Douluo: Twins of Fate

Chapter 227: Good intentions, bad execution.
Old Chen is right, the Heavenly Soul Empire indeed cannot afford the cost of fighting the Sun Moon Empire.

The empire's finances are already under immense pressure just from maintaining the massive border defense forces in the Mingdou Mountains.

Excessive spending, yet no hope of victory in sight—this is the true state of the Heavenly Soul Empire today.

Yan Shaozhe saw Xue Yu's expression and knew his predicament, so he stepped forward and said slowly, "Since this is an internal matter of the sect, shouldn't we, Shrek Academy, as the parties involved, have the right to speak?"

"Of course." Tang Ya nodded.

Yan Shaozhe looked at Xue Di on the side and said, "Teacher Xue, as a teacher of Shrek Academy, you should stand up at this time. Sheng Yu and Qing Tong, you should come too."

However, when Jiang Shengyu heard Yan Shaozhe's words, although her expression did not change, she felt an overwhelming urge to complain.

Has Yan Shaozhe forgotten that they all come from the Sun Moon Empire?
Or is he planning to use this opportunity to force them to choose sides between the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy?
This work was done way too sloppily!

Xue Di walked out calmly. After she came to Yan Shaozhe, Xue Yu asked curiously, "Dean Yan, who is this...?"

"This is our Shrek Academy's newest teacher, a level 95 Extreme Ice Super Douluo, Teacher Xue Qing, whose title is Saint Xue!" Yan Shaozhe introduced Xue Di to Xue Yu.

Upon hearing that Xue Di was a level 95 Super Douluo with the ultimate ice attribute, both Elder Chen and Xue Yu showed expressions of shock. They both knew what it meant for such a powerful ultimate attribute as ultimate ice to reach the Super Douluo level!
That's practically an invincible existence below the Limit Douluo level!
Tang Ya frowned and whispered to Old Chen, "Old Chen, are you confident?"

Old Chen shook his head and said to Tang Ya, "I can guarantee our safe retreat, but as for winning, there is no hope."

Moreover, the retreat was based on the loss of two level-nine soul tools.

A Super Douluo with ultimate ice power is a huge threat.

Tang Ya clenched her fists, feeling somewhat unwilling, but when she saw Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong giving her meaningful glances, she suddenly realized what was going on, and her tense mood relaxed.

After everyone had walked to Yan Shaozhe's side, Yan Shaozhe continued to say to Tang Ya, "I think Vice Dean Fan Yu has already told you the conditions. The academy will not back down, so you must accept the academy's conditions."

"What if I don't accept it?" Tang Ya asked back.

Yan Shaozhe shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, this compound is the property of the academy, and the academy will not give it away casually."

Jiang Shengyu listened to what Yan Shaozhe said to Tang Ya and didn't know how to comment.

Moon's intentions were good, but the people of Shrek Academy managed to ruin them for him. One wonders if Moon's soul, residing within the Golden Tree, would be so angry it would come back to life if it knew about this.

Xue Di also asked at the opportune moment, "Dean Yan, are we going to drive the Tang Sect Master out of Tian Dou City and then forcibly seize this place?"

The commotion had already attracted many people besides the nobles, and many guests in the Tiandou Hotel were also watching. When Xue Di asked the question, Yan Shaozhe's face turned ugly.

Although that was indeed what he thought, he still needed to find a suitable reason. How could he just say it so openly? Wouldn't that prove to outsiders that Shrek Academy was unreasonable?
Yan Shaozhe is an extremely awkward person. On the one hand, he does many things without considering the reputation of Shrek Academy, but on the other hand, he cares a lot about this so-called face.

Yan Shaozhe said to Xue Di with a straight face, "Of course not! How could we at Shrek Academy do such a thing..." Jiang Shengyu clicked her tongue, this was too shameless.

Tang Ya questioned, "Isn't this exactly what Dean Yan is doing right now? Forcibly seizing the Tang Clan's ancestral property, being unreasonable, and using his power to intimidate people!"

"How dare you!" Yan Shaozhe frowned and scolded.

Tang Ya then said, "The Tang Sect has now opened branches in various countries. I will have all Tang Sect branches publicize Dean Yan's actions today, so that people all over the continent will know the prestige of Shrek Academy!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Shaozhe's pupils contracted: "You..."

Yan Shaozhe miscalculated. He overlooked the fact that Tang Sect was no longer the small sect with only a sect leader and one disciple that was nothing without the protection of an academy.

Today, the Tang Clan, not to mention that its branches are essentially all Soul Halls, has become a massive sect spanning four great empires, with tens of thousands of disciples.

If Tang Ya's statement is true, and so many branches spread today's events across the major empires, it would be a major blow to Shrek Academy's reputation!
Although Shrek Academy is the number one academy on the continent, there are quite a few other advanced soul master academies that want to dethrone them.

They won't let this opportunity slip by!

Since Tang Ya had already completely broken ties with Shrek Academy, she was fearless and said directly, "Dean Yan, please consider carefully whether or not to return this compound to the Tang Sect."

Yan Shaozhe's chest heaved, and Xue Yu stepped forward to smooth things over, saying, "Oh dear! These are all sects and academies originally belonging to the three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, why make things so awkward? Dean Yan, in my opinion, it's not impossible to return the Tang Sect's ancestral land, is it?"

Xueyu offered a way out, and Yan Shaozhe sighed, taking the opportunity to say, "The prince is right! This mansion can be given!"

"And what are your requirements? Does Shrek Academy still want to become the true leader of the Tang Sect?" Tang Ya then asked in return.

Yan Shaozhe said with an awkward expression, "Of course the academy would not do such a thing! But the academy is not a charity. In order to take back this compound, the academy has spent a lot of money and resources. These... I'm afraid Sect Leader Tang will have to pay for them."

Tang Ya sneered and said, "No problem!"

After she finished speaking, Elder Chen took out a storage soul tool.

Tang Ya handed the storage soul tool to Yan Shaozhe and said to him, "The funds in here should be enough. Consider the extra as my way of repaying Shrek Academy for taking me in for those years."

Tang Ya tossed the storage soul tool to Yan Shaozhe, who caught it without checking its contents.

If he actually saw it, he would lose even more face!

Tang Ya shouted, "Tang Clan members! Take up position!"

After saying that, she personally led Elder Chen and a group of Tang Clan disciples behind her toward the main gate in front of Yan Shaozhe, Fan Yu, and the others.

(End of this chapter)