Peerless: Tang San, this time Huo Yuhao is the attacker.

It was a cool, slightly mocking female voice, accompanied by the opening of the office door.

She was a woman about 1.7 meters tall, with her long silver-white hair neatly tied up, revealing the delicate white skin on her neck. Although her figure was not outstanding, she was tall and slender, and looked very heroic.

Although the woman looked to be in the prime of her life, Huo Yuhao was intimidated by her daring to speak to Yan Shaozhe like that, combined with the words Yan Shaozhe had instructed Wang Dong before he was taken away.

The identity of the person before them was obvious: the Martial God Douluo Xian Lin'er, who possessed the title of "Flying Valkyrie," and was also the highest-ranking Soul Master in the entire Douluo Continent.

"Yan Shaozhe, I never expected that after so many years, your moral standards would decline instead of improve. You're even disregarding the academy's rules in order to win over students."

Xian Lin'er exuded an imposing aura, her slightly bluish eyes sweeping over Yan Shaozhe like knives, her tone undisguisedly mocking.

"Xianlin'er, you!"

Yan Shaozhe was speechless. The sarcasm in Xian Lin'er's eyes was not only directed at his words, but also brought up his past misconduct, which left him speechless.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Did I hit the nail on the head? You completely disregard the academy's rules, thinking you can do whatever you want just because you're the dean?"

Even the inner court's status can be used as a bargaining chip, Yan Shaozhe. You always talk about Shrek's glory, but in the end, you are the one who values ​​glory the least.

You must know what the Inner Court means to the Academy, right? Or do you know it in your heart, but simply don't care about it at all?

Huo Yuhao silently gave a thumbs-up to Xian Lin'er as he listened to her barrage of sarcastic remarks.

Although he can't directly confront Yan Shaozhe yet, Xian Lin'er's presence has solved this problem very well.

"Xian Lin'er, that's enough! That's not what I meant at all! Stop making baseless accusations!"

Yan Shaozhe slammed his hand on the desk with a loud thud, staring at Xian Lin'er with eyes full of anger.

"Then tell me, what do you mean?" Xian Lin'er was not intimidated by Yan Shaozhe's angry shout and challenged him again.

Yan Shaozhe's momentum faltered. What did he mean? Of course, he was using Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to manipulate Huo Yuhao's feelings and force him to make a choice.

But these words obviously cannot be spoken aloud. Such underhanded tactics used to compete for trainees can be done in private, and no one will care; everyone will turn a blind eye.

Moreover, the Martial Soul faction, due to their superior numbers, would also speak up for Yan Shaozhe.

The accusations made by the Soul Guidance Department against the Martial Soul Department will eventually turn into accusations made by the Martial Soul Department against the Soul Guidance Department. This is the advantage of having many people; they can turn black into white.

But now that his underhanded tactics have been discovered, that's a serious breach of his rights. Even the elders of the Martial Soul system won't plead for him on this point; it's a matter of principle.

Yan Shaozhe could not possibly admit it, but he had to fabricate a reason at this moment.

"I cannot violate the fairness of the academy. Wang Dong is a twelve-year-old Soul Master, and Xiao Xiao is a twin martial soul that appears only once in a hundred years."

With their talent, they will definitely enter the inner academy in the future. I'm just letting them get a head start on that.

Before Yan Shaozhe could even catch his breath, Huo Yuhao stepped forward with a puzzled look. "Dean Yan, since Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao are definitely going to enter the inner academy in the future, why did you say this was a promise to me?"

After saying this, Huo Yuhao's face showed a hint of anger. "Dean Yan, are you lying to me?"

Huo Yuhao appeared angry, but his heart remained calm; this was all just a trap he had set up.

Knowing in advance that Yan Shaozhe would make a promise about the Martial Soul system, setting up such a simple trap was a piece of cake.

Yan Shaozhe's promise to send Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao into the inner academy is essentially a denial of their talents.

Therefore, in order to escape this trap called "disregarding the academy's rules," he must acknowledge Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's talents.

But this undoubtedly contradicts the viewpoint represented by the previous statement.

Therefore, after Yan Shaozhe uttered the word "promise," he only had two paths before him: one was to disregard the academy for selfish reasons, and the other was to deceive the students for selfish reasons.

Between two evils, choose the lesser. Whether Yan Shaozhe realizes it or not, he will only choose the second path: deceiving the students or showing contempt for the academy. It is self-evident which has more serious consequences.

"No, Yuhao, I didn't mean to deceive you. I had my reasons for doing that..."

Yan Shaozhe tried his best to explain, but did he know that acknowledging Wang Dong and the other's talents would damage his image in Huo Yuhao's eyes?

The answer is definitely yes, but Yan Shaozhe had no choice.

"Alright, Yan Shaozhe, you don't need to say anything more. I'll do it for you. You want Yuhao to join your Martial Soul Department, but you don't want to promise him any real benefits."

So you wanted to get something for nothing, promising Huo Yuhao a thing that was already predetermined—you wanted both, that's your goal.

As soon as Xian Lin'er finished speaking, Yan Shaozhe's expression changed drastically. If these words were true, he would suffer an unimaginable blow.

Even though he felt guilty towards Xian Lin'er, he had to retort, "Xian Lin'er, stop spouting nonsense! This is slander!"

"As long as Yuhao joins the Martial Soul Department, we will definitely do everything in our power to nurture him! I will personally hunt down 100,000-year-old soul beasts. Isn't that a real benefit?"

"You think you can kill a 100,000-year-old soul beast? Our Soul Guidance Department can do it too!"

I'm putting this out there today: I'll take care of both of Yuhao's ninth spirit rings for his twin martial souls!

"I'll take him to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a 100,000-year-old spirit-type soul beast, and I'll take him to the far north to kill a 100,000-year-old ice-type soul beast!"

Xian Lin'er looked coldly at Yan Shaozhe, "You have anything else to say, so feel free to say it. I want to see what resources I, Xian Lin'er, can't provide but you, Yan Shaozhe, can."

Yan Shaozhe's face was grim, but he couldn't retort to Xian Lin'er with words. The reason was simple: Xian Lin'er was just too rich.

The annual export of soul tools by the Soul Guidance Department is one of the important sources of funding for Shrek Academy, and their Martial Soul Department receives a considerable grant from the Soul Guidance Department every year.

(Chapter 47 of the original work states that the Martial Soul Department has a higher status than the Soul Guidance Department, but the Martial Soul Department needs funding from the Soul Guidance Department every year.)

In the world of Soul Masters, there has always been only one thing that cannot be solved with Gold Soul Coins: 100,000-year-old Soul Beasts.

It's not that it's completely impossible to measure with gold soul coins, but if you want to use gold soul coins to hire a high-level soul master to hunt a 100,000-year-old soul beast, the cost is calculated in hundreds of millions.

Throughout the entire continent, no force could casually spend hundreds of millions of gold soul coins just to hunt down a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

Now that Xian Lin'er has personally promised to prepare two 100,000-year ninth spirit rings for Huo Yuhao, coupled with the wealth of the Spirit Guidance Department, the Martial Spirit Department simply has no way to match it.

But how could Yan Shaozhe give up so easily?