Shao Xin Joins the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect

"Flender, tell me, is your academy legitimate? This academy of yours is a scam academy, isn't it? It's an unlicensed academy with none of the proper credentials! You're running an illegal fraud operation!"

The pressure released by Ning Fengzhi's Martial Soul was immensely oppressive. Combined with the Soul Power suppression released by Sword Bone Douluo, all the Shrek Soul Masters and Soul Sages were instantly subdued. The students were utterly dumbfounded and did not dare resist.

"Sect Master Ning, Shrek has always operated like this, and we really do have Spirit Hall's youngest elder, whose authority is second only to the Pope. Otherwise, Spirit Hall would have come long ago—"

Oscar still wanted to say something, but Sword Douluo's Soul Power quickly suppressed him.

Sword Douluo spoke.

"Are you out of your minds?! Spirit Hall elders are either sect masters of the Upper Three Sects or Titled Douluo. If your academy had such a young Titled Douluo, how could no one know about it? Why have we never heard that Shrek Academy produced Spirit Hall's youngest Titled Douluo elder? Flender, tell me now, what is the name of that youngest Titled Douluo elder?!"

Sword Douluo summoned his Martial Soul, the Seven Kill Sword, and held it directly against Flender's neck. If Flender dared lie, his head would be separated from his body.

"I fabricated it. There was never any such thing. We were running a scam, all to attract more geniuses to join us, serve Shrek, and make money for Shrek!"

Flender had to summon all his strength to say those words. Deep down, he had never wanted to admit it. He had done it purely to commit fraud, afraid that the matter would be exposed. If it were laid bare, the consequences for him would be severe.

Moreover, Flender understood that if Spirit Hall found out, they would at the very least send a Soul Douluo to deal with them.

"What?! Headmaster! You're joking at a time like this, right?!"

Dai Mubai could not believe it. He had always thought Shrek was a monster academy, that he himself was a genius worthy of joining such an academy. Yet the logic had been flawed from the very beginning. Everything had been wrong.

"Headmaster!" x2

Oscar and Ma Hongjun did not know what to say either. They had been dealt a heavy blow. They had always believed Shrek was an academy for monsters, only to learn that it was merely an unlicensed scam academy.

Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, as though it had nothing to do with her.

Zhao Wuji and the other Shrek Academy teachers did not know what to say either.

"Flender, are you sick in the head? If you wanted money, there were countless ways to earn it. You're a Soul Sage. If you joined any Soul Master faction, you would be elder-level personnel. Would you really have to worry about food and shelter?!"

Ning Fengzhi truly could not understand why Flender had done this. There were many ways to make money, yet Flender had chosen the worst and most dangerous one.

This kind of behavior could easily offend Spirit Hall.

If Spirit Hall became enraged, a single Soul Douluo would be enough to deal with them.

"I..." Flender was left speechless, because he understood that Ning Fengzhi was right.

"And you Shrek Academy teachers! Especially you, the food-system Soul Sage. Shao... Xin, right?"

"Yes."

"Food-system Soul Masters, especially food-system Soul Masters at your level of Soul Sage, are highly sought after by every major Soul Master faction and family, whether the Upper Three Sects or the Lower Four Sects. Whether you joined the Upper Three Sects, the Lower Four Sects, another Soul Master family, or even Spirit Hall, you could obtain a very high position, perhaps even better than Flender's. Why did you foolishly get mixed up with these people? What were you thinking, setting up this so-called Shrek Academy?!"

After Ning Fengzhi said this, Shao Xin was speechless upon hearing the sect master of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, ranked second among the Upper Three Sects, say such things.

That's right. I'm a food-system Soul Sage. Food-system Soul Masters are already highly sought after on the Douluo Continent, especially a food-system Soul Sage like me. Why did I follow Flender in running this academy that scammed commoner geniuses, this unlicensed scam academy? What benefit was there in it?!

Shao Xin found it strange that he had spent so many years following Flender and doing so many bizarre things, delaying his own future. Why had he been so foolish?!

"Sect Master Ning, I understand. I was wrong. I hope to turn over a new leaf, and I hope to join the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect!"

The moment Shao Xin said this, his old Shrek companions, including Flender, were all dumbfounded.

The Shrek students, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Bone Douluo were especially stunned.

"???" xN

"Of course you can." Once Ning Fengzhi recovered from his surprise, he immediately agreed. Food-system Soul Sages were inherently rare, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect needed to grow. Recruiting talented commoner Soul Masters was also an important step in strengthening the sect's combat power.

"Father, is it really all right to let him join?"

After hearing her father condemn Shrek Academy as worthless and expose it as a scam academy, Ning Rongrong had no favorable impression of any of Shrek Academy's teachers or students, including Flender, its headmaster. She could not understand why her father wanted to let someone from a scam academy join the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

In Ning Rongrong's eyes, Shao Xin was somewhat of an opportunist.

"Rongrong, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. We must give those who have made mistakes an opportunity to reform. Besides, he has not committed any grave wrongdoing, has he? He is only a food-system Soul Master."

"Oh." After hearing her father say that, Ning Rongrong said nothing further. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was not hers to decide for. Even if she disliked Shao Xin, her father's decision was important.

Ning Fengzhi did not care about morality in the Soul Master world, nor about right and wrong. He only wanted to develop the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, perhaps even make it the greatest power under heaven.

In Ning Fengzhi's eyes, Shao Xin was an exceptionally outstanding food-system Soul Sage. Shao Xin already possessed such talent, and if he had descendants in the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the sect could eventually gain a group of outstanding food-system Soul Masters at the Soul Emperor or Soul Sage level.