Outrageously illogical

"Really, really!"

At this point, never mind selling Flender out-even if his own father were here, Zhao Wuji would show him no mercy.

"Then let's wait for him!"

Link really did want to see just how unbearable Flender's looks were, to make Liu Erlong prefer charging headlong down the road of incest over giving Flender another glance.

Link even had a bold guess.

Why had Yu Xiaogang become friends with Flender while traveling the continent?

Was it possible that Yu Xiaogang needed Flender as a foil for his own handsome looks?

After all, with a comparison, both beauty and ugliness would leave a deeper impression.

The commotion on the training grounds finally drew over the other teachers at Shrek Academy.

Li Yusong of the Dragon Pattern Staff!

Lu Qibin of Star Luo Chess!

Shao Xin of Sugar Bean!

Two Soul Emperors and one Soul Saint!

Li Yusong and Lu Qibin specialized in power attacks and control respectively, but after seeing Zhao Wuji effortlessly pinned down by Link, neither had any intention of fighting.

They definitely could not win this.

But simply watching the academy's vice dean, their old friend Zhao Wuji, get beaten up was rather more than their consciences could bear.

"Greetings, senior!"

Although Link looked only ten or so, they all believed that he merely looked young, and might actually be some old monster who had lived for ages.

Otherwise, how could a child possibly suppress a level seventy-six Soul Saint?

"I'm no senior!"

Link glanced at the three who had spoken.

"You're all the teachers at Shrek Academy, right?"

"Yes!"

The three answered in unison.

"Are those two all the students at your academy?"

"No, no, there's one more student. His Martial Soul is a little unusual!"

"He isn't back yet. He'll probably be back in a while!"

It really was a case of speaking of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arriving!

They had only just mentioned Ma Hongjun when he returned!

He was short and chubby, with a greasy face and a head of red hair. Everything about him gave off a sleazy air.

When the little fatty saw Zhu Zhuqing and the other two, his lecherous eyes instantly lit up, his eyeballs practically glued to Zhu Zhuqing.

"Pervert, die!"

Zhu Zhuqing activated her Martial Soul possession, her Soul Rings shone, and with her first Soul Skill, Hell Stab, she appeared beside Ma Hongjun in an instant. Phantom claws appeared over both her hands as she thrust them at him.

Ma Hongjun reacted quickly enough. The instant he dodged Zhu Zhuqing's attack, he activated his Martial Soul possession and Soul Rings, opening his mouth to unleash a Phoenix Fire Line at her.

But he was too late!

Netherworld Slash!

Zhu Zhuqing unleashed her third Soul Skill.

A crescent-shaped black shadow slashed toward Ma Hongjun.

Ma Hongjun was in danger!

Fortunately, Lu Qibin of Star Luo Chess intervened in time and saved Ma Hongjun.

"Young lady, please calm down!"

After saving Ma Hongjun, Lu Qibin hurriedly turned to Zhu Zhuqing. "This child didn't mean to disrespect you, miss. It's just that his Martial Soul is a little unusual. He can't control himself!"

Knowing they had run into an iron plate, Lu Qibin could only do his best to make excuses for Ma Hongjun.

Only then did Ma Hongjun notice that Zhao Wuji, known as the academy's great demon king, was lying on the ground with a bruised face and swollen nose. He had clearly been beaten up.

With so many people here, who could have beaten Zhao Wuji?

But regardless, Zhao Wuji had been beaten up, which left him with no grounds to act arrogant.

Dean Flender did say that a Soul Master who did not dare stir up trouble was a mediocrity, but there was an addendum: provoking a Soul Master stronger than yourself was courting death!

"Sorry, I really didn't mean it!"

Ma Hongjun apologized as well.

He was no idiot. How could he fail to see that their Shrek Academy had taken a fall this time?

Even if Flender was a little stronger than Zhao Wuji, the difference was limited.

If Flender could not fly after activating his Martial Soul possession, Zhao Wuji could thrash him completely. Now that even Flender had taken a fall, Dean Flender's return would be no use either.

What had Flender gone off to do?

No one knew!

But the most remarkable thing was that, although earning money should have been easy for high-ranking Soul Masters, Shrek Academy had always been poor.

On the surface, this was because Flender and the others did not bow to the rich and powerful, so they received no financial support from them. But who knew what the truth really was?

In the original work, Flender was stingy and calculating, yet he was also said to have a good head for business.

To Link, Flender's characterization was honestly a bit ridiculous.

He had a head for business, yet he had left Shrek Academy so poor that it even needed to swindle students out of their application fees to get by.

That was no longer being calculating. That was having rotten character.

As for Flender's head for business?

Using students as advertisements-if that counted as having a head for business, then the phrase "a head for business" was far too cheap!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect-that was what having a head for business looked like.

The wealthiest sect on the continent!

Link thought carefully about this so-called Shrek Academy and felt that it was purely a playground for the author's fantasies.

It had accepted forty-two students in twenty years, and only fourteen had actually graduated!

As for the other students, they had either died or been ruined.

Was that nurturing monsters?

That was tirelessly ruining people!

Moreover, Shrek Academy's admission requirements were extremely harsh. Every student was already a genius in their own right. Had they joined any other faction, even if they could not become Titled Douluos, they would at least have become Soul Saints or Soul Douluos.

But at Shrek Academy, they were ruined!

For all its great reputation, the only student Shrek Academy could show off was Qin Ming!

As for the others, they were never even mentioned.

If it really was that impressive, could Shrek's students possibly fail to give something back to the academy after leaving?

They had not!

Even Qin Ming had never given anything back to Shrek Academy.

Then came the most laughable part: because Heaven Dou Royal Academy had refused to accept the Shrek group, Qin Ming abandoned the superb treatment he enjoyed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and left with them.

Think about it. Really think about it!

Was that normal?

Even if the point was to highlight how good Shrek Academy was, there should at least have been some groundwork beforehand!

Previously, Qin Ming had given nothing back to Shrek Academy. Then, after running into them, he began singing its praises at every turn, even throwing away his future for Shrek Academy's so-called reputation and dignity.

It was utterly beyond the pale!

The wait dragged on.

Link was starting to think he might as well forget it and count Flender lucky. He could leave their reckoning for another time; the monk might run, but the temple could not.

Meanwhile, in the Chat Group, Liu Erlong was still speaking up, pleading on Flender's behalf.

After some thought, Link asked a question in the Chat Group.

Weak and Helpless Blue Silver Grass: "Liu Erlong, does Flender have any hobbies?"

What exactly had the dean of an academy gone to Suotuo City to do, instead of staying at his academy, that kept him out all night?

Liu Erlong: "I... don't know!"

If Link had not asked, Liu Erlong would never have realized that she knew nothing about Flender.

Although they had once traveled the continent as teammates in the Golden Iron Triangle, she really did seem to have paid little attention to Flender.