Chapter 171: Tang San's Attitude
The ceremony's procedure was much more formal than Lin Yang had imagined.
First, the former principal Liu Erlong took the stage to give a speech, followed by Flender stepping up to review the founding history of Shrek Academy.
Finally, the two completed the handover ceremony together, and Lanba Academy was officially renamed to Shrek Academy.
The neatly arranged students in the square burst into thunderous applause.
Sitting in the guest viewing seats on the left side of the high platform, Lin Yang also joined in the applause, but his gaze quietly swept across the crowd.
Needless to say, veterans of Shrek Academy like Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong stood right at the front.
When his gaze swept past Yu Xiaogang, he merely paused for a moment before expressionlessly moving it away.
Strictly speaking, there was no life-or-death feud between him and Yu Xiaogang; they simply despised the sight of each other.
Behind the group of teachers were the Shrek Seven Devils.
Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Tang San... All of these people were present.
And when they saw Lin Yang, each of their expressions varied.
Yu Tianheng nodded at him from afar, while Dai Mubai wore a look of apprehension.
Ma Hongjun and Oscar tried their best to keep their gazes from wandering over here, because whenever they saw a certain person, they couldn't help but tremble directly.
"Hmph, two impolite fellows, they didn't even greet me when they saw me."
Xiao Wu wrinkled her nose and let out a soft huff of slight dissatisfaction.
Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong friendly smiled, which counted as a greeting.
As for Tang San, his reaction was the greatest.
First, he made no attempt to conceal his hostility, but then he grew calm, his gaze even carrying a trace of condescending superiority deep within.
"Interesting!"
Lin Yang chuckled inwardly; it seemed Tang San already knew his own identity.
The son of Clear Sky Douluo was indeed his greatest source of confidence.
In reality, Lin Yang's guess was close to the truth.
After Tang San was defeated by Lin Yang in a single move at Shrek Academy last time, his mindset directly collapsed, and he even directly abandoned Blue Silver Grass to switch to cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.
Left with no choice, Yu Xiaogang could only reveal Tang San's true identity.
When Tang San heard about his identity back then, he was dumbfounded on the spot.
He had always thought he was just the son of a blacksmith in Holy Soul Village, but now his teacher told him that his second Martial Soul was the "number one tool Martial Soul in the world," the Clear Sky Hammer.
His decadent blacksmith father was the youngest Titled Douluo in history—Clear Sky Douluo, possessing the terrifying strength to smash the Pope of Spirit Hall to death in a single battle.
Although he was decadent now, a Titled Douluo was still a Titled Douluo after all, remaining among the small handful of powerhouses standing at the very top of the pyramid.
Relying solely on the identity of the Clear Sky son would be enough to crush Lin Yang.
"Lin Yang?"
Merely the son of a peasant, what kind of background did he have?
Although Poison Douluo stood behind him, it was ultimately just external force, completely incomparable to his status.
However, Tang San did not give up his plan to Cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer, and even for a time felt that the Clear Sky Hammer was what he should Cultivate the most.
In the end, Yu Xiaogang compromised, but not entirely.
Instead, he insisted that Tang San raise his own cultivation to the level where he could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring before switching to Cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang San agreed.
After arriving at Lanba Academy, the Clear Sky Hammer he inadvertently exposed attracted the Strength Clan.
He learned more about Tang Hao from the Clan Chief Tai Tan.
Tang Hao's deeds filled him with yearning.
The strength of the Clear Sky Sect made his heart surge.
Especially when an eighty-sixth-rank Soul Douluo treated him with the utmost respect, calling him Young Lord at every turn and even granting his every request.
Tang San admitted that this feeling of being flattered by others was truly wonderful.
His past grievance, resentment, and depression vanished into thin air amidst those cries of "Young Lord."
Therefore, when he saw Lin Yang, Tang San was initially angry, but what followed was heartfelt contempt.
What if his strength was high?
From the very moment the two of them were born, there was already an uncrossable chasm between them!
Tang San's thoughts were naturally unknown to Lin Yang, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
After the ceremony ended, Lin Yang stretched lazily and let out a long sigh of relief. "It's finally over!"
Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling nodded with mutual agreement.
They had nothing to do with Shrek; they just wanted to come over and join in the lively atmosphere, and right now they couldn't describe how much they regretted it.
It was completely boring.
They had wasted so much time for nothing; they might as well have gone to Cultivate or do something else interesting.
"Let's go, let's head back."
Just as the few of them were about to leave, Ning Rongrong brought Zhu Zhuqing over in quick steps. "Xiao Wu, Lin Yang, are you guys leaving?"
"Of course!"
Xiao Wu yawned and waved her hand listlessly. "Isn't everything over? Why stay here if we aren't leaving?"
"That's true. This is the first time I realized the principal's voice has hypnotic effects; I was almost falling asleep."
Ning Rongrong complained along for a few sentences, then turned her gaze onto Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, a smile blooming on her face. "Young Miss Dugu, I am Ning Rongrong from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. We met last time at Shrek."
Dugu Yan nodded.
She indeed had an impression of Ning Rongrong, but she didn't expect the other party to actually be the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
"Young Miss Ye." Ning Rongrong turned to Ye Lingling. "My father mentioned the great name of the Nine-Heart Begonia to me a long time ago, and today I finally have the fortune to see it."
Ye Lingling gave a faint response, which counted as greeting her.
Ning Rongrong didn't mind either and smoothly introduced Zhu Zhuqing by her side as well.
Zhu Zhuqing had a cold and aloof personality, but she wasn't stupid.
Both Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had backgrounds with Titled Douluo; making friends with them would only bring benefits and no harm.
With a social butterfly like Ning Rongrong around, there was completely no need to worry about the conversation going dead.
The girls chattered back and forth, gradually becoming familiar with each other.
Standing to the side, Lin Yang instead felt like an outsider.
Who knows what Ning Rongrong said, but the girls actually livelily paired up to go shopping together.
Before leaving, Dugu Yan shot Lin Yang a look, then cleanly and neatly "abandoned" him.
Originally surrounded by beauties on both sides, in the blink of an eye he became a solitary man; Lin Yang almost laughed out of anger.
But in the end, he only shook his head helplessly and turned to leave alone. Before leaving, Lin Yang noticed a stalwart old man standing in front of the gate of Shrek Academy.
His short hair stood straight on top of his head like steel needles, and his build was stalwart; merely standing there gave off an oppressive aura of natural authority.
It caused others to cast sidelong glances.
Seeing the old man's appearance, Lin Yang's gaze flickered, and in his heart he had already guessed his identity seven or eight parts correctly.
Tai Tan, the Clan Chief of the Strength Clan, was also Tang Hao's most loyal servant.
Lin Yang didn't have any thoughts regarding this loyal servant, but seeing Tai Tan reminded him of the Defense Clan.
Previously, he had the idea of inviting the Defense Clan to build the Butterfly Mansion.
But with matters piling up and back-and-forth events, he had thrown this matter to the back of his mind.
Now he had an incomparably vast infinite space.
Although people from the Butterfly Mansion and the Sun Cult had already moved in, it was still completely empty inside, looking very desolate.
Didn't the Defense Clan like building houses?
Since the infinite space was so large, could they be brought in to play a role?
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