Heh, Nothing Special

Spirit Hall Junior Academy.

"Qin He isn't planning to participate in this Multi-Academy Tournament? He's planning to train that guy named Xiao Chenyu to compete instead?"

Having received news from Notting City, Xie Yue's expression turned extremely grim.

Four years had passed. Spirit Hall's Golden Generation had begun to mature; some entered, while others left.

The Golden Generation was not a tier where, once you entered, you could remain forever.

If your growth fell behind the others, you would be knocked off the Golden Generation's throne!

Four years had passed...

Once upon a time, he, Xie Yue, had also been a rival capable of competing with Qin He!

But now, although Xie Yue was still among the Golden Generation, Qin He was already a full level ahead of them. He had actually started becoming a teacher!

"Brother, that Xiao Chenyu—is he the lackey who follows Qin He around all day?"

Four years later, Hu Liena wore a red dress that accentuated her voluptuous figure. The seductive aura around her had grown even richer than before, and she had faintly developed the bearing to charm all living beings!

At that moment, a trace of confusion showed in her eyes. Clearly, she had some impression of the name Xiao Chenyu, but it was not a particularly deep one!

"Hahaha, Little Nana, that's right. This Xiao Chenyu is that good-for-nothing who follows Qin He around!"

Xie Yue could not help bursting into laughter.

Xiao Chenyu had followed Qin He for so long, yet he had only reached Level 22. With that sort of talent, he could be considered trash at Spirit Hall Academy!

He, Xie Yue, was much younger than Xiao Chenyu, yet he had already reached Level 28!

Not to mention that his martial soul was far more powerful than Xiao Chenyu's!

"Brother, are you going to participate in this tournament?"

Hu Liena blinked her beautiful eyes slightly, as though she had fallen into thought.

For this Multi-Academy Tournament, most of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation could not even be bothered to participate.

In truth, quite a few powerful academies had not sent their most talented students to compete either.

Soul bones might be precious to commoner soul masters, but true geniuses already had specialists hunting the soul bones they needed for cultivation, and they were all the types best suited to them!

This Mammoth Giant Elephant Soul Bone was as useless as chicken ribs to those geniuses!

Besides, Qin He was not competing. There seemed to be no need for Hu Liena and the others to join such a tournament either!

Hu Liena shook her head and thought to herself, What's the point of going to a competition Qin He isn't entering?

Besides, Qin He is so scheming. Hiding in the shadows this time, he must be plotting something again. I, Hu Liena, won't fall for it!

"Hahaha, participate! Why wouldn't I? Qin He won't be making a move this time. He's just a mere Xiao Chenyu. If I, Xie Yue, participate, I'll definitely teach him a good lesson in the arena!"

"When Qin He's little brother loses face, how can Qin He possibly look good himself?"

Xie Yue's eyes shone with the same confidence!

I can't beat you, Qin He, but can't I beat your little brother?

For a time, countless young soul masters throughout the Heaven Dou Empire, all sharing Xie Yue's thoughts, signed up for this Multi-Academy Tournament!

"More than five hundred soul masters have already registered?"

Platinum Bishop Salas pondered for a while. Looking at the intelligence submitted by his subordinate, he shook his head and sighed softly.

Four years had passed, and Spirit Hall's younger generation had gradually grown up. Most had already acquired a certain degree of strength.

But!

Even after four years, there had still not been a single young soul master in Spirit Hall's younger generation who had surpassed Level 30!

Meanwhile, Qin He had clearly received countless invitations from advanced soul master academies, yet he still refused to attend an advanced academy for further study and remained at Notting Academy instead.

Moreover, Qin He had seemed to display Level 30 Soul Power for quite a long time now.

If it had been before, Salas might have thought that some genius had fallen.

But!

Qin He had that bad habit of pretending to be weak before overpowering others. It was not as though Salas did not know that!

"Lord Bishop, that's how it is. Young Lord Qin He will not be participating in this competition. We also heard that Young Lord Qin He has trained an apprentice—his little brother Xiao Chenyu. He intends to have Xiao Chenyu participate, and his goal is apparently to win first place..."

At his side, Platinum Bishop Salas's subordinate carefully explained.

"Qin He isn't participating? That brat really knows how to hide!"

The corner of Platinum Bishop Salas's mouth twitched as he took a deep breath.

Over the past four years, Spirit Hall had known virtually nothing about Qin He's cultivation progress.

They had sent countless spies to investigate his cultivation, but every report came back the same: Qin He was sleeping, sleeping, sleeping...

No one had ever seen Qin He make a move. Who knew what his true strength was like?

Yet unexpectedly, this Multi-Academy Tournament had not only failed to become an opportunity for Qin He to act, but Qin He had actually chosen to send out an apprentice instead!

"Heh, Qin He is only eleven years old, isn't he? An eleven-year-old can already be a teacher? How talented is this Xiao Chenyu?"

Out of respect for Qin He, Salas could not help asking another question.

Qin He must not be underestimated!

This Xiao Chenyu's name might reek of insignificant extra, but since Qin He had taken a liking to him, he surely had something extraordinary about him. It seemed I should notify Spirit Hall's students to deal with him carefully!

"Xiao Chenyu is doing fairly well at Notting Academy, but there seems to be something wrong with his head... Recently, spies reported that Xiao Chenyu has been rolling around on the training ground all day..."

The spy beside him haltingly revealed the information he had gathered.

Salas: "..."

Are you fucking kidding me?

Could it be that Qin He planned to send such a clown into this Multi-Academy Tournament just to embarrass himself in front of everyone?

"He must be trying to numb us at Spirit Hall! That Qin He brat is truly deep-minded!"

A strong look of admiration flashed through Salas's eyes. Even as he admired him, he could not help sighing inwardly.

"Qin He must think his strength is too great, and he fears arousing Spirit Hall's wariness!"

"So he deliberately refuses to take the field and deliberately sends out a Xiao Chenyu with no fighting ability whatsoever. His goal is to make Spirit Hall think that he is nothing special!"

"But heh, Qin He's plan has already been completely seen through by me. He is only an eleven-year-old child, after all. He still left behind flaws in his actions!"

Salas wore the expression of someone holding all the cards.

"Since this Xiao Chenyu is merely a smokescreen, there's no need to waste more time on him!"

"Just a jumping clown!"

"Your spies' task remains to keep watch on Qin He. Don't let the people of the Heaven Dou Empire beat us to it!"