Chapter 117: Differing Intentions

Dugu Bo personally threw Qin Ming into the Heavenly Prison.

During the escort, no one told Qin Ming what he had done, leading him to believe this was a deliberate act of revenge.

"Senior Dugu, I am Yan Zi's teacher! What exactly do you intend by treating me this way?"

As a man about to die, Dugu Bo could not be bothered to waste his breath on the other party.

He extended his hand, and a small snake slithered out from his sleeve, coiled its body, arched to exert force, leaped onto Qin Ming, and bit down fiercely.

Qin Ming immediately felt like a deflated ball; the soul power within his body leaked out uncontrollably, and in the blink of an eye, it had bottomed out.

Now, aside from having the empty rank of soul power, he was completely unable to unleash any soul skill.

Only criminals who were truly imprisoned would have their soul power crippled.

Qin Ming was terrified, shouting loudly that he had been framed.

However, the jailers would not indulge him; they swung a few clubs at his mouth, and he became completely obedient.

Inside the Imperial Palace.

As it concerned the interests of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, Emperor Xueye had to attend the trial of Qin Ming.

The Three Education Committees initially wanted to defend Qin Ming, but once Prince Xue Xing produced the evidence, the three of them wilted like frost-bitten eggplants, immediately falling silent.

Ministry of Justice officials listed Qin Ming's crimes one by one, supplementing them with corresponding evidence.

With the evidence conclusive, whether Qin Ming attended or not was no longer important.

In this testimony, the confession regarding Shrek Academy was purely obtained through "fishing."

Wu Qi had sent them cultivation resources in Qin Ming's name, so Tang San and the others naturally felt grateful.

And among the Shrek Seven Devils, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai often frequented houses of pleasure.

In those dens of indulgence, they had unknowingly sold Qin Ming out completely.

This was the most critical piece of evidence.

Once the crimes were read, Emperor Xueye spoke slowly, "Meng Shenji, you were once the friends I trusted most. I never expected such a thing to happen right under your noses; it is truly disappointing."

At a time like this, better the Daoist friend dies than oneself!

Zhilin Hun Douluo hurriedly spoke, "Your Majesty, this action was done by Qin Ming alone; we were deceived by him!"

"I admit that regarding Shrek Academy, we lacked investigation, and everything was Qin Ming's one-sided story. It is precisely because of this that we..."

This matter was indeed unrelated to the Three Education Committees; otherwise, they would not be standing before Xueye.

Prince Xue Xing sneered, "The Three Education Committees have contributed too much to the Empire. Now that they are advanced in age, it is time for them to rest."

Qin Ming was, after all, a talent strongly recommended by the Three Education Committees; with such a major incident occurring, they could not shirk the blame for their negligence.

Xueye waved his hand, "At noon three days from now, bring Qin Ming to the Southeast Market for execution. Bring all witnesses and evidence; let every teacher within the Empire see the fate of such scum!"

"Although the Three Education Committees have faults, considering their years of hard work and great contributions, I cannot bear to be harsh. Just retire and return to your hometowns; the Empire will provide you with a grand retirement ceremony."

"Over the next month, hand over the academy's work to my younger brother and stand your final post for the Empire."

"That is all; I am weary."

After speaking, Emperor Xueye left the Ministry of Justice hall, supported by his guards.

Prince Xue Xing was in an excellent mood.

In this way, the jurisdiction of the academy had fallen completely into his hands.

Having a political power base was the foundation for future expansion.

For a moment, he could not help but imagine the scene of stepping on Xue Qinghe after gradually gaining the support of the nobles in the future.

The news of Qin Ming's execution spread quickly throughout Tiandou City.

The testimonies of Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, and others pushed Qin Ming to the forefront of the storm.

"What the hell is this guy? Is that how a teacher acts?"

"Heh, this is probably the first case on the continent of a teacher attempting to sabotage their own students!"

This was a very bad precedent; Qin Ming was destined to be the example used to warn others.

Yu Tianheng had wanted to protect Qin Ming, but his influence within the team was gone.

He held the title of captain, but no one recognized it.

For a time, he was deeply struck by this and began to consider leaving the team.

He even began to regret not accepting Yu Xiaogang's invitation; if the personnel of Shrek Academy were filled, he truly did not know where he would go.

At the academy, Sun Buyu clapped and cheered, "Such scum should be executed by slow slicing!"

Wu Qi coughed lightly, and he realized he had lost his composure.

After a pause, he said, "I have already finished coordinating with Seven Treasure Academy; everyone just needs to handle the withdrawal procedures."

Handling transfer procedures was quite troublesome, and only the receiving academy would require it.

Seven Treasure Academy did not make such a request, so they did not need to make an unnecessary move.

However, in the short term, the paperwork would likely be difficult to handle.

Sun Buyu told everyone the latest news, "The Three Education Committees have been dismissed, and the person in charge of the academy from now on is Prince Xue Xing. They are doing handover work recently, so withdrawal procedures must be delayed for a while."

Ning Rongrong snorted, "The Three Education Committees deserve it."

When she first arrived at the academy, her impression of the Three Education Committees was not bad.

But as Qin Ming meddled, the Three Education Committees could not distinguish right from wrong and allowed him to act recklessly.

Ending up like this today was purely deserved.

Wu Qi did not find this surprising.

When people get old, they become soft-hearted.

Compared to others, Qin Ming was more "favored" by the Three Education Committees; at the same time, the latter had long-term contact with the Three Education Committees, and with constant complaints, the Three Education Committees would inevitably waver.

In the original timeline, after Xue Qinghe's affair was exposed, the three of them were thrown directly to the front lines by Xue Beng, clearly with no intention of letting them live.

Being able to land safely can be considered a decent outcome.

……

Qin Ming acted recklessly within the academy, and imperial officials had long since gathered a large number of testimonies.

Xue Ye felt very melancholy about this.

Xue Qinghe had gone out to hunt for soul rings and it was unknown when he would return; given Qin Ming's oppressive behavior toward Wu Qi and the others at the academy, the latter would likely drop out because of it.

The empire had long since seen the monstrous talent of Wu Qi.

Letting such a monster go was undoubtedly a major loss for the empire.

Yet he did not know how to keep them, as, after all, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had indeed wronged them in this matter.

While he was distressed, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived.

Wu Qi had already taken action, and Ning Fengzhi knew he had to move closer as quickly as possible.

The matter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect establishing the Seven Treasure Academy had been reported to Emperor Xueye in advance.

Furthermore, under his urging, the Ministry of Education handled the matter as a special case, and the school establishment permits had long since been issued.

Xue Ye was no fool; with the Seven Treasure Academy having just been built, Ning Fengzhi's visit was most likely to poach people.

To put it bluntly, flies do not bite seamless eggs.

If Huangdou Academy had not treated Wu Qi and the others so harshly, would he have to worry about them being poached?

As Ning Fengzhi spoke, Xue Ye immediately felt a headache.

It would certainly not do for the geniuses discovered and cultivated by Huangdou Academy to be easily poached by the Seven Treasure Academy!

But Xue Ye also knew that if Wu Qi and the others chose to leave, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family could not stop them.

In the end, Ning Fengzhi proposed adding the suffix of Tiandou Huangjia Xueyuan after the name of the Seven Treasure team, and only then did Xue Ye agree.

As long as the name of Huangdou Academy could appear on the competition field, it was not impossible to let Wu Qi and the others transfer to the Seven Treasure Academy.

It could also be considered doing a favor for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

(End of chapter)