"Who's calling my name? I shouldn't have exposed my identity, right? Nobody here should know I'm Ning Rongrong, the future sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, should they?!"
Ning Rongrong continued watching in secret, but the problem was that she couldn't find anyone speaking.
After what Li Yusong had just pulled, few people dared to step forward to register. They were all afraid they wouldn't get their money back. And after hearing him say that a Spirit Hall elder had been their student, they didn't dare say anything either, afraid Spirit Hall would come after them later.
After all, they had relied on Spirit Hall to awaken their martial souls. Spirit Hall's work in helping awaken martial souls allowed everyone on this continent to awaken theirs.
Neither of the Two Great Empires had helped ordinary people awaken their martial souls; Spirit Hall had helped them do it. So they didn't dare offend Spirit Hall either, or no one would be willing to help awaken their martial souls later.
Without Spirit Hall's help, awakening a martial soul cost money, just as it had in Douluo II. In Douluo II, it was precisely because Spirit Hall no longer existed that awakening a martial soul cost money. One Titled Douluo hadn't awakened his martial soul until he was eighteen. Only those who sold themselves to nobles or were nobles' slaves could receive noble funding to awaken their martial souls.
However, those nobles helped people awaken their martial souls on the condition that those people would sell themselves to the nobles in the future. Only Spirit Hall helped people awaken their martial souls for free.
So these ordinary families didn't dare step forward, and even some families with a little backing began to hesitate.
So it was obvious that none of them were speaking.
As Ning Rongrong continued observing, that voice appeared again.
"What a joke. Saying that Spirit Hall's youngest elder was a Shrek graduate. I actually believed that joke in my previous life, but that elder never appeared in my previous life. They never helped us at all.
"To put it plainly, this is a lie deliberately fabricated to swindle money from people at the bottom. Besides, if Shrek really had such an impressive graduate, would it still have no sponsors? Would it still be stuck in this village?"
"This village's resources are this lousy, and even the dormitories are awful. If conditions like these could produce Spirit Hall's youngest elder, that really would be something else."
"If I weren't here to unite with the others from Shrek again so we can resist Spirit Hall when the time comes, I wouldn't have come. To put it plainly, it's a scam. The academy only obtained good resources later because Flender and the others went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy hoping to merge with it, only to be unexpectedly stopped by that fellow, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo. The reason was Prince Xue Xing of the Heaven Dou Empire."
"Later, we went to Blue Tyrant Academy, the academy Liu Erlong founded. Then Liu Erlong simply gave the academy to Flender. Only afterward did we obtain good resources, and only then could we participate in the Soul Master Tournament. Shrek Academy originally wasn't even qualified to participate in the Soul Master Tournament. It wasn't even a proper academy at all, just a fly-by-night academy with none of the required credentials."
After hearing these voices, although Ning Rongrong didn't know who was speaking, she really wanted to leave. If Shrek Academy really was like this, she ought to leave at once. But hearing this voice mention a previous life made her curious about who was speaking and whether she could hear more information. Perhaps it would help her.
"Still, the greater reason I came to this academy was the hope of interacting with Ning Rongrong, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"After all, obtaining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support is very important. I need buyers for my hidden weapons. Only with people willing to buy my hidden weapons can I make money. Besides, Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was willing to pay five million gold soul coins for them. That was also why I was willing to provide them."
"Although it's very dangerous for hidden weapons to spread across the continent, I can just demand their return after I become a god. They'll already have used them anyway, so that counts as a blessing I bestowed upon them." Tang San's voice was cold and sinister, and Ning Rongrong grew angry as soon as she heard it.
Was that even something a human would say? Make our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the suckers? Who would agree to that?!
Ning Rongrong wasn't yet that fool who put Shrek above everything, willingly obeyed Tang San, and willingly played the sucker. She was still that little princess, so naturally she couldn't possibly help an outsider swindle the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, her own sect.
What Ning Rongrong wanted to do most now was find the owner of this inner voice, then pry more information out of his mouth. Obtaining information about hidden weapons and the like would work too. Then she would let him taste what the ten great tortures were.
You actually dare make our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the suckers? You're quite something!
Although I don't know who you are or what you know, you're finished now. As soon as I find out who you are, you're in for it!
Ning Rongrong then began paying attention to whose voice it was.
Soon, it was Tang San and Tai Tan's turn. After listening in secret, Ning Rongrong was certain it was Tang San as soon as he spoke.
"Here are ten gold soul coins," Tang San said, then revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
"To think a trash martial soul like Blue Silver Grass could actually be cultivated to Soul Grandmaster level. That's quite impressive, but..." Li Yusong wanted to refuse him, but a single look from Tai Tan frightened him. After all, their strength alone made it clear that he was no match for Tai Tan, but in his view, Flender should be able to stand against Tai Tan.
This Soul Douluo is very powerful. I'm no match for him. I can only call that old fellow Flender over. But the problem is that I can't act recklessly now. And if I push this Soul Douluo too far, the consequences could be very serious. With a Soul Douluo parent coming to register, he clearly has powerful backing. It wouldn't be good to truly offend him...
He really was beginning to feel afraid.
Seeing Li Yusong act this way, Ning Rongrong also understood that Tang San had been telling the truth. This academy bullied the weak and feared the strong. It was a fraudulent academy.
This fellow wasn't lying. Since he wants to join this academy, I'll play along with him and see just what secrets he's hiding. Let me dig them out properly.
And you actually dare make our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the suckers, do you? Very good. I'll make you the sucker too.
Ning Rongrong then walked over. When Tang San saw Ning Rongrong, he understood that she was here to register too. After all, he had seen her in his previous life.
"I'm here to register too." After speaking, Ning Rongrong directly revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Does your family know you've come here?"
"Don't worry. My family knows."
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