Jiang Xuan knew perfectly well who the visitor was.
Looking behind him, he saw a kind-looking old woman standing there.
"Grandma, Grandma!"
Who else could it be but the Snake Woman from Zhao Wuji's "Peerless Dragon and Snake" tale? But releasing Jiang Xuan would only make things more awkward.
The person who came was none other than his grandmother, Snake Granny Chaotianxiang!
The Contra in the sky is undoubtedly Dragon Lord Meng Shu.
"You still remember to call me Grandma, you brat!" The old woman glared at him and said, "I'll settle the score with you later!"
Dragon Lord Meng Shu, facing the two Soul Saints, spoke again, "You should be asking me what I've come for."
"If you don't come soon, are you going to detain my precious grandson?"
"Xiao Xuanzi has always been polite to everyone. He traveled a long way to join Shrek Academy, but you all look down on him and insult him with the words 'useless martial soul'."
"As the dean, aren't you waiting for his parents to come and apologize to you?"
"Alright, now that I'm here, do you want me to apologize to you? Tell me!"
Meng Shu spoke sternly, showing no respect whatsoever to the two men. Wasn't this simply bullying the weak?
Sorry, I can do that too!
Even if a Title Douluo is here today, Shrek Academy still has to give me a clear explanation.
"Jiang Xuan is the grandson of the Dragon Lord?"
"Isn't your surname Meng, Lord Long? How did this young man surnamed Jiang get involved with you?"
Flanders had no way to express his grievances, and blamed Li Yusong for not going through him directly.
Nonsense. He set the rules himself, and after Jiang Xuan demonstrated his strength, he was the one who wanted to make an exception for him but was rejected, and it was he who wanted to keep Jiang Xuan.
"Damn it, old bird, you've really messed things up now," Zhao Wuji cursed under his breath.
The younger one got beaten up, and now the older one has come along. The problem is, we can't afford to mess with the older one. What are we going to do?
The snake woman stood beside the young man, her eyes equally unfriendly. It seemed that today's matter was not going to be a simple one.
Because of his innate flight attribute, the Flander Cat-Owl Martial Soul lightly flapped its wings and arrived at a place close to Dragon Duke Meng Shu. It bowed slightly and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"
"I did not know that this student, Jiang Xuan, is your grandson. It is a great honor for us that he could enroll at Shrek Academy. The judgment on the martial soul just now was a misunderstanding caused by our teacher's poor eyesight. Please do not take it to heart!"
"Moreover, I have no other intentions in keeping Jiang Xuan here. I would never dare to harm him in the slightest. After all, he is practically my student since he came here to register."
"You should be glad you didn't show any malice, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here talking to you."
"Apologize?"
Dragon Lord snorted coldly
"If Xiao Xuanzi wasn't my grandson, and his parents were just ordinary people, what would you do? You opened the academy and insulted the students first, and now you won't let my grandson tell the truth."
"My first reaction upon seeing the Fire Seed Martial Soul was to refuse it. After that useless Soul Master of the third ring was defeated by my grandson, he had the idea of taking me as a disciple. He was so angry and embarrassed when he was rejected. Am I telling the truth?"
It turns out that Lord Long had been watching all along, but poor Dai Mubai was once again caught in the crossfire. Just because he fought Jiang Xuan, who was in the Second Ring, to a draw, he is now almost becoming a negative example in their eyes.
"No, no!"
Flanders apologized repeatedly, but he couldn't possibly agree to it.
Can you blame him for this?
A Fire Seed Martial Soul is really just a common, low-quality thing. Who would have thought it was the grandson of your Dragon Lord?
A dragon-headed cane combined with a snake-headed cane doesn't seem like the kind of thing that could produce offspring with elemental martial souls.
Of course, Flanders kept these words to himself and dared not express them.
"So this is what all people are like?"
Jiang Xuan saw things most clearly and suddenly understood some of the debates about Shrek Academy from his previous life.
A dilapidated academy with an enrollment fee of 10 gold soul coins and a tuition fee of 100 gold soul coins, yet no one has any resources to provide for the students. All they do is run and fight in the Soul Arena. Are they training special forces?
However, the standard for accepting disciples is that they must be at least level 20 by the age of twelve, and there are even additional requirements for the quality of their martial soul.
Previously, as an outsider, when I saw this scene, I would only think it was awesome and that the academy with high standards was full of pretentiousness.
What about now?
Was I a fool to travel all the way to Shrek Academy to join them? Was Grandpa Contra's cultivation level inferior to theirs? Or were the resources of the Meng family less than those of a poor village?
The graduation requirements for success, which were only mentioned briefly in the original work, are, in retrospect, a case of dozens of geniuses like Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai being spoiled and wasted.
Imagine Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun without the protagonist's halo. Two thirteen or fourteen-year-old students spend their days in places of pleasure and romance, and their teacher is completely indifferent. Ma Hongjun can at least be excused by his flawed martial soul, but what about this Star Luo Prince who is trying to become stronger?
In a sense, wasn't it because of Shrek Academy's so-called indulgence that several years were wasted?
Without Tang San as the protagonist, one would probably be tormented by the evil fire and become an evil soul master before being cleaved in two by the Spirit Hall, while the other would naturally fail in his struggle for the throne and become a puppet.
Jiang Xuan looked at the sign bearing the name of Shrek Academy, which was undeniably ironic; now, it truly made him want to vomit.
"monster?"
"It's just exaggerating the facts to recruit students."
Seeing that his grandson was alright, Meng Shu, who was suspended in mid-air, didn't care about the special soul beast sensation that had flashed by just now. He was probably just dazed.
The acerbic "dean" in front of him was still looking down, and Meng Shu felt more and more disgusted the more he looked at him.
He could only pretend that his grandson had been deceived by the Monster Academy he had heard about from somewhere. The Monster Academy that he had repeatedly told him about wanting to join turned out to be like this, and he was truly furious.
"No need for grand words. You and I both know that if it were not Meng Shu who came today, but some other elder whose cultivation is inferior to yours, then it would be our mistake."
"But now I want to learn from your bullying of the weak and stand up for my grandson!"
"Flander, a level 78 Soul Saint, and Zhao Wuji, a level 76 Soul Saint."
"I am Meng Shu. Unfortunately, I recently broke through to level 89 and would like to test your abilities as academy teachers."
"Take ten of my moves and I will forgive your past transgressions. If you cannot, then I think there is no need for Shrek Academy to exist."
At this point, the old man's eyes sharpened, and he looked at the two of them as if they were dead.
If it weren't for the special circumstances he had sensed earlier, he would have wanted to drag his wife along and use the Dragon-Snake Combo to wipe out this so-called Shrek Academy right now.
What could Flander say after hearing this?
The grandfather clearly wanted to avenge his grandson, and gave Zhao Wuji a meaningful look, which the other party understood immediately.
What can you do about the rage of someone who is about to break through to the Title Douluo level?
Just bear with it. As long as they don't use their Soul Fusion Technique without holding back and try to wipe them all out, it's all fine. The Dragon and Snake couple aren't bloodthirsty people.
Of course, secretly she was glad that she hadn't been too rude to Jiang Xuan just now, otherwise she wouldn't have talked to them so much.
"I humbly request your guidance, Senior Dragon Lord!"
"Please, have mercy!"
Zhao Wuji and Flander, one after the other, gave a youthful salute and then launched an attack on Long Gong, ten moves in total! Passive defense alone would certainly not suffice.
Even when surrounded, the two had no choice but to strike first. If it wasn't a life-or-death battle, they would just have to make themselves look like they were at a disadvantage and hope that the other side would calm down.
Zhao Wuji was the most innocent; he hadn't done anything, yet he was being used as a punching bag.
Is this really a fate that can't be changed no matter which world you're in?
(End of chapter)