from the sea of spirituality: "Yuhao, I think what you said is wrong..."
"what happened?"
"Don't you also treat life as a joke?"
Huo Yuhao asked in confusion: "When did I treat other people's lives as a joke?"
Bingdi snorted coldly: "You have never treated other people's lives as a joke. You treat your own life as a joke."
"You've always been like a crazy person who doesn't care about his life."
Huo Yuhao fell silent.
After a while, he spoke: "I have no right to represent others, I can only represent myself. I am an extreme risk taker."
"I have nothing to lose anyway, so any expectation of a high return is worth a gamble."
Tian Meng said: "Then...then Yuhao, can you please not be so reckless in the future? After all, after all, you promised us that you would lead us to become gods..."
The Ice Emperor also said coldly: "You still owe me your body, please take good care of it."
“Hey.” Huo Yuhao laughed briskly. “Okay, I’ll try to agree to your requests in the future.”
Just then, Yin Lex's old voice joined the conversation.
"Yuhao, you have a good understanding. The power you used today is the magic of the dead. It will gradually become your true third martial spirit in the future."
"I don't know whether it is right or wrong to pass on the magic of the dead to you. You don't admit that you are a kind person, but I believe that your sense of justice is not inferior to anyone else. I hope you can use this power well."
Huo Yuhao nodded: "Thank you, Master Yin. I can feel that the undead magic has a miraculous effect on evil soul masters."
Yin Lex said: "Any ability can be used for good, but those who use their abilities for evil are evil."
"Child, I still have a question in my mind."
Huo Yuhao said: “Master Yin, please speak.”
Yin Laikes said: "You have always had a violent temper hidden in your heart, but you usually don't expose it. You will only vent it when someone provokes you. And you also have unfounded resentment towards some groups in your heart."
Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement.
Yin Lex said calmly: "Child, I understand your inner depression, but don't vent your anger on me. You can take revenge, but please never hurt innocent people."
"If the chief of a village hurts you, and when you are powerful enough, you massacre the entire village, what is the fault of those innocent villagers?"
Huo Yuhao was silent for a while, then said calmly: “Mr. Yin, when you are trying to tell a great truth, it is best to use fewer metaphors, because the reality is much more complicated than these simple examples.”
"Of course we shouldn't vent our anger on innocent villagers, but do you think those villagers are really innocent?"
Yin Lex said: "Do you think there are accomplices of the village chief among the villagers? Then please just retaliate against those accomplices."
Huo Yuhao looked up at the night sky and asked, "What if those villagers are not accomplices of the village chief, but are definitely not innocent?"
Yin Laikes was speechless and wanted to hear how Huo Yuhao would refute.
"If there is such a village, which has always been poor and dilapidated, and the village chief, in order to change the status quo, leads some villagers to the evil path of murder and robbery, Mr. Yin, how do you think we should deal with it?"
Yin Laikes said: "Of course, we should punish the village chief and the villagers who helped him do evil. There is no need to vent your anger on those villagers who were unaware of the situation."
Huo Yuhao said coldly: "But they are not unaware of it."
"Those villagers who did not participate in the evil not only knew about the village chief's evil deeds, but also took the initiative to cover up and excuse him when others came to investigate."
"Because the village chief shared the money he had taken from murder and robbery with these innocent villagers, the whole village unknowingly formed a de facto community of interests and gradually became wealthy."
“Do you think these villagers are really innocent?”
Yin Lex remained silent.
"When justice came, the village chief and his accomplices were brought to justice. But those innocent villagers inherited the wealth they looted with peace of mind."
"Many years later, when talking about the village chief who deserved the punishment, the villagers were grateful because it was under his leadership that the entire village got out of poverty and became prosperous."
"Countless fortunes were laundered in the looting, providing the first generation of primitive accumulation for the village's prosperity. Unfortunately, this wealth was stained with human blood."
“These are the innocent villagers.”
Yin Lex was silent for a moment and asked, "What is your solution?"
“Master Yin, not every problem has a solution.” Huo Yuhao said softly, “Unification.”
Yin Lex asked, "Do you want to be a dictator or a tyrant and take charge of everything?"
"But you clearly said that this world does not need an emperor."
Huo Yuhao stopped talking.
"Ugh……"
Yin Lex's voice finally said, "Do as you wish."
After saying this, his voice disappeared into my ears.
Chapter 129 The Eve of the Competition
"Yuhao."
The voice of the White Tiger Duke sounded beside Huo Yuhao: "We finally have some time to be alone."
He really wanted to say the four words "we are father and son", but Huo Yuhao never admitted it.
"What's the matter?" Huo Yuhao asked calmly.
Duke Baihu said: "It is our fault this time. This evil soul master bandit group should have been dealt with by our Baihu Guards, but now Shrek Academy has suffered such a blow."
A trace of remorse appeared on his face.
Huo Yuhao rarely said anything sarcastic to him, but calmly said, “No need to apologize. If you replace the White Tiger Guards, the result will only be worse.”
Even he, who was always a careful observer, could not have expected this, let alone others who could have guarded against the unexpected explosion of corpses.
No matter how many people go, it will only increase casualties.
Duke White Tiger and Huo Yuhao were silent for a while.
Duke Baihu added: "I am very happy that you can represent Shrek Academy in the Fighting Spirit Competition this time, because it represents the highest honor. You have made great progress, and I will go to Xingluo City to watch your competition in person."
"Dai Hao."
Huo Yuhao suddenly called out the Duke of White Tiger by his name with a serious expression.
"Can you go beyond your authority and kill a civil servant directly? The kind that kills first and asks for permission later?"
Hearing this question, Duke Baihu's expression suddenly became serious, and he said in a deep voice: "Yuhao, why are you asking this?"
"Although I am a marshal, I have to report to His Majesty the Emperor if I want to deal with civil officials, and he will make the decision."
Huo Yuhao said calmly: “That bandit group has the support of the Sun Moon Empire, and their size and strength are beyond common sense. The spirit masters of the 300 people are basically at the second to fourth ring, and there are almost no ordinary people.”
"I suspect that someone in the Xingluo Empire is helping them recruit spirit masters. Please help investigate, especially places like the Spirit Master Academy or the Adventurer's Guild, to see if you can find out anything."
"As for the matter about the evil soul master, you... forget it."
Huo Yuhao paused.
"I told Jiujiu and the others in person."
……
Star Luo City.
This is the capital of the Xing Luo Empire, the largest city, the political, cultural, and economic center, with a permanent population of eight million.
Such a huge city is about to usher in the continent's grand event that takes place once every five years - the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.
Countless tourists came from all over the place just to witness this competition among young talents.
The venue for the competition is the Xingluo Square in front of the Xingluo City Imperial City. It is very large and can accommodate many spectators.
Not far to the east of Xingluo Square, there is a seven-story hotel, which is the Xinghuang Hotel owned by the royal family and is specially used as a place to stay for various colleges in this competition.
The participating players from Shrek Academy were arranged in luxurious rooms on the top floor, with a bedroom and a dedicated conference room for each person to use.
Wang Yan and the remaining ten team members were mobilizing in the conference room.
Wang Yan sat in the first seat, and on his left were Ma Xiaotao and three other pale inner court disciples who had not recovered from their injuries.
Wang Yan glanced at everyone, smiled and said, "Everyone had a good rest. This Xingluo City is much bigger than Shrek City."
Bei Bei on his left asked worriedly, "Teacher Wang, the competition is about to begin. The reinforcements from the academy..."
Wang Yan waved his hand: "Don't worry, I have received a message from the academy and I am mobilizing the inner courtyard disciples to come here. You just need to deal with the preliminary round."
Seeing that the expressions of the people in the outer courtyard had relaxed, Wang Yan began to introduce the rules of the competition.