Chapter 225: 244. The Absent Dugu Bo
Xue Beng looked at his wife, then at his master humbly lowering his head in front of his wife, and immediately, a rebellious plan began to sprout in his heart.
On the other side, Flanders brought the Shrek seven to report at the Imperial Fighting Academy. In the school, they met the Royal Academy's three great instructors. Even without the Eight Spider Lances, Tang San still received their appreciation.
During the negotiation process between the three great instructors and Flanders on accommodating Shrek Academy, the reborn four-person group occasionally glanced toward the nearby corridor.
Reliving the plot of one lifetime, they knew what would happen next. They had just beaten Xue Beng, and after Xue Beng went back, he would complain, then lead to Dugu Bo's appearance.
Although they could also go search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, in the eyes of the reborn four-person group, getting acquainted with this Title Douluo was necessary.
Tang San believed that although Dugu Bo's strength wasn't noteworthy among Titles, he was indeed very useful. In the previous life, they proposed a de-urbanization plan for Jialing Pass, having Dugu Bo release poison at Jaling Pass. With this one poison spread, the tens of thousands of soul master legions at Jialing Pass, along with hundreds of thousands of Spirit Hall supporters turned reverse civilians, all melted into a pool of green poison. The entire city turned green—this efficiency was much higher than using his Sea God divine power to flood Jialing Pass.
Moreover, in the early stages when their side lacked combat power, Dugu Bo was also a good fighting force.
However, they waited a long time and still didn't see Dugu Bo make his entrance.
Dai Mubai nudged Tang San with his shoulder and whispered: "Where's the Poison Douluo? Why hasn't he shown up?"
Tang San said puzzled: "I don't know. Normally, Prince Xue Xing should bring the old poison over, with the purpose of disrupting us from joining the crown prince's camp. But why..."
After a negotiation, Flanders and Meng Shenji the three had already discussed the details of joining the Royal Academy, and Dugu Bo still hadn't appeared.
"Ah San, do you think maybe because of your sincere apology just now, Xue Beng gave up on complaining?" Ma Hongjun said.
Tang San nodded: "Speaking of, that makes sense. If that's the case..." A flash of malice appeared in Tang San's eyes. Xue Beng, you rebellious disciple, you've ruined my big plans again.
"Then what should we do, Ah San?" Oscar asked.
Tang San said: "No problem. I've already laid the groundwork with Dugu Yan. Next, we just need to wait for Dugu Bo to make his move."
The negotiation between Shrek Academy and the Royal Academy reached a deadlock. Shrek Academy hoped to retain Shrek Academy's independence, using the Royal Academy's resources to borrow a chicken to lay eggs, and retain the right to independence after the academy took off.
The three great instructors hoped to merge the entire Shrek Academy, incorporating it under Royal Academy jurisdiction. The two sides hadn't agreed on this point.
After Shrek Academy left, Zhi Lin clenched his fist and hammered the chair, saying:
"Does Shrek Academy take our Royal Academy for a sucker? Want to use our Royal Academy's resources, training grounds, while also getting one of our competition spots and participating in the tournament under Shrek Academy's name, then detach from Royal Academy after the competition. What does Flanders want to do?"
Bai Baoshan said: "Flanders at first glance isn't someone who stays under others for long. The key is, he even poached Yu Tianheng from our Imperial Fighting Academy. This is simply outrageous."
Meng Shenji's face was gloomy and silent. He glanced at Qin Ming nearby and asked: "Qin Ming, what do you think about this matter?"
They couldn't control Yu Tianheng's staying or leaving because he was a direct disciple of the former upper three sects. Even if it wasn't the upper three sects now, the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect wasn't something they could provoke. Moreover, the current Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Sect had two Titles in one family.
But the three had been asking for Qin Ming's opinion since Qin Ming returned. In their words, you lost the best seed of the Imperial Fighting Team; shouldn't you give an explanation? Qin Ming convinced them with the reason of persuading Shrek Academy to join their Royal Academy.
Hearing Meng Shenji's question, Qin Ming hurriedly answered: "Instructor sir, my teacher's lifelong wish is to develop and glorify Shrek Academy. If the Royal Academy wants to merge Shrek Academy, he definitely won't accept it. Why can't we agree to his conditions? If my Shrek Academy can achieve some ranking in this soul master tournament using the Royal Academy's resources, that would also bring glory to the Royal Academy."
Zhi Lin: "."
Bai Baoshan: "."
Qin Ming still wanted to continue persuading the three instructors to agree to Flanders' conditions, but Meng Shenji had no interest. He waved his hand and said: "Alright, you can withdraw."
"Yes." Qin Ming turned and left.
After Qin Ming left, Zhi Lin said angrily: "I suspect Qin Ming's stance is crooked."
Bai Baoshan said: "Who knows what dog shit luck he had to recruit so many students with excellent talent. With those students' talents, cultivating them in any academy wouldn't be worse than Shrek."
"It's also good that they don't want to join. This Flanders has no other skills but is good at pyramid schemes. He can make students who join his academy wholeheartedly immerse themselves in his so-called monster illusion. He's someone unwilling to stay under others for long. If we bring him into our Royal Academy, it would truly be a disaster for the Royal Academy." Meng Shenji said. Although the Royal Academy had lost a Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, the Shi family brothers—these talents were still decent. If the Shrek pyramid scheme team joined, who knows when these students would also clamor to become members of the Shrek monsters.
On the way back, Yu Xiaogang asked: "Why not agree to their request?"
Flanders said: "Shrek Academy is my bottom line. The Royal Academy wants to merge our Shrek school; this I absolutely cannot agree to."
"But don't you think that compared to this, the Royal Academy's resources are more important? Even if the little monsters join the Royal Academy, as long as the little monsters in their hearts think they are members of Shrek Academy, isn't that fine?" Yu Xiaogang asked.
Yu Xiaogang and Flanders had differing views. Flanders prioritized the school, while Yu Xiaogang only saw Tang San as his lifeblood. Tang San was his capital for turning things around; naturally, he wanted to use every possible resource to cultivate Tang San into a peerless powerhouse, so that in the future he could borrow this to become famous.
"Resources? If there were no other choices, maybe what you say is right. But Xiao Gang, we have a better place to go; no need to join the Royal Academy and put up with those three old guys' nonsense." Flanders said.
After speaking, Flanders said to Li Yusong: "Li Yusong, you go contact Qin Ming. Say that our Shrek Academy has made the decision: we won't join the Royal Academy. We have a better place. At the same time, invite him to come to my Shrek Academy to take up his post."
"Yes, Dean Flanders."
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