An Encounter with a Dandy, Forced to Fight

"We've arrived. Is this the Heaven Dou Royal Academy? It's indeed luxurious."

Standing before a White Marble staircase, Qing Mu, dressed in a dark green outfit, looked up at the mountain and couldn't help but sigh at the sight of the carvings.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the largest Advanced Soul Master Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire, boasts some of the best infrastructure and teaching staff on the entire continent.

Logically speaking, with such favorable conditions, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy should stand at the pinnacle of the Advanced Soul Master Academy. However, in reality, the quality of the students at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is quite average, even inferior to some ordinary Advanced Soul Master Academy.

The reason is quite simple: the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is located near the Heaven Dou Empire's capital Heaven Dou City, and is the best-equipped academy, so there are far too many spoiled brats among its students.

Apart from a very few outstanding students, most students have a "get by" mentality, and they don't work hard at all, nor do they need to.

"Da na, da na~"

Compared to Qing Mu's surprise, Bulbasaur didn't seem too surprised. After all, these luxurious items were meaningless to him, since they weren't Luxury Ball.

Fortunately, the free-floating wood-type energy in the environment was quite abundant, Bulbasaur's impression of this place was not too bad.

Qing Mu had just climbed the White Marble steps when she encountered more than ten students wearing pale yellow Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniforms coming down from the mountain.

Qing Mu originally didn't intend to pay them any attention, but one of them was suddenly stunned when he saw him and Bulbasaur, and immediately called out to Qing Mu.

"Etc!"

Upon hearing this, Qing Mu paused slightly and said calmly to the group, "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"

The student didn't answer immediately, but instead carefully examined Qing Mu and Bulbasaur before frowning and asking, "You're Qing Mu!?"

Upon hearing this, the others around him also realized what was going on and began to scrutinize Qing Mu, some with curiosity, some with surprise, some with disdain, and even some with jealousy!

"Do you know me?"

Qing Mu frowned slightly. Although his identity wasn't exactly a top secret, it shouldn't be so obvious that any random student at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy would know him, right?

Could it be that something happened that he doesn't know about?

The student sneered, "Of course I know you. You're a big celebrity within the Heaven Dou Royal Academy now. Everyone knows that the once aloof Senior Ye Lingling suddenly found a boyfriend named Qing Mu."

As the student said this, he was practically gritting his teeth. How could this person win over Senior Lingling's favor? What makes him better than me?

His family background is clearly that of a minor viscount, and even then, it's a kingdom!

"..."

Upon hearing this reason, Qing Mu was slightly taken aback, and then remained speechless for a moment.

He wondered what the reason might be. Turns out it was this!

It can only be said that in the Douluo Continent, matters related to romance take on a much higher priority. As soon as romance is involved, everything else automatically takes a backseat.

"That's right, I am Qing Mu, so what do you want?"

Qing Mu sighed helplessly.

Upon hearing this answer, the student barely hesitated before blurting out, "You and I Douluo 1 soul contest. If you lose, you must never come near Lingling again!"

As he said this, the student was quite pleased with himself, seemingly proud of having come up with such a brilliant idea.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Qing Mu was speechless again; he didn't even know how to respond.

Is this what a spoiled brat is like? It's practically equivalent to having no brains.

Just then, a group of people who looked somewhat travel-worn came up from the bottom of the steps and stopped when they saw Qing Mu and the others arguing.

Upon seeing Qing Mu and the Bulbasaur at Qing Mu's feet, Tang San's pupils constricted sharply. He leaned closer to Yu Xiaogang and whispered, "Teacher, that's...?"

Before Tang San could finish speaking, Yu Xiaogang nodded and calmly said:

"I know. Tian Heng told me a while ago that he met someone with External Beast Martial Soul similar to me. Judging from the description, it should be him!"

At the same time, Zhao Wuji, after carefully examining Qing Mu for a few moments, exclaimed in surprise, "Hmm~ This young man seems to be the one we encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest back then."

Although they only met once, Zhao Wuji still remembered Qing Mu, after all, it was rare to find a young genius with such a unique Martial Soul.

Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and the others immediately took a second look at Qing Mu, realizing that it really was the same person from before.

Then, Dai Mubai stroked his chin and said with amusement, "Looks like he's run into trouble this time!"

"It's none of our business anyway, we'll just watch the show," Oscar shrugged and replied.

After saying that, Oscar chanted a soul incantation, creating three ordinary sausages. He then winked at Dai Mubai and said, "Boss Dai, want one? Grilled sausages go perfectly with watching a show!"

"You bastard..."

Dai Mubai was speechless at Oscar's actions, but he still skillfully took the sausage from Oscar's hand and took a bite, clearly having done this kind of thing many times before.

Meanwhile, the student from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, seeing that Qing Mu hadn't reacted for Jiujiu, assumed that Qing Mu was scared and immediately raised the corners of his mouth.

"What? Scared? If you're scared, then hurry up and leave Lingling, or you'll lose face."

Seeing this, Qing Mu's lips twitched slightly, then she gave up struggling and said, "Fine, if you insist, I can fight you, but where is the venue? It can't be here, can it?"

The only things here are White Marble steps and greenery. Although it doesn't affect Qing Mu, who has experienced a lot of battles in the wild, it's never good to damage the flowers and plants.

"You don't need to worry about that, our Heaven Dou Royal Academy has its own Spirit Duel Arena."

Seeing Qing Mu agree, the student was very excited and said a few words to the people next to him. The others immediately grinned mischievously, activated their Martial Soul, and quickly headed into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After the others left, the student turned to Qing Mu and said, "Come with me!"

After saying that, he turned around and slowly walked back the way he came.

Qing Mu and Bulbasaur exchanged a glance, a hint of helplessness flashing in their eyes, and had no choice but to follow.

Seeing this, Shrek and his friends also became interested.

Ning Rongrong exclaimed excitedly, "They seem to be going to have Soul Fighting! Let's go take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Flender nodded and agreed to Ning Rongrong's suggestion.

"Alright, let's see if the students of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy are worthy of the reputation of being the number one Advanced Soul Master Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire."