The Rebirth of the Supreme King Dong'er

After all these years, aside from Xuan Zi, Qian Duoduo, and those few women he had wronged, who else had ever dared to shit on his head like this?

For some reason, he glanced at Zhou Yi, who was still lying on the ground.

Still, he merely took it as Wang Dong'er's anger over being injured in Ma Xiaotao's attack. Though somewhat irritated, he waved a hand. "Teacher Li, treat them first."

"Ah, yes." Teacher Li hurried forward at Yan Shaozhe's call. Dazzling soul rings rose one after another beneath his feet—two yellow, two purple, and three black, seven in total. He was clearly a Soul Sage.

Teacher Li raised both hands, and a trace of green emerged from them.

Then, several soul rings lit up. With a single sway, Teacher Li transformed into a verdant ancient tree. Emerald leaves flew from its crown and landed upon Wang Dong'er and the others.

The surrounding vegetation also gave off a faint green glow, which slowly drifted out and seeped into their bodies.

Feeling the cool comfort brought by the leaves covering her body, Wang Dong'er's tightly furrowed brow relaxed slightly.

Just moments ago, in the face of a life-and-death crisis, she had temporarily forgotten the pain. But once she relaxed, that piercing agony truly became unbearable.

With Teacher Li's treatment, she finally felt somewhat better.

Soon, Teacher Li transformed back from the tree into human form and respectfully said to Yan Shaozhe, "Dean, none of them have any serious problems. Only this student has broken ribs and needs to rest properly. But with my treatment, there definitely won't be any lasting effects."

"That's good." Yan Shaozhe, suspended in the air, nodded and looked down at Wang Dong'er.

"Now that you're all fine, once your two companions wake up, tell them to forget everything that happened earlier. If any information gets out, you will be expelled immediately!"

Wang Dong'er took a deep breath and pointed at the unconscious Ma Xiaotao.

"You mean she nearly killed me, yet we can't tell anyone about it and still have to be threatened by you here?"

"Heh." Yan Shaozhe chuckled. "You're mistaken. This isn't a threat, merely a necessary measure. She is very important to our academy. But don't worry. Since this was Xiaotao's fault, I'll have someone give you ample compensation."

"The original compensation was a Soul Ascension Pill. But since your injuries are rather severe, in addition to that Soul Ascension Pill, I can give you another Mysterious Water Pill, as well as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone best suited to you. The value of these things should be enough to make up for the harm you suffered."

"If you still feel that isn't enough, I can add one more condition. As long as you don't spread word of what you saw, I can make the decision that, until you graduate from the Outer Academy, the three of you may remain at Shrek Academy forever and will not be expelled."

"I am Yan Shaozhe, Dean of Shrek Academy. My promise is absolutely valid."

"Is what you said true? As long as we don't reveal what we saw, you really won't expel us and will give me all those things?" Wang Dong'er asked.

"Of course." Seeing that Wang Dong'er seemed tempted, Yan Shaozhe smiled warmly.

"So, what do you think? It's actually very simple. As long as you keep your mouth shut..."

"But I refuse!"

"What?!" The sudden rejection nearly made Yan Shaozhe bite his tongue.

"My favorite thing to do, Wang Dong'er, is say no to self-righteous people like you." Wang Dong'er looked relaxed, entirely unlike someone facing a Titled Douluo and the dean of the continent's strongest academy.

"And I think you've confused several concepts."

"Oh?" Yan Shaozhe's gaze sharpened as he stared at Wang Dong'er.

"First, the moment you opened your mouth, you pushed all the blame onto her." Wang Dong'er pointed at Ma Xiaotao, her tone contemptuous. "So, as the dean of Shrek Academy, you should be her teacher too. She's pure and spotless, completely without fault, right?"

"I don't believe this is the first time something like this has happened. A teacher's negligence is to blame for poor instruction. No matter how many people she has harmed, you bear part of the responsibility."

"I've never heard of a Titled Douluo leading a whole group of people at least at the Soul Sage level being unable to stop a Soul Emperor."

Yan Shaozhe's expression changed slightly.

Wang Dong'er was indeed right. This was not the first time Ma Xiaotao had gone berserk.

But what truly unsettled Yan Shaozhe was that ordinary people would have been overjoyed by that compensation, not to mention the additional conditions he had promised. Yet Wang Dong'er seemed utterly disdainful of it all, and could still calmly and logically list his faults.

After holding it in for a long while, Yan Shaozhe could only say, "You're right. I am indeed at fault. This happened because I failed to control her properly. Tell me, what compensation do you want? As long as I can provide it, I definitely will."

"Don't rush. I've only finished my first point." Wang Dong'er ignored Yan Shaozhe's liver-colored face, raised two fingers, and continued, "Second, if she had really killed me, what fucking use would your so-called compensation have been?"

"Don't tell me you would trace my family down and deliver the compensation to my home. I'm afraid that if you really found my home, you'd be the one kneeling."

"What you're talking about isn't compensation. It's damages. This is what you should be paying us—the losses we suffered due to Shrek Academy's negligence!"

"What? You don't understand? Then let me put it more plainly. Don't hand out your so-called compensation as though it were some reward you're graciously bestowing upon us. This is what you should have paid us in the first place!"

"Sharp-tongued!" Yan Shaozhe clenched his fists, finally truly understanding how Zhou Yi had once felt.

She actually dared to say those conditions were merely damages they were entitled to?

Which one of those conditions, if offered in the Outer Academy, would not make people deeply grateful?

"One last point." Wang Dong'er raised a third finger.

She wasn't finished yet? Yan Shaozhe was nearly angered into laughter.

"I know that if we were merely dirt-poor commoners, or even nobles, Shrek Academy wouldn't take us seriously. In fact, if someone said what I just said, they might never leave this place again."

"And at most, Shrek Academy would announce that they died during Soul Hunting, or somewhere else."

"But do you recognize this?"

As she spoke, the pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Wang Dong'er's hand once more. At the same time, a small golden hammer appeared as well, with a black gemstone embedded at each end.

Yan Shaozhe had thought Wang Dong'er was about to give him some more glib fallacy, but instead she abruptly changed the subject and asked him to look at something.

Yet when Yan Shaozhe looked at the Clear Sky Hammer and the small golden hammer in Wang Dong'er's hands, his entire body trembled.

The Clear Sky Hammer—naturally, as the dean of Shrek Academy, he recognized it. And that small golden hammer was even more representative than the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul itself.

That was the Clear Sky Sect's sect token: the Clear Sky Token.

Whoever held the Clear Sky Token had the authority to mobilize the entire Clear Sky Sect's fighting force. They could even vote to remove the sect master and decide major sect affairs.

As the Clear Sky Sect's sect token, the Clear Sky Token was unknown to the outside world. Shrek Academy only knew of its existence because of Tang San, which had brought it into close relations with both the Clear Sky Sect and the Tang Sect.

Most crucially, just as Wang Dong'er had said, if anyone dared to "provoke" Shrek Academy—whether by making outrageously greedy demands or anything else—Yan Shaozhe would absolutely show no mercy.

But when it came to Wang Dong'er, he truly had no way to deal with her.

There had been rumors that the Clear Sky Sect of ten thousand years ago had also been driven into seclusion by the Spirit Hall of that era, but those were only rumors.

At any rate, according to Shrek Academy's records, the Clear Sky Sect had begun voluntarily living in seclusion after Tang San ascended and became a god.

The Body Sect, which had once sworn to Shrek Academy that it would never enter the Star Dou Forest, had also been a reclusive sect over two thousand years ago.

Yet after emerging just once, the Body Sect triggered a catastrophic beast tide by consecutively hunting seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, even drawing Shrek Academy into it.

It was during that beast tide disaster, which had affected Shrek Academy, that Shrek Academy discovered that the Body Sect's overall strength surpassed its own. Left with no choice, it issued a Shrek's Call like it had during the continental war and established the Sea God Pavilion within the academy.

Shrek Academy had been unwilling to fight the Body Sect to the bitter end. Moreover, the Body Sect had also taken the initiative to defend against the beast tide at the front lines, losing many of its combatants. Only after the disaster was resolved did Shrek Academy reach an agreement with the Body Sect.

The Body Sect was simply overpowered, particularly when it came to top-tier combatants. Had the beast tide not depleted some of its strength, the outcome back then might have been very different.

The Clear Sky Sect had enjoyed ten thousand years of recuperation. Even if it was not as overpowered as the Body Sect, it clearly would not have been far behind.

If he dared do anything to Wang Dong'er today, more than a dozen Titled Douluo might be blocking Shrek Academy's gates tomorrow.

Yan Shaozhe had never imagined that letting his guard down just once would allow Ma Xiaotao to provoke someone with such a background.

If Yan Shaozhe had watched the short dramas from Wang Dong'er's past life, he would probably have cried out, "What? He's actually the Dragon King?"

"But then again—" Yan Shaozhe drew out his voice. "I think you're viewing Shrek Academy as rather too petty."

"Is our Shrek Academy truly as unsightly as you describe?" Yan Shaozhe said sternly.

What a shamelessly abrupt change of face.

Wang Dong'er was genuinely stunned.

She had expected Yan Shaozhe to awkwardly change the subject, but she had not expected this old bastard's skin to be so thick. Just moments ago, he had been threatening and trying to manipulate her, yet the next instant he looked utterly pure and innocent.

"You're right. I truly did not handle this matter well enough." Yan Shaozhe wore an utterly sincere expression, enough to make one think that everything from moments ago had been a dream.

From "I was wrong" to "I did not do well enough"—Yan Shaozhe's verbal skills made Wang Dong'er want to shout 666. She had to admire the thickness of his skin.

Someone like Huo Yuhao would probably start blaming himself after listening to Yan Shaozhe's verbal manipulation.

But she could not be bothered to correct any of this now. In any case, she had already accomplished what she truly wanted to do.

She could point at Yan Shaozhe's nose and curse him out only because of her background. But if she truly pushed Yan Shaozhe too far and he sent her back to the Clear Sky Sect, that would be a serious problem.

"The compensation we discussed earlier still stands. Soul Ascension Pills, Mysterious Water Pills, and Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones," Yan Shaozhe said.

As for the promise that they would not be expelled from Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe did not mention it. For someone of Wang Dong'er's status, that promise was truly irrelevant...

The two students beside her, on the other hand, might be the ones who needed it.

Yan Shaozhe did not bring it up, and Wang Dong'er did not mention it again either. It truly did not matter to her, and the same was true for Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao.

Because she was destined to take both of them away.

It was merely that, given Huo Yuhao's current views on gratitude and loyalty, the Tang Sect was still somewhat difficult to deal with.

The terms Yan Shaozhe offered were indeed quite good. The Soul Ascension Pill was no less valuable than the Mysterious Water Pill, while soul bones were things ordinary soul masters dreamed of obtaining.

But if she did not squeeze Shrek Academy for a hefty sum, would that not betray her broken rib?

"Three Soul Ascension Pills, one Mysterious Water Pill, and two soul bones over fifty thousand years old."

"What?!" Yan Shaozhe could hardly believe what he had just heard.

"Three Soul Ascension Pills? Are you planning to eat them as meals? A soul master can only take a Soul Ascension Pill once in their lifetime. No matter how many you take, they won't do any good."

"Who said I was taking them myself?" Wang Dong'er picked at her ear. "My friends are still lying on the ground over there."

"...Fine! Three Soul Ascension Pills and one Mysterious Water Pill—I can agree to that." Yan Shaozhe gritted his teeth, his heart aching. "But two soul bones are absolutely out of the question!"

"...Two are not impossible, but if you want soul bones over fifty thousand years old, then you can only have one!"

"Deal." Wang Dong'er smiled. "Dean Yan, then I'll be waiting for my compensation to reach my hands."

Little vixen!

Yan Shaozhe cursed viciously in his heart. He had never seen a freshman as shrewd as Wang Dong'er in any class.

What did everyone think about Ma Xiaotao's punishment?

Taking In the Heartbroken Girl Xiao Xiao

By this day, Yan Shaozhe finally understood Zhou Yi's state of mind.

Unfortunately, his realization had come a little too late.

The dignified dean of Shrek Academy had been "extorted" out of so many good things by a freshman...

And at the end, Wang Dong'er had deliberately changed the "compensation" he used back into "damages," clearly warning him.

Being warned by a freshman—where the hell could he even go to argue his case?

Yan Shaozhe could only swallow his broken teeth along with his blood. It was hard to say just how miserable he felt.

Still, he had seen Wang Dong'er's talent. If he remembered correctly, she had caused quite a stir at the Soul Duel Stage before, and the news had even reached him. Her Martial Soul was the exceedingly rare Light Goddess Butterfly.

Clearly, Wang Dong'er possessed Twin Martial Souls.

No wonder the Clear Sky Token had ended up in her hands. It did not matter whether her surname was Tang or not.

If they could become the number one sect in the world, what did it matter if the sect master was not named Tang?

Yan Shaozhe knew the advantages of Twin Martial Souls all too well.

Once Wang Dong'er cultivated her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul to the level of a Titled Douluo, the spirit rings that could be added to her Clear Sky Hammer would start at ten-thousand-year level at the very least.

And the Clear Sky Sect absolutely possessed the strength to hunt Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. By then, a Clear Sky Hammer equipped with spirit rings of at least ten-thousand-year level and guaranteed to possess one Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring would be enough to make the vast majority of the continent tremble in fear.

For now, Shrek Academy could only do its utmost to repair its relationship with Wang Dong'er.

If that truly did not work... then they could only bring out the Sea God Baptism ahead of schedule.

"I'll have Zhou Yi deliver the items to you. You may leave now."

With a wave of Yan Shaozhe's hand, Ma Xiaotao's body floated into the air and drifted away after his departing figure.

Teacher Li and the others also took Zhou Yi away from the shores of Sea God Lake.

Only after confirming that Yan Shaozhe and the others had crossed the rippling waters of Sea God Lake toward the island at its center did Wang Dong'er wake Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao.

"Dong'er, you're actually a successor of the Clear Sky Sect!" Xiao Xiao exclaimed in surprise and delight. "Oh, right—are you all right now?"

Wang Dong'er shook her head. "I'm fine. With that healing-type Soul Sage treating me, I only need a few days of rest."

"If it were that old freak Zhou Yi, she'd probably drag us back to training the very next day after we were healed," Xiao Xiao could not help complaining.