Chapter 160: Internal Troubles Unresolved, Conflict Diverted

Wu Qi warned, "Do not be careless, and even less should you be negligent."

"With the tournament drawing ever closer, any incident will stir the nerves of every team."

"We cannot rule out that this is a smokescreen intentionally released by Shrek Academy, aimed at distracting everyone's attention to pave the way for their performance in the tournament."

Feng Xiaotian also maintained a cautious attitude, "Just treat them with a normal mindset; we cannot let them interfere with our training."

Qiangu Changkong scoffed, "Why bother with those clowns? Come on, let's go have a feast."

The next morning.

After a night of reflection, the emotions of the Shrek Seven Devils gradually stabilized.

While eating breakfast, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun ran into Tang San; although they did not resort to violence, they were still quite hostile toward each other.

As for Yu Xiaogang, he had not yet recovered after a whole night, and under the care of Liu Erlong, he kept speaking negatively and even once had thoughts of ending his life.

Flender understood that he could not count on the other party for the time being, so he simply called for Zhao Wuji to set about resolving the internal conflict.

In the morning, the Shrek Seven Devils gathered on the playground, but unknowingly, they had already split into three groups, keeping a distance from each other and ignoring one another.

Flender looked at them and sighed.

Zhao Wuji immediately spoke up, "What, didn't get enough fighting yesterday? Want to have another go today?"

"Fine, I'll watch you fight. Nobody is allowed to leave today until you've beaten your opponent to death."

Beforehand, he had discussed with Flender that one would play the bad cop and the other the good cop.

Seeing that Zhao Wuji's imposing manner had intimidated the Shrek Seven Devils, Flender quickly added, "Old Zhao, what are you saying? They are all just children; what kind of talk is this about killing each other!"

Zhao Wuji snorted, "So what? With them looking like this, can they even reconcile? In my opinion, it's better if two people just die. While the tournament hasn't started yet, we can find two other people with decent strength to fill the spots in the team."

Ma Hongjun was unhappy, but it was far from reaching the point of a life-or-death struggle.

Moreover, they were not very old; if they really had to kill someone, they truly couldn't bring themselves to do it.

Ma Hongjun was the first to buckle under the pressure and said, "Teacher, we were just messing around; we didn't intend to kill anyone."

Zhao Wuji sneered, "Now you know to be afraid? That's not what you said yesterday. Are you still going to fight or not?"

Flender glared at him and said, "Don't listen to Zhao Lao Shi's nonsense. Hongjun, since you know you were wrong, then start with you and apologize to Xiao San and Master."

Seeing that Zhao Wuji still wanted to stir up trouble, Ma Hongjun hurriedly faced Tang San and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, Third Brother. I was just too muddled yesterday, which is why I wrongly blamed Master and also wrongly blamed you all."

Tang San was not a petty person; the purpose of his conflict with the others was only to vindicate Yu Xiaogang.

Since Ma Hongjun had softened his stance, he had no reason to keep a straight face.

"Fatty, I also went too far yesterday. I apologize to you and Mu Bai here."

"Mu Bai, Xiao Wu was too impatient yesterday and said some angry words. I apologize to you on her behalf here."

Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Flender finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, the Shrek Seven Devils were partners who had experienced life and death together; they would not completely break apart over such a small matter.

However, the fact remained that the Immortal Herb was gone, and if the conflict could not be diverted, internal strife would inevitably erupt again.

He paused and said, "Little monsters, the Immortal Herb is not omnipotent. There are so many Title Douluo in the Soul Master World; do you think they all relied on Immortal Herbs to break through?"

"You are just too prone to splitting hairs and are too eager for quick success."

"Taking a step back, even if there is no Immortal Herb now, does that mean there won't be in the future? You all know the effects of the Immortal Herb now; you won't miss it if you encounter it during your future cultivation."

"What difference does it make to improve sooner or later?"

Tang San understood that as the spiritual leader of the team, his actions yesterday were indeed too impulsive.

Following the other's words, he added, "Everyone, rest assured. In the future, if I encounter an Immortal Herb during our cultivation, I will definitely give it to you all unconditionally."

"The matter of the Immortal Herb started because of me; I apologize to everyone here."

Yu Tianheng sighed, "It's all my fault for being too impatient. If I had brought Tang San along to the Thunder Canyon, everyone wouldn't have had this conflict. I apologize to everyone here."

Once things were spoken out in the open, the Shrek Seven Devils reconciled as before.

However, some lingering resentment was inevitably left in their hearts.

To prevent everyone from constantly suffering from internal mental exhaustion over the Immortal Herb, Flender arranged:

"Alright, since everyone has realized their mistakes, run ten laps around the playground as punishment!"

"Also, starting tonight, you must participate in one Spirit Fighting match at the Great Spirit Arena every night. With the Spirit Master Tournament imminent, we should enter the final sprint phase."

Inside the dormitory.

Yu Xiaogang was in extremely low spirits.

"Erlong, tell me why my luck is so bad."

"Back then, because of problems with my body, my half-awakened Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul regressed into Luo Sanpao."

"Later, I conducted theoretical research at the Spirit Hall, only to be kicked out. And now, having finally had a chance for my martial soul to evolve, it has slipped through my fingers once again."

"Why is Heaven so unfair to me? Am I, Yu Xiaogang, just a born loser?"

Liu Erlong's eyes filled with tears as she grabbed his arm, "Xiaogang, it's not like that. There must be other ways. At worst, I will live in the Star Dou Great Forest; I will definitely find a suitable Immortal Herb for you."

Outside the door, Flender watched this scene with a complex expression.

The one who tied the bell must be the one to untie it.

Tang San was the one who understood the Immortal Herb best, and he was the one who had to persuade Yu Xiaogang.

With the Spirit Master Tournament imminent, if Yu Xiaogang could not adjust his mindset in time, could the Shrek Team still achieve good results?

After months of silence, the Shrek Academy Team appeared on the stage of the Great Spirit Arena once again, instantly attracting the attention of countless people.

Logically speaking, with several months left until the tournament, all teams should avoid participating in battles to ensure their tactics would not be leaked.

Shrek Academy, however, insisted on doing the exact opposite.

For a time, many team leaders from various academies came to the Great Spirit Arena, attempting to figure out Shrek Academy's tactical system.

Even Sun Buyu was among them.

Upon learning the news, the members of the Seven Treasures Team also developed the idea of sparring with them.

Wu Qi, however, was not in a hurry, "Clashing before the match can indeed help us judge the strength of our opponents in subsequent matches."

"But there are too many eyes watching from the outside; we cannot expose our trump cards just for the sake of a moment's excitement."

Feng Xiaotian pondered for a long while and said, "Captain, we could use this to release a smoke screen, using other tactics to make our opponents misunderstand our true strategy; wouldn't that give us a greater advantage when the match arrives?"

Wu Qi could not deny this, but the tactics currently being trained were the ones for the actual matches, and he was not very willing to leak them.

Ning Rongrong spoke up, "Then let's turn the team Spirit Fighting into one-on-one Spirit Fighting."

"That way, we can figure out the opponents' situation without suffering any losses ourselves."

(End of this chapter)