“Uncle Wang, do you think this Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy can really develop my talent?”
Mu Yuan tried to sound out Uncle Wang.
Uncle Wang said, “Since it was recommended by a teacher from Shrek Academy, it should be fine, right?”
“Uncle Wang, why haven’t I heard of a Body Martial Soul before?”
“A Body Martial Soul is a mutated Spirit, which cannot be inherited, so of course it’s rare,” Uncle Wang said.
Mu Yuan was surprised in his heart.
Uncle Wang knew quite a lot.
“Uncle Wang, how do you know so much?”
“Hehe, have you forgotten what your Uncle Wang does for a living?
Your Uncle Wang escorts shipments for the Treasure Appreciation Pavilion.”
Mu Yuan was speechless.
The so-called escorting was actually just tagging along with a caravan once, and he was being led by others at that.
Just that one time.
Uncle Wang had been bragging about it his whole life.
This was why Mu Yuan hadn’t really considered this aspect.
Now that Uncle Wang mentioned it again, Mu Yuan understood why he knew about the situation with Body Martial Souls and why he had taken him to Shrek for identification in the first place.
He probably heard some information during that trip.
Mu Yuan tried to sound out Uncle Wang about the Body Sect from other angles.
But whenever the Body Sect was mentioned, Uncle Wang would have an indignant expression.
“The Body Sect is both righteous and evil, acting as they please, and they will even hunt for spirit rings for their own selfish desires, causing beast tides.”
Listening to this, Mu Yuan didn’t know how to refute it.
It was only natural for Spirit Masters to hunt Spirit Beasts.
The problem with the Body Sect was likely their rampant hunting of hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts.
But Shrek hadn’t hunted fewer hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts either, and the slaughter by Evil Soul Masters in the Star Dou Great Forest was also significant.
Perhaps because of his own Spirit, Mu Yuan was inclined to think that the Body Sect had become the scapegoat that time.
“But I have a Body Martial Soul; if I go to the Body Sect, I should—”
“Xiao Yuan, the Body Sect’s reputation is too poor, and they know it themselves.
They don’t even have a mountain gate and have no fixed abode.
How would you even find the Body Sect?”
Mu Yuan fell silent.
Good news: although Uncle Wang didn’t want him to join the Body Sect, his opposition wasn’t strong.
Bad news: Uncle Wang hit a sore spot; he really couldn’t find the Body Sect.
Moving along, they arrived at the admissions office of the Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy, and Mu Yuan couldn’t think of a better way forward.
“Forget it, let’s just cultivate normally for now.”
After all, it was a junior Spirit Master academy that had a place in Heaven Dou City; its teaching ability shouldn’t be bad, and its simulated environments wouldn’t be lagging behind either.
Thinking this, Mu Yuan followed Uncle Wang to the admissions office.
“Recommended by Shrek Academy?”
Hearing that it was a student recommended by Shrek’s Wang Yan, the admissions teacher immediately became more serious.
He took the recommendation letter, scanned its contents, and his eyes flickered.
“Arm Spirit?
Body Martial Soul?” This teacher looked at Mu Yuan and asked, “Are you from the Body Sect?”
Mu Yuan shook his head.
“No.”
“Oh~ I understand.”
The teacher processed the enrollment procedures for Mu Yuan.
After Uncle Wang left, Mu Yuan quickly settled into normal study life.
Until three days later.
A sturdy man with an extremely thick right arm blocked Mu Yuan on his way back to the dormitory.
Looking at the man’s abnormally thick right arm, Mu Yuan couldn’t help but feel a stir in his heart.
“Mu Yuan?” the man asked Mu Yuan.
“Yes.”
“Arm Spirit?”
“Hmm.”
For every question the other party asked, Mu Yuan gave an answer.
Mu Yuan blinked.
No way, right?
Are the people from Shrek Academy this nice?
Knowing they couldn’t cultivate a Body Martial Soul well, they actually sent him to the Body Sect?
As for the idea that this man, who was suspected to be from the Body Sect, had no connection to the Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy, Mu Yuan didn’t believe it for a second.
He had just enrolled three days ago and was already being sought out; if this wasn’t an issue with the Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy, Mu Yuan would eat a hundred stalks of Blue Silver Grass.
The academy must have leaked information somewhere.
Mu Yuan couldn’t help but give a mental thumbs-up.
This intelligence leak was very nice!
After the man finished asking his questions, his voice wasn’t as stiff as it had been at the beginning, and he tried his best to show a friendly expression.
“Kid, you’re not bad.”
He patted Mu Yuan on the shoulder.
He could see that Mu Yuan didn’t have an expression of fear.
“Senior, you are…” Mu Yuan still asked tentatively.
“I come from the Body Sect,” the man said proudly.
“You, too, will join our Body Sect!”
These words were spoken with great determination, giving Mu Yuan no chance to consider.
Rather than saying he didn’t give Mu Yuan a chance to consider or that he was overbearing, it was more that he spoke very naturally—that attitude, deeply ingrained in his bones, that all Spirit Masters with Body Martial Souls were one family, was very natural.
“The Body Sect!”
A great weight lifted from Mu Yuan’s heart.
It really was the Body Sect!
One came to recruit, the other wanted to join; the two hit it off immediately.
Soon, under the man’s guidance, Mu Yuan arrived at a manor in Heaven Dou City.
“Sect Master, this is Mu Yuan.”
The man brought Mu Yuan to a great hall inside the manor.
Mu Yuan saw quite a few burly men in the hall, some with their arms crossed over their chests, others sitting in chairs with their legs crossed, all staring at him.
These gazes held no hostility; they all revealed a hint of friendliness, as if they were welcoming him.
Looking at the man standing in the very center, Mu Yuan superimposed him onto the figure in his memory.
He was a tall old man with long, ink-green hair draped behind him.
He was bald on top, but his complexion was as ruddy as a baby’s, and his pair of ink-green eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life.
He looked at Mu Yuan.
Mu Yuan thought for a moment, then cupped his hands in a salute.
“Mu Yuan greets the Sect Master.”
“Since we all have Body Martial Souls, we are one family.”
As he spoke, Du Busi had already released a burst of Soul Power to lift Mu Yuan up.
“At Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy, you registered your Spirit as an arm; is it one arm or two arms?”
“Two.”
Mu Yuan subconsciously glanced at the burly man who had brought him in.
The other man’s right arm was so thick, yet his left arm looked relatively normal; it was very likely he only had a right-arm Spirit.
Du Busi nodded with satisfaction.
“Has Shrek Academy checked your Spirit?”
Mu Yuan didn’t expect the Body Sect to have mastered even this information, so he truthfully recounted what happened after his Spirit awakened.
“Hmph, that Shrek Academy, always using these dirty tricks,” Du Busi snorted disdainfully and said, “All these years, that Xuan Zi has been very attentive to Body Martial Souls, having checked more than one, yet he couldn’t fancy a single one and sent them all to the Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy.”
Mu Yuan understood.
So the Body Sect knew to stake out the Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy to wait for disciples with Body Martial Souls.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind.
Mu Yuan felt he knew why the Body Sect could discover Spirit Masters with Body Martial Souls at the Blue Tyrant Junior Soul Master Academy.
“If I remember correctly, Du Busi’s disciple Wei Na is a princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire…”
With this thought flashing through his mind, Mu Yuan subconsciously looked at Du Busi and met his pair of ink-green eyes.
“Everyone here is from the Sect with limb-type Spirits who are relatively close to Heaven Dou City.
You can see if anyone catches your eye; you can follow him for training in the future.”
Mu Yuan was a bit dazed.
Is it this casual?
“The cultivation of Body Martial Souls is relatively self-centered, and taking a master doesn’t really teach you much,” Du Busi said.
“No matter who you follow, even if you follow me, the guidance you can receive is the same.”