Xue Xing Leaves, the Main Story Begins

Meng Shenji took several deep breaths before barely steadying his emotions. Turning to Xue Xing, he said, "Your Highness, I will report this matter to His Majesty exactly as it happened!"

"You should know that everyone from Shrek Academy passed our assessment. By procedure, they are already members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy! If Your Highness insists on driving them away, you will be causing Heaven Dou Royal Academy to lose talented individuals!"

Xue Xing's face twitched at those words. Meng Shenji had invoked His Majesty, which made this matter difficult to handle. After all, he was only a prince, not the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire.

If this truly reached His Majesty, his reasons for preventing talented people from entering the academy would be enough to land him in serious trouble! He could hardly shamelessly say that these people had slapped Xue Beng, so he, as a prince, wanted to use his power to drive them away, could he?

Would that not be telling the entire world that the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family was petty and narrow-minded?

Dugu Bo, who had been standing behind Xue Xing all this time, finally spoke. His voice was not loud, yet it suppressed everyone present.

"Enough. This matter ends here."

Dugu Bo glanced at Xue Xing. "I came today to repay a favor, not to listen to people argue."

"You asked this old man to come and lend you support, and I came. But whether they stay or leave is their own business. If you insist on using power to oppress others, fine! But this favor has been repaid. Do not come looking for this old man again in the future!"

Xue Xing, who had been thrilled when Dugu Bo stepped forward, froze completely. He had not expected Dugu Bo to