Time rewinds to a few minutes earlier.
After Lin Ye left, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu sat together, petting Tangyuan while chattering away.
Meanwhile, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun sat at another table.
As for Zhao Wuji and the Golden Crocodile Douluo, they each sat at their own tables.
The Golden Crocodile Douluo was still cloaked in a black robe, making it hard to see his face clearly.
Since Lin Ye hadn't been accompanied by the Golden Crocodile Douluo when he escorted Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji found it very strange to see him now.
However, for a prodigy like Lin Ye, it would be unusual not to have a protector by his side.
Thus, after realizing he couldn't gauge the Golden Crocodile Douluo's strength, Zhao Wuji immediately assumed he was a Soul Douluo-level expert, though he was clearly mistaken.
While waiting for the food to be served, noticing that Zhu Zhuqing was chatting animatedly with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, the Golden Crocodile Douluo decided to go to the front desk and order another table of dishes.
He had the previously ordered food sent to the table where Zhu Zhuqing and the other two girls were sitting, while he waited for the next table's food.
Since there were many customers on the first floor of the hotel, the process of serving the food was somewhat slow.
During the wait, suddenly, a group of young men and women dressed in uniform silver outfits, led by a somewhat handsome middle-aged man, entered the hotel.
At the sight of these people, the entire hotel fell silent.
In this small town close to the Star Dou Great Forest, compared to the casually dressed students of Shrek Academy, these uniformly dressed young men and women were clearly students from a soul master academy, led by their instructor to hunt spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Ordinary people and free soul masters generally dared not provoke those from soul master academies.
After entering the hotel, the students from the soul master academy went straight to the front desk to inquire about accommodations and ordering food.
"Look! Look! Boss Dai, that girl is quite pretty! Her face and figure are both excellent, a real little gem. Judging by her clothes, she must be from the Canghui Academy, right?"
After the Canghui Academy students entered the hotel, Ma Hongjun immediately noticed a particularly attractive female student among them. His eyes were glued to her, and he couldn't help but excitedly comment to Dai Mubai beside him.
"Tch! That? Just average. You really haven't seen many women, have you?"
Hearing Ma Hongjun's words, Dai Mubai glanced at the Canghui Academy girl and curled his lips in disdain.
"Just a small, trashy Canghui Academy, nothing special. Look at them, all crowded together, making such a big show, it's really laughable!"
While looking at the Canghui Academy girl, Dai Mubai noticed how ostentatious the Canghui Academy group was, not keeping a low profile at all, and couldn't help but mock them.
Sitting at the table, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai didn't lower their voices at all, and in the now quiet first floor of the hotel due to the arrival of the Canghui Academy students, their words were especially clear.
Hearing Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's comments, the Canghui Academy students' expressions immediately darkened.
Discussing their female classmates was one thing, but insulting their academy was something no one could tolerate.
However, directly starting a fight would be unseemly.
Noticing that Tang San and the others frequently glanced towards the table where Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu were sitting, the Canghui Academy students realized that Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu were likely with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
After some discussion, the male students split into two groups: one headed towards Dai Mubai's table, and the other towards the table where Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu were sitting.
One group planned to bump into a waiter carrying dishes, intending to spill the food onto Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar.
The other group planned to pretend to trip and deliberately grope Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong. As for Xiao Wu, her figure was too poor, so they weren't interested.
Since Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had called their class's goddess average, they wanted to see how their female companions measured up!
However, as the two Canghui Academy male students pretending to trip tried to grope Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing noticed and swiftly kicked both of them away, sending them flying into the crowd of Canghui Academy students.
The other group of Canghui Academy male students, intending to cause trouble at Tang San's table, also failed miserably. Tang San used his Controlling Crane Catching Dragon technique to flip the dishes onto their heads and then whipped them away with his Blue Silver Grass.
From a distance, seeing their students being beaten, the Canghui Academy instructor's face darkened as he led his students towards the tables where Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San were sitting.
"You kids, which academy are you from? How dare you hit people!"
The Canghui Academy instructor asked with a grim expression.
"We hit people? It was you who started it, we were just defending ourselves!"
Ma Hongjun immediately retorted.
"It was you who provoked us, insulting our academy, otherwise we wouldn't have fought!"
Hearing Ma Hongjun, the instigator, shift the blame onto them, a male student from Canghui Academy angrily responded.
"That's right! That's right!"
The other Canghui Academy students chimed in, clearly feeling they were the ones who had been forced to defend themselves.
"Which academy are you from? How dare you insult our Canghui Academy, yet not admit it?"
The Canghui Academy instructor continued to ask with a dark expression.
"We didn't insult your Canghui Academy, your Canghui Academy is just a trashy academy, am I wrong?"
Dai Mubai crossed his arms, sneering.
"You! You all!"
Hearing Dai Mubai's words, the Canghui Academy instructor's face turned livid with anger.
"You ill-mannered brats, I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your teachers!"
"Mystic Tortoise, Possess!"
In his anger, the Canghui Academy instructor summoned his spirit.
His spirit was the Mystic Tortoise, a turtle-type spirit beast. Upon summoning the Mystic Tortoise spirit and entering spirit possession, a faint green shell appeared on the instructor's body, and a turtle shell formed from spirit power materialized on his chest and back.
Simultaneously, white, yellow, yellow, purple, and purple spirit rings rose from beneath the instructor's feet. This instructor was a Spirit King!
"Haha! So it's just a Spirit King-level old turtle. Tang San, let's summon our spirits and enter spirit possession too!"
Seeing that the Canghui Academy instructor was only a Spirit King-level defensive spirit master with a mediocre spirit ring configuration, Dai Mubai sneered.
Hearing Dai Mubai, the Shrek Academy students all summoned their spirits and entered spirit possession.
However, Zhu Zhuqing simply turned and sat back down at the table.
This was Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's mess, what did it have to do with her?
Seeing Zhu Zhuqing leave, Ning Rongrong hesitated, considering whether to follow suit and not get involved.
After all, it was indeed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun who had provoked the situation for no reason.
But as a member of Shrek Academy, not helping felt like desertion!
On the other side, seeing that Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were all Great Spirit Masters with top-tier spirit ring configurations, the Canghui Academy instructor was shocked.
They all had the best spirit ring configurations, and despite looking younger than his students, their cultivation levels were higher.
These kids indeed had the right to look down on their Canghui Academy.
But having the right was one thing; as a Canghui Academy instructor, he couldn't just stand by and watch his academy be insulted without taking action.
If he returned without doing anything and word got out, he might be kicked out of the academy!
"You kids have some strength, but being so arrogant at such a young age, you'll suffer for it! Today, I'll teach you a lesson!"
The Canghui Academy instructor said with a dark expression.
With that, he prepared to take action.
But suddenly, a cold voice interrupted him: "Stop!"
Hearing the sudden voice, everyone turned towards the hotel entrance.
There, a handsome, tall man dressed in luxurious white robes was slowly walking in—it was Lin Ye!
"Who are you? Do you want to interfere in our matters?"
Seeing Lin Ye, the Canghui Academy instructor coldly asked.
"Not really, I'm not clear on the details yet. But sir, as a Spirit King, bullying a group of Great Spirit Master kids doesn't look good, does it?"
Lin Ye smiled faintly.
"Hmph! It wasn't us who started it, they insulted our academy first, that's why we took action!"
The Canghui Academy instructor snorted.
"Then whoever insulted you, go find them! I believe not all of them insulted you, right?"
Lin Ye smiled.
"That's true, it was these two who insulted our academy!"
The Canghui Academy instructor pointed at Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
Seeing the instructor's indication, Lin Ye inwardly sneered.
He knew it had to be these two causing trouble.
Tang San and Xiao Wu, whom Lin Ye was familiar with, wouldn't provoke others, and Ning Rongrong had become much more obedient after his guidance. Zhu Zhuqing was out of the question.
Oscar was also a decent guy, so the troublemakers had to be these two.
"Then, esteemed Spirit King, since they're the ones who insulted your academy, just deal with them. These are my friends, give me some face, alright?"
Lin Ye smiled, pointing at Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar.
But hearing Lin Ye's words, Dai Mubai's face turned pale, while Ma Hongjun's face went completely white, trembling in fear.
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