Half a month later, in the Education Committee's conference hall at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
The atmosphere in the hall was so heavy it was almost suffocating.
The three committee members-Zhi Lin, Bai Baoshan, and Meng Shenji-all wore hostile expressions as they looked across the room.
Seated opposite them was Prince Xue Xing, his bearing arrogant.
Prince Xue Xing held a teacup, adopting the posture of an interrogator.
Xue Beng stood beside him with his hands in his pockets, his eyes wandering everywhere as he deliberately played the frivolous wastrel to the hilt.
Nearby stood Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and the others, looking distinctly ill at ease, along with the seven Shrek students, including Tang San.
"This is one of the pillars of our Shrek Academy, Teacher Zhao, Zhao Wuji. He is a level seventy-six Power Attack System Battle Soul Saint, and his strength..."
"Hmph."
Before Flender could finish the introduction, Prince Xue Xing set down his teacup and interrupted, "A Soul Saint? Does Heaven Dou Royal Academy lack Soul Saints?"
"You can grab Soul Saints by the handful among the commanders of the armed forces. Which of them doesn't have more legitimate credentials than an unorthodox nobody like you?"
As he spoke, he turned his gaze toward the three committee members and continued with a smile that never reached his eyes.
"Chief Meng Shenji, Committee Member Bai, Committee Member Zhi, I am certainly not making things difficult on purpose. I am thinking of the academy's reputation and the empire's dignity! You should understand the academy's rules better than I do!"
"An academy team of unknown origins and unclear background, which has even lost its permanent campus and is suspected of having offended a mysterious, powerful enemy..."
"And on nothing more than the guarantees of a few of you,