Ning Rongrong's words fell.
All of Shrek Academy abruptly fell silent.
"Ning Rongrong, you!"
Yu Xiaogang's face stiffened. His composure shattered, but he stubbornly argued:
"What do you know! The Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline is incomparably noble. The energy needed to awaken it fully is beyond imagination!"
"Xiao San's cultivation is still shallow. He can only cultivate in Blue Silver Grass form for now, using poison attributes and toughness-enhancing Soul Rings to build a solid foundation, accumulating strength before unleashing it!"
"Once he has enough Soul Power, he'll naturally evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor step by step!"
Ning Rongrong looked as though she had heard the biggest joke in the world and sneered:
"Oh, 'Grandmaster' Yu, you certainly changed your tune quickly! Weren't you just saying 'two negatives make a positive,' and that poison attributes were the right path for Blue Silver Grass?"
"Why has it suddenly become a temporary measure? So you're right no matter what, and anything you say is correct? You just keep spouting nonsense!"
Beside her, Zhu Zhuqing nodded slightly.
"I also think the 'Grandmaster's' theory has problems. If this continues, something could very well go wrong with Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul."
Hearing this, Tang San's gaze toward Yu Xiaogang changed again.
"Teacher, could what they're saying really be true?!"
If it was true, then...
Heaven itself could not tolerate it!
Yu Xiaogang had already given him cause to kill him!
Yu Xiaogang grew even more frantic and was just about to argue again.
But beside him, Flender's expression darkened first.
His eyes flickered as several thoughts flashed through his mind.
Tang Hao might still be watching from the shadows right now!
If he heard that his son had been taught incorrectly, he would certainly take his anger out on Xiaogang!
With that thought, Flender suddenly glared at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and barked:
"Enough! Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing! What do you two women know about Martial Soul cultivation?!"
"Who are you to casually criticize Grandmaster's theories? Do you really think a few glances at the Sky Screen have made you Martial Soul grandmasters?!"
Dai Mubai, who had long wanted to put Zhu Zhuqing in her place, immediately jumped out to agree:
"Exactly! Women are born to be accessories to us men. Just look pretty and be ornamental vases. You think you're qualified to discuss cultivation theories? You don't know shit!"
At these words, Ning Rongrong glared fiercely at him in fury.
Zhu Zhuqing went rigid, a sharp pain piercing her heart.
She had never imagined Dai Mubai would say something so vile!
But before either of them could speak.
Xiao Wu, who was also a woman, was instantly enraged.
She immediately stepped forward, planted one hand on her hip, and pointed at Dai Mubai with the other.
"Dai Mubai! What are you barking about! What gives you the right to call us women useless?!"
"Without us women carrying you for ten months and giving birth to you, did you stinking men spring out of cracks in the rocks?!"
Dai Mubai froze briefly, then sneered:
"Xiao Wu, what are you squawking about now?"
"Oh, I nearly forgot. You're a woman too! What, you want to stand up for them? You should weigh yourself first and see how much you're worth!"
Xiao Wu trembled with rage and was about to charge forward to argue.
Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang glanced at Tang San, the meaning in his eyes speaking for itself.
Tang San had always obeyed his teacher. He immediately understood and stopped her:
"Xiao Wu, don't speak!"
Xiao Wu abruptly froze in place and looked up at Tang San in disbelief.
Brother San... had actually snapped at her?!
Suddenly, images from the Sky Screen flashed through her mind.
Da Ming and Er Ming would become Tang San's Soul Rings in the future!
Combined with Tang San's attitude toward her now, a dreadful thought arose:
Could Tang San kill her if he discovered she was a Soul Beast? Then go after Da Ming and Er Ming too?!
Right!
Tang San's father was also a Titled Douluo!
If Tang San's father saw her, her identity would inevitably be exposed!
A chill shot from the soles of her feet to the crown of her head. Looking at Tang San, Xiao Wu felt as though a piece of her heart had been hollowed out.
Watching all this unfold, Ning Rongrong laughed in extreme anger:
"Yu Xiaogang has bet with me time and again. It's bad enough that he plays shameless when he loses, but you're actually speaking up for him?!"
Everyone froze and turned to Yu Xiaogang.
Flender's eyes shifted. He pushed up his glasses and smiled.
"A bet? What bet? Did that happen?"
As he spoke, he turned toward Zhao Wuji and the others, secretly giving them a meaningful look.
Zhao Wuji paused, then immediately put on a stern expression and shook his head.
"I don't recall that. I've never heard anything about a bet!"
Ma Hongjun hurriedly chimed in:
"Right, right, right! I never heard anything either. What bet? You're talking nonsense!"
Dai Mubai and the others also shook their heads, looking utterly unaware.
Flender was a swindler and a scoundrel to begin with; saying such things came as easily as driving a familiar road.
Watching them sing in chorus, Ning Rongrong felt her stomach churn.
She had already had enough of their teaching methods and Yu Xiaogang's self-righteousness.
Now these people had abandoned even the most basic shred of shame!
"Fine!"
Ning Rongrong spoke.
Flender and the others thought she had compromised and were about to rejoice.
But the next second.
"I, Ning Rongrong, have no reason to stay at this trash academy that breaks its word and can't tell right from wrong!"
Ning Rongrong held her head high and straightened her back, her clear, ringing voice carrying across the entire square:
"I, Ning Rongrong, officially withdraw from Shrek Academy today!"
The entire square abruptly fell so quiet that not a crow or sparrow could be heard. Everyone froze.
No one had expected Ning Rongrong to actually dare announce she was leaving the academy.
Before they could recover.
Zhu Zhuqing also took a step forward and declared firmly:
"I, Zhu Zhuqing, am also withdrawing from Shrek Academy!"
She had thoroughly seen these people's true faces and was utterly disappointed in Dai Mubai.
Remaining here would only waste her time and wear down her spirit.
With the Sky Screen now exposing one faction after another, why shouldn't she join another faction?
Find her own way forward!
Everyone grew even more astonished and turned toward Zhu Zhuqing.
Flender, who knew her background, looked particularly incredulous.
Dai Mubai was the first to react, instantly flying into a rage.
He abruptly strode in front of Zhu Zhuqing, pointed at her nose, and shouted:
"Zhu Zhuqing! What right do you have to say you're leaving? Don't forget your identity or the relationship between us!"
"Unless I, Dai Mubai, agree, don't even think about taking half a step out of Shrek!"
These words left everyone even more bewildered.
"Her identity? Their relationship?!"
Looking completely baffled, Ma Hongjun turned to Flender and asked:
"Dean, what relationship is there between Boss Dai and Zhu Zhuqing?!"
The others also turned to look.
At this point, Flender no longer concealed it:
"Think carefully about Dai Mubai's and Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Souls, then make the connection to the Star Luo Imperial Family yourselves!"
Hearing that, everyone instantly realized something.
"Holy shit! How did I not think of that before?!"
Although Ma Hongjun came from the lowest rungs of society, he was still a Soul Master. How could he fail to guess?
"Could Dai Mubai be a prince of the Star Luo Imperial Family? And Zhu Zhuqing is Dai Mubai's fiancée?!"
For a moment, everyone's gazes toward Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing changed.
After all, in the Star Luo Empire, that status placed them beneath one person and above countless millions!
Seeing this, Dai Mubai immediately grew smug:
"I originally wanted to get along with you as an ordinary person. But now that things have come to this, I'm done pretending!"
"I, Dai Mubai, am the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire!"
"And Zhu Zhuqing is my fiancée!"
Hearing him admit it himself, everyone present was even more shocked.
Their gazes toward Dai Mubai became even more respectful.
"Wow! Boss Dai!"
Ma Hongjun dropped to his knees and hugged his leg.
But before he could say anything, Ning Rongrong burst out laughing:
"Oh? Why would a distinguished prince of the Star Luo Empire turn up at some fly-by-night academy in the Heaven Dou Empire?!"
"As far as I know, competition between the Star Luo Empire's princes is fierce. Only princes who've been eliminated or are fleeing leave the Star Luo Empire!"
"If you really had any ability, why wouldn't you stay in the Star Luo Empire, beneath one person and above countless millions? Don't you want to? Or is it... that you're not capable?!"