"We don't believe you. Leave now and don't disturb our gathering!"
"That's right, that's right! Neither you nor your teacher, Yan Shaoze, can be trusted!"
The students of Class Nine spoke with unwavering determination.
They might be swayed by beauty, but they would never accept someone like Ma Xiaotao, who had nearly killed them!
Beauty was like a wolf or a tiger, not only could they not touch it, but they didn't even dare to think about it!
"I…"
Ma Xiaotao was utterly confused. She had come to apologize with genuine sincerity.
But these juniors seemed extremely angry.
As if remembering something, Ma Xiaotao touched the storage soul tool on her wrist. In an instant, three glowing items appeared in her hands.
The students of Class Nine, who had been berating Ma Xiaotao, paused and looked at her in surprise.
"What is she doing with soul bones?"
They had already seen three soul bones earlier!
The number was exactly the same as what Ma Xiaotao held.
Moreover, the intensity of the soul power fluctuations was also similar.
This meant that the soul bones in Ma Xiaotao's hands were of similar quality to the ones Huo Yuhao had brought out, all thousand-year soul bones.
"Fellow juniors, I've come to apologize with sincerity. I know the harm I caused you is irreparable. These three thousand-year soul bones are compensation from me and my teacher."
"Two of them were brought by my teacher, and the other one was obtained when I recently eliminated an evil soul master."
"I hope you can forgive my mistakes…"
Ma Xiaotao spoke with genuine sincerity.
The students glanced at Ma Xiaotao, then at the soul bones in her hands…
A loud slap echoed through the crowd.
Everyone instinctively turned toward the source of the sound.
"You're wavering! You must be planning to forgive her!"
"This is just a sugar-coated bullet! She's trying to use the soul bones to weaken our resolve and our hatred for evil soul masters!"
The crowd: "…"
At this moment, Ma Xiaotao was completely speechless.
Her sincere apology had only brought distance and hatred?
And even if her words were false, the soul bones were real!
Could these students really resist the temptation of soul bones?
Three soul bones, even if they were only thousand-year soul bones, would be highly tempting even for Soul Sages and Soul Douluos!
These students, averaging around level 10 to 20, were actually unmoved by the soul bones?
Huo Yuhao curled his lips, sneering at Yan Shaoze and Ma Xiaotao's approach.
In the original timeline, Ma Xiaotao had nearly killed him, not only failing to apologize but also offering only a single Soul Ascension Pill as hush money.
Now that the situation had escalated, the two of them had brought out three thousand-year soul bones as compensation.
Was this the flexible adaptability of Shrek Academy?
"I… I wasn't wavering! I just wanted to pretend to accept it, get the soul bones, and then talk later!"
Ma Xiaotao: "…"
There was no need to say that in front of her, it was heartbreaking!
"Fellow juniors, if you don't believe in my sincerity, you can beat me up to vent your anger. I won't fight back."
Ma Xiaotao placed the soul bones on the stage, then closed her eyes, as if waiting for the angry crowd.
If they really beat her up, she wouldn't feel so guilty. The "debt" would be repaid.
Seeing this, the students exchanged glances.
"Should we take this chance to eliminate this evil Soul Emperor?"
One student whispered.
Huo Yuhao's eyelids twitched, and he gave the student a speechless look.
If they really beat Ma Xiaotao up, the academy's higher-ups wouldn't intervene.
But if they killed her, the higher-ups would appear before they could even act.
Did they really think no one was watching?
The student who had spoken would likely never make it into the inner academy.
Hearing this, Ma Xiaotao trembled but didn't open her eyes.
Perhaps death would be a form of relief.
No one responded, but they all stared intently at Ma Xiaotao. After a long while, still no one made a move.
Ma Xiaotao opened her eyes, somewhat disappointed. She glanced at the students, bowed, then activated her martial soul and flew toward the inner academy.
These juniors hadn't acted in the end. Perhaps they were genuinely moved, or perhaps they were wary.
But all Ma Xiaotao could do was this.
Because of Ma Xiaotao, the atmosphere of the gathering had plummeted to freezing point. After everyone sat down again, they could only force smiles.
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, then walked to the edge of the stage and "exclaimed," "Classmates, I've found three ownerless soul bones on the stage!"
"???"
The students were stunned, confused.
Weren't those the soul bones left by that evil Soul Emperor?
How had they become ownerless?
In any group, there are always a few clever ones.
After hearing Huo Yuhao's words, they thought for a moment and exclaimed, "Congratulations, Vice Monitor! You're truly blessed by fortune!"
"To find three soul bones on the stage!"
Soul bones left by Ma Xiaotao?
What Ma Xiaotao?
They hadn't seen Ma Xiaotao!
Had that evil Soul Emperor even come to apologize?
These soul bones were clearly picked up by the Vice Monitor!
With the clever students leading the way, those who hadn't caught on quickly realized!
They hadn't accepted Ma Xiaotao's apology, but that didn't stop them from "finding" three thousand-year soul bones!
"Ah, these three soul bones aren't of much use to me or my wife, Hua Huo."
"What should I do?"
Huo Yuhao stroked his chin, looking troubled.
"Vice Monitor, just keep them and use them to light up your dorm!"
"They'll definitely work better than lighting soul tools!"
"Yeah, the light from these soul bones would be perfect for illumination!"
The students chattered away.
Everyone had an opinion, but no one suggested that Huo Yuhao share them!
Huo Yuhao had already done enough for them. Even if he took all the soul bones, they wouldn't have any complaints.
Besides, these soul bones were "found" by Huo Yuhao!
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao waved his hand and said, "The freshman assessment is getting closer. The most important thing is for you to improve your strength."
"Here's what I'll do: I'll leave these three soul bones with Teacher Mu Jin. During your next sparring session, the team that comes in first will take these soul bones."
"A team has three members, and there are three soul bones, one for each. It's a perfect fit."
"Of course, Hua Huo and I won't participate in the class sparring."
After hearing this, the students of Class Nine looked at Huo Yuhao with even greater determination.
As the saying goes: "Repay the kindness of the golden platform, wield the jade dragon for your lord!"
With a Vice Monitor like this, life was truly without regrets!
No one remembered that these soul bones had been brought by Ma Xiaotao, but they all remembered that this was an opportunity given to them by their Vice Monitor!
It seemed they would have to give their all in the next class sparring session!
Even Ma Xiaotao herself didn't know that the compensation she and Yan Shaoze had offered had become Huo Yuhao's favor!