A Witch's True Colors

"..."

A deathly silence fell. No one spoke.

Tang San rushed forward and kicked Ma Hongjun off Yu Xiaogang, then began taking his teacher's pulse.

"Little San, how is your teacher?" Flender glared at the people who had committed the assault, then looked at the battered Yu Xiaogang and asked with concern.

"Teacher's condition is very bad. There's extensive bleeding from his lower body, and there are signs of injuries all over him. I'm afraid his internal organs have suffered varying degrees of trauma. And Dai Mubai's strike was especially vicious—there's a huge lump on Teacher's head." Tang San hated himself for not stopping Dai Mubai and the others in time. He had known the person they intended to deal with was Ye Ping'an, so how had it become his own teacher in the blink of an eye?

This was an entirely undeserved disaster for Yu Xiaogang.

Saving him was naturally the priority. Without another word, Tang San carried the battered and now unconscious Yu Xiaogang on his back to find a doctor in the city, hoping it was not too late.

Flender glared furiously at everyone. Since Shrek Academy had been founded, he had never been as angry as he was today.

"Well, well! You dared to beat up a teacher! Who gave you the nerve?!" Flender's face darkened as he asked in a low voice.

"..."

Everyone lowered their heads, too afraid to speak.

"Dean Flender, don't blame them just yet. The urgent matter is to check on the Master's injuries. If something truly happens to him, they'll bear the crime of murdering their teacher." Ye Tianxing spoke gravely, but his words carried considerable weight.

Teachers were a sacred profession, no matter where one was.

This was even more so on the Douluo Continent. A Spirit Master would only acknowledge one teacher in their lifetime.

If someone committed such an act of betraying their teacher and dishonoring their ancestors, they would be scorned by Spirit Masters across the entire continent.

The moment Ye Tianxing said this, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu's expressions all changed. They glared at Ye Ping'an in unison. If they had not mistaken the man, you would be the one lying on the ground now.

Why were you pretending to be a good person now?!

"Hmph! You still refuse to repent!" Flender snorted coldly. A powerful wave of Soul Power surged forth as he slapped each of them across the face.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu lowered their heads, clear red handprints on their cheeks.

Only Ning Rongrong was sent crashing to the ground with a thud. Her face burned with pain. For a young lady born with a golden spoon in her mouth, who had never endured hardship or suffering, this was simply an insult.

Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Ning Rongrong suddenly rose to her feet, walked up to Flender, pointed at his nose, and cursed, "Flender, what right do you have to hit me?! Since I was little, not even my father or my two grandfathers have ever treated me like this. Fine! Very well! Flender, you will pay the price for this!"

"I'll be waiting!" Flender knew full well that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stood behind Ning Rongrong. He did not care about the young lady's threat in the slightest.

Because before Ning Rongrong had enrolled, Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, had already sent him a letter asking him to be stricter with her. It would be best if he could correct all of Ning Rongrong's bad habits, so that she could be cultivated into a qualified future successor to the sect master's position.

"And you, Ye Ping'an! You've humiliated me again and again! I'm not done with you!" Ning Rongrong shifted her target, pointing directly at Ye Tianxing.

"Not done with me?" Ye Tianxing sneered.

From the day Ning Fengzhi had plotted with Tang Hao, Ye Tianxing had already begun secretly planning how to bring down the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Though they had each served their own master, and Ning Fengzhi had sought to eliminate him in order to pave the way for the future Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ye Tianxing had been innocent before all this.

He had been living peacefully in Spirit Hall, minding his own business, when one day a madman named Tang Hao suddenly wanted to kill him—and had even conspired with the seemingly refined master of a sect.

For the first time, Ye Tianxing understood just how despicable and unimaginable the methods of the Upper Three Sects could be.

"You all came for me today, didn't you?"

Ye Tianxing chose to lay everything bare, then looked at Dai Mubai.

"Dai Mubai, what's your reason? Is it because Zhu Zhuqing and I were too close?"

Dai Mubai did not answer. His eyes bloodshot, he glared fiercely at Ye Tianxing as though he wanted to swallow Ye Ping'an whole.

"Zhu Zhuqing, please explain." Ye Tianxing turned his gaze toward Zhu Zhuqing, who had been standing behind everyone else with little presence.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded, walked past the others, and came forward. After glancing at Dai Mubai, she shook her head. "Ye Ping'an and I have no relationship whatsoever. We merely exchanged a few ordinary words. The only reason I went to his dormitory last night was to ask him how to become stronger."

After Zhu Zhuqing explained, Dai Mubai actually felt as though a great weight had been lifted from him. He knew Zhu Zhuqing would not lie.

But Zhu Zhuqing was not finished.

"Unlike certain people who are so narrow-minded. I only said a few words to Ye Ping'an, and you got this angry. You even incited others to beat up a classmate. Dai Mubai, you disgust me!"

"People with dirty minds see filth in everything."

Zhu Zhuqing was utterly disappointed in Dai Mubai. She left alone to see whether the Master was all right.

Dai Mubai felt a stab of pain in his heart. He knelt on the ground and remained silent for a long time.

"Your turn, Ma Hongjun. You simply hate me for putting a sword to your neck." Ye Tianxing looked at Ma Hongjun.

"That's right! I hate you! What the hell can you do to me?" Ma Hongjun was extremely arrogant. With his teacher Flender here, he was certain Ye Ping'an would not dare do anything to him.

In the end, Ye Tianxing did not make a move, but Flender could no longer hold himself back.

He dragged his disciple into a nearby alley. Before long, the sounds of a beating mixed with bloodcurdling screams drifted over.

"..."

Flender clapped his hands and returned, carrying Ma Hongjun by the collar.

As Ma Hongjun's teacher, Flender had failed to discipline his disciple properly. There was no need for Ye Tianxing to act—he had already handled it himself.

Ma Hongjun's face was swollen like a pig's head, with snot and tears streaming down his face. He now lay unconscious on the ground. One could only imagine how fierce Flender's rage was.

"Xiao Wu, you and I have no grievances between us, do we?" Ye Tianxing said.

Xiao Wu curled her lips. "Who told you to instigate Dean Flender into making my brother and me wear such ugly clothes and embarrass ourselves in front of tens of thousands of people? When I left just now, I found that people were still talking about it. By tomorrow, the entire Suotuo City will probably know! Compensate me!"

"Then how do we count you viciously kicking the Master in the crotch?" Ye Tianxing asked in return.

"That's a separate matter!" Xiao Wu retorted.

"You should face Tang San yourself." Ye Tianxing spoke meaningfully.

Xiao Wu was struck as though by lightning. She knew full well how important the Master was to her brother.

If something really happened to the Master, would her brother's father butcher her?

At that thought, Xiao Wu began to tremble.

After saying that, Ye Tianxing looked at Flender. "Dean, if we go too late, there won't be any money left. They won't wait for us."

"That's right! I nearly forgot the important matter!" Flender slapped his forehead, then cast an exasperated glance at the people before him and scolded, "I'll settle accounts with you tomorrow!"

With that, he left together with Ye Tianxing.

"Flender! Ye Ping'an! I, Ning Rongrong, am not done with either of you!" Ning Rongrong screamed.

Oscar watched everything unfold from behind them, and his beautiful fantasies about Ning Rongrong shattered completely, leaving his heart broken into pieces.