Today, Luo Yanglu was teaching history.
The academy had history classes, after all. One of the purposes of establishing academies was to provide talent to the nation. History classes were meant to cultivate students' sense of identification with the Federation.
It was just that because the content was boring, very few students could persist in listening.
But where did Luo Yanglu come from?
The Spirit Transmission Tower a power that had been passed down for ten thousand years to this day. Within it were spirit beasts and Spirit Souls with such long lifespans that not only history but even interesting stories from history were recorded in the Spirit Transmission Tower's miscellaneous books for people to read when bored.
Luo Yanglu used two or three interesting historical stories to pique everyone's interest, then began to tell the history of ten thousand years ago. "Ten thousand years ago, the Empire..."
Huo Yuhao was sitting in the back row by the window. When he heard about things he had witnessed firsthand, the corner of his eye twitched. Silently, he used Imitation, took out an engraving knife and some spirit metal, and began engraving a soul tool array effectively cutting class.
Although he believed in learning from the past to understand the present, when it came to the history of ten thousand years ago especially the parts related to the Tang Sect and the Shrek Academy no one in this era was more familiar with it than him.
For example: Why had Shrek been able to develop to its current prosperous state?
First, it was necessary to clarify that ten thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Empire's emperor Mr. Xu Tianran had lived longer than in the original timeline. The unification of the various nations had also occurred much earlier.
So, let us invite Emperor Xu Tianran to speak:
I will never destroy Shrek. Even though it has always been my enemy, in my heart, it has always been the supreme palace for spirit masters. And I am also a spirit master.
When we unify the continent, I will wear the Shrek Academy uniform and listen to teachings in the academy's most sacred classroom to fulfill the greatest dream of my childhood.
I will also confer upon Shrek Academy the title of Sun Moon Royal Academy, making it an eternal part of my Sun Moon Empire, helping my Sun Moon Empire last for ten thousand generations!
At this point, one could basically understand what was going on.
And the outcome was well known the Sea God descended, Shrek's name was not changed, but instead the Sun Moon Empire's name was forced to change to the Tiandou Empire.
But whether Xu Tianran was paying for his dream or simply trying to win over Shrek Academy, as the emperor, after unification, he still put on the Shrek uniform and sat in Shrek Academy to attend classes.
This was no small matter. The emperor himself was promoting it, so naturally, a large number of people were diverted to join Shrek... Hmm, mainly soul engineers from the former Sun Moon Empire. One could imagine what followed.
However, Huo Yuhao felt this was still acceptable. At least there was an element of winning over involved. It was just that the effort and the effect, from the current perspective, were not proportional. He had seen even more things!
"My grandfather was a member of Shrek. On his deathbed, he instructed my father: Shrek's glory will shine forever. No matter when, no matter what happens, the descendants of our family must never become enemies of Shrek!"
"Shrek has never made a mistake. They have never made the wrong choice. They have turned the tide more than once and saved the Federation. Without Shrek, our Federation would have ceased to exist long ago! When they stand on the opposite side, we must consider that we, the Federation, are wrong!"
The above was entirely from a statement made by a certain Federation military personnel in the fourth installment of Douluo, ten thousand years later. Absolutely no exaggeration whatsoever.
Seeing this, what could Huo Yuhao say?
He could only say — "Your Excellency, brilliant insight!"
At the same time, he secretly rejoiced. The Spirit Transmission Tower had, after all, made mistakes over the years spirit masters who had nearly fallen and become evil spirit masters, ambitious people who wanted to turn the Spirit Transmission Tower into the Spirit Hall, and even allowing a deity and Dragon King to infiltrate it.
If the Spirit Transmission Tower were always right, even he, the First Generation Tower Master, wouldn't dare to stay here...
On this side, Huo Yuhao didn't want to listen to the history of ten thousand years ago. Gu Yuena was similarly uninterested in this period of history.
She was more curious about what God King Huo was doing.
Using a book to shield her face, Gu Yuena looked at Huo Yuhao to her right and gently blinked.
She could naturally sense the spiritual fluctuations and spatial fluctuations over there. (The principle of Imitation: using spiritual fluctuations to distort space, various forms based on oneself.)
There was no doubt about it — this person was using a spiritual ability to skip class!
With the strongest Dragon King lurking in the human world, Gu Yuena felt it was necessary to remind the God King of this fact.
"Um, you..." She paused, then changed how she addressed him. "Yuhao, can you bring me in too? I don't want to listen either."
If the God King didn't want to listen to class, neither did the Dragon King!
Hearing the sound transmission, Huo Yuhao looked at Gu Yuena with a strange expression.
After thinking for a moment, he expanded the range of Imitation to include Gu Yuena.
Then Gu Yuena saw Huo Yuhao engraving a soul tool array.
"..."
Well then. Even cutting class was so distinctive. Truly fitting for Yuhao.
Gu Yuena, who somehow felt that only she was slacking off, pressed her lips together.
And on the podium, looking at Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena below who appeared to be listening earnestly to the class, a vein popped out on Luo Yanglu's forehead.
He knew what Huo Yuhao was doing. The other had told him about it. It was just to avoid disrupting classroom order that he was using Imitation.
So then, Student Gu Yuena, what were you doing?
Don't think I haven't noticed that you're covered by the range of Imitation your posture is completely different!
While teaching history, Luo Yanglu activated his secret technique — Sound Transmission Secrecy.
"Yuhao is very familiar with the history of ten thousand years ago he can even pinpoint exactly what major events happened on a specific day of a specific month of a specific year. Student Gu Yuena, do you have that ability? Please tell me on what day, month, and year did the continent unify? When was it changed to a federation system? When was the first Federation Congress convened?"
Gu Yuena's expression froze slightly. "I'm sorry, I don't know."
Although she had also lived in that era, God King Huo had walked the earth while she had stayed in the Lake of Life. How could she have had the opportunity to learn about major historical events... And besides, she generally wouldn't bother to learn that kind of useless information.
"If you don't know, then listen."
Luo Yanglu seemed somewhat helpless. "The Spirit Transmission Tower is part of the Federation. We are not the Spirit Hall of twenty thousand years ago. You should identify yourselves as members of the Federation. Understand the history of the Federation's development. You can't be unable to answer basic questions."
"The Spirit Transmission Tower is powerful. But precisely because it is powerful, some attitudes need to be made even clearer. This is also the reason why the Spirit Transmission Tower headquarters was established in Mingdu and has not changed in ten thousand years it represents our support for the Federation."
"You and Yuhao will be the mainstays of the Spirit Transmission Tower's future. But you can't be too unscrupulous."
With such great strength, if you didn't stay low-key, would you wait to be targeted by the Federation and surrounded by various major powers?
There was a time to be low-key, and you had to be low-key!
Look at the First Generation Tower Master he was a Reclusive Douluo who only came out after becoming a Limit Douluo. Since the ancestors were like this, it showed that being low-key was nothing to be ashamed of.
The Continental Rankings were actually created by them to divert attention and make the Spirit Transmission Tower appear less conspicuous.
They would rank their own personnel on the Junior Genius Rankings, and give them high positions even the top spot to show that they were not declining. But the Continental Rankings were different.
After all, geniuses and the strong represented very different things.
For example, the number one position on the Continental Rankings they had found an opportunity to throw it to Atlas Douluo.
The strongest person on the continent is Atlas Douluo of Shrek Academy. According to the Spirit Transmission Tower, no one is his match! Believe it or not!
As for whether he actually was — well, they didn't know that either. After all, the strongest quasi-divine being on their side had never fought him at his peak. But that didn't matter. What they said referred to humans, not spirit beasts. Even Tower Master Emperor Tian had agreed to it.
That ranking list had existed for so many years, and everyone trusted it. As long as the Federation's people believed it, that was enough. The rest didn't matter!
After listening to this lecture, Gu Yuena nodded. Then she remembered that she was covered by Imitation and the other couldn't see her, so she simply continued the sound transmission. "Alright, Teacher Luo."
Then she straightened her attitude and listened earnestly to the class.
Luo Yanglu nodded inwardly. Good. This young lady was not the arrogant type. She could take advice.
Then he suddenly realized — was there something not quite right?
Gu Yuena hadn't spoken aloud. How had the two of them just communicated?
A two-ring Great Spirit Master had already learned "Sound Transmission Secrecy"?
Luo Yanglu's expression became complex and complicated.
Indeed... a monster.
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