The Tang Sect and Shrek Academy

Although Tang Fan was a little surprised that this was what Bibi Dong had focused on, it seemed natural once he thought about it.

"'The Tang family's backyard' was a joking expression readers used, but it also reflected how deeply Tang San interfered with the Douluo Continent later on.

"Still, what happened afterward was pretty tangled and chaotic. Where should I start?"

Bibi Dong did not hurry him. She simply blinked as she watched him.

"I've got it! Let's start with the Tang Sect."

"The Tang Sect? Wasn't that Tang San's sect in his previous life?"

"Yes, but Tang San established another Tang Sect on the Douluo Continent himself, making himself its founding ancestor.

"That actually also cemented the fact that Tang San was a sect traitor through and through.

"Tang San was deeply arrogant at his core. In his previous life, the Tang Sect hunted him to his death. After coming to the Douluo Continent, he took the Tang Sect's legacy and established a Tang Sect that belonged entirely to him.

"In a sense, that could also count as his revenge against the sect from his previous life.

"When people on the Douluo Continent mentioned the Tang Sect, they would only think of Tang San. No one knew that the Tang Sect's orthodox legacy came from the Bashu Tang Sect in another world."

"That goes beyond betrayal, doesn't it? Tang San sucked his previous life's sect dry, then kicked it aside."

"Yes, haha. That sums it up perfectly."

Over on the Douluo Continent, the major powers gained yet another new understanding of Tang San.

Putting themselves in those shoes, they imagined having a disciple like Tang San, who took their legacy somewhere far away to set up his own establishment, even betraying his teachers and repudiating his ancestors, refusing to acknowledge his origins.

Not a single power could accept such a thing.

"To think Tang San was actually this sort of person. The me in the book never saw through him at all. Was he too good at pretending, or was I blind back then?"

Ning Fengzhi laughed self-deprecatingly. In any case, he had already decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would never have dealings with anyone named Tang San in the future, regardless of whether he was that protagonist Tang San.

At that moment, Tang Fan asked Bibi Dong a question.

"Bibi Dong, here's a question for you. Given that the Angel God's inheritance is in Spirit Hall and the Sea God's inheritance is on Sea God Island, where did Tang San leave his inheritance after becoming a god?"

"The Tang Sect? No, if it were the Tang Sect, you wouldn't be asking me this."

"Hehe, you've gotten smarter."

"Hmph, I was always smart."

"It wasn't the Tang Sect, indeed. It was Shrek Academy."

"Shrek Academy? Just what kind of place is this academy? Why would Tang San leave his inheritance at an academy instead of the Tang Sect he established himself?"

"You've hit the nail on the head. Shrek Academy runs through the entire Douluo series. It's a very remarkable place.

"There's a saying: once you belong to Shrek for a day, you belong to Shrek for life."

"How is that an academy? Isn't that just a sect?"

"Shrek Academy is far more formidable than a sect. Think about it. Its graduates went on to join other sects and powers, but their hearts all remained with Shrek Academy.

"Once the two sides' interests clashed, those Shrek Academy graduates would side with Shrek Academy without hesitation.

"In other words, through those graduates, Shrek Academy stood above every other sect and power."

Bibi Dong looked visibly shocked, and the major powers over on the Douluo Continent reacted even more strongly.

As for the principals of the soul master academies, they could no longer smile at all.

Previously, students only felt a sense of belonging to their academies while attending them, helping their academies compete for a ranking in the Soul Master Tournament and the like.

After graduation, apart from those who stayed on as teachers, the other graduates' ties to their academies would fade, leaving only a little affection in the end.

But after Tang Fan brought up Shrek Academy's example, the major powers on the Douluo Continent would have to be a little more wary of graduates from soul master academies.

In Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu asked Qian Xunji again, "Ji'er, have you heard of this Shrek Academy?"

"Father, I have never heard of it at all. Perhaps this Shrek Academy hasn't been founded yet."

"Yes, that is possible. But bear this in mind as well: from now on, Spirit Hall must not accept any Shrek Academy graduates."

"Yes, I've made a note of it."

Coming back to her senses, Bibi Dong could not help asking, "How exactly did that Shrek Academy manage it? How could it make students remain so utterly devoted to an academy even after graduating?"

"Of course, that's because Shrek Academy's greatest expertise wasn't education, but brainwashing."

"Brainwashing?"

"Yes. We have a term here called PUA."

"PUA?"

"Put simply, I first tear you down and make you doubt yourself. Then I reach out my hand and tell you to follow me, and you'll weep tears of gratitude and become utterly devoted to me."

Tang Fan had merely offered a simple example, yet for some inexplicable reason, it made Bibi Dong blush.

"Hm? What's wrong? Don't tell me you have a fever?"

"Nothing, nothing. I'm fine. Let's keep talking about Shrek Academy."

"All right. You remember Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, whom I told you about? They also took a man named Flender as their elder brother.

"After Yu Luomian appeared and disrupted that wedding, Flender went to Suotuo City and established Shrek Academy there.

"Before the protagonist Tang San went to Shrek Academy, it had always been a scam academy."

"A scam academy?"

"Yes. Shrek Academy advertised that it only accepted monsters, and its admission requirements were extremely strict.

"A high-grade martial soul or above, Soul Power of level 21 or higher at twelve years old, and the first two Soul Rings both had to be hundred-year ones.

"Not only that, applicants also had to possess a certain degree of actual combat ability."

"With requirements that demanding, anyone who met them all would receive special attention and training at any advanced soul master academy, wouldn't they? At least, they certainly would at Spirit Hall Academy.

"Since that Flender fellow could associate with Yu Xiaogang, he probably wasn't very capable either, was he? Could he teach such top-tier geniuses?"

"Teaching them well isn't easy, but ruining them is simple. Nearly twenty years passed between Flender founding Shrek Academy and the protagonist Tang San enrolling there.

"Over those twenty years, Shrek Academy accepted forty-two geniuses in total, but only fourteen truly met its graduation requirements and reached level 40 before turning twenty."

"That's impossible!"

Bibi Dong instinctively objected.

"For geniuses of that caliber, even if they didn't attend school and cultivated on their own, there's no way they would still fail to reach level 40 by twenty."

"Don't get so worked up. Those are the facts written in the book. That's why I said that before Tang San enrolled, Shrek Academy was a scam academy.

"It used that 'we only accept monsters' sales pitch to lure geniuses into the academy, hoping that a heaven's chosen would emerge among them.

"The sort who could soar without being taught or having resources poured into them, making Shrek Academy's name resound with a single shot.

"Unfortunately, in the twenty years before Tang San enrolled, Shrek Academy ruined forty-two geniuses through its teaching and never found such a heaven's chosen."