r18novel Chapter 430 The Essence of Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Chapter 430 The Essence of Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
Chapter 430 The Essence of Mediocrity Lies in Being Afraid to Cause Trouble
"Boss Dai, that girl is pretty good-looking."
The group from Canghui Academy had just entered the restaurant when the Shrek Seven Devils immediately noticed their arrival. Ma Hongjun raised his elbow and nudged Dai Mubai in the waist.
"Judging from their attire, they should be from Canghui Academy."
Because of Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun was filled with anger and lust. His desire for women was extremely strong. He spotted the only girl in Canghui Academy who had some beauty, and his eyes flashed with a wolfish light as he stared at her intently, scanning her up and down.
The gaze lingers longest on a girl's ample bosom, rounded buttocks, long, slender legs, and private parts.
This fully developed teenage girl was clearly more attractive to Ma Hongjun than Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong beside him.
"It's just a small Canghui Academy, what's there to brag about?"
Dai Mubai glanced over, immediately curled his lip, and scoffed disdainfully.
Also because of Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai's face was gloomy at this moment, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. Just then, an easy target came to him, so he naturally had to squeeze it.
Neither Ma Hongjun nor Dai Mubai deliberately lowered their voices. After all, their purpose was to cause trouble, which was part of their training. Dean Flander had said that those who dared not cause trouble were mediocre.
They're monsters, how could they not dare to cause trouble?
They're professionals at causing trouble.
Moreover, the anger stirred up by Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing needed to be vented. Now that there was an easy target from Canghui Academy right in front of him, how could he not take advantage of it and vent his anger?
If they don't even dare to mess with these people, then they don't deserve to be called monsters.
They dared not provoke the other Soul Masters of unknown origin, because they did not know if they had any Soul Master families or sects backing them up.
But people from Canghui Academy can be provoked without any consequences.
Provoking the Soul Master Academy is arguably the safest option.
People from Soul Master Academy are generally well-educated and pay more attention to their image when they travel.
To avoid causing unnecessary trouble for the academy and damaging its reputation, they usually don't kill easily; at most, they'll just have a fight.
But it's different for those who come from Shrek Academy.
Anyway, Shrek Academy didn't have much fame or reputation to begin with, and it was uncertain whether it could continue operating. Dean Flander didn't care about the academy's reputation and even encouraged students to find fault with it.
In Flander's view, a Soul Master who dares not cause trouble is not a good Soul Master, and this is the necessary path for monsters to become stronger.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were well-versed in this art and had long since grasped its essence, making it easy for them to find fault with each other.
Oscar, being a Shrek Academy student, naturally understood the intentions behind Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's actions. So, he explained Flander's monster quotes to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, who all had questions on their faces.
After hearing this, Tang San felt that it contradicted the fifth rule recorded in the Xuan Tian Bao Lu General Principles—"All Tang Sect disciples should not easily provoke trouble, but if anyone takes the initiative to infringe, they are allowed to retaliate with thunder." However, he believed that he was a monster, and it was not unreasonable for him to do monster things in extraordinary times.
Therefore, Tang San actually quite admired the saying, "Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre."
Sitting next to Tang San was the mischievous rabbit Xiao Wu, who was always eager to stir up trouble. This was her specialty, so this sentence naturally resonated with her.
Ning Rongrong, who was sitting alone on one side, had a somewhat subtle look in her eyes. Although she was mischievous, liked to cause trouble, and had a bad temper, she would never cause trouble or provoke others like this.
As the eldest daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, she received earnest teachings from Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, as well as constant guidance from her father, Ning Fengzhi.
Ning Rongrong was well aware of the dangers of the Soul Master world. Casually causing trouble in the Soul Master world would come at a price, and she might very well kick a hornet's nest and lose her life.
She absolutely disagreed with the statement that "those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre."
By saying that, Flander must be trying to send his student to his death, right?
At this moment, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but wonder if staying at Shrek Academy was a mistake.
Everyone in Shrek Academy clearly has something wrong with them.
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The restaurant was quite crowded and noisy at the moment, but because of their cultivation, the Soul Masters' five senses were enhanced, and their hearing was much better than that of ordinary people. Naturally, the Canghui Academy group heard what Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were saying.
The middle-aged man leading the Canghui Academy team was named Ye Zhi Qiu. His martial soul was a defensive beast martial soul called Xuan Turtle. He was a five-ring Soul King and also the teacher leading the Canghui Academy team on this hunting trip for soul rings.
Upon hearing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's voices, Ye Zhi Qiu frowned, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
He suddenly turned his head and scanned the area sharply.
The other seven students from Canghui Academy also turned around and glared angrily at Shrek Academy and his group.
Especially the girl with above-average looks, her gaze towards Ma Hongjun was so sharp it could almost kill.
Seeing that the people who spoke rudely were just two young children, Ye Zhi Qiu's expression turned ugly, but he still tried his best to endure it.
It's better to avoid trouble. Who knows if those kids have powerful soul masters behind them, or what powerful forces they have backing?
Although the Canghui Academy students dressed rather flamboyantly, they knew that when walking in the world of Soul Masters, they must be careful with their words and actions and avoid causing trouble.
Otherwise, if you offend someone you shouldn't, it could bring unpredictable dangers to yourself, your school, your family, your relatives, and so on.
Ye Zhi Qiu didn't say much. He raised his hand to stop the students who were full of righteous indignation and wanted to teach Shrek Academy a lesson. He then led them to sit down two tables away from the Shrek Academy students.
"Heh, what a spineless coward."
Seeing that the group from Canghui Academy ignored his mockery and chose to let the matter drop, Dai Mubai's evil eyes revealed a hint of disdain. He spoke up again to mock them, even deliberately raising his voice.
"Haha, I'm definitely not a good candidate, but that girl could be a good candidate."
Ma Hongjun sat next to Dai Mubai and laughed heartily.
His appearance is as sleazy as it gets.
Upon hearing these two sentences, how could the group from Canghui Academy tolerate it? The seven young men and women stood up at the same time, glaring at Shrek Academy members with murderous intent.
"You little brats, who are you calling spineless?"
One of the tall young men, clearly the team leader, looked at Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who had just made a sarcastic remark, with a gloomy expression, and angrily questioned them.
"Whoever answers is the one."
Dai Mubai shrugged nonchalantly, his face full of provocation.
"Exactly, whoever agrees is a coward."
Ma Hongjun chimed in, stirring things up, while simultaneously winking lewdly at the beautiful girl from Canghui Academy who was glaring at him with murderous intent, and whistling.
"teacher"
The tall young man immediately looked at Ye Zhi Qiu, who was still sitting on the stool next to him, and asked for permission.
He couldn't stand it anymore and was going to deal with those two foul-mouthed scoundrels.
Ye Zhi Qiu didn't speak. With a snap, he crushed the ceramic cup in his hand into powder. Then he stood up, his face grim, and demanded of Dai Mubai, the leader:
"Which college are you from?"
Dai Mubai's evil eyes flickered slightly, knowing that this middle-aged man was not someone to be trifled with. He was probably a mentor-level figure, and his strength was definitely above that of a Soul Master.
However, middle-aged academy instructors are usually very mindful of their status. Seeing that they are all teenagers, they certainly wouldn't take action themselves. Otherwise, they wouldn't have asked this question; they would have just rushed over and dealt with them.
Having figured this out, Dai Mubai became even more defiant, unleashing his full taunts:
"You're not worthy to discuss matters!"
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhi Qiu's face contorted with rage. He had never seen such an arrogant and presumptuous person. Turning to the seven students he was leading, he coldly ordered:
"Go, teach them a lesson!"
"Yes, Teacher Ye!"
The students of Canghui Academy had been waiting for him to speak.
All seven of them rushed toward the Shrek Academy table.
"Want to fight? Hehe, I like it."
Before Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun could move, the mischievous rabbit Xiao Wu couldn't hold back any longer and jumped up from her seat without hesitation, stepping onto the tabletop.
Immediately afterwards, the rabbit kicked its legs and excitedly charged towards the group from Canghui Academy.
Tang San didn't want to make a move so quickly, but since Xiao Wu had already rushed out, he couldn't stay still any longer. As he stood up, he activated the Tang Sect's inner sect secret technique that he had stolen—the Purple Demon Eye, a method for training the eyes. His eyes were instantly covered with a layer of purple light.
The other side had already made their move, and there were many of them. Fearing that Xiao Wu would get hurt, he used his Ghost Shadow Tracking technique to follow behind the Rogue Rabbit and quickly darted away.
Not to be outdone, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun chuckled triumphantly, quickly stood up, kicked aside the obstructing stool, and rushed out.
Oscar didn't get up. He was just a food-type support Soul Master and didn't have any combat ability. Even if he rushed up, it would be useless; he would only get beaten up.
The Shrek group had been running all day and had been using his giant sausage to aid in recovery. His soul power had long been exhausted, and now there wasn't a single drop left.
However, he took out several large and small sausages, ready to provide assistance to Tang San and the others at any time. These were his pre-prepared supplies.
Ning Rongrong didn't get up or even move, just watched indifferently as Tang San and the other three rushed out.
"Rongrong, aren't you going up to help?"
Seeing Ning Rongrong's unmoved and indifferent attitude, Oscar frowned and asked.
Why should I go up there?
Ning Rongrong turned to look at Oscar and asked him a question.
Oscar's almond-shaped eyes flickered slightly. After thinking for a moment, he whispered a reminder:
"If you want everyone to recognize you, you have to prove with your actions that you belong to Shrek."
Ning Rongrong looked up at him in surprise, as if she was only now realizing that Oscar had such a thoughtful side, knowing exactly what she was worried about.
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"Brother Ye, they've started fighting."
In a quiet corner, Zhu Zhuqing looked at the suddenly noisy restaurant with her beautiful eyes, and said softly while eating roasted rabbit.
"Yes, that's normal."
Ye Qifeng nodded gently and said softly with a smile:
"Shrek Academy's teaching philosophy is that all its students are monsters, not humans, and monsters should do monster things."
"One of their monster sayings is: 'Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre.' If you understand this saying, you will understand why those people from Shrek Academy provoked the group from Canghui Academy for no reason."
Zhu Zhuqing was stunned for a moment, her beautiful eyes widening in surprise:
"Huh? Being afraid to cause trouble makes someone mediocre? A Soul Master has to be willing to cause trouble to be considered talented? Being afraid to cause trouble makes someone mediocre? What kind of twisted logic is that?"
"Teaching others how to cause trouble? Is that really a teaching philosophy? Isn't this misleading students? Who came up with such a bizarre idea?"
Ye Qifeng smiled slightly and said:
"This line comes from the founder of Shrek Academy, their dean—'Four-Eyed Owl' Flander, yeah, the same eccentric shop owner we met in Soto City."
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Zhu Zhuqing was speechless. So it was that unscrupulous merchant.
Since it was him, it's not surprising that someone with his cunning and treacherous nature would say such a thing.
Shrek Academy is indeed nothing special, just a bunch of oddballs. Luckily, I didn't join them.
Well, mainly because I met Brother Ye.
Otherwise, if he had been desperate, he might have joined Shrek Academy and become one of the oddballs, a monster. Fortunately, he met Brother Ye later.
At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing suddenly felt incredibly fortunate.
Ye Qifeng changed the subject and said:
"The so-called 'not daring to cause trouble' is just an excuse for Shrek Academy to bully the weak. Do you think they dare to cause us trouble? Do they dare to cause trouble for the other customers in the restaurant?"
"Obviously they wouldn't dare. Because we're stronger than them. The Shrek group doesn't know where the other guests come from, so they don't dare to provoke them easily."
"The reason they dared to provoke the group from Canghui Academy is because they knew that the group consisted of teachers and students from Canghui Academy, and that they could afford to offend them."
"The mistake of those people from Canghui Academy was that they were too ostentatious, showing off their academy uniforms everywhere and revealing their identities."
"You must understand that Douluo Continent is ultimately a world where strength reigns supreme. When you're in the Soul Master world, unless you have enough strength or a powerful enough background, it's best to keep a low profile and keep your identity unknown to others. This way, you can avoid unnecessary trouble as much as possible."
"The reason why the group from Canghui Academy had the opportunity to bully them was because they made their identities public, and Canghui Academy itself did not have enough strength and reputation to maintain its dignity and face."
"Therefore, the saying 'Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre' is essentially just bullying the weak."
Hearing Ye Qifeng's words, Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes brightened, and she nodded in agreement.
Obvious.
Those people from Shrek Academy were deliberately picking a fight, and they specifically chose Canghui Academy, a seemingly easy target, because they appeared to be easier to bully.
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(End of this chapter)