Hearing Gan Xingteng's roar, Shi Feng was somewhat surprised, looking curiously at Gan Xingteng whose features had already twisted with anger.
He suddenly realized something.
White Tiger Dojo might have already reached an agreement — recruiting more personnel on one hand while moving into the Divine Realm on the other.
As for Gan Xingteng's interrogation of the White Tiger Dojo students, he merely shot them a glare and said sharply, "If you want to join a game studio, go right ahead. But don't blame me for not warning you."
The White Tiger Dojo crowd immediately fell silent.
Every dojo and training center had two categories of students. The first paid a hefty sum purely to work out and learn some fighting techniques, without being bound by the dojo in any way. The second were contract students — heavily restricted, but needing to pay very little or nothing at all in exchange for the dojo's cultivation. This second group dreamed of going pro and were more like signed artists under a talent agency.
The students who had come here this time were naturally all of the latter variety.
Just becoming a contract student at White Tiger Dojo had required them to pass layer upon layer of assessments. After all, the dojo was extremely well-known in the industry, and many famous fighters had come from its ranks. Simply being selected was already a one-in-a-hundred achievement.
If they were kicked out of White Tiger Dojo, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Under this kind of pressure, none of them dared think about joining Zero Wing Studio anymore.
"So White Tiger Dojo really is domineering — contract students don't even have any personal freedom."
"If it were me, I wouldn't stay in a dojo like that. It's not like you're guaranteed to become a top fighter anyway, and they even control what you do in your daily life. Like you've sold yourself to them or something."
"See, our training center is way better. Other than regular workouts, what you do the rest of the time is entirely up to you."
"Exactly. A senior student is basically mid-level staff at White Tiger Dojo, and in the end he got taken down in one move. They haven't learned any real skills at all. I don't even see the point of joining that kind of dojo."
"That's the difference for you."
The Beidou Training Center students were all tongue-tied at White Tiger Dojo's restrictions — the control was just too much. They had originally envied those who could get into White Tiger Dojo, but now they felt not a shred of envy, only relief.
Besides, Shi Feng had already guaranteed that anyone who joined Zero Wing Studio would see a significant boost in their strength.
Money to earn and power to gain.
White Tiger Dojo was absolutely pathetic by comparison.
Comparison is the mother of happiness.
The White Tiger Dojo crowd's faces turned ugly beyond description upon hearing the Beidou students' words. Their earlier pride and arrogance had completely vanished.
"The choice is yours — I won't force anyone. If you'd like to join, you can come here for an assessment anytime." Facing the White Tiger Dojo crowd's silence, Shi Feng merely smiled and said.
Although White Tiger Dojo had come prepared, snatching You Ziping away was now going to be much harder. But You Ziping had already arrived in Jinhai City, and there would inevitably be friction between White Tiger Dojo and Beidou Training Center from now on. There would be plenty of opportunities down the road.
As far as Shi Feng knew, the reason You Ziping had ended up at White Tiger Dojo in the first place was largely because he had feelings for the daughter of one of the branch dojo masters. Unfortunately, that branch master had never looked favorably upon You Ziping and instead gave his daughter's hand to a prodigy fighter named Xie Qiwen.
Xie Qiwen was truly remarkable — at only twenty-five, he had already earned a ticket to the World Fighting Championship, while the You Ziping of that time was merely a senior student at White Tiger Dojo, struggling at the bottom of the national tournament rankings.
One was heaven, the other earth. The choice between them was obvious.
After that, You Ziping left White Tiger Dojo and successfully joined the Super Pantheon, after which his career took off like a rocket.
Calculating by the timeline, that branch master's daughter hadn't been promised to anyone yet, and You Ziping and Xie Qiwen were still in competition. If You Ziping couldn't produce a outstanding performance to impress the branch master within this limited window, any hope of winning the beauty's hand was nothing but wishful thinking.
The Xie Qiwen of the present was White Tiger Dojo's biggest star — already a well-known fighter on the national stage. You Ziping didn't stand a chance.
If he wanted to compete against the blazing Xie Qiwen, the olive branch Shi Feng had just offered him was his one shot.