[Lu Chen: It was no exaggeration to say that Liu Erlong's reputation, both in life and after death, was ruined at the hands of those two brothers, Gangzi and Flender.
Gangzi handled her life, and Flender handled her afterlife.
Even Liu Erlong herself probably never imagined that a moment of loyalty to her sworn brothers would leave her name stinking for ten thousand years after her death, would she?]
The group members stared intently at the Notebook panel, their eyes brimming with a thirst for juicy gossip.
They had thought Flender was just an insignificant supporting character. Who knew there was another master at work!
[Lu Chen: Because Gangzi was Tang God King's teacher, I once paid particular attention to Shrek Academy's timeline. And what a discovery that turned out to be. Flender-the first dean of Shrek Academy, and the founder of the most malignant tumor of an academy in the history of the Douluo Continent.
He really accomplished some monumental things~]
[Lu Chen: Flender seemed like a deeply contradictory person.
He was greedy. A garbage academy in the middle of nowhere, with dilapidated facilities and not even a slot in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, actually charged ten Gold Soul Coins just to apply, while annual tuition reached a staggering hundred Gold Soul Coins.
Yet he gave selflessly to Gangzi, quietly making sacrifices. To help Gangzi prove he wasn't useless, he not only dug into the private stash he had built up over the years to improve the students' living standards, but even handed all teaching authority over to Gangzi.]
[Lu Chen: He loved Liu Erlong deeply, even remaining unmarried his entire life.
Yet he pushed Liu Erlong toward someone else more than once, and even came up with a disgusting arrangement like spiritual romance, which tormented Liu Erlong her whole life.]
[Lu Chen: He taught and nurtured students, and his admission standards were extremely high. Any student older than twelve, below rank twenty, or without the optimal Soul Ring configuration was rejected in the preliminary selection. After passing that, they still had to undergo further tests in actual combat, intelligence, physical fitness, and actual combat. Anyone who failed to pass them all was expelled outright.
Logically, any students who remained after that string of trials could already be called the best of the best. Every one of them was a genuine genius. But what did he do?
He taught the students his own rotten philosophy, spouting things like "those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocrities," leading them to repeatedly provoke opponents they couldn't handle.
He treated his students with such harshness that it bordered on disregard for their lives, including but not limited to making them participate in life-and-death Soul Fighting and hunt Soul Rings on their own... In the twenty years since its founding in the Balak Kingdom, Shrek Academy admitted sixty-two students in total. Only fourteen ultimately survived intact to graduate!
And he still had the gall to shamelessly boast that every graduate became a figure who drew the eyes of the world. Was that your achievement? What gave you the right to claim the credit?
Wasn't it because they were geniuses to begin with?
And you never breathed a word about those forty-eight whose fates remained unknown!]
"Bastard!" ×2
The two curses came from Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue respectively.
As women in power, they knew all too well what Shrek Academy's actions meant.
Soul Grandmasters no older than thirteen with optimal Soul Ring configurations meant at least rank-seven Innate Soul Power and fairly solid foundations!
If those sixty-two students had been trained by Spirit Hall from childhood, some of them would probably have reached Soul Saint or even Soul Douluo within those twenty years!
But now?
Almost all of them had been ruined by Flender's teaching!
[Yanzi: Hiss~ I only thought this Flender was stupid before. Why does he seem so wicked now?!]
[Little Princess: Sixty-two geniuses with Innate Soul Power of at least rank seven. Tsk, tsk...]
[Ah Yin: There's also the problem with what he taught them. What does he mean, "those who don't dare cause trouble are mediocrities"? I hate this man so much!]
[Netherworld: Sisters, Flender is certainly hateful, but have you forgotten that the subject of this Notebook entry is Liu Erlong?]
[Spirit Cat: And did you notice? Lu Chen just wrote "in the twenty years since Shrek Academy's founding in the Balak Kingdom." This academy doesn't even have a slot in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. That means he's bound to look for another way forward, or simply find somewhere else to build a new Shrek Academy...]
[Angel: @Liu Erlong, so, esteemed principal of Blue Tyrant Academy, who do you think Flender will go ruin next (﹁﹁)?]
[Liu Erlong: ...]
The heat in Liu Erlong's face had not fully subsided before it rose again.
Where else could he go?!
Flender!
If you dare come ruin my Blue Tyrant Academy, you bastard, I'll sever every last tie with you!
And what Lu Chen wrote in the Notebook next confirmed her worst suspicions.
[Lu Chen: Flender might pose no threat to Liu Erlong in the Soul Master World, but in romance and education, he would leave her utterly disgraced.
For his own sake, and for his beloved Gangzi, Flender once again chose to let Liu Erlong suffer first.
Blue Tyrant Academy?
Hand it over!
With her identity as one of Shrek Academy's three founders, every evil this malignant tumor of an academy committed from then on would have a nice portion set aside and pinned on Liu Erlong.
What an enormous blessing~]
[Lu Chen: In the end, I understood. Flender wasn't really a complicated person at all. He was simply moved by his own sacrifices-or rather, selfish.
To satisfy himself, he could tolerate that useless Gangzi forever, and he could keep sacrificing Liu Erlong's happiness.]
At this point, the night's grand spoiler session had essentially ended, while Liu Erlong, its subject, was already utterly drained.
Being in this peculiar state of physical and mental exhaustion, so embarrassed that she wanted to flee the Douluo Continent immediately, instead left Liu Erlong more clearheaded than ever before.
She began carefully reviewing everything Flender had done.
Constantly yielding in love, pushing her toward Yu Xiaogang.
His restraint in being infatuated with her, yet never daring to cross the line.
Positioning himself as the team's big brother, caring for and indulging Yu Xiaogang with almost no limits, and even later coming up with that damned spiritual romance...
Had everything Flender did really only been to satisfy himself?!
"Boss Fu, this is the last time I'll call you that..."
"Yu Xiaogang, I'll make you repay everything you owe me!"
Liu Erlong's lingering sigh sounded in the dim principal's office.
[Liu Erlong's affection: 20 (new acquaintance) → 60 (friendly)]
Liu Erlong's affection went back up again?
Lu Chen looked at the affection panel that popped up before him, satisfied with the results of this round of spoilers.
Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong could be called Gangzi and Flender's greatest benefactors.
In the original timeline, Bibi Dong had shown Gangzi mercy many times, and had even stopped Spirit Hall from turning its attention toward Gangzi's party more than once. She would rather drag countless lives into the abyss with her than ever consider hurting Gangzi.
Liu Erlong had provided their initial base, giving them a foothold in the Heaven Dou Empire. With support from various parties, she had even completely turned Blue Tyrant Academy into a training ground for talent on the anti-Spirit Hall side.
After these spoilers, it was easy to imagine that hostility from Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall would probably pour toward Gangzi and Tang San in an endless stream.
As for Liu Erlong...
She was probably already preparing to put up a sign at the academy gates saying, "No Flender or dogs allowed."
[It is now 00:00, imperial capital time. Chat Group status refreshed.] [...] [Qian Renxue and Ah Yin's exclusive mission completion settlementଘ(੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭✧.]
Watching the daily settlement panel scroll rapidly before his eyes,
Lu Chen could not help marveling amid his delight:
"Xue Ye, you really are diligent in your duties!"
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