Chapter 44: The Future Heaven Dou Team; His Name is Xun Yu

The five of them didn't even glance at the other students, walking straight to their seats and sitting down, appearing exceptionally arrogant.

Of course, they had the capital for such arrogance; the aptitude of these few was among the very best within the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Especially Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.

The former two were both descendants of Title Douluo, and it was said that Yu Tianheng had already reached the level of a Soul Elder; he could have transferred to the Tiandou Class, but he specifically chose to remain in the Heavenly Ultimate Level Class to wait for his comrades so as not to be separated from them.

As for Ye Lingling, she possessed the Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, which was passed down through a single line and was a support martial soul capable of being mentioned in the same breath as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

If one were to say that among support-system martial souls, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could be called the number one for amplification, then the Nine Heart Begonia was the veritable number one for healing.

As for which of the two different natures of support—amplification or healing—was more important, it had always been a matter of opinion; in any case, Nan Feihuang believed they were on par, as different situations required different types of support.

The five of them didn't notice Nan Feihuang either; in fact, they didn't understand or even recognize the other students in their class at all, only cultivating together within their own small circle, so they completely failed to realize that Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu were new students.

Soon, as class time arrived, a man with a dignified appearance walked in holding a book.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy had theory classes, which mainly taught things like the development directions of various martial souls, what kind of Spirit Rings one should absorb, and how to identify the characteristics and age of Spirit Beasts.

"Everyone, sit down," the man said, then looked at the two people by the window. "You two must be the exchange students from the Gulei Kingdom. Hello, I am your homeroom teacher, Qin Ming. Why don't you come up and introduce yourselves as well?"

"Very well, Teacher Qin," Nan Feihuang stood up.

He walked toward Qin Ming; among those at Shrek Academy, this person was the only one he could somewhat look up to.

In the past, many people also thought he was an ingrate because he left the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the sake of Flender.

But to Nan Feihuang, this was precisely the point where he respected him.

Because he hadn't truly joined the faction of the Heaven Dou Empire, but was merely working as a teacher at the academy, just like a job; he only received treatment second only to the Three Education Committee Members because his talent was too great.

But no matter how good the treatment was, a job was a job; surely one wasn't forbidden from resigning now?

Moreover, the reason for his resignation wasn't because he had been poached by some other better academy and then slipped away out of greed.

It was because Xue Xing Prince, the academy's primary administrator, had first insulted his alma mater and told Flender, who was like a teacher and father to him, to "get lost." Just that one word "get lost"—anyone with respect and filial piety toward their own teacher would certainly be unable to accept it.

In any case, if anyone dared to say that word to Nan Tianchen or Lan Xue, Nan Feihuang might choose to endure it temporarily because his strength was currently insufficient, but once he grew up, he would definitely make the person who said that word demonstrate ten times over how the action of "getting lost" should be performed.

If his alma mater and mentor were insulted and Qin Ming still coveted that bit of treatment from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and remained there, then Nan Feihuang would truly look down on him.

If there was anyone he felt slightly sorry toward, it would only be the Three Education Committee Members who had always treated him well.

But the kindness of the Three Education Committee Members could never compare to Flender, who had raised him.

Besides, when he left, he left on his own, all by himself, and didn't take any genius Spirit Masters or valuable assets from the academy, causing no loss to the institution.

And there was his death, dying in battle while alone resisting a Title Douluo to protect his students; this point also deeply moved Nan Feihuang.

Therefore, Nan Feihuang actually had a slight favorable impression of this person.

It was just a pity that they were destined not to be on the same path, because whether Nan Feihuang would become an enemy of Shrek and Tang San was uncertain, but Nan Feihuang didn't want to be friends with Tang San at all; even if they were friends, it would be Nan Feihuang using his hypocritical side to fool Tang San, not treating him with sincerity.

So, for the moment, he only needed to be slightly polite to this Qin Ming because of his status as a teacher; there was no need for deep interaction.

"Teacher Qin, fellow students, hello. My name is Nan Feihuang, a 28th-level Qiangong Xi Battle Soul Master. This is Xun—Yu, a 27th-level Battle Soul Master. Because his martial soul is somewhat special, it is impossible to determine exactly what system it counts as," Nan Feihuang said.

"28th level, 27th level!" The people below were shocked; two such young boys had actually reached such a high level.

Being assigned to the Heavenly Ultimate Level Class meant they were definitely above level 25; everyone had an idea of that.

But they had originally thought these two were at most just entering level 25—which was already terrifying enough and barely acceptable—and that the reason they were assigned to Class 1 instead of Class 3 was likely due to their background.

Yet they hadn't expected these two to be truly this formidable.

This talent had already far surpassed Yu Tianheng at the same age.

In any case, when he was around ten years old, he had at most just barely passed level 20.

Yu Tianheng also looked at Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu in surprise; so these two were the culprits who had caused two Defense-Type Soul Masters in their squad to leave.

"Um, I have a question," the black-haired man with a flamboyant air, Oslo, raised his hand and said, "Why did you use a drawn-out tone when introducing your brother's name?"

Nan Feihuang smiled slightly, "Try calling his name without the drawn-out tone and you'll know."

"What's the big deal? Isn't it just a name? Gou Huo!" Oslo shouted out loud, but realized something was wrong and tried several more times, "Eh, Gou Huo, Gou Huo, Gou Huo...?"

"Oslo, what the hell are you doing? You can't even get a name right. Isn't it just Gou Huo, hmm?" Yufeng looked at Oslo with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. He had just wanted to lecture him, but suddenly realized that he seemed to have a problem himself.

If one person got it wrong, it was a problem with their brain; if two people got it wrong, then there must definitely be a problem with the name.

A large crowd below all tried hard to call out.

"Gou Huo...?"

"Gou Huo, Gou Huo... what on earth is going on? I clearly wanted to call out Gou Huo, why did what I called out turn into Gou Huo?"

"This name must be cursed!"

Xun Yu looked at that group of guys below the stage, speechless. Were these people polite? If you can't pronounce the name correctly, just don't call it; a whole group of people calling him Gou Huo—did he have no dignity?

Just as he was about to shout in anger, a cold, clear voice suddenly rang out, "Xun Yu!"

This voice immediately interrupted what Xun Yu was about to say and even made Nan Feihuang look over in shock.

Had he misheard just now? It seemed someone had really called out the two characters "Xun Yu."

This was something that even he, Xun Yu's lord, and Lan Xue, a Title Douluo, could not do.

Everyone's gaze turned toward a girl in white. Xun Yu looked at the girl, stuttering and excited, "Th-that, this classmate, could you please try calling it again?"

Ye Lingling looked at the gazes cast by the crowd in confusion, then looked at Xun Yu and said, "What's wrong? Did I call it wrong? Aren't you called Xun Yu?"

(End of chapter)