If the Sun Moon Empire exchange student were to win it fair and square in the end, then even if Shrek ultimately won the competition, there would be no pride in it.
It truly embodied that saying perfectly: winning felt even worse than losing.
At this thought, everyone felt somewhat bitter. After all, they understood that they were no match for him either. Could they only watch helplessly as he took away the soul bone that should have belonged to them?
Hearing this question, the smile on Yan Shaozhe's face gradually faded, and his expression turned complicated.
In truth, he understood the ownership of this soul bone better than anyone.
According to Mu En's arrangements, this fire-attributed Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone had originally been intended as a gift from the academy to that prince from the Sun Moon Empire.
Even the soul bone's attribute had been carefully selected based on the characteristics of the other party's martial soul.
Yet even now, Yan Shaozhe still could not understand it.
Why had his teacher done this?
Could it really have been solely to thank the other party for helping Ma Xiaotao resolve her Evil Fire problem?
But if that were truly the case, they could simply have given it to him in private, expressing the academy's gratitude in its name.
Why did they have to use the midterm assessment to let him defeat Shrek students all the way through, then openly take the champion's reward in the end?
Wouldn't that, in the eyes of outsiders, be the same as Shrek voluntarily placing its dignity beneath someone else's feet and allowing its glory to be trampled upon?
Whenever he thought of this, Yan Shaozhe could not help feeling unwilling to accept it.
Still, he ultimately did not voice these thoughts.
"Don't worry."