Yellow and Purple Little Fish

Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

The sky had turned completely dark by now.

Tribios wrapped the gathered immortal herbs in cloth and placed them by her feet, her eyes fixed intently on the water's surface.

Two hours had passed.

She had tried to probe the bottom of the spring with her soul power, but the two extreme forces churning together shredded even her perception.

Just then, bubbles suddenly began to rise from the surface.

At first, there were only a few scattered bubbles, but immediately after, the entire spring began to churn like boiling water.

Tribios tensed her body, staring fixedly at that spot.

Then, with a loud "splash," a figure shot up from the water, sending waves spraying high into the air, where they scattered into a mist.

Tribios quickly recognized the figure; it was Ye Qiong.

Her expression immediately turned to one of pleasant surprise, and she hurriedly called out:

"Dean!"

Ye Qiong looked down from mid-air, and seeing Tribios, the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

He then dove straight down, performed a mid-air flip, and landed steadily on his feet.

Tribios rushed forward, grabbing Ye Qiong to look him over:

"Dean, you finally came out! Are you alright? Let me see."

Ye Qiong squinted and smiled slightly:

"I'm fine, Tribios. I've made you worry."

Seeing that Ye Qiong was truly unharmed, Tribios breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at him with confusion:

"Dean, why were you down there for so long? Did something happen?"

Ye Qiong smiled and activated the bones in his two palms.

"Nothing much, just had a bit of a lucky encounter—two remains of an ancient Dragon King."

Tribios looked at Ye Qiong, a flash of astonishment in her eyes.

Ye Qiong's level had actually increased by another two ranks.

"Dragon King remains... what are those?"

Ye Qiong briefly explained the story of the Dragon God and the nine great Dragon Kings to Tribios, but he said nothing about the inheritance he had just received or the promise he had made.

It simply wasn't the right time yet.

After listening, Tribios had a sudden realization. She looked at Ye Qiong and smiled happily:

"So that's it. It seems these are even more powerful than soul bones. I never expected you to encounter such a great opportunity, Dean. This is truly good news."

Ye Qiong smiled noncommittally.

It was an opportunity, but also a responsibility to bear.

From the moment he accepted the inheritance, he was destined to shoulder the duty of a guardian.

After all, he was a Trailblazer (even if only in the game).

"Alright, it's getting late. Let's hurry back to the academy. We'll give the immortal herbs to Wang Sheng and the others tomorrow."

"Okay."

Tribios nodded and summoned a teleportation gate.

Wooden cabin on the outskirts of Sunset Forest.

Dugu Bo kicked the wooden door open, practically stumbling into the house.

Dugu Yan rushed out from the inner room, freezing for a moment when she saw his condition.

"Grandfather!"

She hurried over to help him, but Dugu Bo waved her off, a trace of blood still hanging from the corner of his mouth.

"I am fine, Yan Yan."

Dugu Yan stared at him, her eyes rimmed with red:

"Who did this?"

Dugu Bo sat in a chair, fished a pill from his robes, and popped it into his mouth. It took him a long while to recover enough to speak.

"A brat who calls himself Ye Qiong, the Dean of Amphoreus Academy in Soto City."

Dugu Yan clenched her fists.

Her grandfather was a Title Douluo who could walk sideways across this continent without fear, yet he had been beaten into such a state by a mere greenhorn.

Dugu Bo braced himself against the back of the chair and stood up.

"Let's go, leave this place first. There is a woman beside that boy whose strength is unfathomable."

Dugu Yan did not ask any further questions. She stepped forward to support her grandfather, and the two exited the wooden cabin, retreating down the mountain along the forest path.

After walking a long distance, Dugu Yan cast her gaze toward the direction of Soto City.

"Ye Qiong, Amphoreus Academy..."

She had committed them to memory.

She would definitely become stronger, and then she would grind that man's face into the dirt.

The next morning.

The plaza of Amphoreus Academy.

Wang Sheng and the others had been dragged out of bed early in the morning by Jiang Zhu.

They hadn't even managed to eat breakfast before standing on the stone-paved ground, yawning incessantly.

Phainon stood beside them, his expression calm.

Cerydra stood at the very front, her spine straight and her chin slightly raised.

Her gaze swept over those around her, her expression resembling that of a monarch inspecting her subjects.

"The Headmaster and Teacher Tribios were out all day yesterday. When they returned, they said they had brought back something incredible."

Hearing Jiang Zhu say this, Wang Sheng immediately perked up.

"What is it? A miraculous elixir?"

Phainon scanned the group and spoke up.

"The Headmaster should be coming out soon."

Sure enough, no sooner had he spoken than the door to the teaching building was pushed open from the inside.

Ye Qiong walked in front, with Tribios following behind him.

The two walked to the front of the steps and stood still.

Ye Qiong's gaze swept over the seven people lined up below.

On his system panel, their information lit up before his eyes one by one.

[Name: Phainon. Martial Soul: Chaos-Lana. Power Attack System. Level: 32.]

[Name: Cerydra (Caesar). Martial Soul: Scales of Justice. Support System. Level: 33.]

[Name: Wang Sheng. Martial Soul: Battle Tiger. Power Attack System. Level: 21.]

[Name: Jiang Zhu. Martial Soul: Healing Scepter. Support System. Level: 23.]

[Name: Jing Ling. Martial Soul: Skeleton. Agility Attack System. Level: 23.]

[Name: Huang Yuan. Martial Soul: Lone Wolf. Power Attack System. Level: 23.]

[Name: Bai Chenxiang. Martial Soul: Sharp-Tailed Swift. Agility Attack System. Level: 25.]

Ye Qiong withdrew his gaze and pulled a cloth bag from his bosom.

The bag was not large, but it was bulging, the opening tied shut with a thin string.

Wang Sheng craned his neck to get a look and asked curiously:

"Teacher, what is inside?"

Ye Qiong untied the string directly and poured several pills of various colors out of the bag.

"These pills were refined from a few immortal herbs I retrieved yesterday when Teacher Tribios and I visited a secret realm."

Wang Sheng's eyes widened instantly.

"Immortal herbs? Can I become a god directly if I eat one?"

Ye Qiong couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

"You certainly have a beautiful imagination."

As he spoke, Ye Qiong pinched one of the pills and tossed it toward Phainon.

Phainon raised his hand to catch it, looked down at the pill in his palm, and frowned.

The color of this pill was rather strange.

It was actually a mix of yellow and purple.

WTF, could it be that the Headmaster discovered his preference for yellow and purple color schemes?

Ye Qiong watched his reaction, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

The color of this medicinal pill was something he had accidentally refined on purpose.

There was no helping it; whenever he refined pills, thinking of Phainon reminded him of a yellow and purple penguin hopping around:

"Yellow and purple little fish!"

Stop!

Ye Qiong was afraid that if he kept thinking about it, he would start singing "Falling in Love with Thor" right on the spot.

Thus, he hurriedly suppressed the strange thoughts rising in his heart, looked at Phainon, and began to introduce it:

"I refined this using the Strange Velvet Sky-Reaching Chrysanthemum. After eating it, your qi will circulate through your limbs and clear your eight meridians. Your assault-type physical body will become significantly tougher."

Phainon held the pill in his hand, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

But he still popped it into his mouth without the slightest hesitation.