Black as the Bottom of a Pot

Dugu Bo: "..."

What the fuck!

I hadn't said a single word since entering the room, so how had this gotten dragged back onto me again?

"Meng Shenji, make them hurry up and get the hell out!"

Dugu Bo was furious!

He was indeed a control-type soul master. If this had been before, then among Title Douluo, there really hadn't been a single one he could beat!

If Sigewinne had not saved his life, he would probably have died from his poison flaring up by now.

Those old fellows were a little higher in level, but if control-type soul masters were truly strong in one-on-one fights, then the gap between them should at least have narrowed before.

And yet it hadn't!

Could it be that everyone's martial souls had controlled him?

Damn it!

In front of all these people, they just had to say control-type soul masters were the strongest in single combat?

Back when Dugu Bo had been the gatekeeper among Title Douluo, he had basically been unable to beat any Title Douluo, while he could beat anyone below Title Douluo.

Who the hell were they insulting here?

Dugu Bo's face darkened until it looked ready to drip water.

There was no need for Meng Shenji to say anything at all; Yu Xiaogang and the others could no longer sit still either.

Never in their wildest dreams had they expected that they had originally wanted to show off, only to find the renowned Dugu Bo here.

He was the real top-tier control-type soul master, all right!

However, Dugu Bo ignored them and turned straight back into the room.

Master's expression was extremely ugly. He felt as if someone had slapped him hard across the face today.

He had thought that, with the reputation he had just gained, he could make a name for himself here at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

In the end, not only had he failed to make his name, he had thoroughly embarrassed himself.

Now everyone knew that his Martial Soul Mimicry Theory was a joke, and that he had plagiarized it from someone else.

The theory had already been spoken aloud. There was no way to smooth it over now. What the hell was he supposed to do?

As for Flender and the others, they quickly made themselves scarce.

If they still did not leave, a Title Douluo's fist would be landing on their faces.

Although the mess had been caused by Yu Xiaogang, he was currently a teacher at Shrek Academy.

And he was also his brother.

"Three education committee members. I'm sorry, but I think I must leave the academy as well."

The one speaking was Qin Ming. Although Yu Xiaogang had been the one to start this, his own teachers and elders had also been among those humiliated.

No matter what, however, he could not allow himself to remain here any longer. No matter how good the treatment here was, in his heart, it could never compare to his original starting point—Shrek Academy.

"Teacher Qin—" The one who spoke was Zhilin, but before he could finish, Meng Shenji stopped him.

"An ungrateful wolf that can't be tamed. If he wants to leave, let him leave!" Meng Shenji sneered as he watched Qin Ming follow behind the Shrek group and depart.

Qin Ming's talent was certainly decent, but Heaven Dou Royal Academy had also spent no small amount of resources on him!

Meng Shenji had finally seen things clearly. This group had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to use their hen to lay eggs. Now that he had seen through them, naturally he would not allow them to continue staying.

The purpose of nurturing geniuses and monsters was so that they could receive "returns" in the future.

As long as there were returns, no matter how precious the resources invested were, it would be acceptable.

What they feared were untamable, ungrateful wolves. No matter how much was invested, not only would there be no return at all, they might even suffer betrayal!

How many years had Qin Ming stayed at Shrek Academy, and how many years had he stayed at Heaven Dou Royal Academy?

How many of their academy's resources had he eaten up? And what level had that cultivated him to?

Trash!

Even without all this, according to Meng Shenji's plans, it would have been impossible for Qin Ming to stay.

Otherwise, in another ten years, what would he use to repay them?

Qin Ming followed behind the Shrek group without saying a word, his gaze dim. He knew very well that although this was a misunderstanding, after today's incident, everyone would probably think Shrek Academy was a scam academy.

News traveled quite quickly among nobles.

After the Shrek group left, the others also gradually filed out of Meng Shenji's office.

"I never expected to meet Your Grace, the Duke here. It truly brings honor to this humble place!"

"Haha, indeed. Your Grace, the Duke, my imperial brother heard that you were coming and specifically had us prepare a welcome banquet. We humbly ask you to grace us with your presence."

These people were naturally the children of high officials and nobles. Seeing the Shrek group leave, they all wore false smiles as they extended invitations one after another.

"Let's forget about the banquet. Everyone is quite busy too." Wriothesley was also very polite.

Prince Xuexing could also tell Wriothesley was somewhat displeased, so he said no more.

As for the others, seeing this, they could only drop it.

"Miss Sigewinne, long time no see." When Dugu Bo saw Sigewinne putting away her medical tools, he also went forward warmly to greet her.

Compared to Wriothesley, Dugu Bo had a better impression of Sigewinne.

Although he knew there were differences in strength even among Title Douluo, after that incident, he had more or less decided to stop worrying about it. If he could go a step further, that would be best; if not, he would not force it.

Besides, though he could not beat those above Title Douluo, he could beat other people's families until only their Title Douluo were left.

Being above level ninety was enough.

"Oh, it's Mr. Dugu Bo!" After Sigewinne finished packing up, she made another "Melusine-special greeting gesture." "Are you better now?"

"Thanks to Miss Sigewinne's help, I no longer have to worry about backlash from my martial soul, and my bloodline has even changed. I'm stronger than before."

"No need to thank me. That was originally your own thing; I only taught you how to use it. If we really want to talk about it, we should be thanking Mr. Dugu for giving us so many medicines," Sigewinne said, waving her hand.

Hearing this, Dugu Bo shook his head repeatedly and smiled. "No, no, gratitude is still necessary. Without Miss Sigewinne's help, I'm afraid I would already be a handful of yellow earth by now."

Although this was not the main point, it still had to be said.

"Mr. Dugu, let's not stand here being polite. We're preparing to go take a look at Royal Fight Team One. Would Mr. Dugu like to come along?" Wriothesley came over and asked.

"Of course. I haven't seen Yanyan in a long time either." Dugu Bo nodded in agreement.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy's training ground.

Though it was called a training ground, it was actually a small Soul Arena. A place like this was equipped in any advanced Soul Master Academy registered with the empire. After all, students' cultivation was important, but actual combat was even more important.

But they could not possibly be let loose in a soul beast forest to fight and kill. That would not be called actual combat; that would be called seeking death.

So they could only temper themselves in a relatively safe place like a Soul Arena.

Although they could also go to the Great Soul Arena, when students were sparring among themselves, what would it look like to let outsiders watch?

At this moment, inside the training ground, seven figures were each carrying out their own training in their respective areas.

As the seven strongest people in all of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, they clearly had greater autonomy. As long as it did not affect the progress of the group as a whole, what they trained in was entirely up to their own ideas.

Of course, the premise for all of this was that they did not reveal their true strength.

As Heaven Dou Royal Academy's highest combat force, although they had hidden strength, if their visible strength was too poor, it would likewise draw suspicion and even affect the group's development.