Chapter 173: Four Great Military Families

"Sorry."

The one who came before Xie Xie to ask a question was a girl who appeared tall among her peers; seeming to notice her loss of composure, she hurriedly apologized.

"Seeing several of you who fought that battle with Shrek Academy two years ago today, I got a bit excited."

Xie Xie gave a bitter smile and said in a low voice: "It's nothing. Do you have any other questions?"

Really, don't ask about this matter anymore.

In that battle they just won lying down; there's nothing to say about it.

The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, her tone carrying unconcealable anticipation: "Um, may I ask where classmate Huo Yuhao is? He didn't come with you?"

Xie Xie: "..."

He knew it!

Although they became famous together with Big Brother, if you ask who's the most famous, it's definitely Big Brother Yuhao, who ranks first on the Young Genius Ranking and obtained a Spirit Pagoda Title.

These people coming to curry favor, their primary target is most likely him; they're only secondary targets.

Oh, wait, there's one person who's different.

Xie Xie glanced in Tang Wulin's direction; a crowd of people surrounded him as well.

This was only natural; after the self-introductions, everyone knew Tang Wulin was now a Fourth Rank Forging Master.

Advanced Academy involves Mecha and Battle Armor manufacturing; not many people choose Forging as a sub-occupation, and even fewer excel at it, so a forging genius like Wu Lin is naturally in high demand.

After a long silence, Xie Xie still replied:

"Cough, Big Brother Yuhao is at Mingde Hall."

"Eh?!!"

The surrounding classmates froze for a moment, then someone suddenly realized: "I did hear that classmate Huo Yuhao received an invitation from Mingde Hall; didn't expect it to be true?"

"True or false? That's Mingde Hall." A bespectacled boy pushed up his glasses, his tone full of disbelief.

"It's true, I heard it from the Mecha Master Association side."

"So that's how it is... so amazing."

A buzz of low discussion immediately rose all around.

"Speaking of which, I just heard your self-introduction; with your talent, classmate Xie Xie, you could also rank on the Young Genius Ranking, right?" A male student asked curiously.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy limits enrollment to those fifteen and under; this is because Intermediate Academy admission age is mostly nine years old, and Intermediate Academy has six years of study time. Although early graduation is possible, some Soul Masters are already fifteen when they enter Advanced Academy.

He was exactly this case; and during the previous class self-introductions, they had already heard Xie Xie's age and strength.

Twelve years old, Soul Elder — this placed him among the absolute top handful in their class.

"Well, maybe I'm still not good enough." Xie Xie said modestly, but his mind held other thoughts.

Actually with their aptitude they could rank on the Young Genius Ranking, but none of them chose to do so.

After all, ranking now would most likely put them at the bottom. Moreover, there are two monsters on that list!

This generation's Young Genius Ranking members are obviously reduced to foils for those two; Xie Xie doesn't want to try.

If he really wants to show off, better to occupy a seat on the Wind Cloud Ranking in the future.

"Is that so? I actually think you guys are more qualified than that one over there."

The male student looked toward a gray-haired youth sitting on a certain table, face cold.

Undying — Xu Yucheng.

Xie Xie looked along, brows raising slightly, and didn't reply.

He'd heard of this one; ranked 24th on the Young Genius Ranking, martial soul seems to be Dark Magic Scythe.

This martial soul has side effects, a heavy burden on the body; and while absorbing Spirits links to Spiritual Power, enduring Soul Rings links to physical strength.

If the body cannot endure higher-age Soul Rings, it cannot absorb powerful Spirits.

'His first and second Spirits are probably only hundred-year ones, right? But even so, the opponent cannot be underestimated.'

Xie Xie secretly complained: 'But why does a squishy like you have the title Undying?'

At this moment, Wang Jinxi walked over, and during the time others were discussing, pulled Xie Xie toward their little circle.

"What's up?"

"There are some people here who need attention."

Tang Wulin and Zhang Yangzi exchanged a glance, and softly explained to the few: "Just now I learned the situation from a classmate; there are a few people in our class who are rather special, need to watch out."

"One I know, that's Xu Yucheng from the Young Genius Ranking; who are the others?" Xie Xie asked curiously.

"Shen Xing."

"?"

Xie Xie was a bit puzzled, "Who is this person?"

What kind of person is this, never heard of them.

"Her cultivation isn't high, but she's from the Shen Family."

Zhang Yangzi pointed at a young girl; Xie Xie turned to look, and aside from finding her pretty, there was nothing else special.

Though she looks a bit cold.

"Shen Family?" Xu Xiaoyan subconsciously exclaimed, then hurriedly covered her mouth, "Is it the Shen Family of the Four Great Military Families?"

Federal Four Great Powers, Four Great Military Families, Eight Great Army Corps... these common facts about Federal strength and power composition, her "teacher" had mentioned to her in leisure over recent years.

After all, they were coming to Mingdu, a place where various forces mix; if they didn't even have a bit of common sense, it'd be easy to fall into traps.

In the eyes of the vast public, the most familiar are the Federal Four Great Powers — Spirit Pagoda, Shrek, Mingde Hall, War God Hall.

However, this is far from the Douluo Federation's true strength; there are many sects and families not included among them.

And after years of evolution, family forces have infiltrated the military very deeply, leading to the formation within the Federation of multiple large regions controlled by different families.

This couldn't be helped; after all, martial souls and bloodline inheritance are linked, powerful families' descendants have a higher probability of producing geniuses and powerhouses, and over time this pattern formed.

In these regions, the influence of the major families is deeply rooted and almost impossible to shake; even the Federation government maintains a cautious attitude toward them, avoiding lightly touching their interests — after all, if a Councilor wants to gain power, they must always rely on the support of these families.

Among them, the Four Great Military Families refers to the families that occupy extremely high authority in the military; the Shen Family is one of them, its forces including the North Sea Army Corps, one of the Federation's eight great army corps — its strength is evident.

"Right, it's that Shen Family. She should be here to gild her resume."

As a Federation-subordinate academy, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy has provided the Federation with no small number of talents; outstanding students who graduate from here, if they have a recommendation, can obtain a pretty good starting treatment in the military — it's a good place to gild one's resume.

Zhang Yangzi looked towards Xie Xie, "Xie Xie, what we're worried about is you. In Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, there are quite a few students like her; you'd better not go randomly provoking everyone."

Just how infuriating Xie Xie's mouth is, they've had a taste of it more than a few times.

Do you understand the true value of a "keyboard warrior"?

Xie Xie rolled his eyes, "I'm the defensive counterattack type; if others don't come looking for trouble with me, I can't be bothered to pay them any mind."

"Heh."

Everyone gave a cold laugh.

You think we believe you.

Amid the noisy clamor in the classroom, a teacher walked in — it was Lin Qinghan, whom Xie Xie and the others had seen before; she entered smiling:

"Today there's still one more student joining our class; everyone, welcome."

A slender youth walked in, fell silent for a long moment, then introduced himself:

"Hello everyone, my name is Yuan En Yehui; please take care of me……"

A round of applause rose on cue.

Nana Li, outside the classroom, watched this scene and left satisfied.

Since you temporarily have no intention of entering the dark division, then just peacefully spend your academy life for now.

You can enjoy a peaceful life…… before Title Douluo.

End of Chapter