I wasn't here to reason, but to back them up!

The meal cost over twenty Gold Soul Coins in total, with Ma Hongjun alone devouring ten Gold Soul Coins' worth of food.

Now, the mere sight of Ma Hongjun made Lu Qian's anger boil over!

After eating, the three girls discussed it and decided to stroll around the town. Ma Hongjun's eyes darted, and he talked Oscar and Tang San into following them out.

Lu Qian felt a little lazy, however, so he went straight back to his room to rest.

But just as Lu Qian opened the window and looked into the distance, he suddenly discovered that several people had blocked the path of Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others.

Their leader was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. He was fairly handsome, his hair combed until it gleamed, and his moon-white Soul Master robe was exquisitely made, embroidered with silver-thread patterns that shimmered as he moved.

Behind the middle-aged man stood seven young people, six men and one woman, all looking around twenty. They wore the same moon-white Soul Master robes as he did, but without his silver-thread embroidery.

Yet both the middle-aged leader and the seven youths behind him had a blue-green ring insignia on the left shoulder of their robes. Inside the ring were two small characters embroidered in the same color: Canghui!

Seeing those two characters, Lu Qian suddenly remembered that these people should be teachers and students from Canghui Academy.

And if they had come here, their purpose should be the same as his group's: entering the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Soul Rings.

But picking a fight at a time like this probably meant they thought these Shrek students were easy targets.

Their teacher was not even with them. In fact, these people from Canghui Academy probably did not even consider these Soul Masters from Shrek Academy students, since they did not even have uniforms.

After all, for a Soul Master academy to be as poor as Shrek Academy really was poverty taken to the extreme.

"Lu Qian, go out and take a look."

Suddenly, Zhao Wuji's voice sounded beside Lu Qian's ear.

"Yes!"

Lu Qian naturally could not transmit his voice, so he could only answer loudly before vaulting straight out of the second-floor window.

Landing swiftly on the ground, Lu Qian swayed only slightly before steadying himself and quickly walking toward the two groups, who had already begun arguing.

Flender had once said that a Soul Master who dared not stir up trouble was not a good Soul Master. As the saying went, those who dared not stir up trouble were mediocrities.

Although the opposing side surpassed Tang San and the others in both numbers and strength, Shrek Academy's students had clearly embraced the principle that those who dared not stir up trouble were mediocrities. They showed no fear whatsoever of Canghui Academy.

Just as the two sides stood with swords drawn and bows bent, Lu Qian arrived and asked Ma Hongjun:

"Brother Ma, what happened?"

"Nothing. My hands just got itchy, and I felt like fighting."

"You're lying! You clearly made an offensive remark about my junior schoolmate!"

A male student from Canghui Academy immediately retorted.

Ma Hongjun's face instantly reddened, but instead of scolding him as usual, Lu Qian asked:

"Which girl?"

"This one."

Following the direction of Ma Hongjun's finger, he saw the only girl from Canghui Academy. She did indeed have a good figure.

"What did you say?"

This time, Lu Qian's eyes practically took root on the girl.

"I just said this chick was pretty."

After saying that, Ma Hongjun looked at Lu Qian a little awkwardly, only to discover that Lu Qian was not merely staring fixedly at that chick.

He even voiced his wholehearted agreement:

"Mm, she is!"

Never mind Canghui Academy's people-even the girls on Shrek Academy's side could barely stand watching this.

"What are you here for?!"

The teacher from Canghui Academy demanded sharply of Lu Qian.

He had thought someone had come to reason with them, only to find that it was another hooligan!

But Lu Qian soon gave him his answer.

"Me? Of course I'm not here to reason. I'm here to back them up!"

Lu Qian's expression turned stern as he continued:

"A mere Canghui Academy dares act so insolently toward our Shrek Academy?"

Lu Qian's words instantly enraged all eight people opposite him. Their teacher spoke with utter disdain:

"Shrek Academy? Sorry, I really haven't heard of it. And a mere Soul Elder like you thinks he can back them up? How laughable!"

In the end, he even spoke straight into Lu Qian's face:

"Don't tell me you're the teacher leading their group!"

Ye Zhiqiu, director of Canghui Academy's external affairs department, Soul King rank, Martial Soul: Black Tortoise.

Lu Qian ran through Ye Zhiqiu's information in his mind, then said with a cold laugh:

"I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. I'm just a student who recently enrolled at Shrek Academy. Also, I want to fight all seven of them."

Lu Qian pointed straight at the seven students behind Ye Zhiqiu, his attitude outrageously arrogant!

Ye Zhiqiu stared wide-eyed at Lu Qian as though looking at an idiot. The seven students behind him were instantly enraged by Lu Qian, all rubbing their fists and flexing their hands, eager to teach him a lesson.

"Do you dare?"

Lu Qian provoked them again.

Ye Zhiqiu looked at Lu Qian with utter disdain and said coldly:

"Hmph, a Soul Elder like you isn't worthy of having all my students fight together. In that case, let's make it seven against seven! Student!"

Ye Zhiqiu deliberately emphasized "student." Clearly, he did not believe that Lu Qian, a Soul Elder, could really be a student.

Looking again at those students who did not even have uniforms, Ye Zhiqiu naturally intended to teach Shrek Academy a lesson!

"None of you make a move."

Lu Qian turned and spoke to the others.

Then he turned back and beckoned to the girl from Canghui Academy with one finger, his provocation unmistakable.

How could these seven Canghui Academy students endure that? They all activated their Martial Souls, preparing to give Lu Qian a thorough beating!

"Attack!"

One of the male students opposite him roared, and the Soul Rings on everyone's bodies lit up. In the next instant, they would unleash a thunderous strike on Lu Qian!

"First Soul Skill, Entanglement."

Compared with the others' aggressive momentum, Lu Qian not only seemed rather outnumbered and unsupported on his own, but even his call of his Soul Skill sounded so lacking in confidence.

Only when dozens upon dozens of Blue Silver vines spread before them did Canghui Academy's students realize just how outrageously mistaken they had been.

Lu Qian deliberately kept his Blue Silver vines from growing larger immediately. Only after they reached the Canghui Academy students did they swell in an instant.

Almost in the blink of an eye, all seven Canghui Academy students were tightly trapped by Lu Qian's Blue Silver vines.

Two students whose Soul Power Levels were too low outright lost the ability to resist, but the others could still struggle.

Just as they finally managed to break free of the Blue Silver vines' entanglement, another Spider Web Restraint struck.

When they once again expended the strength of nine oxen and two tigers and finally broke free of Spider Web Restraint's control, Parasitism activated!