Chapter 180: Inauguration

The World Academy Tournament had finally drawn to a conclusion, and it was time for the awards presentations.

However, none of the students and staff of Celestial Being Warrior Academy could work up any excitement over the event.

The first event was the dreaded first-year awards presentation.

Even though they had come in second place, the White Cloud Warrior Academy team was beaming with pride as they stepped onto the podium.

As the champion was announced, everyone waited with bated breath to see the Shit King.

Everyone had already unofficially renamed the awards ceremony as the Shit King inauguration ceremony.

Ever since that day, Xue Wanshi had been given the title of Shit King, a title that would be sure to stick with him for the rest of his life.

He was the only one in the history of the World Academy Tournament to kneel down to his opponent before shitting himself.

The fact that he was the captain of the championship-clinching team felt like a cruel twist of irony.

As soon as the champion was announced, hundreds of thousands of people instantly began chanting in unison.

"Shit King! Shit King! Shit King!"

All of the figureheads of Celestial Being Warrior Academy were furious because many of the people joining in the chants were students from their very own academy!

At this point, the entire student body had already collectively cut ties with Xue Wanshi, denying that he was a fellow student of theirs at all.

They were so infuriated and humiliated by Xue Wanshi's absurdly inept performance that they wanted to beat him to death, so there was no way they would voice their support for him.

Xue Wanshi didn't appear.

He had recovered after some treatment, but he had been left severely traumatized, to the point that his legs threatened to give out from under him whenever someone raised their voice around him.

In his absence, his four teammates accepted the champions trophy, hanging their heads in shame as if they had committed some unforgivable sin.

An Yunxue was unable to suppress hear tears, and the four of them looked as if they were attending their own public lynching rather than an awards ceremony.

Finally, after all of the official proceedings concluded, the four of them immediately scurried away with their tails between their legs, fleeing from the torrent of verbal abuse directed at them by their very own fellow students.

"Fucking trash!"

"You should be ashamed of yourselves!"

"Even a dog would've been too ashamed to accept that trophy!"

"I'm cringing from second-hand embarrassment!"

"I came here to see Shit King's inauguration ceremony, but he didn't show up! Wasn't he acting really cocky just a coupla days ago? I thought he would've surely turned up to give another cocky speech at his own inauguration ceremony!"

"A Shit King is still a king! He should be proud!"

"This is the first time someone's shit their way into the history books! What a monumental shit!"

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On the podium, Mo Ganyun and the others were glowing with pride as they basked in the adulation.

They held their heads up high and proud, looking much more like champions than the actual champions.

"Heavenly Lord Team! Heavenly Lord Team! Heavenly Lord Team!"

Even though the White Cloud Warrior Academy team had been defeated, they had displayed exceptional tenacity, guts, and mental fortitude, and that was worthy of praise and applause.

Their admirable displays only served to make Xue Wanshi's humiliating showing even more infuriating.

At the conclusion of the awards ceremony, Huang Yifan, Li Changkong, and the others immediately departed with their five five-man teams, not giving Celestial Being Warrior Academy the opportunity to seek compensation or retribution.

Everything else would just have to be taken care of by Gao Qingyu. Being the shameless old fart that he was, his skillset was perfect for handling these situations.

They didn't even have their celebratory banquet in Heavenly Capital City, only stopping for a meal in a small city 750 kilometers away.

Wu Zhibing and the others had already recovered from their injuries, and they were chortling with mirth after hearing about Fang Che's heroic feats.

"Ha! That's what the Xue Clan gets!" Jun Hefang chortled.

"Shush!" Wu Zhibing snapped, and Jun Hefang immediately fell into a sheepish silence.

"Don't insult Master Xue and the Xue Clan. Xue Wanshi doesn't represent anyone but himself," Wu Zhibing reprimanded.

"You're right, I got carried away," Jun Hefang willingly admitted.

The fifth-year team was the oldest of the five teams, and they also possessed the loftiest cultivation bases. Furthermore, all five of them already had official posts in the Hall of Protectionists, and Huang Yifan and the others generally didn't have to worry about them.

Dong Yunyu was still a little weak, but his expression remained as haughty as ever as he warned, "Fang Che, you have to be careful from now on. Even though Master Bing stood up for you, there's still a chance that the Xue Clan could come after you."

It was a good piece of advice, but everything that came out of his mouth sounded so condescending that it may as well have been an insult.

Wu Zhibing lowered his head with a speechless expression, Jun Hefang heaved a faint sigh, Meng Yuanhang rolled his eyes, and Hua Kaixie didn't know what to say.

At this point, Fang Che had already developed a good grasp on Dong Yunyu's personality.

He was a very conflicted character.

Even when he said something nice, his delivery was always lackluster at best, and he had a natural air of haughtiness that was present regardless of whom he spoke to.

During the grand final, he dragged his injured body onto the platform, and his opponent was a female student from the opposing academy, someone who was clearly no match for him.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he immediately turned all of the women in the entire venue against him, asking, "Women should just stay home and have children. Why come here to suffer?"

All of the women in the spectator stands almost stormed onto the platform to curb stomp him in a collective rage!

He came from a powerful clan, had a massive ego and terrible personality, and his EQ was virtually non-existent, but strictly speaking, he wasn't a bad person!

"Thank you for looking out for me, Upperclassman Dong," Fang Che replied with a smile.

"I'm not looking out for you. I wouldn't really care at all if you ended up being killed someday," Dong Yunyu replied in an indifferent manner.

Fang Che's smile instantly stiffened, and he immediately understood why Wu Zhibing and the others didn't get along with Dong Yunyu.

Someone like him had to be kicked out of the team! Otherwise, he would instigate conflict wherever he went, and team cohesion would be a distant dream!

"Let's eat," Lü Jiaoshan said in an awkward manner.

Everyone began eating, but in the middle of the meal, Dong Yunyu suddenly set down his chopsticks with a solemn expression and said, "I just thought of the Shit King just now. He's been completely humiliated by Fang Che. I don't think..."

Everyone turned to glower at him in unison as they also set down their chopsticks.

Quite a few of them still had food in their mouths, but they couldn't bring themselves to swallow.

We're eating here! What are you doing bringing up the Shit King?

Jun Hefang spat the food in his mouth onto the ground, but its mushy state reminded him of a pile of shit, and he felt even more disgusted as he yelled, "Get out of here! Leave!"

"What the hell's wrong with you?" Dong Yunyu snapped.

Jun Hefang had to fight back the urge to throw hands as he rose to his feet and left without a word.

"I'll go see what's up," Wu Zhibing said.

"Me too," Hua Kaixie immediately chimed in.

Fang Che and the first-years also wanted to leave, but doing so felt rude, so they could only continue eating.

"Defeating Xue Wanshi is not a big deal in itself, but the title of Shit King is definitely going to be unacceptable to the Xue Clan," Dong Yunyu continued in a serious manner. "It's a direct blow to the Xue Clan's reputation to have one of the brightest prospects among their direct lineal descendants be denounced as Shit King, so I feel we definitely haven't heard the end of this matter."

"I'm gonna go take a look outside as well," Huang Yifan grumbled.

"Some fresh air would be nice."

Lü Jiaoshan and Xiang Xinghe departed with him.

"Don't say such disgusting things while everyone's eating," Li Changkong sighed.

"How is this disgusting?" Dong Yunyu protested. "I'm just..."

"I'm going for a walk," Li Changkong declared before Dong Yunyu had a chance to finish his sentence.

Dong Yunyu couldn't help but scratch his head in befuddlement at the sudden mass exodus, and he turned his gaze back to the remaining people in the room.

"I'm full!"

"Me too."

"Me three!"

The table was still laden with food, but there was no way any of them could bring themselves to continue eating.

"Wow, that was fast!" Dong Yunyu exclaimed, then began feasting by himself, getting to enjoy the entire table of food all on his own.

In order to cater to everyone else, he made a thoughtful gesture of upping the tempo to ensure that he finished his meal as soon as possible.

Fang Che could only look on with an exasperated sight.

All of a sudden, he spotted Huang Yifan, Lü Jiaoshan, Wu Zhibing and the others sitting at a table in a restaurant across the road. Clearly, they were still not full yet and had gone elsewhere to eat.

Fang Che turned to Dong Yunyu as he called out, "Upperclassman Dong."

"What's up?" Dong Yunyu asked.

"Take a look over there," Fang Che said as he pointed at the other restaurant.

Dong Yunyu's eyes widened in shock at the sight of Wu Zhibing and the others.

"I understand your concerns, but there's no point in discussing this matter with students like us. The assistant dean and the instructors are all over there, so they must be intending to discuss the matter of Xue Wanshi in private. I'm sure they're all waiting for you, so don't keep them waiting!" Fang Che said with a serious expression.