Misfortune Strikes, Word Reaches the Clear Sky Sect

Yan Shaozhe had never imagined that one day, he would end up like this.

His Martial Soul was shattered, and his cultivation was gone.

Worst of all, he had been accused of harming Mu En. That was something he could never accept.

For Shrek Academy, he would have given everything, including his life.

How could he bear such an accusation?

If he had truly done anything to betray Shrek Academy or Mu En, he could have accepted the consequences.

But he had done nothing.

Yan Shaozhe's heart burned with anger and resentment.

Yet what could he do?

He was crippled and stripped of his authority.

Even if he wanted revenge on Huang Jinxu, he had no way to take it.

Not long ago, Mu En had come to see him and spoken at length.

In essence, Mu En had told him that this ordeal was not necessarily a bad thing. If he could recognize his own shortcomings, Mu En would use the Golden Tree's power to restore his Martial Soul and heal his injuries.

He had shortcomings?

What shortcomings?

Yan Shaozhe had never thought there was anything wrong with him.

Apart from being somewhat fickle in love when he was young, what fault did he have? He was utterly loyal to Shrek Academy and had always worked for its ten-thousand-year glory.

After that, Mu En had said no more and left.

Yan Shaozhe desperately wanted revenge on Huang Jinxu, but he knew he could do nothing in his current state.

Only by lying low and waiting for an opportunity could he utterly ruin Huang Jinxu's reputation.

"Dean, Dean..."

Du Weilun found Yan Shaozhe and called him Dean out of habit.

Now, that title was like a knife driven straight into Yan Shaozhe's heart.

"Weilun, I'm no longer the Dean..."

Yan Shaozhe tried to suppress his emotions and maintain his old composure before his former subordinate. But saying it aloud proved too much for him.

His body went rigid, and his fists clenched on their own.

Whether by coincidence or sheer bad luck, before Yan Shaozhe could finish speaking, the bed beneath him collapsed with a crash.

An instant later, agonized screams burst from his mouth.

"Yan Shaozhe! What happened?"

Hearing his screams, Cai Mei'er rushed over at once. She found Yan Shaozhe in a wretched state, injured all over again by the collapse of his bed.

She hurried to take him to Elder Zhuang for treatment.

As luck would have it, Elder Zhuang had exhausted himself treating Mu En the day before and was still meditating to recover.

Having seen what happened when Huang Jinxu's seclusion was interrupted, Cai Mei'er did not dare disturb Elder Zhuang's meditation.

Yan Shaozhe would have to suffer a while longer.

Du Weilun, meanwhile, was utterly bewildered.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What happened?

How had the Dean become a cripple and lost his position in just a few days?

And how am I supposed to handle this?

Du Weilun's head throbbed. The matter involved the Clear Sky Sect; it was far beyond someone in his position to resolve.

While Du Weilun searched for a way to deal with it, Wang Dong was wandering around Shrek City with Xiao Xiao.

Given her background, it hardly mattered whether she studied at Shrek Academy.

If not for the strange feeling that she had to stay at Shrek Academy, she would have left long ago and returned to the Clear Sky Sect.

Wang Dong did not much care what happened to her, but she felt terrible that Xiao Xiao had been expelled because of her.

"Don't worry, Xiao Xiao. I won't let the academy expel you."

"If they really do expel you, you can come to my home. It's every bit as good as Shrek Academy."

In truth, Xiao Xiao was still deeply uneasy.

Though born into nobility, she came from a family in decline. Her relatives had hoped she would catch the attention of Shrek Academy's higher-ups and receive better training.

What would happen if her family found out she had been expelled?

Wang Dong's reassurance and promise finally put her somewhat at ease.

Besides, children's worries came quickly and faded just as fast.

Soon, the two were strolling through Shrek City.

They spent the next two or three days doing just that.

During those days, Du Weilun tried to find another academy leader and report the matter. Strangely, he could usually find one or two of them with ease simply by entering the inner academy, but these past few days, he could never catch anyone.

Each time he learned where someone was and hurried over to report, one thing or another delayed him.

As a result, three days had passed, and the higher-ups still did not know that the academy had expelled a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect.

Three days passed without any response from the Clear Sky Sect, and Zhou Yi's unease gradually faded.

Director Du was right. Though Wang Dong came from the Clear Sky Sect, her surname meant she could not be a direct descendant. The sect would not fall out with Shrek Academy over her.

For Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, those three days flew by. At first, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves; neither had ever felt so free.

But as time went on, Xiao Xiao grew increasingly anxious.

Even Wang Dong began to feel uneasy.

"Wang Dong, do you think the academy really expelled us?"

Xiao Xiao was frightened as she asked.

"Don't worry. I'll contact First Dad and Second Dad."

At this point, Wang Dong was not sure how to solve the problem either.

When children did not know what to do, the simplest solution was to turn to their parents.

Wang Dong found a shop tucked away in a remote corner of Shrek City. First Dad had said he thought it was run by people from the Clear Sky Sect. If she ran into trouble while at school, they could contact the sect for her.

She went inside, showed them her Martial Soul, and explained why she had come.

The person in charge flew into a rage.

"Shrek Academy has gone too far! I'll contact the First Sect Master and the Second Sect Master at once."

If he had not been merely a Soul Douluo who could not afford to provoke Shrek Academy, he would have grabbed his Clear Sky Hammer and gone to demand an explanation then and there. After all, chances to earn favor with those two were rare.

Wang Dong had now informed the Clear Sky Sect. On Huo Yuhao's end, everything continued steadily.

He encountered no astonishing opportunities, nor did any misfortune befall him.

If anything had changed, it was that he had made a new friend at school: Ning Tian.

After realizing that Huo Yuhao's identity might not be so simple, Ning Tian had asked people from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Merchant Guild to investigate him.

When she learned that Huo Yuhao was Heavenly Fiend Douluo's disciple, Ning Tian made up her mind to win him over. Even if she could not, she would at least build a good relationship with him.