Chapter 43: Borrowing Power for Self-Protection: The Fawning Nobles

Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu were both between level twenty-five and level thirty at this moment, which meant they were assigned to a Heavenly Ultimate Level class.

Following the directions, the two arrived in front of their classroom.

Above the classroom door was written "Heavenly Supreme Class 1." Yesterday, they learned that even within the Heavenly Ultimate Level, there were upper, middle, and lower divisions. Among the three Heavenly Supreme classes, Class 1 consisted of experts nearing the Soul Elder level, while Class 3 hovered between levels twenty-five and twenty-six.

In this world, almost everything was ranked by strength and background, rather than age or seniority.

Of course, age would still reflect certain things in many cases.

Because the two were too young, most people did not believe their strength was enough to enter Heavenly Supreme Class 1.

Therefore, when Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu walked into the classroom, the two new faces drew a wave of sidelong glances. Nan Feihuang was fine, as his height made him look thirteen or fourteen, but Xun Yu, who had developed normally, looked at most twelve no matter how one viewed him.

Because the Heaven Dou Royal Academy assigned classes based solely on level and not age, the students in this class were of varying ages; the oldest were around seventeen or eighteen, and the youngest were about fifteen.

"Little brothers, are you here looking for someone?" a female student stepped forward and asked.

"No, we are here to study. Senior, look, these are our student IDs." Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu displayed their student IDs, and only then did the others realize these two little brothers were actually their classmates.

Moreover, upon seeing their dates of birth on the student IDs, they were actually just over nine years old, not even quite ten.

"Hahahaha." Someone suddenly started laughing, followed by a roar of laughter from the entire room.

Then, a youth with a mature appearance walked over and scolded, "Where did these little brats come from? I don't know where you made these fake student IDs. Is the Heaven Dou Royal Academy a place for you to play? Get out, get out."

"This is real; it was issued by Chief Meng Shenji himself." Nan Feihuang couldn't be bothered to argue with him and directly brought up Meng Shenji's name. If you have doubts, go confirm it with the Chief.

Sure enough, the youth hesitated subconsciously. A student ID issued by Meng Shenji himself—could it be that this youth had a massive background? He knew that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was full of hidden talents and was not a place just anyone could provoke.

Of course, this "hidden talent" referred to background, not strength.

"Hey, kid, who are your parents, and what are their levels?" He wisely chose to probe for information first. If Nan Feihuang said he was some illegitimate son of Meng Shenji, or that his parents were both Spirit Saint-level powerhouses or higher, he would turn around and leave immediately.

"My mother is Lan Xue, titled Mysterious Ice!" Nan Feihuang didn't waste any breath and directly reported his mother's title.

He had said it before: he had no time to mess around with these spoiled brats, so he might as well use the influence behind him. It was just borrowing power to protect himself, not bullying others with power.

"T-Titled, Mysterious Ice?" The noble youth, who had been so arrogant just a moment ago, was immediately terrified. "Y-You are the son of the recently promoted Crown Mysterious Ice? Does that mean you are also a Prince of the Gu Lei Kingdom?"

Everyone knew that Lan Xue was the Queen of the Gu Lei Kingdom. Calling him a Prince was conservative; many speculated that this youth might even be the Crown Prince.

"Indeed. My name is Nan Feihuang, and this is my close friend Xun Yu. I ask for your guidance in the future, seniors." Nan Feihuang greeted them politely.

He didn't intend to bicker with those arrogant nobles; it was beneath him.

Besides, they probably wouldn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of him anymore.

Sure enough, the next moment, the noble youth who had been calling him a "kid" just a moment ago immediately changed his face. "Oh my, so it is His Highness the Prince, and the son of a Title Douluo at that! No wonder you are so outstanding at such a young age. I am terribly sorry for just now; it is just that you are so young, I could never have imagined that there would be a student in this world who could reach the Heavenly Supreme level at your age. That is why I spoke a bit loudly just now; please, do not take offense."

Nan Feihuang smiled casually. "Not at all, Senior is too polite. I won't take such small matters to heart."

"Truly worthy of being a Prince, so magnanimous. Come, Your Highness, and this classmate Gou Huo, there are empty seats over here. Sit here, the view is also good." The noble youth led the two to a seat by the window.

Nan Feihuang was very satisfied. The back row by the window—the hometown of kings, right?

The atmosphere of this academy had already completely formed; wouldn't these minor nobles just fawn over major nobles like himself?

Perhaps the status of a Gu Lei Kingdom Prince wouldn't be enough to make him act like this; after all, no matter how precious his status was, the Crown Prince of the Gu Lei Kingdom couldn't control the nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire.

But being the son of a Title Douluo was different.

A Title Douluo could be completely unreasonable when cutting people down. If anyone dared to bully Nan Feihuang today, Lan Xue could show up the next day wielding her Mysterious Ice Halberd, and she would be perfectly justified. Even the Great Emperor Xue Ye wouldn't stand up for them.

Who told them that she was strong enough to fight? You have to accept it even if you aren't convinced.

However, this situation was exactly what Nan Feihuang wanted to see. Although having his identity made public would bring about some fawning that made him slightly annoyed,

at least no one would be blind enough to come and cause him trouble.

After all, no one wanted to provoke a powerhouse at the Title Douluo level for no reason.

Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu sat in their seats. As class time approached, more and more students walked into the classroom.

Five of them arrived together. As soon as they entered, those nobles who had been arrogant beyond measure immediately and obediently cleared a path, seemingly afraid to provoke them.

These five consisted of three men and two women.

Leading them were one man and one woman.

The man had a fairly handsome appearance and was about fifteen or sixteen years old. On the Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniform he wore, there was a blue dragon-style badge on his right chest.

This was the family crest of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family.

And that woman, wearing a short skirt, was beautiful in appearance but had a pair of emerald green pupils.

With such looks and attire, plus an identity that made other nobles avoid them, it went without saying that these two must be Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.

Just like Nan Feihuang, they had a Title Douluo backing them. Among them, Yu Tianheng was backed by the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects. Who would be blind enough to offend them!

And Yu Tianheng seemed to be like Nan Feihuang, not thinking much of the corrupt nobles of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Therefore, to those nobles, fawning over these few people was useless, but they didn't dare to offend them. The best choice, of course, was to stay far away.

The two men and one woman behind Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan should be the remaining three of the Imperial Fighting Team: Oslo, Yufeng, and Ye Lingling.

Except for the Shi Jia Xiong Di who went to the Gu Lei Royal Academy as exchange students, the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team was gathered here.

(End of chapter)