Xiao Wu's Tail-Wagging Plea

Watching the Shrek Academy group leave, Dream Machine sighed. At this point, no matter how much was said, it would be meaningless.

Besides, although the Shrek Academy disciples were indeed talented, there was no need for him to offend a powerhouse at the Title Douluo level like Lin Yuan because of Shrek.

Furthermore, merely colluding with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was enough to utterly ruin Shrek Academy's reputation.

"Three members of the Teaching Committee, I'm sorry. I think... I should leave the academy as well."

It was Qin Ming speaking. His face was filled with grief and indignation. Since Heaven Dou Royal Academy looked down so much on the people of Shrek Academy, how could he possibly have the face to remain here?

He had come alone, and naturally, he would leave alone as well.

Dream Machine had wanted to say something, but Qin Ming had long since made up his mind. He turned and strode out of the Teaching Committee hall of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

"Alas." Dream Machine let out a breath and turned around, shaking his head. "Enough. Things have come to this, and there is no use saying more. Teacher Lin Yuan, you will lead the Heaven Dou Battle Team from now on."

"Alright." Lin Yuan did not refuse and agreed directly. Now that he had broken through to the Title Douluo realm, there was no longer any need to tread carefully and devote himself solely to cultivation. He could strive to improve his cultivation through everyday life.

Lin Yuan rose to his feet, grabbed Xiao Wu by the shoulder, and vanished from the spot in an instant.

As for Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, who was also a Title Douluo, he felt somewhat envious. Had he arrived half an hour earlier, this Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast might have been his.

No one understood the value of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast better than Dugu Bo. If he could obtain one, Yanyan would surely be able to break through her limitations in the future and become the next Poison Douluo.

Within a quiet courtyard somewhere in Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yuan casually tossed Xiao Wu aside and, without hesitation, left his mark on her body. With a single thought from him, she would explode and die.

This courtyard had been personally arranged and built by Dream Machine. It was meant to give Lin Yuan a quiet place to cultivate, and this location had been specially chosen for its excellent feng shui.

Xiao Wu knelt on the ground with tears in her eyes, begging Lin Yuan to let her go back. "Senior, please spare me. I really can't leave Shrek Academy."

Lin Yuan snorted. "Let me remind you of something. The news that you are a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast has already been exposed. Within half a day, experts across the Heaven Dou Empire will hear of it. Do you really think that if you leave here, you'll be able to return to Shrek?"

Xiao Wu was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She slumped onto the ground and sobbed softly, as though she could already see the moment she became a human's soul ring.

Lin Yuan was right. Xiao Wu's identity would spread rapidly within half a day. By then, not only the Heaven Dou Empire, but even Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire would hear of it.

If Xiao Wu took even half a step out of this place, countless soul masters would naturally capture her without Lin Yuan needing to lift a hand.

It would be one thing if she encountered someone on the verge of breaking through to Title Douluo, but if she encountered someone like Bule, a Soul Ancestor, the first thing he would likely do would not be to kill her for her soul ring and soul bone, but to violate her until he grew tired of her.

Xiao Wu bit her lip tightly, tears hanging from her cheeks. In the end, she could only accept reality. Who told her that she had now become a plaything in the palm of a powerful being?

Lin Yuan stood up and brushed the dust from his shoulder, his expression unchanged. "As long as you behave, those cruel punishments will naturally not be used on you. But if you try to run, don't blame me for not warning you."

Xiao Wu nodded meekly, trying hard to keep her tears from falling. "I understand."

"You will stay here from now on. I will not interfere with your cultivation. And since you soul beasts do not need to hunt your own kind to obtain soul rings, there will be no need for you to risk going to the Soul Beast Forest."

"Thank you... Your Excellency... for sparing my life..."

To prevent that bastard Tang Hao from coming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to take Xiao Wu away, keeping her by his side was the safest course of action. If anything seemed wrong, he would kill her immediately.

Xiao Wu could feel the faint killing intent radiating from him, and her delicate face turned even paler with fright.

Just as the saying went, serving a ruler was like living beside a tiger.

After settling Xiao Wu's matter, Lin Yuan arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy's training grounds. Nearly all the children cultivating here were descendants of nobles.

Lin Yuan had once cultivated here for a period of time as well. Later, he chose to leave and enter seclusion on Back Mountain, only leaving the Secret Chamber when he needed to obtain a soul ring.

Beside an old locust tree at the far right sat seven academy disciples, each with their own distinct characteristics.

They appeared to be around twenty years old.

At the center sat a slender young man with long black hair. He was not particularly handsome, and his expression was sparse, as though his facial muscles had stiffened.

He wore a simple blue combat outfit without any adornments, giving off an overall impression of simplicity.

The others were much the same. They stood out sharply from the ordinary Heaven Dou Royal Academy uniforms, yet no one dared to step forward and say a word, because these people were the pride of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Lin Yuan walked over and shrugged. "You are the Heaven Dou Battle Team, right? From today onward, I will be your teacher. I will personally arrange all of your cultivation courses."

Yu Tianheng, seated at the front, slowly opened his eyes. Looking at Lin Yuan, who was about his age, he spoke with clear displeasure. "You must be the Teacher Lin Yuan that Chief Dream Machine mentioned. I heard you were the one who drove Teacher Qin Ming away?"

Lin Yuan nodded. "You can't say I personally drove him away. He wanted to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy himself. What does that have to do with me?"

"Hmph. Let me warn you, the Heaven Dou Battle Team has only one teacher, and that is Teacher Qin Ming. If you know what's good for you, leave immediately. Otherwise, I, Dugu Yan, will make you taste the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison."

"Besides, you look about the same age as us. What makes you qualified to be our teacher?"

Dugu Yan's short dark-purple hair made her look exceptionally valiant. Oddly, she possessed a pair of green eyes that gave her an eerie air. She was not breathtakingly beautiful, but she had a bewitching charm.

The others also rose to their feet and stretched their limbs. It seemed that as long as their captain, Yu Tianheng, gave the word, they would rush forward without hesitation and teach Lin Yuan a lesson.