"Cough, cough."
Qin Qi had been drinking tea when he heard Flender's name. Startled, he choked on a mouthful and coughed several times.
"Who did you say beat you, besides Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang?"
Still somewhat unsure, Qin Qi asked again.
"Flender, a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. They call themselves the Golden Iron Triangle."
The disciple's expression grew even more aggrieved. Being beaten by Liu Erlong was one thing.
Although Liu Erlong was only from an outside branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, at least they shared the same bloodline.
But who the hell was that Flender? What right did he have to beat him?!
Never in his life had he suffered such humiliation!
"Little Luo Mian, do you know this Flender?"
Yu Yuanzhen frowned and tried to recall the name Flender.
But he could not remember who that was at all. Before Flender had made a name for himself, Yu Yuanzhen had already become the clan leader.
He had never paid any attention to a small fry like Flender.
"You could say that."
"Didn't I used to live in Suotuo City? That Flender was the headmaster of a place called Shrek Academy near the city."
"But later, Suotuo City's Law Enforcement Team discovered that he had ties to the Star Luo Empire. He might be a spy for them."
"The city lord led people to arrest him, but Flender escaped. Who would have thought he was hiding in Blue Tyrant Academy?"
There was a note of wistfulness in Qin Qi's voice. Perhaps this world had nothing as overbearing as the Fate Gu.
Yet the unseen workings of fortune still pushed Liu Erlong and the other two toward their reunion.
The workings of fortune were a mystery within a mystery. It really was hard to say.
"A spy