First Meeting with Qian Renxue, Ye Lingling (Seek follow-up reading)

Dugu Bo was stunned, but he quickly composed himself and said, "Yan Yan, Tang Yu is already a Soul Elder."

"Oh? I didn't expect you to reach Soul Elder so quickly. I suppose I underestimated you." Dugu Yan was slightly surprised, then continued, "Alright, the academy hasn't started selecting yet, but in five months, the preliminary team selections will begin."

"As long as you become a preliminary team member, you'll still have a chance to represent the academy in the competition as long as you get stronger before the roster is submitted."

"But I'll warn you, becoming a member of Heaven Dou Team One is very difficult. You should have no problem with Team Two, though."

"Team Two?" Tang Yu smiled to himself.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy was indeed not weak—at the finals, they had five Soul Ancestors and two Soul Elders.

On the stage of the Soul Master Competition, any team with two Soul Ancestors leading was already considered strong.

But Tang Yu, let alone before the competition started, could already crush Heaven Dou Royal Academy right now.

"Alright, I understand the situation."

An hour later.

The three arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

With just one word from Dugu Bo, Tang Yu was instantly enrolled, bypassing all tests and assessments to become a Heaven Dou Academy Student.

And Heaven Dou Academy Students enjoyed extremely high freedom—they didn't even have to attend classes and could have the academy arrange various types of instructors for one-on-one tutoring.

Each student had their own dormitory.

The meals were top-tier, ingredients that helped and improved a Soul Master's physique.

In short, Heaven Dou Academy Students could enjoy the best resources and conditions on this continent, with conditions no worse than Martial Soul Hall's, except for the lack of a Titled Douluo as a teacher.

After joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang Yu didn't attend a single class. He went straight to the Martial Soul Simulation Training Ground.

He threw himself entirely into raising his Soul Power.

Two and a half months later.

In the Tool Martial Soul simulation training ground.

Tang Yu sat cross-legged, a faint ripple of Soul Power radiating from around his body.

Bam!

He broke through.

Tang Yu opened his eyes, a smile on his face. "Finally at level 39. Next, I'll push for level 40!"

His routine was basically dormitory, cafeteria, simulation training ground.

A straight line between three points.

Tang Yu had been here for a few months, and aside from Dugu Yan, hardly any classmates knew him.

He was like a ghost in the academy.

Time passed quickly.

Another two and a half months later.

Tang Yu's Soul Power had reached the peak of level 39, not far from level 40. He estimated he'd break through to level 40 in less than a month.

"Almost at level 40. I wonder if Father has secured the Whale Rubber yet." Tang Yu pondered.

Just then, voices came from the distant simulation training ground.

"Hey! Abin! Why are you still training here! The preliminary team selection is about to start!"

"Oh crap, I lost track of time. Let's go, let's go—can't miss this excitement."

The two figures in the distance quickly left.

"It's about to start, huh?" Tang Yu slowly stood up and also headed toward the academy's Spirit Fighting Arena.

At this moment.

Several hundred students had already gathered in the academy's Spirit Fighting Arena—some participating in the selection, others just watching the excitement.

There were also dozens of teachers.

On the central seats, the three Soul Douluo Education Committee chairmen had already arrived.

Beside them sat a figure both familiar and unfamiliar. As soon as Tang Yu arrived, his gaze quickly landed on him.

He appeared to be a young man around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, dressed in luxurious clothes, exuding a composed and magnanimous air as he conversed with the three committee members.

This person was none other than Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, but in truth, he was Qian Renxue, the Young Master of Martial Soul Hall, in disguise.

"Qian Renxue." Tang Yu murmured these three words under his breath, then couldn't help shaking his head. "If she hadn't wasted her training time lurking in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, she probably would have become a god before age twenty-five, right?"

"If she hadn't come, that Little Scamp and his group wouldn't have had a chance at all!"

Tang Yu withdrew his gaze, and just then, Dugu Yan's voice came from behind him. "Hey, Tang Yu."

He turned around and saw that Dugu Yan was accompanied by a girl.

She had short silver-white hair, an extremely beautiful face, skin as white as snow. Her figure wasn't particularly striking, but it was still a very standard beauty's physique.

The girl wore a silver-white dress with a very short hem. A slight breeze could easily reveal the mysterious colors beneath.

But she's definitely wearing pantsu underneath.

As for those snow-white, delicate thighs, they were almost completely exposed, with leg rings strapped around them.

But it was precisely these leg rings that made her legs look incredibly alluring.

If some old pervert with a leg fetish were here, they'd probably be itching to get their hands on those jade-like legs.

Overall, she gave off a very pure impression—a completely different type from Dugu Yan.

And this young girl was none other than the Nine Heart Begonia lineage, Ye Lingling.

"Tang Yu, let me introduce you—this is my good friend Ye Lingling."

Ye Lingling had a cold, introverted personality and was easily shy, but she still took the initiative to extend her hand. "Hello, I'm Ye Lingling, a Heaven Dou Academy Student."

"Hello, Heaven Dou Academy, Tang Yu."

Tang Yu reached out and shook Ye Lingling's jade-like hand—it was very soft, with a nice feel—but he didn't linger and withdrew his hand like a gentleman.

Ye Lingling was a bit surprised. "You're also a Heaven Dou Academy Student? Uh, why have I never seen you before?"

"Him! He's been here five months and hasn't attended a single class. He basically stays in the simulation training ground all the time, so of course you've never seen him."

After a brief exchange of a few words, the head education commissioner of Heaven Dou, Meng Shenji, spoke loudly: "Alright, silence!"

Then, he said to a young teacher, "Qin Ming, begin."

Qin Ming, currently a Heaven Dou Academy teacher at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, graduated from Shrek Academy. He broke through to Soul Emperor at age 33, known as the second youngest Soul Emperor. (Very buggy.)

"Okay." Qin Ming nodded and addressed the entire audience. "There's less than a year and a half until the next Soul Master Competition!"

"And today, Heaven Dou Royal Academy will hold the selection for reserve team members, to preliminarily pick contestants for the academy!"

"As in previous years, the reserve team has 30 spots. Becoming a reserve member gives you the chance to represent the academy!"

"As for the selection rules for reserve members, they're the same as previous years. Aside from support system soul masters, who are handpicked by the academy, the rest—Power Attack System, Agility Attack System, Control System, and Defense System—will compete for spots based on their own strength!"

"We'll hold 1v1 elimination matches here!"

"The winner advances to the next round, the loser is eliminated, until only 26 remain."

"Of course! Anyone eliminated with Soul Power above level 35 gets one chance to challenge one of the remaining 26. If you win, you directly take their spot!"

"This year, the academy has already selected four support system reserve members, so only 26 spots remain."

"And the number of students participating in the 1v1 elimination matches is exactly 260."

"That means out of you 260, only one in ten can become reserve members!"

"Now, everyone step forward one by one and draw the match order for the first round of eliminations!"