Chapter 52 Heading to Heaven Dou City
Just as the few were talking, a middle-aged man walked into the dining hall.
The middle-aged man was of moderate build, with a hooked nose and a long face. He wore a pair of crystal glasses, which failed to hide his cunning look.
Upon seeing him, Ma Hongjun and Oscar were the first to stand up.
Oscar even pointed to the approaching middle-aged man and introduced: "This is our Dean, a level seventy-eight Soul Saint, Flender. The fatty is his direct disciple."
Hearing this, everyone stood up and nodded in greeting.
Xiao Wu, however, breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "Fortunately, it's not a Soul Douluo."
"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?"
Ning Rongrong beside her asked.
Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others were also somewhat confused. What did she mean by fortunately not a Soul Douluo?
"Nothing."
Realizing her slip of the tongue, Xiao Wu shook her head and explained: "I was just talking to myself."
Just talking to herself?
Zhou Chen gave Xiao Wu a meaningful look.
Strong experts above level eighty, Soul Douluos, can see through juvenile hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts in human form. This girl must be afraid of being recognized.
Thinking about a Soul Douluo pointing at Xiao Wu and shouting: "Demon, I can tell at a glance you're not human! Great Power, Heavenly Dragon!"
Zhou Chen found the thought quite amusing.
Soon, Flender arrived before the group.
He stopped, gave Zhou Chen a deep look, and said in a hoarse voice: "You must be Zhou Chen. I am Flender, the Dean of Shrek Academy."
"Good morning, Dean."
Zhou Chen stood up, smiling and nodding a greeting to Flender.
Flender also nodded in return, then his tone turned somber as he said: "I heard from Old Zhao that you, with only level forty soul power, actually defeated him at level seventy-six. In my fifty-plus years of life, this is the first time I've heard of a genius like you. Truly, the younger generation is to be respected!"
"You flatter me, Dean. Yesterday was just a friendly sparring match with Vice Dean Zhao, it shouldn't be taken seriously," Zhou Chen said modestly, with an innocent and adorable smile.
Hearing this, Flender was speechless.
You call it friendly sparring and you still severely injured Zhao Wuji with one punch. If you were serious, would you not stop until you killed him?
Rolling his eyes, Flender didn't want to speak with Zhou Chen any further. Instead, he scanned the group and said: "This year is excellent, we have five more students. On behalf of the academy, I welcome you all."
Then, Flender suddenly changed his tone: "Later, each of you go to the finance office and give one hundred gold coins to Teacher Li Yusong."
Hearing this, Tang San and the others were speechless. This Dean Flender, how did he have no scholarly air at all, asking for money right away?
"Right, Oscar."
"Dean, what are your orders?"
Oscar stepped forward, speaking with a fawning tone.
Flender said: "Both you and Ning Rongrong are support system Soul Masters. You must be agile and fast to have a high chance of survival. Therefore, your training for today is to run twenty laps around the entire village. You can't eat until you finish. Now, get going. Oscar, you are in charge of leading the way."
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong nodded and ran out without hesitation. Her father, Ning Fengzhi, had also made her do similar physical training, so she deeply agreed with Flender's perspective.
Oscar, who knew the inside story, had a bitter expression. Although the village where the academy was located wasn't large, one lap was at least three kilometers. Twenty laps meant sixty kilometers!
Only Ning Rongrong, who was like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, would think this training could be easily completed.
"Sigh."
Heaving a sigh, Oscar shot a resentful glance at Flender and Zhao Wuji before following and running out.
Watching Oscar run off, Flender then waved his hand and said: "Everyone else is dismissed. Tang San, you come with me alone."
"Wait, Dean Flender, I have something to discuss with you."
Zhou Chen suddenly called out to Flender, who was about to leave.
"What is it?" Flender stopped in his tracks.
"I need to make a trip to Heaven Dou City, so I have to ask for your leave."
Zhou Chen smiled and said.
To be precise, he was going to the Sunset Forest near Heaven Dou City to properly search for the abandoned divine realm prison that buried fifty tons of divine crystals.
With these fifty tons of divine crystals, the Ziwei Palace would be fearless!
This matter was far more important than dawdling at Shrek Academy.
"Leave? Asking for leave on the very first day of school?"
Flender was stunned. After hesitating for a long while, he finally nodded and said: "If it were anyone else, I would certainly not permit it. But since it's you... sigh, in truth, our Shrek Academy probably isn't qualified to teach a genius like you. Go and do as you please."
At this point, Flender suddenly gave a cunning smile and said: "With your talent, becoming a Title Douluo is only a matter of time. When that happens, I will erect a statue of you at the entrance of Shrek Academy to promote our academy's reputation. You have no objection, I presume."
"Of course not. I would be delighted to have the Dean spread my fame."
Zhou Chen smiled, then continued: "Also, Zhu Qing will be taking leave with me."
"Not permitted."
Flender refused decisively: "Your strength is great, so you can naturally skip classes, but Zhu Qing's soul power was only tested at level twenty-seven yesterday. Aren't you delaying her future?"
As he spoke, Flender looked toward Zhu Qing beside Zhou Chen.
Then, cold sweat began to stream down his face.
Because he was actually unable to see through Zhu Qing's strength! He couldn't even sense the soul power fluctuations from her body!
In the past, he had only felt this way when facing someone stronger than himself!
Frowning deeply, Flender suddenly reached out a hand, condensing fifty percent of his soul power, and grabbed toward Zhu Qing!
Facing the dean's suddenly extended hand, Zhu Qing's expression did not change. She likewise extended a slender, jade-like hand to collide with Flender's!
"Bang!"
A dull sound of an air explosion rang out. A powerful shockwave, centered on Flender and Zhu Qing, spread toward the surroundings!
In an instant, the tables and chairs in the dining hall trembled, and bowls and chopsticks shattered. Zhou Chen, Xiao Wu, and the others had to quickly retreat to avoid injury.
"Thud, thud, thud!"
After exchanging a palm strike, Flender actually retreated several steps, leaving deep footprints on the dining hall floor.
This scene, witnessed by Tang San and the others, shocked them to the extreme!
Zhu Qing, who was only level twenty-seven, had actually repelled Flender, a Soul Saint powerhouse?!
Were these two putting on an act?
However, Flender's next words quickly shattered their illusions.
"A Soul Saint! You're actually a Soul Saint! How is this possible?!"
Flender stared fixedly at Zhu Qing, saying in disbelief.
He had just been marveling at Zhou Chen's unprecedented talent, and in the next second, an even more monstrous genius appeared beside Zhou Chen!
A Soul Saint at level seventy, only a dozen or so years old, was simply unheard of!
(End of Chapter)
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