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"Teacher, you've worked hard." Shi Quan raised his hand and helped Marde in, then turned around and quickly poured Marde a glass of water.
"Haha, it's no hardship, no hardship." Marde drained the water in the cup, pulled Shi Quan to sit beside him, "Let's talk about serious matters first."
"Shi Quan, look, what is this?" Saying that, Marde pulled out a golden token from his pouch and handed it over. The golden token was simple in style, but Shi Quan could feel a special energy Qi flow contained within it. The character 'Heaven' was carved on the golden token.
"This is…" Shi Quan looked at the golden token in Marde's hand with confusion.
Marde said with a smile, "This is His Highness the Crown Prince's personal token. It's a personal symbol of His Highness the Crown Prince. With it, it means you are His Highness the Crown Prince's person."
Hearing Marde say this, Shi Quan finally remembered that in the original work, Xue Qinghe had also given Tang San an identical token. This token had played a significant role in the later Heaven Dou Imperial Palace upheaval.
"After His Highness the Crown Prince read your theory, he was first amazed, then praised it highly. After hearing about your situation, he immediately gave me this token and dispatched dozens of Iron Guards to protect you, and invited you to Heaven Dou City." At this point, Marde's voice held a hint of reluctance and worry.
"Iron Guards?" Shi Quan was confused again.
"I was afraid something would happen to you, so I came back early. The Iron Guards are still behind and should arrive in two days. These Iron Guards were sent by the Crown Prince to protect your safety. You can command them with this token." Saying that, Marde placed the heavy token into Shi Quan's hand.
"If you want to go to Heaven Dou City, this group of Iron Guards will also escort you to Heaven Dou City."
Shi Quan held the token in his hand, his expression complex. Marde was truly good to him, truly teaching him like a Personal Disciple, always considering him first in everything. He sincerely said, "Teacher, please rest assured, I will always remember your teachings from these past few years. Even if I leave the Academy, you will always be my teacher."
"It's good that you have such a heart." Marde sighed, how could he not understand that Nuoding City was always too small, and Shi Quan's World was the broader outside.
He also understood in his heart that when Shi Quan asked him to go to Heaven Dou City, he already had a plan to go to Heaven Dou City. The knowledge in Nuoding Academy could no longer help him. If he wanted to achieve greater success, he had to go out and soar in a broader sky.
Even though Marde was prepared, when he personally heard Shi Quan say it, he still felt a wave of sadness.
Marde gently stroked Shi Quan's head and kindly said, "Once you go out, you'll be on your own. If you ever get tired or weary outside, then come back to the Academy to see. As long as I'm here, there will always be a place for you in the Academy…"
Listening to Marde's words, Shi Quan's heart still felt a surge of emotion.
"Thank you, Teacher." Hearing Shi Quan's sincere and earnest voice, Marde's cloudy eyes couldn't help but redden slightly.
"Let me tell you about Heaven Dou City." Marde wiped his eyes, changing the subject.
From Marde, Shi Quan finally understood the specific development of the matter.
When Marde first arrived in Heaven Dou City, he literally hit walls everywhere. Xue Qinghe, as the Crown Prince of a country, was not someone he could just meet whenever he wanted. After several attempts, seeing that he couldn't meet Xue Qinghe, he was at his wit's end.
After some investigation, Marde turned his attention to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. He brought his theory to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Education Committee, showed them the original draft, and after repeatedly assuring them of the theory's authenticity, Marde finally met Xue Qinghe as he wished and presented the refined initial theoretical draft.
The rest of the matter was much simpler. After Xue Qinghe understood Shi Quan's situation from Marde, he dispatched his exclusive Iron Guards to Nuoding City to protect him. Just for a theory, Xue Qinghe sent his personal guards to protect him, which was enough to show Xue Qinghe's attention to him.
According to Xue Qinghe's original words, these Iron Guards were bestowed to protect him.
At the same time, Xue Qinghe also extended an invitation to him, inviting Shi Quan to study at Heaven Dou Imperial Advanced Academy.
As long as he went, Xue Qinghe would arrange a noble status for him and give him a large number of rewards.
It was truly a display of great sincerity.
Shi Quan thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, this semester has about half a month left. Let's finish what we started. After this semester, please help me with the early graduation procedures."
"Finish what we started." Marde laughed heartily, "Good, good, good! What a 'finish what we started'! I truly didn't misjudge you."
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Two days later.
Clang, clang, clang, low sounds of clashing armor came from outside Nuoding City.
A team of uniformly disciplined iron cavalry, with strict military discipline, approached Nuoding City.
"Is that?" The city gate guards, seeing the large Heaven Dou Empire flag held high in the iron cavalry's hands, were instantly startled and shouted, "Quickly open all the city gates!"
The low rumble of the city gate sounded, and the main gates of the city wall all opened at once.
Watching the approaching group of pure, refined iron-armored cavalry in the distance, the city gate guards didn't even dare to breathe heavily.
They held their breath and watched as the armored cavalry entered Nuoding City.
Seeing all the armored soldiers enter Nuoding City, the city gate guards finally dared to breathe heavily, wiping the cold sweat from their foreheads, and muttered to themselves, "These soldiers should be from the Heaven Dou Empire, right? Why are they appearing in Nuoding City? And this Aura, they shouldn't be ordinary soldiers, right?"
Wherever the armored soldiers went, ordinary people scattered, only daring to glance from afar.
The sound of clashing armor echoed continuously through Nuoding City. Led by two iron cavalry, a dense group of fifty to sixty people advanced, and soon arrived in front of Nuoding Academy. Their iron-blooded Aura directly scared the gate guards into immobility.
"Open the gate." The cold voice of the leading armored cavalry rang out.
Hearing the cavalry's words, the gate guards of Nuoding Academy finally trembled and quickly opened the Academy's main gate.
The armored soldiers walked directly into the Academy.
It was just approaching noon. The students in the Academy had just finished class. As soon as they walked out of the classrooms, they heard the clanking of armor in the distance. They were all just children who had never seen soldiers with such an iron-blooded Aura before, and they were all scared and stayed in their classrooms, not daring to come out.
Marde in the office heard the commotion on the playground, his expression changed, and he quickly got up and ran towards the playground.
Marde quickly walked towards one of the armored cavalry, and at the same time said, "Captain Fu, didn't I tell you that you could just wait outside the Academy when you arrived? You just came in like this, what if you scare the students?"
Captain Fu, whom Marde addressed, replied directly, "Dean Ma, we are commanded by the Crown Prince to protect that Person. Before we see that person, we dare not be negligent."
Marde's expression was grim, but Captain Fu didn't look at Marde's face. He ignored him and scanned the Academy, his gaze falling on the classrooms. He asked, "Is that person in the classroom?"
Saying that, the soldiers led by Captain Fu turned and walked towards the classrooms. Marde quickly stopped them, "Shi Quan is not in the classroom."
"I'm here!" Shi Quan's cold voice came from below the dormitory building behind the armored soldiers.
Hearing the sound, Captain Fu finally turned and looked at Shi Quan, who was holding the Crown Prince's token, not far away.
A horse neighing sound came, and Captain Fu quickly turned his horse and came near Shi Quan. His tall figure looked down at Shi Quan, and the surrounding armored soldiers also quickly turned and surrounded him.
After glancing at the token, Captain Fu said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Prove your identity!"
Shi Quan's eyes narrowed slightly. Marde quickly walked over and said, "Shi Quan, he wants to see your spirit ring."
Looking at the gazes from all directions, Shi Quan slowly raised his right hand. A deep blue light bloomed, and Blue Silver Grass appeared in his hand. Below him, two spirit rings, one yellow and one purple, quietly emerged.
"Thousand-year spirit ring!"
In an instant, everyone in the entire Academy was in an uproar.
No one had expected that Shi Quan, who usually kept a low profile, had already broken through to level twenty, and his second spirit ring had actually reached an astonishing thousand years.
Tang San in the classroom also looked at the thousand-year spirit ring under Shi Quan's feet with a surprised expression.
How could Innate level one spirit power Cultivate so quickly?
Didn't the teacher say the limit for the second spirit ring was seven hundred sixty-four years?
Can't a thousand-year spirit ring only be possessed by a Spirit Elder?
All sorts of questions appeared in Tang San's mind.
Yu Xiaogang on the other side was the same. His dead fish eyes stared intently at the two spirit rings under Shi Quan, his expression filled with disbelief, and he kept muttering, "Impossible, this is impossible…"
He didn't understand how Shi Quan had managed to do it.
After seeing the flickering thousand-year spirit ring under Shi Quan, the leading Captain Fu's cold gaze finally gained a bit of luster. He leaped off his horse, knelt on one knee, and respectfully saluted Shi Quan, saying, "Greetings, Master Shi. We are here by the Crown Prince's command to protect you. If you has any instructions, please feel free to give them."
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of kneeling in unison rang out, and their uniform movements made one's heart tighten.
Shi Quan, however, remained expressionless as he withdrew his Martial Spirit, staring at the leading Captain Fu and saying, "Apologize to my teacher."
Captain Fu suddenly raised his head, his cold gaze fixed directly on Shi Quan. Shi Quan, however, showed no fear and looked back at Captain Fu.
"No need, no need." Marde quickly waved his hand, went up to help Captain Fu up, and said soothingly, "Captain Fu, you can just take your men outside. Just don't disturb the students' studies."
Shi Quan, however, held Marde back, staring at Captain Fu and saying, "Apologize."
Captain Fu's expression under his armor remained unchanged, but a hint of a smile appeared in the corner of his eye. He said to Marde, "Dean Ma, this matter was my presumption, and I apologize for any offense. Please forgive me."
Marde's expression paused, and he sighed, saying, "Captain Fu, you're being too serious. It was also my insufficient arrangement. Let's leave it at that."
Saying that, Marde patted Shi Quan's hand, indicating that it was enough. Shi Quan's expression then improved slightly. He put away the token in his hand and said faintly, "Rise."
The many soldiers, led by Captain Fu, then stood up.