After Ling Hongchen left, Yun Ming, who had been silent until now, spoke up. "Yue'er, you need to calm down. Ling Hongchen is still the dean of Sun Moon Academy."
Cai Yue'er scoffed. "Him? He can't even manage his own students, and he dares to compete with us. He's dreaming."
Yali explained. "It's not all his fault. Anping and Gu Yuena are not just students of Sun Moon Academy, they are also disciples of Heavenly Phoenix Douluo. It makes sense that he would respect their wishes."
Cai Yue'er said contemptuously. "So what if they are Leng Yaozhu's disciples? He's the dean of a academy, he should have some authority over his students. That's his problem."
She added. "And An Ping and Gu Yuena, even if they have graduated, they shouldn't disrespect their dean. They should at least meet him in person, not ask for his permission."
She had read the information about Anping and Gu Yuena, and knew that they had reached the Soul King level at a young age. They were very talented, but she didn't like them because they didn't respect their dean.
She thought that Ling Hongchen's words meant that he had a bad relationship with them. She wondered why he would let them join the exchange group in the first place.
But Cai Yue'er was wrong. The relationship between An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Ling Hongchen was not as bad as she imagined. In fact, An Ping and Ling Hongchen were good friends.
Ling Hongchen did what he did because he wanted to respect An Ping and Gu Yuena's opinions, not because he was afraid of them as Cai Yue'er assumed.
"We can't judge them before we meet them in person." Yali said, shaking her head slightly.
At that moment, Cai Yue'er's phone rang. She took out her phone and looked at it. She said, "Tang Wulin and the others have met An Ping and Gu Yuena. Should we go there now?"
Yun Ming shook his head slightly and said. "No, let's wait for Ling Hongchen's reply. I have a feeling that if they don't want to see us, it's useless for us to go there."
Cai Yue'er was a bit puzzled. She thought that Anping and Gu Yuena were just two minor Soul Kings, and they could just go and see them. But since Yun Ming said so, she didn't argue and changed the topic to Tang Wulin and the others.
Since they would be staying on the ship for a long time, An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Xu Xiaoyan spent the afternoon shopping, mainly for ingredients.
Gu Yuena said that she didn't know if they would only eat fish on the ship. But An Ping felt that she bought so many things just so that he could cook for her.
After shopping, the three of them went back to the hotel. As soon as they entered the hotel, they saw Ling Hongchen waiting for them anxiously in the lobby. Ling Hongchen had been watching the hotel entrance and spotted them right away.
He quickly got up, walked briskly towards the three of them, and said anxiously: "You're finally back. I was worried that you had been captured by those Shrek people."
An Ping looked puzzled and asked: "What do you mean? We only had some verbal clashes with their students during lunch. They wouldn't be so petty, would they?"
Xu Xiaoyan nodded and added: "Yeah, and they were clearly trying to pick a fight with us for no reason. Shrek Academy wouldn't arrest us, right?"
An Ping and the others hadn't told him about the conflict with the Shrek students, so Ling Hongchen had no idea. He shook his head and said: "That's not what I'm talking about. Shrek contacted our group earlier and invited me over in the name of a friendly visit, but when I got there, I found out that they were actually looking for An Ping and Nana."
Gu Yuena blinked and asked doubtfully: "Huh? For me and An Ping? Is it because of the previous match? They were the ones who lost, and they still have the nerve to provoke us?"
Ling Hongchen sighed and said: "I don't know about that. It seems that Atlas Douluo and Holy Spirit Douluo want to see you. As for whether you want to see them or not, that's up to you."
Ling Hongchen had been racking his brain all afternoon, but he couldn't figure out why Yun Ming and Yali wanted to see An Ping and Gu Yuena. An Ping had some guesses, but he wasn't sure.
An Ping had two main suspicions. Either Tang Hao had noticed something unusual and wanted to test them. Or it was related to the match at Sun Moon Academy. Others might not know about the Golden Dragon Spear, but Yun Ming, as the master of the Poseidon Pavilion, was a gun user, so he must have recognized the divine weapon.
"Yun Ming and Yali? Do you want to see them?" An Ping whispered, letting Gu Yuena pull him along, and he also weighed the pros and cons. "Nana, do you want to see them?"
Gu Yuena shook her head slightly and said: "I don't care. You can decide whether to see them or not."
Gu Yuena really didn't care about this. These two people were not important to her.
"Well, let's meet them. Let's see what they want. It's not good to leave things hanging like this." An Ping made up his mind and said to Ling Hongchen: "Dean Hongchen, you can tell them that we will visit them tomorrow at noon."
They chose noon the next day because Di Tian and the others would arrive in Skysea City in the morning. Even though Yun Ming and the others didn't come to their door directly, An Ping was still a bit worried that there might be a conflict.
"Okay, this is your own business, you can make your own choice." Ling Hongchen nodded and didn't say anything more.
However, Gu Yuena nudged Xu Xiaoyan, who was in a daze, and teased: "Xiaoyan, Yun Ming and Yali are the two strongest people in Shrek Academy. Do you want to go with us to meet them?"
Xu Xiaoyan was in a daze because she was surprised that Yun Ming and Yali suddenly came for An Ping and Gu Yuena. She was also worried that her dropping out of school would cause trouble for them.
Secondly, Anping addressed Yun Ming and Yali by their names instead of their titles. These two were the top powerhouses in the mainland, and everyone else respected them as "His Majesty".
Anping spoke in a low voice, but the few people present were not ordinary. They heard every word clearly. Except for Gu Yuena, even Ling Hongchen was stunned for a moment.
Gu Yuena shook Xu Xiaoyan, who was lost in her thoughts. She snapped out of it and said, "No, I dropped out of academy a few days ago. How embarrassing. I have met Atlas Douluo and Holy Spirit Douluo, though. They came to Sun Moon Academy shortly after you left and even asked for you."
Ling Hongchen nodded slightly and said, "That's true. If you had stayed a few hours longer, you would have seen them."