Chapter 251: Conflict | Fame Revealed

"Once registered, no refunds."

The Shrek Academy teacher looked at the father and son demanding their registration fee back; his expression seemed indifferent, but in reality, it was somewhat arrogant and condescending.

Although he did not show greed for those ten Gold Soul Coins, this attitude was truly hard to like.

This reminded Ning Rongrong of... her past self.

Thinking back, it was likely because she was like this in the past that she incurred the dislike of everyone... especially San Ge, Ning Feiliu.

Her beautiful eyes dimmed slightly.

At this moment, the teacher first faced the father and son demanding the fee, and called out to someone coldly, "Dai Mubai, someone wants their registration fee back, you handle it."

On the ground nearby, a figure suddenly sprang up, "Wanting the registration fee back is fine, beat me, and it will be refunded in full."

Seeing the three soul rings Dai Mubai revealed, the father and son's expressions changed, but that was ten Gold Soul Coins.

Although as a Great Soul Master, one could receive these ten Gold Soul Coins every month from the Spirit Hall.

But to just give away these ten Gold Soul Coins because of registering for an academy, and then not even being accepted in the end.

No one would be willing to accept that.

Moreover, the registration fee for Shrek Academy was so expensive, yet the registration process was not very complicated.

It just made people feel that they were merely swindling money from these prospective students.

How could anyone be willing to accept this?

Especially since Shrek Academy was using threats at this moment; how was this any different from robbery?

However, the situation was stronger than the people; the father's eyes dimmed, and just as he was about to let it go...

"I will pay their Gold Soul Coins," a delicate voice came from behind them.

Then, accompanied by the sound of Gold Soul Coins entering a box, twenty Gold Soul Coins appeared in the box made of a few nailed-together wooden boards to the side.

"Take your Gold Soul Coins back," Ning Rongrong said to the two, father and son.

After all, she was the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Sect Master, and unlike the previous Ning Feiliu, she was quite spoiled; over these years, not to mention one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, she certainly had ten or twenty thousand.

So she could afford it, and she would be the one to step forward and resolve this dispute.

"The rest of you have heard it too; this academy's registration fee is not cheap, and there is strict control over age... also, what are your academy's enrollment requirements?" Ning Rongrong asked the old man in front of her again.

The old man frowned; if he had made it clear from the beginning, wouldn't they have had fewer students and thus earned much less in registration fees? So he hesitated for a moment.

But things having reached this point, he sighed, and under pressure, said, "Those over thirteen, or those without the cultivation of a Great Soul Master or higher, can leave now."

"Wait..." However, Ning Rongrong did not stop there, saying, "Is it that you don't enroll those over thirteen who lack Great Soul Master cultivation, or do you only enroll those under thirteen who have Great Soul Master cultivation?"

The old man's brow furrowed even deeper; he snorted coldly and said, "We only enroll genius Spirit Masters under thirteen who have reached the Great Soul Master level or higher."

"A Shrek is a monster, even among Soul Beasts, it is an extremely strange existence. The meaning of our Shrek Academy is Monster Academy. That is to say, we only accept monsters here, not ordinary people. If you are over thirteen, or your soul power has not reached level twenty-one, there is no need to waste time here."

Hearing this, the long line of applicants behind Ning Rongrong immediately ran away.

Only a blue-clad boy, a girl in pink with a long scorpion braid, and a very full-figured girl in black with a youthful face remained.

Under thirteen and having soul power above level twenty-one; that could truly filter out the vast majority of students.

And the registration fee was so expensive—ten Gold Soul Coins—that it really made them not even have the thought of trying.

At this time, the old man and Dai Mubai looked at the students and parents who had all run away, and their hearts were bleeding.

So many Gold Soul Coins, all gone just like that.

These were the sources of funding for the academy's daily operations!

And this was all because of the pink-haired girl in front of them.

Dai Mubai and the old man's gazes became somewhat unkind because of this.

"Then we can take back those ten Gold Soul Coins now! Thank you! Thank you, Miss!" The father and son were currently thanking Ning Rongrong with moved expressions, while wanting to retrieve their ten Gold Soul Coins.

But...

"I said it before, once registered, no refunds." The old man snorted coldly and blocked the father and son.

"But... this young lady... just now..." The father widened his eyes and said.

Ning Rongrong also frowned and said, "I just put in twenty Gold Soul Coins."

"That was your voluntary extra registration fee; even if you give more, there are no refunds," Li Yusong, this teacher of Shrek Academy, said shamelessly.

As he spoke, he suddenly released an incomparably fierce aura; a rich red light was suddenly released from the old man's body, and a long staff with countless fine patterns appeared in his right hand. Most terrifyingly, a total of six soul rings rose from beneath his feet, and the dazzling light instantly became the focus of the entire scene.

The colors of the six soul rings were one white, one yellow, three purple, and one black. That is, one Ten-Year Spirit Ring, one Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, three Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and one Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. This old man, who looked like an ordinary farmer, was actually a super powerhouse at the Soul Emperor level of over level sixty.

Level sixty, that was level sixty; even in the entire Balake Wangguo, Spirit Masters of this level were absolutely few and far between.

Ning Rongrong frowned; no matter how much her temper had been tempered over the years, she couldn't help but feel a bit angry now.

"You..." she said through gritted teeth.

Dai Mubai looked at her unkindly; this little girl had actually cut off their source of wealth, and their Shrek Academy would surely have a very difficult time living from now on.

"Which family's young miss is this, so fond of meddling in other people's business?" He couldn't help but say sarcastically, "Don't you like being a good person? Why don't you give another hundred Gold Soul Coins, then these ten Gold Soul Coins will be refunded."

Ning Rongrong took a deep breath and shook her head, "I am here to seek knowledge, not to cause trouble; is this the attitude your academy has toward students?"

She was not a sucker or a do-gooder, so naturally, she would not do such a thing.

Seeing that things had reached this point, the father of the pair suddenly sighed, then said to Ning Rongrong, "Young lady, thank you for your kindness, since it cannot be taken back, then let it be..."

Having said that, he waved his hand gratefully at Ning Rongrong, then took his child and left.

He did not want to trouble Ning Rongrong any further.

Hearing Ning Rongrong's words, Li Yusong and Dai Mubai restrained themselves slightly for the sake of their reputation.

But they still did not give Ning Rongrong any good looks.

After all, Ning Rongrong had ruined their good thing. "Shrek Academy's attitude toward students has always been to teach and nurture with all our hearts, provided that one first becomes a student of Shrek Academy," Li Yusong said coldly, "That's all, do you still want to register for my Shrek Academy? If you are not willing, I have already said, once the registration fee enters the box, it will not be refunded."

Ning Rongrong was, of course...

"I still want to register, if your Shrek Academy really has..." Before Ning Rongrong could finish, she said firmly, "I want to register."

"Reach out your hand, then summon your martial soul," Li Yusong said indifferently.

After testing that there were no issues with Ning Rongrong's bone age, Ning Rongrong summoned her martial soul...

"Seven Treasures turn out... glazed."

Amidst the surprised gazes of the crowd, a glazed pagoda appeared in her hand.

"Ning Rongrong... level 29 Auxiliary System Great Soul Master," she said softly.

Seeing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and such excellent cultivation talent, Li Yusong's expression changed.

"Does your family know you came here?" he couldn't help but ask.

"They know... and this is my own decision," Ning Rongrong said again, softly but full of determination.

"She is actually... a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?" Not far behind Ning Rongrong, Tang San said to Xiao Wu with a face full of surprise.

"Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Why, is it very famous?" Xiao Wu, a Soul Beast in human form, naturally did not know the distribution of power factions in the Spirit Master world.

"This is... one of the seven most powerful Spirit Master sects on the Douluo Continent, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul of this sect is the strongest Auxiliary System martial soul on the continent." Tang San had heard Yu Xiaogang introduce the current forces and several top-tier martial souls of the Spirit Master world.

In Yu Xiaogang's introduction, he even mentioned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had... produced a peerless genius in recent years.

"Auxiliary System martial soul... that means there is no combat power, right?" Xiao Wu immediately said, not caring in the slightest.

"No... Master once said that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has produced a true peerless genius in recent years," Tang San shook his head and said, "From the original Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, he evolved derivative martial souls capable of long-range combat. A full five different derivative martial souls allow him to be invincible among the younger generation."

"Evolved derivative martial souls?" Xiao Wu had never heard such terms before and asked curiously.

"It is the latest martial soul theory invented by Master, which is to separate and evolve Secondary Spirit from the original martial soul, possessing abilities similar to but not the same as the original martial soul," Tang San said, "For example, this Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Master's guess is that it changed from the way its original martial soul could cast light of Enhancement to a long-range attack method, resulting in the derived Crescent Moon Divine Weapon martial soul."

Ning Feiliu's deeds were, after all, too shocking and famous, but he actually didn't think there was anything to it, so he didn't know that he had been studied by "theoretical masters" of the Spirit Master world like Yu Xiaogang all these years.

Yu Xiaogang also learned about this when he returned to Heaven Dou City last time, and he was very excited, believing that this was enough to prove his theory that "there are no useless martial souls, only useless Spirit Masters."

It was just a pity that Ning Feiliu was also out training at the time; otherwise, according to his own words, he actually wanted to take Ning Feiliu as his second "student."

He was also quite confident that Ning Feiliu would be convinced by his theories and knowledge, willingly become his second stu(research)dent(object), and prove that his theories were correct.

One who can evolve derivative martial souls, allowing Auxiliary System martial souls to become combat martial souls—isn't this the best proof of "there are no useless martial souls, only useless Spirit Masters"?

If Ning Feiliu knew, he could only smile and say nothing.

Although he also believed a little in the saying "there are no useless martial souls, only useless Spirit Masters," Yu Xiaogang had not proven that this saying was correct.

On the contrary, he and his good student only proved that the more awesome the martial soul, the better, and the higher the quality and age of the Soul Ring, the better.

What "Soul Rings are not chosen by high age and quality, but by suitability."

Bullshit, it's better to just have a 100,000-year Soul Ring sacrifice itself.

And Yu Xiaogang himself is the best example; there are no useless martial souls, only useless Spirit Masters, right?

Then what are you? Oh, your Luo Sanpao martial soul is indeed not useless; the useless one is really just you, Master Yu Xiaogang, the theoretical master.

In short, in Ning Feiliu's eyes, Yu Xiaogang is just a joke.

Want to take him as a disciple? Ning Feiliu can only say to this that he also takes disciples, but he doesn't take theoretical masters or ingrates.

Tang San probably also learned the truth of this later, which is why he was petty and held a grudge, not bringing Yu Xiaogang to the God Realm.

But at this moment, he still respected his Master Yu Xiaogang quite a bit.

"It can actually be like this... truly amazing." Xiao Wu had also lived in the human world for several years, and she also felt it was quite magical, immediately clicking her tongue in wonder.

But her eyes rolled, and she said with a grin, "But no matter what, he can't compare to my brother! My brother is the most amazing!"

Tang San was also very happy inside when he heard this, but he said, "That genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not only relied on his own strength to complete the transformation from an Auxiliary System Spirit Master to a Battle Soul Master, but he is also the youngest Soul Elder on the continent; he was already at the Soul Elder cultivation level at twelve years and eight months old, and later even broke through to Soul Ancestor at thirteen."

"And not only that, Master once told me that there is a magical pill in Heaven Dou City called the Mysterious Water Pill. After taking it, one can increase Innate Soul Power by one level without any side effects. Those below level 30 can break through one level of soul power, and Spirit Masters between level 30 and 50 can increase their soul power by half a level."

"And this Mysterious Water Pill comes from the hands of this genius of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and his teacher, Poison Douluo."

"That Mysterious Water Pill was invented by that guy? No way?" Xiao Wu said in disbelief.

But her face was full of envy, even though they already had Innate Full Spirit Power.

But they were still only at level 29 soul power now; if they could get a Mysterious Water Pill and directly increase their soul power by one level, they would break through to level 30.

Who wouldn't want that?

Unfortunately, the Mysterious Water Pill is expensive, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect currently sells them at a clearly marked price of 20,000 Gold Soul Coins each.

It can only be said that as expected of someone from a merchant background, they really don't even blink when asking for an exorbitant price.

But who made it so that currently only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Poison Douluo Dugu Bo can manufacture these Mysterious Water Pills?

But at this moment, who in all of Heaven Dou City doesn't know that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Poison Douluo are in-laws? They are already one family, so they certainly wouldn't compete with each other and ruin the business.

So there is no way; even if they have to scrape the money together, they want to get a Mysterious Water Pill.

After all, what noble is willing to let their descendants lose at the starting line?

However, 20,000 Gold Soul Coins is not 20,000 yuan; according to the currency system of the Douluo Continent, 20,000 Gold Soul Coins is about the same as two million.

Even if a Soul Elder can receive 100 Gold Soul Coins from the Spirit Hall every month, it would take 17 years to collect 20,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Ordinary Spirit Masters cannot afford it, and noble Spirit Masters have to pay a price to come up with it.

At this moment, Tang San and Xiao Wu only had a total of over 700 Gold Soul Coins, and they had already used 200 Gold Soul Coins to buy that Plate Crystal Dragon Beard Gold, so they really didn't even dare to think about the Mysterious Water Pill.

I've been struggling with a cold for the past two days, and it turned into pneumonia. I went to the clinic for an IV drip yesterday and slept as soon as I got back, not waking up until 3 AM... My bad, I'll find time on the weekend to make up a chapter.

(End of this chapter)