10 Blue Tyrant Academy (Part Five) (Revised)

Ye Qingcang's words had struck hard—very hard.

They were practically slapping the Shrek group across the face.

But the information contained in his words was unprecedentedly weighty as well.

The Shrek group all wore different expressions and cried out in shock.

"Your mother is Er Long?" Yu Xiaogang and Flender asked in unison. Their expressions made the answer clear. Yu Xiaogang's question held shock mixed with a trace of resentment, while Flender's contained shock mixed with nostalgia.

Compared to Yu Xiaogang and Flender, the Shrek Seven Devils, whom Ye Qingcang had just evaluated, had far less patience. Apart from Xiao Wu, the Little Rabbit who dared not bristle; Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who remained silent and neither praised nor condemned him; and Oscar, who had been singled out for praise and was awkwardly looking at the brothers who had been scolded—his sense of loyalty made him want to deny Ye Qingcang's praise. Yet after thinking it over, he could not find anything to deny.

Ye Qingcang had spoken the truth. How could he deny it?

Besides, Ye Qingcang had not tried to sow discord.

Setting everything else aside, Ma Hongjun's problems alone were something even one of their own had to admit Ye Qingcang had gotten right. How could Oscar deny that?

However, people with problems would never accept such truths.

Those who could accept them had done so long ago.

They would have corrected themselves long ago as well.

Those who could not accept them would never accept them.

The truth would only anger them instead.

Just like now, when they were all shouting over one another.

"You don't even have a Phoenix Martial Soul..." Ma Hongjun deliberately put on an unconcerned expression, but his answer still exposed his guilt. "It's easy to talk when you're standing aside. Anyone can do that. Do you know how agonizing an Evil Fire Outburst is? Have you ever experienced it?"

"Fatty's right..." Dai Mubai cracked his knuckles and sneered. "All I see is a clown making wild claims here, saying we're no good. Who do you think you are? You're the only capable one, huh?"

Compared with those two, Tang San was on a much higher level. Although he was angry too, he did not directly lash out at Ye Qingcang. Instead, he assumed a lofty attitude. Though he had already issued this person a sentence of "deserving death" in his heart, he still said, "Brother, you may have misunderstood me. I never knew that my father was Hao Tian Douluo, because there are too many people in this world with the same name. My father was not someone who blindly protected his son, nor was he someone who protected his son without regard for the facts. Everything I, Tang San, have achieved today came from my own relentless efforts. I have never relied on my father's shelter to bully others."

However, when Tang San's lofty attitude was compared with Ye Qingcang's, the emptiness beneath Tang San's facade became obvious.

Tang San's lofty attitude was one of argument and lecturing.

Ye Qingcang's lofty attitude was: Say whatever you want. I'll treat it as wind passing my ears.

I've already treated you all as air.

Whatever you say is just air.

Qian Renxue could not interfere with Ye Qingcang's evaluation of the Shrek group, but if they refuted or mocked him, she had something to say!

Besides, Ye Qingcang already regarded her as a friend. As his friend, how could she truly sit back and do nothing?

She casually placed a Chess Piece down and suspended the game.

She coughed to indicate that she wanted to speak, but when she saw that the Shrek group was still chattering, her brows furrowed and her gaze gradually turned unfriendly.

Fortunately, Flender noticed.

He hurriedly barked out two reprimands.

That finally made Ma Hongjun, who had been shouting the loudest, shut his mouth.

The moment Ma Hongjun fell silent, Dai Mubai realized what was happening too.

He quickly closed his mouth as well.

The carriage instantly quieted.

The sudden contrast was jarring.

Seeing this, Qian Renxue magnanimously chose not to pursue their responsibility. As for whether she had sentenced them to death in her heart, perhaps only she knew. Facing the Shrek group's gazes, she added a belated introduction:

"Allow me to introduce someone."

"This is Ye Qingcang, my friend."

"He is the number one on Blue Tyrant Academy's Heaven Ranking, and he is also the son of the Blue Tyrant Academy Dean."

"Blue Tyrant Academy is indeed just as he described. It only recruits Commoner Soul Masters."

"The admission age limit is twelve to eighteen."

"There are twelve semesters, for a total of six years."

"Among all the Advanced Soul Master Academies on the continent, Blue Tyrant Academy has the lowest Soul Power requirement for admission. If you apply at twelve, you only need to possess level-ten Soul Power. The requirement increases by five levels each year. In other words, applicants at thirteen need level-fifteen Soul Power, while those at fourteen need level-twenty Soul Power. This continues until the age of eighteen, when the requirement is level-forty Soul Power. Anyone over eighteen will not be admitted. If they still wish to enter Blue Tyrant Academy, they can only do so through recruitment."

"Blue Tyrant Academy has more than seven thousand students. Over three thousand have already graduated, while more than four thousand are still studying there. In addition, it has more than one thousand teachers and over three thousand non-teaching staff. It has seventeen branch academies throughout the Heaven Dou Empire, but only the main academy in Heaven Dou City is an Advanced Soul Master Academy. All the others are Intermediate Soul Master Academies. It is the largest academy in the entire Heaven Dou Empire."

"The main academy of Blue Tyrant Academy is also the largest Advanced Soul Master Academy on the continent in terms of area. Its campus in Heaven Dou City covers more than eight thousand hectares, including five thousand hectares of forest and roughly three thousand hectares of buildings. It occupies nearly one three-hundredth of Heaven Dou City's total area."

"Blue Tyrant Academy has a Heaven Ranking, an Earth Ranking, and a Human Ranking."

"There are fifty places on each ranking."

"They determine status and benefits according to strength."

"The age limit for the Human Ranking is twelve to fourteen. For the Earth Ranking, it is twelve to sixteen. For the Heaven Ranking, it is twelve to eighteen. If you have the strength, you can reach the top of the Heaven Ranking at twelve, just like the person beside me, Brother Ye Qingcang."

"He is only fifteen this year."

"Yet he has already occupied the top spot on the Heaven Ranking for three years."

"The special admission rule I mentioned earlier is a permitted back door for geniuses whose identities and backgrounds do not meet the requirements, but who are unwilling to give up their status and still wish to enter Blue Tyrant Academy. Defeat any one of the fifty students on the Heaven Ranking, and you will gain the qualification to enter Blue Tyrant Academy without having to abandon your identity."

"Blue Tyrant Academy is an academy where the strong are respected."

"If you are strong, then whatever you say is reasonable."

"Whatever rules you establish become ironclad law."

"If you are weak, then obediently focus on developing yourself."

"So, the person beside me, Brother Ye Qingcang, is number one on Blue Tyrant Academy's Heaven Ranking. In an academy that judges superiority by strength, he is the strongest student. He truly has the right to refuse your admission, and he even has the right to alter the academy's rules—unless you can find a student stronger than him and make him lose his position at the top of the Heaven Ranking."

Qian Renxue's concise introduction left the Shrek group enlightened.

Put simply, the capable rose while the mediocre fell.

Ye Qingcang was Blue Tyrant Academy's strongest student.

Therefore, no student dared disobey his words.

"What if we defeat him?" Dai Mubai sneered. "Does that mean we can expel him from Blue Tyrant Academy?"

The atmosphere inside the carriage grew tense again.

Qin Ming seemed to have thought of something. His expression as he looked at Ye Qingcang gradually turned terrified. He turned toward the ignorant Dai Mubai and was just about to tell him to take back his words when Ye Qingcang picked up where Dai Mubai had left off.

"Of course..." Ye Qingcang glanced back. His black pupils were as deep as black holes. Under Qin Ming's despairing gaze, he gave the Shrek group an even more precise answer. "If you can defeat me, you can certainly expel me from Blue Tyrant Academy. You can even send someone to kill me after expelling me, and there would be no problem. The prerequisite is that you can defeat me—that you are stronger than me!"