After wandering around for almost half a day, Shrek and his group finally found the location of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
However, they had barely stepped into the school gate when a loud, arrogant voice came from outside.
"Hey, where did these beggars come from? What are they doing begging for food in our college?"
Several young noble students dressed in luxurious clothes, with shifty eyes, were seen.
He swaggered over, his eyes sweeping over the Shrek students with disdain.
Leading the group was none other than the fourth prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Beng.
Dai Mubai had been holding a grudge for a long time because his fiancée had run off with another man.
And because he couldn't beat Yu Tianheng, he would definitely have to give up his position as the leader after joining the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.
He was seething with anger, and when someone provoked him, a cold glint flashed in his evil eyes.
"Who are you calling a beggar?"
Before the avalanche could react, Dai Mubai had already pounced forward like a tiger descending a mountain.
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, Xue Beng flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground.
Then, the other noble students quickly carried the avalanche away.
"Uncle! You have to stand up for me!"
The avalanche tumbled and crawled to Prince Xuexing's residence, where it began to sob and cry.
Prince Xuexing frowned deeply after hearing his nephew's description.
The people Qin Ming brought back? They even dared to beat a prince in public?
He pondered for a moment and felt that something was amiss.
He knew Qin Ming's character well; he would never bring back a group of brutes without a reason.
Just in case, he decided to find the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo to accompany him, so as to serve as a deterrent.
However, when Prince Xuexing sent someone to invite him, the news he received was that Dugu Bo had chosen to go into seclusion for some unknown reason and had not appeared in public for a long time.
"He's in seclusion?" Prince Xuexing asked, somewhat surprised.
Dugu Bo has always been leisurely, wandering around aimlessly. How could he suddenly become diligent and go into seclusion?
Without Dugu Bo as a trump card, Prince Xuexing was unwilling to easily provoke a group of Soul Masters with unknown backgrounds over such a trivial matter as an avalanche, so the matter was dropped.
And so, under Qin Ming's arrangement, Shrek and his group joined the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a somewhat dramatic way and settled down temporarily.
After learning about the group's background and recognizing their potential, the college's academic committee did not make things too difficult for them.
Especially Zhilin, one of the three education committee members, is a Soul Douluo.
After personally putting pressure on Tang San, he opened up the Chong Meridian among Tang San's eight extraordinary meridians.
His soul power level broke through from level 33 to level 34 in one fell swoop!
In fact, Tang San has been working very hard to cultivate these past few months.
However, his soul power is still the same as in the original story, which shows how poor his cultivation aptitude is.
However, Tang San's unexpected breakthrough still made him even more important in the eyes of the Education Committee.
...
Yu Xiaogang obtained a detailed list of all members of the Royal Fighting Team's first and second teams from Qin Ming.
His brow furrowed slightly when he saw two of the names.
"Qin Ming, is Dugu Yan on this list the granddaughter of the Azure Phosphorus Douluo Dugu Bo?" Yu Xiaogang asked in a deep voice.
At the same time, he secretly wondered: 'And this girl named Ye Lingling, her martial soul... Nine-Heart Begonia? What kind of martial soul is that? Why is there no record of such a martial soul in my theoretical knowledge base?'
As a "master" in the theoretical field, anything beyond his knowledge would trigger an instinctive desire to explore and... a slight displeasure in him.
Qin Ming nodded, then explained with a troubled expression, "Yes, Master. But... Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling dropped out of school more than five months ago."
"Drop out of school?" Yu Xiaogang was even more puzzled.
When the matter was brought up, Meng Shenji, the education commissioner, took over the conversation, his face showing just the right amount of indignation and regret.
"Alas, it is a misfortune for my Heavenly Dou Royal Academy." Meng Shenji sighed.
He described the events in detail, portraying the college as an innocent victim.
According to his account, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were forcibly "taken away" by a group of unidentified powerful individuals through coercion and enticement.
They never thought about it, nor were they willing to admit it, that the truth was that after careful consideration, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had chosen to drop out of school and instead join Zixing Academy, which they believed had a better future.
But in the eyes of the three education committee members, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy is the best. To leave it would be to betray them, to be misled.
Where does the talk of "robbery" come from? It's just a convenient excuse.
After listening to Meng Shenji's story, a deep sense of regret flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
His regret was not that the Royal Fighting Team had lost two core members.
Rather, he didn't have the opportunity to see the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul in person, nor could he record its characteristics in his proud Martial Soul theory.
For him, this was undoubtedly a huge loss.
He had even begun to envision how powerful the team would become if he could control this martial soul with its powerful healing abilities, teach it himself, and work with Tang San's control.
Unfortunately, all of this vanished with Ye Lingling's departure.
Yu Xiaogang put down the list in his hand, feeling a growing sense of revulsion towards the "Purple Star Academy" he had never met before and the group of "unidentified people".
...
The day after settling in at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy and his group couldn't contain their excitement and headed to Heaven Dou City together.
Their purpose was clear:
First, familiarize yourself with the environment of the city where you may live for the next few years;
Secondly, and most importantly, we need to find doctors who can heal Yu Xiaogang and Ma Hongjun's injuries.
Tiandou City truly lives up to its reputation as the capital of the empire. Its streets are wide and bustling with traffic, with shops lining both sides of the road. The sounds of vendors hawking their wares and the clamor of the crowd fill the air, creating a scene of great prosperity.
The group wandered aimlessly, their eyes lingering on the various novel shops and signs.
"Sigh..." Ma Hongjun began his usual sigh again.
Flanders patted him on the shoulder, about to say something, but his gaze was drawn to a notice on a billboard on the street corner.
It was a job posting, written in elegant handwriting: "Blue Tyrant Academy is sincerely recruiting Soul Masters of Level 40 and above, with excellent benefits."
"Blue Tyrant Academy?" Flander's gaze froze instantly, a complex and extremely reminiscent look flashing in his eyes behind his glasses.
He immediately realized that this was the academy run by Erlong.
That woman with a fiery temper, who dared to love and hate, yet who made him feel sorry for her his whole life.
A bittersweet feeling welled up inside me.
But soon, Flander's eyes darted around, and an idea popped into his head.
He thought of his good brother, Yu Xiaogang, who had also been troubled by love and wasted half his life.
"Ahem," Flander cleared his throat, pointed to the notice, and casually suggested, "Since we don't have anything to do right now, how about... we go check out this Blue Tyrant Academy? Just take a casual stroll and get a feel for the state of Soul Master academies in Heaven Dou City."
Upon hearing this, everyone thought that since they were just wandering around anyway, it didn't matter where they went, so they all agreed.
Yu Xiaogang frowned, somewhat puzzled by Flander's sudden suggestion, but didn't say anything more.
Just as everyone was about to set off, the sharp-eyed Oscar spotted another unusual flyer on the other side of the notice board.
The paper was of excellent quality, with a faint jade-like sheen, and the contents were written in an elegant yet dignified script.
"Huh? What's this?" Oscar curiously leaned closer and read it out word by word.
"Jadeite Clinic... Benevolent Hearts, Miraculous Healers?"
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