Douluo Continent: Reborn Yuhao, their eyes are strange

Chapter 144 The True Path of the Secret Chamber is Actually at Shrek Academy

Chapter 144 The True Path of the Secret Chamber is Actually at Shrek Academy

Star City.

As the capital of the Star Luo Empire, it is also an ancient city with a history of tens of thousands of years. Its city walls are entirely made of huge rocks, and it enjoys the reputation of being an imperial capital that will never fall.

The permanent population of Xingluo City has long exceeded eight million, making it the largest in the Douluo Three Kingdoms, and it can accommodate up to twenty million people at its maximum capacity.

However, even with the prior arrangements of the Star Luo Emperor, this super capital city, despite undergoing reconstruction and expansion, still struggles to meet the number of tourists attracted by the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament held every five years.

The number of soldiers patrolling and maintaining order on the main roads of the city has also increased significantly.

At the registration point in Xingluo Square.

Zhang Lexuan led the Shrek Academy students to the registration point and said softly, "Hello, we are from Shrek Academy and we are here to register."

The middle-aged woman, who was engrossed in organizing the previous college's registration form, subconsciously looked up upon hearing the sound, her face habitually plastered with a respectful smile.

But the next moment, her smile froze on her face, and her eyes became somewhat strange.

The black-haired woman standing at the front of the group was indeed extremely gentle and beautiful.

Behind her were a young man who looked like a woman and a short man.

Further on, at a short distance, one can see a group of beautiful young women of different styles, circling around a handsome young man with an otherworldly air.

Although the young man was exceptionally handsome, his face was unusually haggard, and his lips were swollen, as if he had been severely overworked and exhausted.

His eyes revealed a hint of sorrow, as if he were silently accusing something, yet they also possessed a broken beauty that made one want to press him down and ravage him.

The middle-aged woman's heart was pierced.

Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly. Seeing that the person in front of her had not responded for a long time and was just staring at her back with a strange look, she couldn't help but raise her voice and repeat what she had just said.

The middle-aged woman seemed to wake up from a dream, and hurriedly pulled out several registration forms from the table and handed them to Zhang Lexuan, while showing a professional smile, but the smile looked somewhat forced.

"Please show me your Shrek Academy credentials so I can register you shortly."

Following closely behind Shrek Academy's team, several other academies' registration teams, as Soul Masters, could clearly hear Zhang Lexuan's conversation with the person in charge of the registration point.

Shrek Academy, as the defending champion of every Soul Master Competition, already attracts everyone's attention, not to mention this team, which attracted attention from the moment it appeared because of its unique composition.

A group of stunningly beautiful women were closely surrounding a young man. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was a wealthy young master from a prominent family, traveling with his female companions.

Suddenly, the female students in those academy teams all hardened their fists.

They could clearly see that the handsome young man was sandwiched between a voluptuous, aggressively-looking red-haired woman and a cold, aloof blue-and-white-haired woman, as if she were an ancient block of ice.

The two women held his arms on either side, practically supporting him in the middle. The force of their pull seemed to make the already exhausted boy look even more haggard.

How did our Shrek Academy, the number one academy on the mainland, become like this?

Is that handsome young man merely a plaything for these women who call themselves monsters?

We need to strike hard!

Meanwhile, the last few members of the Shrek Academy team were from the Zhengtian Academy team.

A girl with long red hair, radiating youth and vitality, was tightly holding onto the blonde girl beside her, whose face was delicate but who now looked like she hated evil, preventing her teammate from rushing up and fighting Shrek Academy.

"Mengdi, calm down! They're from Shrek Academy, we can't beat them!" Yan'er whispered anxiously, trying to persuade her best friend.

"Yan'er, as the inheritor of the Angelic Martial Soul, how can I stand by and watch such atrocities happen before my eyes and do nothing?"

Yu Mengdi's face was filled with a sacred sense of justice, and her tone seemed to be disdainful that her good sister was so timid and afraid of Shrek Academy's reputation.

"Who knows? That boy might be locked in a secret room by those women every night and ravaged, forced to satisfy their various perverted desires."

"A locked room?!"

Yan'er looked surprised, as if she were seeing her best friend like this for the first time.

"Yes, the secret chamber! This is an ancestral precept passed down through our angelic race, one that we must always remember. The secret chamber is the most despicable tactic used by those wicked people."

Anyone trapped in a secret room will become a different person. Inside, they are bound hand and foot, powerless to resist, and subjected to the whims of those evil people…

Yu Mengdi's tone became increasingly compassionate, as if some hidden attribute within her bloodline was about to awaken.

Yan'er scratched her cheek and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Shrek Academy, which has always prided itself on being a champion of justice, wouldn't do something like this, would it?"

"Yan'er, you don't understand. You can know a person's face but not their heart, let alone look at the composition of Shrek Academy's team this time."

Yu Mengdi shook her little head, looking like she understood everything.

"Who knows, that handsome boy might be a reward Shrek Academy gave to those women. Whoever can get a better ranking for the academy gets to punish him severely. It's really too evil!"

Before Yan'er could continue to refute, Yu Mengdi's increasingly loud words, filled with righteous indignation, had clearly reached the teams of several surrounding academies.

In no time, the talk of a secret room, a reward, and brutal torture spread like wildfire.

The female students who had quickly moved closer to the registration line began to discuss the matter animatedly, their eyes filled with a complex mix of sympathy, anger, and excitement.

In the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, which was slightly towards the end of the registration line, a girl with long wine-red hair and azure eyes was yawning listlessly, looking rather dispirited.

A tall, handsome young man standing beside her frowned slightly upon seeing his sister's appearance.

"Dream, did you also stay up all night last night making a soul tool?"

"Brother, do you think I'm like you, a soul tool-making maniac who can stay up for days and nights without sleeping when he gets an idea?" Meng Hongchen pouted and stretched. "Lack of sleep can damage your skin. I'm just a little too bored."

Hearing his younger sister's nonsensical answer, Xiao Hongchen's lips twitched slightly.

Just then, Meng Hongchen saw that the front of the line had suddenly become noisy, and her blue eyes lit up. She spoke with joy.

"Brother, has something interesting happened up ahead? Why don't you go and ask your dear sister about it?"

Xiao Hongchen's face darkened, and he said irritably, "Why don't you go yourself?"

"Leaving the team requires reporting to Elder Ma, which is a hassle. Anyway, you've talked back to Elder Ma many times, so he's used to it. You can just run away and then run back, isn't that quick?"

Meng Hongchen waved his hand casually, as if he was quite certain that his older brother would help him with this small favor.

Xiao Hongchen choked for a moment, his face darkening further, but he still resolutely strode away from the group and walked forward, though he muttered, "I'm just curious myself, not simply because of you."

That strong sense of stubbornness made Meng Hongchen chuckle softly.

Under Old Ma's murderous gaze, Xiao Hongchen quickly completed his mission and rejoined the team.

However, when he returned, his expression was undeniably strange.

Meng Hongchen looked somewhat surprised. "Brother, what's with that expression? It looks like you've swallowed a fly."

"Get lost, get lost, get lost." Xiao Hongchen's lips twitched. After hesitating for a moment, he said in an extremely strange tone, "The teams ahead are all discussing Shrek Academy."

Shrek Academy?

Upon hearing Xiao Hongchen's words, everyone else in the Sun and Moon team, except for Meng Hongchen, instinctively perked up their ears.

As perennial runners-up, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's biggest dream is to defeat Shrek Academy honorably in the Soul Master Competition.

Now that they've heard that what happened earlier is related to Shrek Academy, they naturally have to pay attention. Perhaps this is the key to their victory over Shrek Academy.

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At this, Old Ma, who was standing at the front of the group, coughed lightly and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Hongchen, stop hiding it and tell me quickly. If you tell me, I won't hold you accountable for leaving the group without permission earlier."

Xiao Hongchen glanced around at his teammates, remained silent for a moment, and finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"Are you sure you want to listen?"

Meng Hongchen curled her lip indifferently, "Is it any more terrifying than when you secretly stole some of Grandpa's rare metals?"

As if they had inadvertently overheard some incredible secret, the rest of the Sun and Moon team kept their eyes down, pretending they hadn't heard anything at all.

As the chief administrator of Mingdetang, Master Ma naturally knew which matter Meng Hongchen was referring to.

That time, Master Jing almost pulled out the copper-tipped leather belt from his pants and whipped Xiao Hongchen until he spun like a top.

Xiao Hongchen's face also flushed red, and he retorted with a stiff neck, "How can that be called stealing? It's a matter for a Soul Master, can that be considered stealing? That's called borrowing!"

Meng Hongchen chuckled, "Then let me ask on behalf of Grandpa, when are you planning to return those pieces of Star Moon Alloy, Purple Gold Copper, and Extraterrestrial Meteorite Iron? The amount you took last time is probably close to ten million Gold Soul Coins."

Tens of millions of gold soul coins naturally wouldn't bother Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall, but those rare metals were all precious materials that could be used to make the core array of a level nine soul tool, and were strictly controlled rare metals.

The tens of millions of gold soul coins are just the market price; in reality, those rare metals are simply priceless and unavailable.

It was all money that Jing Hongchen had painstakingly saved up, but in the end, it was all squandered by his precious grandson.

Xiao Hongchen's expression also stiffened, and he began to speak defiantly.

Saying things like "Grandpa's future will eventually be mine" and "Once I become a level nine Soul Master, these things will be a piece of cake" made Meng Hongchen laugh out loud.

Seeing his usually arrogant older brother in such a poor state, trapped by money, Meng Hongchen suddenly felt much better about the boring queue.

As Xiao Hongchen gradually came to his senses, he snorted and said, "The teams ahead were discussing that Shrek Academy has been able to win championships because they possess a winning formula."

"The winning formula?"

Everyone in the Sun and Moon team was intrigued by Xiao Hongchen's words.

Seeing this, Xiao Hongchen's expression turned strange. After a moment of preparation, he slowly spoke: "It is said that Shrek Academy has been able to maintain its championship position because in their inner courtyard, they reward outstanding female students by having them secretly meet a handsome young man to vent their frustrations..."

"absurd!"

Before Xiao Hongchen could finish speaking, Old Ma's face showed surprise and anger.

What do they take Shrek Academy for?

If Shrek Academy is like this, wouldn't their generations-long dream of defeating Shrek Academy become a huge joke?

Meng Hongchen clearly grasped the key point, and her eyes lit up.

"Brother, you said there's a handsome young man, just how handsome is he? If I run to the front now, will I still be able to see him?"

Xiao Hongchen's expression froze. How could he have forgotten that Meng was an extreme person who was obsessed with looks?

He couldn't help but curl his lip and said coldly, "It's just hearsay. Besides, who can be more handsome than your brother?"

As the discussion from the front teams gradually spread to the back.

Listening to the serious discussions of those around me, as if they had witnessed it firsthand.

"Everything is professionally certified by the Angel Clan, Shrek Academy must have a secret training method obtained from the Spirit Hall," and "Shrek female students are exploiting their ancestral, delicate, and beautiful young men, it's an outrageous crime," and other such remarks were rampant.

Old Ma couldn't help but wonder:

"No wonder Shrek Academy has been performing increasingly well in the Soul Master Competition in recent decades, and their teams are always dominated by women; they must have really found some unique cultivation method. But what exactly is this secret chamber?"

Clearly, Mr. Ma did not believe that the so-called secret room was the absurd thing those people were talking about.

Meng Hongchen belatedly asked, "Brother, what is a secret room? Is it a simulated training ground?"

"Kid, don't ask random questions."

For the sake of her younger sister's intellectual purity, Xiao Hongchen decisively stopped her curiosity.

"hehe."

Meng Hongchen immediately became angry; the more her older brother tried to stop her, the more curious she became.

Anyway, their Sun Moon team and Shrek Academy are on the same floor in the hotel, so they can just sneak over and take a look. Who knows, they might get to experience being a handsome young man in a secret room.

Flanked by Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao was practically dragged into the Star Emperor Hotel. He was clearly unaware of the enormous rumors that had been spread after Shrek Academy's team left the registration point, rumors that were already beginning to spread beyond the registration point.

(End of this chapter)