The Sun Moon Team had arrived in the Star Luo Empire, and their appearance immediately drew plenty of attention.
The teams from the various academies did not even bother hiding their hostility toward them.
In their eyes, the Millennium-Old Continental War was entirely the Sun Moon Empire's fault. Without that war, the people of the Douluo Continent would never have suffered.
These people's understanding of soul tools was no different from Shrek's. They treated them as crooked side paths, useless things that harmed soul masters!
The Sun Moon Team naturally chose to ignore their stares. Someone complained aloud, "Why are they still looking at us the exact same way after all these years? I really don't know what they're being so precious about. If they look down on soul tools so much, why are they learning to use them?"
He made no effort to lower his voice, speaking loudly enough for every one of them to hear.
Lin Rui yawned and offered his verdict. "Double standards. When we use them, they're crooked side paths. When they use them, it's learning and progress."
During his stay at the Body Sect a few years earlier, he had truly seen all kinds of people. Plenty of soul masters who claimed they would never use soul tools enjoyed using them more than anyone in private.
Ever since the Fanrui Chamber of Commerce began giving away soul tools for free, their antics had become downright outrageous. They claimed to disdain them, then secretly pretended to be commoners to collect them.
Those words pierced the pride-loving students' hearts like a sharp blade. They immediately looked over in displeasure, their hostile gazes all landing on Lin Rui, who was eating a chicken drumstick.
Lin Rui did not indulge their hostility and shot straight back, "I wasn't wrong.