"Headmaster! Brother Lin! Please wait!"
Qin Ming looked utterly sincere.
By now, he no longer held any doubts about Lin Chuan. All that remained was deep reverence.
"I was presumptuous just now. But I still want to invite all of you to Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"
He excitedly laid out his vision:
"With the juniors' talent, plus Brother Lin, if you can enjoy Imperial Heaven Academy's Mimicry Cultivation Environment..."
"At next year's Continental Elite Tournament, we'll definitely win the championship!"
"Moreover, I can apply to the Education Committee to grant everyone from Shrek Academy the highest degree of autonomy. We absolutely won't interfere with your teaching!"
Flender was tempted.
He had truly been frightened by poverty, and he truly wanted to provide the children with the best possible environment.
Yu Xiaogang was tempted as well.
Borrowing another's resources to prove his theories was an excellent opportunity.
"Flender, I think it's feasible."
Yu Xiaogang immediately stated his position, even sounding somewhat eager.
"This is for the children's future."
In the past, he might have refused. But because of Lin Chuan's presence, he desperately needed a platform to prove himself!
Everyone looked toward Lin Chuan.
Without realizing it, he had already become the one truly calling the shots.
Lin Chuan stopped and looked at the hopeful Qin Ming, but shook his head with a faint chuckle.
"Brother Qin Ming, your intentions are good. But the waters at Heaven Dou Royal Academy run too deep. You can't handle them."
Qin Ming froze. "Brother Lin, why do you say that? I've been at the academy for years. The three elders of the Education Committee all cherish talent..."
Lin Chuan interrupted him, gazing deeply in the direction of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
"The Education Committee cherishes talent, but the ones in power are those nobles from the royal family."
Lin Chuan did not explain further. He was waiting for Qian Renxue to come to him three times.
Rather than delivering himself to their doorstep to be humiliated.
Even if they had defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, so what?
In the eyes of those arrogant nobles, they would still be country bumpkins.
Crown Prince's Residence, secret chamber.
The gentle smile on Xue Qinghe's face vanished in an instant.
It was replaced by an icy, imposing majesty.
That was the true face of Spirit Hall's young mistress—Qian Renxue.
Yet at this moment, this peerless beauty's face was filled with gravity.
"Wearing a mask..."
Those words echoed through her mind like a curse.
From the shadows, the Title Douluo—Pufferfish Douluo—revealed himself, murder flashing in his eyes.
"Young Mistress, should we get rid of Lin Chuan? He's too dangerous."
"No."
Qian Renxue raised a hand and stopped him.
A complicated glimmer flickered in her eyes, the excitement of encountering a worthy opponent.
A playful curve rose at the corner of Qian Renxue's lips.
"He seems to hold no reverence for the Heaven Dou Royal Family. He even looks down on that useless Yu Xiaogang."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"If we can win him over and make him my support..."
She made her decision at once.
"Investigate him. I want every piece of information on Lin Chuan."
"Someone who can teach such tactics and possesses that kind of pride and confidence could not possibly have appeared out of nowhere."
However, half an hour later.
Pufferfish Douluo returned with an odd expression, his hands completely empty.
"Young Mistress, the Spirit Saint Hall couldn't find anything."
Sweat beaded on Pufferfish Douluo's forehead.
"There is absolutely no file on anyone named Lin Chuan in Spirit Hall's archives in Heaven Dou City!"
"It's as if he appeared out of thin air!"
"What?!"
Qian Renxue abruptly rose to her feet, her phoenix eyes widening.
"How is that possible? Spirit Hall oversees the awakening and registration of Spirit Masters across the entire continent. As long as someone is a Spirit Master, there must be a record!
"Unless..."
She thought of a possibility, and her gaze instantly sharpened.
"Unless the Spirit Hall Branch responsible for his awakening never submitted the report, or the file is still at the local level!"
"Go investigate his origins! Start with Suotuo City, where Shrek Academy is located!"
When Spirit Hall's young mistress became enraged, the entire intelligence network immediately sprang into action.
This time, the order was delivered directly to the Spirit Hall Branch in Suotuo City.
Suotuo City, Spirit Hall Branch.
As a Soul Elder, Su Yuntao was leisurely drinking tea.
Suddenly, several mysterious figures dressed in black stormed in, each holding a highest-level token.
"By order from above, immediately retrieve all records regarding Lin Chuan! There must be no mistakes!"
Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo trembled in fright.
Seeing elder-level tokens that they had only ever heard of in legends, the two searched through the files while uneasily wondering what was happening.
Su Yuntao felt both anxious and excited.
Lin Chuan, I knew he wasn't someone destined to remain insignificant! Could it be that those above have taken notice of him?
Before long, a sealed file covered in dust was found.
The men in black took the file without even sparing Su Yuntao and Ma Xiunuo a glance, turning into black shadows and vanishing.
Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Residence.
Bang!
With a deafening crash, Qian Renxue slammed her palm onto the table.
The hard rosewood table cracked apart instantly.
She stared at the file in her hand, her chest rising and falling violently with anger.
Her beautiful face was filled with fury.
The file clearly stated:
Name: Lin Chuan.
Martial Soul: Mutated Blue Silver Grass/Sword Martial Soul.
Soul Power: Innate Full Soul Power!
And the attached file on Tang San was equally astonishing: Blue Silver Grass, yet also Innate Full Soul Power!
"Good! What a Platinum Bishop! What a Salas!"
With the young mistress's authority, the full sequence of events from that year was quickly uncovered.
Why Lin Chuan had not joined Spirit Hall.
And why the branch had failed to report the information.
Qian Renxue gritted her teeth, her voice icy.
"Innate Full Soul Power! Twin Martial Souls!"
"Such a shocking genius was in a tiny place like Suotuo City."
"Not only was he not recruited into Spirit Hall, the information was not even reported! They simply allowed them to drift outside?!"
"That useless Salas spends all day fighting for power and profit in Heaven Dou City, lining his own pockets and chasing women?"
"He neglected something concerning Spirit Hall's future to this extent! Is he a pig?!"
Pufferfish Douluo stood beside her with his head lowered.
He knew that the young mistress had truly been enraged this time.
Within Spirit Hall, missing out on a genius was the greatest dereliction of duty, let alone monsters of this caliber.
"Innate Full Soul Power..."
Qian Renxue took a deep breath and steadied her emotions.
She herself had awakened a god-grade Martial Soul with innate Soul Power at level twenty.
Thus, she understood even better what Innate Full Soul Power represented.
No wonder Lin Chuan carried an aura even I couldn't see through.
No wonder he could remain so calm when facing recruitment from me as the Crown Prince.
He had the right to be.
"Uncle Pufferfish."
"Your Highness."
"Find an opportunity. Handle Salas's side as you see fit and teach him a lesson."
"Yes!"
After her anger subsided, Qian Renxue calmed down.
She picked up the file again, but a playful smile suddenly appeared on her lips.
"Still... a blessing in disguise."
She leaned back in her chair, light glinting in her eyes.
"If Salas had truly reported them back then."
"Those two would probably have already been taken to the Pope Palace by that woman and become her direct subordinates, wouldn't they?"
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