No matter how favorable the conditions were, this was not Shrek Academy.
Since it was not their own place, they naturally could not be as at ease as before.
Although Flender wore a smile the entire time,
in his heart, he still felt somewhat bitter after being used to freedom for so many years.
No matter how small Shrek Academy was, he had been its dean.
No matter how good Heaven Dou Royal Academy was, it could never feel as close as his own home.
However, Flender's mood soon eased considerably.
When their group arrived at the entrance to Heaven Dou Royal Academy's Committee of Elders,
three elderly men were already waiting there.
Though the three old men were merely standing there,
they gave off an exceptionally unusual feeling.
It was as though the three of them were the core of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's main campus,
and even of the entire academy.
Though gentle smiles rested on their faces,
the distinctive aura of the powerful was impossible to conceal.
All three old men wore black robes.
Strange patterns had been embroidered onto the robes with golden thread.
These robes were not exclusive to them.
They could be claimed from Spirit Hall only by Spirit Masters above Level Eighty
who possessed the title of Soul Douluo.
They were custom formal attire that represented one's status,
second only to the red formal attire of Titled Douluo.
Generally speaking, Soul Douluo and Titled Douluo rarely wore such attire.
It represented not only status, but also solemnity.
Only when dueling an opponent of the same rank
or attending an extremely important occasion
would this custom formal attire exclusive to Soul Douluo appear.
Since these three old men had donned their formal attire now, it was naturally not because they were going to duel.