Shrek's Arrogance

Whether it was for that soul bone or the divine seat, he felt he should find an opportunity to get in touch with Wang Xian'er.

"What is our next mission target?"

Setting aside his thoughts, Ning Que looked at Ye Guyi, who was leaning against him, and asked.

"A member of the Dou Ling Empire's royal family is suspected of using Evil Soul Master methods to transform their Swan martial soul into a Blood Swan!"

Seeing this mission, Ye Guyi frowned tightly.

It was not a matter of difficulty. As an outside force, interfering in the private affairs of another nation's royal family was truly somewhat improper.

"No need to think about it. Yan Shaozhe must have arranged this mission specifically."

"Did he try to recruit you again recently and get rejected?"

Ning Que merely glanced at the mission and saw straight through the crux of it.

"A-Que, how can someone as petty as him possess a top-tier martial soul like the Bright Phoenix?"

Ye Guyi truly could not understand how a level-95 Super Douluo with a Bright Phoenix martial soul, and the dean of Shrek Academy's Martial Soul Department, could be so absurdly human.

When recruiting her did not work, he used his influence to pressure her. When he found that even his influence could not move her, he resorted to underhanded tricks elsewhere, making things difficult for her.

"It doesn't matter. Since he is exploiting the rules, I can only carry on Shrek's motto: those who dare not cause trouble are mediocrities!"

A sharp glint appeared in Ning Que's eyes as he spoke.

He then took out the uniforms of Shrek's inner-court students and Inspectorate members, put on a mask, and equipped a Soul Tool that concealed their presence.

Today, in the name of Shrek Academy, he would thoroughly put into practice the motto that those who dared not cause trouble were mediocrities.

Seeing Ning Que's actions, Ye Guyi's eyes immediately lit up.

They had known and understood each other for years. There was no need to mention their tacit understanding; with a single action, she knew what A-Que intended to do.

The two of them then dressed the same way and directly used flight-type Soul Tools, flying wantonly above the imperial city with no regard for the dignity or laws of a nation's royal family.

"Shrek Inspectorate on official business! All unrelated persons, clear the way at once!"

"Have your emperor come see us! If you delay Shrek's important business, your Dou Ling Empire cannot bear the consequences!"

The moment the imperial city guards approached, Ning Que spoke in a deep voice and berated them.

His tone was filled with arrogance and aloofness.

He had come to make trouble today.

Though the Heaven Dou royal family had a level-97 Title Douluo behind them, so what?

They were core disciples of Shrek's inner court. They were members of the Inspectorate, bearing Shrek's glory. The Douluo Three Kingdoms could not afford to provoke them.

As for secret assassinations, the two hidden Title Douluo behind them were enough to make others wary, unable to gauge their strength, and unwilling to act rashly.

"Outrageous!"

Within the palace, the old emperor of the Dou Ling Empire, Xue Yao, flew into a rage the instant he learned of the matter.

What was Shrek trying to do?

They were acting so recklessly, ignoring the dignity of the royal family and clearly treating the Dou Ling Empire as nothing.

Most importantly, those who had come were merely students of Shrek Academy.

"Your Majesty, Title Douluo are secretly protecting those two!"

An aged voice sounded by Xue Yao's ear, instantly calming his fury.

Two students had gone out on a mission, yet Shrek Academy had dispatched two Title Douluo. This was enough to show how much importance they placed on them.

"Could these two both be successors to Shrek's elders?"

As this thought surfaced in his mind, Xue Yao knew that he had no choice but to endure today's humiliation.

Shrek Academy was not an entity they could afford to provoke.

"Your Excellency Tian Yang, how have the nobles and commoners in the imperial city reacted to the actions of those two from Shrek Academy?"

Xue Yao did not immediately arrange for someone to receive Ning Que and Ye Guyi. Instead, he asked the Dou Ling Empire's consecrated expert about everyone else's reaction to the matter.

"The nobles of the imperial city are gloating and would love to see the royal family lose face. Among the commoners, most blindly revere Shrek. Some even believe that the royal family must have done something wrong to draw Shrek Academy's righteous judgment."

After hesitating for a moment, Tian Yang Douluo still spoke of the situation he knew.

"Has it already decayed to this extent?"

Xue Yao let out a long sigh. He truly felt profound exhaustion.

The Dou Ling Empire's situation was even worse than he had imagined.

The nobles fought for power and profit, with people constantly seeking to overthrow imperial authority. Among the commoners, there was even less sense of belonging to this nation.

"Have those two from Shrek Academy... forget it. I will personally receive them!"

Xue Yao could only drag his weary body out to receive them.

"This is the information our Shrek Academy uncovered. Please bring the prince involved here, Your Majesty, so we may verify the situation."

Even while facing an emperor, Ning Que maintained his arrogant posture. He held his head high, utterly disregarding the so-called royal family.

He could clearly sense that the nearby guards and onlookers were all flushed with anger, breathing heavily as bulls. It seemed that the moment the emperor gave the order, they would tear the two of them apart.

"Beast! That beast actually dared cultivate Evil Soul Master methods."

"Someone, bring the Sixth Prince here at once!"

Xue Yao glanced at the so-called evidence gathered by Shrek, then put on an extremely furious expression.

There were many things he wanted to say. He even wanted to turn hostile on the spot, or at least say something to preserve the royal family's dignity. But after thinking it over, would that truly be of any use?

It would be better to continue pretending to be meek and submissive, letting the world and the other nobles think this emperor was easy to bully.

It could not be helped. The Dou Ling Empire differed from other empires. The royal family's inherited martial soul was the Swan, which possessed no combat power whatsoever. They simply could not afford to stand tall.

The guards went to carry out the order, and the atmosphere fell into silence.

Ning Que acted as though they were not worthy of getting familiar with him. Even before an emperor, he paid the man no heed whatsoever, still keeping his mask on.

Fortunately, the oppressive atmosphere did not last long.

Before long, the Sixth Prince, Xue Yang, was brought over.

"Fa... Father Emperor, what did I do wrong...?"

Seeing such a scene, Xue Yang immediately grew nervous.

Although his martial soul had inherited the royal family's Swan martial soul, it had mutated—and toward an inferior form.

It had changed from a healing-type Swan into the low-grade Red Feather Goose martial soul.

Not only had it lost its healing ability, it also possessed little offensive power. Combined with its poor quality and low Innate Soul Power, even with the royal family's resources supporting him, he would never become a Soul King in this lifetime.

"Father Emperor does not know what you did wrong either."

"But Shrek Academy says you are in the wrong. They say you colluded with Evil Soul Masters. Should you not give them an explanation?"

After saying this, Xue Yao turned and looked coldly at Ning Que and Ye Guyi.