[Speaking of Yan Shaozhe, this guy is even worse than Xuan Zi!]
[First is his identity. As the Dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy and a Super Douluo with the top-tier Bright Phoenix Spirit, he is actually a descendant of Ye Xishui, the leader of the continent's largest Evil Soul Master organization. Of course, this identity isn't necessarily Yan Shaozhe's fault; it's just melodramatic.]
[But this guy wasting his own top-tier talent is purely his own problem. Possessing the Bright Phoenix Spirit and having Mu En—one of the top Limit Douluos on the continent—as his teacher, he completely squandered his talent. He's only a Super Douluo at his age, completely failing Mu En's expectation for him to carry the banner of Shrek Academy.]
[Furthermore, as the Dean of the Martial Soul Department, Yan Shaozhe was short-sighted and a poor judge of character, leading to the loss of a talent like Huo Yuhao. Even though Huo Yuhao had just won the freshman competition, he stripped Huo Yuhao of his Core Disciple status on the grounds of having a ten-year spirit ring and low spirit power. Later, he easily lost Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department. After Huo Yuhao's counterattack and rise, this guy had the nerve to go to the Soul Tool Department to beg for him back, trying to snatch Huo Yuhao back.]
[Short-sightedness aside, this guy's perspective is also very narrow. Anyone with eyes can see the development trend of spirit tools, but he, the Dean of the Martial Soul Department, couldn't. He excluded the Soul Tool Department for a long time, prioritizing academy resources for the Martial Soul Department, causing Shrek to fall behind the Sun Moon Empire in the field of spirit tool technology for a time.]
[If Huo Yuhao's descendants hadn't poached many talents from the Sun Moon Empire's Mingde Hall, Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department would never have come close to the Sun Moon Empire in this lifetime.]
[In addition, this guy's love life is full of points to criticize. While dating Xian Liner, the Dean of the Soul Tool Department, he was ambiguous with other women and was caught red-handed, leading to their breakup.]
[Afterward, he dated the Evil Phoenix Douluo, Feng Ling. His own Bright Phoenix aura accelerated the Awakening of Feng Ling's Evil Phoenix Spirit. Even though Feng Ling was clearly an Evil Soul Master and had already tried to devour Yan Shaozhe, this guy actually let her go out of old feelings.]
[Now look at the result: Feng Ling is the Vice Leader of the Holy Spirit Cult and has become one of the heads of the Evil Soul Masters. You, Yan Shaozhe, were'sentimental,' but the people of the entire continent have to suffer because of you!]
[What do they call this? It's called: don't fear a villain racking his brains, fear a fool's sudden inspiration! When you let Feng Ling go, did you ever think about how many people on the continent would die in vain?]
This... these are all Teacher's deeds?
Ma Xiaotao stared blankly at the contents of the diary book, a look of disbelief surfacing in her pale pink eyes.
This... this is a lie, right?
In Ma Xiaotao's heart, her teacher had always been an elegant, easy-going, and charming figure. But the events Ao Yao mentioned one by one completely shattered her teacher's image in her mind.
That deeply respected teacher collapsed in Ma Xiaotao's heart.
The previous incidents could be excused as flaws in her teacher's character or personality, but that last incident became the final straw that broke the camel's back.
As a member of the Shrek Academy Inspection Team, she didn't even know how many Evil Soul Masters had died by her hands.
She naturally knew the sins of Evil Soul Masters.
An Evil Soul Master with only the cultivation of a two-ring Spirit Grandmaster is enough to cause a horrific tragedy, yet her teacher let a Titled Douluo level Evil Soul Master go...
For an Evil Soul Master to reach the level of a Titled Douluo, one can only imagine how many people must have died at her hands!
Teacher's action... who knows how many innocent lives it will cost!
Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath.
She felt that she might not be able to face her teacher calmly ever again.
In the Inner Courtyard.
The usually steady Zhang Lexuan was staring blankly at a tree outside the window, her mind occupied by unknown thoughts.
After a long while, she finally snapped out of it and let out a long sigh.
Previously, she could still comfort herself that Shrek Academy wasn't as bad as Ao Yao described.
But now... perhaps Ao Yao was right.
Shrek Academy really wasn't that beautiful.
Her previous perceptions and those seemingly beautiful memories were nothing more than her deceiving herself.
The content Ao Yao had previously written in the diary book resurfaced in Zhang Lexuan's mind—did Mu En really just happen to be nearby and happen to save her?
...
After denouncing Yan Shaozhe's deeds, Ao Yao suddenly realized that Yan Shaozhe seemed a bit more detestable than Xuan Zi.
Oh, wait.
Let's stick to the original judgment.
The two of them are six of one and half a dozen of the other; neither should laugh at the other.
One is an unofficial Grand Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, and the other is the hidden Saint of the Holy Spirit Cult. One could say they are working together to create a bright future for the Holy Spirit Cult.
[Oh, right, I almost forgot that Yan Shaozhe also bears some responsibility for Ma Xiaotao falling and becoming an Evil Soul Master.]
This short sentence caused Ma Xiaotao's breathing to hitch instantly.
Ever since Ao Yao said in the diary that she would fall and become an Evil Soul Master, she had always believed it was because she failed to control her Evil Fire and accidentally killed many innocent people, thus becoming an Evil Soul Master.
But why did Ao Yao now say that her teacher was also responsible for her falling to become an Evil Soul Master?
[In the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament, Ma Xiaotao was schemed against and affected by the 8th-grade spirit tool, the sword of judgment, used by Ma Rulong of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Her Spirit completely mutated into the cold and evil Black Phoenix, and she fell into an out-of-control state.]
[Speaking of which, it was Ma Xiaotao's bad luck. The essence of this sword of judgment is to first pollute the target's Spirit with dark energy and then suppress its attributes with light power. It was originally a great weapon against Evil Soul Masters, but because of the hidden danger of the Evil Fire in Ma Xiaotao's body, it instead triggered a Spirit mutation.]
[Fortunately, Xuan Zi's reaction this time was relatively timely. He knocked Ma Xiaotao unconscious and brought her back to Shrek Academy. Mu En used the Sea Gods Pavilion's Ice Bed and light power to Seal her, but the Seal could only temporarily suppress it and could not eradicate the evil power of the Black Phoenix.]
[It wasn't until Xuan Zi led a team out to hunt for spirit rings that Shrek Academy's high-level combat power was empty. After Mingde Hall colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult, they broke Ma Xiaotao's Seal and simultaneously sent multiple Titled Douluos to cause destruction.]
[But with Shrek Academy's strength, these Titled Douluos couldn't actually cause much trouble. The key point lies with Yan Shaozhe, who came to intercept Ma Xiaotao.]
[I really can't understand how Yan Shaozhe, with his Super Douluo cultivation, couldn't stop Ma Xiaotao, who only had the cultivation of a Spirit Saint? Don't tell me that 'blackening makes you three times stronger' nonsense... A Spirit Saint, even with a blackening buff, couldn't possibly escape from Yan Shaozhe's hands, right?]
[Heh! This guy Yan Shaozhe just happened to not be able to stop Ma Xiaotao!]