Douluo Continent: Divine Oracle Young General, Qian Renxue, please have some self-respect.

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How did Flander get involved with Jiang Ci?

After returning from the war, he should have stayed in the imperial capital, Tiandou City.

They seem to have absolutely no connection with Flander, this lowly Soul Saint who lives in Soto City.

Moreover, they had fallen out, and he was beaten into this miserable state.

"Flander, what on earth happened?"

Yu Xiaogang asked repeatedly.

"That's how teachers are."

Flander's injuries prevented him from saying much, so Tang San recounted the events of that day on his behalf.

However, his rhetoric was very shrewd.

In front of Flander, the dean of the academy, they intentionally or unintentionally shifted more responsibility onto Jiang Ci.

That's how it is.

"That young general is far too young, arrogant, and petty."

"It's just a small matter, why did it have to escalate to this extent?"

Tang San spoke up to defend Flander.

They seemed to be completely indignant about what had happened to their dean.

There was no indication that he had approached Jiang Ci without hesitation about a collaboration after Flanders was seriously injured.

The anger in his voice wasn't entirely feigned.

There was indeed a hint of anger in it.

However, it wasn't because of Jiang Ci's anger at Flander for hitting him so hard.

Moreover, he was furious at Jiang Ci for refusing to cooperate with him and for his words implying contempt for his prized hidden weapons.

However, Flanders was unaware of this.

Hearing Tang San's heartfelt and angry expression, I was quite moved.

After listening to Tang San recount the whole story, Yu Xiaogang, who was standing to the side, listened to Tang San explain the ins and outs of the matter.

His brows furrowed.

They did not immediately comfort Flander, nor did they join in condemning Jiang Ci's excessive behavior.

Instead, he spoke up and blamed:

"Flander, you acted too impulsively."

"Before poaching someone's partner, you should at least find out their specific situation!"

"I told you before that you should put more thought into things before doing them, otherwise you'll always run into trouble."

"See, here it is now!"

Yu Xiaogang didn't have any objection to Flander's poaching of his employees.

After all, he would do that too.

If he could meet someone who could better prove his theory, and that person's teacher wasn't some important figure he couldn't afford to offend.

What Yu Xiaogang made will probably be very similar to what Flanders made.

He was only blaming Flanders for the trouble caused by his behavior.

"Xiao Gang, I..." Flander said, sounding a little aggrieved.

He certainly knew that this matter was indeed caused by his recklessness.

But after he was beaten up like this, Yu Xiaogang not only didn't comfort him, but instead blamed him.

How could Flander not feel wronged?

However, Yu Xiaogang didn't care about his thoughts at all.

He waved his hand, his expression somewhat grave, and said:

"Do you know what it means to offend Jiang Ci?"

"How much trouble has this caused our college?"

Seeing the anger on Yu Xiaogang's face and hearing his questioning, Flander remained completely unconcerned:

"Xiao Gang, is it really that serious?"

"That young general said that the matter from that day is over."

"We'll just stay in Soto City. As long as that person doesn't come looking for trouble, what could possibly happen?"

"Who said we're going to stay in Soto City forever?" Yu Xiaogang directly questioned this statement.

"You're not still planning to stay in Soto indefinitely, are you?"

"Ah..." Flanders choked.

That's really what he thought.

Shrek Academy is located here.

Over the years, he has never considered going anywhere else.

But Yu Xiaogang said angrily, "You're not living up to your potential!"

"I know you've lost your youthful vigor, but what about these children?"

"They are all exceptionally talented individuals. Are you going to confine them to a small town like Soto?"

"They deserve a bigger stage!"

Yu Xiaogang was quite angry as he listened to the plans revealed in Flander's words.

These are all tools to prove his reputation as a master.

If he doesn't develop on a bigger stage in the future, how can he prove his reputation as a master to the world?

Flanders actually intended to stay in this small city of Soto, which was unacceptable to Yu Xiaogang.

"The upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament—that's the stage these children truly belong on!"

Flanders fell silent.

He didn't think as much as Yu Xiaogang.

Although he was not a very good person, he did indeed have a lot of affection for his students.

Of course, I hope they can achieve better development.

"But Xiaogang, even without this incident, our academy wouldn't be qualified to participate in the competition."

"Flanders said."

Although Shrek Academy has a decent faculty, it is essentially a diploma mill.

Except for the city of Soto.

In most other parts of the Heaven Dou Empire, people have probably never even heard of Shrek Academy.

There are basic qualification requirements for participating in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.

Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath: "Indeed, no."

"So I made plans before I came here."

"With your abilities and those of the other teachers at Shrek Academy, as well as the talent of these children, you are fully capable of joining a qualified academy."

"Thus qualifying you to participate in the competition."

"You want me to give up Shrek Academy?!" Flander's eyes widened suddenly, pulling at the wound on his face.

The pain made him instinctively scream.

But compared to the pain from the wound, the disbelief in my heart was the dominant feeling.

What is Shrek Academy?

This is the result of his hard work and dedication with many old friends after the story of the Golden Trio came to an end.

He had no other plans for the rest of his life.

They were counting on dedicating themselves wholeheartedly to the development of the college.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to maintain the academy for so many years with almost no income.

How could Flander accept being asked to give up Shrek Academy and join another Soul Master Academy?

"Otherwise what?"

Yu Xiaogang glanced at him.

He wasn't a member of Shrek Academy, so naturally he didn't have any feelings for the academy.

As for Flanders' feelings, he didn't care at all.

He only cares whether his reputation as a master can be recognized in mainland China.

He cares about being able to walk back into the sect with his head held high again.

Therefore, Yu Xiaogang not only failed to comfort Flander, but even began to condemn him from a moral high ground:

"Are you going to ruin these children's futures for the sake of a so-called name?"

"What do you think your academy has? It doesn't even have a basic simulated training ground. How can you provide better education for the children?"

These words struck Flander's heart like a heavy hammer.

He wanted to refute, but couldn't find the words to do so.

Because that is indeed the case.

Yu Xiaogang went on to criticize further:

"Everything was fine until you caused this mess."

"Who is Jiang Ci?"

"He commands half of the Imperial military; who in the entire Heavenly Dou Empire doesn't give him some respect?"

"Offending him will undoubtedly only make my original plans more difficult!"

Standing to the side, Tang San watched Yu Xiaogang's incessant condemnation of Flander, who was still wrapped in bandages, and felt quite unfamiliar with him.

It wasn't that he felt sorry for Flander, but he had heard Yu Xiaogang say that he and Flander were close friends.

However, Yu Xiaogang shows no consideration for Flander at all, and instead treats him more like a tool.

This made Tang San begin to have doubts in his heart.

Does the teacher only have himself in his head...?

Could it be that I am just a tool to him?

Fueled by previous doubts, a barely perceptible crack slowly emerged in Tang San's heart.

He suddenly felt that Yu Xiaogang's previous concern for him was somewhat unusual...