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"Pluff~"
Flender wide-eyed in astonishment, spewing the water he was drinking as he looked at the young man in front of him with a slight smile on his face.
The water happened to spray on the teacher who came in first.
The teacher wiped his face with a bitter smile and said, "Well, well, you can continue your chat. I'll leave first." With that, he cursed inwardly and left the office.
Seeing Flender's astonished expression, Zeng Yi couldn't help but laugh. "Long time no see, but your welcome ceremony is quite unique."
"It's been so long." Seeing Zeng Yi, Flender was still a little dazed and could hardly believe it.
"Zeng Yi! It's so good to see that you are safe!" Flender immediately jumped up from his seat and appeared in front of Zeng Yi in a flash. He grabbed Zeng Yi's shoulders tightly with both hands, filled with excitement. His emotions were extremely turbulent, as if a storm had been set off.
It was Flender who had led the team into the Star Dou Forest before, but Zeng Yi was taken away by the people from the Martial Spirit Hall. As the team leader, Flender felt extremely guilty and ashamed that he couldn't protect his students and ended up being protected by them instead.
After Flender returned to Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, he had been feeling down. He had dreamt several times of Zeng Yi being killed by the people from the Martial Spirit Hall and woke up in a panic, unable to sleep well.
It was only after more than a month had passed that Flender heard from Ning Rongrong that Zeng Yi had sent a letter to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saying that he was safe. It was then that Flender's mental state began to recover.
Fortunately, Zeng Yi was safe, otherwise Flender would have lived in remorse for the rest of his life.
However, it had been half a year and Flender hadn't seen Zeng Yi come to find them, so he couldn't help but suspect that Zeng Yi didn't want to stay at Shrek Academy anymore and was living a wandering life outside. This thought wasn't unreasonable because Zeng Yi had always wanted to escape when he first came to Shrek Academy. Flender had been watching him for half a month, and during that time, he hadn't slept well. Fortunately, Zeng Yi gave up on leaving Shrek Academy after struggling for half a month.
Perhaps he was interested in training other students.
"Uh, Dean, can you calm down a bit? I feel like my shoulders are about to break." Zeng Yi couldn't help but force a bitter smile as Flender's excitement was causing him to exert quite a bit of force. As a high-level Spirit Saint at the seventy-eighth rank, Flender's strength was not something Zeng Yi, a Spirit Ancestor, could bear.
"Ahahaha, I got a bit carried away. Sorry about that." Flender smiled awkwardly, releasing his hands from Zeng Yi's shoulders and adjusting his own excited emotions.
Watching Zeng Yi rubbing his shoulders, Flender remembered something and his face turned displeased. He snorted unhappily, "You brat, you actually know how to come back now? Are you tired of playing outside?"
"Uh, how could that be? Am I the type of guy who loves to play? I was cultivating outside! After successfully cultivating, I hurried over here." Zeng Yi said somewhat embarrassingly. Although he did have thoughts of not returning to Shrek Academy, during this time outside, he had escaped from Qian Renxue's hands and went to Skywater City. Afterward, he secluded himself in Skywater Academy to cultivate and then entered the Star Dou Forest to obtain Spirit Rings and successfully advanced to Spirit Ancestor. After becoming a Spirit Ancestor, he came to Shrek Academy.
Actually, he came back to Shrek Academy to retrieve his cat and graduation certificate.
To be honest, Zeng Yi felt that he couldn't learn much at the academy at his current level. It was only a waste of time.
"But speaking of which, how did you manage to get such an academy?" Flender chuckled and said, "I'll tell you about this later. But who are these three?"
Seeing three people behind Zeng Yi, Flender asked in confusion.
"Right, let me introduce them to you. These two are friends I made outside, Xu You and Niu Man." Zeng Yi introduced Xu You and Niu Man to Flender.
"And this is Brother Xue, Xue Qinghe, representing the Imperial Academy of Heaven Dou Emoire." After introducing Xu You and Niu Man, Zeng Yi introduced Xue Qinghe to Flender.
After hearing Zeng Yi's words, Xue Qinghe pretended to look sad and said, "Zeng-xiong, your words really hurt my heart! Are we not friends?"
"Uhahaha, how could that be? Xue-xiong is definitely my friend." Zeng Yi laughed. Although he had only known Xue Qinghe for a day, he treated him sincerely. Last night, Xue Qinghe had even hosted a banquet for him. The two of them had a good time drinking and chatting until late at night, and Zeng Yi had a good impression of him.
Moreover, Xue Qinghe came to Shrek Academy specifically to apologize for his past disrespectful behavior.
One could say that he knew how to be a person!
In fact, Xue Qinghe, as an imperial prince, didn't need to do this.
After spending a day together, Zeng Yi also saw some of Xue Qinghe's character. He believed that Xue Qinghe would become a wise ruler in the future.
However, when he heard Zeng Yi's introduction, Flender's face turned ugly.
Heaven Dou Imperial Academy!
He still remembered that he had been humiliated and expelled from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy like a stray dog. This shame made him furious.
"Hmph! People from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy! What are you doing here at Shrek Academy? Do you want to see the jokes of our Dean again?" Flender snorted coldly, and a strong aura burst forth from him, displaying the power of a high-level Spirit Saint. The atmosphere in the office suddenly became heavy.
At present, both he and Shrek Academy were no longer the Shrek Academy they used to be. They no longer worried about their students not having simulated training environments or their cultivation being disrupted. They no longer worried about not having the qualifications for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament and had to lower their heads and beg the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
They already had their own advanced Spirit master academy with complete teaching equipment and a powerful faculty recognized by the Empire's Department of Education.
As for the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, he was thinking about how the Shrek Seven Devils would humiliate them in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament. How dare someone from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy come to Shrek Academy? He had to teach them a lesson.
Xu You and Niu Man felt an oppressive force like a mountain, making them uncomfortable; Zeng Yi also felt immense pressure. However, Xue Qinghe stood still as if he didn't feel anything, with a faint smile on his face.
"What the hell! Flender, what are you doing! Calm down and suppress your aura!" Zeng Yi was shocked by Flender's reaction and quickly went forward to pull him back.
"What do you have to do with people from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy? Let me tell you, they are our enemies at Shrek Academy!" Flender, in a bad mood, asked Zeng Yi.
Zeng Yi took Flender to the window and whispered in his ear, "Do you know who he is? He is a member of the Heaven Dou Royal family."
"So what if he's from the Heaven Dou Royal family? I still don't give a damn about him. What can he do to me?"
Seeing Flender's expression, Zeng Yi didn't expect him to be so bold and said in a low voice, "He's the current Crown Prince, you know?"
"So what if he's the Crown Prince? Wait, he's actually the Crown Prince!" Flender's expression instantly became lively. What did it matter if he was a Crown Prince? It meant that he would be the future Emperor of Heaven Dou! He didn't expect that the future Emperor of Heaven Dou was standing right in front of him, and he even had the courage to release his Spirit power to oppress him. It was as if he was asking for death!
Flender began to panic. Could it be that Shrek Academy would be surrounded by the troops of the Heaven Dou Empire the next day?
Is it too late to apologize now?