Elder Song did not disagree with Xian Lin'er this time. She nodded. "This concerns the academy's secrets. We certainly can't hand them over lightly."
The other elders thought it over, then nodded one after another.
"Yan Shaozhe, have the boy ask for something else," Xuan Zi said.
He had always looked down on Soul Tools, but the Soul Tool Department was still part of the academy, and its records were confidential.
If Xue Nianbing had been one of their own, there might have been room for discussion.
But he wasn't, so the answer was no.
"Xuan Zi, everyone... I'd like to."
Yan Shaozhe gave a bitter smile. "But do you know what Xue Nianbing said?"
"He told me outright that if the academy refused, he'd leave for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. All for the sake of Soul Tools..."
The room fell silent.
Xuan Zi and the others stared in disbelief.
Even Mu En, seated at the head of the table, had a sharp glint flash through his clouded eyes.
Leave Shrek Academy for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?
Everyone knew how strained relations were between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire. Calling them mortal enemies would hardly be an exaggeration.
And Xue Nianbing had dared to say that? What a ruthless "threat"!
"How could that boy say such nonsense?"
"Exactly! Why would he want to go to an evil place like the Sun Moon Empire?"
"To give up the Continent's Number One Academy for mere Soul Tools? How foolish!"
The elders had been extremely fond of Xue Nianbing, but hearing his "threat" ruined that goodwill in an instant.
If he had named any other academy, they would not have reacted this way. But he had named Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy...
"Are mere Soul Tools