In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

"You little rascal, you kept it a secret from us so well! You hid it so well that you took down all seven of us Shrek Seven Devils by yourself!" Flander walked over and said with a laugh.

He had just checked on the Shrek Seven Devils and found that Lan Si had not used any serious force. Apart from Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, the other Shrek Seven Devils had some injuries and looked disheveled, but they were only superficial wounds and nothing serious.

That was only one aspect. What truly pleased Flander was that the Royal Fighting Team had won. This meant that not only had he kept his 100,000 gold soul coins, but he had also earned an extra 100,000, making a total of 200,000 gold soul coins. He had never seen so much money in his entire life.

From now on, Shrek Academy will never have to suffer from poverty again.

"Just lucky." Lan Si smiled calmly, his face showing neither joy nor sorrow.

"You brat, sigh... never mind, let's not talk about it anymore. In the end, it's because my little monsters are too weak. It's not shameful that they lost to you. But speaking of which, are you really not planning to join Shrek Academy?" Flander sighed and then asked seriously.

"Dean, no one poachs talent like you do." At this moment, Qin Ming also walked over with the seven members of the Royal Fighting Team. He first bowed respectfully to Flander and Zhao Wuji, and then said to Ye Lingling beside him, "Lingling, these are all my juniors. Please treat them."

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Chapter 75 Tang San's Mental Breakdown

Ye Lingling did not answer directly, but instead turned her gaze to Lan Si, seeking his opinion.

This drew surprised glances from everyone at Shrek Academy except Zhu Zhuqing. This little girl with the Nine Heart Begonia actually valued Lan Si's opinion more than her own team leader.

Qin Ming was also embarrassed by this, but fortunately Lan Si nodded to Ye Lingling, which eased the awkward atmosphere.

Before long, thanks to Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia's powerful healing abilities, the Shrek team members were fully recovered from their injuries. The Nine Heart Begonia's powerful healing abilities once again refreshed everyone's understanding.

"Dean, why hasn't Third Brother woken up yet, even though his injuries have all healed?" Xiao Wu asked Flander, her eyes red. She glared at Lan Si.

Flander walked over to Tang San, checked him over, and replied, "Little San is fine. He's just exhausted his soul power. He'll be alright after a rest."

Hearing this, Xiao Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the anger in her eyes towards Lan Si did not diminish in the slightest.

“Dean, this isn’t the place to talk. Would it be possible to bring a few teachers and junior students to the Soto City Grand Hotel for a chat after the Battle Soul Points are settled? I happen to have some things I’d like to discuss with you.” Qin Ming looked around and then said to Flander.

Flander's eyes lit up. "What? You're not planning to treat us, are you, you brat?"

Qin Ming was taken aback at first, but after recalling his stingy dean's character, he realized what was going on and said, "Look at what you're saying. You're my elder, how can I let you pay out of your own pocket?"

"Haha, you're the one who gets it right, kid." Flander patted Qin Ming on the shoulder, grinning from ear to ear. Although he earned 100,000 gold soul coins this time, his habit of taking advantage of small things hadn't changed at all.

The Soto City Grand Hotel wasn't far from the Soto City Grand Arena, so while Qin Ming, Flander, and Yu Xiaogang were settling scores for the two teams, Lan Si, under Qin Ming's arrangement, led the Shrek Academy members, headed by Zhao Wuji, to the hotel and ordered two tables of food.

A table of students and a table of teachers; compared to Zhao Wuji and others, the younger generation is more likely to find common ground.

While waiting for their food, the members of the Royal Fighting Team got to know the Shrek Academy Team. However, because they had just fought, there was an inevitable clash between them, and no one could stand the other. In particular, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun, who had been burned to a crisp, simply sat down at Zhao Wuji's table.

Even so, it didn't stop Dugu Yan and the others from teasing Lan Si and Zhu Zhuqing.

"You, Lan A-Si, I was just saying that there are so many girls in the academy, and you're not interested in any of them. Even Lingling, you only approached her because she's your cousin. It turns out there's such a beauty hidden in Soto City!" Huang Dou's vice captain, Dugu Yan, looked Zhu Zhuqing up and down, admiring her hot figure while teasing her.

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"Cousin?" Apart from Zhu Zhuqing, everyone else from Shrek Academy stared wide-eyed.

Ning Rongrong, in particular, had a very interesting expression. In the world of support-type spirit masters, if we were to talk about who the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s biggest competitor is, it would undoubtedly be the Nine Heart Begonia. If it weren’t for the fact that only one Nine Heart Begonia can appear in each generation, and at most two can appear at the same time, it would be hard to say whether it would be the number one support-type spirit in the world. Now that she sees such a monstrous nephew as Lan Si suddenly appearing in the Nine Heart Begonia family, how could she not be shocked?

"Lan Si, so your martial soul is a mutation of the Nine-Heart Begonia?" Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Lan Si was about to reply when Zhu Zhuqing, who was sitting next to him, gently tugged at his sleeve, causing a look of surprise to flash across his eyes. He then replied, "I guess so."

Strictly speaking, his martial soul did not originate solely from the Nine Heart Begonia, but rather from the Supreme Divine Universe Technique. Without this technique, his Azure Lotus martial soul would probably not be much stronger than Tang San's current Blue Silver Grass.

At the table next door where Zhao Wuji and the others were.

Hearing Lan Si and the others' conversation, Ma Hongjun couldn't help but whisper to Tang San, "Third Brother, no wonder that guy named Lan Si is ridiculously strong, able to single-handedly defeat all of us Shrek Seven Devils. It turns out his spirit is a mutation of the Nine Heart Begonia. Even a chicken can transform into a phoenix, let alone the Nine Heart Begonia. But didn't Grandmaster say last time that he, like you, came from Notting Academy? The Nine Heart Begonia is comparable to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, how could they let a genius like Lan Si join an ordinary primary spirit master academy?"

At this moment, Tang San had not yet recovered from the blow of defeat. He recalled Lan Si's words, "What have you been doing for the past six years?" His fists were clenched so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force of his grip.

He felt so resentful, wondering why he was so powerless.

He had clearly promised to protect Xiao Wu and avenge her, but after encountering his enemy, not only was Xiao Wu hurt again and his mentor humiliated, but even his most prized Tang Clan hidden weapons were completely destroyed. Had he really gone astray on the path of a Soul Master?

No, he shouldn't have gone down the wrong path. At least, his hidden weapons were definitely not the trivial things Lan Si mentioned. As a disciple of the Tang Clan, no one knew better than him how powerful the Tang Clan's hidden weapons were. Right now, his Xuan Tian Gong was only at the fourth level. Once he reached the fifth level, the higher he went, the more profound his hidden weapon techniques would become. That would be the beginning of truly unleashing the power of the Tang Clan's ultimate skills.

What about the path of martial spirit cultivation?

They probably didn't go the wrong way. After all, Blue Silver Grass is just a useless martial soul. It's already quite remarkable that it has grown to the point where it can defeat Dai Mubai, who has a top-tier offensive beast martial soul, with just a useless martial soul.

Then there's only one possibility: the reason he lost to Lan Si was simply because the Blue Silver Grass was too weak.

Otherwise, since the final blow that decided the outcome was also a third soul skill, and both were of the spider web type, why did he still lose to his opponent despite having a higher soul ring age than Lan Si?

If his Blue Silver Grass martial soul were strong enough, then in the end, it wouldn't be him who would lose, but Lan Si.

Faced with his third soul skill unleashed after absorbing the two-thousand-year-old human-faced demon spider's soul ring, Lan Si had absolutely no chance of turning the tide. It wouldn't be him whose third soul skill would be broken; it would be Lan Si.

"Third Brother, Third Brother..." Seeing that Tang San did not respond for a long time, Ma Hongjun gently nudged Tang San's arm, which pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Ah...oh, Fatty, what's up?"

"Third Brother, are you alright?" Seeing that Tang San's emotions were clearly not quite right, Ma Hongjun sighed softly and asked with some concern. Before meeting Lan Si, Tang San could be said to be the most outstanding Soul Master among the younger generation that Ma Hongjun had ever seen. Now, suddenly suffering such a major blow, especially with Xiao Wu injured, not to mention Tang San, even he himself was having a hard time accepting it.

Shrek, who prides himself on being a monster, was actually beaten by one person in a team battle. Damn, that's really discouraging.

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Chapter Seventy-Six: Things About Shrek

Xiao Wu was also very worried. Ever since the end of the Soul Fighting Competition, her eyes had never left Tang San. She held Tang San's hand and asked worriedly, "Third Brother, should I take you to an inn to rest first?"

Tang San first shook his head at Ma Hongjun, then forced a smile and said to Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, I'm fine, just a little tired. By the way, haven't my teacher and the dean arrived yet?"

As he spoke, Tang San glanced around. When he saw Dai Mubai, he noticed that Dai Mubai was in no better shape than him, looking completely lost. He was only able to come along because the academy was arranging the third phase of training; otherwise, he would have probably already found a place to hide.

He was a loser just like me, even a million times worse. I only lost a match and couldn't avenge my beloved, but he lost his entire beloved, including his dignity. He was beaten so badly by Lan Si in front of everyone that he was screaming and howling. Anyone would be unable to bear it, let alone the proud Dai Mubai.

"The dean and the master have gone to tally our points for this month, they should be here soon," Xiao Wu replied.

As soon as she finished speaking, Flander's voice rang out from downstairs: "Haha, no wonder that little guy Lan Si neither joined my Shrek Academy nor went to Blue Tyrant Academy. It turns out he was favored by Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!"

"Yes, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy only accepts nobles, so A-Si can be considered an exception..."

Before they arrived, their voices preceded their arrival. The sound grew louder as the door to the private room was pushed open, and the familiar figures of Flander, Yu Xiaogang, and Qin Ming walked in.

"Dean."

"master."

"Teacher Qin Ming."

Upon seeing the three appear, all the Soul Masters from both Huang Dou and Shrek Academy, except for Zhao Wuji, who was their teacher, stood up at the same time and respectfully bowed to their respective teachers.

Zhao Wuji laughed and said to Flander, "Haha, Flander, Qin Ming, we've been waiting for you. Sit down, the dishes are almost all ready. Don't say I'm old Zhao who hasn't seen the world. This kind of food is a once-in-a-century treat at Shrek Academy."

Flander rolled his eyes at this. As Qin Ming smiled and nodded, gesturing for the Royal Fighters to sit down, he waved his hand, signaling the Shrek Academy students to sit as well. He laughed loudly, "Little monsters, let me introduce you all. This is your senior, Qin Ming. He's thirty-four years old this year, a former student of our Shrek Academy. He graduated many years ago and is now the team leader and instructor of the Royal Fighters team at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. His spirit is the Fiery Azure Wolf, and he's a level 62 Power Attack type Soul Master. By the way, according to the Spirit Hall's records, he's the second youngest Soul Emperor currently existing."

Thirty-four years old, level sixty-two?

Apart from the Royal Fighting Team members who already knew Qin Ming's soul power level, the rest of the Shrek Academy members were all surprised. The Royal Fighting Team members also showed surprised looks. They did not expect that Qin Ming, whom they had always regarded as their target, would be a graduate of Shrek Academy.

Taking in the reactions of the Shrek Seven Devils and the Royal Fighting Team, Flander's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness. Unwittingly, he had given Shrek Academy another boost in publicity.

Just then, Lan Si's untimely voice suddenly rang out. He raised his right hand and asked excitedly, "Dean Flander, I never expected that such an outstanding Soul Master as Teacher Qin Ming would be a student of your Shrek Academy. It's quite a surprise. Actually, I heard about Shrek Academy when I was very young, but because of a question, I hesitated to enroll. Therefore, I chose to go to Heaven Dou City. May I ask you a question now?"

Upon hearing Lan Si's words, Yu Xiaogang, standing next to Flander, frowned, a bad premonition rising in his heart. Just as he was about to change the subject, Flander said, "Ask away, ask away. I can answer any question about Shrek Academy for you."

At this moment, Flander was in a good mood, and when he heard Lan Si praising Qin Ming, a graduate from his Shrek Academy, he didn't think too much about it. He took over the topic as if he were an elder explaining things to a junior.

"Let me make this clear beforehand, I have no intention of questioning Shrek Academy, after all, it is Teacher Qin Ming's alma mater." Lan Si's lips curled into a sly smile. "When I was at Notting Academy, I heard Master talk about Shrek Academy. He said that Shrek Academy's most outstanding student has now become the youngest elder of the Spirit Hall, second only to the Pope. As far as I know, anyone who can become an elder in the Spirit Hall must at least be a Title Douluo."

"The only exception is Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a seventy-nine-year support-type weapon spirit saint, who became the honorary elder of the Spirit Hall as the number one support-type spirit master in the world."

"Shrek Academy has been established for over twenty years, and the requirement for new students is that they must be under thirteen years old. A titled Douluo who is not even forty years old really makes me very curious."

As soon as Lan Si finished speaking, everyone present, including the Shrek Seven Devils, turned their gazes to Flander and Yu Xiaogang. Their faces showed astonishment, disbelief, and curiosity.

“Dean, I’m curious too.” Ning Rongrong stood up, her bright eyes sparkling with an unusual light. The exception Lan Si mentioned was none other than her most proud father, Ning Fengzhi. Now that she heard that Shrek Academy had produced someone who could rival her father, how could she not be curious?

Once there's a first, there will be a second. Although Xiao Wu disliked Lan Si very much, she couldn't suppress her curiosity and hurriedly asked, "Dean, I'm also curious. When I enrolled, I think I heard Dai Laohu mention something."

“Yes, Dean, I never expected that we would have a titled Douluo senior, and one who is so young. In the future, when we go out, we will just announce the senior’s name and see who dares to disrespect Shrek Academy.” Ma Hongjun stood up excitedly.

.....

Finally, even the distraught Dai Mubai came to his senses and cast a surprised glance at him. He had once heard Flander casually mention that if there really was a titled Douluo senior, then he might be able to seek help from him when he seized the throne in the future.

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Among all the students, only Tang San sensed that something was wrong. He knew that Lan Si couldn't possibly be so kind, so he immediately grabbed Xiao Wu's hand, shook his head at her, and gestured for her to sit down.

At this moment, Flander's old face was flushed red. He had been so smug just moments before, but now he was being slapped in the face so quickly.

When he was recruiting students, he only came up with this gimmick to attract enough outstanding students. Now, someone has seized on the loophole and questioned him in front of the Shrek Seven Devils. This is incredibly embarrassing.

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Chapter Seventy-Seven: A Lie Made in Kind

As a former member of Shrek Academy, Qin Ming knew Flander's character quite well: stingy, concerned with his image, greedy for money, and prone to boasting; but he was not a bad person at heart and was very responsible towards his students, which was the main reason why he respected Flander so much.

And this so-called youngest elder of the Spirit Hall is, unsurprisingly, a gimmick created by Flander to recruit students.

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Seeing his dean in an awkward situation, Qin Ming immediately took over the conversation and said, "I had the honor of meeting this senior once, and it is true. However, I believe everyone knows that every major power has hidden forces to some extent. As the most powerful soul master organization on this continent, the Spirit Hall is even more so. That senior is one of the hidden forces of the Spirit Hall and cannot be known to outsiders."

"Therefore, I hope everyone will not spread this matter in the future, as it would be harmful to everyone."

Upon hearing this, Flander gave Qin Ming a grateful look, then echoed, "Yes, yes... Qin Ming is right. That's why I don't tell the world his name."

As he spoke, Flander didn't forget to wink at Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang.

Zhao Wuji understood immediately, chuckled dryly, and quickly echoed. Only Yu Xiaogang looked unwell. He felt that his authority as a master had been challenged and questioned once again, and all of this was because of Lan Si.

The crowd suddenly understood. Though still curious, they chose not to ask further. It was because everyone present, especially those with powerful families behind them, had more or less concealed their strength. And the Spirit Hall, as the most powerful spirit master organization across the continent, was teeming with powerful individuals and spirit masters; it wasn't surprising that it had hidden a Title Douluo.

They just didn't expect it to be a Shrek student!