What Is Your Choice?

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"This Shrek Academy would do something so petty? Honestly... I don't even know what to say!"

Ning Fengzhi shook his head as he watched.

He had nothing but contempt for what Shrek Academy had done.

He even wondered how an academy that wantonly expelled students without refunding their tuition could become the highest institution a thousand years later.

Spirit Hall.

Both Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, along with the other Spirit Hall leaders, were shocked and bewildered after watching the footage on the Heavenly Curtain.

Why?

Innate Soul Power of level six didn't make someone a top-tier genius, but it still made him a promising student.

Why would a boy with that much Soul Power have to rely on his parents working themselves to the bone to earn his tuition after awakening his Martial Soul?

Didn't Spirit Hall provide subsidies to every Soul Master?

If the student didn't attend an advanced academy or buy expensive medicinal ingredients, the subsidies Spirit Hall distributed could even bring his family some extra income.

There was no need for his parents to work themselves to death to pay his tuition. And tuition? What was that?

What had happened over the next ten thousand years?

Qian Daoliu and the other Enshrined exchanged bewildered looks.

"Golden Crocodile, go investigate the places under Spirit Hall's jurisdiction. See if anyone has been secretly lining their own pockets and pocketing the subsidies that should've been distributed."

"Then go find Bibi Dong. I want to ask her if she was the one who abolished these subsidies."

Qian Daoliu's mind raced. In the end, he could only come up with two possibilities.

Either, ten thousand years later, members of Spirit Hall's local branches had been lining their own pockets and embezzling the subsidies meant for Soul Masters.

Or Bibi Dong—or perhaps a later pope—had abolished the subsidies.

On the other side, Bibi Dong was just as bewildered.

She had risen from humble beginnings and been discovered by Spirit Hall. Before that incident happened, she had always been grateful to Spirit Hall.

There was no way she would abolish a policy that had helped her so much.

Could it have been her daughter, Qian Renxue?

Compared with Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago, the continent ten thousand years later was truly a remarkable place.

Shrek Academy.

Watching the footage on the Heavenly Curtain, Mu Jin—Zhou Yi's sworn enemy—felt no satisfaction at all at seeing her get what she deserved.

Instead, she felt a deep sense of sorrow and pain.

Seeing what had happened to the person in the footage reminded her of her younger brother, whom Zhou Yi had expelled.

Just because Mu Jin and Zhou Yi didn't get along, Zhou Yi had constantly targeted her brother, then expelled him under some made-up school rule.

And compared with the person in the footage, her brother had been lucky.

He still had her, his older sister and a teacher at Shrek Academy. At least he hadn't been left homeless, spending his nights huddled in a corner after his expulsion.

Zhou Yi, you really have no heart!

Before long, tears were streaming down Mu Jin's face.

At that moment, Zhou Yi stood in stark contrast to Mu Jin, not far away.

She had seen what would happen soon.

No, what the Heavenly Curtain showed was something that had happened countless times before.

As the person responsible, Zhou Yi felt not the slightest remorse.

Anger, resentment, and hatred flooded her heart.

She clenched her teeth, trembling all over.

No matter what, the student had broken the rules. What had she done wrong by expelling him?

She refused to accept it! She refused!

Why had the Heavenly Curtain shown this?

She was about to be evaluated for a senior professional title. Now that this had happened, her promotion would surely be put on hold.

Damn it! Damn this Heavenly Curtain! Damn Xiaoqiang!

Why? Why? Why?

Why would fate treat her this way? Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!

She couldn't accept it!

A beast seemed to roar furiously inside Zhou Yi.

Nearby, Yan Shaozhe had watched the entire thing unfold. His face darkened, and he instinctively looked toward Zhou Yi.

But when he saw that she still showed no remorse, his face darkened from livid to black. Fury filled his heart.

Yan Shaozhe wanted nothing more than to slap her right then and there.

"Zhou Yi, what on earth have you done?"

"Now I finally understand how you've managed to get such high graduation rates all these years. Was it all by expelling students?"

The pressure of a Titled Douluo bore down on Zhou Yi.

Her face went deathly pale, and her bones creaked.

At last, Zhou Yi understood what it felt like to be one of the students she had threatened.

She was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor and a teacher, yet she had actually threatened to cripple a student's Martial Soul if they dared cross her.

Could someone like that really be fit to teach?

Just as Zhou Yi was about to give way, a man's urgent voice rang out.

"D-Dean Yan, please calm down. I'll apologize on Zhou Yi's behalf."

"But let the academy discuss what punishment Zhou Yi should face before making a decision."

When everyone turned to look, they saw that the newcomer was Zhou Yi's husband—and the shield that had let her get away with anything at Shrek.

When Yan Shaozhe saw Fan Yu arrive, his reason returned. He took a deep breath and restrained his anger.

The pressure weighing on Zhou Yi eased almost against his will.

When Zhou Yi saw Fan Yu arrive, she immediately felt much more at ease.

With Fan Yu there, the academy surely wouldn't punish her.

Meanwhile, the footage on the Heavenly Curtain continued.

"On the first day of school at Shrek, you were expelled, despite your whole family having pinned their hopes on you. With nowhere else to turn, you went home."

"When your mother learned that Shrek had expelled you, she didn't blame you. Instead, she comforted you."

"But you clearly saw that her eyes were red, and the tears on her face hadn't even dried!"

"After you were expelled, your tuition wasn't refunded. You still wanted to cultivate, so your parents worked even harder to earn money."

"Although you never joined Shrek, you kept raising your Soul Power through hard work. Once again, you left home to train."

"While training, you pushed yourself as if you didn't care whether you lived or died. You relentlessly honed your body and pushed your Martial Soul to its limits. Then, after finishing your training, you returned home once more."

"It was as if fate had played a cruel joke on you. Your mother lay on her bed, barely clinging to life, and your father's grave stood at the edge of the fields."

"You panicked. You wanted to save your mother, but there was nothing you could do. All you could do was watch her die."

"In the end, you buried your parents together."

"Afterward, your neighbor told you the truth."

"After Shrek Academy expelled you, your mother worked harder and harder to earn your tuition. She had less and less time to rest, until she fell ill from exhaustion."

"Your father had gone deep into the Soul Beast Forest to gather medicinal ingredients for your cultivation. He was killed by a Soul Beast."

"Your mother was dead. Your father was dead."

"All of this could have been avoided. But because of Zhou Yi, the people you loved most were dead."

Suddenly, the Heavenly Curtain went dark.

Two choices appeared on the screen.