Inside a room at an inn in Heaven Dou City.
At the head of the group stood a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He was rather handsome, with glossy hair standing upright, and wore an exquisitely tailored moon-white soul master robe embroidered with silver-thread patterns.
Several youths of seventeen or eighteen surrounded him, dressed in the same moon-white soul master robes. On their left shoulders were blue-green circular emblems with the words "Canghui" embroidered inside.
"Teacher Ye, that Shrek Academy has really gone too far! After turning our teammates into idiots, they turned around and raked us over the coals, claiming our teammates suffered backlash from their own soul skill." A Canghui Academy student spoke in uncontrollable fury, his eyes bloodshot and his chest heaving. "Aren't they just relying on that Pope Token?"
"Why don't we sneak over tonight and slaughter everyone from their academy?"
"Without the Pope Token, who would give them any respect?"
"Exactly! Those bastards are just dogs swaggering behind their master's power."
Ye Zhiqiu paused at their words, helplessness showing in his eyes. "There's nothing I can do about this either. We can only return to the academy for now," he murmured.
No sooner had he finished speaking than his expression changed slightly. His gaze sharpened and turned toward the outside of the inn. "Something seems wrong outside," he said gravely.
Outside the inn.
"Get out here, you Canghui Academy trash! Weren't you shouting your heads off earlier today?" Tang San barked coldly and charged straight into the inn. Then, with a light sweep of his hand, his blue silver grass whipped sideways, flinging the bodies of the two Canghui Academy students from earlier onto the floor.
The screams of those two students had also alerted Ye Zhiqiu in his room. A