Chapter 121: Ropes of Fate

"Let's welcome Zeng Yi to our Shrek Academy family. Let's all applaud and welcome him!" Flender smiled and introduced Zeng Yi to the students and teachers of Shrek.

Clap clap clap

As Flender's voice fell, a lively round of applause resounded. However, others mechanically clapped their hands with strange looks on their faces when seeing Zeng Yi. Meanwhile, Zhao Wuji, a teacher from the academy, sat beside him, with his strong arm around Zeng Yi's shoulder, like a good brother.

If it weren't for the unpleasant face and the rope tied to his body, it might have actually seemed that way.

"Hey! I'm just staying here temporarily, just temporarily, got it? I never said I wanted to join your Shrek Academy!" Zeng Yi shouted at the shameless Flender.

"Hehehe, don't worry. Your master, Sword Douluo, has taken care of all the procedures for you. From now on, you are a student of Shrek Academy. Hahaha." Flender took out a document from his body, waved it in front of Zeng Yi, and then laughed smugly.

Looking at the document in Flender's hand, with his name written on it, Zeng Yi's face darkened.

I've been fooled by that old man, damn it!

"I protest, I strongly protest! That's not my signature, it doesn't count!"

"There's a saying, a teacher is like a father. The decision made by your master certainly counts." Flender said. He had wanted to recruit Zeng Yi as a student for a long time. But his wish didn't come true when Zeng Yi didn't sign up for his academy. However, after going around in circles, Zeng Yi ultimately ended up at Shrek Academy under the arrangement of his master, Sword Douluo, who also gave him one million gold soul coins, asking Flender to take care of Zeng Yi.

This was a recognition of his teaching ability as a Title Douluo!

Flender felt really proud. In order not to fail Sword Douluo's trust, he would definitely make Zeng Yi a student of Shrek Academy.

Definitely not because of the one million coins!

"In this day and age, who still falls for this? Listening to everything the elders say, following their arrangements, only makes you a slave in life, losing the ability to think and judge for yourself, only becoming a puppet who follows orders. Independence and freedom of thought are what's popular now, don't you understand?" Zeng Yi sneered.

This statement instantly silenced Flender, as well as the others who heard it. They pondered Zeng Yi's words.

"But when you don't have the strength to control your own fate, aren't you just a puppet too?" The Grandmaster spoke up, his gaze fixed on Zeng Yi.

"Speaking the truth, indeed." Zeng Yi nodded, agreeing with the Grandmaster's words.

He was caught because he didn't have the strength.

Zeng Yi thought that after his master, Chen Xin, left, no one could control him anymore. Who knew that Chen Xin had actually bribed Flender to keep an eye on Zeng Yi and prevent him from escaping? With the added influence of one million gold soul coins and the terrifying strength of a Title Douluo, Flender and Zhao Wuji were effectively keeping an eye on Zeng Yi, despite their levels as Soul Saints being 78 and 76 respectively.

Chen Xin knew his disciple well. Even under a Title Douluo's supervision, Zeng Yi had escaped multiple times, let alone being under the supervision of Soul Saints. Hence, Chen Xin gave Flender the soul restraint rope to prevent Zeng Yi from escaping.

Yes, that rope on Zeng Yi right now. Because he attempted to escape, Flender and Zhao Wuji had caught him and tied him up.

"So, you're Zeng Yi, huh? Tang San has mentioned you before. And you also taught Zhu Zhuqing that cultivation method, which we are now using. We owe you a lot for the significant improvement in our students' strength." The Grandmaster said, expressing gratitude in his tone.

This matter was revealed by the Grandmaster, making Zhu Zhuqing feel somewhat embarrassed. She had been caught by her classmates when she practiced according to Zeng Yi's instructions. When they questioned her, she revealed the truth. In the end, at the Grandmaster's request, she shared this method with others for joint cultivation.

But it was done without Zeng Yi's consent. Now, being confronted face to face, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but feel guilty.

"But we apologize for doing it without your permission," the Grandmaster sincerely apologized to Zeng Yi.

"Zhu Zhuqing? Cultivation method?" Zeng Yi's gaze turned to Zhu Zhuqing. When Zhu Zhuqing saw Zeng Yi looking at her, she couldn't help but avoid his gaze.

"Oh! So that's what it is. Hahaha, it's just some small trick. It's fine, if you've learned it, you've learned it. When I taught Xiao Zhu, I never forbade her from sharing it. Hahaha." Zeng Yi suddenly realized and remembered what had happened back then. He laughed casually, after all, the method he taught was plagiarized too.

Xiao Zhu? [T/N: Xiao Zhu translates to Piglet]

Hearing that nickname again, Zhu Zhuqing's eyes twitched, and her face turned ugly.

"Flender, untie Zeng Yi," the Grandmaster ordered.

"Alright, then." Since the Grandmaster said so, Flender untied the rope from Zeng Yi.

After the rope was loosened, Zeng Yi felt much better. He moved away from the man's arm on his shoulder and also gave Zhao Wuji a disdainful look.

"Do you think our Shrek Academy is not good? Why are you so reluctant to join? Plus, you know Tang San and live with him as friends. Isn't that better than wandering alone?" The Grandmaster asked in confusion. Even though they got along well, it seemed that this person was very resistant to joining the academy.

Could it be that the academy was too shabby?

Indeed, Zeng Yi was a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and it was understandable that he looked down on the academy's shabby environment. "No, it's not that. Your academy is quite good." Zeng Yi shook his head and said.

Although Shrek Academy was poor in the beginning, it became amazing later on! However, Zeng Yi didn't want to have too many entanglements with them. More entanglements meant more troubles. After all, the people in front of him were a group with conflicting interests, and it would definitely cause a lot of trouble. Zeng Yi was not afraid of trouble, but he also didn't want to go looking for trouble.

The main point was that Zeng Yi couldn't learn much here. What could these people from Shrek Academy teach him? Could Tang San teach him his Tang Sect's unique skills? No. He practiced swordsmanship, and they couldn't teach him that either. As for the training methods for the seven students that the Grandmaster used, Zeng Yi had already seen them, and they were not useful for him. Carrying weights? He had long surpassed the weight they could handle. Combat training? Without soul skills, he could easily match them with just his swordsmanship, even suppress them. Except for Tang San, the others were all inexperienced kids who hadn't seen real battle. He didn't deny that they would become strong in the future, but for now, Zeng Yi wasn't interested.

In this place, they couldn't teach him anything, not even the Grandmaster. Invincible in theory? Did the Grandmaster's theory talk about sword cultivation? Cooperation theory? Sorry, he was an orphan, he had no one to cooperate with. Knowledge of soul beasts? They probably hadn't even covered what was written in Zeng Yi's comprehensive soul beast encyclopedia. As for training methods, Zeng Yi, who had read countless passionate manga and web novels, knew more and better training methods than the Grandmaster did, which were more effective.

Zeng Yi felt that he could only benefit from Tang San's fortune in Shrek Academy.

Tang San, let's drag the two together?