Dare Not Cause Trouble is Mediocre Talent?

Led by Zhao Wuji, the Shrek group traveled for about two and a half days before finally arriving at a small town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Though called a small town, it was essentially nothing more than a crude outpost.

Lacking any real infrastructure, it consisted only of an inn, a general store, a courier agency, and a stable.

The inn served as a place for spirit masters arriving at the Star Dou Great Forest to eat, rest, and lodge.

The general store sold necessities such as insect repellent powder, dry rations, and drinking water.

The stable served as a transit point for incoming and outgoing carriages.

As for the courier agency, its business was quite varied.

Some spirit masters without companions would hire spirit masters from the agency to act as their escorts.

At the same time, the agency functioned as a den for fencing stolen goods; if a spirit master brought back precious or valuable items from the Star Dou Great Forest, they could sell them on the spot to the agency.

One could understand the courier agency as an auxiliary industry for the Grand Auction House, serving the function of collecting goods for auction.

Once the Shrek Academy group reached the town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhao Wuji first wandered around the perimeter of the forest alone to ensure it was safe before returning to the town.

It was already night by the time Zhao Wuji returned, so the group entered the inn, intending to have a lavish meal to see them off before their spirit hunting.

There were nine people in the Shrek party, so they occupied three tables.

Li Luo, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing sat at one table.

Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun sat at another.

Finally, Tang San and Zhao Wuji sat at the last table.

Dai Mubai had originally wanted to sit with Zhu Zhuqing, but he was ruthlessly rejected by her.

Oscar still harbored fantasies about Ning Rongrong, but she sat directly beside Li Luo, giving Oscar no opportunity at all.

Xiao Wu was quite enthusiastic, pulling Zhu Zhuqing over to sit at Li Luo's table.

Tang San had also wanted to sit with Li Luo, but that table was already full, so he had no choice but to squeeze in with Zhao Wuji.

Sitting at the same table as Tang San, Zhao Wuji felt somewhat awkward; after all, Tang Hao had beaten him severely not long ago, and Zhao Wuji had been looking for a chance to vent his anger on Tang San—specifically, by giving him extra training. Since Tang San was a student of Shrek and he was the teacher, the student-teacher relationship still existed, so he couldn't truly lay a heavy hand on him.

However, Tang San was unaware of this, so only Zhao Wuji felt the awkwardness.

"Whoo!"

A whistle rang out; it turned out that Ma Hongjun had seen a girl dining at the next table who looked quite attractive, and he was whistling to harass her.

But the people at the next table ignored Ma Hongjun, not even turning their heads to look.

Seeing no response, Ma Hongjun became even bolder, openly discussing her with Dai Mubai without any attempt at concealment.

"Boss Dai, did you see that girl? She's so hot!"

Dai Mubai followed Ma Hongjun's gaze and saw female students wearing academy uniforms, with four large characters printed on them: Canghui Academy.

These people were indeed students from Canghui Academy.

Because Ma Hongjun's words were unreserved and spoken loudly in front of everyone present, the Canghui Academy students at the next table naturally heard him and turned to look over.

Dai Mubai saw the Canghui Academy students opposite them all glaring at him.

He narrowed his eyes, scanned the group, and seeing their neat uniforms and relatively sharp state of mind, he spoke with disdainful provocation.

"A bunch of posers, what are you acting so high and mighty for! Some Canghui Academy, I don't even know what backwater hole this chicken-feather academy crawled out of."

Upholding Shrek Academy's outrageous school motto, "Those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre," Dai Mubai took the initiative to provoke Canghui Academy.

Even a clay figurine has a temper; the members of Canghui Academy, having been insulted for no reason, naturally wouldn't just take it lying down.

A male student carrying a large tray with a boiling hot pot on it walked toward Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's side.

As he neared Dai Mubai, he tilted his palm, the tray tipped, and the hot soup poured toward Dai Mubai.

But Dai Mubai pulled back and dodged the scalding pot base.

Following this, he lifted his leg and kicked the student directly in the abdomen.

The man suffered a heavy blow to his stomach and flew backward.

However, the hot pot he had been carrying slammed directly onto Dai Mubai's table, sending hot soup splashing everywhere, landing on the skin of Ma Hongjun and Oscar.

Ma Hongjun was, after all, a fire-attribute spirit master, so he had a high immunity to high temperatures; mere hot soup couldn't cause him any real harm.

But Oscar was different. The soup had been boiling—at least eighty or ninety degrees—and as it splashed directly onto his skin, Oscar immediately sprang up from his seat, jumping around and howling in pain.

"Ow, ow, ow! Ah!"

The commotion naturally drew the attention of the others, including Li Luo.

Li Luo merely glanced at them, choosing not to concern himself with the bad habits of the Shrek Academy inner circle.

Ning Rongrong didn't even look over; she picked up some food and fed it into Li Luo's mouth.

Xiao Wu, however, looked curiously at Dai Mubai's table; her combative nature made her eager to jump in and participate.

However, due to Li Luo's long-term guidance, Xiao Wu understood that this dispute was initiated by Dai Mubai, making him the party at fault. Therefore, she suppressed her urge to fight and sat calmly in her chair, choosing not to get involved.

Zhu Zhuqing stared at Dai Mubai with a look of disdain, considering such troublemaking behavior to be extremely foolish.

Tang San also looked toward Dai Mubai's side, feeling puzzled as to why he would take the initiative to provoke people from another academy.

At this moment, Zhao Wuji explained from the side.

"'Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre,' this is the motto of Shrek Academy."

Clearly, Zhao Wuji highly approved of Shrek Academy's motto; he had no objections to Dai Mubai provoking trouble and was even prepared to handle the aftermath at any time.

After all, when Zhao Wuji was young, he was a hell-raiser who had done his fair share of bad deeds in the world of Soul Masters; otherwise, the world wouldn't have given him the nickname "Immovable Vajra."

It was only after settling down as a teacher at Shrek Academy, combined with having made numerous enemies in the outside world, that he had reined himself in.

Upon hearing Zhao Wuji's explanation, Tang San's expression turned strange.

Under Li Luo's long-term guidance, although Tang San had not abandoned the ways of his past life in the Tang Sect, he had learned how to distinguish right from wrong. Moreover, he wasn't particularly close to Dai Mubai, so there was no need to get dragged into the trouble they had caused and end up covered in filth.

Seeing Dai Mubai acting so arrogant, having failed to provoke them and now daring to bully their classmate, the group from Canghui Academy gathered together and closed in on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

Just then, an untimely voice rang out.

"My Lords Soul Masters, if you must fight, please take it outside. This humble shop is a small business; it truly cannot withstand such a commotion."

The one who spoke was the waiter of the inn. If Dai Mubai and the others were to actually fight inside, not only would all the current diners leave, but the damage to the facilities alone would be a significant expense.

He dared not ask these Soul Masters for compensation, as the owner would surely pin the blame on him in the end.

This was the helplessness of ordinary people on the Douluo Continent.

Hearing this, Dai Mubai felt it beneath him to make things difficult for an ordinary person, so he took the initiative to walk out of the inn, casting a provocative glance back at the group from Canghui Academy as he did so.