Mubai and the others arrived at Lanba Academy, which is located within Tian Dou City and had announcements for teacher recruitment. When they reached the assessment area, Flande and the other teachers released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, leaving the assessors stunned with admiration and treating them with extreme courtesy.
"Your strength completely meets the requirements to become teachers at Lanba Academy. Please follow me."
Such a lineup was unrivaled by ordinary advanced academies, let alone suddenly becoming teachers at Lanba Academy, which was simply an enormous stroke of luck.
The assessment teacher led them to meet the principal, walking all the way to a beautiful forest in the back mountains of the academy.
Upon observation along the way, they found that it was no worse than Tian Dou Royal Academy.
In the distance, singing wafted through the air, it was gentle and lovely but carried a hint of melancholy, making listeners share the singer's heartache. Yet the song remained enchantingly beautiful.
Upon hearing the song, the Master furrowed his brow: "Lanba Academy, I should have thought of it earlier. Flande, did you know about this all along?"
Flande shook his head: "I didn't know, but how long are you going to keep running away now that we're here? Do you plan to leave, ignoring Xiao Yu and the others?"
The Master sighed, and after a moment of struggle, said, "Let's continue."
They reached a small lakeside, stepping on the bluestone across the lake to the other side, where there was a bamboo house surrounded by a circle of fences. Inside the fences were vibrant flowers and plants, with butterflies fluttering everywhere.
Plop!
A woman was watering the flowers. Knowing someone had arrived, she turned to look, and the watering can in her hand dropped to the ground, leaving her in a daze.
She was a beautiful woman in her thirties, with delicate features, vivid like a painting, mature and full.
Ye Yu knew she was Liu Erlong.
As Ye Yu suspected, even when they met, the Master chose to avoid Liu Erlong, maintaining a distance from her.
After learning more, Liu Erlong was naturally willing for them to stay and become teachers there, fully aware of Flande's strength. However, he still needed to personally assess the students.
Lanba Academy's student recruitment conditions were no worse than Tian Dou Academy.
Tang San and the others successively unleashed their Soul Rings, making Liu Erlong astonished. And when Ye Yu's Soul Ring appeared, Liu Erlong's mouth opened wide in shock, her face pale with surprise.
"What a group of monsters."
Liu Erlong was very pleased, partly because the academy had acquired some monsters, and partly because she could have more contact with the Master.
When returning to their residence to rest, Flande explained the relationship between the Master and Liu Erlong to Ye Yu and the others, making Dai Mubai and others understand why the Master chose to escape.
Ye Yu felt he should also help his teacher, to resolve this emotional knot.
It was already late at night, and the Master stood alone in the forest, gazing at the starry sky with a resigned sigh.
At this time, Ye Yu arrived.
Ye Yu said: "Teacher, we've already learned about the matter between you and Aunt Er Long."
The Master laughed bitterly: "Do you think I'm doing the right thing?"
Ye Yu shook his head: "Of course not."
The Master sighed: "What else can I do, siblings being together is not accepted by the world. Even if I don't care, how can Erlong, a woman, bear all this? Moreover, my second uncle is right. I'm useless, and being with Erlong, I can't even protect her. She shouldn't belong to me."
Ye Yu retorted: "People live for themselves, doing as others say means living for them. Why should it matter if the world disagrees? Your life is yours, how does it concern them? Are other people's opinions so important? Teacher, you're too indecisive when it comes to feelings. Choose the life you want; others' opinions are nonsense. You mustn't regret after loss. If the world disallows it, why do they not sympathize with you when your heart aches?"
Being scolded by Ye Yu, the Master was somewhat surprised; at just eleven years old, never having been in love, how could he be so clear about this matter?
"Teacher, you're surprised, aren't you? This has nothing to do with whether I've been in love or not. Even if the world is unfair, even if prejudice is a mountain, we must believe that destiny is always in our own hands, and only we can change everything! If fate is unjust, fight it to the end!"
Finished speaking, Ye Yu left, leaving the Master speechless, repeating Ye Yu's last sentence to himself over and over, feeling deeply affected.
The Master took a deep breath: "Thank you, Xiao Yu, I understand now."
...
The Master had greatly helped Ye Yu, so naturally, Ye Yu wanted to aid the Master. To him, this was the greatest challenge.
As for what was said, it was Ye Yu's own understanding, since in his previous life he hadn't been in love, merely a single dog.
Ye Yu prepared to go back to rest, but at this moment, his keen senses detected a trace of hidden aura, one even a Soul Douluo couldn't notice.
Ye Yu suddenly moved, quickly leaping towards it.
At this time, the person preparing to leave from afar noticed someone approaching and was shocked internally: "This child is really getting more formidable, actually noticing me."
Ye Yu arrived and saw the man wearing a black cloak, knowing who it was—it was Tang Hao.
Tang Hao had come here to check the place, just like he appeared outside Shrek Academy before, intending to stay here for a long time, knowing that once his business was done, he could find him, knowing where to look.
Ye Yu moved closer, with Tang Hao turning around.
Ye Yu said: "I know you."
Tang Hao was shocked internally to be recognized by Ye Yu?
"The night I entered Shrek, I heard Zhao Wuji's frequent cries of pain at midnight, which made me curious, but because the fight was so intense, I couldn't get close. However, the aura I sensed was the same as yours, you're the one who fought."
Ye Yu guessed: "The reason you fought him must be because Zhao Wuji hurt someone related to you during the assessment. Even though you're wrapped in a cloak, I deduced from your build, height, and voice, you're Uncle Tang Hao."
Ye Yu naturally had to come up with a reason.
"Now that I've been discovered, I won't hide it. I hope you won't tell Xiao San."
Tang Hao lifted the cloak's hood and turned around.
Ye Yu nodded: "Alright. Uncle Tang Hao, you'd better leave a few days later."
Tang Hao was puzzled: "Oh? Why?"
"Because I feel that Poison Douluo will come, and his target isn't me, but Xiao San. Because Xiao San is different from me; I'm immune to his poison due to my constitution, but Xiao San broke Dugu Yan's poison using a special method at the Fighting Soul Platform, and he's already being watched by Poison Douluo."
Upon hearing this, a fierce light flashed in Tang Hao's eyes.
"Understood, then I will leave a few days later. If that guy dares to come..."
The next morning.
Tang San got up early, found the tallest tree, climbed up, sat cross-legged, facing the east where the sun was about to rise.
Meanwhile, Poison Douluo approached from afar with hands behind his back, calm and composed, his form ethereal, moving twenty meters with each flicker.
Dugu Bo silently crept closer, and the cross-legged Tang San was completely unaware until Dugu Bo suddenly appeared in front, and Tang San abruptly opened his eyes, his expression slightly changing—it was Dugu Bo from before!
Just as Tang San was about to release his Martial Soul, he suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.
Dugu Bo picked up Tang San and quickly took him away, eventually bringing him to his medicinal garden.
However, just as he was about to enter, suddenly, Dugu Bo's expression changed dramatically! His gaze shifted to the right, spotting a Giant Hammer crashing towards him from the right!