Life and Death Be Damned, If You Don't Accept It, Fight!

"Old man, where are we going?"

Following beside Mu En, Li Changsheng already had a guess, but he still pretended not to know anything.

As the leader of Shrek Academy, Mu En normally did not involve himself in many matters. Coupled with what had happened yesterday morning, Li Changsheng could not help suspecting that this was about Ma Xiaotao. After all, across the entire Douluo Continent, only Extreme Ice and the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in Sunset Forest could deal with the evil fire within her body.

"The Inner Court!"

Mu En did not hide it and answered softly.

"The Inner Court? What am I going there for? I'm not an Inner Court Disciple!" Li Changsheng frowned slightly and asked tentatively, "Could it be that senior sister's evil fire has flared up again? That makes no sense. How could it happen so quickly?"

Although he had not used the Taiji Diagram's stabilizing ability yesterday, he had still used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's ice attribute.

So under normal circumstances, even if it truly were to flare up, it should have needed time to build up.

"Hehe, who said that someone who isn't an Inner Court Disciple can't enter the Inner Court?"

Mu En merely smiled calmly and assured him without concern, "Shrek Academy is under this old man's command. Wherever I say you can go, you can go—even the Sea God Pavilion, which only the upper ranks may enter!"

"Old man, don't tell me you're the current master of the Sea God Pavilion?" Li Changsheng asked with a smile.

"Why? Don't I look like it?"

Mu En turned his head and looked at the young man beside him, his expression gentle and peaceful.

"It's not that you don't. It's that you've hidden it rather deeply, old man." Li Changsheng gave a bitter smile and said helplessly, "If not for what happened yesterday, who knows when I would have learned your true identity?"

"Same to you. Didn't you, child, also fail to tell this old man the truth?" Mu En teased.

"How have I not told the truth? Old man, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want." Li Changsheng protested.

"That night, this old man asked you what your Martial Soul was. And what happened?"

Mu En did not get angry, merely smiling as he reminded him.

"What's the problem?"

Li Changsheng was taken aback at first, then said righteously, "You only asked what my Martial Soul was. You never asked whether I had Twin Martial Souls. Since that's the case, how can that count as me hiding it from you?"

"Fine, fine, fine. This old man was not rigorous enough!"

Mu En let out a soft sigh. After shaking his head helplessly, he quickened his pace and swiftly left the Outer Court grounds.

At that moment, on the Inner Court training platform, Ma Xiaotao, the former captain, and Dai Yueheng, the current captain, were locked in a dispute, neither willing to yield to the other.

To Ma Xiaotao, the position of captain had originally been hers. Since that was the case, once she returned, Dai Yueheng, the acting captain, should naturally hand the position back. After all, whether in talent or Soul Power Level, he could not compare to her at all.

But how could Dai Yueheng possibly spit out a status that had already fallen into his hands?

Wouldn't that be a joke? Wouldn't it mean he had admitted defeat?

He admitted that his Soul Power Level was indeed lower than Ma Xiaotao's, but the gap was not that great, all right?

Not to mention that both of their ancestors had produced god-level powerhouses. If they truly fought, it was still uncertain who would win and who would lose.

Therefore, Dai Yueheng was deeply unwilling to accept Ma Xiaotao. At the very least, he could not let this woman snatch away the position so easily. Otherwise, in the future, whether at Shrek Academy or in the Soul Master World, people would know Ma Xiaotao but not Dai Yueheng!

"Sister Luochen, what do you think?"

Seeing this, Gongyang Mo, the auxiliary-system soul master among the Shrek Seven Devils and the owner of the Rainbow Dragon Martial Soul, voiced his question. "If you absolutely had to choose between Sister Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng as captain, who would you choose?"

"Whatever. It has nothing to do with me!"

Ling Luochen's cold, beautiful face remained utterly calm. She said indifferently, "Rather than asking me here, why not ask him?"

After saying that, she shifted her gaze to the Soul Engineer in the distance.

If there was truly someone on this team who disliked Ma Xiaotao and did not want her to return, it was neither Dai Yueheng nor herself, but him.

Because the Shrek Seven Devils had always consisted of only seven people.

So if Ma Xiaotao returned, this Soul Engineer would have to pack up and leave.

"Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh... How could I possibly ask that?"

Gongyang Mo looked embarrassed. Wouldn't that be rubbing salt in the man's wound?

"Hmph!"

Ling Luochen gave a soft snort, completely uninterested in such matters. If not for Dean Yan Shaozhe's orders, she would never have come here in the first place. After all, neither the struggle for captaincy nor the possibility of someone leaving had anything to do with her.

"What are you all arguing about here?"

Just then, an aged voice came from nearby.

It was Mu En. He had brought Li Changsheng here from the Outer Court dormitories.

"Mu En!"

Upon hearing Mu En's voice, Ma Xiaotao was the first to react and turned to look over.

When she saw that it was not only Mu En who had come, but also that junior from yesterday morning, her eyes immediately lit up.

With him here, even if she went all out later, she would not need to worry about the Phoenix Evil Fire's backlash causing her to lose herself.

It seemed Mu En still favored her, his disciple's granddaughter. Otherwise, why would he do something like this?

"Mu En!"

"Mu En!"

After Ma Xiaotao spoke, the others followed suit without the slightest hesitation, their eyes full of respect and admiration.

As the pillar of Shrek Academy, Mu En was a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo.

Let alone students like them, even people outside would have to bow in reverence before him.

"Mm!"

Mu En nodded lightly at them, then led Li Changsheng before Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng. "Xiaotao, Yueheng, how have your discussions gone?"

"Dai Yueheng refuses to let me become the captain of the Seven Devils after I return to the team!" Ma Xiaotao answered first.

"Mu En, I've been doing a fine job. Ma Xiaotao comes back and immediately takes it away from me. That doesn't seem quite right, does it?" Dai Yueheng was equally unconvinced.

"If you've got the guts, let's fight. Whoever wins gets to be captain!" Ma Xiaotao declared domineeringly.

"Then let's fight! Do you think I'm afraid of you?!"

When it came to fighting, Dai Yueheng had never backed down.

At worst, life and death be damned—if you don't accept it, fight!