Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived at the Spirit Hall in Suotuo City. This outrageous piece of news had actually come from here.
With Golden Crocodile Douluo, Spirit Hall's Second Worship, descending upon the city, the Bishop of Suotuo City's Spirit Hall hurried out to receive him.
Golden Crocodile Douluo did not give him a pleasant look and demanded directly, "What is going on with this Shrek Academy? Since when did Spirit Hall's youngest Elder come from this Shrek Academy? You had better give me an explanation!"
The Bishop trembled all over beneath Golden Crocodile Douluo's imposing presence and stammered, "My lord Enshrined, I truly know nothing about this matter. Please investigate it thoroughly, my lord."
"Hmph. I will give you one hour. If you still cannot give me an answer after that..."
"Thank you, my lord Enshrined, thank you! I will investigate immediately."
Suotuo City was not a large city, and there were not many Spirit Hall personnel here. One hour was more than enough to get to the bottom of this matter.
Golden Crocodile Douluo took a sip from his teacup, then sighed.
"The Holy Son really is something else. Why does he need a reason to cause trouble? I could just go overturn that Shrek Academy myself. What could they possibly do?"
Still, he was right. Only by acting openly and with proper cause would it align with the Angel God's teachings.
My understanding of the Angel God's teachings is not even as good as a child's. Shameful! Truly shameful!
In his letter to Golden Crocodile Douluo, Xiao Chenlong had deliberately invoked the Angel God's name.
Although he held Qian Daoliu's Angel Token, if he wanted the Enshrined of Worship Hall to work seriously, the Angel God's name was still more effective.
An hour later, the Bishop brought over two Stewards responsible for external reception.
"Kneel!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo raised his eyes and looked at them.
"Have you found out the truth?"
"Reporting to my lord Enshrined, we have. These two accepted bribes and deliberately promoted that Shrek Academy."
"Please spare us, my lord Enshrined! We were only led astray for a moment. Flender gave us money and told us that if anyone asked, 'Did a Spirit Hall Elder come from Shrek Academy?' we were to nod."
"Yes, yes! We did not say anything extra, truly!"
"Shut up! You accepted bribes and helped outsiders tarnish Spirit Hall's reputation, yet you still dare plead grievance.
My lord Enshrined, it was this subordinate's poor management. Please punish me."
"You should have received the Spirit Master Management Rules here as well. Handle them according to its provisions, then post the outcome publicly."
"Yes, my lord Enshrined."
The two Stewards also breathed sighs of relief. They had thought they were doomed, but fortunately, their lives had been spared.
According to the Spirit Master Management Rules, their actions only warranted dismissal from their posts and six months of imprisonment. It was not considered a severe punishment.
"What exactly is the situation with that Shrek Academy?"
The Bishop was also efficient. He had already prepared Shrek Academy's files.
"My lord Enshrined, these are Shrek Academy's records."
"The Dean is a Soul Sage, they only accept monsters, they have no teaching facilities, no teaching qualifications... Hmph, aren't they just a bunch of swindlers?
Come. Bring manpower to Shrek Academy. This old man will deal with this injustice today."
"Yes!"
Over at Shrek Academy, a long line had already formed before its dilapidated gates.
Li Yusong collected registration fees while examining the applicants' bones to determine their ages as the first test.
Yu Xiaogang and Tang San handled the second test, which involved evaluating Soul Power and identifying Martial Souls, primarily to assess Martial Souls and developmental potential.
Flender himself oversaw the third test, examining how proficiently candidates could apply their own Martial Souls—in other words, their control over them.
The fourth test was actual combat, overseen by Zhao Wuji, to eliminate pretty faces without combat experience.
The requirements for all four tests were strict, and they could indeed select monsters whose talent surpassed that of ordinary geniuses.
But Shrek Academy, an academy with none of the three essentials, simply lacked the resources and ability to nurture monsters.
Any monster who entered Shrek Academy would either be ruined by it or fade into mediocrity. Not one had ever risen to prominence.
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang put on the airs of an expert, grandly lecturing those children, passing judgment and gesturing about. With a few words, he belittled a child with decent talent until he was worthless.
Such verbal bullying was undoubtedly a tremendous psychological wound for a child.
Yet Yu Xiaogang greatly enjoyed the feeling. While belittling others, he also deliberately exalted Tang San, making Tang San feel superior to everyone else.
Tang San had always been arrogant and proud. Now that Yu Xiaogang praised him to the heavens, he became even more disdainful of others.
Tang Hao watched all of this from the shadows and saw nothing inappropriate about it. People of the Clear Sky Sect ought to possess such pride.
It was also at this moment that Tang Hao noticed Spirit Hall personnel heading toward Shrek Academy.
"Hmm? Spirit Hall people? What are they doing here? Could it be because of me? No, impossible. Spirit Hall has no reason to discover me."
Tang Hao did not act immediately. Instead, he remained hidden and observed carefully. If anything went wrong, he would take Tang San away at once.
Just then, a child at Li Yusong's station was rejected because his bone age exceeded the limit by a little. His parent refused to accept it and demanded the return of the 10 Gold Soul Coin registration fee.
Naturally, that was impossible. Li Yusong immediately displayed the strength of a six-ring Spirit Emperor, frightening off the parent who wanted the registration fee back.
"Shrek Academy? Hmph, you truly act without restraint!"
"Who is it? Who dares slander Shrek Academy? If you have the guts, come out!"
It was a rare occasion for Li Yusong to act so arrogantly, but he had ended up kicking an iron plate.
The crowd standing in line was pushed aside by Spirit Hall personnel. Golden Crocodile Douluo strode forward, and a single glance nearly scared Li Yusong into kneeling.
"Sp... Spirit Hall! You... what are you here for?"
The Bishop following behind Golden Crocodile Douluo spoke, "Shrek Academy, you used Spirit Hall's name to deceive others and tarnished Spirit Hall's reputation.
Today, not a single person from Shrek Academy will be allowed to run away."
Upon hearing this, the people nearby began discussing among themselves.
"So they really are swindlers. No wonder their admission requirements are so harsh, and they refuse to refund registration fees."
"Exactly, exactly. This place does not look like a proper academy at all."
"But I heard that a Spirit Hall Elder came from Shrek Academy. Was that false?"
"It must have been false. I went to ask at Spirit Hall, and that person only nodded without saying anything. Thinking about it now, something was clearly wrong."
"That man is obviously an important figure. He must have noticed something was off and brought people here to settle accounts with this fraudulent academy. This is truly satisfying."
Li Yusong inwardly groaned and cursed Flender several times.
"You were doing fine, so why did you have to drag Spirit Hall's banner into this? Well, look at this now. They came right to our door."
Just as Li Yusong was about to say something, Golden Crocodile Douluo suddenly shouted, "Everyone from Shrek Academy, get the hell out here for this old man!"
The roar exploded like rolling thunder. Li Yusong was instantly stunned by the shock and dropped to his knees.
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