Chapter 431: Smashing the Gate

"What? Do you still expect our entire academy to come out and welcome you?"

Feng Xiaotian continued to tilt his head back and act arrogant.

To him, Qin Jian was a romantic rival, a target to show off against, and a provider of all sorts of miserable memories.

Having Huo Wu snatched away, being heavily injured, being beaten to the ground a full three times...

Anyone might change their attitude due to the shift in Qin Jian's status, but only he would not; in fact, even Shenfeng Academy only failed to send a grand welcoming party because of his strong objections.

Who else but him was the most outstanding student of this generation at Shenfeng Academy? His status at Shenfeng Academy was just as influential as Qin Jian's was at Tianshui and Shrek.

"Since that is the case, I respect your choice..."

Qin Jian nodded, slowly put his hands behind his back, and was just about to say something.

"Qin Jian, our Shenfeng Academy has no intention of being your enemy, but we really find it hard to accept something like renaming ourselves a Spirit Hall Academy. Can you please not do this?"

But Feng Yunwu interrupted him urgently: "I don't want to see you break ties with our academy."

Swish, swish...

Two chilling gazes from behind, one to the left and one to the right, instantly pierced into Qin Jian's back.

"What's this about breaking ties or not..."

Qin Jian automatically ignored the cold air behind him and shook his head, saying: "From the very beginning, my relationship with your academy has been terrible, hasn't it?"

He reached out his hand, counting off the events as if they were his own treasures: "The initial challenge to Tianshui Academy, the later Ranking Tournament, and then the wheel battles in the Promotion Tournament of the Advanced Academy Tournament, and the new Blazing Fire in the finals—which of these made it seem like we had a good relationship?"

He looked up at Feng Yunwu and smiled slightly: "However, you helped me stall for some time during the Promotion Tournament, and I have always remembered that. So, although I originally intended to smash your academy to establish my authority, I'll let it slide for now..."

"Elder Guibao..."

Qin Jian suddenly looked up at the sky and said: "Smash their gate."

Feng Xiaotian and Feng Yunwu were slightly startled and hurriedly looked up, only to see nine terrifying Soul Rings lighting up in the sky.

The next moment, the female figure in black, enveloped by the Soul Rings, plummeted to the ground like a meteorite.

"Understood."

A soft voice rang out, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Boom!"

The next instant, the gate of Shenfeng Academy seemed to have been blasted apart; it shattered into pieces, with debris flying everywhere.

Smoke and dust rose, leaving a scene of utter chaos.

"A Title Douluo?!"

Feng Xiaotian and Feng Yunwu exclaimed almost simultaneously.

This Elder Guibao was naturally the Guibao Douluo whom Bibi Dong had previously transferred to the Guard Army. With the threat of the Spider Emperor Poison, combined with the Guard Army's positive atmosphere and burgeoning momentum, she had long since pledged her loyalty.

She had no ulterior motives toward Qin Jian, because she had seen with her own eyes his previous clash with the Pope; that kind of power was not something she, a mere low-level Title Douluo, could resist...

"Alright, your gate is gone now, so you're destined to build a new one. Consider adopting the Spirit Hall Academy name, will you?"

Qin Jian crossed his arms and tapped his fingers lightly.

By this time, Feng Xiaotian and Feng Yunwu were speechless; the way they looked at him could no longer be on equal terms, but instead began to carry a sense of looking up to him.

After all, he was someone who could command a Title Douluo now...

"Swish, swish, swish..."

Finally, the high-ranking officials of Shenfeng Academy who had been hiding and secretly observing the situation could no longer hold back, and they rushed out one by one.

Their students, who had originally been ordered not to watch, also gradually emerged.

"That's better. Blow up a gate, and everyone comes out."

Qin Jian stood quietly, arms crossed and fingers tapping, savoring the rare pleasure of acting arrogant.

It was just an academy, after all; they wouldn't dare to stand firm against a Title Douluo. The reason they dared to slight Qin Jian earlier must have been because they hadn't expected a Title Douluo to be following him.

"Respected Title Douluo, Your Excellency..."

The leading Shenfeng Yuanzhang walked up to Guibao Douluo and bowed slightly.

"Swish!"

But the next moment, Guibao Douluo vanished, and when she reappeared, she was already behind Qin Jian.

Her stance was clear: all the people from the Spirit Hall here were under Qin Jian's command, and there was no need to pay respects to her.

Shenfeng Yuanzhang paused slightly, helpless, and had to take a few more steps forward. His voice sounded as if he were pinching his nose: "Greetings, Chief Judge!"

"Mm."

Qin Jian put on a grand air, crossed his arms, and said casually: "Since the Dean has come out personally, I presume you have no objections to our requirement for the Spirit Hall Academy naming?"

"This..."

Shenfeng Yuanzhang glanced at his seemingly confident face and couldn't help but feel a twinge of disdain: Just a greenhorn, does he really think he can do whatever he wants just because he has a Title Douluo backing him?

His expression remained unchanged as he straightened his posture and projected his voice across the entire area: "Your Excellency Chief Judge, the Spirit Master force you brought today is indeed powerful. It would be simple to force our Shenfeng Academy to submit, but this surely wouldn't make people submit willingly, and our students wouldn't be able to identify with the status of being Spirit Hall Academy students."

These words were spoken neither humbly nor arrogantly, and many Shenfeng students nodded repeatedly upon hearing them.

"Then what do you want?"

Qin Jian narrowed his eyes: "Under these circumstances, does your Shenfeng Academy want to be the only special one?"

"No, we have no intention of being a thorn in your side; we only want to strive for the rights we deserve."

Shenfeng Yuanzhang seemed to have had a proposal ready for a long time, and he said with confidence: "We want the same treatment as Tianshui Academy. At the same time, we do not need an Inspector Teacher. Only in this way will our Shenfeng Academy be willing to join the Spirit Hall Academy system."

"So you have been keeping an eye on my every move all along..."

Qin Jian frowned, feeling a bit troubled.

This was the difference between ruling by the Kingly Way and ruling by the Hegemonic Way.

Crushing everything with raw power, just as the Spirit Hall had done before, was the Hegemonic Way, but it failed to win people's hearts.

What he wanted to do now was the Kingly Way—to uprightly and subtly integrate the entire Spirit Master world into the system, while also maintaining the image of the Spirit Hall in the eyes of the people of Dalu.

This Dean of Kamikaze Academy had likely guessed this point as well, which is why he dared to jump out and negotiate terms.

If Qin Jian had been planning to crush them with sheer strength, he reckoned the man would have knelt down or taken his people and run away long ago...

"Truly worthy of being the Dean of Kamikaze Academy; back then, he calculated my little student's challenge to the death, and it's still the same now..."

Qin Jian tucked his hands into his sleeves: "Who knows how you're mocking me in your heart right now, right?"

"Not at all, not at all..."

The Dean of Kamikaze Academy did not change his expression, beginning a very practiced round of mutual professional flattery: "The Chief Judge is young and promising with peerless talent, truly the only one I have seen in my life; how could I dare to have any intention of mockery? All I have is admiration and respect."

Qin Jian had black lines all over his forehead.

He feared these old fellows whose skin had been cultivated to be thicker than a city wall the most; their shameless flattery left one without even a stance to get angry...

"Sigh..."

Qin Jian waved his hand and sighed toward the sky: "I originally thought my own skin was thick enough; it turns out I am still far from the peak realm..."

Shui Bing'er and Hu Liena looked at him with eyes holding the same meaning.

"Dean of Kamikaze Academy, this is a Spirit Academy after all; let us resolve this in the way of Spirit Masters..."

Silver currents gathered in Qin Jian's hand, and the Silver Dragon Spear slowly took shape...

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