...
Hearing Xuan Hao ask again, Ning Rongrong suddenly realized what was going on and slapped her thigh, quickly reporting, "Oh dear!
I almost forgot about the important matter!
The Shrek Academy group has come to Tiandou City, and they went straight to the Tiandou Royal Academy."
"However…" Ning Rongrong curled her lips with a strange expression,
"They encountered a major incident on their way to the Royal Academy.
They got into a fight with Prince Xue Beng and his gang, and it escalated so much that it almost triggered a massive school-wide brawl!
In the end, it was only by having Meng Shenji and the other two members of the Education Committee personally intervene that they were able to barely quell the situation."
"However, after such a farce, Shrek Academy's group obviously couldn't bring themselves to talk about 'exchange learning' or 'joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy' anymore.
At the time, the entire student body was indignant and wanted nothing more than to devour them alive.
No matter how much the three education committee members valued their talent, they couldn't keep them in the face of such public opinion."
"They've started fighting?"
Xuan Hao raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"What's going on?
Even if Xue Beng causes trouble, Qin Ming is still the teacher in charge.
He wouldn't just stand by and watch the Shrek Academy students clash with the Heaven Dou Royal Family, would he?"
Ning Rongrong turned to look at Dugu Yan sitting to the side:
"I'm not entirely clear on the specific details either, so let Sister Yan tell you.
She and Lingling happened to be having class at the Tiandou Royal Academy that day, and they saw the whole thing clearly."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan continued, "To put it simply, those country bumpkins from Shrek Academy were warmly invited by Senior Qin Ming to visit the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and find a backer.
As a result, not long after these people stepped into the school gate, they ran into that spoiled brat Xue Beng."
"You know how unruly Xue Beng is." Dugu Yan curled her lip, her tone tinged with disdain.
"Although you've kept him submissive all these years, making him cower like a dog in front of you, he's still the arrogant Fourth Prince of Tian Dou in front of other commoners and outsiders.
That's why he got into a very heated argument with those equally proud and rebellious troublemakers from Shrek Academy in just a few words."
Dugu Yan paused, "Of course, it wasn't just because of a few words. The main trigger was... that guy named Dai Mubai."
"Dai Mubai?" Xuan Hao was taken aback.
"What happened to him?"
"Didn't you... cripple his thing back in Soto City?"
Dugu Yan gestured, barely suppressing a laugh, and said, "Now, whether it's his voice or his usual behavior, he exudes a strange, effeminate aura.
That foul-mouthed Xue Beng noticed something was off immediately and mocked him in front of everyone as a 'dead eunuch without testicles'!"
"Pfft!" Hearing this vivid and sarcastic remark, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong couldn't help but burst out laughing, clutching their stomachs.
"For an extremely arrogant man, this is the ultimate humiliation, worse than death!" Dugu Yan continued gloatingly.
"Dai Mubai went completely mad on the spot, his eyes bloodshot. He activated the White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged forward like a mad dog, pinning Xue Beng to the ground and giving him a brutal beating.
How could Xue Beng's meager cultivation stop him?
He was almost beaten to death on the spot!"
"If Flander hadn't reacted quickly and intervened in time to stop Dai Mubai..." Dugu Yan sneered, "it wouldn't have been as simple as just being expelled from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Openly assaulting and even attempting to murder a prince right under the imperial city's nose, those Shrek students would probably already be on the Heaven Dou Empire's most wanted list, facing a massive manhunt!"
"Tsk, Avalanche's mouth is really sharp, always hitting landmines with perfect timing." Xuan Hao clicked his tongue, then asked with some doubt,
"So what happened next?
What about that 'school-wide brawl' you mentioned?
What does Avalanche getting beaten up have to do with the other students?"
"Isn't this all thanks to you?!"
Upon hearing this question, Dugu Yan rolled her eyes resentfully and couldn't help but complain, "Isn't it all because of that stupid rule you set up back in the Royal Academy with that 'Heavenly Struggle Self-Improvement Association'?"
"You wrote in black and white in your oath when you joined:
'All who join the Self-Strengthening Society are brothers in arms.
If anyone dares to bully our own brothers, we absolutely cannot stand idly by!
Because if he gets beaten up today, you might be the one getting beaten up tomorrow!
When faced with provocations from external enemies, we must unite as one, fight them to the death!'"
Dugu Yan shrugged: "In the past few years, ever since your Tiandou Self-Improvement Association was established and you, Young Master Xuan, made a name for yourself as a troublemaker in Tiandou City, who in the entire academy doesn't know how protective and domineering our Self-Improvement Association is? For many years, no outsider has dared to bully our people on the territory of Tiandou Royal Academy."
"And now look what's happened!
Not only did these outsiders from Shrek beat up people on our turf, but they beat up a direct descendant of the royal family, the fourth prince of the Heavenly Dou Clan, Xue Beng!"
"Just think about how egregious this is! It's not just trampling on the face of the Heaven Dou royal family, it's a direct slap in the face to you, Young Master Xuan, and the entire Heaven Dou Self-Improvement Association!"
"Back then, Xue Beng was beaten up like a pig's head, his face bruised and swollen, and he ran back to the Self-Reliance Association's office crying and complaining.
Good heavens, the hundreds of Self-Reliance Association members in the entire academy instantly became agitated and went wild!
Whether it was to uphold the 'brotherly loyalty' you set, or simply to show off in front of the prince and join in the fun, hundreds of Soul Master students surrounded Shrek Academy's group in layers!"
Dugu Yan patted her chest with lingering fear: "You didn't even see the tense scene back then!
Hundreds of martial spirits possessed each other at the same time.
It was like a small war was about to break out!
If Meng Shenji and the other two education committee members hadn't arrived in time with a group of high-level instructors and forcibly calmed the situation, there would definitely have been a school-wide brawl that day!"
After hearing Dugu Yan's vivid description, Xuan Hao was also dumbfounded.
"That's not right!
At that time, hundreds of people surrounded Shrek Academy, and it looked like a brawl was about to break out... You, the 'top dog' of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy whom I personally appointed, and the 'double red stick' of the Heaven Dou Self-Improvement Association, were right there at the time, and you just stood by and did nothing?!"
"You and Yu Tianheng are the strongest fighters in the Self-Improvement Association besides me. If you two just stood up and shouted, which student would dare to disobey?
How did it escalate to the point that even the Education Commission was alerted?"
"Me, in charge?! How am I supposed to manage this?!"
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan rolled her eyes in exasperation and retorted confidently, "The one who got beaten up was that annoying piece of trash Xue Beng!
I can't even stand looking at him, let alone risk my life for him."
"Besides, those Shrek academy students, especially that sarcastic Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun whose head is full of lewd nonsense, disgust me.
I have absolutely no good impression of them.
What does it have to do with me if they fight like dogs?
Am I supposed to righteously rush in to act as a peacemaker and stop them from fighting?"
"In that chaotic and thankless scene, of course I chose to drag Lingling behind the crowd and quietly watch the show from the shadows!"
Xuan Hao was speechless for a moment after being choked by Dugu Yan's self-righteous "idling and eating melons" remarks.
This was truly a typical case of "better to die than to die for one's friend."
He shook his head, too lazy to bother with these troublesome guys, and continued to ask, "So what's the situation now?
Where did those Shrek students go after they were kicked out of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?"
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