Chapter 71: Not Daring to Stir Trouble Is Mediocrity!

While the Shilake group kept their heads down and ran forward, Yu Tianyun cradled three beauties and flew at high speed.

Yu Tianyun's Dragon Transformation flight originally consumed Qi and blood to an extreme degree, making long‑duration flight impossible.

But since entering the Little World of Dragon Valley, he has absorbed a great amount of true dragon souls and dragon clouds, and has been able to maintain the Dragon Transformation for long periods while digging graves and burying bones; now Yu Tianyun's Qi and blood are unusually robust.

Even if he stays in Dragon Transformation continuously, the impact on him is minimal, at most requiring a lot of eating to replenish stamina.

Under this rapid flight, they reached a small town near the Star Dou Great Forest before noon; they did not enter the Star Dou Great Forest directly, but stayed in the town.

Without waiting for the women to ask, Yu Tianyun took the initiative to explain: "Since Oscar, who broke the thirty‑level soul power, hasn't arrived, entering the Star Dou Great Forest is useless. Let's rest a bit in this town and wait for them."

The two little cats, both in spirit and body, had long been subdued by Yu Tianyun and naturally obeyed his every word.

But for some reason, Ning Rongrong also nodded very obediently, no longer acting like the little witch she once was, and softly replied, "Hmm."

If Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin and Gu Rong saw how obedient Ning Rongrong was before Yu Tianyun, who knows what they'd think! And it's unclear whether Ning Fengzhi would regret the town near the Star Dou Great Forest after learning of his own lecherousness; Yu Tianyun had been there once before, and even the town closest to the Star Dou Great Forest was still a hundred kilometers away.

After all, this is the continent's largest wild soul‑beast forest; even its outskirts may host thousand‑year soul beasts, and perhaps even ten‑thousand‑year ones.

If you get too close, life danger can arise at any moment!

This town is much like the ones Yu Tianyun has seen before, also quite prosperous. With the rich resources of the Star Dou Great Forest, the soul masters' trade here is extremely booming, since soul masters are usually not short of money.

Ning Rongrong had never been here, so she was very curious, dragging Yu Tianyun and the two little cats for an afternoon stroll. The young rich lady bought many things, and when dusk fell, they found a hotel, booked a room, and prepared to rest.

That's right, just one room!

The taste for marrow wasn't unique to Yu Tianyun; the three women also came to love that feeling.

But they feared being alone with Yu Tianyun, thinking they might be overwhelmed and die in bed, so they let their older sister Zhu Zhuyun open a room.

The three beauties battling Lu Bu, even if they lose, would feel better! While the four were enjoying dinner in the lobby, the Shilake group finally arrived.

Yu Tianyun gave them a brief greeting and then continued to enjoy dinner happily under the three women's service.

After the Shilake group settled their rooms, Zhao Wuji went straight up to the second‑floor room, while the remaining five Shilake members stayed in the first‑floor lobby to eat.

Dai Mubai, seeing his fiancée so intimate with Yu Tianyun, felt extremely displeased and snapped at Ma Hongjun, "You fatso, aren't you already starving? Hurry up and go order the dishes."

"Got it!" Ma Hongjun didn't mind the "fatso" remark; instead, he was delighted and scampered over to the waiter.

"Sit! Sit wherever you like, this meal's on me!" Dai Mubai waved his hand generously, but as he spoke, his peripheral glance lingered on Zhu Zhuqing beside Yu Tianyun.

Zhu Zhuqing paid no attention to Dai Mubai's every move, her gaze staying fixed on Yu Tianyun.

This made Dai Mubai increasingly irritated, but recalling Yu Tianyun's strength and ruthless tactics, he dared not show any sign of rebellion.

After a short while, the waiter brought out all their dishes.

As everyone prepared to eat, a group of finely dressed people entered the hotel, their robes embroidered with large "Canghui" characters, and they flamboyantly called the waiter over.

"Canghui Academy? A famous scene is about to happen!"

Yu Tianyun felt a slight thrill, but paid it no mind.

Sure enough, as a "little" pervert, Ma Hongjun's small eyes fixed on the sole girl among the Canghui Academy party, his gaze wandering over her private parts.

Yu Tianyun also glanced calmly, silently nodding in his mind: "Whether to say it or not, this little fatty's eye is actually decent; the Canghui Academy's female students are indeed quite attractive—fair skin, the right curves, the right perky parts—but compared with my own Zhu Yun, Zhu Qing, and Rong Rong, they're far behind."

At this moment, Ma Hongjun leaned toward Dai Mubai and said, "Boss Dai, that little girl looks so lewd! Those guys must be from Canghui Academy."

The three women beside Yu Tianyun and Xiao Wu beside Tang San both showed disgust at this.

"Disgusting!"

The two words simultaneously echoed in the minds of several girls.

Dai Mubai, hearing that, looked over, his eyes instantly lit up, he curled his lip and contemptuously said, "It's just a tiny Canghui Academy, what arrogance!"

Neither Ma Hongjun nor Dai Mubai deliberately lowered their voices; in fact, Dai Mubai's voice was several decibels louder than Ma Hongjun's.

A soul master's hearing is naturally far better than an ordinary person's; despite the restaurant's clamor, the middle‑aged leader of the Canghui Academy still cast a glance over.

When he saw the Shilake table, which was still just a bunch of kids, his brows knit instantly and his complexion turned very sour.

At this point, Oscar sidled up to Tang San, chuckled lightly and said, "There's a good show now."

Tang San raised an eyebrow, puzzled, and asked softly, "Good show? What do you mean?"

Oscar whispered, "It's also part of our cultivation at the academy, it's our school motto. Dean Fland once said, a soul master who doesn't dare to cause trouble isn't a good soul master. As the saying goes, 'Not daring to cause trouble is mediocrity!' Moreover, provoking people from the Soul Master Academy is the safest; at worst it's just a fight."

Tang San couldn't help but laugh, "Our dean's words are really interesting; put together they could form a monster quote. But judging by their ages, this Canghui Academy must be a high‑level soul master academy."

Yu Tianyun was speechless inside; Tang San truly lives up to being raised in the low‑class Tang Sect, lacking even the most basic three‑views!

What purpose does the Shilake school motto serve? To breed students who think they're above everyone? To train them to casually stir up trouble without fearing hitting a steel plate?

If you really encounter a high‑rank soul master, you wouldn't even know how to die!

No wonder the Shilake Academy's student mortality rate is so high; it seems not only their hunting of soul beasts is unreliable, but this motto also contributes. To Yu Tianyun, the Shilake motto, aside from courting death, only exudes a sense of eccentricity and show‑off, as if only such behavior makes Shilake students fit their monster identity.

In the end, Sotto City is just too small; with Shilake teachers' strength, they can run rampant, which gave rise to this motto.

Normally, even if a student causes trouble, these teachers can easily settle it.

But aren't they afraid that a Title Douluo might pass by and get provoked by those students?

They're not scared; when these students leave the academy to roam the continent, they won't get into trouble by casually provoking conflicts, right?

For example, in the original timeline, Dai Mubai faithfully followed the Shilake Academy's motto, beating Snow Avalanche without regard for consequences—so what happened?

Snow Avalanche went to complain to Snow Star, who then brought Dugubo over; the Shilake group immediately wilted and left in disgrace.

After seeing Dugubo, why didn't they keep following the motto? It was simply cowardice—bullying the weak, fearing the strong.

Moreover, thinking carefully, Shilake doesn't teach any special knowledge; all teachers are self‑taught, only knowing running drills and going to the Great Soul‑Fighting Arena. If that's all, why join Shilake Academy? Even without joining, one can go to the arena for real combat! In short, Shilake Academy just has good recruitment; leveraging their bragged reputation to attract genius students, the academy itself doesn't really cultivate them—just not turning geniuses into waste is already rare.

If we must point out any advantage of Shilake Academy, it's that the teachers are strong. When a student breaks through a great realm, a powerful teacher can be dispatched to help them obtain a Soul Ring.

Yet even this advantage, Shilake Academy never makes proper use of.

When hunting soul beasts, students are forced to act themselves; teachers only intervene in emergencies, which is understandable as it gives students richer combat experience.

But Shilake's teachers are extremely unreliable, causing many talented students to be devoured by soul beasts without timely rescue!

In total, Shilake Academy has no strengths at all.

Yu Tianyun had long seen through this "monster academy's" true nature, so he refused to join; he only came here because his grandfather asked him to.

While Yu Tianyun was constantly pondering in his mind, the conflict between Canghui Academy and the five members of Shilake finally erupted.

With a muffled "Bang" sound, Dai Mubai flung a student from Canghui Academy far away.

Then Dai Mubai straightened his body, stretched lazily, and with a look of disdain and contempt said, "Sorry about that, I missed."

Not even Canghui Academy— even Tang San, who had wanted to befriend Dai Mubai, thought he was a bit punch‑worthy.

How can Canghui Academy tolerate this? If they do, they could even eat excrement!

The remaining six students rose together with a swish, glared angrily at the Shilake table, and charged forward.

Although Shilake Xueyuan isn't much, its students are truly gifted; in a few moves they subdued the Canghui Academy students, forcing the middle‑aged teacher on the other side to step forward and say, "I am the Director of External Affairs of Canghui Academy, Ye Zhiqiu. May I ask which sect you belong to?"

"We are from Shilake Xueyuan!"

After just dealing with the Canghui Academy students, Ma Hongjun was naturally very proud and directly Explosion his identity.

These youngsters are from an academy no one has even heard of! Since they're not from a sect, they'll be easy to handle! Ye Zhiqiu immediately relaxed and released his martial soul — Mystic Turtle.

Ye Zhiqiu's whole body glittered with black light, pushing the Shilake members' momentum back; his limbs shortened a bit, his back bulged, forming a huge turtle shell—white, yellow, yellow, purple, purple—and five Soul Rings rose sequentially from his feet.

Although Ye Zhiqiu is not among the strongest Soul Kings, he still suppressed the Shilake members.

The entire restaurant fell silent at once.

Only Yu Tianyun's four were unfazed; having seen Yu Tianyun's powerful big cat, they thought, "A Soul King without even a Ten‑thousand‑year Soul Ring? Pathetic. Our worst Soul Ring is ten thousand years!"

While Yu Tianyun's side was indifferent, the Shilake side seemed to face a great enemy; Tang San even slipped his hand to his belt, apparently preparing to strike with hidden weapons!

Even though Shocked the Shilake five, Ye Zhiqiu did not act directly, but said, "You children are immature. I won't spar with you; I'll call your teacher out."

Ma Hongjun sneered, "You old turtle still want to see our Zhao teacher? Young master, we're enough to deal with you!"

"Esteemed Soul Masters, please don't fight inside this small shop. Small business, small business," the shop owner, unable to sit still and trembling with fear of being dragged into anger, pleaded in a shaky voice as several Soul Masters were about to clash.

Ye Zhiqiu's martial soul is Mystic Turtle, and the two characters he most detests are the words "turtle."

He originally only intended to scare the Shilake members a bit, not to bully the weak, since he didn't know the strength of their academy.

But Ma Hongjun's remark offended him, and the veins at the corner of Ye Zhiqiu's eyes Explosion, his anger reaching the extreme.

Yet even in such fury, Ye Zhiqiu kept some reason, suppressing his impulse to strike after hearing the shop owner's plea, though he still didn't intend to let the Shilake members go unpunished, and, laughing angrily, said, "Fine, since you're so ungrateful, I'll discipline your teacher for you! Let's go outside."

Having said that, he turned toward the outside; although the huge turtle shell on his back swayed comically, the soul power he emitted was thick and showed his intense anger, and the Canghui Academy students followed him out of the hotel.

Seeing Ye Zhiqiu like this, Yu Tianyun couldn't help but look up at him a few times, thinking that Ye Ziqiu could keep some reason even in extreme anger and restrain himself for a common person's request—he seemed quite decent! Too bad he'll get beaten by Zhao Wuji!

As the Canghui Academy party left the hotel, Tang San and the others instantly turned their gazes toward Yu Tianyun.

Yu Tianyun was startled and thought to himself, "These little scrawny Tang San and his crew seem to want me to take the lead? Let them solve the trouble they caused themselves. Though Ye Zhiqiu is decent and I don't want him beaten by Zhao Wuji, I definitely don't want these scums to get ahead!"

He then said irritably, "What do you expect me to do? I'm not one of your Shilake people. Just because a Soul King has no Ten‑thousand‑year Soul Ring, you're scared? Solve your own mess!"

Seeing Yu Tianyun had no intention to act, Tang San immediately began arranging tactics, "His martial soul is Mystic Turtle; I can be sure he's a defensive‑type battle Soul Master. His attack won't be high, so the threat to us is small. Therefore, our combat method should be…"

After the tactics were set, the five Shilake members went out to meet the enemy.

Ning Rongrong showed no intention of taking the lead just because she is also a Shilake member; instead, she watched with amusement and said, "How interesting—a Soul Elder and four Great Soul Masters challenging a Soul King. Moreover, Tang San carries many special weapons; even a Soul Saint like Zhao Wuji suffered losses because of them. See to it, Tianyun brother, that you watch Tang San closely; if you ever face him, beware his unexpected special weapons."

Yu Tianyun sneered at hidden weapons, having always despised such low‑level tricks and never using them himself, though he might acquire some for Ning Rongrong's self‑defense if the chance arose.

Yu Tianyun smiled and earnestly replied to Ning Rongrong, "I'll keep that in mind. If we ever truly face him, I won't let him have a chance to use hidden weapons."

At that moment, Ye Zhiqiu, relying on the overwhelming strength of a Soul King, gradually suppressed the group, but out of respect for their identities he never dealt a killing blow.

They didn't deal a killing blow, but Tang San clenched his teeth, ready to use his hidden weapons; even if Ye Zhiqiu's turtle shell were hard, he was confident he could fire various hidden weapons through the gaps.

Yu Tianyun activated his spiritual power, sensed Zhao Wuji's Soul Power Fluctuation quickening, and knew Zhao Wuji was about to act. He quickly sent a mental message to Ye Zhiqiu, "Director Ye of Canghui Academy, I heard the Shilake Xueyuan's leading teacher is a Soul Saint, the former Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji! He's probably watching from the shadows now; Director, you'd better retreat early to avoid trouble!"

Ye Zhiqiu was startled by the message, transmitted a secret reply—something even he couldn't do—realizing the sender's strength must surpass his own; the opponent wouldn't be toying with him. This unheard‑of Shilake Xueyuan actually has a Soul Saint hidden, the notorious Immovable Bright King! Immediately, Ye Zhiqiu halted his plans to continue fighting and said to the Shilake crowd, "You children, today I'll let you off once; I hope you won't be so arrogant in the future."

Having said that, Ye Zhiqiu led the Canghui Academy group out quickly.

Upstairs, Zhao Wuji thumped the table, a look of regret on his face, and thought, "Hmph, you old turtle know your place!"

The Shilake crowd breathed a sigh of relief; only after real combat did they realize the Soul King was truly strong— even a Soul King without a Ten‑thousand‑year Soul Ring still gave them great pressure.

As for why Ye Zhiqiu let them go, the others didn't think much, assuming he simply couldn't deal with them, so he stopped.

The Shilake members returned to the hotel, eating when it was time to eat and resting when it was time to rest.

Meanwhile, Yu Tianyun's four finished dinner quickly, ignored the Shilake members, and returned to the prepared room on the second floor.

After entering the room, Yu Tianyun and the three beauties went to bathe one after another.

Soon, the sounds of a three‑hero battle against Lü Bu echoed from the room.

(End of Chapter)