Flender's Wild Fancy

After beating Dai Mu Bai up, the other party had not made things difficult for him and had only left him with minor flesh wounds. It was obvious that the other party had held back.

"Hey, brother! I admit defeat at your hands. Can you tell me your name? We're both soul masters—no fight, no friendship. Let's get acquainted." Dai Mu Bai climbed up from the ground and called out to Ye Liangchen.

The other party had knocked him down without even summoning his spirit, and was younger than him besides. He was definitely a once-in-an-age genius. As the young prince of the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mu Bai very much wanted to befriend him. If he could recruit this kid into Shrek Academy and build a good relationship with him, perhaps he could even learn a move or two from him someday.

"I already told you, my name is Wu Ming. Why the hell are you still asking?"

"I'm leaving. Take care of yourself!"

Ye Liangchen ignored Dai Mu Bai and walked straight over to Lan Xiao Die and Su Lin.

"Little brother! You're amazing! Your big sister is so proud of you."

Su Lin cheered excitedly, then threw herself into an act and hugged Ye Liangchen, kissing him on the cheek without caring about the gazes of all the onlookers.

"Stop fooling around. We should head back. The patrol soldiers will be here soon."

Lan Xiao Die pulled Ye Liangchen out of Su Lin's embrace and quickly led him toward the street where the Rose Hotel was located.

"Senior Sister! Little Chen performed so brilliantly! Of course I had to reward him."

Su Lin came over as well and affectionately took the little guy's other hand, leaving the Three Musketeers not far behind them utterly dumbfounded.

"Little Chen, how did that battle feel?" Lan Xiao Die asked.

"Aunt Lan, after he possessed the White Tiger Spirit, his strength was very powerful too. But compared to me, he was still a little lacking."

Ye Liangchen felt that Dai Mu Bai was quite formidable. Among Soul Grand Masters, he could be considered very strong. Unfortunately, he had run into a cheat like him.

Tang San had been able to fight the 37th-level Dai Mu Bai when he was at level 29, though he had not done it as easily as Ye Liangchen.

"Senior Sister, our Little Chen is the greatest genius in the whole world. No one can compare to him."

"Isn't that obvious? That boy named Dai Mu Bai has the Evil Eye White Tiger Spirit. He must be a member of the Star Luo Empire's royal family."

"Senior Sister, judging from that boy's appearance, could he be a prince of the Star Luo Empire?"

"That's very possible. I just don't know why he appeared in Suotuo City."

Lan Xiao Die and Su Lin discussed Dai Mu Bai as they walked.

Ye Liangchen knew that Dai Mu Bai had come to Shrek to escape the suppression of his older brother.

Dai Mu Bai had appeared now. Little Cat, Zhu Zhu Qing, would also appear three or four years later. He just did not know whether that girl would still join Shrek Academy.

After Dai Mu Bai and Fatty Ma were thoroughly beaten up by Ye Liangchen, they recovered before long with the help of Oscar's Sausage Spirit.

"Boss Dai, who was that guy? He's so handsome and such a good fighter. He didn't even summon his spirit when he fought you. Could his strength be beyond that of a Soul Elder?" Oscar was extremely curious about what had just happened.

"Xiao Ao, he really is only a Soul Grandmaster. Judging by his appearance, he's probably only eight or nine years old. I feel like even if the three of us attacked together, we still wouldn't be his match," Dai Mu Bai said calmly. Thinking back on that fight, it had truly been terrifying.

"Damn it, where did that kid come from? He's more monstrous than a monster. Boss Dai, are we just letting this go?"

Fatty Ma rubbed his round belly. That punch had nearly made him throw up even last night's meal.

"Fatty, you want revenge? With that little strength of yours, you're not even enough to fill that kid's teeth!"

Dai Mu Bai gave Fatty Ma a disdainful look. If this guy had not insulted the other party's older sister, he would not have taken such a beating.

"Hahaha...! Boss Dai, the Dean always says that a soul master who doesn't dare cause trouble is mediocre. But today, you kicked an iron plate." Thinking of his two brothers getting beaten up, Oscar could not help laughing.

"Xiao Ao, you're still laughing? You should've gotten beaten up with us."

The three returned to Shrek Academy amid sighs and groans. Flender and Zhao Wuji, who were drinking tea and chatting on the second-floor balcony, were startled when they saw their students in such a bedraggled state.

"Boss, something's wrong with these three brats."

"Judging by Dai Mu Bai's miserable state, they were probably beaten up. Come on! Let's see who it was that dared to beat up Shrek's students."

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

The two rose to their feet, leaped down from the small building, and quickly arrived before Dai Mu Bai and the others to inspect the Three Musketeers' condition.

"Dai Mu Bai, did you three little brats go cause trouble again?"

Seeing their teachers arrive, Fatty Ma immediately began tearfully complaining, "Teacher, we were just beaten up."

"Who dared to hit Flender's students?" Flender flew into a rage.

"Dean, it was a little boy, around two or three years younger than me. He was only a 23rd Level Soul Grandmaster. When I fought him, I practically had no ability to fight back, and he didn't even summon his spirit."

"Dean, he's the real monster!"

Dai Mu Bai explained how he had been beaten from start to finish. The reason he told them was because he wanted Flender to recruit that kid into Shrek Academy. If he could get along well with him then, perhaps he could learn a move or two from him.

"Is that true? He's only at level 23 Soul Power, yet he beat you flat without using his spirit? You aren't bragging, are you?" Flender was startled upon hearing of such a monster.

"Dean, Fatty and Xiao Ao can both testify."

"That's right! Fatty was knocked down with one punch, and Boss Dai got beaten up the whole time."

Dai Mu Bai, Fatty Ma, and Oscar all confirmed the truth. There was nothing embarrassing about it in front of their own Dean anyway.

"Boss, these three little punks don't seem to be lying."

"If that's true, then a monster genius like that absolutely must join Shrek Academy!"

Zhao Wuji and Flender exchanged a glance. When they encountered a monster genius of that caliber, they had to trick him into coming over.

"Dai Mu Bai, what did that kid look like? Was he a noble or a commoner? Were there any strong people protecting him?"

Flender questioned Dai Mu Bai in detail. A monster-level genius like that definitely had an extraordinary background.

"That kid was very handsome. There were two blue-haired beauties beside him, but they had their faces covered, so we couldn't tell who they were or what level of cultivation they had."

Dai Mu Bai slowly recounted what had happened, but he did not mention a word about wanting to ask those two beauties out.

"So that was why you got beaten up so badly. You deserved it."

Flender and Zhao Wuji knew Dai Mu Bai's character all too well. That brat had definitely harassed those girls.

"Hahaha...!"

Seeing Dai Mu Bai's frustrated expression, Oscar immediately burst out laughing.

"Boss, I remember now. This morning, when Old Li and I passed by the entrance of the Rose Hotel, we saw two blue-haired, veiled beauties with a little boy around eight years old. It should have been them."

"Let's go take a look. Maybe we really can recruit that little guy. A monster genius should grow up at our Shrek Academy."

Hearing Zhao Wuji say that, Flender immediately became interested. He headed out at once toward the Rose Hotel, with Zhao Wuji following close behind, along with the Shrek Three Musketeers.

"Boss Dai, the Rose Hotel! Hehe..."

The moment Fatty Ma heard the words "Rose Hotel," his eyes lit up. The rooms there were ideal places for dates!

"Fatty, can you show a little ambition?" Dai Mu Bai was utterly speechless at this sleazy fat man.

When the Shrek group arrived at the lobby of the Rose Grand Hotel in a great crowd, they happened to run into Ye Liangchen and his group coming downstairs, heading toward the hotel restaurant.

"Teacher, that's him." Fatty Ma pointed at Ye Liangchen in the distance.

"Kid, are you the one who defeated my students?"

Flender took a single stride forward and appeared before Ye Liangchen's group, his cunning eyes fixed on Ye Liangchen.

"Four-Eyed Uncle, who are you?"

When Ye Liangchen saw Dai Mu Bai and Fatty Ma's group arrive, he knew that this was Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender, so he deliberately called him Four-Eyed Uncle.

"Four-Eyed Uncle? Hahaha..."

When Oscar and Dai Mu Bai heard that the guy had actually called their Dean Four-Eyed Uncle, they immediately burst out laughing.

"You two brats, stop laughing." Zhao Wuji glared at the two of them. In truth, he wanted to laugh too.

"Mm! Not bad! Not bad! Only eight years old, so handsome, and already a 23rd Level Soul Grandmaster. This is a peerless genius!"

Flender did not mind being called Four-Eyed Uncle at all. Instead, his eyes shone as he sized up Ye Liangchen as though he were examining a piece of flawless jade.

"What do you want?"

Seeing this four-eyed old man staring at Ye Liangchen, Su Lin immediately pulled the little guy into her arms protectively.

When she saw that the two youths Ye Liangchen had beaten down earlier had also come, she immediately understood that they had gone back to complain and brought their elders to seek revenge.

Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die also recognized him as Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender, one of the Golden Iron Triangle. They immediately stepped in front of Ye Liangchen and stared coldly at Flender.

"When the young ones can't win, the old ones come out to seek revenge. You're really something."

Flender immediately waved his hands. "Ladies, don't misunderstand. I am Flender, the Dean of Shrek Academy. Earlier, I heard from my students that a young boy beat them flat without even summoning his martial soul, so I came specifically to take a look."

"Kid, Shrek Academy only accepts monster geniuses, and you're a monster among monsters. Would you like to come to our academy?"

"I guarantee that if you come, I'll devote all my efforts to training you. Given time, you'll surely become famous throughout the world."

Upon encountering a peerless genius like Ye Liangchen, Flender immediately extended an olive branch, hoping to recruit him into Shrek Academy.

"Four-Eyed Uncle, Shrek Academy? What kind of place is that?"

Ye Liangchen deliberately asked. Of course he knew about Shrek Academy. Wasn't it just a rundown academy built in a mountain village on the outskirts of Suotuo City? Before Tang San joined, it was nothing at all.

"Our Shrek Academy is a Monster Academy. Our admission requirement is to reach 21st Level Soul Power by the age of twelve, and your soul rings must be Hundred Year Soul Rings."

"Kid, you're only eight, yet you're already Level 23. You've long met the admission requirements. If you come, I can waive your tuition."

"Let me tell you, without exception, every student who graduates from our academy becomes a renowned figure. Some students have even become the youngest elders of Spirit Hall."

Flender introduced Shrek Academy's glorious history to Ye Liangchen, constantly painting him an enticing picture.

"Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender, right?"

"You're just spouting tricks to fool children. What do you mean, Spirit Hall's youngest elder was your student? At your age, aren't you ashamed to say such things?"

"Those who can become elders of Spirit Hall are all Titled Douluo. You're merely a Soul Saint in your seventies—could you possibly teach a Titled Douluo? Aren't you afraid of biting your tongue after boasting so outrageously?"

Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die could not stand listening any longer and directly exposed Flender's lies, causing his face to turn the color of pig liver.

"Four-Eyed Uncle, you really have no shame. You actually came to fool an eight-year-old child like me. You don't seem like a good person at all."

Ye Liangchen put on an innocent expression and deliberately disgusted Flender.

"Pfft... haha...! Four-Eyed Uncle is just a charlatan. Let's stay far away from him." Su Lin smiled and hurriedly shielded Ye Liangchen as she backed away.

"Hahaha...!" Some of the guests in the hotel lobby saw Flender being embarrassed and immediately burst into laughter.

"The Dean made a fool of himself! Hahaha..." Seeing their Dean make a spectacle of himself, Dai Mu Bai and Oscar could not help laughing as well.

"You two brats, stop laughing." Flender felt extremely stifled and turned back to glare at the two boys.

"Boss, we should just leave!"

Zhao Wuji gave a simple-minded grin. He knew Flender had always loved fooling people, capable of any trickery or scam, but today, the other party simply refused to give him any face.

"Hey! Kid, release your Martial Soul and soul rings so I can take a look..." Flender refused to give up and continued trying to sweet-talk Ye Liangchen, still wanting to inspect his Martial Soul.

"Flender, are you done yet?"

"Don't force us to make a move."

"Chirp, chirp..."

Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die could no longer stand it and directly cut Flender off. They released their Martial Souls and soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black. Eight soul rings appeared around them, flashing brilliantly. In an instant, the temperature throughout the hotel lobby dropped considerably.

"S-Soul Douluo?"

Everyone in the hotel lobby was stunned by the eight soul rings around Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die. They had never expected these two masked beauties to be so powerful.

"Level 76 Soul Saint Flender pays respects to the two Soul Douluo."

Seeing that the other side had revealed the strength of Soul Douluo, Flender immediately backed down. He placed a hand over his chest and bowed respectfully.

"Level 72 Soul Saint Zhao Wuji pays respects to the two Soul Douluo."

Zhao Wuji followed Flender in bowing. This was the rule of the Soul Master World. Without exception, Soul Douluo experts were leading figures of major powers, and with their Soul Saint-level strength, they could not afford to provoke them.

It was still early in the timeline. Flender and Zhao Wuji's Soul Power had not yet reached the levels they would possess when Tang San and the others entered Shrek Academy.

"Flender, Zhao Wuji, stop bothering us."

"Teach your students properly. Don't let them go astray."

After Shui Lingfeng and Lan Xiao Die withdrew their Martial Souls, they coldly warned Flender a few times before taking Ye Liangchen into the most luxurious private dining room in the hotel restaurant.

After suffering this setback, Flender's group immediately slunk back to Shrek Academy with the others.

"Boss, I never expected those two ladies to be Soul Douluo experts. Judging by their Soul Power fluctuations, they were even high-level Soul Douluo. The woman protecting that handsome kid was at least as strong as you."

Zhao Wuji gave a foolish grin. Fortunately, the other party had not attacked. Otherwise, the two of them would not have escaped a beating.

"Three high-level female soul masters, two of them even Soul Douluo... Who could they be? Their Martial Souls looked like Ice Phoenixes."

Flender was unfamiliar with soul masters who possessed Ice Phoenix Martial Souls.

"Boss Dai, you wanted to ask one of those Soul Douluo out earlier. You've really got a hard head! Hahaha..." Remembering Dai Mu Bai's earlier suicidal behavior, Oscar burst into laughter.

"Hehe... This young master won't turn away even a Soul Douluo beauty." Dai Mu Bai smiled smugly. Although that beauty had ignored him, merely having tried to ask a Soul Douluo beauty out was enough for him to brag about for a long time.

"Ahem! Those two beauties had pretended to be that kid's older sisters at the time, so Boss Dai got fooled. Still, those two women really were gorgeous."

Ma Hongjun grinned beside them. Thinking of how that handsome kid had been held in the arms of such a stunning beauty, his mind wandered: If the one being held were me, how amazing would that feel?

"You three brats should cause less trouble from now on. Luckily, they didn't bother arguing with little punks like you. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable."

Zhao Wuji sternly warned Dai Mu Bai and Ma Hongjun. This incident had been caused by those two, and they had nearly ruined everything.