Huo Wu felt as though she had been struck by lightning. She froze on the spot, her mind buzzing.
She had clearly come only to enjoy the spectacle.
Yet after following the gossip to the end, she had somehow become part of it herself?
"What exactly did that Huo Wu do?"
Feng Xiaotian frowned deeply and looked at Shui Bing'er in confusion, his tone full of disbelief.
He truly could not understand how, with Huo Wu's temperament, she could have become involved in something so bizarre.
"During the Spirit Master Competition back then, Huo Wu lost to Tang San, and that unwillingness was practically carved into her bones."
"To defeat Tang San, she made a deal with Spirit Hall."
"Once the Spirit Master Competition ended, the Three Elements Academy would join Spirit Hall in exchange for allowing Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy to merge and compete together."
Shui Bing'er spoke very calmly, but her words were profoundly shocking.
"You're not joking?"
"Blazing Fire Academy couldn't beat Slime Academy?"
"Are you trying to make me laugh?"
"And I even wagered two families over something this absurd?"
"I'd have to be brain-dead to do something that stupid!"
Huo Wu's voice suddenly rose, her eyes filled with incredulous shock.
Even if she racked her brains, she could not imagine another version of herself making such an outrageous decision.
"Slime Academy?"
"The academy Tang San attended was called Shrek Academy, and it was truly the number one academy on the entire continent."
"At the time, Blazing Fire Academy had only three Soul Ancestor contestants, while Shrek Academy's entire team consisted of Soul Ancestors."
"I don't know what that Huo Wu was thinking, but that was the truth."
Shui Bing'er shook her head and corrected her solemnly.
"Although what you're saying sounds utterly ridiculous,