Yellow and Purple Little Fish

Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

By now, night had completely fallen.

Tribbie had wrapped the Immortal Herbs she'd picked in cloth and set them by her feet, but her eyes remained fixed on the water.

Two hours had passed.

She had tried using Soul Power to probe the bottom of the spring,

but the two opposing forces had churned together, shredding even her perception.

Just then, bubbles suddenly rose to the surface.

At first, there were only a few scattered bubbles. Then,

the entire spring began to roil like boiling water.

Tribbie immediately tensed, staring at the spot.

Then, with a loud splash,

a figure shot up from the water, sending spray high into the air before it broke apart into mist.

Tribbie quickly recognized the figure. It was Ye Qiong.

Her face lit up with delight, and she hurriedly called out:

"Principal!"

Ye Qiong looked down from midair and saw Tribbie. The corner of his mouth curled upward.

Then he dove straight down, flipped once in midair, and landed firmly on both feet.

Tribbie hurried over and grabbed him, looking him up and down:

"Principal, you're finally out! Are you all right? Let me check."

Ye Qiong smiled faintly, his eyes narrowing:

"I'm fine, Tribbie. Sorry for making you worry."

Seeing that Ye Qiong really was unharmed, Tribbie breathed a sigh of relief. Then she looked at him in confusion:

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

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

"It's nothing much. I just had a little fortuitous encounter and got two ancient Dragon King remains."

Tribbie looked at Ye Qiong, a flash of surprise in her eyes.

Ye Qiong's level had gone up 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 Tribbie, but 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, Tribbie understood. She looked at Ye Qiong and smiled happily:

"I see. Then it sounds like they're even more powerful than Soul Bones. I can't believe you got such an incredible opportunity, Principal. That's wonderful news."

Ye Qiong smiled without comment.

It was an opportunity, but also a responsibility he had taken on.

The moment he accepted the inheritance, he was destined to shoulder the duty of protecting others.

After all, he was a Pathfinder, even if only in a game.

"All right, it's getting late. Let's hurry back to the academy. We can give the Immortal Herbs to Wang Sheng and the others tomorrow."

"Okay."

Tribbie nodded and summoned a portal.

Wooden Cabin on the Outskirts of Sunset Forest.

Dugu Bo flung open the wooden door and nearly toppled headfirst into the cabin.

Dugu Yan rushed out of the inner room. At the sight of him, she froze for a moment.

"Grandpa!"

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

"I'm fine, Yan Yan."

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

"Who did this?"

Dugu Bo sat down, fished a pill out of his robes, and popped it into his mouth. He waited a while before speaking.

"A brat who calls himself Ye Qiong, the principal of Omphalos Academy in Suotuo City."

Dugu Yan clenched her fists.

Her grandfather was a Titled Douluo, someone who could walk all over this continent without fear. Yet a little punk had beaten him into this state.

Dugu Bo braced himself against the chair and stood up:

"Come on. Let's get out of here first. There's a woman with that brat, too. Her strength is unfathomable."

Dugu Yan asked no more questions. She stepped forward to support her grandfather, and the two of them left the cabin, retreating down the mountain along a path through the forest.

After they'd gone a long way, Dugu Yan looked toward Suotuo City.

"Ye Qiong, Omphalos Academy..."

She would remember.

She would grow stronger, then grind that man's face into the dirt.

The next morning.

Omphalos Academy's courtyard.

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

They hadn't even had time to eat breakfast. Now they stood on the stone paving, yawning one after another.

Phainon stood beside them, his expression calm.

Keleradra stood at the front, back straight as a rod and chin slightly raised.

Her eyes swept over the surroundings. She looked as if she had come to inspect her subjects.

"The teacher was out all day yesterday with Teacher Tribbie. When she got back, she said they'd brought back something incredible."

Hearing Jiang Zhu say this, Wang Sheng perked up at once:

"What is it? Some kind of miracle elixir?"

Phainon glanced around at everyone, then spoke:

"The principal should be out soon."

Sure enough, the moment he finished speaking, the teaching building's door swung open from the inside.

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

The two stopped at the foot of the steps,

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

Their information flashed before his eyes in sequence on the system panel.

[Name: Phainon. Martial Soul: Khaslana. Power Attack System. Level: 32.]

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

[Name: Wang Sheng. Martial Soul: War 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 looked away and pulled a cloth bag from his robes.

It wasn't big, but it bulged with its contents. A thin cord cinched it shut.

Wang Sheng craned his neck to peer at it and asked curiously:

"Teacher, what's in there?"

Ye Qiong untied the cord and poured several pills of different colors out of the bag.

"These pills were made from a few Immortal Herbs that Teacher Tribbie and I brought back from a secret realm yesterday."

Wang Sheng's eyes went round:

"Immortal Herbs? Can you eat them and become a god right away?"

Ye Qiong couldn't help rolling his eyes at him:

"Now that's wishful thinking."

As he spoke, Ye Qiong picked up a pill and tossed it to Phainon.

Phainon raised a hand and caught it. He lowered his gaze to the pill in his palm and frowned.

The pill had a rather strange color.

It was yellow and purple.

Shit, had the teacher found out I liked yellow and purple?

Seeing his reaction, Ye Qiong's lips curled slightly.

He had deliberately, accidentally made the pill that color.

What could he do? Whenever he thought of Phainon while making pills, he pictured a penguin with yellow and purple coloring hopping around, going:

"Yellow and purple little fish!"

Stop!

Ye Qiong was afraid that if he kept thinking about it, he'd break into "Fell in Love with Raiden" right there and then.

So he hurriedly pressed down the strange thought rising in his mind and looked at Phainon, explaining:

"I made this from Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. Eating it will strengthen your limbs and open up your blood vessels. It'll make your body a lot tougher, which should be especially useful for you as a Power Attack System user."

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

But he swallowed it without hesitation.