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

Is this really the teacher who raised me for twenty years, the one who was both a mentor and a father figure to me?

Looking at Yan Shaozhe's smiling face, Ma Xiaotao could even see a great deal of pride on his face, which she couldn't understand.

Is the punishment for attempted murder merely being barred from entering the inner courtyard?

Is this how indifferent the college is to life?

Ma Xiaotao felt a chill run down her spine. If she had been the one attacked that day, would the academy have punished her in the same way?

Even Huo Yuhao, who was also a direct descendant of the academy like her, only got this result. What about the other ordinary students?

The college probably won't even impose any punishment...

"Teacher, isn't the punishment for Dai Huabin a bit too lenient?" Ma Xiaotao clenched her clothes tightly behind her back, her eyes filled with a glimmer of hope.

"Xiao Tao, we need to give younger trainees more opportunities. We need to punish trainees who make mistakes, but we can't be so extreme as to think that making a mistake is necessarily unforgivable. Do you understand?"

Yan Shaozhe did not answer Ma Xiaotao's question directly, but the meaning behind his words was already clear.

"Okay, teacher, I understand. I'll go cultivate now."

Ma Xiaotao left the room with a somber expression. In Yan Shaozhe's view, this expression meant that his beloved disciple had been inspired by his words.

Although Ma Xiaotao did not express her agreement, Yan Shaozhe believed that she would understand.

"Xiaotao, I hope you can understand your teacher's good intentions."

……

Ma Xiaotao opened the door, her calm expression turning to exhaustion. She collapsed onto the bed, letting her soft body sink deep into the fluffy fur quilt.

She stared fixedly at the ceiling, her eyes unfocused, as a torrent of complex and chaotic thoughts surged forth.

Before today, Ma Xiaotao had absolute faith in the fairness and impartiality of the academy.

If anyone were to jump out and insult Shrek Academy, she would definitely throw a Phoenix Flame at them and refute them with unwavering conviction.

But now, Ma Xiaotao no longer has the courage. Yan Shaozhe's words just now made the academy in her heart, which was like the sun, vanish like a bubble.

Du Weilun forcibly changed the team's name, and Yan Shaozhe used the students as leverage to invite Huo Yuhao to join.

If it were only these two things, Ma Xiaotao would never be in her current situation; she would even find a reasonable angle to defend them.

But now, these two events have become a burning fuse, igniting a level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shell called the punishment for Dai Huabin.

The shockwave completely rewrote Ma Xiaotao's preconceived notions about Shrek Academy.

"It turns out I knew nothing all along."

Ma Xiaotao pulled the blanket over her face, and a faint sobbing could be heard.

It's no wonder Ma Xiaotao reacted this way. Yan Shaozhe and Shrek Academy held a place in her heart higher than her own life; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them her faith.

One was the person who raised her, and the other was the home where she grew up. Now that her home and her family are broken, the blow to her must be immense.

Overnight, one's family went from being the most prestigious and righteous sect in the world to being evil spirit masters; no one could accept that.

After an unknown amount of time, Ma Xiaotao slowly sat up, propping herself up on the bed. The blanket slipped off her shoulders, revealing her red eyes and clear tear tracks.

She got up and went to the bathroom, took off her clothes, revealing her snow-white and alluring body.

With a casual infusion of soul power, warm water flowed down from her head, wetting her long, bright red hair.

Ma Xiaotao remained motionless like a sculpture, letting the water flow over her body again and again.

Five minutes passed before she seemed to wake from a dream, tucked the wet strands of hair behind her ears, and began to wash them carefully.

After a long while, she lay in the bathtub filled with hot water and exhaled a long breath of white steam, but in the already steamy bathroom, the white steam was not conspicuous.

"You are my most respected mentor, and this is the academy I rely on the most. I will not allow anyone or anything to tarnish all of this."

Teacher, college...

"I will end all of this myself. I will bring the misguided academy back on track, and I will make you, teacher, the person I once respected most."

In the quiet bathroom, a murmur dissipated gently with the rising steam, and everything returned to silence.

Since absorbing the soul bone requires a protector, Wang Dong had already asked for leave in advance, so they could skip class today.

At noon, Huo Yuhao noticed that the pale golden aura around Wang Dong was fading, and the soul power fluctuations transmitted through his mental detection were gradually subsiding.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, Wang Dong's body gradually returned to normal. She opened her eyes, and her pinkish-blue eyes were even brighter and more beautiful than ever before.

She immediately turned to search for Huo Yuhao's figure, and then excitedly introduced her soul skills.

"My soul skill is called Golden Light. It is an all-around support soul skill that can not only speed up the recovery of my own soul power, but also enhance the power of other soul skills."

After Wang Dong finished speaking, he suddenly noticed a strange-looking little object in Huo Yuhao's hand and immediately asked, "What's that in your hand?"

"I just made a level-two high-explosive soul-guided ray. How about you try it?"

As Huo Yuhao had expected, Wang Dong immediately lost interest upon hearing this and turned his attention elsewhere.

"Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch. I'm starving after not eating for so long."

Huo Yuhao was led by Wang Dong toward the cafeteria, a sense of curiosity rising within him.

Wang Dong can use almost all types of soul tools except for those used for attack, but what problems might arise if she uses a soul tool if she misjudges its type?

They blindfolded Wang Dong and told her it was a baby bottle, asking her to inject her soul power to replenish it. But in reality, they were charging the attack soul tool.

If the attack is successfully launched, Huo Yuhao can take the opportunity to propose the hypothesis that Wang Dong's mental sea may have been tampered with.

Then, Wang Dong was instructed to follow the "clues" and eventually trace it back to Tang San, which was another small trick to sow discord and was put on the agenda.

"Yuhao! Over here!"

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had just finished getting their food when they heard a familiar voice calling them; it was Xiao Xiao.

"What a coincidence! Wang Dong, how's your fusion going? Is it easy?" As soon as Huo Yuhao and the other person sat down, Xiao Xiao couldn't wait to ask.

"It's quite a coincidence." Huo Yuhao smiled and gestured to Xiao Xiao. Wang Dong finished the fusion at mealtime, making it hard not to believe that he was actually forced to do it because of hunger.

"That must be incredibly easy. I'm not bragging, but I'm unmatched among Soul Masters!"

Wang Dong was brimming with confidence, but Xiao Xiao curled her lip and said, "Keep bragging. Since you're so confident, let's have a fight. Yu Hao and I, two Great Soul Masters, will take on you, a Soul Venerable. Do you dare?"

Wang Dong was speechless upon hearing this; she was confident, not arrogant.

With Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao working together, how could a Soul Master possibly defeat them? With his mental detection that always anticipates the enemy's moves, combined with Xiao Xiao's twin martial souls, even a three-ring Soul Master would be no match for them.

Not to mention that Huo Yuhao also possesses twin martial souls; only a fool would fight them.

"Oh, right, Xiao Xiao, this is for you."