Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 155 A Day Trip to Shrek Academy (Part 1)

"You are... Lan Yinzi?"

Wearing a mask that covered the upper half of his face, Mu Tian saw a familiar face and tentatively asked a question.

"Who are you?" Lan Yinzi raised her eyebrows, completely unaware of Mu Tian.

"Uh..." Mu Tian felt a little embarrassed. They had clearly met before in front of Shrek Academy and even exchanged a few words... It must be because she was wearing a mask that she couldn't recognize him. "I am Mu Tian. We met at the Shrek Academy admissions office."

Now, Lan Yinzi finally remembered something: "So it was you..."

This time traveler.

Lan Yinzi didn't say the second half of the sentence.

"Do you know him?" asked the tall man next to Mu Tian curiously.

"Yes, Dai Mubai, that blue-haired woman, also participated in Shrek Academy's recruitment, but she suddenly left later to find Tang San..." At this point, Mu Tian calmed down and stopped abruptly.

Dai Mubai, however, didn't notice that Mu Tian's voice had become softer. Instead, he waved to Lan Yinzi and Ye Lingling, "Ladies, after the fight, would you like to go for a drink together?"

When the school was recruiting students, after Lan Yinzi left, Zhu Zhuqing came to join Shrek Academy and became the only girl in the academy.

However, without the company of Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing's tolerance for Dai Mubai was extremely low.

It's not that Zhu Zhuqing chose to forgive Dai Mubai in the original work because of Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong's companionship. Rather, with her being the only girl in the academy, she felt too lonely without any same-sex friends to interact with.

At the Zhu family's house, she could chat with maids and such, but at Shrek, she could only talk to the village aunties... there was simply no conversation to have.

People who seem aloof and withdrawn don't necessarily enjoy being alone.

For the first few days, Dai Mubai would still go to inquire, but Zhu Zhuqing remained cold and ignored him completely.

So, Dai Mubai argued with him for a few moments, saying things like, "I'm not going to look for women anymore, what more do you want?" and "Can't you forgive me?"

This made the relationship even worse.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun, who were in the academy, dared not inquire further.

Mu Tian, ​​however, wanted to take advantage of the situation and then—

Dai Mubai beat up Mu Tian, ​​and at that time, Zhu Zhuqing, perhaps to spite Dai Mubai, handed Mu Tian a glass of water.

So, having had enough, Dai Mubai stopped looking for Zhu Zhuqing and continued his womanizing spree. After all, facing a block of ice is nothing compared to facing a beautiful woman.

However, Dai Mubai also knew that Zhu Zhuqing would not really give up on him; she just thought he was a disappointment. Otherwise, she wouldn't have found Shrek Academy.

But what could he do?

Davis is older than him, and he can't beat him at all, otherwise he wouldn't have come to this godforsaken, remote place.

However, he still had a glimmer of hope; he never wanted to die until he reached the point of despair.

He would need Zhu Zhuqing to fuse with his martial soul in the future to have even the slightest chance of defeating his good older brother Davis. Therefore, he would generally avoid Zhu Zhuqing when he went out, and he would also make sure to clean himself up before returning to Shrek Academy.

Superficial actions still need to be done well...

This time, Zhu Zhuqing was absent from the two-person soul battle, so Dai Mubai's unrestrained nature was revealed again.

"I'm busy." Lan Yinzi frowned, realizing that Dai Mubai was just like the one described in the novel—extremely lecherous. Although he had shown signs of reformation, it was still difficult to evoke any goodwill from him.

Fortunately, my child didn't go to Shrek Academy, and I didn't stay there either.

Lan Yinzi simply doesn't believe that the son in the original story wasn't influenced by Shrek Academy. In fact, she thinks that the reason her son became so outrageous is definitely Shrek Academy's fault.

Anyway, it's not her son's fault.

It can be said that the domineering Blue Silver Emperor would never side with someone else's child!

"Haha, quite the temper, I like it." Dai Mubai didn't care. He'd been rejected countless times and was used to it. But as long as he showed his strength, the other party would definitely throw themselves at him.

Conquering a female Soul Master is actually quite simple: just defeat her.

In this world, the vast majority of female Soul Masters have a tendency to admire the strong.

In the stands.

Tang San explained to the others what Lan Yinzi, Dai Mubai, and Mu Tian had said, then asked Qin Ming, "Teacher, are they really Shrek Academy students? They seem like thugs or something."

"Well, every academy has its underachievers." Qin Ming was a little embarrassed, but he immediately labeled Dai Mubai as an "underachiever," adding, "He doesn't represent the entire Shrek Academy."

Yu Tianheng nodded, finding it reasonable, and then asked, "Tang San, how do you know what they're saying? There are so many spectators here, and the noise is so loud that if you're two or three meters away, you can't hear what each other is saying."

"I've learned a bit of lip reading, and I can roughly understand what they're talking about by observing their lip movements," Tang San said. "After the competition, we can confirm with Lan Yinzi and Ye Lingling."

[Battle begins!]

At this moment, the referee shouted loudly.

"First Soul Skill, Blue Silver Seed!"

Lan Yinzi gave a soft shout, raised his hand and pressed it on the ground, and countless blue silver seeds emerged from his hands.

Looking down from above, it appears as if a pool of blue liquid is bubbling up from her hands, which looks extremely eerie.

However, Tang San noticed that Lan Yinzi's hands were wrapped with Blue Silver Grass, or rather, Blue Silver Emperor, and the seeds originated from those leaves.

"White Tiger Protective Shield!"

Dai Mubai's first spirit ring lit up, and a white light shield appeared on his body, which could increase his attack and also provide him with a certain degree of defense.

This blue "liquid" is really a bit eerie; it's best to be careful.

Mu Tian, ​​standing to the side, had the three-headed fire lizard breathe fire, clearing a vacuum zone for himself. The flames even scorched Dai Mubai, who was not far away.

"Damn it, stay away from me!" Dai Mubai had no liking for Mu Tian, ​​who dared to flirt with his fiancée. If it weren't for the fact that this match required two Soul Masters to team up and didn't require registration, he wouldn't bother with Mu Tian at all.

After cursing, Dai Mubai rushed towards the blue silver seed, using the White Tiger Protective Shield to keep it away.

However, quite a few seeds still remained attached to the surface of the White Tiger Protective Shield.

"These damned things are absorbing my soul power!" Dai Mubai noticed that the light of the White Tiger protective shield had dimmed. He made up his mind and decided to finish the battle quickly.

The purple soul rings flashed, and the third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, was unleashed.

Instantly, Dai Mubai's aura doubled, his muscles swelled, black tiger stripes appeared on his skin, and his heterochromatic red and blue eyes became even more striking.

White Tiger Vajra Transformation is a self-enhancing soul skill that Dai Mubai obtained after acquiring the Vajra Tiger's soul ring. In this state, Dai Mubai's attack, defense, and strength can all be increased by 100%, which is double the original strength, and the duration is up to half an hour.

This amplification-type soul skill cannot be upgraded along with the soul power level; it can only amplify the user's three attributes by one time.

"Take this!"

With his strength, defense, and attack all doubled, Dai Mubai withstood the Blue Silver Seed's absorption of his soul power and continued charging towards it.

For the first time, he felt the competition venue was a bit too big.

Faced with a strong offensive type, Blue Silver naturally wouldn't take the hit head-on, but would instead dodge.

Ye Lingling stood at the edge of the competition area.

This is Lan Yinzi's explanation: The two opponents are both Beast Soul Masters, whose abilities are mostly melee combat. Although they may have ranged attack soul skills, they are only Soul Masters and should not have skills that lock onto people.

Therefore, standing at the edge of the ring gives you more reaction time to ranged attacks from the opponent, making it easier to dodge.

If someone attacks her at close range, even if she is no match for them, she has a chance to fall down with them, or even create an opportunity for Lan Yinzi.

As a healing and support type, Ye Lingling's martial soul has no offensive capabilities, and this is not a seven-person team competition, so there are no extra people to protect her.

Therefore, he had no choice but to use himself as bait.

Dai Mubai and Mu Tian also saw through Ye Lingling's thoughts, so neither of them took the initiative to attack. After all, in the Battle Soul, getting close to the edge of the arena also requires great courage.

However, Ye Lingling did not simply stand at the edge of the arena and wait for the enemy to tire themselves out. Instead, she took out wine and fire tumblers from her soul tool.

The Soul Arena differs from the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament; it allows the use of methods other than Martial Soul abilities, as long as the opponent's weak points are not attacked...

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"Hey little wench, don't you dare run away!"

Lan Yinzi's movements were extremely swift, like a gust of wind, always a step faster than Dai Mubai's claws, which made him a little impatient.

"Third Brother, that movement seems similar to my 'Listening to the Wind's Whisper'," Xiao Wu whispered as she walked to Tang San's side. "It's like she anticipated the White Tiger's attack."

"It does look somewhat like it, but it's not, though it does have something to do with the wind."

In Tang San's view, this should be Lan Yinzi's instinct as the Blue Silver Emperor.

The Blue Silver Emperor can sway freely in the wind and sense airflow. Dai Mubai's movements were so large that the resulting airflow must have been significant.

Although it's not visible to the naked eye, Lan Yinzi should be extremely sensitive to it.

That's a skill I could learn and then improve upon Ghostly Stalking.

Just then, Lan Yinzi's second century-old soul ring flashed, and his second soul skill was activated.

Instantly, the blue-silver seeds began to sprout and connect with each other, forming a dense, impenetrable net that restricted Dai Mubai's ability to move.

Meanwhile, Mu Tian made the fire lizard keep breathing fire, and the raging flames burned the Blue Silver Emperor leaves that were covering him and Haoyue.

"This is my second soul skill: Blue Silver Net." Lan Yinzi retreated to Ye Lingling's side and said to the struggling Dai Mubai and the arsonist Mu Tian, ​​"I won't use my third soul skill; you will die. But judging from your appearance, you don't want to surrender, so—"

After receiving a signal from Lan Yinzi, Ye Lingling poured the wine towards Mu Tian and Dai Mubai.

"This is wine?" Dai Mubai immediately realized, his eyes trembling as he looked at Mu Tian.

"Bear!"

In an instant, Mu Tian's flames ignited the wine, causing most of the venue to burst into flames.

"Ah!" Mu Tian screamed in pain as he was burned by the flames.

Although his three-headed fire lizard can breathe fire, he himself is not fireproof. Moreover, the flames produced by the burning of alcohol due to excessive temperature are not the kind of fire element transformed from soul power. The two should not be confused.

Therefore, Mu Tian himself is not immune to this flame.

"We surrender!" Dai Mubai shouted as he watched the flames spread toward him. In the audience, a middle-aged man wearing glasses immediately stepped onto the stage and used his powerful soul force to create a strong wind that extinguished the flames.

That person was none other than Flander, the four-eyed cat-eyed man.

After rescuing the two students, it was discovered that Dai Mubai only had some burns on his skin and was not seriously injured; Mu Tian, ​​however, was more seriously injured, with some of his hair burned off, but he was also not seriously injured, except that his hair might not grow back in the burned areas.

"Where are you students from? How could you be so ruthless?" Flander questioned Lan Yinzi and Ye Lingling, unleashing his Soul Saint-level Soul Pressure upon the two women.

It was a loss of face to lay a hand on the two girls, but Flander felt that he was just trying to get justice for the two students, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Shrek Academy is all about protecting its own.

Of course, he didn't really intend to take action; he just wanted to scare the two girls. After all, his own students had been bullied so badly that they were almost disfigured. If he, as the dean, didn't do anything, wouldn't he lose face?

These two girls are so capable, they must have someone behind them. If he can just say it, Flander will have a way out.

"Dean Flander!"

Qin Ming jumped off the stands and walked calmly to the two women. He smiled at Flander and said, "Long time no see. How have you been?"

"You're Qin Ming!" Upon seeing Qin Ming, Flander immediately found a way out, beaming with joy. "Good lad, I was wondering whose students these two girls were. I didn't expect they were taught by you. They've truly mastered the teachings of Shrek Academy. They're brave and resourceful, with a bright future ahead of them."

Dai Mubai: "..." Dean, where is your integrity?

When Mu Tian saw Qin Ming, he seemed to remember something and immediately scanned the audience. He spotted a girl with a scorpion-tail braid and Tang San standing next to her, making a hand gesture towards him from a distance.

"Let's go downstairs and catch up, Dean Flander. There are too many people here," Qin Ming suggested.

"That's true, it's not good to make a fool of ourselves." Flander laughed heartily, put his arm around Qin Ming's shoulder, and walked off the field. "Come to my place. It's small and poor, but there are few people, it's quiet, and the environment has a natural fragrance and simplicity."

"Perfect timing, the other students I'm leading also want to see Shrek Academy." Qin Ming's eyes showed even more nostalgia. "It's been quite a while since I've been to Shrek Academy."

"What else can we do? Just like that? In recent years, we've had even less funding." Flander sighed. "To raise healthy students, I've even lost all my savings for my own funeral. There are only five students left in the academy now, possibly the last batch of students at Shrek Academy. After that, Shrek Academy might cease to exist, and I and the other teachers will have to find teaching positions at a prestigious academy... It's truly heartbreaking."

"Dean, would you like to come to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy? I'm a teacher there and the leader of the Heaven Dou Royal Team One. I'll introduce myself to the three members of the Education Committee, and they'll definitely welcome me." Qin Ming extended an invitation. "Moreover, I have a group of very outstanding students, including two monsters among monsters who reached the Soul Master realm at the age of twelve."

"That's a monster!" Flander's eyes widened. "Could you tell me about it?"

"I can't reveal their specific identities. I've been given a death order by the three education commissioners. If I dare to say it out loud, even if I join the Spirit Hall, those three commissioners won't let me off the hook." Qin Ming didn't elaborate. "However, they were also in the delegation that went to the Star Luo Empire this time. You can recognize them by their appearance; they are a man and a woman."

"Hey, still keeping me in suspense. But I understand your difficulties. Working under someone else is always a bit restrictive." Flander didn't pry. After all, he just liked freedom and being unrestrained. He wasn't ignorant of social etiquette. He wouldn't ask about secrets he shouldn't, lest he cause trouble.

Although Shrek is not afraid of causing trouble, there are some people and forces that are truly not to be trifled with.

However, for a twelve-year-old Soul Master, Flander genuinely felt that the world was changing too fast, even to the point of being incomprehensible.

This can't even be called a monster anymore!

It's a monster!

"I'll head back to Shrek Academy first and have the teachers and students prepare a welcoming ceremony. You can bring the people from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy." After Flander finished speaking, he left with Dai Mubai and Mu Tian before Qin Ming could refuse.

"Dean Flander is still as dashing as ever. But dashing can't put food on the table."

Qin Ming genuinely wanted to help the teachers and students of Shrek Academy, but Dean Flander was too proud to join another academy. He really didn't know what to do...

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"Mu Bai, Mu Tian, ​​call Hong Jun and the others over. I'm going to find Xiao Gang and Lu Qibin." After bringing Dai Mu Bai and Mu Tian back to Shrek Academy, Flander instructed them, "The outstanding graduate of the academy has made something of himself and is even able to lead the Heaven Dou Royal Team. Now he's brought his students over to see what's going on. We can't let him lose face."

"Dean, we're already so backward. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if those royal children saw us?" Mu Tian retorted, not wanting Tang San and the others to come over.

"I believe that the students Qin Ming teaches are not the spoiled brats," Flander said. "You weren't defeated, so you're afraid to face their excellence, were you?"

"I'm doing this to motivate you and let you know that there are always people more capable than you."

"Otherwise, do you think I, as the dean, would want my promising students to bring their students to witness the decline of Shrek Academy?"

Left with no other choice, Mu Tian went to call Ma Hongjun and Oscar, while Dai Mubai went to call Zhu Zhuqing...

"Flander, what's up?" Yu Xiaogang was interrupted from his research and was a little impatient. "Oscar has reached level 30, and I'm planning his third spirit ring."

"Relax, Xiao Gang. Some outstanding students who graduated from the academy are coming back, along with students from the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy. I hope the children can interact with them." Flander stated his purpose. "The children are all quite talented. After graduation, they will go their separate ways. Having contact with those people and leaving an impression will open up more avenues for them in the future."

"Shrek has students working at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?" Yu Xiaogang's eyes gleamed with hope. "Could we ask him to sponsor us? No, perhaps we can merge into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"Do you really want to do that?" Over the years, Yu Xiaogang had done a lot of ideological guidance for Flander, so Flander wasn't very excited when he heard Yu Xiaogang say this.

In fact, he had considered it.

Although Shrek Academy was his brainchild, the conditions were too poor, the food was bad, and there was no simulated training environment. Even his personal disciple, Ma Hongjun, had to rely on places like brothels to solve his martial soul defect.

"This is necessary. Our conditions are too poor to allow the children to grow effectively, not to mention that two more genius students have arrived at our academy." Yu Xiaogang said seriously, "Also, you must know who Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing are, right? White Tiger and Netherworld Cat, they are members of the Star Luo Empire's royal family!"

"I don't care why you recruited Dai Mubai in the first place, but now that Zhu Zhuqing has come to the Heaven Dou Empire, their only hope for survival is to rely on the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"After all, since we took them in, there's a high chance that the other pair of white tigers and ghost cats from the Dai and Zhu families will think we're supporters of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing."

This might sound alarmist, but Flander couldn't help but consider whether the new emperor of the Star Luo Empire would hold Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing accountable for Shrek's failure in the final competition.

Can the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus family protect them?

Perhaps Xiao Gang will be alright. After all, no matter how much he clashes with the family or how bad their relationship is, he is still Yu Yuanzhen's son. But it's not certain that Flander and the other students and teachers in the academy will be the same.

This is also the reason that Yu Xiaogang has often used to persuade Flander in recent years.

"Sigh~"

Flanders sighed deeply.

If he truly had no intention of joining an advanced academy, he wouldn't have bothered inviting Qin Ming to visit Shrek Academy...

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Once all the Shrek Academy teachers and students—Lu Qibin, Li Yusong, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Mu Tian, ​​and Zhu Zhuqing—had arrived, Flander announced that Qin Ming would be bringing the Heaven Dou Royal Team for a visit: "This exchange is not only a visit from outstanding students of Shrek Academy, but also to show you the gap between you and the Heaven Dou Royal Team. I hope you little brats will cherish this opportunity."

The original Shrek Seven Devils have lost Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, but gained Mu Tian. Oscar has been taken in as a disciple by Yu Xiaogang and given extra training. He has now broken through to level 30 and has a great physique, with strength greater than Ma Hongjun.

Furthermore, Oscar's second spirit ring was chosen with the help of Yu Xiaogang, giving him considerable combat power.

"Flander, when are Qin Ming and the others arriving?" Yu Xiaogang was even more eager than Flander.

"They're walking here, they'll be here soon, let's go out and meet them now," Flander said with a slight sigh, forcing himself to stay alert.

"Dean, I've broken through to level 30 and need to hunt for a soul ring." Zhu Zhuqing suddenly spoke up. Her soul power increase speed was also much faster than in the original story.

After all, even if her sister openly mocked and ridiculed her before she left the family, the elders of the family would not deprive her of cultivation resources. In addition, after the effects of whale glue were announced, she was also able to consume some millennium whale glue.

Therefore, the age of her second spirit ring reached more than 800 years.

The higher the age of the spirit ring, the more energy it contains, and the stronger its effect on the evolution of the martial spirit. Naturally, Zhu Zhuqing's cultivation speed is faster than in the original work.

"Level 30 already? You're cultivating quite fast. But don't rush to get a soul ring. Focus on refining your physical body; it'll benefit you," Flander said calmly.

"Can the academy provide whale gelatin?" Zhu Zhuqing had taken whale gelatin before and knew its effects. "I can buy it. That stuff is much more effective than carrying stones."

"Zhuqing, you know how poor our school is. Whale glue is now priceless and unavailable. We can't afford it. The medicinal bath is quite effective." Oscar was a little unhappy. After all, carrying stones while running was a training method suggested by his teacher. In addition, his teacher often gave him special meals, and he had eaten some nutritious food, or even small pieces of thousand-year-old whale glue, once or twice.

As a disciple, I must uphold this right and wrong.

Although there is no saying in Douluo Continent that "a teacher for a day is a father for life," once you become a disciple, your teacher becomes the closest person to you besides your parents. Oscar was an orphan, and becoming Yu Xiaogang's disciple was equivalent to having a relative. Moreover, Yu Xiaogang came to take him as a disciple when he was only seven years old, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him his adoptive father.

How can we allow others to question us?

Zhu Zhuqing remained silent and ignored her.

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang was quite satisfied with Oscar, but he didn't like Zhu Zhuqing, the girl who dared to question his training methods, very much. However, he didn't say anything, after all, the most important thing for a team is unity and not internal strife.

(End of this chapter)