Shrek Academy

"Fucking humiliating!"

Bang!

The burly man looked at Dai Mubai, who sat dejectedly to the side, and furiously slapped the table until it rattled.

Flender's eye twitched as he looked at the wobbling table.

"Boss Zhao, watch it!"

No matter how sturdy the table was, it could not withstand a Soul Saint like Zhao Wuji slapping it like that!

"What?"

"Was I wrong?"

"It would've been one thing if this kid couldn't beat the other guy, but he even managed to piss off his own fiancée and drive her away!"

"A young girl traveled all that way to find you. Doesn't that say enough?"

"Where's your pride as a man?"

"Where's your fighting spirit as a man?"

"Your fiancée was right in front of you, and when faced with a rival, you didn't even dare to fight for her before letting go."

The more Zhao Wuji spoke, the angrier he became. He could not help roaring at Dai Mubai, "Were you afraid she wouldn't be able to win him over? Were you deliberately giving him an opportunity?"

Dai Mubai sat in his chair with his head lowered, his golden hair hanging down as he remained silent.

His face beneath that golden hair was ashen.

Boss Zhao's words did make sense.

But what was he supposed to fight with back then?

Zhu Zhuqing had not listened to his explanation at all. She had walked up and slapped him, humiliating him in front of everyone.

And there had even been a suspected love rival beside her, watching him like a tiger eyeing its prey.

If they argued, he knew he was in the wrong.

If they fought, he had been subdued in a single move.

To be honest, after calming down, Dai Mubai also knew that he had been wrong. The suspicion in his words had indeed deeply hurt Zhu Zhuqing.

But had Zhu Zhuqing done nothing wrong?

In broad daylight, she had hugged and cuddled with a strange man. What did she take him, her fiancé, for?!

He had even curiously glanced at them when he entered!

Thinking back on it now, it was simply the greatest humiliation of his life!

Flender pushed up his square Black-Framed Glasses, and a glint flashed through his narrowed eyes.

"Mu Bai, are you sure that kid was about the same age as you?"

Dai Mubai nodded, then said with some hesitation:

"He should've been even younger than me."

"Could it be Tang San?" Flender murmured under his breath.

As both an old friend and a love rival, Flender knew very well just how high Yu Xiaogang's standards were.

Any disciple Yu Xiaogang had praised and recommended was undoubtedly outstanding.

But defeating Dai Mubai at that age was simply outrageous.

Dai Mubai's defeat had not only damaged Shrek Academy's reputation, but had also completely disgraced Flender.

Even his disciple Ma Hongjun could not defeat Dai Mubai, yet Dai Mubai had lost to Yu Xiaogang's disciple.

Could it be that Flender really would never measure up to Yu Xiaogang in this life?

In love, he had lost.

In disciples, he had lost.

Aside from having decent Soul Power, even the quality of his Martial Soul was inferior to Yu Xiaogang's.

Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul might have looked unremarkable, but as one of the Golden Iron Triangle, Flender knew exactly what Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul truly was!

There was absolutely no problem with its quality. Unfortunately, Innate Soul Power had held it back, turning Luo San Pao into that bizarre state.

Otherwise, it would clearly have been the Golden Sacred Dragon!

"So that kid was called Tang San?"

Flender's muttering might have escaped Dai Mubai's notice, but it could not escape Zhao Wuji.

And Zhao Wuji already had a booming voice. His shout was loud enough for Ma Hongjun and Oscar outside the door to hear clearly.

Flender nodded.

"Grandmaster sent me a letter some time ago, saying he had taken in a genius disciple around Mu Bai's age who wanted to join our Shrek Academy."

Flender did not feel the slightest guilt over those words.

Although he had been the one to approach Yu Xiaogang first, and had even been rejected twice in succession by that love rival of his.

Judging by the result, though, it had undoubtedly worked out perfectly.

At most, he had added just a "tiny little" insignificant embellishment to the story.

Ma Hongjun's hand froze just as he was about to push open the door.

His ears were not deaf, so he naturally heard the conversation coming from inside.

It sounded like Boss Dai had been beaten up by his master's friend's disciple.

And then, his fiancée seemed to have been stolen away by that same disciple.

What was this?

Infighting?

Either way, if he pushed open the door now—

There was a high chance he would provoke his master's fury, get thoroughly beaten up, and then be forced by his master to cultivate.

He was already far too familiar with that sequence.

So Ma Hongjun secretly nudged Oscar and lowered his voice.

"Looks like we came at a bad time."

Oscar nodded in deep agreement.

If Fatty had not insisted on dragging him here to watch the excitement, he would rather have been sleeping in the dormitory.

After all, aside from treating injuries, he had no special duties.

Before the sound of Zhao Wuji slapping the table had even stopped, the two exchanged a glance and slipped away.

"His name wasn't Tang San."

A trace of despondency colored Dai Mubai's voice.

He had heard the name Tang San before. It was the name of the boy from the couple who had fought him over the suite.

His appearance had been utterly ordinary.

Although Dai Mubai had not fought him, the boy's aura made him seem like a tough opponent.

Of course, Dai Mubai had encountered plenty of people who were all bark and no bite, so Tang San had not left much of an impression on him.

Flender became interested.

"Then what was his name?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know this, you don't know that. What the hell do you know?"

Zhao Wuji glared.

He knew nothing when asked.

He was useless beyond belief!

It would be embarrassing even to say it out loud!

A look of fear appeared on Dai Mubai's face.

"I only know this."

"He was like a ghost. My attacks were completely useless against him."

"Defense was useless too."

"Then I was subdued in one move."

Seeing Dai Mubai fall back into his withdrawn state, Flender and Zhao Wuji exchanged speechless looks.

Nothing else mattered. With Dai Mubai in this state of mind, he had clearly been beaten into ruin.

If they continued questioning him, they would undoubtedly cause even greater damage to his heart.

At that point, there were only two possibilities.

The first was to rise after being broken.

The second was to never recover.

The risk was too great. Flender truly did not dare gamble.

After all, when it came to Soul Master talent, Dai Mubai was undoubtedly a promising prospect.

Zhao Wuji nodded at Flender, then grabbed Dai Mubai by the back of his collar and dragged the dazed Dai Mubai out of the room.

"Young, powerful, with bizarre soul skills..."

Flender looked at the setting sun outside the window. No matter how hard he tried, he could not guess where this genius had come from, or why he had appeared.

In any case, he could not possibly have come for Shrek Academy!

He knew his own situation best.

Although Shrek Academy's slogan was loud and proud, it could not change the fact that Shrek's cultivation environment was terrible.

Teaching staff and training conditions were two different things.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy had mimicry cultivation grounds.

Spirit Hall possessed vast and abundant cultivation resources, as well as combat grounds specially built for the Golden Generation.

Although Star Luo Royal Academy lacked all those fancy features, its territory was enormous!

Among those three academies, which one had weaker teaching staff than Shrek Academy?

At the very least, each academy had three or four Soul Douluo stationed there!

Spirit Hall Academy even had a Titled Douluo!

What about Shrek?

Two Soul Saints and two Soul Emperors.

And the academy was still located in a small village.

Sigh...

Flender let out a long sigh.

To be honest, he truly missed the days when the three of them had traveled the continent together.

At the very least, before that incident happened, he had been happy and free.

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I saw a reader asking whether this would have a single female lead or be a harem, so I'll briefly explain it here.

A single female lead is impossible, but it does not necessarily have to be a harem either. After all, some are really unsuitable, so there is no need for that—for example: Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, Huo Wu, Bo Saixi.

And so on.