Ten minutes later, a figure in a black robe suddenly appeared.
"What was that mysterious fluctuation? Why did it make the Angel Martial Soul tremble?" A cool voice came from the black-clad figure.
Just as the figure was about to stop and investigate carefully, a roar came from the dense forest behind him.
"Roar!"
"That damned ape. I'll definitely turn you into a Soul Ring someday!"
Cursing, the black-clad figure fled in the opposite direction from the Titan Giant Ape.
Outside Shrek Academy, Chu Feng brought everyone back.
"We're finally back at school! I want to rest. I want to lie in bed." Looking at the academy gates, Ning Rongrong nearly wept with joy.
She had gone out wandering alone before, yet she had never found it tiring.
These past few days in the Star Dou Great Forest had thoroughly exhausted the young miss, body and mind.
Obtaining Soul Rings had never been this exhausting before.
"Go on in." Seeing Ning Rongrong's state, Chu Feng shook his head helplessly.
This bunch still needed to strengthen their physiques.
It seemed he would have to adjust the training plan.
Otherwise, even the power he borrowed would be terribly weak.
Just as everyone was about to step through the gates, a forceful voice rang out. "Wait!"
"Yu Xiaogang, why haven't you scrammed yet?"
Chu Feng turned around and saw that the person who had stopped them was actually Yu Xiaogang.
For some unknown reason, Yu Xiaogang now had a shaved head and a face covered in stubble.
He looked both greasy and unkempt.
How strange. How did this fellow still dare come back?
"You're the one who should leave, you scourge of Shrek Academy! A scourge who squanders other people's talent!"
Yu Xiaogang approached at a leisurely pace with his hands behind his back, his eyes somber and filled with fury he could barely suppress.
Hearing those words, Tang San and the others wore expressions of disbelief.
Someone was actually calling Boss Chu a scourge of the academy and saying he didn't know how to teach geniuses.
A genius who could create a new Soul Master system, including "Contract Soul Rings," was being called a scourge.
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's stiff face, everyone showed their disgust.
Even much of the guilt Tang San felt toward Yu Xiaogang faded.
Was I an idiot back then, taking someone like this as my teacher?
Thank goodness Chu Feng appeared in time. Otherwise, who knows what this man would have brainwashed me into becoming?
Feeling the looks Tang San and the others gave him, Yu Xiaogang grew even angrier.
"Chu Feng, I challenge you to a one-on-one contest. The loser leaves Shrek Academy."
Hearing Yu Xiaogang's words, Chu Feng froze.
Seriously, Gangzi? Did you get drunk and come here to make a drunken scene?
For a moment, Chu Feng thought of the principle that the happier person should yield.
Ma Hongjun could no longer stand watching. He stepped forward and shouted, "If you're drunk, get lost!"
"Exactly. With that little cultivation, you want to challenge Boss Chu?" Ning Rongrong chimed in from the side.
Even if she had no other choice, she would never agree to become Yu Xiaogang's disciple.
She was all about looks, after all.
"If you want a fight, I'll fight you." Dai Mubai knocked his fists together and stepped forward.
A mere rank-29 Soul Master who had passed fifty wanted to fight Boss Chu?
Wouldn't that just dirty Boss Chu's hands?
Sensing Dai Mubai's imposing presence, Yu Xiaogang, in his fury, chose to take a step back.
"Hmph. Fighting is something only barbarians like you do."
"I am a grandmaster of theory. I teach you knowledge about Soul Masters."
Yu Xiaogang straightened his collar, trying his best to look like a grandmaster.
"What I'm challenging you to is a contest of Soul Master theory."
Yu Xiaogang knew that, with his strength, he probably couldn't even beat Ning Rongrong.
What he wanted to compete in was Soul Master theory.
This was his greatest source of pride, and he was confident that no one on the entire continent could match him.
"Hahaha! He wants to compete in Soul Master theory!" Ma Hongjun clutched his stomach and laughed.
The others couldn't keep the smiles off their faces either.
Competing in Soul Master theory against someone who could create "Contract Soul Rings"?
Wasn't that like carrying a lantern into a latrine-looking for shit?
Seeing Yu Xiaogang act as though victory was assured, Chu Feng could only find it laughable.
"Yu Xiaogang, hurry up and get lost. I don't have time for your nonsense."
He still had plenty to do and had no desire to play along with an idiot like Yu Xiaogang.
"I think you're scared."
Yu Xiaogang believed Chu Feng was afraid and didn't dare face him.
That was only natural. Who would dare compete in Soul Master theory against him, the continent's foremost theorist?
At that thought, Yu Xiaogang's confidence swelled further.
Pushing aside the gatekeeper blocking him, he straightened his back and walked up to Chu Feng.
"If you're scared, hurry up and leave the academy."
Then he looked at Tang San and the others and said, "Look at him. He doesn't even have the courage to compete against me. How can he teach you?"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's inexplicable confidence, everyone from Shrek had black lines across their foreheads.
What exactly was this fellow putting on airs for?
"Enough!" Chu Feng snapped.
He had truly had enough of Yu Xiaogang.
"Your ten great Soul Master theories are garbage. Take that garbage and get lost."
Chu Feng waved at the gatekeepers, telling them to take Yu Xiaogang away.
The gatekeepers obeyed, using the pitchforks in their hands to hoist Yu Xiaogang up.
"Don't think I won't kill you."
The air around Chu Feng abruptly grew heavy, and a layer of frost settled over his previously calm face.
Yu Xiaogang's hair stood on end, and Chu Feng's killing intent seized his throat.
He no longer dared struggle and let the gatekeepers carry him away.
"From now on, you must never let this idiot appear outside Shrek Academy," Chu Feng told the remaining gatekeepers as he turned.
He was worried the man would sully Shrek Academy's gates.
"Oh, come on. Let's hurry inside," Ning Rongrong called weakly as she walked into the academy.
Yu Xiaogang's interference had wasted quite a bit of everyone's time.
"You can't treat me like this! I am the Grandmaster!" Yu Xiaogang clamored, wanting the gatekeepers to let him go.
Being carried along the entire way, watched by passing villagers, left him deeply embarrassed.
Expressionless, the gatekeepers dumped Yu Xiaogang onto a road in the village, then turned and left.
They had only gone a few steps when they noticed Yu Xiaogang trying to follow them.
"We're not Mr. Chu. If you keep following us, we won't just carry you away."
"We'll take you to Suotuo City and let everyone get a good look at you."
The gatekeeper turned around and issued his warning.
He was frustrated too. Trash like this actually dared call himself a grandmaster.
Could someone truly become invincible under heaven simply by having no shame?
Yu Xiaogang stopped in his tracks and grew angry again.
Even a gatekeeper dared speak to him like that.
If he hadn't sensed Soul Power fluctuations stronger than his own coming from the gatekeepers, he would certainly have let them taste Luo Sanpao's farts.
Watching the gatekeepers recede into the distance, Yu Xiaogang clenched his fists.
No, I can't let this matter end here.
I absolutely cannot let Chu Feng torment those geniuses.
I must find a way into Shrek Academy.
I must prove that he is not trash.
But with my strength, how am I supposed to get inside?
Should I ask Spirit Hall for help? Bibi Dong must still love me. After all, I'm so charming.
But why wouldn't those children submit to his charm as the Grandmaster?