Sheng Feilong stared at Song Weihan with shaking eyes; He had never expected for Song Weihan to have put so much thought behind the decision to give him the Ancient Hypnotic Toad back then . Moreover, he made that very decision on the fist day they met, without even really knowing Sheng Feilong .

While Sheng Feilong's emotions swayed back and forth, Song Weihan smiled with a genuinely carefree expression; Obtaining the Ancient Hypnotic Toad back then was the first step for Sheng Feilong to become the strong Soul Master he is today, yet for Song Weihan, it was only one more option; It would have taken him years to nurture it into a 100 . 000-years-old Spirit Soul, even with the Spirit PaG.o.da's resources he had available to him at the time .

With an age of just above 400 years, it was perfect for Sheng Feilong to fuse with it and he had never once regretted the decision . In fact, the stronger Sheng Feilong got, the more glad he became . Especially so with the many special circ.u.mstances pertaining his disciple; By now, Song Weihan couldn't even estimate where Sheng Feilong's limits lay .

"Well, that should be enough for today . " Song Weihan spoke up after a while, waving his hand dismissively . "You should solidify your current cultivation for the time being; We won't do any training anymore . "

He turned around and started to walk away, leaving Sheng Feilong alone in the training hall . Yet, before he could step out of the room, Sheng Feilong called out to him . "Master! I won't disappoint you . I'll cultivate the Ancient Hypnotic Toad into a 100 . 000-years-old Spirit Soul, no matter what . "

His stern, dead-serious look and the fiery glint in his eyes caused Song Weihan to start laughing again . "Of course you will . I never once doubted that . But you need to concentrate on the pressing matters for now . The stronger you get now, the easier it will be for you to strengthen it later . There is no place for needless hurry . "

Staring at Song Weihan's back, Sheng Feilong remained standing for a while longer . While still laughing, his Master left the training room in a good mood, yet Sheng Feilong didn't immediately return to cultivating; Only after processing everything that Song Weihan told him did he quietly sit down again .

During the same time, at another place within the Daedalus headquarters, She Meixiao sat across a deeply frowning Ye Wanxing – the other Vice-Leader of Daedalus and the only Soul Master in the organisations who's Soul Power exceeds She Meixiao's . " . . . That was your disciple?"

"Yes, I'm pretty sure of it . He was training with Song Weihan this whole last month to break into the Spirit Domain Realm . " She Meixiao slightly smiled while drinking from a cup of tea . She didn't lose her calm bearing despite the surreal spiritual pressure that washed over the whole headquarters a while back .

Ye Wanxing's frown eased somewhat, but he wasn't quite pleased with what She Meixiao said . "That doesn't explain why he would scan the whole base . What is Song Weihan teaching him?"

She Meixiao hesitated for a moment before answering . "I'm not too sure why he scanned the whole base, but it was definitely his spiritual signature, though quite a bit more powerful than the last time I checked it; I couldn't see through it at all this time, so I a.s.sume he managed to break through and tested his new senses out without thinking . "

She smiled a bit wider, though a bit more embarra.s.sedly then usual as scanning the whole base like this was truly not something anyone should do, much less her own disciple . "He has already stopped, no? I will make sure to chastise him for this misconduct, but he definitely didn't have any ill intent . "

Ye Wanxing nodded his head, dropping the matter while his eyes wandered back to the doc.u.ments on the desk . "Let us return to what we met to discuss in the first place, then . " The smile on She Meixiao's face vanished and she also put on a solemn look . "There's a total of 83 incidents that occurred during the last month; Much more than what we usually see . "

"I agree; I don't know why, but those evil sc.u.m are clearly more active . Moreover, they become more an more brazen, even attacking cities near our bases, not to mention the cities with powerhouses from the Tang Sect or Federal Government – There was even an incident in Shrek City a few days ago . " Ye Wanxing's voice was cold, yet filled with a certain degree of incredulity .

She Meixiao remained silent for a few moments before speaking up . "The timing of the increase of incidents matches up with the time I went to Shrek with Feilong, Jialong and Yehui . . . " Ye Wanxing glanced at her, his facial expression neutral . "Do you think there's a connection?"

"It might be possible . " She Meixiao nodded without hesitation . "You know the gist of what happened, right? Feilong beating all seven of their new Seven Monsters alone was a heavy hit to Shrek's reputation . Even more so during the Fated Date Festival, which was broadcasted through the whole Shrek City . "

"So you think Shrek's loss encouraged those sc.u.m to become more brazen? Then what do they take us for`? Allies? Do they truly have that much of a death wish?" Ye Wanxing clenched his fists, though he couldn't help but admit that She Meixiao had a point .

Still, for evil Soul Master around the Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy shouldn't be their greatest concern; While the latter didn't openly tolerate them, they also didn't take any extreme measures to hunt them down, only ever acting when one was reported to have committed evil deeds .

Daedalus, on the other hand, should be much more of a threat to them than Shrek Academy; While members of Daedalus possessed evil or dark attributes Spirit Essences, every single of their members was still a righteous individual . Moreover, unlike Shrek Academy, the members of Daedalus hated evil Soul masters to the core, actively hunting them down and killing on sight once their evil has been confirmed .

"It could also be tied to the rumours of the Holy Spirit Cult reappearing in this world . " She Meixiao added with a heavy expression . Ye Wanxing calmed down, but still sneered with a sour expression . "The Holy Spirit Cult has been eliminated thousands of years ago; Even if there was a new one, they wouldn't be enough to become the leaders of the evil Soul Masters again . Moreover, none of that has been confirmed yet . "

She Meixiao once again nodded her head and sighed lightly . "Correct, our sources haven't confirmed their involvement yet, but what if the Holy Spirit Cult reached out to the other minor groups and rallied them up? That would at least explain the many different kinds of incidents as well as their brazen behaviour; They think themselves save as the Tang Sect and Shrek were already unable to erase the Holy Spirit Cult 20 . 000 years ago . "

"Still, all of that is only speculation; We can't rely on that alone to make any decisions . " Ye Wanxing added, still with a sour expression . She Meixiao frowned, looking at him with a lost expression . "Then, what can we do? Do we only wait for new information until everything has become clear?"

" . . . Of course not . We can't just leave them be . Especially since over 70 percent of the incidents were robberies; It's blatantly obvious that they're planning something big . " Another silence descended into the office after Ye Wanxing spoke .

A few minutes pa.s.sed while both of them were going through the doc.u.ments again before She Meixiao said something . "You were right, we have to wait for more information . For now, all we can do is heighten the alarm levels of the other bases and have them patrol the cities more frequently . They are to investigate more thoroughly, even if it only seems to be a minor issue . "

Ye Wanxing nodded after thinking about it for a moment . "We should also inform the Tang Sect, Spirit PaG.o.da and Shrek Academy of this; They need to heighten their alarm as well . We should also suggest a sharing of information; The more we get out of them, the better . "

"Then, I'll head to the Tang Sect headquarters while you inform Shrek Academy . I think me going back there already would only lead to more complications at the moment . " She Meixiao said, her face not changing in the slightest even during the second part of the statement . Ye Wanxing's lip twitched, but he still agreed to her plan . "Then, I will be heading out tomorrow . Once I return, you will head to the Tang Sect; One of us should remain in the base, just to make sure . "