Dongfang Yao Encounters Li Bai
Why do people recognize their own shortcomings and therefore suppress their strength in battle?
This might make some sense in other situations.
But is it really necessary to ask students to suppress their abilities and participate in an unfair match, losing to someone far weaker than themselves?
This is outright suppression!
If it were a normal genius, they would probably break down mentally if they encountered something like this.
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"The competition should be about friendly sparring, not a life-or-death struggle. My purpose in leading my students to participate in the Soul Fighting is to hone their combat skills, not to engage in meaningless killing or crippling of opponents. That's why I require my students to exercise restraint and avoid irreversible consequences due to excessive attacks." After a few seconds, Qin Ming calmed down, emerging from the initial shock of seeing the old man and learning that he had been dismissed. His mind cleared, and he thought of the reason again.
But as soon as he said that, Xiao Qiao's voice came from behind him.
"But teacher, didn't you always say that we should go all out against our opponents?"
"Don't underestimate any opponent, that's what you said, teacher. Besides, if it's just for friendly sparring, why would we participate in the dangerous Soul Fighting Competition? Why not just spar with classmates at the academy?"
A young girl in a purplish-black ballet dress lightly touched the ground with her toes and gracefully landed beside the old man, her black feathers floating gently in the air.
"On the Soul Fighting Arena, where we've signed a life-or-death agreement and are fighting for our lives, why don't you go up and have a friendly sparring match instead, Teacher Qin Ming?" Xiao Qiao suggested, tilting her head.
"Remember to go easy on them, don't cause any casualties!" the girl reminded him.
"I will remember to attend your funeral."
In fact, everyone present knew the truth.
The reason Qin Ming asked the Heaven Dou First Team to go easy on them was entirely because he had once been a student of the Shrek Academy and had deep feelings for his alma mater. Therefore, when he learned that the Shrek Seven Devils were students of his alma mater, he did not want to see his students cause serious harm to their younger schoolmates.
That's why he issued this order in his capacity as the teacher in charge of the team.
He just didn't expect that these students, who usually got along well with him, would show such disrespect to him as their teacher, not only questioning him in public but also refusing his request.
They even went all out from the very beginning of the match and defeated the Shrek Team.
Qin Ming was even more surprised to learn that Xiao Qiao actually had Soul Douluo- level guardian in secret, and had even informed the three education committee members directly about it.
The old man looked at Qin Ming, whose face was pale and who couldn't refute Xiao Qiao's sharp tongue, and finished what he hadn't said before, "Furthermore, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy will publicly announce the reasons for your expulsion and your relationship with the Shrek Academy. Think carefully before you act!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming's face turned deathly pale, and he almost lost his balance.
That's too ruthless!
With this announcement, it will be virtually impossible for other advanced Soul Master Academy to recruit Qin Ming, this young Soul Emperor.
People just want talented people, not traitors who might turn on you at any moment.
I don't expect you to stand up to your alma mater head-on, but at least you should protect your students!
Sending gifted students to their alma mater's younger students for "adversity training"?
This is no different from being a mole.
It's likely that, aside from the Shrek Academy, no other organization will accept Qin Ming in the future.
Moreover, this is only the apparent outcome; there may be further retaliation!
Even if the three members of the teaching committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy kindly let Qin Ming, this traitor, go, the families of these students will not let it go.
The old man glanced at Qin Ming, who was still looking lost and dejected, and then left with Xiao Qiao.
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The next day, Heaven Dou First Team and Heaven Dou Second Team abandoned Qin Ming and left.
As they left, the teacher from the Heaven Dou Second Team glanced back at Qin Ming's room on the second floor of the hotel.
He only found out about Qin Ming's actions yesterday after the students finished their competition.
He was already puzzled. Suotuo City didn't have any famous academies or teams, so why would Qin Ming go out of his way to come to the Suotuo Spirit Arena?
However, as the teacher leading the first team, Qin Ming decided the route, and although the teachers of the second team had objections, it was useless to them.
Now he finally knows why!
At the same time, he also felt that Qin Ming, this genius junior, was mentally ill.
So many years after graduation, why would someone bring their gifted student to spar with their juniors at their alma mater?
Qin Ming's future at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy was so bright. The three education committee members valued him highly, and they entrusted him with leading such an important team as the Heaven Dou First Team. There were even rumors that the education committee members were grooming Qin Ming to be their next education committee member. This is enough to show Qin Ming's status at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
And the result?
He ruined such a bright future!
The teachers in the second team sighed with relief, while also feeling fortunate that they hadn't acted recklessly.
Although the second team is not as good as the first team overall.
But having Kai as a student was enough for him to become famous.
The other students are also quite talented.
As long as I honestly train the second team and don't cause any trouble, my future looks bright.
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That very night, after the Heaven Dou Empire group left, Qin Ming was attacked.
Chapter 170 Dongfang Yao Meets Li Bai
On the night of the attack, Qin Ming was still thinking about his future.
As a Soul Emperor, his Soul Ring were not the optimal configuration of yellow-yellow-purple-purple-black-black, but rather yellow-yellow-purple-purple-black.
The Sixth Soul Ring, a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, was also obtained through training after joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Before this, he was too proud to join other factions, and too ashamed to ask the teachers at the Shrek Academy for help. In the end, he and a mercenary team hunted down a thousand-year-old Soul Beast as his fifth Soul Ring.
It was because of this experience that Qin Ming made up his mind to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to obtain resources.
If Qin Ming successfully trains the Heaven Dou First Team to graduation and wins the Advanced Soul Master Tournament, he might even have a chance to obtain a Soul Bone.
But now everything is gone!
"Should we go back to the Shrek Academy?" Qin Ming sat at the table, rubbing his temples.
He hadn't seen Dean Flender and the others since the last Soul Fighting Competition.
Moreover, although Qin Ming has always respected his alma mater, he still has some self-awareness.
Given Dean Flender's stinginess and Shrek Academy's profits, if I Shrek Academy, I might have to pay to work there.
Even as Soul Saint, the Dean could only help him acquire his Seventh Soul Ring.
It was far less than the treatment he received at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Suddenly, a loud "Bang!!"
The room where Qin Ming was located, along with the surrounding rooms, was pierced through by countless sharp swords and reduced to ruins.
All of this happened so fast that Qin Ming didn't even have time to activate his Martial Soul Possession and fell to the ground.
He recognized the longsword that had pierced him.
Sword Douluo, Chen Xin!
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Once Chen Xin confirmed that the person in the room was dead, she immediately turned and left.
He originally didn't want to kill Qin Ming, who was Rongrong's teacher after all; he only intended to "educate" him.
However, upon arriving at the destination and fully understanding the ins and outs of the incident, Chen Xin did not hesitate to resolve the Qin Ming.
They sent the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the only disciple of Sword Douluo Chen Xin to the Soul Fighting Arena, concealing their strength to serve as "sparring partners" for their enemies.
It was certainly not something that could be resolved with a simple tap.
But giving him a severe lesson would create enmity, and given Qin Ming's potential, he could become a significant threat in the future.
Therefore, Sword Douluo simply decided to eliminate the problem once and for all, cutting off the root of the problem.
When I sent Rongrong and Li Bai to the Heaven Dou First Team, I specifically instructed them to prioritize the children's safety!
He was, after all, a Titled Douluo; were his words so easily ignored?
Ignoring it is one thing, but Qin Ming is doing the complete opposite!
No one was injured or killed in the attack except for Qin Ming. The rooms around Qin Ming were originally occupied by members of the Heaven Dou First Team, but they were empty after they left.
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The next day at dawn, people finally came to the ruins to clear the battlefield.
Thus, Shrek Academy's last graduate was gone.
Flender, who runs a shop in Suotuo City, heard the commotion and felt a sudden tightness in his chest. He followed the crowd to the attacked hotel and saw familiar figures being carried out of the ruins by the city guards.
"Qin Ming!"
Flender quickly stepped forward to confirm, and although his face was covered in blood and dust, it was indeed Qin Ming he had just met before.
He died just like that after only one day?
Was it that white-haired old man who did it?
He pinched his palm hard with his fingers, and drops of blood dripped onto the ground.
Flender, always protective of his own, looked at Qin Ming's corpse and recalled a Shrek Academy motto, "Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre. My Shrek students may make mistakes, but it's none of the business for outsiders to interfere!"
But the words just wouldn't come out.
Flender had always known that most of the students who graduated from the Shrek Academy were probably dead.
After all, given their talent, if they were alive, it would be impossible for them to remain completely unknown.
He's probably dead!
He was genuinely happy when he saw Qin Ming before.
Qin Ming is probably one of the few who is calm and collected, and he didn't follow the Shrek's motto that "only mediocre people dare not cause trouble," which is why he has survived until now...