Chapter 190: Compensation?

Inside a lounge of the tournament organizing committee.

Tang San was brought back by the organizers' staff, and a Healing Soul Master was dispatched to treat his injuries.

Since the scene had already been cleared by Dugu Bo, the organizers sent out many people, and the final investigation results all pointed to Shi Nian having committed murder for goods, only to be chanced upon and slain by Dugu Bo.

As a representative of the Spirit Hall, one of the organizers, Salas clicked his tongue, "Poison Douluo, this is merely your side of the story. How can this seat be certain that this is the true sequence of events?"

Salas certainly wanted to kill Tang San, and Dugu Bo stepping in to save him made him somewhat displeased.

Dugu Bo snorted coldly: "What, does this old man look like someone who would lie?"

As the representative of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe hurriedly interjected: "This Prince is naturally willing to believe His Excellency Dugu. Bishop Salas, the matter has already occurred; we should not keep harping on the one who acted righteously, but rather should actively provide treatment to the victimized contestant and actively provide compensation to the victimized academy."

"Shi Nian's reputation was already poor to the extreme. For Bishop Salas to defend him like this, could it be that you are the one behind this, pulling the strings?"

Salas gave a light snort: "This seat cannot be bothered to deal with such a person of poor character."

From the start of the Preliminary Tournament until today, there have already been multiple cases of missing personnel.

Therefore, the Heaven Dou Empire is very concerned about this matter; not only is Xue Qinghe involved, but even Xue Xing and his nephew have been sent out to participate in the investigation.

Seeing that Tang San had escaped with his life, Prince Xue Xing was filled with dissatisfaction.

But fortunately, this was not his killing move; the real show was still to come!

Under the instruction of Xue Xing, Xue Beng spoke up: "Imperial Brother is wrong. The most urgent matter is that we should investigate whether Tang San's encounter has any connection to the previous cases of missing contestants!"

"If we can confirm that Shi Nian was the true culprit, it would also provide an explanation to the other victimized teams."

Regarding Xue Beng's "challenge," Xue Qinghe responded with composure.

During the previous disappearances of contestants, Dugu Bo had been following behind Shi Nian the whole time and naturally knew the crime scenes; he simply hadn't made a move at the time.

Wu Qi had already maintained close contact with Xue Qinghe, and this information had been handed over to Xue Qinghe not long ago.

Throwing the data at Xue Beng, Xue Qinghe snorted coldly: "This Prince is not like you, only capable of empty talk; I have already investigated it clearly!"

Upon learning the news that Tang San had been injured and rescued, Flender felt melancholy and nervous.

He knew that Shi Nian was at odds with them, but he had not expected the other party to commit such a vicious act.

He only hoped that Tang San had not been affected; otherwise, he truly did not know how he would answer to Tang Hao.

When he was brought into the organizing committee's lounge, Xue Qinghe and the others had just finished their argument.

"Greetings to His Excellency Poison Douluo, His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the Prince."

Flender bowed respectfully.

With Canghui Academy causing such a huge commotion, having their qualification revoked was inevitable; as for the compensation to the various teams, no consensus could be reached.

Some felt that all of Canghui Academy's assets should be liquidated, with one portion compensating the victims and the other used for the tournament's construction.

Regarding the committee's decision, Flender dared not interject, and after Tang San woke up, he immediately took his people and left the committee.

Shrek Academy.

Upon learning of Tang San's encounter, the Shrek Seven Devils were united in their hatred!

"Damn that Shi Nian, how dare he lay such a vicious hand on Xiao San!" Liu Erlong slammed her fist angrily against the door frame.

After being healed by the Healing Soul Master, Tang San's body was no longer in any serious condition, though he suffered from severe headaches and occasional bouts of mental confusion.

"Xiao San, are you alright?" Yu Xiaogang asked with concern: "By the way, who saved you?"

"It was Dugu Bo." It was Flender who spoke.

Although the two sides had grievances, it was indeed Dugu Bo who had done them a favor in this matter, and in terms of both emotion and reason, they should pay a visit to express their gratitude.

Unexpectedly, Yu Xiaogang sneered: "Heh, what a disgusting fellow."

In his view, Dugu Bo knew full well that the two sides had grievances, yet he deliberately let them owe him a favor, clearly intending to disgust them and force them to bow their heads.

"Flender, you are becoming more and more muddled. You can actually fall for such an obvious treacherous plot; it's a waste that you are still the Dean of Shrek!"

Flender smiled bitterly again and again.

Even so, this favor was real and tangible.

As a Spirit Master, shouldn't one be able to distinguish between gratitude and grudges?

Unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang could not listen to his words at all and instead scolded him for being brainwashed.

Forced by helplessness, Flender had no choice but to go find Dugu Bo alone.

"Teacher, my Soul Guidance Device..."

As the headache eased, Tang San noticed the state of his Soul Guidance Device and asked anxiously.

Yu Xiaogang sighed: "According to the committee's investigation results, when Shi Nian attacked you, he rummaged through your Soul Guidance Device for treasures and erased your mental imprint."

There were also traces of a fire at the scene; in the committee's view, this was Shi Nian's attempt to destroy the evidence.

The blueprints in Tang San's Soul Guidance Device were treated as kindling and burned to nothing.

Tang San breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Shi Nian was already dead; even if the other party had seen the Hidden Weapon blueprints, the secret had been taken to the grave.

The only thing that worried him was Poison Douluo; if he had also seen them and leaked the Hidden Weapon blueprints, it would be a huge problem.

But for now, he had no way to worry about these things.

Because tomorrow was their match against Canghui Academy, and with the other party pulling this stunt before the match, they had to consider what kind of compensation to demand.

The next morning, the Heaven Dou Empire Division Organizing Committee of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament issued a notice to the entire continent.

The notice clearly pointed out the fact that Shi Nian had harmed opposing students before the match in order for his own team to win, as well as the punishment for the entire Canghui Academy.

All matches that Canghui Academy had already participated in or was about to participate in were ruled as losses.

Originally, the Heaven Dou Third Team had been forced to withdraw, causing them to become the bottom-ranked team.

Now, the Canghui Academy Team was ruled to have lost by the rules, which meant the Heaven Dou Third Team had won a match, shaking off the embarrassing record of being in last place.

As for whether there was any personal bias from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family in this ruling, that was unknown.

Regarding the issue of compensation, the announcement did not state it clearly, but apart from Shrek Academy, other academies received some compensation to varying degrees, while Shrek Academy did not get a single cent.

Yu Xiaogang was naturally unwilling to accept this and wanted to go to the organizing committee to demand an explanation, but in the end, he was dismissed.

The reason was simple: to treat Tang San's injuries, a Healing Soul Master at the Soul Emperor level from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been hired, and the service fee was not low, which was considered to have offset their compensation.

Moreover, Shrek Academy was not well-liked to begin with, so the Heaven Dou Imperial Family hiring such a Healing Soul Master to act on their behalf could be considered benevolent and righteous.

……

Such a huge disturbance occurring at the Spirit Master Tournament had long since become the focus of attention on the continent.

After the battle with Dugu Bo, Tang Hao spent a long time healing before he finally stabilized his injuries.

When he arrived at Tiandou City, the Spirit Master Tournament had just begun.

Bone Douluo was stationed at the venue at all times; if he were to appear, he would inevitably be discovered, and since the situation of the tournament was stable, he chose to leave Tiandou City to investigate news elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)