Tang Wutong was bewildered by that string of "your dad" remarks.
After all, she had been taught since childhood that Spirit Hall was the great villain, that it was evil!
And the Shrek side, represented by her father Tang San, was righteous, was heroic!
She really wanted to argue.
But right now, she could not argue at all.
Because the scene the animation played next left her stunned as well.
Li Yusong, the teacher handling registration, said, "Hold out one hand."
The child held out his hand. Li Yusong examined him, then waved him away.
"You don't meet the age requirement. You can leave."
The child's mother asked in confusion, "Huh? Teacher, my child is only just past the admission age. Couldn't you make an exception?"
Li Yusong said, "Academy rules. Anyone over the admission age is rejected, without exception."
The mother said, "Then what about our registration fee?"
Li Yusong said, "Once you've registered, there are no refunds!"
The mother said angrily, "No refunds? You're clearly scamming people out of their money!"
Li Yusong grew impatient. "Hurry up and leave. Don't hold up the people behind you!"
The mother grew desperate. "No! You must refund my registration fee, or I'm not leaving!"
Li Yusong beckoned. "Mubai, someone wants their registration fee back. Handle it."
Dai Mubai leaped down from a tree with effortless flair and displayed his thousand-year third Soul Ring. "You can have your registration fee back. Beat me, and you'll get a full refund."
Against a Soul Elder, how could ordinary people fight back?
The mother and son could only swallow their anger and leave.
Watching this scene, Lin Hao also said with utter disdain:
"This is a textbook scam."
"They never stated the specific admission age, making this mother and son think they were eligible to register, and even collected the registration fee in advance."
"They clearly weren't admitted, yet Shrek Academy refused to refund them and even had Dai Mubai intimidate them. Tell me, isn't this a textbook scam?"
Seeing this scene in which Shrek did not have a leg to stand on,
Tang Wutong could not help saying quietly:
"Could it be that Shrek did explain it, but the people coming to register simply didn't pay attention?"
Even her convictions were wavering a little.
She had not seen a single bit of Spirit Hall's evil. Instead, it was Shrek Academy bullying commoners in all sorts of ways.
Qian Renxue could not help saying disdainfully:
"For a god's daughter, you're adorably naive."
"For an ordinary family, a registration fee of ten Gold Soul Coins amounts to ten years of expenses."
"Do you think they would dare gamble on their luck if they knew the admission age?"
Tang Wutong continued trying to save face:
"It definitely won't be like this next."
Lin Hao could not help laughing again.
Seeing Lin Hao's expression, Gu Yuena already felt as though she had been given spoilers.
Sure enough, another child was rejected next.
Well, this time, the reason for rejection was that his Soul Power was too ordinary. Even with a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, he could not enter the academy.
Likewise, there was no refund of the registration fee.
After swindling twenty Gold Soul Coins,
Li Yusong actually said angrily:
"If you're coming to register at Shrek, you ought to know the rules. Coming here without understanding them is just giving away your registration fee for nothing."
"A shrek is a kind of monster. Even among Soul Beasts, it is an extremely strange existence."
"The meaning of our Shrek Academy's name is Monster Academy. We only accept monsters here, not ordinary people."
"If you're over the admission age of twelve, or your Soul Power hasn't reached level twenty-one or above, don't waste your time here."
Li Yusong then also displayed his Six-Ring Soul Emperor cultivation to make his words more convincing.
Hearing this, Tang Wutong could not help letting out a sigh of relief and saying:
"See? The admissions teacher did explain it after all, didn't he?"
In her view, what happened earlier must have been a misunderstanding.
Lin Hao looked at Tang Wutong as though he were looking at a rare creature.
"I say, young miss, suppose I swindled twenty Gold Soul Coins out of you and already pocketed the money."
"Then I told you the rules."
"Would you want to hit me?"
"Besides, if Li Yusong were in the right, why would he need to display his Soul Emperor cultivation?"
"He was clearly using his strength to suppress any dissatisfied or dissenting voices."
"Facing a Soul Emperor, who would still dare question him?"
Tang Wutong planted her hands on her hips. "But you haven't swindled any Gold Soul Coins out of me."
Hearing this, Gu Yuena nearly spat out the McDonald's cola she was drinking.
Was this the kind of opponent she would face in the future?
That would be a good thing, then.
Qian Renxue was also left utterly speechless.
She said irritably,
"Don't you think these admission requirements are absurd?"
"You have to be under thirteen, and your Soul Power Level has to reach twenty-one."
"Why would anyone with that kind of talent go to this scam academy?"
"In Heaven Dou City alone, plenty of academies would be willing to admit them for free."
Tang Wutong said confidently, "But I can meet them. I'm not even eleven yet, and my Soul Power is already level twenty-four."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue froze.
"You're only eleven?"
Tang Wutong said as though it were perfectly natural, "Yes!"
Qian Renxue immediately let it go.
Children these days developed far too quickly.
No wonder she was so easy to fool, and so stupid.
She could not help feeling that getting angry with Tang Wutong earlier had made her something of a clown.
She had actually been arguing with a little brat.
She had originally wanted to explain to Tang Wutong just how absurd Shrek's admission requirements were, but now she no longer wanted to explain.
The Douluo I world.
Shrek Academy.
Watching Lin Hao analyze his strategy for swindling registration fees on the Sky Screen,
Flender's expression looked ugly as well.
Because Lin Hao had exposed every one of his little schemes.
Indeed, becoming a viscount upon graduation? That was him deliberately riding the coattails of Heaven Dou's policies.
He had also sent people to impersonate Spirit Hall personnel and spread the information.
But who had any proof?
He had thought his work was seamless.
He had never expected there to be no Sky Screen.
His swindling of registration fees had actually been exposed.
How was he supposed to generate income from now on?
He could not help muttering, "This damned Sky Screen. Now I'm afraid my Shrek Academy will be stuck with its reputation as a scammer forever."
The other members of the Shrek Seven Monsters also felt disgraced.
Earlier, Ma Hongjun had even said that if Shrek Academy really was a scam academy, wouldn't that make them fools?
Now it seemed they really were a little foolish.
Tang San and Xiao Wu also felt deeply embarrassed.
Because when Li Yusong had displayed his Soul Emperor cultivation and said Shrek Academy was Monster Academy, they had actually thought Shrek Academy was impressive and cool.
But looking back on it now, Shrek really had behaved rather inhumanly back then.
After all, ten Gold Soul Coins was no small sum. Swindling ordinary people out of their money really was rather inhuman.
Zhu Zhuqing, meanwhile, looked at Dai Mubai with utter disappointment:
"I never expected you could reveal your Soul Rings so quickly in front of ordinary people. Just as quickly as you fled the Star Luo Empire."
Hearing this, Dai Mubai's face alternated between green and red.
He could endure whatever Zhu Zhuqing said about him before.
But this alone was a thorn in his heart. "Then why did you still come after me?"
Zhu Zhuqing said coldly, "I just wanted to see what sort of person you were. Now it seems you're nothing but a bully who fears the strong."
Who would not want her fiancé to be a man who could stand tall between heaven and earth?
But Dai Mubai had been the first to flee their engagement, refusing to take responsibility. He had even come to the Heaven Dou Empire to indulge in wine and women just to escape, and he also bullied ordinary commoners.
She had actually traveled a thousand miles to find this Dai Mubai, who bullied the weak and feared the strong. She truly had been blind.
Hearing this, Dai Mubai felt as though a thorn were lodged in his throat. He wanted to speak, but no words came out.
But he believed he had done nothing wrong. If he had not fled, was he supposed to wait for death in the Star Luo Empire?
As for defending Shrek Academy, he believed he had done nothing wrong.
After all, with his talent, he was a monster. He ought to enter an academy like this, and only an academy like this could help him grow.
He even wanted to provide Shrek Academy with funding.
Otherwise, how could he contend with Dai Weisi?
Blue Tyrant Academy.
"I never expected Flender to become like this."
Watching the Sky Screen, Liu Erlong could not help feeling deeply astonished as well.
As a member of the Golden Iron Triangle, she did love Yu Xiaogang, but she also regarded Flender as family. She had never imagined Flender would sink this low.
He was even swindling ordinary people out of their money!
The Blue Tyrant Academy she had founded specifically admitted commoner students.
Although Liu Erlong also carried the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon bloodline, she had been born lowly, and she too had a heart that wished to benefit commoners.
To be honest, she really wanted to follow Shrek Academy's trail and go find Yu Xiaogang.
But now she held back.
She was very afraid that once she went there, she would be unable to stop herself from questioning Xiaogang and furiously berating Flender. After all, she was just that hot-tempered.
The Douluo II world.
"Shrek Academy actually scammed people out of money like this?"
"Wasn't Spirit Hall supposed to be an evil force? Why did Shrek still have to borrow Spirit Hall's voice to attract applicants?"
Watching this scene, Huo Yuhao could not help feeling profoundly shocked as well.