Chapter 158: Internal Conflict of the Seven Devils

Seeing that Ma Hongjun and Oscar were on the verge of coming to blows over the Immortal Herb, Xiao Wu was the first to step forward.

"Have you two made enough of a scene!"

Xiao Wu had been a big sister for tens of thousands of years; this sharp, piercing voice of hers fell, stunning both Ma Hongjun and Oscar into silence!

"I'm asking you, does not having an Immortal Herb mean you can't cultivate? Answer me!"

Ma Hongjun lowered his head.

Before they had Immortal Herbs, didn't they train just the same?

But the problem was, one does not worry about scarcity, but about inequality.

Why should others have their strength improved after absorbing an Immortal Herb, while he could only cultivate step by step?

Of course, it was a unanimous decision for everyone to have Yu Tianheng send people to Thunder Canyon to search for Immortal Herbs.

Having failed to reach the expected outcome, Ma Hongjun had quite a few complaints about it: "Back then, Tianheng told us to enter Thunder Canyon to search for Immortal Herbs; wasn't it you guys who insisted on splitting into two groups?"

"My words carry no weight, so I couldn't out-argue you, but now that I'm the one without an Immortal Herb, you damn well better give me an explanation!"

"You damn well better talk."

Flender scolded: "Hongjun, is that any way to speak!"

Ma Hongjun was the victim.

It was Tang San who told him about the Immortal Herb and even described how it would help him.

Having raised his expectations so high, only for it to end like this, no one could accept it!

Flender's angry scolding instead incited Ma Hongjun's rebellious nature, and he cursed: "Teacher, stop playing the saint."

"Has Master ever treated you like a person? You're nothing but a tool for him to prove himself!"

These words were not false!

During the soul hunting, everyone had seen how many times Yu Xiaogang had bossed Flender around!

Conversely, Flender had never asked Yu Xiaogang to do anything; he didn't owe Yu Xiaogang anything, so there was no reason to cater to the latter like this!

Speaking of his teacher, Tang San also lost his temper and cursed: "Fatty, keep your mouth clean!"

"Teacher and Dean Flender are close friends of many years; how can you be allowed to sow discord like this!"

"Also, what I told you back then was that the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower was the most suitable for you, but that didn't mean you were guaranteed to find one. If you don't have the fate for it, don't force it. Don't you understand even this simple logic?"

Xiao Wu had never been one with a good temper; she had offered kind words only to be met with curses—how could she endure that?

"Third Brother, why waste your breath on him? This dead fatty hasn't done this kind of thing just once or twice. Back when Cui Hua lived near the academy, she wasn't spared from the dead fatty's harassment!"

"What the hell did you say!"

Having his dirty laundry aired, Ma Hongjun couldn't sit still and immediately glared at her.

Dai Mubai and Oscar hurriedly tried to persuade both sides.

"Xiao San, do me a favor, okay? Let's go back and rest today, stop talking." Dai Mubai blocked the path in front of Tang San and Xiao Wu.

When Xiao Wu lost her temper, she didn't care about anyone, let alone the fact that Dai Mubai wasn't exactly clean himself.

"Dai Mubai, what kind of saint are you trying to play?"

"During the time Zhu Qing was here, you didn't spend little time going out to fool around with Fatty. Heh, and when you were caught red-handed by Zhu Qing, you even claimed you didn't know her."

"You!" Dai Mubai's face turned gloomy.

Having finally made up with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu's words completely reset everything to how it was before.

But as the big brother of the Shrek Seven Devils, he still calmly said: "Xiao San, take Xiao Wu back to rest first. We can talk about whatever it is tomorrow."

Tang San said coldly: "Daring to insult my teacher—this won't be brushed aside so easily!"

On the other side, Oscar was also trying to persuade them with kind words.

Ma Hongjun's previous behavior had annoyed him, but they were all classmates who had been through life and death together; he wouldn't hold a grudge against each other over such a small matter.

But despite his patient persuasion, Ma Hongjun didn't appreciate it: "Little Ao, put away your bitchy act and get the hell away from me!"

Flender, standing to the side, took off his glasses and kept rubbing his temples.

With things having developed to this point, relying solely on the authority of an elder was no longer enough to suppress it.

What's more, Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong were completely "out of commission"; if he stepped in, he would inevitably be labeled as shielding Ma Hongjun.

At that point, the team's heart would be completely scattered.

Right now, the Shrek Team was facing strong enemies from the outside, and coupled with repeated humiliations, everyone had a knot of frustration in their hearts.

Now that it had completely erupted, it required reasonable guidance from the elders.

And with Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang completely washing their hands of the matter, what was he to do alone?

The best way would naturally be to have Zhao Wuji and the others come to persuade them. But at this moment, the Shrek Seven Devils were on the verge of an internal conflict; if he left, the situation might spiral in an even worse direction.

"Alright, everyone go rest first. We'll talk about this once everyone has calmed down."

After he finished speaking, unexpectedly, the Shrek Seven Devils ignored Flender.

Except for Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Tianheng, who had not joined the shouting match, the others were already arguing incessantly.

Having failed to persuade them multiple times and being insulted in return, Dai Mubai could no longer endure this anger.

"Xiao San, for the sake of us being brothers, I gave you face. But you and Xiao Wu have insulted me in every way possible—do you really think I have a good temper?"

After saying this, the usually impulsive Dai Mubai instantly activated his martial soul, looking very much like he was about to make a move.

"Hmph!" Zhu Zhuqing let out a cold snort, feeling completely disappointed in Dai Mubai.

But her display undoubtedly added fuel to the fire in Dai Mubai's heart, causing the situation to spiral out of control.

Tang San said with an icy gaze: "Mubai, I respect you as the captain, yet you defend Fatty in every way and insult my teacher! If Fatty doesn't apologize today, this isn't over. You'd best not stand in my way, otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

Ma Hongjun pushed Oscar aside and cursed: "Tang San, what kind of good guy are you pretending to be?"

"Isn't all of this stirred up by you? Everyone was cultivating just fine, but you're the one with all the damn issues. What, you know about the Immortal Herb and think you're so capable?"

This pair of tiger-roaring and phoenix-crying brothers stood together unconsciously.

Tang San was not afraid, especially since he had already broken through to Soul Ancestor.

Xiao Wu put her hands on her hips, "Ha, dead fatty, I've wanted to teach you a lesson for a long time. What kind of skill is it to talk big here? If you have the guts, let's go outside and have a fight!"

"Fight then, who's afraid of who!" Dai Mubai shouted angrily, "Xiao Wu, for Tang San's sake, I have repeatedly tolerated you, yet you keep tripping me up. Do you really think I, Dai Mubai, am made of mud?"

Tang San snorted coldly, "Useless to say more, let strength do the talking."

After speaking, both sides walked out of the conference room at the same time and arrived at the nearby training ground.

Flender witnessed all of this but did not speak to stop it; he sighed deeply and went to find Zhao Wuji.

On the training ground.

Dai Mubai let out an angry roar, blasting away the class that was having a lesson there.

Both sides stood on opposite sides of the arena, glaring at each other.

The academy teachers were also powerless to do anything about this.

Who didn't know that the Shrek Seven Devils were people brought by the new Dean? If they offended them, wouldn't they be smashing their own rice bowls?

As things stood, the teachers who hadn't jumped ship yet either lacked the ability and weren't wanted by other academies, or they were too inexperienced and had nowhere better to go if they left the academy.

It was foreseeable that if this continued, not only would the quality of students at Shrek Academy get worse and worse, but the strength of the teachers would also plummet.

(End of this chapter)