Douluo Peerless: Immortal Dragon Clan
Chapter 40

Moyan: Otherwise, Why Did We Come Here? To Beat You Up?

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What a way to invite us in to reminisce!

Would we even be able to come back out after going in?

That old fox Mu En's scheme was practically about to burst all the way to the main body.

Dugu Yan was not some big-breasted, brainless woman. Hearing those words, she had already understood what the owner of that voice was plotting.

Heh, recruitment!

Back then, they had shut her and her daughter out, claiming that such uncontrollable Martial Souls could endanger all the teachers and students in the academy. In the end, they had piled on a bunch of other lousy excuses to keep them out.

Now they were asking her to bring her daughter into the academy to reminisce. It was disgusting enough to make her want to throw up!

Du Wilun had already dismissed the freshmen and Shrek students. He came before Xuanzi and stared at the three people ahead with a complicated expression.

He had never expected this female Titled Douluo to be a descendant of the Dugu family that he and the dean had once turned away. How ironic!

At some point, Xuanzi had pulled out a chicken leg and begun gnawing on it as he waited for Elder Mu's orders.

"Thank you for your kind intentions, Senior, but I only brought them here to enroll today. It seems there is no need for that now." Dugu Yan rejected Mu En's offer. "Shrek Academy's claims of teaching without discrimination and treating everyone equally appear to be nothing but lies. We will not trouble you any further, Senior."

Dugu Yan's tone was calm yet resolute, carrying a faint sense of distance. The moment her words fell, the air around them seemed to freeze for an instant.

Mu En's voice did not sound again. Perhaps he was surprised by Dugu Yan's refusal, or perhaps he was considering something.

Moyan and Dugu Luo stood behind Dugu Yan, silently watching her.

There was a trace of worry in Dugu Luo's eyes, while Moyan appeared utterly unconcerned, as though everything had gone exactly as she expected.

Just as the three were about to leave, Mu En's voice rang out once more. "Our academy was indeed at fault first, but shouldn't you discipline that brown-haired little girl behind you?"

Mu En ultimately chose to compromise. He absolutely could not let such geniuses slip away, but neither could he give in too much, or certain people would start pushing their luck.

Hearing Mu En speak again, Dugu Yan paused slightly. She turned around and calmly looked toward Shrek Academy, a faint chill in her voice. "Senior, what do you mean by that?"

Mu En's voice remained aged and steady, though this time it carried a barely perceptible pressure. "Shrek Academy was indeed in the wrong, but you should also understand that the academy has its rules. That brown-haired little girl behind you caused quite a commotion in the academy just now. It would be somewhat inappropriate for her to simply leave like this."

Dugu Yan frowned slightly. She knew Mu En was referring to Lady Moyan. Earlier, in order to vent her anger on behalf of Dugu Yan and her daughter, Lady Moyan's words had indeed caused some disturbance within Shrek Academy. It was not overly excessive, but it was enough to draw the attention of certain people.

Moyan had thought it was not yet time for her specialty act, but she had not expected to have to take the stage again.

"Senior, aren't your words a little too harsh?" Moyan spoke up. "I merely showed off my Tang San Dog. That guy got angry and said he wanted to take my dog's name, but when I gave it to him, he was unhappy again. What do you people mean by pressing us so aggressively now?"

Du Wilun:

Xuanzi: ???

Mu En: .

Inside the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En observed the changes in Moyan's expression. After watching for a while without seeing anything unusual, an unpleasant thought surfaced in his mind. Could this little girl not know who Ancestor Tang San is?

The moment that thought arose, Mu En found it extremely plausible.

Even if he knew she was doing it on purpose, so what? As long as everyone had a way to back down!

"Little girl, don't you know who our academy's Ancestor Tang San is?" After organizing his words, Mu En sent her a voice transmission.

"Who is Ancestor Tang San?" Moyan was clever enough to know that the old fox Mu En was giving everyone a way out, but she still wanted to vent Dugu Yan and her daughter's anger. Putting on an innocent expression, she said, "What kind of parents are so immoral that they'd name their child Tang San?"

"Giving a child such a careless name, it's obvious their parents weren't much better."

"A name meant for a dog being used on a person is really immoral. Does anyone on this continent actually have the name Tang San?"

"Oh~ I get it!" Moyan changed expressions with masterful ease. "No wonder you're all so angry. You think my dog being named Tang San Dog is insulting your ancestor. Then I'm truly sorry."

"But my dog is called Tang San Dog. Could it be that dogs aren't allowed to be named Tang San?"

"Your academy is seriously pathetic!"

Moyan's words were like a heavy hammer smashing fiercely into Mu En's heart. Her tone was innocent and guileless, as if she truly knew nothing about the name "Tang San," yet every sentence was barbed, stabbing directly into Shrek Academy's sore spots.

Especially that final sentence—"My dog is called Tang San Dog"—which instantly turned Mu En's face livid within the Sea God Pavilion.

He had merely wanted to give them a way out, but this girl had pushed her luck and gone all out against him.

Standing beside Xuanzi, Du Wilun was almost angered into vomiting blood. If Moyan's words reached the ears of Tang San's fans, they would probably cough up blood and die on the spot.

Xuanzi's face was also extremely ugly as he gnawed on his chicken leg. He now wanted nothing more than to slap Moyan's mouth to pieces. To insult Ancestor Tang San and his parents like this was simply courting death!

Dugu Yan and Dugu Luo barely suppressed their laughter. Dugu Yan hurriedly said, "My Lady Moyan may have stayed within her family for too long and does not know who Ancestor Tang San is. Please forgive her, Senior."

"Never mind." Mu En ultimately chose to forgive Moyan. After all, he truly could not bear to drive a genius like her away.

As for that so-called family, as long as he was persuasive enough and gave them the academy's warm, springlike care, he refused to believe he could not "dig" them out of their family's embrace and bring them into the academy!

"Little Du, resume enrollment tomorrow. You know how to handle the rest, right?" Mu En sent a voice transmission to Du Wilun, telling him to silence those freshmen. Then he transmitted his voice to the three again. "Children speak without restraint. As elders of Shrek Academy, we naturally will not be petty."

"Are you willing to join Shrek Academy?"

Note that Mu En said "join," not "come to study at the academy."

"We came here to study. If that is not possible, we will leave immediately and never cause Shrek Academy any more trouble." This time, Moyan finally stepped forward and answered calmly, completely unlike her earlier crazed act.

At that moment, Mu En also understood who the leader among the three was. It was this brown-haired girl. How interesting.

It seemed Dugu Yan's Martial Soul Evolution was likely connected to the family behind this girl. Then could his great-grandson's and disciple's Martial Souls also... Forget it, there was no rush.

Once their bonds had formed, he could slowly dig into it.

For now, the top priority was to trick... coax these two girls into the academy!

"Yes, yes, this old man misspoke. You came to the academy to study." Mu En immediately corrected himself. "Would the two of you be willing to come study at Shrek Academy?"

Moyan said, "Otherwise, why did we come here? To beat you up?"

Mu En: .

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