Ye Tianxing's Second External Soul Bone

"I'm exhausted!"

"Boss Dai, I regret it. If I'd known, I wouldn't have listened to you and gone after Ye Ping'an. Now all of us are being punished!"

Ma Hongjun panted from exhaustion. He carried a boulder heavier than himself, his basket stuffed to the brim, while the bruises on his face had yet to fade.

"What are you regretting? We already did it, so what is there left to say? There's just one thing I still don't understand—why the hell did I get so impulsive back then?"

Dai Mubai was not faring any better. Like Ma Hongjun, he carried a massive stone in his basket as he ran toward Suotuo City. Twenty round trips—this was Flender's punishment for them.

Xiao Wu lost her balance and fell to the ground, scraping the skin off her knees. The pain in her body could not soothe the pain in her heart.

Just last night, when she had gone to apologize to her Third Brother, Xiao Wu noticed that something was wrong with Tang San's expression. He would not even listen to her apology.

At that moment, Xiao Wu felt as though her world had collapsed.

Xiao Wu silently climbed back to her feet, enduring the pain as she continued running.

"This is strange. The one I saw last night was clearly Ye Ping'an. How did he suddenly become Grandmaster?"

This was Dai Mubai's greatest confusion so far.

There had been four people who attacked.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu.

Of the four, Ning Rongrong was the only one not being punished by Flender. She was furiously writing about the injustices she had suffered at Shrek Academy, intending to send a letter to her father and complain, so that Flender and Ye Ping'an would pay the price as soon as possible. The other three were all receiving Flender's punishment.

Inside Shrek Academy.

Grandmaster lay flat on the bed, his entire body wrapped in bandages like a mummy.

Tang San attended to him at the side, while Oscar helped out.

Because Dai Mubai and the other three had struck far too heavily, Yu Xiaogang's lower body had been severely torn, nearly half the bones in his body were broken, his internal organs had suffered varying degrees of injury, and a huge bump had risen on his head.

Yu Xiaogang had woken up once midway through, but after uttering the words, "I regret it," he had fallen unconscious again.

Tang San remained silent. Looking at his battered teacher, thinking of his classmates' vicious attacks and Xiao Wu's savage kick to the groin, his mind was in utter turmoil. He did not even know whom to forgive or whom to blame.

At the root of it all, Dai Mubai, the instigator of this beating, bore the greatest responsibility.

But then again, the person Dai Mubai had intended to beat was Ye Ping'an. Why had he inexplicably taken his anger out on his teacher instead? Tang San could not understand it no matter how hard he thought.

With Dai Mubai's eyesight, it was impossible for him not to recognize Grandmaster in the darkness. There had to be something suspicious going on.

And Mubai had clearly been acting strangely last night. Had anger taken over and made him unable to distinguish the situation?

That was clearly not Dai Mubai's style.

Outside the door.

Ye Tianxing watched Ning Rongrong leave. With his astonishing eyesight, it was not difficult for him to notice the letter she held tightly in her hand. It appeared to be a letter of accusation.

The person she intended to complain to could only be Ning Fengzhi.

Ye Tianxing was curious how someone like Ning Fengzhi would handle this matter.

"I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't stop Mubai and the others, and you nearly got dragged into it. But why was Grandmaster the one who ended up getting beaten?" Zhu Zhuqing was deeply confused. The problem she faced was the same as Dai Mubai's and Tang San's.

As an assassin in the night, the Hell Spirit Cat martial soul had been born for precisely that purpose. Zhu Zhuqing possessed excellent night vision.

She had personally witnessed Dai Mubai rush down with a wooden stick in hand. At the very instant it was about to land on "Ye Ping'an's" head, the target had become Grandmaster. After that, there was no after that, because Dai Mubai and the others had moved too quickly, giving Zhu Zhuqing no time to react.

Moreover, Zhu Zhuqing had a very low presence at Shrek Academy, making her easy to overlook.

"Dean Flender and I were walking ahead, discussing Shrek Academy's future direction. Then Dai Mubai rushed down. I don't know anything else. Maybe Dai Mubai just has bad eyesight," Ye Tianxing said after pondering for a moment.

"?" Zhu Zhuqing tilted her head. She had the feeling this guy was lying, but she had no evidence.

After watching Zhu Zhuqing leave, Ye Tianxing's lips curved slightly upward.

Dai Mubai and the others had indeed seen him last night. But it had been an illusion Ye Tianxing created using the illusory head External Soul Bone of the Sand Man-faced Demon Spider.

Ye Tianxing's second External Soul Bone had come from Spirit Hall. It was the reward Qian Daoliu had given him after Ye Tianxing successfully passed Angel's Divine Radiance.

It had been taken from a ten-thousand-year Sand Man-faced Demon Spider and was one of Spirit Hall's foundational soul bones.

This type of Spirit Beast excelled at creating illusions. The skill granted by its External Soul Bone was: Illusion.

It could influence the emotions of those around him, replicate one person's appearance, and impose it upon another, creating a visual misperception. Qian Daoliu had given it to Ye Tianxing to preserve his life.

This External Soul Bone also had an exceptionally high limit and could grow alongside Ye Tianxing. Once it reached great mastery in the future, using it to create illusions would not be a problem at all.

Ye Tianxing recalled the sight of Yu Xiaogang being beaten yesterday and could not help feeling fortunate. Thankfully, Qian Daoliu had given him this External Soul Bone. Otherwise, he would have been the one lying there.

At present, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were the four people at Shrek Academy who were hostile toward Ye Tianxing.

Tang San, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing remained in the middle.

He also had a close relationship with Flender. As long as he brought Flender enough money and did not make any fatal mistakes, there would be no problem.

Ye Tianxing's goal was clear: he had come for the Blue Silver Emperor and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. There was a high chance Tang Hao was at Shrek Academy.

While he was still at the academy, Ye Tianxing could not choose to become enemies with Tang San. Only when the Imperial Fighting Team arrived and Dugu Bo reached Suotuo City would the true battle begin.

By the time dusk approached, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun had still not finished their twenty laps. They had only barely completed fifteen, and they truly could not run the last five laps anymore.

At the academy gates, Dai Mubai collapsed onto the ground, drenched in sweat and parched. Looking at Shrek Academy so close before him, he desperately wanted to lie comfortably in bed and enjoy a moment of peace.

"Well, well! Isn't this our Boss Dai? Why aren't you running anymore?!"

Just then, Ning Rongrong appeared before the three of them at some unknown point, grinning as she watched them rest after finishing their run.

"Ning Rongrong? Why... didn't you run?" Ma Hongjun no longer had the strength to speak.

"Why should I run? Even if Flender had a hundred more sets of guts, he wouldn't dare treat me like that!" As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong considered herself special.

"Ning Rongrong, you bitch!" Dai Mubai had been punished with a full day of running, yet Ning Rongrong, his accomplice, had received no punishment at all. His mood naturally churned.

"Don't think you can put on that spoiled young lady act just because you're special. Dean Flender may not want to bother with you, but before me, you're nothing! Push me too far, and watch out—I might kill you!" Dai Mubai threw out the threat.

"Oh my! I'm so scared!" Ning Rongrong did not care in the slightest. The Little Devil Girl's true nature finally showed itself.