"Besides, all these years, Shrek Academy has made it our duty to slay Evil Soul Masters and preserve peace on the Douluo Continent.
"Who knows how many Evil Soul Masters bear a grudge against us? Now that the tide has turned against us, they might well emerge without any scruples and come after Shrek Academy."
Yan Shaozhe spoke with deep concern.
"There probably aren't any particularly powerful people among the Evil Soul Masters, are there...?"
"That's where you're wrong. If they didn't have powerful people, how would they dare set a trap for Xuan Zi? Besides, many years ago, I met a woman..." As Yan Shaozhe continued, his voice trailed away.
He recalled the woman named Feng Ling. Even all those years ago, her cultivation had been close to his.
Several more decades had passed since then. Even among Titled Douluos, she surely couldn't be considered weak, could she?
"Dean, what are you saying?"
Yan Shaozhe's voice grew quieter and quieter until it was almost inaudible. Even straining his ears, Du Weilun couldn't make it out.
"Ahem, ahem. Ask what you should, but whatever you shouldn't ask, don't ask."
Yan Shaozhe's aging face reddened, and he gave a few light coughs.
Back then, he and Feng Ling had shared an ill-fated romance.
But the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
After all, his reputation at the Academy was already less than stellar.
A homewrecker?
A man who seduced a woman only to abandon her?
As the Dean, he could hardly afford labels like those.
Du Weilun hadn't made it this far by being a fool. With Yan Shaozhe having dropped such a clear hint, could he keep digging down to the roots?
Of course not.
"Dean, if the Evil Soul Masters really do come, what should we do?"