Looking at the stack of accumulated withdrawal applications, Xuan Zi felt like his head had grown twice as large.
He rubbed his round belly, feeling that he had worried himself skinny by several pounds over this matter.
"Withdrawal... this precedent must never be set." Xuan Zi said angrily, "Shrek is not a place people can come and go as they please. Tell those who want to withdraw that they may do so, but they must repay the Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and cultivation resources Shrek gave them."
With a single order from Xuan Zi, the number of students seeking withdrawal fell.
Cultivation resources could be repaid, but how were they supposed to return their Soul Rings and Soul Bones? If they did, they would be crippled.
Helpless, they could only grit their teeth and endure until they finished their education.
After blocking this wave of withdrawals, Shrek gained another nickname: Shrek Skin-Peeler. It meant that once you entered this academy, getting out with only a layer of skin stripped off would be considered lucky.
Sun Moon Empire, Spirit Hall
Xu Tianran reported the progress of recent work to Qian Xunyi.
"Godfather, under the Sun Moon Empire's powerful propaganda offensive, Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult have been completely tied together. In the past, under the propaganda of the three continental nations, the Sun Moon Empire was portrayed as some dreadful monster. Now, the Empire has become a beacon that the citizens of all three nations yearn for."
Qian Xunyi sat upon the Pope's throne and nodded in satisfaction.
This offensive was nearly impossible to counter unless Tang San, Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and the rest descended like a Deus ex Machina.
But Ah Yin and Tang Hao were his people, while Tang San was tightly watched by Destruction God