Conflict

Ye Zhi Qiu was furious as well. He had not expected this group of teenagers to be so formidable, making him lose face right from the start. He immediately roared, "Fourth Soul Skill: Mystic Turtle Charge..."

In an instant, Ye Zhi Qiu's defenses rose again as he charged toward Dai Mubai.

"Entanglement..." Tang San activated his first soul skill again, but this time, it only held Ye Zhi Qiu for two seconds before he broke free. Tang San shouted, "Everyone, scatter..."

The eight of them immediately spread out, surrounding Ye Zhi Qiu in the middle. Although his Mystic Turtle martial soul possessed powerful defenses, its weak offense and slow speed were always its fatal flaws.

"What are you all doing?" At that moment, Zhao Wuji stepped out. The fight immediately came to a halt. Zhao Wuji was quite pleased that these Little Monsters had managed to battle a Soul King like Ye Zhi Qiu for so long. After all, they were his students.

But even though he was pleased inside, he still had to keep up appearances. With his hands behind his back and the bearing of an expert, he reprimanded them, "Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? What are you all doing out here? Get back inside and sleep."

"Yes." The Shrek students withdrew their martial souls and headed toward the inn.

Watching the Shrek students pass by him, Zhao Wuji continued to scold them, "Absolutely useless. After all that time, you couldn't even deal with a turtle. When we get back, I'll definitely increase your training."

"Wait right there! You're their teacher, aren't you?" Hearing Zhao Wuji's words, Ye Zhi Qiu became even angrier. Like teacher, like students. He shouted furiously, "Your students just humiliated our Blue Sunshine Academy. As their teacher, don't you have anything to say?"

Zhao Wuji completely ignored Ye Zhi Qiu. He glared at the Shrek students and said, "What are you looking at? Get inside already."

Seeing Zhao Wuji disregard him entirely, Ye Zhi Qiu grew even more furious. Only then did Zhao Wuji speak. "I'd say my students were right. Your Blue Sunshine Academy has always been arrogant and overbearing. It's good for you to be taught a lesson today."

Ye Zhi Qiu was even more enraged. Clearly, it had been Zhao Wuji's students who started the trouble, yet now he was turning the blame around. Zhao Wuji snorted coldly. "If you're not convinced, let your strength do the talking."

Zhao Wuji was a Soul Saint, and his strength completely crushed Ye Zhi Qiu's. In just a few moves, he took care of Ye Zhi Qiu. Ma Hongjun and the others, hiding behind the door, watched with great excitement. "Teacher Zhao really is amazing! He took care of that old turtle in just a few moves."

"He is indeed very impressive." Standing nearby, Zhao Zilong calmly added, "But this means we've completely offended Ye Zhi Qiu, and even Blue Sunshine Academy. I'm afraid that isn't a good thing."

Hearing Zhao Zilong's words, Ma Hongjun immediately looked down on him somewhat. "Come on, Zilong! You're being way too timid. So what if we offended Blue Sunshine Academy? We're monsters."

Zhao Zilong gave a cold laugh and looked at Ma Hongjun. "Monsters? Ma Hongjun, I admit that you're a genius. You can provoke Blue Sunshine Academy's students and even humiliate them. They're about our age, and their talent is far inferior to ours. They're destined to be beneath our feet for the rest of their lives. But you shouldn't have humiliated their teacher. You've brought great trouble upon yourself."

Ma Hongjun was immediately displeased by Zhao Zilong's words and said sarcastically, "Oh? Since when did you learn to respect teachers and morals, Zhao Zilong? I remember you used to criticize the headmaster's sayings, too!"

Zhao Zilong smiled disdainfully and looked at Ma Hongjun. "Ye Zhi Qiu suffered such humiliation here today, in front of his students. Anyone would bear resentment over that. He can't defeat Teacher Zhao, so he has no way to take revenge on him. Naturally, he'll transfer that hatred onto us. You humiliated him the most, Ma Hongjun. If he wants to kill someone, you'll be the first one he comes for."

Hearing this, Ma Hongjun panicked somewhat. The others also came down from the delight of having bullied Blue Sunshine Academy. Bullying others felt good, but the thought of possible retaliation inevitably made them worried.

Tang San asked, "It can't be that serious, can it? Besides, Teacher Zhao beat him so badly. He probably wouldn't dare, right?"

At this moment, Zhao Wuji, who had been about to enter, stood at the doorway. He had actually known about Ma Hongjun provoking Blue Sunshine Academy long ago. He had merely deliberately stayed out to see how far these Little Monsters could go. He had not expected Zhao Zilong to be so cautious.

However, Zhao Wuji could not refute him, because Zhao Zilong was not wrong.

Zhao Zilong did not answer Tang San. Instead, he continued, "Also, I still find it hard to agree with the saying that a soul master who doesn't cause trouble isn't a good soul master. Of course, perhaps I'm merely an ordinary person."

Ma Hongjun was instantly speechless. If Zhao Zilong was an "ordinary person," then their talents were nothing special either. He said sarcastically, "What are you afraid of? Even if we couldn't beat that old turtle today, wasn't Teacher Zhao here? Do you really have to be so careful?"

Zhao Zilong smiled and asked, "Ma Hongjun, do you know the Clear Sky Douluo?"

"The Clear Sky Douluo? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before!" Ma Hongjun scratched his head, trying hard to recall it.

Dai Mubai slapped Ma Hongjun on the head. "You don't know the Clear Sky Douluo? Didn't the headmaster tell us before? The youngest Titled Douluo on the Douluo Continent."

"Oh, I remember now." Prompted by Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun finally recalled it.

The others also looked at Zhao Zilong in confusion, not knowing why he had suddenly brought up the Clear Sky Douluo.

Zhao Zilong continued, "More than a decade ago, the Clear Sky Douluo fought the previous Pope, Qian Xunji, and severely wounded him. That battle made the Clear Sky Douluo famous throughout the land. But not long afterward, Pope Qian Xunji died from his injuries. The enraged Spirit Hall launched an attack against the Clear Sky Sect. In the end, the Clear Sky Sect only managed to make Spirit Hall cease hostilities by withdrawing into seclusion, and the Clear Sky Douluo vanished without a trace after that battle."

"Even the mighty Clear Sky Douluo and the Clear Sky Sect, the number one sect under heaven, had enemies they couldn't afford to provoke. Let alone rookie soul masters like us, with only twenty or thirty levels of soul power. We should count ourselves lucky if others don't come to bully us."

Hearing Zhao Zilong say this, everyone fell silent. Ning Rongrong, however, looked at Ma Hongjun with disdain. She immediately switched sides and sneered, "Hmph, so it was this fat idiot who deliberately caused trouble. Zhao Zilong is right. You'd better stop going out morning and night, or sooner or later you'll get beaten up."

"You..." Ma Hongjun had already been unable to refute Zhao Zilong's lecture, which had left him with an inexplicable anger. Now that Ning Rongrong was mocking him too, his chubby face immediately turned red with rage.

At that moment, Zhao Wuji pushed open the door. Seeing that the atmosphere among the Shrek students was somewhat off, he said, "Hong Jun, Zilong, remember that you are a team. Neither of you did anything wrong in this matter. Also, Ye Zhi Qiu has already been warned. He won't dare come looking for trouble with you."

"Thank you, Teacher Zhao." Hearing Zhao Wuji's words, Ma Hongjun immediately thanked him. Zhao Zilong's words had truly frightened him somewhat. Whenever Ma Hongjun had provoked others before, the academy had always cleaned up after him. He had never considered the things Zhao Zilong had mentioned.

Then Zhao Wuji looked at Zhao Zilong and said, "Zilong, you're very careful and cautious in what you do. Your teacher is very pleased. But young people should act like young people! Sometimes, you need to be a little arrogant. Being overly cautious doesn't suit a young person. Don't worry. If you run into any trouble, your teacher will handle it for you. I knew about Hong Jun provoking Blue Sunshine Academy from the start. If their soul power had been higher than mine, I would have come down to stop you long ago."

"Little Monsters, remember this: you are a team. When facing anything, you must stand together against outsiders. If you have any conflicts, you can slowly resolve them after you return home. Understood?"

"Yes."