Jixia Academy.
Within the majestic white jade palace complex, the cold atmosphere was broken by a series of crisp footsteps.
Several figures passed through the long corridor and headed straight for the training ground in the back mountain.
Lu Ming was lying on a lounge chair carved from Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice, covered with a thick Snow Fox Fur Robe, holding an ancient book in his hand, leisurely flipping through it.
Beside him, a cup of fragrant tea emitted wisps of steam, out of place with the surrounding coldness.
"Dean!"
A figure in orange-red, like a flame leaping in the snow, instantly appeared before Lu Ming.
The young girl held a Flower Parasol, her agile rabbit ears twitching slightly, her pretty face filled with reluctance.
It was Gongsun Li.
Behind her, a burly man, wrapped in faint lightning, strode forward. It was Sikong Zhen.
Not only that, even the usually gentle Da Qiao was now standing among the crowd.
Lu Ming put down the ancient book, rubbed his temples helplessly, and sat up.
"What is it now? A Li, have you practiced your dance steps well? Sikong Zhen, have you controlled your lightning power to a minute degree?"
Gongsun Li slung the Flower Parasol over her shoulder, pouted, and looked very unhappy.
"I've already practiced it well! Dean, although the scenery in the Extreme North is unique, after watching it for more than ten years, it's nothing but snow and ice, with hardly any living creatures.
I heard Old Master say that the All-Continent High-Level Soul Master Academy Elite Competition is about to begin. It's the liveliest event in the human world."
As she spoke, Gongsun Li leaned closer to Lu Ming, her large eyes blinking, and her voice became soft and sweet.
"Dean, can we go participate? Please? Staying here all day, my body is going to rust."
Lu Ming lay back down, pulled his fur robe tighter, unmoved.
"No. What's so good about the outside world? Schemes and plots, deception and trickery. How can it compare to the peace here?
Besides, with your current strength, going to participate in such a competition would be like a max-level player slaughtering newbies in the beginner village. Is that interesting?"
"It is interesting! Very interesting!"
Sikong Zhen stepped forward, his voice like a thunderclap.
He crossed his arms, and the lightning around him crackled and popped with the fluctuations of his emotions.
"Dean, I cultivate the Way of Lightning, and I shall use lightning to shatter the darkness!"
The spirit beasts in this Extreme North are all kept in line by the Snow Empress, not daring to make a move against me.
"I need opponents, even weak ones, to show me the different power systems in this world."
Lu Ming rolled his eyes.
These battle maniacs.
"I'm not going, it's too much trouble. Moving is so tiring, and Jixia Academy was only built a few years ago, are we just going to abandon it?"
Lu Ming waved his hand, looking like he wouldn't budge.
Just then, a faint fragrance wafted over. Da Qiao, holding a dimly glowing blue lantern, walked slowly to Lu Ming's side.
She was wearing a blue and white long dress today, with two slender ponytails trailing behind her. Her sea-blue eyes held a hint of a mischievous smile.
"Dean, are you really not going?"
Da Qiao's voice was as gentle as water, making one's bones feel a little soft.
Lu Ming glanced at her warily. This Da Qiao usually seemed gentle and demure, but in reality, she was all dark inside.
"Not going means not going, this is a matter of principle."
"Alas, what a pity."
Da Qiao sighed softly, gently stroking the lantern in her hand, and said slowly, "Since the Dean likes staying in his room so much, to express my concern for the Dean, starting tonight, wherever the Dean rests, I will open a teleportation portal by your bedside."
Lu Ming's eyelids twitched violently.
Da Qiao leaned down slightly, her breath like orchids as she whispered into Lu Ming's ear:
"Moreover, I will connect the other end of the teleportation portal to A Li's and Mulan-jie's rooms.
If by accident, everyone who is bathing or sleeping is teleported to the Dean's bed... oh my, that scene is too beautiful, I don't even dare to imagine."
Lu Ming's scalp immediately felt numb.
A group of people suddenly appearing in his bed in the middle of the night...
"Cough... cough..."
Lu Ming coughed twice, his upright expression instantly collapsing.
"Da Qiao, let's talk nicely. As a tutor of Jixia Academy, how can you threaten the Dean with such methods? What kind of order is this?"
Da Qiao chuckled, her eyes curving into crescents, but she showed no intention of retracting her threat.
The Snow Empress watched the scene quietly from the side.
A faint smile bloomed on her usually cold and beautiful face, like a snow lotus blooming on an ice mountain.
"Lu Ming, agree to them."
The Snow Empress spoke softly, her voice ethereal.
"Everyone has been training hard with me in the Extreme North all these years, and it's indeed gotten a bit boring.
Besides, didn't you say before that you wanted to make Jixia Academy's name renowned across the continent?
This competition is the best opportunity."
Since even the Snow Empress had spoken, Lu Ming couldn't insist further.
He sighed, stood up from the lounge chair, and brushed the snow off himself.
"Fine, fine, I'm scared of you all. Since we're going, let's make it big.
Da Qiao, prepare the teleportation. We're going to move the entire Jixia Academy to Heaven Dou City!"
"Hooray! Long live the Dean!"
Gongsun Li jumped for joy, her flower parasol drawing a beautiful arc in the air.
Everyone cheered.
Several days later.
Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City.
In the study of the Crown Prince's Mansion, candlelight flickered.
Qian Renxue maintained her disguise as Xue Qinghe, sitting behind the desk, holding a newly delivered secret report.
Although calm on the surface, her fingers, which were gripping the letter paper, turned slightly white, betraying the turmoil within her heart.
Ever since she saw the ending of that "Life Simulator," she had been unable to sleep for days.
As soon as she closed her eyes, she could see the terrifying scene of that supreme being destroying the God Realm with a single palm.
That despair, like a persistent bone-deep illness, refused to leave.
"Young Master."
From the shadows of the study, Snake Lance Douluo's figure quietly appeared, kneeling on one knee.
Qian Renxue suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with a hint of urgency.
"Have you investigated?"
Snake Lance Douluo nodded and said in a deep voice:
"Replying to Young Master, we have obtained definite information regarding Tang San and Shrek Academy.
That Tang San, along with a group from Shrek, originally intended to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
However, they were driven out by Prince Xue Xing, and the two sides had a very unpleasant encounter."
Upon hearing this information, the tense corners of Qian Renxue's mouth relaxed slightly.
"That idiot Xue Xing actually did something good this time."
She sneered and casually tossed the secret report in her hand onto the table.
"Tang San is narrow-minded and vindictive. Xue Xing has thoroughly offended them this time.
But that's fine. The enemy of my enemy isn't necessarily my friend, but at least it allows us to see the situation clearly.
That Tang San... since he cannot be used by me, then I will find an opportunity to make him disappear in advance."
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