Chapter 208: I Heard You Drove My Disciple Away

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

Nine Soul Rings—Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black—appeared simultaneously on Dugu Bo, a sight that was still somewhat shocking.

The furious Flender forcibly suppressed his anger, but the three Education Committee Members, who had gone to great lengths to recruit the Shrek group, were inexplicably enraged and wanted to challenge Dugu Bo.

"Wait."

At this moment, Qin Jian's sudden interjection broke the killing, frozen atmosphere in the living room.

He quietly blocked Xiao Wu, using his unique aura to completely envelop her, preventing Dugu Bo from noticing her.

"Qin Jian, is it your place to speak here?!" Xue Beng said with his nostrils pointed at the sky.

"Qin Jian?"

Dugu Bo suddenly opened his greenish eyes, looked abruptly at Qin Jian, and then his eyes brightened slightly: "It really is you."

His voice was not loud, but it shocked the group of people in the living room.

"Mr. Dugu, do you know this child?" Xuexing frowned slightly.

Dugu Bo nodded expressionlessly.

Seeing this, Xuexing could only reluctantly say to Qin Jian: "What do you have to say?"

Qin Jian looked at Dugu Bo and smiled: "Senior Dugu, the agreement from three years ago can be fulfilled this time..."

Swish!

Before his voice had even faded, everyone felt a flash of green mist before their eyes, and Dugu Bo appeared in front of Qin Jian, placing both hands on his shoulders with a look of pleasant surprise: "Is this true?"

Flender, Grandmaster, the three Education Committee Members, and Xuexing in the living room were all dumbfounded.

Oscar muttered: "I originally thought Brother Jian was bragging, but now I truly believe his words about how legends are everywhere in the jianghu..."

Ma Hongjun looked completely convinced; after all, this was a Title Douluo, and even the weakest Title Douluo was a high and mighty figure.

"Senior Dugu, this concerns my life and death after all, how could I speak falsely?"

Qin Jian silently coated his mouth and nose with soul power to block the intoxicating, fishy stench, and said with a serious expression: "After this matter, Senior can come find me, and I will prove it to you then."

Dugu Bo nodded, scanned the surroundings, and suddenly said to Xuexing: "Your Highness, I have some friendship with little brother Qin Jian, so I will not interfere in this matter."

After speaking, he ignored Xuexing's stiff expression and walked straight out.

The expressions of Xue Beng and Xuexing were extremely ugly.

The others looked at Qin Jian as if looking at a celestial being; he had forced a Title Douluo to retreat with a single word...

"Your Highness, what do you have to say now?" Meng Shenji said coldly.

After tearing off the mask of civility, he no longer treated Xuexing with a pleasant face; furthermore, the three Education Committee Members were originally people of Xue Qinghe, naturally hostile to Xuexing and Xue Beng.

"I will absolutely not agree to let these arrogant and despotic people join the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy!"

Xuexing remained very firm.

"The three of us absolutely do not approve of this, so let us go before the Emperor to confront you!" Meng Shenji said.

Seeing that they were about to make a scene before Emperor Xue Ye, Qin Jian looked helpless.

When the time came and Emperor Xue Ye saw Qin Jian and Ning Rongrong, how could he possibly agree to Xuexing's demands?

He did not want to ruin the meeting between the Dragon Mother and Grandmaster because of his interference; moreover, he had his own ideas for Shrek Academy, as it was the future number one academy on the Dalu, and it could not truly be absorbed by the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

"Dean, Dean, listen to me..."

Qin Jian leaned in front of Flender and said a few words in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"Let's set a trap for Grandmaster together..."

As Flender listened, his eyes began to brighten.

"Three committee members, no need to trouble yourselves. Since the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy does not welcome us, we shall not stay."

Ignoring the desperate pleas of Meng Shenji and the others, Flender eventually took everyone and left, and even Qin Ming resigned in grief and indignation.

The extremely depressed three committee members could only direct their anger at Xuexing...

"Boom! ——"

The next day, the entire Heaven Dou Imperial Academy was struck as if by a bolt from the blue.

Amidst the shaking of the earth and mountains, a mountain peak slowly slid down; for a time, sand and stones flew, and more than half of the academy was shrouded in dust.

"I heard that you drove my personal disciple away yesterday?!"

The indifferent voice spread like ripples throughout the entire Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Everyone looked in terror toward the direction the voice came from.

They saw nine Soul Rings—Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black—floating in the air, supporting a figure in a Sword Outfit as they appeared.

The pressure of a Title Douluo swept over, shocking the entire scene.

"Your Excellency Jian Douluo! Why did you chop off another one of our mountains?!"

The three committee members jumped out in a fit of pique, and upon seeing the mountain peaks behind them cut perfectly symmetrically on the left and right, they were practically crying without tears.

"Before, you schemed against my disciple, so I gave you a sword strike..."

Jian Douluo's voice came rumbling: "Now you have driven him away again, so I will give you another sword strike; it is perfectly fair."

"No... but... that has nothing to do with us!"

Committee Member Meng Shenji felt incredibly wronged: "We also really wanted to accept Qin Jian, but His Highness the Prince would not allow it; we had no way to act."

Jian Douluo, suspended in mid-air, said indifferently: "If that is the case, then so be it."

His lips moved, transmitting his voice directly into Meng Shenji's ears: "Committee Member Meng, I did not intend to make things difficult for you, but I still had to vent this anger. Xuexing is, after all, royalty, and as an Honorary Elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, it is not easy for me to directly turn hostile, so I will pretend not to know and chop off another one of your mountains..."

Following Ning Fengzhi's suggestion, he explained his thoughts to Meng Shenji.

"Now, you can go and complain to Emperor Xue Ye. Presumably, Xuexing will receive the punishment he deserves; at the very least, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy will likely no longer be under his control..."

After speaking, his figure turned directly into Sword Light and flew away.

And below, Meng Shenji's eyes became incredibly bright: "So Jian Douluo came to add weight to my side. Very good, now Xuexing cannot deny it. Having offended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which supports the royal family, his loss of power is a certainty..."

"In this way, the only candidate supporting the Fourth Prince is gone, and His Highness the Crown Prince no longer has any rivals!"

Not to mention what kind of power struggles occurred subsequently within the Heaven Dou imperial court, or how Xue Qinghe took advantage of the situation to suppress the small influence of Xuexing to the point where they couldn't even lift their heads...

Time returns to one day ago.

The Shrek group left quite gloomily, soon arrived outside Heaven Dou City, and also saw the massive public notice that Qin Jian had anticipated.

"Hiring: Lanba Advanced Soul Master Academy, due to our own expansion, we are now hiring the following personnel: ten Soul Ancestors of level forty or above. Those with higher soul power are preferred. Once hired, the compensation will be excellent."

Under the instigation of Qin Jian and the final decision of Flender, the entire Shrek group decided to join Lanba Academy.

Only Grandmaster, seeing the glances frequently cast over by Qin Jian and Flender, felt a bit treacherous for some reason.

What was this feeling of malice approaching all about...

Following the address on the notice board, the group walked into Heaven Dou City. There was no need to ask for directions; with Qin Jian and Ning Rongrong as guides, they wove through streets and alleys and soon found their destination.

The gatehouse of Lanba Academy looked almost the same as the city gate of Heaven Dou City; although it was much thinner, the entrance to the gatehouse was ten meters high.

The gatehouse, carved from white marble, could not be called magnificent, but it was very imposing. On the gatehouse were eight gilded characters: Lanba Advanced Soul Master Academy.

Next was the assessment phase for the academy teachers, presided over by three Soul King-level teachers from Lanba Academy.

And so, the time for the Shrek teachers to show off had arrived...

"Buzz, buzz..."

The first to step forward was Qin Ming. With a roar, he transformed into a werewolf slightly more than a human: "Level sixty-two Blazing Wolf Battle Spirit Emperor, Qin Ming, Assault System, please offer your guidance."

Seeing the stance Qin Ming took, the faces of the several Soul King teachers turned green, and they hurriedly said: "Spirit Masters above level sixty can be exempted from the practical assessment."

Upon hearing this, Flender began to call on everyone to show off: "Since practical assessment is not needed for those above level sixty, we don't need to waste time either. Brothers, activate your martial souls."

Except for Grandmaster, the five teachers of Shrek Academy simultaneously activated their martial souls, which were enough to make ordinary Spirit Masters look up in awe. In an instant, two Soul Emperors and three Soul Saints, a total of thirty-three Soul Rings, appeared simultaneously before the teachers responsible for the assessment at Lanba Academy.

A family, showing off in perfect unison.

"Seniors, please retract your martial souls."

The three Soul Kings clearly became respectful, decisively bowing in salute, and led them toward the place where the Dean practiced in seclusion.

Qin Jian and Flender exchanged a glance, both seeing the treacherous look of a scheme succeeded in the other's eyes.

After walking for about ten minutes, the group was moving through a forest with fresh air when suddenly, a faint, ethereal singing voice drifted over from ahead.

"Nana na... la la la... Nana..."

The singing was gentle and pleasant, mournful and lingering, like weeping and complaining, making one feel heartbroken upon hearing it. The melody circled and repeated, surprisingly soft and beautiful.

"I didn't expect the singing to sound so gentle; it doesn't look like a violent dragon at all..." Qin Jian muttered in a low voice.

Flender, walking beside him, coughed lightly, feeling embarrassed for his sister Erlong.

He had never doubted why Qin Jian knew so much; after all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was behind him. As long as one investigated, these things were not secrets at all.

At this moment, Grandmaster had already stopped in his tracks upon hearing the singing, his face covered in tears.

Seeing the strange appearance of Flender and Grandmaster, everyone couldn't help but stop in surprise.

Suddenly, Grandmaster turned around abruptly and was about to run back the way they came, but was grabbed by the shoulder by Flender.

Flender said in a low voice: "Xiaogang, how much longer do you intend to hide? You've already come; do you really have the heart not to see her?"

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Extra chapter... it's not short, right... I've done right by the readers urging for updates, right (come and praise me quickly, crazy hints)

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