stonecrandall Page 128
Page 128
Chapter 145 A coward who doesn't dare to cause trouble? Bullshit! Dongfang Yao is preparing to run away!
The middle-aged man leading the group from Canghui Academy was named Ye Zhiqiu. He led the students behind him, and they all stood up in unison.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and an uproar broke out in the hotel.
Nearby diners quickly got up and moved aside, most of them watching the scene with excitement.
Seeing that Dai Mubai and his group were a bunch of children, Ye Zhi Qiu didn't want to bully the younger ones.
However, the other party was extremely arrogant and even made insulting remarks.
How could he tolerate this? So he ordered his students to rush up and teach them a lesson with their fists.
However, they were all defeated by Xiao Wu, who jumped out from the other side.
Even though the students had activated their martial souls, their soul ring configurations were still inferior to their opponents', making them timid and submissive, and they had already lost in terms of momentum.
With so many diners watching, Ye Zhi Qiu didn't want Cang Hui Academy to lose face completely, so he had to earn back some respect.
Thinking he could intimidate these brats, since they were the ones who spoke rudely to his student first, he decided to apologize to the girl and let the matter drop.
Thus, the Xuan Turtle Martial Soul was activated, and five soul rings—white, yellow, purple, purple, and purple—rose.
Seeing this, Dai Mubai and Tang San's expressions changed slightly, realizing that the situation was a bit tricky.
But Ma Hongjun didn't think things through and continued to insult Ye Zhi Qiu, calling him an old bastard.
This completely strained the relationship between the two sides.
Ye Zhi Qiu's forehead veins bulged, and he laughed angrily: "If you have the guts, let's go outside, and I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your teacher!"
After saying that, the group from Canghui Academy left the hotel.
Seeing this, Dai Mubai whispered to Tang San, "This old guy is over level 50. Be careful later. I'll hold him off from the front. You need to be quick. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out for long."
Tang San smiled nonchalantly and said to everyone, "We're not necessarily going to lose. Although his soul power is stronger than ours, I'm certain he's a defensive-type battle soul master."
Tang San explained his understanding to everyone and devised two countermeasures.
The strategy involves exploiting the counteracting relationship between the fat man's fire and the water-type Xuan Turtle, supplemented by Oscar's sausages, with the rest of the team providing support, to create a numerical advantage and a war of attrition.
Tang San paused for a moment, then continued, "The second method is for the fastest among us to deal with him. That is, for me, Mu Bai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dongfang Yao to complete this task, with the assistance of Ning Rongrong and Oscar, Xiao Wu's flanking maneuvers, and Fatty's ranged attacks. Therefore, I think the second plan has a greater chance of success!"
Upon hearing Tang San's suggestion, Ma Hongjun couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer: "Awesome! Let's do it this way! Dongfang Yao is so relaxed when fighting against Soul Masters of the same level in the Soul Arena. If she goes all out and has our assistance, won't that old turtle be a piece of cake to defeat!"
Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Oscar all thought the plan was good.
Then, everyone's eyes fell on Dongfang Yao, who was sitting at the round table.
"Who ordered the beef? I don't eat it. Waiter, bring another plate of papaya!" Dongfang Yao called out.
Then, she picked up a roasted chicken leg from the table, took a satisfying bite, and chewed it slowly.
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but reach out and poke her thigh, asking, "Yao'er, what do you think?"
"I think... um, I think it tastes pretty good," Dongfang Yao mumbled, her mouth full of food.
Ning Rongrong was dumbfounded: "I wasn't asking about the taste of the food, I was asking about the plan from earlier!"
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yao did not reply and quickly finished the chicken leg in her hand.
Then he glanced at Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai, his eyes filled with disdain and contempt, and slowly said, "Let whoever offended them go ahead, what does it have to do with me?"
"You!" Dai Mubai was furious, pointing at Dongfang Yao, "We're from the same academy, shouldn't we face things together when something happens?"
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yao seemed to have heard a joke and couldn't help but laugh.
Without pausing her chopsticks, she countered, "Something happened? Then let me ask you, who started this so-called 'thing'?"
The girl's gaze suddenly turned cold as she looked at Ma Hongjun and coldly questioned, "Let me ask you this: what gives you the right to harass a girl? And what gives you the right to insult an elder? Do you have the confidence and the ability to do so?"
Ma Hongjun was startled by her gaze and tone, and his fat trembled slightly.
He couldn't help but mutter, "Didn't the dean say that those who don't dare to cause trouble are mediocre? This little Canghui Academy is so arrogant, I can't stand it."
"A tiny Canghui Academy?" Dongfang Yao laughed angrily. "Ignorant! They're a legitimate advanced Soul Master academy, qualified to participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. What's wrong with them being a little arrogant? Does it interfere with this hotel's business? Or does it affect other guests' meals? But I see you guys harassing their students first! Besides, what business is it of yours if they're arrogant? Did they eat your rice?"
These words struck a chord with everyone, and their expressions varied, yet they had no way to refute them.
Tang San was puzzled, because Yu Xiaogang had not yet mentioned anything related to the competition to him.
After Oscar explained the situation to him, he awkwardly said, "Dongfang Yao is right. If you think about it carefully, at least Canghui Academy has the qualifications to participate, while we at Shrek..."
He was too embarrassed to speak loudly, so he whispered in Tang San's ear: "Shrek has not been registered in any kingdom or empire because we do not have the necessary facilities, so we are not eligible to participate."
Tang San then realized what was happening, and felt a mix of emotions.
As the eldest brother, Dai Mubai, although he was unwilling, had to admit this fact.
However, she still tried to make amends for Ma Hongjun, saying, "Don't blame Fatty too much. After all, his martial soul has a defect, so it's understandable that he might see pretty girls."
Dongfang Yao said calmly, "It's simple, I'll cut it off for him, to cure him permanently."
Upon hearing this, Ma Hongjun immediately covered his groin and shook his head in horror.
He still wants to enjoy it, how can he cut it?
At this time,
Ye Zhi Qiu's mocking voice rang out from outside the hotel: "Hey! Why aren't the Shrek Academy members coming out yet? Are they scared?"
"Damn it!" Dai Mubai glared at Dongfang Yao, then turned to look at Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
But both girls remained seated firmly on their stools, their attitude speaking volumes.
"Hmph," he snorted coldly, and said to the others, "Let's go."
Seeing that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar had all gone out to fight.
Ning Rongrong turned to look at Dongfang Yao and saw that she was deep in thought, so she asked softly, "What's wrong?"
Dongfang Yao didn't respond. Instead, she looked at the two women beside her and asked directly, "Did you two also want to fight them at first?"
"Uh-huh." Ning Rongrong honestly admitted it, and Zhu Zhuqing nodded in agreement.
But they all immediately said that they were now rational and had come to their senses.
Dongfang Yao picked up a slice of pork belly, chewed and swallowed slowly, and said seriously, "Not daring to cause trouble makes one a mediocre person? What kind of twisted logic is that?"
She seemed to be questioning the two women beside her, or perhaps stating a fact:
"If no one provokes you, but you provoke them, and you don't even dare to fart when you encounter someone powerful, isn't that just stirring up trouble for no reason and bullying the weak and fearing the strong? What if the person you provoke is a Title Douluo hiding his identity? He'd probably be buried with grass growing two feet high by now."
The two girls next to him were both very smart. After listening to this and thinking about it carefully, they both nodded in agreement. It made sense!
Dongfang Yao picked up another piece of vegetable and continued, "Not only that, the dean of Shrek Academy actually encourages students to fight, gamble, and even help them go to prostitutes. Moreover, students have to pay for their own hotel stays and meals. The academy has no simulation training grounds, no qualifications to participate in the Soul Master Competition—it has practically nothing! And they still charged me 100 gold soul coins!!!"
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but laugh as she listened; Yao'er's money-grubbing nature had kicked in again.
Dongfang Yao glared at her, annoyed: "You're still laughing! I'm telling you seriously, we can't stay at Shrek Academy anymore, it's ruining our future!"
The girl put down her chopsticks and said seriously, "The worst thing about this academy is that it has too many fallacies! The atmosphere in the academy is terrible! They use things like 'partners' and 'teams' to influence students' thinking. In other words, they brainwash them! They make students lose their own opinions and follow the crowd blindly! That's the most serious problem!"
Dongfang Yao frowned: "Rongrong, do you understand what I mean?"
Chapter 146 Preliminary Selection of Participants? Powerful Background and Strength
Ning Rongrong wasn't stupid; she naturally understood that Yao'er was preparing to run away.
To be honest, she always found Yao'er's words to be very reasonable.
Perhaps due to the education she received from her older brother since childhood, Yao'er always considers multiple aspects when faced with a problem.
This is something Ning Rongrong couldn't do, and it's something she knows she needs to learn from Dongfang Yao.
Therefore, Ning Rongrong nodded.
Indeed, Shrek Academy is utterly awful; it's time to leave.
"When are we leaving? Now?"
Dongfang Yao thought for a moment and decided to ask her brother's opinion first: "Let me think about it some more, and then we can go find Sister Yanzi and the others."
Then, she turned to the cat-eared girl: "Zhuqing, what about you? Why don't you come with us?"
Zhu Zhuqing stayed at Shrek Academy in order to become stronger.
Now, after listening to Dongfang Yao's analysis, I also feel that Shrek Academy is not as outstanding as I imagined.
"Yes, I'll go with you."
Ning Rongrong's eyes lit up, and she clapped her hands: "Great! Now we can form a team! Yao'er, Zhu Qing, me, Sister Yanzi, Sister Lingling, five people in total."
She counted on her fingers, her brows furrowing slightly: "But we're still short two people to participate in the Soul Master Competition?"
Upon hearing this, Dongfang Yao and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged a knowing glance.
Once that person joins, six people will be more than enough, even more than enough!
The requirement is for seven people, but we're one person short. Who should we choose?
Ning Rongrong hesitated and asked, "How about Xiao Wu? We're both girls, wouldn't it be better if we went together?"
"Her? She shouldn't leave Tang San, right?" Dongfang Yao didn't particularly dislike Xiao Wu, but she felt that Xiao Wu was getting too close to Tang San, a dangerous person. "When you have the chance later, Rongrong, you can subtly ask her. We'll be staying at Shrek Academy for a while longer."
After a while, Shrek and his friends returned from the battle outside the hotel.
Zhao Wuji also returned.
Tang San and the others were not injured, which shows that even if they were alone, they could put up a fight against an ordinary Soul King when they joined forces.
In the end, just like in the original story, the protective Zhao Wuji suddenly appeared.
After beating up Ye Zhi Qiu, they drove away Cang Hui Academy students who had originally planned to stay at the hotel.
Zhao Wuji ordered the Shrek Academy members to go back to their rooms and rest.
His gaze shifted to the three girls, Dongfang Yao and Dongfang Yao, who were preparing to go upstairs: "Why aren't you three dealing with this together with the rest of us? Now that you've entered Shrek Academy, you're a team, and you should help each other! Being afraid to cause trouble is a sign of mediocrity. Dongfang Yao, do you think you, a dignified Soul Master, are afraid of that bastard Soul King?"
Dongfang Yao paused for a moment, then continued walking towards the room.
A clear and melodious voice reached the ears of the Shrek Academy members:
"That's utter nonsense! Causing trouble recklessly is what makes a fool!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji's forehead veins throbbed.