Who Dares Harm My Shrek People!

But at that moment...

Zang Xin looked at Ye Xinglan with great interest.

The Stargod Sword?

Since she could enter Shrek Inner Academy...

It should be a top-tier sword-type Martial Soul.

Several thoughts passed through his mind...

An idea quietly took shape.

So, he spoke.

"I can let you join the Tang Sect and grant you the treatment of an inner disciple."

"However..."

"I want you to serve as Little Xin's sword attendant."

Of course, in truth...

He wanted to find Cao Xin someone.

After all, if she was raised at his side from childhood, they would know her background inside and out.

Her personality and values could also be cultivated in the direction they wanted.

Besides, just because she was not needed now...

Did not mean she would not be needed in the future.

Then, he glanced at Cao Xin and Ye Xinglan, quite pleased with his own arrangement.

"Second Dad!"

Cao Xin hurriedly said.

At that moment, he was extremely resistant to the idea as well.

What the hell was a sword attendant?

Did Second Dad really think he did not know what he was planning?

He was a transmigrator.

He had seen plenty of tropes like "childhood sweethearts" and "child brides" in his previous life.

He could see through Second Dad's scheme with his eyes closed.

Seriously, he was only seven years old.

Or was this a tradition of the Douluo Plane?

Raising them from childhood?

But that was not his thing!

His face was full of refusal as he repeatedly signaled to Zang Xin with his eyes.

Meanwhile, Ye Xinglan, who had initially felt somewhat embarrassed, changed expression when she heard Cao Xin's almost reflexive rejection.

Seeing the look of disgust on his face that plainly said "no, no," she could not help feeling a trace of grievance.

Was she, Ye Xinglan, really that bad?!

Perhaps unwilling to accept it, or perhaps driven by some other emotion, Ye Xinglan bit her lip.

Then, she looked at Zang Xin.

"I'm willing!"

She looked at Cao Xin again. Her face was slightly red, and those usually indifferent eyes now shone with stubbornness. For a moment, she seemed to lower them shyly.

But in the end, she still looked Cao Xin straight in the eye and seriously called out.

"Young Master."

Cao Xin sighed inwardly at that.

Tsunderes were outdated, all right?

Audiences these days preferred those who were straightforward.

Still, he said nothing more.

Since Second Dad had agreed, then so be it.

So, he took the first step forward.

Zang Xin looked at Ye Xinglan and gave her a gentle signal.

"Follow us."

Ye Xinglan nodded. After hesitating for a moment, she quickly followed Cao Xin and stopped roughly half a step behind him, as quiet as a shadow.

But then, an aged yet shrill voice rang out, as piercing as sandpaper scraping against glass.

"You killed a teacher of Shrek Academy and think you can simply walk away? Do you take this old woman for nonexistent?!"

As soon as the words fell.

A figure blocked their path.

She was a harsh-faced old woman dressed in a dark gray robe. Her silver hair was pulled into a tight bun, deep wrinkles carved across her face like knife marks, and her cloudy yet sharp eyes were fixed tightly on Zang Xin and Cao Xin.

At the same time, Xu Lizhi ran out from the nearby bushes, his face pale. Panic and urgency filled his expression as he panted and looked toward Ye Xinglan.

"Sister Xinglan, I brought Elder Cai! Hurry!"

"Come over here!"

There was almost a hopeful eagerness to claim credit in his eyes, as though he believed he had done the right thing.

Cao Xin understood at once.

So Xu Lizhi had run off midway...

To call for help.

A hint of amusement flashed through his eyes.

Interesting.

But Ye Xinglan's eyes revealed disgust. Her body tensed slightly as she moved another half-step closer to Cao Xin, almost instinctively pressing close to his side and making her stance of drawing a clear line from Xu Lizhi plain through her actions.

But upon seeing this...

Xu Lizhi's eyes instantly turned red.

He stared at Ye Xinglan standing beside Cao Xin, keeping her distance from him. The color rapidly drained from his face, and his lips trembled slightly.

Why!

Why!

Why was Sister Xinglan still unwilling to accept him?!

At that moment, grievance and unwillingness he could not understand surged within him.

He hurriedly looked toward Cai Yue'er at his side, pointed at Cao Xin and Zang Xin, and spoke in a tearful voice.

"Elder Cai, it was them!"

"They killed Teacher Wang!"

At that moment...

Cai Yue'er had also recovered from her shock.

Naturally, she knew Zang Xin.

The Tang Sect's vice sect master, Passionate Douluo Zang Xin.

No one in the circles of top experts was unaware of him.

They were even powerhouses of the same generation.

But Zang Xin's talent was greater.

He had now become a Quasi-God.

Yet she, once Shrek's proud daughter of heaven, was stuck at Rank 94...

She was not even a Super Douluo.

This fact instinctively gave her a subtle sense of imbalance whenever she faced Zang Xin.

Still, she did not understand why Zang Xin had attacked a teacher of Shrek.

Given Zang Xin's status and position, there was no need for him to attack a mere Inner Court teacher...

There had to be a reason behind it.

But regardless of the reason, the one who had died in Shrek Inner Academy was a teacher of her academy. That fact would not change.

Zang Xin's expression remained calm.

He knew Cai Yue'er as well.

One of Shrek Twin Moons.

She was known in the academy for being protective of her own and harsh.

But he had no favorable impression of Cai Yue'er.

After all, Cai Yue'er was far too good at stirring up trouble.

He had heard of more than just one or two of the messes she had caused within and outside Shrek over the years.

"You intend to stop me."

Zang Xin spoke in a calm, casual tone.

As soon as he said that.

Cai Yue'er's expression immediately turned cold.

She raised her chin slightly.

Ever since becoming an Elder of Shrek Academy, no one had dared speak to her in such a tone.

Soul Masters younger than her treated her with utmost respect.

Even powerhouses of her generation maintained surface politeness.

Even Yun Ming...

Spoke gently when he called her "Yue'er."

Thinking of how Yun Ming was also a Peak Quasi-God, Cai Yue'er felt even more confident.

She straightened her back, and a lofty arrogance entered her voice.

"Zang Xin, even if you are the Tang Sect's vice sect master, you must pay the price for killing one of Shrek's people."

She paused, seeming to choose her words, then continued with a magnanimity that sounded like a favor.

"But for Cao Dezhi's sake, I can be lenient."

"You only need to apologize."

As soon as she said that.

Even Cao Xin was somewhat shocked.

Though in the original work...

He had seen Cai Yue'er's personality before.

But that had all been directed at juniors.

For example, she had repeatedly made things difficult for and suppressed Tang Wulin, throwing her weight around by relying on her status as an Elder.

The one who liked targeting people of her own generation was Long Yeyue.

Long Yeyue, one of Shrek Twin Moons, was the one famous for her arrogance and domineering nature, picking fights with everyone she met.

Her feat of slapping the previous Spirit Pagoda master was still widely talked about among the continent's upper circles.

Now Cai Yue'er had gone beyond targeting juniors and directly aimed her spear at a Quasi-God.