First, My Name Isn't "Hey"

"He... you..."

Ning Rongrong knew her father had personally sent her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the sake of "disciplining" her.

Yet, she never imagined that Ning Fengzhi would be heartless enough to hire someone specifically to teach her a lesson!

Although Qin Ming held a personal letter from Ning Fengzhi as his imperial sword, he had absolutely no idea how to make Ning Rongrong submit.

He could only use Ning Fengzhi's authority to force Ning Rongrong to complete his curriculum.

After all, Ning Rongrong had not yet grown into a Great Demon Pill. Seeing that Qin Ming actually possessed a personal letter from her father, she felt a moment of panic.

While she had been sent to Heaven Dou Royal Academy by Ning Fengzhi, she had come with the intention of having fun.

She hadn't even found anything interesting to do yet, and she was already being given a cold shoulder?

Moreover, she hadn't even started doing anything yet!

Could asking a single question really be considered disrespectful to a teacher?

But a moment later, Ning Rongrong calmed down again.

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

A mere Spirit King like Qin Ming was 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.

Although she spent more time playing around in the clan as well.

Having regained her "demon pill" mindset, Ning Rongrong put her hands on her hips again: "Who do you think you are?"

"Why should I have to learn from you?"

She huffed, turned around, and walked in the opposite direction.

"You!" Qin Ming gripped Ning Fengzhi's personal letter, stunned.

He clearly had the "imperial sword" of Ning Fengzhi's letter, so why had it been ineffective?

Shouldn't Ning Rongrong be crying and begging him?

Why didn't she care about her father's request?

Most importantly, the direction Ning Rongrong was heading—wasn't that where Xia Yuan and the others had gone?

Could she be going to find Xia Yuan?

"This is truly preposterous, simply preposterous!" Qin Ming threw the letter in his hand to the ground.

The letter fluttered down, landing in the dirt.

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

"My uncle once told me that anger diminishes one's wisdom, so I must never allow myself to be angry."

"I have always taken that as a warning."

Osler, who had been silent on the side, glanced at Yu Tianheng without a word.

If Yu Tianheng truly took that as a warning, how did he end up embarrassing himself on the Soul Fighting Arena a year ago?

"Anger diminishes one's wisdom..." Qin Ming repeated the phrase to himself.

"From this sentence alone, I can tell that your uncle must be a master of great wisdom!"

Yu Tianheng immediately replied: "Teacher Qin, you are right. In the spirit master world, my uncle is honored as the Master of Theory!"

"The Master of Theory?" Qin Ming shuddered.

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

Noticing Yu Tianheng, Qin Ming quickly changed his tone: "Could your uncle be that Master 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 given him extremely strict education and never showed him any care.

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

One could even say that Yu Tianheng had long since looked upon Yu Xiaogang as his own father.

"So it is Master Yu Xiaogang; that makes sense, that makes sense." Qin Ming nodded repeatedly.

"My mentor is also a friend of Master Yu Xiaogang. When I was still at the academy, I often saw him sighing to himself."

Yu Tianheng remained silent for a moment.

Qin Ming patted Yu Tianheng on the shoulder and said:

"After a year, once we prove that Xia Yuan's training is wrong, I will take you to meet my teacher."

"Good!" Yu Tianheng nodded firmly.

Qin Ming looked once more in the direction Ning Rongrong had left, his expression turning grim.

"Ning Rongrong... hmph!"

"Just wait and see how I report you to your father!"

On the other side, Ning Rongrong walked with a light step in the direction Xia Yuan had left, only to discover that he had actually led his group 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?"

"Heh, I knew that guy named Qin Ming didn't have good intentions; it's much more fun over here."

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

"Whatever, at least there's something fun to do."

Ning Rongrong flashed an excited smile and trotted after them.

At the foot of the mountain where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was located, in front of a lake.

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

Yu Feng and Shi Mo stood opposite them.

"You all went to experience the new training environment yesterday, didn't you?" Xia Yuan asked.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo nodded in unison.

"Good. Starting today, I want you to follow the training requirements I've given you within that new environment."

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

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

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

"What fun things are you guys chatting about?" A crisp voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo turned their heads at the same time; the person speaking was none other than Ning Rongrong, who had just caught up.

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

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

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

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

"Ning Rongrong, what are you here for?"

"Me?" Ning Rongrong said with a grin. "Naturally, to see what fun things you're doing."

"But aren't you supposed to be training separately? Why isn't there a teacher on your side?"

Xia Yuan did not answer her question but countered, "Aren't you supposed to be training with Qin Ming? What are you doing coming over to me?"

Ning Rongrong didn't care that Xia Yuan hadn't answered her, simply saying, "He's just a mere Soul King, yet he dares to lecture me."

"So, of course, I left."

"I only asked why you were training separately, and he actually made me run twenty laps!"

"And he said I couldn't eat until I finished!"

Qin Ming was truly consistent.

That was the thought crossing everyone's mind, including Xia Yuan.

Yu Feng and Shi Mo felt even more grateful that they had chosen Xia Yuan instead of Qin Ming.

At the very least, they had already seen real results from Xia Yuan, whereas Qin Ming had done nothing but run, run, and run!

How much did he love running, anyway?

If they hadn't yet become Soul Grandmasters, they might have been willing to admit that running could serve as exercise.

But they were already Soul Grandmasters nearing the rank of Soul Elder; how could simple running possibly still be that effective?

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

Xia Yuan spoke slowly, his tone flat: "First, my name isn't 'Hey'..."