Acquiring Shrek Academy, Nine Secret Arts: Word of Battle!

Chapter 13: Acquiring Shrek Academy, Nine Secret Arts: Word of Battle!

Flender anxiously rubbed his hands together. Although he was somewhat worried that Tang Hao might beat Zhao Wuji and Great Master Yu too badly, he still didn't dare intervene.

As Tang Hao had said, he was a Power Type Titled Douluo with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Forget Flender—even if he called over every soul master from Shrek Academy, or even all of Suotuo City, they still wouldn't be enough for Tang Hao to beat with one hand.

However, a voice that was half-panicked and half-confused suddenly rang out from the woods. It was Great Master Yu's voice.

"Haotian Your Excellency, what are you trying to do?"

Zhao Wuji's voice was also filled with shock. "Haotian Your Excellency, you can't do this!"

He seemed to realize something. After all, this exchange was not unfamiliar to him in the slightest; in fact, it even felt oddly familiar.

Afterward, Flender cautiously retreated one step at a time.

Once he confirmed that Tang Hao wasn't chasing him, he spread his wings and flew rapidly toward Shrek Academy.

An hour later, Tang Hao finally ended his inhumane actions.

The next day.

"Flender, from now on, call yourself my brother! They told you to stand aside, and you just stood aside? Do you know what the two of us went through?!" Zhao Wuji covered his swollen face and sobbed.

Flender helplessly spread his hands and said with lingering fear, "Someone who even dares to hit the Pope—what could he possibly have qualms about?"

"If I hadn't been thick-skinned, he would've rubbed off a whole layer of skin! Didn't you see how fast his hands were? He was practically rubbing sparks out of me!" Zhao Wuji said with tears in his eyes.

Flender said bitterly, "Who could've known that he... Forget it. Xiaogang was hurt even worse than you, and look—he hasn't said a word."

Zhao Wuji shifted his gaze. On the bed beside them, Great Master Yu was curled up under the covers, his body trembling nonstop.

Great Master Yu's eyes were somewhat unfocused. His entire mental state was clearly precarious, and he kept muttering something under his breath.

"What is Xiaogang saying? Can you make it out?" Flender asked.

"Yesterday, Haotian Your Excellency said, 'That old Yu fellow is dry and tough, and covered in bumps. He needs a good rubdown!'" Zhao Wuji said. "And now he keeps repeating that sentence."

"Big Brother Flender, he isn't fine at all. I suggest you find Great Master a psychologist."

Flender:

"Knock, knock, knock!"

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in," Flender said.

The door opened, and Shen He walked into the room.

Shen He wore a broad smile. He glanced at Zhao Wuji and Great Master Yu lying on the bed, while his shoulders twitched unnaturally.

"Brat, what are you laughing at?" Zhao Wuji demanded angrily.

"Nothing. I just remembered something amusing." Shen He waved his hand.

"Dean, the matter we discussed yesterday has been taken care of."

Shen He touched the purple ring on his hand, took out a black card, and handed it to Zhao Wuji.

"A Storage Soul Tool?!"

Flender and Zhao Wuji's eyes flickered. They had both noticed the ring on Shen He's hand.

Shen He hadn't possessed this Storage Soul Tool yesterday, yet after making a trip to Suotuo City today, he had somehow acquired one.

It had to be known that there weren't many Storage Soul Tools circulating on Douluo Continent, and nearly all of them had been passed down from ancient times.

Only the ancient Soul Engineers knew how to make Storage Soul Tools. That technology had been lost, and they couldn't even be repaired anymore.

With their numbers only decreasing and never increasing, the value of Storage Soul Tools had risen dramatically.

"I went to Suotuo City to collect some money and picked up a Storage Soul Tool while I was there." Shen He waved his hand, looking unconcerned.

The truth was that he had borrowed several dozen Gold Soul Coins from Oscar and combined them with what he had on hand, scraping together a total of fifty-one.

Then, after the system modified them, they had directly become five hundred thousand.

Moreover, to prevent Shen He from being crushed to death by too many Gold Soul Coins, the system thoughtfully turned the money into a stored-value card that could be exchanged at money houses throughout Douluo Continent.

Flender and Zhao Wuji exchanged a glance, their hearts tightening.

He could casually produce one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and even possessed a Storage Soul Tool.

Combined with his extraordinary martial soul, Shen He's background was certainly worth pondering.

"I can help the academy solve this problem, but I have conditions," Shen He said lightly.

"These one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins are the fee for my acquisition of Shrek Academy. From today onward, I am Shrek Academy's dean."

"Dean Flender's position can remain unchanged, but he will become an honorary dean as well as a teacher at the academy."

"I'll also pay the other teachers their salaries on time. You can set the standards yourselves. I'll look them over and confirm them later."

"You want to acquire Shrek Academy?" Flender asked in astonishment.

To be honest, he was unwilling to do this from the bottom of his heart, because Shrek Academy represented years of his blood, sweat, and effort.

But the moment he thought about being unable to repay the money—and about portraits of himself and Great Master Yu being spread everywhere—goosebumps immediately covered his body.

Zhao Wuji said helplessly, "Big Brother Flender, you caused this mess yourself. There isn't any other way, so just agree to it."

"Your original goal was to cultivate a group of outstanding children, wasn't it? Even if the academy no longer belongs to you, you're still their teacher, aren't you?"

After steadying his breathing, Flender said to Shen He with deep reluctance, "All right, Dean Shen He. Shrek Academy is yours."

Congratulations, host, on completing the special mission: acquiring Shrek Academy. You have greatly altered the original plot, gained a large amount of experience, and triggered a system reward.

Congratulations, host, on obtaining the reward: Nine Secret Arts: Word of Battle (condensed Douluo Continent version)!