There will be food

Justice and evil—how should they be defined? It's always the stronger party who defines them.

Tang San currently claims that the Body Sect is an evil sect, but that's only because he sees what he wants to see.

It's his dissatisfaction with the Body Sect that causes him to view them unfavorably no matter what.

If he encountered a situation like "Old Wu's," he would probably say the other party deserved to die.

Tang San: "How dare they rob a disciple of the Tang Sect? They are courting death."

But now, for various reasons, Tang San cannot see right from wrong clearly, nor is he willing to.

He only sees the students being "bullied" by the Body Sect disciples and doesn't care about the details of the situation.

This is human nature...

If Tang San, based on this incident, thought that the Body Sect was a kind and good sect willing to give others a chance by only punishing the primary wrongdoer, then he wouldn't be Tang San.

Because of his hatred toward the Spirit Hall, he chooses to ignore the contributions the Spirit Hall has made to the Douluo Continent.

No matter what the Spirit Hall does, he feels that this faction is evil and believes their actions must have malicious intentions.

"The evil Body Sect, if I, Tang San, have my day to rise, you all..."

Tang San thought to himself, but he didn't say it out loud. Who knew if there were spies from the Body Sect around?

Currently, he still does not have the qualifications to fight against the Body Sect, so he needs to be cautious.

After listening to Flender's words, the Shrek group nodded expressionlessly and then left the area of conflict.

Spies from other factions also left at this moment.

They needed to relay the firsthand information back to their respective factions as quickly as possible, so their forces could prepare in advance.

On Zhongli and Paimon's side, after a brief moment of silence, they resumed eating their breakfast as if nothing had happened earlier.

As for the students who were "disciplined," Zhongli did have some impression of them.

These students, it turns out, had some connection with Shrek Academy.

They were from Blue Sunshine Academy!

The conflict between Shrek Academy and Blue Sunshine Academy arose in the town outside the Star Dou Forest.

The reason, after all, was that Ma Hongjun was the first to harass the female student from the other side.

She was the only female student among them and was treated as a treasured member.

A stranger harassing their treasured member—how could they tolerate that?

(In the original novel)

The anime version slightly modified this to make it seem like Blue Sunshine Academy was at fault.

In the original timeline, it was indeed Ma Hongjun who first made lewd comments to the female student of Blue Sunshine Academy, followed by his classic line, "Not daring to cause trouble is the mark of a mediocre person!"

That time, when they went to the Star Dou Forest, Flender didn't accompany them. Although he knew about the incident, he didn't recognize Blue Sunshine Academy's uniforms.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and others naturally recognized the Blue Sunshine Academy group, but since there were Body Sect disciples present, they didn't pay attention to their "rivals" from Blue Sunshine Academy.

Although they didn't recognize Blue Sunshine Academy, Flender did recognize their supervising teacher!

"Shi Nian!"

"That guy, he just had an arm severed."

It should be noted that Shi Nian was one of the most troublesome opponents among their "peers." Almost no one wanted to provoke Shi Nian.

Even those stronger than Shi Nian were unwilling to offend him because Shi Nian's martial spirit was just too difficult to handle.

"Unexpectedly, this old fellow Shi Nian has already broken through to the Spirit Saint level."

"Even more surprising, he just came out and had an arm crippled by a high-ranking member of the Body Sect."

As time passed, in just half a day, the major factions surrounding Heaven Dou City learned of what had happened today.

While they were relieved in secret, they also instructed their subordinates to avoid offending the Body Sect at all costs.

Without learning proper etiquette, one cannot establish oneself.

If you don't learn the etiquette to show respect to the Body Sect, then...

The next day, Tang Yuehua's Moon Pavilion was packed with people signing up, a constant stream of applicants.

She understood the intentions of normal spirit master descendants and noble descendants.

The path of a spirit master may not take them far, but learning noble etiquette, as well as music and dance, is also considered a skill.

Besides, the Moon Pavilion is like a "platform" where one might even meet the princess herself.

Tang Yuehua understood why noble descendants would come, but when disciples of the Elephant Armored Sect signed up, what did that mean?

Just one disciple from the Elephant Armored Sect standing there had the weight of several noble children combined.

Tang Yuehua was silent. She was caught in a dilemma—accepting them wasn't ideal, but rejecting them wasn't either, especially when they came with sincerity.

She had no choice. To avoid revealing her identity and for the sake of the two to three hundred people of the Clear Sky Sect who were waiting desperately, she reluctantly agreed to accept them.

Fortunately, the disciples of the Elephant Armored Sect were genuinely there to learn noble etiquette and had no other motives.

After all, their young sect master had been beaten so severely by a Body Sect disciple that he couldn't get out of bed for months!

Even so, their sect master, Huyan Zhen, had to personally visit and apologize!

Everyone knew that the four subordinate sects had the Spirit Hall backing them.

Even if one disregarded the strength of the four sects, just out of respect for the Spirit Hall, no one should have used such heavy-handed methods...

It was clear they were testing the waters, and everyone knew it.

But when the Body Sect acted, they did so with swift and ruthless precision, leaving no room for mercy!

At that moment, Huyan Zhen realized he had tested the wrong target!

He even went to seek out Salas, but Salas looked at him as if he were an idiot...

That was when Huyan Zhen understood!

Of all the people he could offend, the Body Sect was not one of them; even the Spirit Hall couldn't save him from that.

With this realization, Huyan Zhen immediately went to apologize, explaining that it was all a misunderstanding.

However, he didn't mention his grandson's injuries at all.

The contestants were trembling with fear at this moment.

They didn't know the full details of the incident, but one thing was clear—the Body Sect was extremely aggressive and domineering!

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was just around the corner.

On this day, "Xue Qinghe" came to visit.

"Guest, Father intends to invite you to be a Judge for this tournament. What do you think?"

"Xue Qinghe" cupped his hands and said sincerely, "Apart from you, Father has also invited Ning Fengzhi, the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Salas, the Platinum Bishop of the Spirit Hall."

Being a judge had its advantages; it raised the influence of the affiliated faction...

Even though neither Zhongli nor the Body Sect needed this so-called fame, the invitation was a show of Xue Ye's attitude.

Whether to accept it or not was Zhongli's choice.

Zhongli could decline the invitation, but Xue Ye couldn't afford not to extend it.

Since Ning Fengzhi and Salas were invited, how could they not invite the even more powerful Zhongli?

"Qinghe, you know, Zhongli doesn't like..."

Before Paimon could finish, "Xue Qinghe" instinctively said, "There will be delicious food!"

Hearing this, Paimon paused, looked at "Xue Qinghe," and then at Zhongli, before saying, "Zhongli, you do want to watch the preliminaries, right?"