Master? He Was Nothing in Huo Feng's Eyes!

"What?"

"There was something like that?"

"The renowned Master's Soul Power was actually only level twenty-nine?"

Although Dai Mubai lowered his voice somewhat, the four people gathered around him still heard him clearly.

They were all half-convinced by what he had said.

After all, Yu Xiaogang had thoroughly talked them into it just now.

If Dai Mubai had not said it, they would never have considered such a possibility.

"Of course. Why would I lie to you?"

A trace of disdain flashed across Dai Mubai's face.

He came from the Star Luo Empire's royal family and had long heard of Master's reputation.

When he first heard of him, he had been somewhat curious.

But after looking into this "Master," he discovered—

the man had failed to break through level thirty Soul Power for half his life.

His level had practically been set at the Soul Grandmaster rank and would not change any further.

And Master's martial soul was even more laughable.

He had heard that it was a mutant martial soul no one had ever seen before.

It looked neither like a pig nor a dog, and its method of attack was quite unique.

However, he had heard that Master came from some mysterious, influential clan.

As for the specifics, he did not know.

Seeing that the others still did not quite believe him—especially Zhu Zhuqing, who had only leaned in to listen at the beginning—

she soon returned to her earlier aloof state.

She walked off to the side alone and continued onward by herself.

His original intention had been to draw Zhu Zhuqing's attention and show off his broad knowledge.

But now, the effect seemed less than ideal. Thinking of this, he deliberately raised his voice and said loudly,

"Take a guess. When Master introduced the other teachers to the students, why did he first mention their martial souls and Soul Power Levels?"

"But when it came time to introduce Master, why did he not mention either at all?"

"Why did he only keep talking about his so-called ten core competencies of martial souls and his invincible theories?"

"If you ask me, it's simply because he has nothing worth showing and nothing he can bring himself to say."

After saying that, a proud expression appeared on Dai Mubai's face.

Clearly, he was extremely satisfied with his unique analysis and tricky angle of interpretation.

His gaze drifted, intentionally or otherwise, toward Zhu Zhuqing.

Yet she still wore that dead-fish expression.

Dai Mubai could not help feeling helpless.

This girl was impossible! Ever since Zhu Zhuqing entered Shrek Academy, he had only seen her smile when she was talking to Huo Feng.

The other ninety-nine percent of the time, she had that very expression.

Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, the two veteran spectators beside him, looked at each other and whispered.

The two of them had known Dai Mubai for a long time.

They understood his personality fairly well.

Dai Mubai rarely joked about such matters.

They exchanged a glance, then nodded to each other.

They had already believed what Dai Mubai had just said.

Ning Rongrong nodded uncertainly.

Although she came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she had hardly concerned herself with matters outside the sect since childhood.

So she had never heard of Yu Xiaogang.

Her mind was a mess now, and she had no idea which side was telling the truth.

She turned back to look at Huo Feng and Xiao Wu, who were still standing in the middle of the training grounds.

A strange feeling suddenly arose in Ning Rongrong's heart.

If what Dai Mubai had just said had instead come from Huo Feng, word for word,

she guessed she would have believed it immediately.

Shaking her head, Ning Rongrong forced herself to stop thinking about such messy things.

When she turned around, Zhu Zhuqing, who had been beside her, had somehow already gone far ahead.

She quickly waved her arm and called, "Zhu Qing, wait for me."

With that, she jogged after Zhu Zhuqing.

The two linked arms and left together.

"Uh..."

The plan had failed. It had not even achieved the slightest effect.

A very obvious look of embarrassment appeared on Dai Mubai's face.

"Dai-laoda, why do you think the dean kept Huo Feng and Xiao Wu behind?"

"Could he be giving them special tutoring?"

Ma Hongjun looked at Dai Mubai, still wanting more.

"Exactly, exactly."

Oscar chimed in as well.

The two had always followed behind Dai Mubai, so they did not notice that his expression was somewhat off.

They continued pestering him with questions.

"How the fuck would I know!"

"If you ask me, who am I supposed to ask?"

"If you want to know, turn around and ask the dean right now, or wait for Huo Feng to come back and ask him yourself!"

After throwing out those words, Dai Mubai suddenly quickened his pace.

He left without looking back.

The sudden change in attitude completely stunned Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

What the hell was that about?

The two looked at each other, shrugged, their faces full of confusion and incomprehension.

On the other side, Flender looked at Huo Feng and Xiao Wu with a broad smile.

Only after the other students had gone far away did he speak.

"You two should have known Master for a long time already, so I won't beat around the bush. There's nothing in particular we needed to keep you here for. Master simply has a few things he wants to ask you."

Flender's tone was very calm, and he maintained his smile throughout.

"Hehe, we've known Master for a long time."

Huo Feng answered with a smile, then turned his gaze toward Yu Xiaogang and politely added, "We graduated from Notting Junior Soul Master Academy, and Master is a teacher at Notting Academy. If there's anything, just say it directly."

Xiao Wu nodded. From beginning to end, she did not take the initiative to say a single word.

"That would be best."

Flender nodded in satisfaction.

His eyes flicked toward Yu Xiaogang, who was still putting on airs beside them, and he could not help feeling a flare of anger.

You're the one asking others for help, so what the fuck are you putting on an act for?

He had kept a smile on his face the entire time, speaking warmly and amicably with Huo Feng.

Yet Yu Xiaogang, the one who needed something, was the one acting all high and mighty.

Flender was starting to wonder whether his praise of Yu Xiaogang before all the students had gone to the man's head.

Had the man forgotten his own worth now? "Mm."

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang moved.

He first slowly opened his half-closed eyes. Then, he forced an extremely stiff, reluctant, and ugly smile onto his face before slowly speaking.

"Huo Feng, there's actually nothing major I wanted to discuss with you today."

Even now, Yu Xiaogang was still putting on an act.

Little did he know that Huo Feng knew every last detail of his background.

He acted so full of himself.

But in Huo Feng's eyes, he was nothing.

"You should still remember your former classmate and good friend, Tang San, right?"

After dawdling for so long, Yu Xiaogang finally got to the point.

"I wonder, have you seen Tang San in Notting City these past few days?"