Yang Ming Debates Shrek Academy

When they heard Yang Ming openly question Flender, everyone's expressions became quite colorful. Ma Hongjun was furious, Tang San and Ning Rongrong were surprised, Xiao Wu watched the show, and Oscar looked conflicted.

Hearing Yang Ming so bluntly question the academy's teaching standards, Flender's expression darkened.

To Flender, Shrek Academy was the life's work and spiritual anchor of his entire life. He would never allow anyone to look down on Shrek Academy, even if that person was the genius Yang Ming, whom he thought highly of. Suppressing his anger, Flender asked Yang Ming in a low voice.

"Oh? Was there something wrong with my teaching just now?"

"You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or you'll witness the fury of a Soul Saint!"

Yang Ming looked at the enraged Flender and spoke calmly.

"Fine. Then I'll break down everything you just said, point by point!"

"Let's start with your first argument: that the academy does not teach students how to cultivate their Martial Souls, only how to use them!"

At that, Yang Ming glanced at Ma Hongjun and continued.

"Take Ma Hongjun as an example. If he joined Blazing Academy, what kind of education do you think he would receive?"

Hearing Yang Ming bring this up, Flender seemed to understand what he wanted to say. Before he could speak, however, Ma Hongjun angrily declared.

"No matter what I could get, I'd stay at Shrek Academy!"

Hearing Ma Hongjun defend him as his teacher and defend Shrek Academy so fiercely, Flender was moved. He had not taken this disciple in for nothing. Yang Ming glanced at Ma Hongjun and seemed to see traits similar to those of Shrek Academy students from twenty thousand years later in his memories. For a moment, he was distracted.

After his initial surprise, Tang San also spoke up somewhat angrily.

"What's wrong with that?"

Ever since Yu Xiaogang had seen through Tang San's Twin Martial Souls and even allowed his Blue Silver Grass to obtain a beast Spirit Ring, Tang San had firmly believed in the Grandmaster's Martial Soul theories. As for academies not teaching Martial Soul cultivation, his teacher Yu Xiaogang had taught him that way and acted that way himself.

Hearing Tang San's question, Yang Ming came back to his senses, looked at Ma Hongjun, and said.

"I'm not saying you should join them. I'm just making an analogy."

"If you joined Blazing Academy, then as far as I know, you would at least receive guidance in flame control, combat techniques for avian Martial Souls, cultivation experience for fire-element Martial Souls, and the best simulated environment for fire-element Martial Souls. That's only what I know. In reality, you might receive even more."

"Although Phoenix and Cat Eagle are both avian Martial Souls, even if your teacher can teach you combat techniques for avian Martial Souls, what matters most for a Phoenix Martial Soul is understanding and using flames."

"So at Shrek Academy, your teacher can only teach you some hand-to-hand combat. He cannot teach you what matters most about a Phoenix Martial Soul. He has neither the conditions nor the ability!"

"So your greatest gain at Shrek Academy might be having a powerful teacher. But with your talent, it is not as though you could not become the disciple of one of Blazing Academy's higher-ups."

Hearing Yang Ming's detailed analysis, both Tang San and Ma Hongjun were stunned.

After hearing Yang Ming's explanation, Tang San had wanted to refute him. But Yang Ming had described Blazing Academy's curriculum in such detail that it did not seem fake. So those good advanced Soul Master academies could actually guide Martial Soul cultivation? Then why had the Grandmaster never taught him any of this?

For the first time, Tang San's confidence in the Grandmaster's theories wavered.

Ma Hongjun was not particularly clever, but he still had a brain. Yang Ming had explained things so clearly; how could he fail to understand?

The others also understood Yang Ming's meaning. It was not that Shrek Academy did not teach Martial Soul cultivation. They simply could not teach it. They lacked both the ability and the conditions.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun opened their mouths, wanting to defend the academy, but they could not find any point to refute him from an educational perspective. After all, they truly had never attended any other proper classes.

Yang Ming gave his final summary.

"Cultivating a Martial Soul is also about understanding it. Only after understanding it can you think about how to use it, and achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"Combat is a good way to 'find gaps,' and it is also a quick way to understand a Martial Soul. But Shrek Academy has no way to teach you how to 'fill those gaps.' And understanding a Martial Soul through combat alone is far too crude!"

After hearing Yang Ming's words, Flender's face turned deathly pale. Before he could speak, Yang Ming moved on to the next issue.

"Then there was what you said about Support System Soul Masters needing to know how to run away and train their physical fitness."

Hearing that Yang Ming intended to continue, Flender hurriedly interrupted.

"That is recognized throughout the Soul Master World! Are you trying to deny the entire Soul Master World?!"

Flender was a little afraid. One of the two fundamental teaching principles Shrek Academy had upheld for twenty years had been destroyed by Yang Ming in just a few words. It frightened him.

Yang Ming said calmly.

"There's nothing wrong with that statement."

Yang Ming did not deny it further, and Flender let out a breath of relief. But then Yang Ming continued asking.

"Then besides running and meditating, do you have any other courses arranged for Support System students?"

Hearing that question, Flender froze. Oscar, meanwhile, looked utterly confused. Did Support System students need to practice anything else?

Seeing Flender and Oscar's hesitant reactions, Yang Ming already knew the answer and continued.

"Looks like there aren't any."

Then Yang Ming looked at Ning Rongrong and asked.

"Miss Ning, could you tell us what other things the Support System members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect need to cultivate, aside from physical fitness and Soul Power?"

Ning Rongrong did not mind answering Yang Ming's question and making the scene even livelier. Her soft, pleasant voice explained.

"Besides those two areas, the Support System members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must also learn Soul Power consumption control, choosing the right moment to support multiple people at once, and quickly providing each person with the precise support they need."

"The Food System is similar. They mainly train Soul Power consumption control, selection of support timing, support principles, and so on."

After hearing Ning Rongrong's answer, Yang Ming asked Flender.

"Dean Flender, the things Miss Ning just mentioned are what Support System Soul Masters truly need to cultivate, not running."

"Given your academy's utterly inadequate training methods, I do not even know how to evaluate them anymore. This is no longer merely a matter of flaws. Your entire training system consists of only a few bricks!"

At that point, Yang Ming thought of another issue revealed by those "few bricks."

"One last minor issue!"

"Having the Support System and Food System undergo physical training at the same intensity is not very reasonable either."

"Though both the Food System and Support System belong to auxiliary types, they are different. Food System Soul Masters are not necessarily the type who must go to the front lines, so even if you want to train both of their physical fitness, please do so according to their respective needs."

"And honestly, I started practicing running when I was six years old. When Shrek Academy teaches physical fitness and evasion, is this all you teach?"

After hearing Yang Ming's string of reasonable analyses, Oscar, Tang San, and the other students all fell silent. The image they held of Shrek Academy as an unconventional academy for monsters was being shattered bit by bit by Yang Ming's words.

Yang Wutian and Ning Rongrong's Guardian, hidden in the shadows, were only now struck by the realization: was this Shrek Academy really so terrible?! As for Tang Hao... he had not heard any of it. He had gone back to accompany his Wife. He had not seen his Wife for days, so he planned to go back and visit her first before returning in a few days!

Ning Rongrong's Guardian was starting to panic. He feared that Shrek Academy would ruin the sect's little princess, and he decided to send an urgent reply to the sect later and ask the Sect Master to decide. Yang Wutian was also prepared to act at any moment, because he felt that Flender was about to be driven mad by Yang Ming's words!

Flender no longer looked as confident as before. His face was pale, his hands clutched his head, and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked as if he were about to lose his mind. Today, Yang Ming had trampled Shrek Academy's two great principles for teaching Soul Masters until nothing remained. The blow was enormous, and he desperately wanted to find Shrek Academy's redeeming qualities.

Seeing that Flender was nearly obsessed, Yang Ming did not want to say any more. He felt deeply wistful inside. From Flender's emotional changes today, Yang Ming could tell that he truly did not know how to teach students, yet he truly cared deeply about Shrek Academy. Unfortunately, his ability and vision were insufficient to support his ambitions.

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