Bang!
A dull thud rang out.
The middle-aged man was kicked straight through the air like a ragged sack.
He rolled several times across the ground before slamming heavily into the stone steps by the roadside, opening his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Dear!"
The woman screamed and rushed over with the child in her arms.
"Waaah—"
The child had been frightened into tears as well.
The man in green robes dusted off his sleeves, though there was no dust on them, and spat on the ground.
"Pah!"
"Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself?"
"Every stray cat and dog thinks they can become a Soul Master?"
"If anyone could become a Soul Master just by paying some money, what would we academies be for?"
The surrounding crowd was furious but dared not speak.
Shrek Branch Academy had been open on this street for quite some time.
It was said to have influential backing. They were usually arrogant and domineering, and quite a few people had suffered at their hands.
Xiao Wu's little fists clenched at once.
Her originally lively eyes were now filled with rage.
"This is outrageous!"
"They're obviously the ones scamming people, so how can they beat them too?"
She turned to Tang Yuan and said indignantly, "Teacher, this is exactly like the Shrek Academy Xiao San and I went to before!"
"That Teacher Li Yusong was the same way back then."
"They kept the registration fee once they took it, regardless of whether the applicant could enroll."
"They only accepted monsters, not ordinary people. But if they weren't going to accept them, why make them pay the registration fee?"
"Isn't that obviously just a scam?"
"Birds of a feather flock together. Even the branch academy they opened is just as