While the two were talking, people from various academies began to emerge from the exit of the competition arena.
Tang San turned his head and saw the teachers and students of Shrek Academy walking toward him and Jiang Chen.
Tang San smiled and said, "Let me introduce you to my classmates. They are all outstanding geniuses and might become your friends."
Jiang Chen shook his head and replied, "No need. I'm not interested in them."
Tang San was slightly stunned, feeling that Jiang Chen seemed different from before.
He gave off a much colder and aloof impression.
"Alright then. After I greet my teacher, let's find a place to sit and talk."
Jiang Chen didn't speak. He stood quietly, watching the Shrek group approach.
Qian Renxue also walked out and immediately spotted Jiang Chen standing with Tang San.
She approached with several other guards.
"Tang San, who is this?" Qian Renxue asked with a gentle smile.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Tang San saluted, then said, "This is a friend of mine from childhood. We happened to meet today and are catching up."
Qian Renxue looked at Jiang Chen with some curiosity and smiled, "Your friend is actually a student from Spirit Hall. Won't you introduce him to me?"
Tang San nodded slightly. "This is Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen, this is the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I've heard much about you." Jiang Chen bowed slightly.
"Mhm, Brother Jiang is talented and outstanding. Very good. I won't disturb you two catching up then."
"Take care, Your Highness." Tang San said.
As soon as Qian Renxue left, the Shrek group arrived behind Tang San.
Upon seeing the Spirit Hall Academy uniform on Jiang Chen, they all looked somewhat puzzled.
Grandmaster's heart stirred; he had a guess.
"Little San, who is this?" Dai Mubai asked.
"This is the Jiang Chen I mentioned before," Tang San said.
Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhao Wuji were all shocked. Their gazes became complicated as they looked at Jiang Chen's face.
Indeed, the more they looked, the more he resembled that heroic and extraordinary youth from back then.
Jiang Chen looked at Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and said mockingly, "Fatty, doesn't it feel bad having both hands crushed? Evil Eye White Tiger? Heh, beaten into a dead cat by a few punches from me."
Tang San frowned. After several years apart, he didn't understand why Jiang Chen had become so arrogant and overbearing.
Dai Mubai and the others' faces turned iron-green. Their breathing grew rapid, fists clenched so tightly they nearly shattered, staring fixedly at Jiang Chen.
They were filled with rage, but they didn't dare act out here.
This was Spirit Hall's territory. If a conflict broke out, they would be the ones to suffer.
Moreover, they had been in the wrong back then. If this matter blew up, Shrek Academy would become the laughingstock of the entire Douluo Continent.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were no longer the hot-headed youths they once were; they still had some sense.
Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised. Had Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun actually learned to endure like this?
He sneered, "Later, our Spirit Hall elders went to chase and kill you. You should thank your good luck for running into Sword Douluo; otherwise, you wouldn't have the chance to stand here today."
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's breathing became even more rapid, panting like oxen, their faces flushed red.
Even the usually good-tempered Oscar could hardly endure such humiliation any longer.
Zhao Wuji, standing at the back, glared with eyes like copper bells, desperately suppressing the soul power about to erupt inside him.
Back then, he had nearly been crippled by that Title Douluo's pursuit and was only saved thanks to Sword Douluo.
Grandmaster, Flender, and Tang San all furrowed their brows tightly.
Tang San was just about to speak to ease the tension when Zhu Zhuqing unexpectedly stepped forward.
"After losing in a confrontation, you even sent a Title Douluo to chase and kill them. Is this how Spirit Hall always does things, so despicable and underhanded?" Zhu Zhuqing said indignantly, her clear and cold eyes filled with anger.
Although she hadn't verbally agreed to Dai Mubai, in her heart she had already acknowledged him as her man. How could she tolerate him being repeatedly humiliated by others?
And through such despicable, underhanded, and dishonorable means.
"Zhuqing, stop talking." Grandmaster said urgently. He looked around and only relaxed slightly after confirming no one from Spirit Hall was paying attention.
"Jiang Chen, we're all friends. Let's talk nicely," Tang San also tried to persuade.
Jiang Chen glanced at Tang San and said, "Little San, stay out of this."
Then he turned to Zhu Zhuqing. His calm tone carried a hint of killing intent: "Do you know that just because of what you said, you won't be able to leave Spirit City?"
The faces of Shrek's teachers all changed drastically.
Slandering Spirit Hall inside Spirit City, what kind of consequences could a mere student bear?
Grandmaster forced a smile and said, "Little brother Jiang Chen, do you still remember me? We once…"
"Shut up!" Jiang Chen shot Grandmaster a sideways glance. A tremendously majestic aura suddenly erupted from his body, accompanied by a terrifying pressure that made Grandmaster's heart tighten. He involuntarily retreated several steps.
"Since she wants to talk reason, then I'll properly talk reason with her."
Zhu Zhuqing stubbornly stared at Jiang Chen and sneered, "Am I wrong? Mubai and the others were at fault first, but it was only a few teasing words. They already received their lesson after being heavily injured by you, yet you still sent a Title Douluo to chase and kill them. Calling you despicable and underhanded is actually praising you."
"Zhuqing, stop talking." Dai Mubai urgently pulled Zhu Zhuqing.
He felt a wave of emotion in his heart that Zhu Zhuqing would stand up for him, but he was even more panicked, afraid that this matter would escalate.
"Don't pull me. I'm not leaving. I want to see their ugly faces." Zhu Zhuqing forcefully resisted Dai Mubai's pull.
When a woman becomes stubborn, she is truly terrifying.
"Heh, a man who has been fooling around with countless women for years behind your back, easily over a hundred if not dozens, and who heartlessly abandoned all his former lovers the moment he saw you. Is he really worth you defending like this?"
Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face changed slightly. Jiang Chen had struck her sore spot.
She hated Dai Mubai for his past actions, but over the past two years, Dai Mubai had changed for her sake and had severed ties with all those girls.
"Do you know who he was teasing in that small town back then?" Jiang Chen asked again.
Zhu Zhuqing bit her lip tightly and remained silent.
Jiang Chen pointed at Ma Hongjun and said sternly, "He teased Hu Liena, the current Saintess of Spirit Hall, and even declared he wanted her to accompany him for a night."
His finger then pointed at Dai Mubai, his voice turning ice-cold: "And he directed his filthy thoughts toward the current Pope."
"You wanted to demand justice for him? How about I go back and report to the Pope, and let the Pope come discuss it with you?"
Zhu Zhuqing's pretty face turned deathly pale with no trace of blood. Her body staggered and she nearly fell. The person Dai Mubai had teased was actually the Pope.
Just for that alone, even killing Dai Mubai a hundred times wouldn't be enough.
She suddenly felt like she had been a clown earlier, defending something she thought was justice but was actually ugly.
Teasing the Saintess and the Pope of Spirit Hall.
Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's minds went blank. The world spun around them as they felt they had reached the end of days, unable to hold back their despair.
With the matter exposed to this extent, could they still walk out of Spirit City?
All of Shrek's teachers panicked. They could no longer maintain their composure. With this alone, if Spirit Hall wanted to kill Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun on the spot, they wouldn't be able to protect them.
Even if Dai Mubai was the prince of the Star Luo Empire, it would be useless!
In fact, even their Shrek Academy would suffer.
Jiang Chen coldly watched these people. Since they wanted to talk reason, he would talk reason properly and see if they could bear the consequences.
Tang San's expression was grave. He hadn't expected there to be such hidden details to the matter, and that it would be brought out by Zhu Zhuqing.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were his life-and-death teammates. He couldn't watch them die without helping.
"Jiang Chen, give me some face and let them go. Consider it me owing you a favor," Tang San said seriously.
Jiang Chen looked at Tang San and asked, "If you want to save two lives, how big does this favor need to be?"
Tang San was silent for a moment, then said, "As long as it doesn't harm my family or close friends, you can name any condition."
"Deal!" Jiang Chen agreed immediately.
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