First, I Don't Answer to "Hey"

"Him... you..."

Ning Rongrong knew that her father had personally sent her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the so-called purpose of disciplining her.

But she had never imagined that Ning Fengzhi would be ruthless enough to hire someone specifically to teach her a lesson!

Although Qin Ming had Ning Fengzhi's handwritten letter as his imperial decree, he had no idea how to make Ning Rongrong submit.

He could only use Ning Fengzhi's authority to force Ning Rongrong to follow his instruction.

Ning Rongrong had not yet grown into a Great Demon Pill, after all. Seeing that Qin Ming actually possessed a handwritten letter from her father, she panicked a little.

While Ning Fengzhi had sent her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, she herself had only come here intending to have fun.

Before she had even found anything entertaining to do, someone was already trying to put her in her place?

Besides, she had not even started doing anything this time!

Was asking one question enough to count as disrespecting a teacher?

But after a moment, Ning Rongrong calmed down again.

So what if he had a handwritten letter from her father?

Qin Ming was merely a Soul King. Was he worthy of being her teacher?

Her father must have gone senile to send her here to study instead of letting her cultivate in the clan.

Though, even in the clan, she had spent more time playing around than cultivating.

Regaining her Demon Pill mentality, Ning Rongrong put her hands on her hips again. "Who do you think you are?"

"Do you think this young lady has to learn from you?"

She snorted, turned, and walked off in another direction.

"You!" Qin Ming gripped Ning Fengzhi's handwritten letter, dumbfounded.

He clearly had Ning Fengzhi's handwritten letter, this "imperial decree," so why had it not worked?

Shouldn't Ning Rongrong have tearfully begged him?

Why did she not care about her father's demands?

Most importantly, the direction Ning Rongrong was heading in was the same direction Xia Yuan and the others had gone.

Could she be going to find Xia Yuan?

"This is outrageous, absolutely outrageous!" Qin Ming hurled the letter in his hand to the ground.

The letter drifted unsteadily to the ground, gathering dust.

"Teacher Qin, do not be angry." Yu Tianheng stepped forward.

"My uncle once told me that anger lowers one's wisdom, so I must never be angry, no matter the circumstances."

"I have always taken that as a warning."

Osler, who had remained silent at the side, glanced at Yu Tianheng but said nothing.

If Yu Tianheng had truly taken it as a warning, how could things have escalated to the point of humiliating himself on the Soul Fighting Arena a year ago?

"Anger lowers one's wisdom..." Qin Ming quietly repeated those words.

"From that alone, it's clear that your uncle must be a Grandmaster of great wisdom!"

Yu Tianheng immediately replied, "Teacher Qin, you are right. In the Soul Master world, my uncle is honored as the Grandmaster of theory!"

"A Grandmaster of theory?" Qin Ming shuddered.

"Could your uncle be the one who was expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan..."

Noticing Yu Tianheng's expression, Qin Ming swiftly changed his words. "Could your uncle be Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang?"

"That's right!" Yu Tianheng nodded proudly.

From childhood to adulthood, whether it was his grandfather or his father, they had only ever educated him with extreme severity and never shown any concern for him.

Only his uncle, Yu Xiaogang, had brought him happiness.

It could even be said that Yu Tianheng had long regarded Yu Xiaogang as his father.

"So it was Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang. Then it's no surprise, no surprise at all." Qin Ming nodded repeatedly.

"My teacher is also a friend of Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang. When I was still at the academy, I often saw him sigh to himself."

Yu Tianheng fell silent for a moment.

Qin Ming patted Yu Tianheng on the shoulder and said,

"Once we prove a year from now that Xia Yuan's training is wrong, I'll take you to meet my teacher."

"Alright!" Yu Tianheng nodded forcefully.

Qin Ming looked again in the direction Ning Rongrong had left, his expression turning somewhat twisted.

"Ning Rongrong... hmph!"

"Just watch how I complain to your father about you!"

Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong briskly followed the direction Xia Yuan had gone and discovered that he had actually led the others straight out of the academy gates.

"Huh?" Ning Rongrong looked at the backs of Xia Yuan and the others in surprise.

"Are they going out to have fun?"

"Hehe, I knew that Qin Ming guy was up to no good. This side looks much more fun."

"But... why can't I see their teacher?"

"Forget it. As long as there's something fun."

Ning Rongrong revealed an excited smile and trotted after them.

At the foot of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's mountain, beside a lake.

Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan stood to Xia Yuan's left and right.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo stood opposite them.

"You all experienced the new cultivation environment yesterday, right?" Xia Yuan asked.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo nodded together.

"Good. Starting today, I want you to train in the new cultivation environment according to the requirements I gave you."

"Aren't you going to personally guide us?" Yu Feng asked.

Xia Yuan rolled his eyes. "Do I not need to cultivate myself?"

"Uh..." Yu Feng scratched his head.

"What fun stuff are you talking about?" A crisp voice suddenly rang out from behind them.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo both turned around. The one speaking was Ning Rongrong, who had just caught up with them.

"What are you looking at?" Xia Yuan said flatly, and Yu Feng and Shi Mo immediately turned back.

"Hey, where's your teacher?" Ning Rongrong asked again.

This time, she walked directly in front of Yu Feng and Shi Mo and addressed Xia Yuan.

Dugu Yan was about to flare up, but Xia Yuan stopped her.

"Ning Rongrong, what are you doing here?"

"Me?" Ning Rongrong said with a grin. "Of course I came to see what fun things you're doing."

"But aren't you training separately? Why is there no teacher on your side?"

Rather than answer her question, Xia Yuan asked, "Aren't you supposed to be training with Qin Ming? Why did you come here?"

Ning Rongrong did not care that Xia Yuan had not answered her. She said directly, "He's only a Soul King, yet he dared to lecture me."

"So of course I left."

"I only asked why you had to train separately, and he wanted me to run twenty laps!"

"And he said I couldn't eat unless I finished them!"

Qin Ming was as consistent as ever.

That was what everyone present, including Xia Yuan, was thinking.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo were even more glad that they had chosen Xia Yuan back then instead of Qin Ming.

At least they had seen real substance from Xia Yuan, whereas Qin Ming had offered nothing but running, running, and more running!

Just how much did he like running?

Before becoming Soul Grandmasters, they would have accepted that running could serve as exercise.

But they were already Soul Grandmasters and nearly Soul Elders. How could mere running still have much effect?

"Hey, I've said so much, and you don't have anything to say?" Ning Rongrong said unhappily.

Xia Yuan slowly spoke in an even tone. "First, I don't answer to 'hey'..."