Bang!
The door was kicked open, splinters of wood flying everywhere as the door frame collapsed.
Flender was stunned at first. He looked at the group of people in front of him, who were coming at him with such force. Were these guys here to smash his reputation?
Wait a minute!
Flender prided himself on being law-abiding. He hadn't done anything to harm anyone. Why would he attract these people? And, the clothes these people were wearing…
Flender narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the clothes of the group. Then, his eyes widened, and his pupils contracted.
"You…"
They were from the Martial Soul Hall! No, they should be from the Soto City Martial Soul Main Hall.
Flender recognized the person in the lead, who was holding the Martial Soul Hall plaque from in front of his door.
It was Wang Luoping, the deputy hall master of the Soto Martial Soul Hall. He was a Soul Sage at level seventy-eight, and his Martial Soul was the Iron Claw Eagle.
In that instant, Flender had a bad feeling.
"You are the owner of this shop? Flender?" Wang Luoping slammed the Martial Soul Hall sign from Flender's door onto the ground. The originally smooth wooden board was smashed into a large pit.
Flender watched, his heart skipping a beat, and he was in pain. It was all money!
"Y-yes, I don't know what brings you here, sirs." Flender finished the sentence almost through gritted teeth. He was finished, this was over.
He specifically chose an inconspicuous place to open the shop, the purpose being to prevent the Martial Soul Hall from noticing.
Over a decade passed without incident. Because the shop's operating style was very strange, not many people came to consume.
But once they had a customer, and the accounts were settled, it was enough for Flender to eat well for a long time.
"Flender, you have a lot of guts, daring to swindle under our noses while using the Martial Soul Hall's banner. Furthermore, your Shrek Academy claims that the most outstanding student from your academy is already the youngest elder of the Martial Soul Hall. What is the elder's name? When did Soto City produce such a great figure? Please enlighten us, Principal Flender?"
Wang Luoping's words were like precious pearls, making Flender's heart skip a beat.
Without realizing it, his palms were already soaked with sweat.
Flender wiped his forehead, pretending to be calm, and forced a smile. "That's not true, Vice Hall Master Wang is mistaken. Who said that? The safety is unfounded, it's simply not true."
"Really?" Wang Luoping looked at the grinning Flender and suddenly felt the urge to slap him. He suppressed the anger in his heart and displayed the Martial Soul Hall's sign in front of Flender.
"Flender, how do you explain this?" Wang Luoping pointed at the sign bearing the Martial Soul Hall's emblem, asking aggressively.
"I...I..."
Flender's face was ashen. This sign was placed in front of his door. The undeniable fact was right before his eyes, and Flender was unable to refute it.
"Dean Flender, do you have anything else to say?" Wang Luoping pressed on, pushing Flender to the edge of a cliff.
"I…"
Flender glared at the group in front of him, a surge of anger rising in his chest. He hated himself for not leaving sooner, for not taking down the sign first, which had left him in this impossible situation.
His tail was caught. Flender sighed helplessly, "Vice Hall Master Wang, what exactly do you want?"
Flender resigned himself; he had no defense against the truth.
Especially when he was in the hands of the Martial Soul Hall, such a behemoth was not something Flender could casually offend.
Behind it, in the main Martial Soul Hall, there were even Spirit Douluo experts in charge.
This was all thanks to Soto City's important strategic position, the beautiful city known as the City of Grain.
"It's simple."
Wang Luoping put the sign aside, lay down on Flender's usual recliner, and casually rocked the chair, which creaked with each movement. "First, you, Flender, must apologize to the Martial Soul Hall in your own name, and also compensate the Martial Soul Hall for its losses. I just took a look around, and the things you have here are quite good. We'll confiscate all of them."
"No way!"
Flender was the first to object.
"I painstakingly gathered all of this," Flender said anxiously. These were his assets, and the only source of income for Shrek Academy in the city.
If that happened, his Shrek Academy would be eating dust this year.
"No way?"
Wang Luoping raised an eyebrow, and the reclining chair he was sitting on immediately shattered. He slowly stood up, looking at Flender with a half-smile: "Then we need to have a chat. As the Dean of Shrek Academy, you led your subordinates in smearing the image of the Martial Soul Hall, and even showed great disrespect to our Martial Soul Hall elders. You should know that those who can become elders of the Martial Soul Hall are all Title Douluo who are famous in their own right. You are so audacious, and it damages the image of the Title Douluo. If I report this, not only will you, Flender, suffer, but I'm afraid that the Shrek Academy you worked so hard to build will also..."
There was no need to say more.
Flender had never been as nervous as he was today. The elders of the Martial Soul Hall, all Title Douluo, were not to be trifled with. Flender was only acting on a fluke, so...
Now, two choices lay before him, and Flender had to make a decision.
"I agree," Flender ground out through gritted teeth.
"Excellent!" Wang Luoping smiled slightly, clapped his hands, and then instructed the Martial Soul Hall disciples accompanying him to start moving things.
Various items, large and small, were brought out. The middle-aged man who had purchased the Hair Crystal changed into Martial Soul Hall robes and, under Flender's extremely surprised gaze, simply walked away with the Hair Crystal.
"So that's how it is! So, you Martial Soul Hall have been eyeing me all along! You deliberately put on this show for me, didn't you!"
Flender was about to explode with rage.
"What makes you say that, Headmaster Flender?"
Wang Luoping smiled without any pressure, then continued, "Secondly, Headmaster Flender, we can understand you selling things in Soto City, but you shouldn't have used the Martial Soul Hall's banner. Also, you raised the price on the spot."
"When did I start price gouging?" Flender retorted.
"A regular crystal originally sells for a hundred Gold Soul Coins, but you turned around and sold it to us for a thousand Gold Soul Coins. The price went up tenfold. Isn't that price gouging?" Wang Luoping countered.
"I… that crystal of mine was originally worth a thousand Gold Soul Coins." Flender was still trying to defend himself.
"Really?"
Wang Luoping revealed a confident smile, and then someone stepped out of the crowd.
"It's you!"
Flender recognized him at a glance. This young man was the one who had bought his crystal this morning.
"This young man bought a crystal from you. You initially agreed on a hundred Gold Soul Coins, but then you immediately raised it to two hundred Gold Soul Coins. Isn't that price gouging?"
Wang Luoping finished speaking, and Zhou Sidong didn't forget to add, "I can testify. Just as Vice Hall Master Wang said, that black-hearted boss is simply a scoundrel!"
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