Chapter 96 - 97: Resolving Ma Xiaotao’s Issue
Nearly everything concerning Zhou Sicheng had now been classified as top secret. The exposure of his three purple spirit rings—each confirmed to be at the ten-thousand-year level—as well as his three contracted spirit beasts, had all been tightly contained by Shrek Academy.
Outside of Beibei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, and the two Xiaos (Xiao Xiao and Xiao Hongchen), no outer court students were aware of the truth.
Beibei had even personally warned Huo Yuhao not to reveal any details about Zhou Sicheng's abilities to anyone.
Naturally, Huo Yuhao chose to keep the secret. Brother Zhou had treated him with such kindness—he wouldn't betray him.
The inner court had few students, and each one's background had been thoroughly vetted before admission. Normally, there wouldn't be any issues.
Zhou Sicheng's abilities hadn't been hidden from the inner court students for two main reasons. First, because the academy trusted them and wanted to utilize Zhou's talents to provide them with special training. Second, it was a strategic signal—using Zhou's unprecedented gifts to show friendly factions that Shrek was on the rise once more.
Most inner court students were either cultivated by the academy or hailed from major forces that respected or were allied with Shrek.
Unless some malicious spy had slipped through—which was highly unlikely—there was no real danger of Zhou's unique talents being exposed to the Sun Moon Empire or the Holy Spirit Cult.
Zhou himself wasn't foolish enough to expose everything either. Everything beyond his third spirit ring remained hidden. Even if others came to know something in the future, it would only be limited to his first three ten-thousand-year spirit rings.
As long as Shrek protected him during his growth, Zhou Sicheng's safety wasn't a major concern.
The academy had already spoken privately with the inner court students and made it clear: anyone who leaked information would be found out.