I'm Savvy, Not Cowardly!

Qian Duoduo took three steps in two, striding forward with a look of confusion and bewilderment, his gaze darting back and forth between Da Ming and Er Ming.

"Gentlemen, gentlemen!"

He waved his hands to get the attention of Da Ming and Er Ming.

"Didn't we have an agreement? That this child was going to join our Shrek Academy?"

"How... how did you end up here instead?"

Everything had been practically finalized; he had even agreed to those outrageous housing demands. How could the cooked duck fly into someone else's pot in the blink of an eye?

And it had flown into this knock-off Shrek Academy that had appeared out of nowhere!

Hearing this, Er Ming stopped in his tracks and scratched his head in confusion, his rugged face etched with bewilderment.

He turned his head, nudged Da Ming with his elbow, and asked in a low voice:

"Big Brother, who is this guy?"

"Do we know him?"

Although the voice wasn't loud, everyone present was a Spirit Master with keen hearing, so the words drilled into Qian Duoduo's ears without missing a syllable.

"..."

Qian Duoduo's smile froze instantly on his face, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently.

This was awkward.

He was the dignified Vice Dean of the Spirit Tool Department at Shrek Academy, a Title Douluo-level powerhouse. While he might not be known to every single person on the Douluo Continent, he was certainly a person of status and reputation.

Not to mention, they had been face-to-face at the academy gates just a week ago!

It had only been a few days!

And they had already forgotten him?!

This was simply too insulting!

"Ahem..."

Qian Duoduo coughed twice awkwardly, forcibly suppressing his inner irritation as he struggled to squeeze out a friendly smile.

"I am Qian Duoduo."

"The Vice Dean of the Spirit Tool Department at Shrek Academy. We met before; I was at the admissions office at the time..."

"Oh—"

Er Ming dragged out the sound as if he had just realized, looked Qian Duoduo up and down, and then said indifferently:

"So it's you."

Having said that, he withdrew his gaze, his expression nonchalant, as if he couldn't care less.

"..."

Watching Er Ming's dismissive attitude, Qian Duoduo's facial muscles twitched, and a breath caught in his chest, unable to go up or down.

Standing to the side, Bei Bei and Tang Ya were so embarrassed that their toes were curling into the ground; they could have dug out a three-bedroom apartment.

With their own Vice Dean being ignored like this, they, as students, felt their faces burning with shame!

"Um..."

Qian Duoduo took a deep breath, trying to regain some ground and get to the bottom of the matter.

"Gentlemen, you still haven't answered my question."

"Why the sudden change of heart? Was our hospitality lacking in some way?"

Hearing this, Er Ming waved his hand impatiently, his brows knitting into a frown.

"No time, no time!"

"We're in a hurry to go find a house; we don't have the time to stand here and talk nonsense with you!"

The thought of house-hunting made Er Ming even more irritable.

They had been doing just fine in that godforsaken—no, that secluded place—the Clear Sky Sect, where there were no annoying humans other than Xiao Qi.

Ever since Martial Soul Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect ten thousand years ago, the original sect disciples had been mostly cleared out, and those who remained were timid and subservient.

Later, when Tang San handed the sect over to the two brothers to manage, they had carried out a thorough purge, driving away the rest of the people. The entire Clear Sky Sect was left with just the three of them, which was very peaceful.

But now, having to go to a place where a bunch of humans lived to find a house made Er Ming quite depressed; he was in no mood to chat with Qian Duoduo.

Seeing Er Ming treat him like air, Qian Duoduo's temper flared up.

Even a clay figurine has three parts of anger, let alone a dignified Title Douluo!

"Stop right there!"

Qian Duoduo lunged forward, blocking Er Ming's path, his face turning grim.

"Explain yourself!"

"It was clearly agreed that you would join our Shrek Academy. The paperwork was processed, and the terms were settled."

"Not only are you breaking the contract, but you've also run off to this knock-off academy, and you even have the audacity to treat me with this attitude."

"What exactly is the meaning of this?!"

A flash of ferocity crossed Er Ming's eyes as his path was blocked.

This old man, he really doesn't know when to quit, does he?

He was just about to blurt out, "Both academies are trash; we only came here to complete a mission," but he swallowed the words back down just as they reached his lips.

No.

That Cai Yue'er from earlier had quite a temper.

If she heard those words, or if they reached her ears, Xiao Qi's admission qualification would truly be ruined.

If Tang San were to blame him for that...

Er Ming shrank his neck, cursed his bad luck inwardly, and vented all his rage onto the oblivious Qian Duoduo standing before him.

He snorted coldly and said in a muffled, gruff voice:

"What's the meaning of this?"

"It means your academy is no good!"

"It's too trash! It's not worthy of our Xiao Qi!"

"BOOM!"

These words were like a spark falling into a powder keg, instantly igniting Qian Duoduo's fury.

The academy is no good?

Too trash?

Qian Duoduo's eyes widened until they were round, and his breathing became rapid.

What kind of preposterous nonsense is this! Their Shrek Academy is the number one academy on the Douluo Continent!

An academy with ten thousand years of heritage, renowned across the entire continent!

This is simply going too far!

"Say that again?!"

Qian Duoduo laughed in his extreme rage.

"Who did you say is no good?! Who did you call trash?!"

Although he had come to this new Shrek Academy on the instructions of Mu En, intending to have a friendly exchange with the people here, Er Ming was clearly not from this academy, and his words were so excessive that they made him incredibly angry.

"What? Didn't hear me clearly?"

Er Ming squinted at Qian Duoduo, his eyes filled with disdain.

"Then I'll say it again: your academy is just no good!"

Besides, that guy Tang San didn't even care much about that academy himself; after all, even Tang San hadn't passed down the complete Tang Sect techniques, leaving the current Tang Sect as good as destroyed.

Since that's the case, so what if I offend them? To hell with being afraid!

"Fine, fine, fine! Very good!"

Qian Duoduo was trembling with rage, and the powerful aura belonging to a Titled Douluo could no longer be suppressed, faintly erupting outward.

Seeing this, Bei Bei, standing to the side, inwardly cried out that things were going wrong.

This isn't how the plot is supposed to go!

What happened to Dean Qian being mature, steady, and unflappable?

Why is he already squaring up?

"Dean Qian! Calm down! Please, calm down!"

Just as Bei Bei moved to intervene, he saw Er Ming sneer and take a step forward.

"Want to trade blows?"

"Bring it on!"

"BOOM--!!!"

An aura even more violent and terrifying than Qian Duoduo's erupted instantly from Er Ming's body!

It was the terrifying pressure belonging to a level 98 Super Douluo!

Like Mount Tai crushing down, it instantly shattered Qian Duoduo's aura into pieces!

"What?!"

Qian Duoduo's expression changed drastically.

This aura... this is definitely not an ordinary Super Douluo!

However... he hadn't actually intended to fight; his soul power had only leaked out slightly, it hadn't fully erupted yet, right, right—the shrewd Qian Duoduo couldn't help but shrink back at this moment, having accidentally lost his head just now.

Just then, a cold and dignified voice drifted over from a distance.

"Private fighting is prohibited within Shrek Academy!"

Hearing this voice, Bei Bei couldn't help but think to himself that things were bad; the fight hadn't even started yet, so why were people already showing up? Fortunately, they hadn't actually traded blows, so it should be explainable, right? Hopefully?

Otherwise... Bei Bei really felt he would have failed Mu En. How could he bring one person along and have them cause trouble immediately? If he had known, he wouldn't have asked Qian Duoduo if he recognized Er Ming; he had brought this trouble upon himself!