Stirring Up Trouble!

Flender had only just started the school year as its dean, and with Ning Fengzhi's request, perhaps he was qualified to correct Ning Rongrong's character.

But—

What about the students?

A bunch of students who knew nothing of their place—after seeing Flender's attitude toward Ning Rongrong, they all began following suit and invisibly ostracizing her?! How utterly ridiculous!

And later, they claimed Ning Rongrong had hired someone to kill?

Before saying that, were Tang San and the others blind or deaf? Had they not heard Dai Mubai threaten to rape Ning Rongrong before killing her, then rape her again and kill her again?!

Even Oscar, who had shown from the beginning that he liked Ning Rongrong, shook his head at that moment and said he liked the gentle, stunning beauty he had met at first sight, not some lofty disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? He even said Ning Rongrong was not the one tree that could make him give up the whole forest?

As Zhu Zhuqing stood in a dark corner, coldly watching everything unfold, she had nearly laughed at the sight.

This was only possible on Douluo Continent, where the cultivation system was crude and resources were practically nonexistent. If this had been Dou Qi Continent, revealed yesterday by the Heavenly Dao Rankings, Ning Rongrong's status would have been almost equal to Zhu Zhuqing's in her previous life. As for Oscar, he would have been nothing more than a cultivation genius from some backwater place, one who possessed no combat ability at that!

In Dou Qi Continent, Oscar would not even have been qualified to lay eyes on Ning Rongrong!

Moreover, after receiving Xun'er's lifetime of experience in dealing with people before she became a Dou Emperor, Zhu Zhuqing observed them again. Compared to the other Shrek Academy students—the morally warped and obsessively deranged Tang San; the love-addled Xiao Wu, who knew only how to blindly obey Tang San; the demonically lascivious Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun; and Oscar, whose heart was utterly filthy and who had already dated several girls—

Compared to those people, Ning Rongrong, who was merely rebellious at heart and unwilling to submit to anyone's control, was infinitely better!

It was not until Oscar left, when she saw Ning Rongrong slumped helplessly on the floor and weeping, that Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the shadows. Without saying much, she simply pulled the Little Princess, who had been bullied by everyone, into her embrace and gave her a shoulder upon which she could cry her heart out.

Thus, the two girls became the best of friends!

On the first floor of a hotel in the small town outside Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Mubai noticed that Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have changed.

Her face no longer wore that cold, lifeless expression. Instead, a faint smile would occasionally appear on it!

That smile was beautiful, genuine, and gentle!

But!

It was as though she were separated from everyone else by mountains and rivers, maintaining an impossible distance that no one could cross!

Especially from him!

When they had first met, Zhu Zhuqing had still become angry at his flirtatious behavior, even concealing killing intent!

But now, Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have completely given up on him, as if she had severed all ties with him and cast aside all their past entanglements, gratitude, resentment, and love!

As her fiancé, Dai Mubai was furious. He wanted to vent his rage, even to destroy everything, but in the end, he found himself powerless to do anything!

Dai Mubai's many years of instinct when it came to chasing women told him that he seemed to have completely lost his fiancée!

"How can that be?"

"If she doesn't work together with me, then if we lose the family trial, she'll be punished!"

"At best, her martial soul and Soul Power cultivation will be crippled, and she'll be placed under house arrest, able to spend the rest of her life only in the cold palace of the imperial city. At worst, she'll be killed outright!"

"With such punishment awaiting her, Zhu Zhuqing can't leave me!"

"I must be overthinking this!"

Thinking so, Dai Mubai put his earlier thoughts out of his mind. He turned and enthusiastically discussed the mysterious girl with Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others.

Not long afterward, dishes were brought out one after another, and they finally began eating.

Before long, another group pushed open the doors to the hotel's first floor and entered. Judging by their ages and matching attire, it was not hard to guess that they were students and teachers from the same Soul Master Academy.

As the group passed by Shrek's table, Ma Hongjun, who was gnawing on a chicken leg, stared straight at a female student among them with shifty eyes. After swallowing, he finally withdrew his gaze and gestured to Dai Mubai beside him.

Dai Mubai immediately understood and curled his lips into a faint smile before nodding.

Receiving Dai Mubai's signal, Ma Hongjun gave a lecherous grin. Then he whistled at the female student among the group that had just sat down at another table and loudly teased, "That chick looks pretty good, Boss Dai. These guys should be from Blue Sunshine Academy, right?"

Dai Mubai immediately followed up, "They're just some insignificant Blue Sunshine Academy. What the hell are they acting so high and mighty for?"

His voice was just as loud, instantly allowing everyone on the first floor to hear him.

In that instant, everyone on the first floor, Soul Masters and ordinary people alike, turned to look over with expressions of eager anticipation!

Throughout all this, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong continued elegantly eating small bites of food, as though everything around them had nothing to do with them. From time to time, the two even quietly discussed which dish tasted better.

Among the Blue Sunshine Academy group seated two tables away from Shrek, the middle-aged man who appeared to be their teacher wore an ugly expression upon seeing that Shrek's table contained only a group of children. At the same time, he stopped the students who had risen and were preparing to fight.

Seeing that there would be no show, the surrounding crowd shifted their gazes away.

At that moment, Oscar, seated beside Tang San, suddenly whispered, "Things are about to get interesting!"

Tang San gave him a puzzled look. "What's going to be interesting?"

Oscar smiled quietly and said, "This is part of our training too. As Dean Flender says, a Soul Master who doesn't dare cause trouble isn't a good Soul Master. After all, those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocrities. Besides, provoking people from a Soul Master Academy is the safest option. At most, it'll just end in a fight."

Tang San could not help but laugh. "If we put all our dean's sayings together, we could make a whole collection of monster sayings. Judging by their ages, Blue Sunshine Academy should be an advanced Soul Master Academy, right?"

The moment Tang San finished speaking, Ning Rongrong, who had been eating, suddenly coughed twice as though she had choked.

The other five from Shrek paid no attention whatsoever.

Just then, a waiter approached carrying a steaming-hot dish. One of Blue Sunshine Academy's male students, his face filled with resentment, saw this, and a crafty glint flashed through his eyes.

Then, as the waiter passed by, the male student abruptly rose to his feet and slammed into him. Amid the waiter's cry of alarm, the dish in his hands tipped straight toward Dai Mubai's head!

However, Tang San and Dai Mubai had noticed this long ago. The two acted in succession, not only catching the food, but also landing a heavy palm strike on the young man's stomach!

Dai Mubai's palm strike bent the young man's body backward. Then, like a weightless scarecrow, he was sent flying, crashing through two tables in succession before hurtling toward the group from Blue Sunshine Academy!

The middle-aged man from Blue Sunshine Academy immediately stood up and raised both hands, catching the young man with a deft application of force.

The young man's face turned deathly pale. Then he spat out a mouthful of blood with a wail, his entire body going limp!

Having finished all this, Dai Mubai cast the people from Blue Sunshine Academy a disdainful, arrogant glance. After stretching lazily, he said casually, "Sorry, I hit a little too hard!"

There was not the slightest hint of apology or sincerity in his tone!