Chapter 84: She Doesn't Lack Anything

Chapter 84: She Doesn't Lack Anything

After teaching A Lan a lesson, Wang Si also began to assess their gains from the Tian Wu Academy incident.

This charade wasn't just to cover up Zhu Ye and Zhu Zhuqing's destructive powers, but more importantly, to weed out the spies lurking around Tian Wu Academy.

Everyone knew how the academy rose to prominence: with support from the Wuhun Temple in the form of soul teacher resources, financial backing from Soto City, and technical expertise from Tian Dou City.

It was inevitable that some spies would be planted among them.

Previously, Zhu Ming dealt with these spies by using her soul power to control their thoughts, after which Wang Si imprinted a template on them.

Wang Si's enslavement template had two modes: one was voluntary enslavement, where the original thoughts remained.

But for stubborn individuals like A Lan, there was no choice but to submit, as the template enslaved the body, not the mind.

The other mode was passive enslavement, where thoughts were erased and replaced with a blank soul.

To maximize the spies' usefulness, Wang Si had Zhu Ming control their thoughts to make them overlook the template's presence.

Zhu Ming's control needed to be reapplied periodically, and now that she was about to seclude herself, it would affect her cultivation if she had to keep coming out to maintain the effect on these spies.

So, Wang Si simply erased their original consciousness.

With their consciousness wiped out, they also lost their memories, and in this state, they couldn't continue as spies.

For now, their only purpose was to cultivate, strengthen themselves, and become Death Guards.

Most of the spies around Tian Wu Academy were ordinary people. After sorting through them, Wang Si found a total of thirty soul teachers.

Among them, the one with the highest cultivation was a Soul King from the Wuhun Temple with a variant weapon-type soul. He could transmit sound and, due to the nature of his soul, pass on information silently.

His situation was representative of most of the spies' soul power levels. After all, Wang Si had been deemed useless and sent to Tian Dou City as a spy back then.

After sifting through them, Wang Si found one person with a probable chance of obtaining the Shadow Escape skill and kept him by his side. The rest were handed over to Xue Qinghe.

The only thing these blank-souled individuals could do was follow their master's orders.

There was no doubt about Xue Qinghe's management skills, and Wang Si saw no point in keeping these people by his side. It was better to give them to Xue Qinghe so he could make the most of them.

Xue Qinghe was, of course, delighted to have his own secret force for the first time.

When he said "completely belong to him," he meant that they wouldn't be controlled by the royals, not that they'd be free from Wang Si's control.

With these matters settled, Zhu Ming no longer had to worry about leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for trivial matters.

However, before she completely secluded herself, she first tested A Lan's abilities and then, under A Lan's guidance, led everyone to update their soul rings.

Since Wang Si and the others didn't have high requirements for the age of the soul rings, A Lan took them to hunt down some soul beasts a few decades old, which was effortless for her.

Having been a soul beast herself, A Lan knew that only the ten-thousand-year soul beasts were the core strength of the soul beast clan.

The soul beasts a few decades old were usually just food for those with centuries or millennia of cultivation.

Wang Si's Death Guard also obtained the desired Shadow Escape skill, although his level was too low to use it immediately. He would need to grind for some time before he could utilize it.

Wang Si wouldn't need him for a while anyway.

With everything taken care of, half a month had passed.

Due to the previous "drill," the two competitions were delayed by a few days.

After everyone obtained their new soul rings, the matches finally began. As compensation, Wang Si added a little incentive to the games.

The winner of the student competition would receive three hundred-year-old immortal herbs, while the winner of the teacher's competition would receive four thousand-year-old immortal herbs.

If Tang San still managed to win under these circumstances, Wang Si would have to teach Al Lan a lesson.

"Rest assured, even if Big Sister Lan wants to go easy on them, they still won't be able to win," Zhu Zhuqing asserted, raising her tiny fist.

Wang Si was very pleased with Zhu Zhuqing's confidence. However, Al Lan just couldn't help but interrupt. "Hey, the two of us definitely won't slip up, but what if Ning Rongrong does? You may not like that little girl, but you can't just ignore her. Lately, she's been hanging out with the Shrek guys all day. What if she betrays us later?"

Indeed, Ning Rongrong had been frequenting the Shrek Academy lately, initially because Xiao Wu often went there, and she followed. Over time, Ning Rongrong started inviting Xiao Wu to Shrek more often.

Wang Si, of course, had noticed this phenomenon. But even if she defected to that Shrek Academy, so what? "The battlefield is ever-changing, and if you have untrustworthy comrades at your back, you must always be prepared for an extra enemy. Given your current strength, crushing them would be too boring. It's better to have some challenges."

Hearing Wang Si's words, Zhu Zhuqing and Al Lan nodded thoughtfully, then looked at each other without a word.

Seeing this, Wang Si's face darkened, and he slapped the two of them. "In private, it doesn't matter if you backstab each other. But during the completion of my task, if either of you dares to mess things up..."

Wang Si squeezed his fist and glared at Al Lan. Having memory was indeed a hidden danger for Al Lan, but Wang Si didn't want to live too comfortably and become complacent. That's why he chose to keep her by his side, to constantly remind himself not to slack off.

"Is that necessary? I alone can take on all five of them without any problem," Al Lan muttered softly.

Hearing this, Wang Si merely glared at her.

Zhu Zhuqing patted Al Lan's shoulder, hoping she would stop causing trouble. As long as they completed Wang Si's task, they could find stimulation in private later.

All Zhu Zhuqing had ever wanted was simple: safety and strength. She didn't like the feeling of dancing on a knife's edge, so if they could complete the task peacefully, she didn't want any extra excitement. That was why she chose to stay at Tian Wu Academy, away from the Star Luo Empire's Zhu family.

Al Lan glanced at Zhu Zhuqing and saw the pitiful pleading look in the little cat's eyes. Al Lan helplessly shook her head and rubbed Zhu Zhuqing's face. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her.

"How about this, you can call me godmother," Al Lan blurted out, stunning both Zhu Zhuqing and Wang Si.

Could it be that Al Lan was also experiencing a surge of motherly love?

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Al Lan's figure and sighed, averting her gaze.

The reason she was willing to call Al Lan "Big Sister Lan" was not because she particularly liked her, but because Al Lan could teach her some energy manipulation techniques.

She had a family too, although they didn't welcome her at the moment. But Zhu Zhuqing had no intention of finding a godmother. She had passed the age where she needed that kind of love...

(End of Chapter)

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