Chapter 172: Giving Away Blue Tyrant Academy for Free? Not a Chance!
Just as Yu Tianlin and Ye Lingling were chatting comfortably, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
"Hm?" Yu Tianlin paused. "Who would come looking for you this late?"
"I… I don't know either." Ye Lingling was flustered by the unexpected knocking. "Tianlin, why don't you hide? It's not good if we're seen like this."
"There's nothing wrong with us being seen. Why hide?"
Yu Tianlin felt both amused and exasperated. If he hid and then got discovered, things would really become complicated.
"Then I'll open the door." With Yu Tianlin saying that, Ye Lingling finally steadied herself and went over.
The door opened, and a voice came in. It was Dugu Yan.
"Lingling, I hope I didn't disturb you by coming so late."
Uh, what is Sister Yanzi doing here?
Yu Tianlin rose from his seat. Without any attempt to hide, he walked over to the door and greeted her openly.
"Sister Yanzi, what a coincidence. You came to see Sister Lingling too?"
"Tianlin is here as well." Dugu Yan looked slightly surprised, but Yu Tianlin sensed it immediately. That surprise was fake. She had known he was inside the whole time.
"Sister Lingling's Spirit Power was heavily depleted today, so I came to check on her," Yu Tianlin said directly. "What about you, Sister Yanzi?"
"I see." Dugu Yan nodded. "It's dangerous for Lingling to live alone when we're away from home, especially since she's a support type Spirit Master. So I come over and stay with her every night."
I don't believe you.
Yu Tianlin kept the thought to himself. If Dugu Yan really came every night, Ye Lingling would have told him earlier, and she would not have been so startled just now.
But he still said aloud, "Is that so? Then I won't disturb your rest. I'll take my leave."
"Good night, Sister Yanzi, Sister Lingling."
With that, Yu Tianlin left Ye Lingling's room and went to the front desk to book another room.
From the moment Dugu Yan arrived, Ye Lingling's face had been crimson, as if she'd been caught red handed. She stayed quiet until Yu Tianlin was gone, then finally asked, "Yanzi, why did you come?"
"Why did I come?" Dugu Yan said irritably. "If I hadn't come, you'd have been bullied by Tianlin."
"No… no way." Ye Lingling murmured. "Tianlin is a very good person. He wouldn't bully me."
Dugu Yan could only roll her eyes at her friend's attitude.
The night passed quickly.
The next morning, Yu Tianlin and the others gathered for breakfast before splitting up for the day.
The Royal Fighting Team's main purpose was to participate in Spirit Battles, and those were scheduled at night. That meant they only needed to meet again before dinner. As for the daytime, they could arrange their own time freely.
The Shi brothers did not go anywhere. They chose to stay in the hotel and cultivate. Yu Feng and Oslo teased each other constantly, but their relationship was actually good. The two of them went out together to stroll around Soto City.
Normally, Yu Tianheng would go out with Dugu Yan. But after learning about Yu Xiaogang from Yu Tianlin and setting an appointment, Yu Tianheng decided to go with Yu Tianlin to visit Yu Xiaogang instead. Dugu Yan naturally wanted to come along too.
Ye Lingling preferred quiet over activity. Under normal circumstances, with her temperament, she would have stayed in the hotel like the Shi brothers. But after meeting Yu Tianlin again last night, she did not want to be separated from him. She suggested going together as well.
And so, the 4 of them, 2 men and 2 women, left the south gate of Soto City. Led by Yu Tianlin, they headed toward the village where Shrek Academy was located.
Along the way, Yu Tianlin introduced Shrek Academy's situation.
"Although Shrek Academy isn't a formal Spirit Master Academy, it has 3 Spirit Saints and 2 Spirit Emperors in charge. The teaching staff is still very strong."
Dugu Yan looked surprised. "Who are these 3 Spirit Saints? With that level of cultivation, why would they stay in such a small place?"
"The 3 Spirit Saints are Flander the Four Eyed Cat Owl, Zhao Wuji the Immovable King, and Shao Xin the Candy Bean," Yu Tianlin explained. "Maybe they felt the outside world was too dark, so they chose to live in seclusion."
When he heard the name Shao Xin, Yu Tianheng ignored the first 2 entirely. He kept repeating it under his breath, then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Shao Xin… that Shao Xin, the famous food type Spirit Saint whose Martial Soul is the Candy Bean?"
"That's right." Yu Tianlin nodded. "Shao Xin is definitely in the top 5 among all food type Spirit Masters."
At this point in time, there was not a single Title Douluo among support type Spirit Masters, let alone among the food type branch. Among food type Spirit Masters, there was only 1 Spirit Douluo, and he had already been taken in by Spirit Hall and treated like a treasure.
Aside from that Spirit Douluo, the highest level for food type was Spirit Saint, and there were only 4 of them, with Shao Xin being one of them.
With that kind of rarity, Shao Xin's status in the Spirit Master world was obvious. If he were willing to step out, Spirit Hall, the 2 great empires, and the 3 upper sects would all rush to recruit him and offer him the best treatment. Unfortunately, Shao Xin had chosen seclusion.
After learning of Shao Xin's whereabouts from Yu Tianlin, Yu Tianheng spoke immediately, "I didn't expect Shao Xin to be in such a small place. Tianlin, can you try to recruit him to our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"
Yu Tianheng completely overlooked Flander and Zhao Wuji. They were strong, but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not lack Spirit Saints who could fight. Compared to them, Shao Xin was at least 10 times more important.
"I think it'll be difficult," Yu Tianlin said, then paused. "But… maybe not impossible."
He had never thought about it before, because he subconsciously believed it could not be done. So he never considered trying to win over Shrek Academy's higher ups. But now that his elder brother brought it up, he could not help but think.
If Yu Xiaogang wanted the Shrek Seven Devils to participate in the next Continental Elite Tournament of Advanced Spirit Master Academies, they would have to join a formal advanced Spirit Master Academy. His first target would be Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
However, Heaven Dou Royal Academy's students looked down on Shrek Academy's students as "country bumpkins." Trouble was guaranteed. In that case, the Shrek Academy students would most likely be driven away.
Then they would probably end up going to Blue Tyrant Academy anyway.
The problem was, although Blue Tyrant Academy was founded by Liu Erlong, it also had strong support from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Otherwise, how could she, a Spirit Saint, occupy such a large area in Heaven Dou City and open an academy so openly?
In the original story, Liu Erlong gave it away for free because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan did not care and could not be bothered to get involved. But just because they gave it away then did not mean the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not step in now.
There was a lot of room to maneuver here.
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