Identity Exposed, Ulterior Motives

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Not long after Bai Ye displayed his four Soul Rings—purple, purple, black, black—the people assigned to protect Ning Rongrong hurried back to the sect and reported everything they knew about him.

"What? Someone became a Soul Ancestor at twelve?"

"And his four Soul Rings are purple, purple, black, black?"

The instant Ning Fengzhi received the information, he was dumbfounded. Deep down, he simply could not believe that such a person existed.

A twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor was already absurd enough, but those Soul Rings were even more outrageous.

His first reaction was to question the accuracy of the report. His second was to suspect that the person was merely pretending to be twelve.

But even so, a Millennium First Ring and a Ten Thousand Year Third Ring could not be faked.

That alone was enough to warrant a personal visit.

It would have been one thing if he had never received this information, but now that he had, how could he possibly remain still?

How could a genius like this not be recruited?

"What is it, Fengzhi?" Sword-Bone Douluo beside him asked in confusion. "Does it have something to do with Rongrong?"

Ning Fengzhi told the two of them what he had learned.

Even Sword-Bone Douluo, with all their vast experience, was stunned.

"Fengzhi, we must recruit this boy into the sect!" Sword Douluo said. "Even if he is not twelve, he is still worth it."

"Yes, Fengzhi. If he truly is twelve, then we should recruit him even more," Bone Douluo said excitedly.

Naturally, Ning Fengzhi understood. Without saying more, he left Bone Douluo behind to guard the sect and immediately set out for Shrek with Sword Douluo.

"Fengzhi, if you cannot recruit him, then kill him!" Before they left, Bone Douluo made a point of reminding him. If such a person could not be used by them, then he had to be eliminated.

At the same time, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Poison Douluo also returned to Shrek. At a glance, they could tell that Xiao Wu was not human.

She was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

The three were wildly excited, their desire to hunt her reaching its peak. But once they saw that Xiao Wu was connected to Bai Ye, they immediately calmed down.

"Do not act rashly!" Chrysanthemum Douluo said. "Xiao Ye does not know yet. There is no need to rush. She cannot escape our grasp anyway."

Poison Douluo nodded. "Young Master Ye should indeed be told the truth. Otherwise, acting without warning may upset him, and besides..."

Poison Douluo said that although they all coveted a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and Soul Ring, such things should be left for Bai Ye.

After all, Bai Ye had absorbed a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his fourth ring. He could absolutely try absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his fifth.

"Then it is settled." Chrysanthemum Douluo made the decision, though their gazes remained burning.

But they understood even more clearly that strengthening Bai Ye was far more valuable than strengthening themselves, because they had all experienced firsthand just how absurd his support soul skills were.

They had beaten the Clear Sky Douluo into a stray dog!

"Who did this?!" Flender was furious, then fixed his gaze on Zhao Wuji.

"You finally came. If you had come any later, you might never have seen me again in this life." The aggrieved Yu Xiaogang immediately complained about the villain Zhao Wuji the moment he saw Flender, embellishing the story considerably.

Flender was both enraged and furious upon hearing this, but before he could question anyone—

Zhao Wuji, unable to listen any longer, shouted, "Bullshit! It was nothing like what he said! If you do not believe me, ask these children!"

But Flender did not care about that. All he knew was that one corner of the Golden Iron Triangle had been severely beaten.

"Apologize! Apologize to Xiaogang!" Flender's face darkened as he stared at Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji froze. "What did you say? You want me to apologize to him? You believe him but not me?"

Flender's expression shifted. How could he not know that Yu Xiaogang had embellished things just now? But he could not back down at this point, because Zhao Wuji had indeed acted improperly.

"Apologize!" Flender repeated. He roughly understood the whole story, but he still had to stand up for Yu Xiaogang.

The problem was that Zhao Wuji did not think he had done anything wrong.

"Flender, if you had to choose, what would you choose?"

"You need to understand what kind of strength this child beside me possesses. A twelve-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor, with purple, purple, black, black Soul Rings!"

Flender was stunned upon hearing that. Only now did he learn about Bai Ye's situation.

"This child called Tang San has a grudge against him. If it were you, would you still let him join?"

"I do not know what relationship this so-called master has with you, but think carefully about it yourself."

After saying that, Zhao Wuji snorted coldly and left.

Flender looked at Bai Ye, the shock in his eyes obvious. He truly could not blame Zhao Wuji, because Zhao Wuji had acted for the academy's future.

"Flender, he cannot join Shrek!" Yu Xiaogang suddenly said.

Flender turned toward him, his face filled with confusion.

"He is from Spirit Hall," Yu Xiaogang said, word by word.

"Although I do not know why he came here, his intentions definitely are not pure." Yu Xiaogang looked as though he understood everything.

In truth, what he understood was that he was framing Bai Ye. Someone like Bai Ye traveling at this age was surely out gaining experience.

Flender stood there thinking. He did not know whether Yu Xiaogang had embellished the story again.

But in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, Flender was clearly hesitating. That meant there was a chance, so he added more fuel to the fire.

"Flender, I came today to join Shrek and help you. Tang San is my disciple, so naturally he must join as well. To be honest..."

At this point, Yu Xiaogang lowered his voice so that only Flender could hear. "Tang San has Twin Martial Souls. His other martial soul is the Clear Sky Hammer! Not only is he my disciple, he is also the Clear Sky Douluo's biological son!"

The sheer amount of information left Flender rooted to the spot, unable to react for a long while.

After recovering, his face was full of conflict.

He wanted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, but he also did not want to give up on a monster among monsters.

"Xiaogang, do I have to choose one side? Can you not both join?"

"No! His intentions are not pure!"

Hearing that, Bai Ye could not help speaking up. "Bullshit! Your intentions are the ones that are not pure! Just because I am from Spirit Hall means my intentions are not pure? What about you? Do you think I do not know your identity?"

"Yu Xiaogang, of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, born with half-rank Soul Power..."

Bai Ye laid out Yu Xiaogang's background in detail. Yu Xiaogang's expression kept changing as he listened, because those were the scars in his heart.

"Besides, do you dare say you are not one of Spirit Hall's people? You are an honorary elder of Spirit Hall!"

In an instant, everyone was dumbfounded.

Tang San was stunned because he had never known that his teacher possessed such an identity or so many experiences.

Flender was stunned because he truly had not known Yu Xiaogang was an honorary elder of Spirit Hall. He only knew that Yu Xiaogang had been involved with the Pope, and he could not help doubting Yu Xiaogang's motives for coming here.

A good brother had not contacted you for decades, then suddenly appeared one day saying he wanted to help you. Who would not overthink that?

As for Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, they had never expected Yu Xiaogang to have such an astonishing background.

"Yu Xiaogang, what else do you have to say?" Bai Ye stared at Yu Xiaogang, whose swollen face was as pale as a pig's.

Yu Xiaogang was utterly aggrieved and had no idea how to refute him. Overcome with rage, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Teacher!"

"Xiaogang!"

Flender and Tang San felt somewhat distressed.

But Bai Ye was not finished.

He pointed at Ning Rongrong and said, "She is from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Does that mean her intentions are not pure for joining Shrek too? After all, she is from one of the upper three sects, and she is also the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sect master..."

Ning Rongrong initially did not react much. She was out gaining experience; she could go anywhere. It was not as though she had to remain at Shrek.

But after hearing the last sentence, her expression changed drastically.

"How did you know?" The moment she said that, she effectively confirmed that Bai Ye was telling the truth.

"I liked reading at Spirit Hall, including intelligence reports. There are only a few little girls with the surname Ning in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Combined with your bearing, it was naturally easy to identify you. Am I right, Little Demoness Ning?"

With her identity exposed and all her secrets laid bare, Ning Rongrong bared her teeth at Bai Ye, but that was all she did.

After all, she could not bring herself to hate that face of his.

"And him, Dai Mubai." Bai Ye pointed at Dai Mubai, who had been watching the show.

Dai Mubai said, "What does this have to do with me?"

"As the third prince of the Star Luo Empire, you ran to the Heaven Dou Empire to join Shrek. Are your intentions not pure either?"

Then Bai Ye pointed at Zhu Zhuqing and said, "Her—the second young lady of the Star Luo Empire's Zhu Family—has a marriage engagement with Dai Mubai. She traveled thousands of miles to come here. Are her intentions not pure as well?"

Bai Ye's three questions plunged the scene into dead silence.

No one had expected everyone's identities to be so extraordinary.

Flender, in particular, could not recover from the shock.

My heavens, did all these young masters and young ladies come here as a group to gain experience?