At that moment, in the anime, with Dai Mubai mediating, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu more or less cleared up their misunderstanding.
Everyone gathered in Shrek Square.
Just then, Flender appeared in the anime.
This made everyone in the livestream room curse Flender even more fiercely. They even hurled abuse at everything and everyone connected to him.
In the anime, Flender began his speech.
"Very good. We have four more Little Monsters. I, Flender, dean of Shrek Academy, welcome you all."
"Later, each of you is to pay one hundred gold coins to Teacher Li, who handles the finances."
Hearing this, Ye Guyi questioned it again. "Wait, didn't they already pay ten gold coins when they registered? Why do they have to pay again? Doesn't that mean anyone without money can't get into Shrek Academy at all?"
"Of course. Commoners simply can't attend a Soul Master Academy. That was most obvious in your era," Jiang Yan said.
"In this era, Spirit Hall still awakens people's Martial Souls for free. But after Spirit Hall was destroyed, commoners struggled even to awaken their Martial Souls, let alone enter Shrek Academy, which also required a recommendation letter from someone at the city lord level."
"That requirement alone spawned an enormous industry chain, and that industry chain lasted a full ten thousand years. I imagine Deputy Pagoda Master Leng knows far more about it than I do, right?" Jiang Yan looked at Leng Yaozhu.
Leng Yaozhu nodded and said, "Yes. In my era, anyone who wanted to apply to Shrek Academy first had to secure a recommendation from one of the major cities. That very requirement gave rise to a whole chain of vested interests."
"Exactly." Jiang Yan nodded before continuing, "Shrek Academy only accepts geniuses, not ordinary people. An academy that turns so-called geniuses into geniuses doesn't deserve to be called the continent's number one academy."
"What if someone's cultivation talent is poor, but they're highly talented in other areas?"
At this point, Jiang Yan suddenly remembered something Jingliu had said, so he took out his phone and searched for her classic lines.
Soon, a few short sentences caught the attention of Qian Renxue and the other two.
"He isn't suited to martial training, but must choosing a disciple depend on talent?"
"That's just a master being lazy, wanting twice the results for half the effort, or perhaps hoping to leave a name through their disciple!"
"Fame, legacy-I care for none of it. Whoever wants to learn my swordsmanship, I will teach."
After they finished watching the clip, Jiang Yan continued, "The most classic example of leaving a name through a disciple is Yu Xiaogang. Without Tang San, who would remember him? He took Tang San as his disciple precisely to leave a name through him!"
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang, singled out once again, retorted in the livestream.
[Yu Xiaogang: Even without Little San, I could still leave my name in the annals of history! My Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul alone would be enough!]
[Qiangu Dongfeng: Still going on about the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul? Those competencies of yours are long outdated.]
Meanwhile, Jiang Yan also said on the Sky Screen, "Readers suspect that Gangzi's so-called Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul were all plagiarized from your Spirit Hall's theories."
"Plagiarized from our Spirit Hall's theories?" Qian Renxue froze briefly and asked in utter confusion, "Didn't Tang Hao give Yu Xiaogang his Elder Token? Before that, he didn't have an Elder Token, so how did he plagiarize our Spirit Hall's theories?"
"Well, that naturally has to do with your mother, Bibi Dong," Jiang Yan said.
Outside the Sky Screen, in a room at Shrek Academy during the Spirit Hall era, Yu Xiaogang had just been about to defend himself in the livestream room. Upon hearing this, he immediately froze, disbelief written all over his face.
"What? Qian Renxue is... Dong'er's daughter? How is that possible?" Yu Xiaogang said in disbelief.
At that moment, Liu Erlong, who had been about to enter the room to comfort him, heard those words. Her hand, poised to push the door open, froze in midair.
"Xiaogang, after all these years, you still can't forget that woman... She's an enemy of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!"
Meanwhile, on the Sky Screen, Ye Guyi and Leng Yaozhu immediately switched into melon-eating mode.
They only knew of the Angel God Qian Renxue and the Rakshasa God Bibi Dong. They had no idea the two were actually mother and child!
Even more puzzled, Qian Renxue asked, "What does this have to do with that woman?"
Qian Renxue's words only piqued Ye Guyi's and Leng Yaozhu's interest further.
That woman?
It looked like their relationship wasn't very good.
"Bibi Dong was once in love with Gangzi," Jiang Yan said slowly. "According to readers' speculation, that was precisely why Gangzi had the opportunity to enter Spirit Hall's library and plagiarize its theories."
"What? How is that possible? Gangzi and that woman were in love?" Qian Renxue exclaimed.
Not only she, but even Ye Guyi and Leng Yaozhu had never imagined that Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong had actually been in love.
In the Sky Screen Livestream Room, everyone immediately began discussing it.
[Meng Hongchen: Wait, is this Gangzi really that charming? Never mind taking Tang San as his disciple-even the Pope of Spirit Hall dated him?]
[Xu Xiaoyan: I think he should stop calling himself a theory grandmaster and call himself a romance grandmaster instead. How could a rank-29 Soul Grandmaster be so charming?]
[Xie Xie: I really never saw that coming. Do you remember Jiang Yan and Qian Renxue's conversation at the start? It seemed Qian Renxue initially admired Yu Xiaogang and wanted to recruit him too.]
[Meng Hongchen: Incredible. Does Bibi Dong really have such terrible taste?]
[Bibi Dong: Who are you saying has terrible taste?]
Outside the Sky Screen, during the Spirit Hall era, Qian Daoliu let out a long sigh inside the Worship Hall.
"It seems some things truly can't stay hidden..."
"I hope Xiao Xue can weather it once she knows."
Meanwhile, on the Sky Screen, Qian Renxue asked, "How exactly did they get together? And how did they break up?"
"Yes, this story starts when Bibi Dong was young," Jiang Yan began.
"When Bibi Dong was young, she was Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden. She had Twin Martial Souls, and Spirit Hall had high hopes for her."
"But... through a chance encounter, Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang, the son of Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Afterward, the two fell in love. Bibi Dong even entertained the idea of leaving Spirit Hall to spend the rest of her life with Yu Xiaogang."
"Spend the rest of her life with him? For a good-for-nothing?" Ye Guyi asked in confusion.
"Yes. Maybe her love brain kicked in," Jiang Yan said.
"And then?" Qian Renxue asked.
Hearing her question, Jiang Yan continued, "Later, Bibi Dong's teacher, Qian Xunji, learned about it."
"Qian Xunji demanded that Bibi Dong leave Yu Xiaogang. Bibi Dong refused no matter what, and even declared that she would leave Spirit Hall!"
"Then Qian Xunji must have been furious, right?" Leng Yaozhu asked.
If Gu Yue fell for a good-for-nothing and said she wanted to leave the Spirit Pagoda, she would certainly be furious too.
Fortunately, though, from what Leng Yaozhu knew of Gu Yue, she wasn't a love brain.
"Of course." Jiang Yan nodded and continued, "In a fit of rage, Qian Xunji did something ordinary people could hardly imagine."