Chapter 50: Getting Lost!
Tang San has been practicing the Mysterious Heaven Technique since he was a child and has his past life experiences, so he is much further along in the Technique than us.
However, this allows us to have a smooth cultivation progress since he has already paved the way for us, allowing us to cultivate without the need to test methods. Of course, when he is away, we all come together and compare notes, we can't just wait for Tang San to teach us everything.
Flander and the other teachers soon finished their negotiations with Meng Shen-Ji and the other two Spirit Douluo elders, they were all satisfied with their conditions and were preparing to leave.
Flander had already gotten up when suddenly, and arrogant voice sounds from outside, "Is Principal Meng Shen-Ji here?"
From the tone of his voice, the speaker obviously didn't show any respect to Meng Shen-Ji. Meng Shen-Ji and the other two Spirit Douluo instantly recognised this voice as they wondered, 'Why would he come here?'
Knowing that the Poison Douluo Dugu Bo is coming, I quickly used my Illusion Ice Transformation on Little Jing and Xiao Wu, hiding their Spirit Beast nature, now even if Dugu Bo stared them dead in the eyes, he wouldn't know that they are Spirit Beasts.
Two sets of footsteps hurriedly approached the Board of Education, the door was flung open as they walked in. But, surprisingly there were three people instead of the two footsteps that were heard.
One of the people to enter was the pompous student leader, Xue Beng, that was beaten by Mu Bai yesterday.
Right now, Xue Beng was standing to the left of an older man, he had an intense expression of resentment towards all of us from Shrek.
Standing in the middle, an old man dressed in fancy embroidered clothes stood upright as he arrogantly walked into the room.
He looked slightly similar to Xue Beng, probably a relative. He gave the Board of Education elders a glance before looking away, he didn't seem the least bit deferential to them and instead seemed to disdain them.
Tang San and the others also saw the resemblance of the two and thought that Xue Beng has come to get revenge, but all the teachers were focused on the final man standing on the right, they hadn't been able to notice his movement at all.
To the right of the old man stood another old man. The old man was slim like a spear and both his hair and beard were a deep green colour. His eyes gave everyone a chilling feeling, as if they were getting stared down by a vicious snake.
He simply glanced at all of us before closing his eyes, simply following the old man in the middle. I tried to watch the old man walk, but I couldn't see his legs moving at all, he just seemed to shrink the ground without moving.
Little Jing was frightened and started trembling in my arms, I stroked her back and lightly consoled her. She realised that Dugu Bo didn't pay any attention to her even if she wasn't hiding her aura and realised that I was using my Illusions to mask her presence.
She began relaxed again as Xiao Wu also began to realise that she was safe, she looked at me gratefully and I just gave a slight nod, if she was to continue to look scared and try to hide her aura then she will draw attention instead.
Meng Shen-Ji was the first to step forward as he bowed slightly, "Lord Prince, why have you come?" Meng Shen-Ji asked the magnificently dressed man in the middle, but all his attention was fixed on the green haired man.
The other two Spirit Douluo were also fixated on the green haired main, he is able to move without them noticing, meaning that he is at a much higher level than the three of them, so he is likely a Titled Douluo.
Prince Xue Xing glanced at the people of Shrek Academy when Xue Beng whispered something in his ear. Prince Xue Xing nodded his head before asking, "Does the board members have visitors? Why don't you introduce us?"
Meng Shen-Ji frowned at the attitude of Prince Xue Xing, after all, Meng Shen-Ji is a Spirit Douluo and even a prince should be treating him with respect. But this person was in charge of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, thus he couldn't afford to offend him.
Meng Shen-Ji smiled lightly as he invited the group inside as he introduced us to Prince Xue Xing, "Your highness, this is Shrek Academy's dean, Flander. He is here for the collaboration project we created. Dean Flander, this is his highness the Heaven Dou Empire's Prince Xue Xing, the Imperial Academy is currently under his highness' administration."
Flander couldn't be bothered to deal with this arrogant prince, but he still slightly bowed as he greeted him, "Greetings, your highness."
However, Prince Xue Xing didn't even spare Flander a glance and coldly said, "Shrek Academy? I have never heard of such an Academy, so it is probably just some mediocre school. Principal Meng Shen-Ji, how could you allow people of such unknown origin into our Academy?"
In just a couple sentences, Prince Xue Xing garnered the hate of the entire Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji looked like he was about to step up and beat him to death but was stopped by Flander.
Meng Shen-Ji's expression was extremely weird, "Your highness, even if you use those words on us, you cannot use those words on Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy has cultivated countless outstanding Spirit Masters, our Academy's Teacher Qin was also from Shrek Academy. Dean Flander and the rest of Shrek Academy are willing to teach at our institution."
Prince Xue Xing had a stupefied expression on his face as he let out an "Eh?". Qin Ming was the most outstanding teacher at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and was likely to become a Titled Douluo by the age of 60. Now he called the Academy that raised him a mediocre school of unknown origins.
But he couldn't back down now as he said, "Humph! They may have been able to cultivate a talent like Qin Ming, but that is surely because of his own outstanding talent. What is to say that they have another outstanding talent. Look at how many students they have, could it be that they are all outstanding talents like Teacher Qin, they even accept little kids."
The last one was aimed at Little Jing as she looked at Prince Xue Xing. She poked her tongue out at him and making a noise before hiding her head in my chest. I gave a little laugh as I saw Prince Xue Xing's outraged look.
"She had a mutation during her Spirit Awakening Ceremony, so she grows three times slower than normal, she is actually 13-years-old." I give a small explanation.
Flander didn't give Prince Xue Xing time to get angry at us as he spoke, "Prince Xue Xing, how do you want to test if my children are talented?"
Prince Xue Xing regained his calm after a couple seconds, he smiled lightly, "It's very simple actually. All you have to do is last five minutes against mister Dugu here, then we will recognise you as talents immediately. However, if you can't, then do like Xue Beng said yesterday, and immediately get out of here."
This time, it was our turn to get angry as Mu Bai was stirred up. He was about to pounce on Prince Xue Xing, but at that moment, Dugu Bo opened his eyes and glanced at Mu Bai.
His dark green eyes seemed to lack any signs of life, only displaying endless coldness with a grim and nefarious aura. Mu Bai was shocked as his body trembled, he let out a small groan before falling to the ground motionless.
I set Little Jing down as I pull her and the girls behind me, ready to use my Yin Ice Staff to create a barrier. Zhi Lin uses his vine to wrap around Mu Bai and forcefully pulls him to our side.
Meng Shen-Ji angrily looked at Prince Xue Xing, "Your highness, you must not be too excessive!"
Prince Xue Xing only snorted disdainfully, "What too excessive? As the direct supervisor of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, I have the authority to decide on personnel matters. If you disagree, then you can go and complain to His Majesty. But until His Majesty says otherwise, I am still in charge here!"
"You—!" Meng Shen-Ji was speechless with anger.
Zhi Lin used his Spirit Ability to cover Mu Bai in a blue light as he woke up. Mu Bai shivered as he had a terrified look on his face when he remembered what happened. It's to be expected, it is like when I got beat by Er Ming back then, we don't stand a chance against a Titled Douluo level character.
Dugu Bo released a green light from his body as Spirit Rings began to appear. A total of 9 Spirit Rings hovered behind his body as they gave off a domineering aura.
All the teachers from Shrek Academy and even the three Spirit Douluo elders changed complexions once seeing Dugu Bo's 9 Spirit Rings. None of them had the confidence to contend with a Titled Douluo. Even though Spirit Douluo and Titled Douluo was only one realm apart, the distance in their power was as far apart as heaven and earth.
Yu Xiao Gang blocked the way of the furious Shrek Academy teachers and spoke to Dugu Bo, "With the distinguished name Dugu, and he fishy oppressive smell of poison. If I'm not mistaken, you should be the Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo."
Dugu Bo laughed, "I didn't expect someone to still remember me. Correct, I'm Dugu Bo. Since you know who I am, will you still not get lost?"
Unexpectedly, Yu Xiao Gang nodded his head, with a calm expression, he said, "Fine, we'll get lost. Flander, we're getting lost."
He pulled Flanders hand and started leaving. Flander was angry that his Shrek Academy was disgraced like this, but he knew that he couldn't implicate everyone else just because of his pride. If he tried to fight Dugu Bo, not only would he die, but everyone in Shrek Academy would likely die with him.
Yu Xiao Gang turned to the three Spirit Douluo elders as he apologised, "I'm sorry, seniors. Let's forget about the matters from today on. We will never forget the elders' sincerity in the elders' reception. I'm sure we'll meet again."
"Wait a moment!" Meng Shen-Ji had a determined look in his eyes as he turned to Dugu Bo, "Dugu Bo, let us three experience your poison."
Meng Shen-Ji and the other two elders released their Spirit's in full force as they stared down Dugu Bo. When faced with three Spirit Douluo's, even Dugu Bo can't take it too easy, he squinted his eyes a bit as he grew more serious.
Flander sighed as he stopped the three elders, "Let it be…" he lightly saluted the three Spirit Douluo, "We have brought trouble to you three elders. Since Heaven Dou Imperial Academy does not want us, how could we ask to stay?"
Flander left with all of us from Shrek following him, Xiao Wu was a bit closer than usual as she dragged Tang San with her. She was afraid that she would accidentally walk out of my range and reveal herself to Dugu Bo.
At this moment, a young woman stepped in from outside, "Grandpa!" she threw herself onto Dugu Bo the instant she walked in, not caring about the people around her or Dugu Bo's nine Spirit Rings.
Dugu Bo's cold face immediately softened as he hugged the young lady, "Yan Yan, good, you have grown a bit stronger again."
We could instantly recognise her as Dugu Yan, the control system Spirit Master in the Emperor Battle Team.
Since we could see her, Dugu Yan could obviously see us as well. She looked at Tang San and instantly recognised him as the one that broke her poison. She hugged Dugu Bo's neck as she whispered a couple sentences into his ear.
We had already left, so we didn't hear anything that she said. We continued to walk all the way until we were out of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's land. We noticed Qin Ming following us a while ago but didn't stop him.
Mu Bai was still angry at Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, "Dean, we can't just let things go like this, let's rebuild Shrek Academy and make Heaven Dou Imperial Academy regret their actions."
Mu Bai spoke for all of us as he is the leader of the younger generation, we all nodded our heads in agreement.
Flander shook his head, "It is our bad luck that brought this upon us. I don't know why, but I don't have the slightest intention of punishing the Imperial Academy. Perhaps I have grown old and tired over the years."
Rong Rong also tried to console Flander by inviting everyone to come to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Castle.
Flander's gaze softened seeing that everyone is thinking of him, he knew that all his decisions right now impacted not just himself, but all the teachers and students at Shrek Academy. He shook his head gently, "How about this, since we have already come so far, let's go and rest at Heaven Dou City. As for what to do next, we can talk about it later."
We followed Flanders suggestions as we left Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and walked towards the Empire's Capital.
The two places are very close together, so after a short while we were already able to see the tall walls of the Capital City.
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The_Wulin Here is chapter 2 out of 2!
Merry Christmas everyone, it looks like the zombie apocalypse didn't happen, so I will have to try again next year...
Before y'all ask, Wulin isn't going near Dugu Bo, he isn't poison proof like Tang San, yet... He will be taking the Yin Yang Well after Tang San comes back and gives them the herbs though.
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Chapter 51: Blue Tyrant Academy!
We get in the line to enter the Imperial Capital, as we got closer to the city walls, we could see a large announcement posted to the side of our line.
[Recruiting: Blue Tyrant Advanced Spirit Master Academy, Because of its expansion, is presently recruiting the following staff: Ten fortieth ranked or higher Spirit Masters. Higher Spirit Power has priority, favourable terms of employment.]
Flander was astonished that an Academy was able to advertise itself on the city gates. Qin Ming, who is the most knowledgeable about Heaven Dou Capital, hurriedly informed Flander in all he could about the Academy.
"Blue Tyrant Academy is an elite Academy that has an extremely strict education. In the last Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, they were even able to knock out one of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's two competing teams.
However, this year that Blue Tyrant Academy class should have graduated, and this year the Heaven Dou Imperial Team is much stronger than last time, Blue Tyrant Academy probably doesn't stand a chance anymore."
Flander had a thoughtful look in his eyes as he stroked his chin, "How big is this academy?"
"It should be around a third of the size of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, but the expenses are no less than Heaven Dou Academy's because of their location in the Heaven Dou Capital. It is said that they refuse all nobles and only accept commoners, suggesting that they have a massive background." Qin Ming said.
"Dean Flander, let's try enrolling in this academy, it is too difficult for us to gain Advanced Spirit Master Academy qualifications now. If we join this academy, we will be able to get revenge against Heaven Dou Imperial Academy!" I say.
A vengeful light shine in the eyes of the other students, they are all geniuses that have never been forced to scram like that before, so they are reasonably furious.
They all look at Flander in silent agreement to my words, hoping that Flander accepts my proposal.
Flander gives a little laugh, "I was also thinking the same thing. The requirements to reopen Shrek Academy and gain Advanced Spirit Master Academy qualifications are many, far too many. Plus, I am already so old, as are these old brothers of mine. Besides, not taking revenge for this day's disgrace is not the style of me, Flander."
The teachers all expressed their willingness to follow Flander as we decided to enrol in Blue Tyrant Academy. With the familiar Qin Ming to guide us, we followed the address on the announcement and very quickly reached our destination.
Blue Tyrant Academy's gates were around as large as Heaven Dou City's city gates, causing the miserly Flander to shine with eyes of greed, "Hehehe~ To be able to have a gate as large as the city's, the pay for teachers must not be low."
His laugh was so sinister that some walking pedestrians turned their heads and quickly ran away. We also wanted to keep our distance from Flander, he was even rubbing his hands together like a villain.
We walked up to the gates of Blue Tyrant Academy as we get a closer look at its grandness.
The gate house was made out of beautifully carved white marble, but that didn't lower its imposing nature. On the top of the gate house were six large words in gold letters, 'Blue Tyrant Advanced Spirit Master Academy'.
I looked over to Yu Xiao Gang as I know he will soon meet with Liu Erlong. He has a strange look on his face, like he is uncomfortable but doesn't know why. He follows behind Flander as he tries to figure out what he is feeling.
To the side of the gate house was a small building for receiving visitors, above the door was written 'Recruitment Office'.
Inside, a forty-year-old man was sitting in front of a desk, he looked towards us students and asked, "Are you all here to enrol at the academy?".
Looking at it from his perspective, we probably look like a bunch of village children getting escorted by some village uncles to enrol in the Academy.
Flander shook his head, "No, we are the ones to enlist in the Academy. These children are out disciples. If we can successfully get employed, our students will also want to enrol here."
Now that we are closer, the man was able to get a better look at us. He had a strange look on his face as he saw that most of us were young teenagers, there was even a small child only around eight-years-old.
He didn't think that we would have very high Spirit Rank's with our young age, and that our teachers must not be very high level either if the oldest looking student was just 17-18-years-old. It is more common for people around 20-years-old to enrol in this academy, even 16-18-year-olds are comparably rarer.
But he has been waiting here for several days, and now he is faced with several potential teachers, with enthusiasm, the admittance teacher said, "Whether applying to enrol as teacher or student, you must complete a test. If you are able to become Academy teachers, I believe it will also be possible to accommodate your disciples."
We naturally don't have any problems with a small test, so Flander nodded his head, "A test is no problem, where is it?"
The admittance teachers hurriedly stood up as he led the way to where the test is held. Walking into Blue Tyrant Academy, we walked along a spacious path, surrounding us were forests on both sides.
At the end of the path, a large field measuring at least 200 metres in diameter was surrounded by multiple three-story buildings.
The admittance teacher introduced the scenery as he led the way. Inside the three-story buildings were mimicry environments, student dorms, and teaching facilities.
We were brought to a sharp roofed building. Inside, the building was very simple, granite floors, white walls, lit up by the large windows placed all around. The admittance teacher let us stay inside the hall as he went to get the examiners.
Soon, three Spirit Masters came out from a room, each with a strict expression on their faces. They seemed around forty-years-old and had ordinary appearances, there didn't appear to be anything extraordinary about them or their aura's.
The person in the lead said, "Everyone taking the Spirit Master examination, please do so one by one. Who is first?"
Flander looked at Qin Ming and said, "Little Ming, you go first." Qin Ming is the weakest among the teachers, and also the most talented, so Flander let him go first to create a large impact.
Qin Ming stepped forward and nodded to the three, "May I ask, how will this test be conducted?"
The Spirit Master in the front said, "Please release your Spirit, as long as you've reached the fortieth level, then, in a fight with one of us, if you can last for ten minutes you are eligible."
Qin Ming was forced to choke back his anger in Heaven Dou Imperial Academy because of Dugu Bo's incredible strength, but now that he was faced with weaker people, he vented his anger as he released his Spirit with full pressure.
The atmosphere in the entire hall grew heavy and the three Blue Tyrant Academy Spirit Masters in front of Qin Ming staggered, barely able to keep their balance as their faces turned pale with fright.
These three Spirit Masters were only Spirit King level Spirit Masters, and when faced with Qin Ming's Spirit Emperor level pressure, they were barely able to control themselves. They looked at Qin Ming with aghast and saw his Spirit Rings float from his body.
A total of six Spirit Rings floated behind Qin Ming, two yellow, three purple, and one black. Qin Ming stood in front of us as he lightly said, "Sixty second ranked Inferno Gray Wolf Spirit Emperor, Qin Ming, Power Attack System. Which of you will advise me?"
The three Blue Tyrant Spirit Masters were astonished, 'Advise? Advise your damn mother! How are we going to advise you when we are weaker than you!'
The leading Blue Tyrant Spirit Master gave a slight cough, "Eh, there is no need for a combat test. The Academy rules state that any Spirit Master exceeding the sixtieth rank are exempt from further tests. You have already passed."
Qin Ming gave a satisfied huff as he retracted his Spirit, allowing the atmosphere to go back to normal. The three examiners inwardly wiped their sweat now that they were no longer pressured by Qin Ming.
The Blue Tyrant Spirit Master on the left couldn't help but ask, "If I may be so presumptuous to ask, how old are you this year?" He used an extremely polite tone since Qin Ming seemed so young and was an even higher rank than himself.
"Thirty-four." Qin Ming was calm as he glanced at the three Blue Tyrant Spirit Masters.
The eyes of the three Blue Tyrant Spirit Masters opened wider than they have ever opened before. They have never seen, let alone heard of a Spirit Emperor at the age of thirty-four, now, one such impossibility has appeared in front of them.
Flander didn't give them any time to recover as he said, "Oh, since Spirit Masters over the sixtieth level do not require additional testing, then there is no need for us to waste time. Brothers, Spirit Rings."
Apart from Yu Xiao Gang, the teachers from Shrek Academy released their Spirit Rings one after the other. In an instant, two Spirit Emperors and three Spirit Sages appeared in front of the three examiners.
Flander has already recovered from earlier today and arrogantly shows off his Spirit Rings, "So, do we also pass?"
The examiners were shocked to death when they saw the five teachers all above the sixtieth level, and only came back to life when Flander asked his question.
The leading examiner nodded his head like a chicken pecking at the ground as he hurriedly said, "Y-yes, of course you can. Seniors, please withdraw your Spirits."
When faced with weaker Spirit Masters, Flander has his usual arrogance, yet when faced with a Titled Douluo, he has no choice but to lower his head. In the end, it is strength that speaks the loudest in this world.
The leading Blue Tyrant examiner stepped forward as he took a deep breath, "My humble name is Yin Shu, Fifty-fourth ranked Power Attack System. I am unable to evaluate all the seniors' levels. As it is like this, I will bring you to meet our dean who will be able to determine everyone's levels and treatment."
"Let's go then." Flander smiled lightly. Naturally, he and the Shrek Academy teachers are much happier being admired than when they were disdained and were in a happy mood again.
Yin Shu and the other two examiners lead us out of the hall to a small path behind the Academy. This path led directly into the forest that surrounds the main campus.
Yu Xiao Gang was puzzled at their direction as he asked, "Your dean isn't at the campus?"
Yin Shu shook his head, his eyes revealing a deep and sincere reverence, "The dean normally isn't in the Academy, preferring the quiet and living alone in the forest. The Academy's everyday affairrs are handled by the teachers, only when there are major matters, do we seek out the dean."
Yu Xiao Gang nodded his head. He was moving a little sluggishly, it looks like he wants to run away, but his heart is forcing him to stay. Flander also knows that Liu Erlong is in this Academy, so he pulls Yu Xiao Gang to keep up with him.
We continue to walk for around ten minutes as we bask in the fresh and clean atmosphere of the forest. Suddenly, a soft voice of a woman could he heard singing far ahead. The voice seemed to hold many unbearable emotions, the deep sorrow, mourning and bitterness flowed through the gentle voice, making all of us unconsciously feel the torment that she has endured.
Flander and Yu Xiao Gang had already stopped walking when the singing started, Flander had a strange and slightly bitter expression on his face, while Yu Xiao Gang had tears streaming down his face.
Yu Xiao Gang seemed to be struggling within himself but couldn't bring himself to run away. I walk up and put a hand on his shoulder, "She has not been suffering any less, at least go and see her…"
His body trembled a bit as he looked back at me. It seems my words worked, as he forced himself to move forward.
We continued for a couple hundred metres as the forest began thinning, on one easily noticeable tree, a sign is hung, 'Restricted area, please do not enter.'
Beyond this tree, the scenery completely changes. There was a large clearing, containing a small lake, small enough to be considered a pool. Beside the lake, a simple thatch cottage stood, surrounded by a magnificent garden of flowers.
In the midst of these flowers, I could see a beautiful woman with a forlorn expression on her face, she had a kettle of water in her hands as she tended to the flowers.
Perhaps she heard our footsteps, she raised her gaze to our direction as she saw the three Blue Tyrant Spirit Masters. She was a little annoyed that people were disturbing her peace and tranquillity, but she saw that there were many more people behind them as she moved her attention to them.
Her gaze wandered over all of us before reaching Flander and Yu Xiao Gang, her entire body stiffened as her body trembled, her hand relaxed and the kettle fell to the ground, spilling water everywhere, but she didn't seem to notice as she stared at Yu Xiao Gang.
Countless emotions rippled in her eyes as tears began to stream down her face, although she was crying, she had an expression filled with love and disbelief, "Xiao— Xiao Gang, is that truly you? I'm not dreaming?"
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Here is today's chapter!
Tang San is going to disappear to Sunset forest soon so there will be a couple chapters without him as well as a surprise!
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