He had worried about this for decades, and yet it still happened.
In the past, when his teacher colluded with Long Xiaoyao to exterminate the Zhang family, then forced Zhang Lexuan to "accidentally" arrive at Shrek Academy and become a "good family girl" with no more "burdens," he felt that this matter was not secure. After all, if it were exposed, no one could bear the serious consequences.
But the teacher had said calmly and leisurely that by then, the entire Shrek Academy would only see him as the sinner. As long as they waited until he passed away, and since the other Sea God Pavilion Elders were unaware, plus the many ties (Bei Bei), given Zhang Lexuan's personality, even if she were furious, she would only blame everything on the teacher.
Once the teacher died, the past would be wiped clean.
Zhang Lexuan would bury this in her heart and continue to support Shrek Academy, not blaming the other innocent disciples and teachers.
At the time, he thought it was incredible, believing the teacher had calculated everything.
But until today, with the appearance of Lu Cheng, everything had not gone according to this agreed-upon direction; instead, it went in the opposite direction. And Zhang Lexuan discovering the secrets of that year meant that the teacher's planning back then had become empty, and they had even cultivated a girl who was fully buffed, unprecedentedly hateful, and a gifted monster for Shrek Academy.
And now, the reason for Zhang Lexuan's actions in recent days…why she was so repulsed by Bei Bei, yet walked so closely with Lu Cheng…could finally be explained.
Yan Shaozhe's throat rolled. Suppressing the fear in his heart, he squeezed out a smile and said, "Lexuan, have you misunderstood something? How could the teacher do such a thing?
Elder Mu En's reputation is visible to the entire continent. You grew up in Shrek Academy and have deep feelings for us. You must not be bewitched by some villains. Let us return to the academy first and report this to the teacher. He will surely give you a reasonable explanation."
Yan Shaozhe's face was sincere, as if Zhang Lexuan had been bewitched by Lu Cheng beside her, while he was an elder of the family who had been wronged and misunderstood, looking kindly and affectionately at a junior who didn't know better and had made a mistake.
If one were unaware, they might truly have been fooled by Yan Shaozhe's expression.
But Zhang Lexuan had "completely" experienced that catastrophe twice, and the truth and evidence she had investigated over the years were nearly perfect. She only stared at Yan Shaozhe indifferently, the corners of her red lips curling up, her light blue eyes full of mockery.
"Shrek Academy, birds of a feather, all so disgusting.
Things have come to this, Yan Shaozhe. Do you still want to establish a reputation as a virtuous and prestigious teacher? Heh, acting like a whore but wanting to set up a memorial archway. I am not the little girl you could deceive back then. Do you know what I was doing when I went to the Sun Moon Empire to carry out missions two years ago?"
Zhang Lexuan smiled contemptuously: "Investigating the truth of that year."
As she spoke, her palms slowly spread out, and several dark red, strangely patterned tokens floated in mid-air. Hatred gradually surged in her eyes: "Guess what this is?"
This was a holy order from above the level of a holy spirit cult altar master.
Usually, it was something kept on one's person.
Because of the exchanges between Mu En and that Long Xiaoyao over the years, he knew a little about the deeds of the Holy Spirit Cult, so he recognized these items at a glance.
Thinking of the extermination tragedy that happened back then being carried out by the Holy Spirit Cult, Zhang Lexuan's meaning was already very obvious.
Yan Shaozhe's face looked ugly, but he still pretended to be confused: "What is this?"
"This is the organization where the Evil Soul Masters who swept through my family were located, the Holy Spirit Cult. Yan Shaozhe…now that things have reached this point, do you think there is any possibility of me reconciling with Shrek Academy?" Zhang Lexuan stood beside Lu Cheng, her beautiful face carrying a trace of emotion and coldness.
"Perhaps there is really some misunderstanding…"
Yan Shaozhe had no confidence and said somewhat guiltily.
"Heh, the hatred of killing my blood relatives is an irreconcilable hatred! Yan Shaozhe, Elder Xuan, and that old dog, wait for me to personally take his head off!" Zhang Lexuan interrupted coldly, not giving the latter any chance to quibble.
Yan Shaozhe's face stiffened, his head lowered, and a faint murderous intent arose in his heart. But before he could react, a massive fist smashed into his face. Yan Shaozhe's body was violently lifted and flew backward, falling several times before finally crashing into the open area around the competition arena.
He barely supported himself to stand up, his palms trembling as he wiped his face. Half of his face was swollen high, and several teeth had been smashed to powder by that punch.
The dignity he once had as the dean of the Martial Soul Department was also shattered, falling all over the ground.
"Du Busi, do you want to start a war with Shrek Academy?!" Yan Shaozhe covered his face and roared at the figure that had suddenly arrived.
His pupils flickered with wariness and gloom.
There was also anger and unwillingness.
The current situation had been stirred up to this point by Lu Cheng; it could be said to be completely ruined. He would not only be the greatest sinner of Shrek Academy in the future, but he would also likely have a hard time.
"Heh, how many more years does Mu En have to live? Just an old guy hanging on by relying on the ancient golden tree. After he dies, don't tell me you think that waste Elder Xuan can stop me. Start a war? Hahahaha…"
A trace of mockery flickered in Du Busi's eyes: "This is what you said."
"Yan Shaozhe, do you really want to start a war with my Body Sect?"
Yan Shaozhe's face was livid, but he clenched his fists, his fingernails digging into his flesh, and blood flowed down through his palms.
Those guys in the Body Sect were all lunatics; this was a well-known fact.
Not to mention that with Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan, if he gave the other side a chance to start a war and initiated it himself, then he would not just be a sinner of Shrek…
He would likely be torn to pieces by those old monsters in the Sea God Pavilion.
But now…he was unwilling!
"Dean, Dean!" Teacher Wang Yan ran over, without a shred of concern, his face full of desire for victory in the competition: "A rematch! Don't forget the most critical thing, the rematch!"
Even at this point, he was still thinking about the championship.
Yan Shaozhe sobered up instantly.
Without Lu Cheng, there were still Ma Xiaotao and others who could win the championship. Moreover, if they took back the championship, it could at least be considered a way to recover some losses. This was already the only way…
"My Shrek Academy requests a rematch!"
Yan Shaozhe glanced coldly at Du Busi and the others, taking the opportunity to give himself a way out: "Lu Cheng can leave if he wants. He is no longer a person of my Shrek Academy, so his admitting defeat has nothing to do with Shrek."
Tiansha Douluo Huang Jinxu was enjoying the drama, but when he was suddenly mentioned, his expression hesitated, and he glanced secretly at the stage.
Seeing Emperor Xu Jiawei nod slightly, he understood: "Accepted."
"Since student Lu Cheng is not a Shrek disciple, a rematch is allowed."
"Good!"
Yan Shaozhe did not pay attention to the Body Sect and others but looked at Ma Xiaotao with burning eyes, then pointed to Wang Dong'er under the stage: "You, get on the stage!"
"Fill Lu Cheng's position. You guys fight again. As long as you win, the academy will have extremely generous rewards! It will definitely not let you down."
Then he secretly glanced at Lu Cheng.
This session of Shrek Academy would still be the champion!
No matter how big of a mess you make, we will still…
But just as he was fiercely criticizing Lu Cheng in his heart, his expression gradually became dull. He saw Jiang Nannan and the others in front of him all taking off their Shrek Academy jackets, staring at him indifferently, and then jumping off the stage directly towards the position where Lu Cheng of the Body Sect was.
"Sorry, Dean Yan, Shrek Academy is not suitable for us. Since Senior Lu Cheng can withdraw from the team, I suppose we can withdraw too." Xiao Xiao took a deep breath, bowed slightly, and said.
"What are you doing?! It's rebellion, it's all fucking rebellion!" Yan Shaozhe was dumbfounded, and after reacting, he was furious.
Lu Cheng was gone, and the entire reserve team, except for Bei Bei, who was recuperating from serious injuries, had all followed Lu Cheng!
This undoubtedly corroborated the previous slander of Shrek Academy by that animal and gave his face another invisible slap.
"Heh, Yan Shaozhe, where do you have the face to call out? Xiao Xiao has twin spirits, but Shrek Academy allowed an Outer Academy teacher to forcibly add a soul ring to her second martial soul. The matter of the ancestor Tang San ten thousand years ago, everyone has long known the wonders of the second soul ring, but that animal Zhou Yi, for her own performance, wantonly harmed a genius with twin spirits. And you scum even ignored it. If it weren't for Lu Cheng forcibly taking action to cripple Zhou Yi, I'm afraid Xiao Xiao would have been harmed by you long ago," Wang Dong'er, who was on the reserve seat, said, standing up at this moment, grabbing the martial soul guide microphone, and rebuking.
This statement caused an uproar in the audience.
Those were twin spirits!
Looking at any power, it would be treated as a treasure. No wonder these disciples were all willing to rebel against Shrek and follow Lu Cheng; no wonder…
The expressions of many powers looking at Yan Shaozhe completely changed.
geniuses with twin spirits were treated so poorly, not taken seriously, and destroyed for the sake of a so-called teacher's evaluation. Then one could imagine how the geniuses within their own clans would be treated.
Coupled with what Lu Cheng said earlier about the "Gu-raising" style of cultivation for Inner Academy disciples, it all connected; everything connected…
Who would dare to send the most excellent disciples of their family to Shrek Academy?
The major magnates looked at each other, their eyes flickering with hesitation.
The most excellent disciples in the future families and sects definitely could not be sent to Shrek Academy to be destroyed by the other party. No, even those with a little talent had to be firmly protected in their hands. But Shrek Academy was not easy to offend, so in that case… Send the disciples whose talent was slightly budding and could barely pass.
By the way, urgently recall the disciples who had already joined Shrek.
And strictly forbid them from taking the assessment to enter the inner court.
This Shrek Academy…was more terrifying than a demon sect.
After all, the demonic sect treated their own junior disciples quite well, at least not to the point of forming some "Anti-Shrek Group" and then sending their own disciples who had not yet grown up to charge at Shrek one after another…
Yan Shaozhe's face shifted with dark clouds.
Things were already bad enough.
He naturally understood the thoughts of the major powers at this moment. They would definitely not pour elite disciples into Shrek Academy anymore, and they would not completely cut off contact with Shrek for the time being.
But this was precisely the most terrifying thing, the thing he least wanted to face.
The strength, honor, and glory of Shrek Academy were all obtained by sucking the blood of the entire Douluo Continent, built on the foundation of countless fresh bloods attracted by the name of Shrek, thereby continuously becoming the nourishment for Shrek Academy.
Once there were no more elite disciples.
Not to mention a hundred years; within ten years, Shrek Academy would be in big trouble!
Was Shrek's teacher excellent for every championship?
That was purely piled up by relying on the source of students. But once there was no blood to suck, the decline of Shrek Academy's new generation of strength would probably be visible to the naked eye. Let alone competing for the championship, even entering the top four would be difficult.
He also wanted to deny it; he also wanted to play the rogue, but the problem was that this matter could not be denied by his playing the rogue. After all, everyone present was an elite among elites, an old fox, and they all had their own ledgers of right and wrong. Once they compared them, it all matched up.
Like ironclad evidence, even if he argued, it would be useless.
"Good, good, good…"
Yan Shaozhe stared coldly at the many reserve team disciples who were leaving.
He looked again at Ma Xiaotao, whom he had high hopes for. "Xiaotao, you…what are you doing?!"
His face stiffened.
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao had unknowingly wandered into the Body Sect, hiding behind Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan, not daring to look at Yan Shaozhe. Her eyes were quite guilty. Seeing Yan Shaozhe notice, she awkwardly said, "I'm really sorry, teacher. I maybe should leave the team too. Let's owe each other for the teacher-student relationship for now, let's talk about it in the next life…"
And Ling Luochen, after hesitating for a moment, also chose to leave the team and stood on Lu Cheng's side.
If only Lu Cheng had left, she might have hesitated.
But now, almost the entire Shrek Academy team had left, coupled with the corruption of the inner court revealed by Lu Cheng earlier and what she had seen and heard as an Inner Academy disciple; they all matched up.
Therefore…
She also developed a serious distrust of the Shrek inner court.
After all, the few main team disciples who trusted Shrek were still lying in hospital beds, and the tragedy ten years ago deepened her suspicion of Shrek Academy.
How did it look more and more like a devil's den?
At this point, the entire Shrek Academy team was left with only Gongyang Mo.
"Damn."
The whole audience was silent.
And Yan Shaozhe was completely bewildered, his face flushed to a liver color: "Ma! Xiao! Tao!!!"
"What the fuck are you doing?!"
"Dean, I…I'm leaving too. Please take care of your health; don't get upset. Let's talk about our teacher-student relationship in the next life, cough cough…the life after that."
Ma Xiaotao said guiltily.
Her eyes did not dare to look directly at Yan Shaozhe opposite her.
And the latter also suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his heart dead.
"That, Gongyang Mo, can you try one last time?" Teacher Wang Yan was still unwilling, looking at Gongyang Mo and saying it.
Gongyang Mo: "…"
He pointed to the group of people from the Sun Moon Empire team who were eating melons and watching the show while recovering to their peak state with milk bottles.
He pointed to himself again, stunned.
"Teacher Wang Yan, are you talking about me?"