Three months after the Spirit Master Competition ended, Su Wen began to establish the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge in the newly constructed branch of Wisdom Palace.
Four months later, under the leadership of the Golden Iron Triangle, the Shrek Seven Devils left Heaven Dou City.
Six months passed, and they arrived in Suotuo City in a rather sorry state.
"Our Wisdom Palace branch in Suotuo City is the first one equipped with a Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge on the entire continent, apart from the headquarters!"
The staff responsible for welcoming the members of Shrek Academy proudly introduced the facilities of the Suotuo City branch of Wisdom Palace.
Before leaving, Su Wen named the central hall Knowledge Hall and the thirty-six rooms were named Thirty-Six Study Halls.
Flender and the others were led to Knowledge Hall.
"Everyone, this is our Knowledge Hall, the core of Wisdom Palace. The books over there represent the core of our Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge."
"After injecting Soul Power and receiving your respective Spirit Seal, you can freely enter the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge space using your Spirit Seal. Who would like to go first?"
Flender and the others looked at each other.
They had previously understood the process of this new version of the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge, and now they looked at each other.
Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and said, "I'll go first."
He approached the glowing book floating in front of him and infused it with Soul Power.
Shortly after, a page fell from the book.
The page did not transform into the appearance of his martial spirit Luo San Pao.
Yu Xiaogang frowned, thinking it was due to a mutation of his Martial Spirit, and didn't pay much attention to the form of this Spirit Seal.
However, when he clearly saw the content on the page, his face immediately turned sour.
His face turned ashen.
"What's wrong, Xiaogang?"
Flender and Liu Erlong stepped forward, looking at the page in Yu Xiaogang's hand. They saw the few words on it and their faces turned equally ashen with anger.
There were only four words on the page.
'Go eat shit.'
Glancing at the content on the page, the person in charge of guiding the Shrek group also had a change in his expression. He was no longer wearing his previous friendly expression; instead, his face was filled with hostility.
"Are you from Shrek?"
"Sorry, but we don't welcome you here," he said in a cold tone.
At the same time, other Spirit Masters and staff who were seeing Wisdom Palace for the first time gathered around with similar attitudes.
Upon understanding the situation, surrounding Spirit Masters began to reject the Shrek group one after another.
Yu Xiaogang stood in the center of Knowledge Hall, being pointed at and discussed by numerous Spirit Masters. His face was pale with anger as he glanced around at everyone, noticing their hostile and disdainful gazes. He felt embarrassed and infuriated at the same time.
Su Wen!
How could he be so against them?
How did he manage it?
They were just receiving Spirit Seals, how did he identify their identities?
"Hmph, Master Wen's ideal is to promote the development of the Spirit Master world and spread knowledge, but it doesn't mean he will share it with everyone."
"Yeah, Master Wen is selfless, imparting knowledge to all Spirit Masters, but he's also human. You enemies have the nerve to come to Master Wen's Wisdom Palace to steal techniques?"
"That's right!"
"Fortunately, Master Wen recently upgraded the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge. Otherwise, these people might really have stolen our techniques."
Spirit Masters condemned the shameless Shrek group one by one.
At this moment, Flender and the others' faces were extremely grim, their Soul Power fluctuations faintly visible, seemingly on the verge of erupting and giving these Spirit Masters a thorough lesson.
Yu Xiaogang tightly held onto Flender and Liu Erlong's hands, urging them not to act rashly.
Even though Yu Xiaogang himself was seething with anger, he knew he couldn't escalate conflict here with the people of Wisdom Palace.
This was Wisdom Palace, and everyone here could be considered a disciple of Wisdom Palace.
Moreover, across the continent, there were countless Wisdom Palace disciples. In almost every place where Wisdom Palace was established, the majority of Spirit Masters were disciples of Wisdom Palace.
Once conflict erupted within Wisdom Palace, it would mean hostility with over ninety percent of Spirit Masters on the continent.
The Shrek group left the Wisdom Palace in Suotuo City dejectedly.
However, this was not the end.
The exposure of their identities was bound to attract repeated assassination attempts.
After all, a hundred thousand year Spirit Bone is too tempting.
Blazing City.
Su Wen has been opening up Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge all the way.
"Huh? Did Yu Xiaogang and Tang San really shamelessly go to other branches to steal techniques?"
Upon receiving the news, Su Wen immediately felt disdain towards their actions.
Fortunately, before leaving Suotuo City and arriving at the second city to set up Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge, he received a message from Heaven Dou City, learning about the treatment Shrek Tang San and others received there. Upon being reminded, he promptly upgraded the technology of Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge.
There were no other restrictions; it was simply that injecting Soul Power into the books by Shrek Seven Devils and Golden Iron Triangle would not produce a Spirit Seal.
Su Wen had once collected their blood and replicated their Martial Spirits.
The Spirit Seal itself is a replication of the Spirit Master's Martial Spirit. Once replicated onto Shrek Seven Devils and others, it naturally triggered Su Wen's preparations.
Of course, there are countless Martial Spirits, some overlapping. Therefore, Su Wen's setup also has specificity. Even with the same Martial Spirit, differences arise under different Spirit Masters' cultivation.
Thus, only ten people were targeted.
Wait, there are also all direct descendants of Clear Sky Sect who inherited the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Spirit.
It can be said that among the major Mountains of Books and Sea of Knowledge across the continent today, only the headquarters of Wisdom Palace in Heaven Dou City still poses opportunities.
However, that place is the headquarters. Su Wen had long arranged a capable team there with the best order maintenance, managed by core members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
It can be said that neither Clear Sky Sect nor the Shrek Ten have the opportunity to enter the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge.
"Xiaowen, we've finally arrived at our Blazing City."
Huo Tianyang greeted warmly, leading Su Wen towards the branch of Wisdom Palace.
"You don't know, our Spirit Masters in Blazing City have been eagerly awaiting your arrival to establish the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge."
"There's no helping it. They are just too eager to learn, too eager to progress!"
It's evident that Huo Tianyang feels the pressure. Due to his close relationship with Su Wen, many strong individuals from Blazing City approached him, asking him to help contact Su Wen and expedite the establishment of the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge.
Huo Tianyang himself is quite anxious.
He has his own descendants. Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu are now both Spirit Ancestors. Although they missed the first four Spirit Rings, they can still enjoy the benefits of Su Wen's many techniques.
After all, Soul Power is the foundation.
For Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, Martial Spirit Evolution comes second. Their Martial Spirits are already top-notch, so the speed of their cultivation is the most important for them.
"Uncle Yang, I know you're in a hurry, but please don't rush," Su Wen said helplessly.
Establishing the Mountain of Books and Sea of Knowledge also consumes energy.
Although he repeatedly opens up illusory spaces, Su Wen's understanding of space and his mastery of opening The World in a Book for earth, fire, water, and wind have become deeper. However, the tedious life that lasted for three full months has also left him spiritually exhausted.
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