Mingdu, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, inside a quiet, elegant lounge.
"...And it ended just as you saw. Yun Ming finally relied on his strength to overturn the table, forcibly stopping the situation from escalating any further and taking them away," Leng Yaozhu explained, a trace of emotion and coldness surfacing in her phoenix eyes.
Since when had that prodigy of old developed a taste for such underhanded tricks?
"They're awful! They were the ones using shady methods in the first place!" Na'er angrily waved her little fists, her silver hair swaying with her movements. "Now the whole continent knows! Let's see what good students still want to apply to Shrek after this!"
Xu Qingjia shook his head gently. "A single scandal like this is nowhere near enough to truly shake, let alone topple, the illustrious reputation Shrek Academy has built over nearly twenty thousand years."
"Shrek has long since become more than just an academy. To many people, it is a faith, a banner of the Douluo Continent's Soul Master World, a state within a state with certain independent rules. Over twenty thousand years, more than one god has emerged from its gates. Its influence on this continent has been long-lasting and profound, especially in the eastern Federation. Ten thousand years ago, its standing even seemed to exceed that of the Three Great Empires of the time."
He continued his analysis, laying out the complexity of reality for his companions. "Shrek, the Tang Sect, the Spirit Pagoda, even the Federation itself-which top-tier power hasn't weathered scandals? The only differences are their scale and how they're handled. Shrek has caused an especially huge uproar this time. But as long as its strongest forces remain, it still possesses tremendous resilience and the ability to recover."
"Just take Shrek's admissions. If