A Deal

Under the cover of night, the lights of countless homes in Mingdu stretch out in the distance, forming a sea of light.

The villa area was eerily quiet, with a row of streetlights shining in the darkness, like a long snake.

Di Tian's footsteps were silent, his speed so fast it seemed he was about to melt into the night.

But he saw that space ahead suddenly distorted for a moment.

Yin Hongye stepped out of the void, his hands casually in his pockets. He stood at the boundary between darkness and light, half of his face clearly illuminated by the light, the other half hidden in darkness, a smile on his lips that was hard to tell whether it was a greeting or a provocation.

"Isn't this the Beast God Di Tian? Where did you come from, and where are you going?"

Di Tian's steps were very steady, without even taking a single step back. The figure was reflected in his golden eyes, and his five fingers were already spread out, with a wisp of extremely faint black Soul Power swirling around his fingertips.

"Red Lotus Douluo?! How come you're back so quickly!"

Di Tian uttered the name, his tone tinged with surprise and wariness, "When did you discover me?"

"I noticed you were eavesdropping behind the tree." Yin Hongye tilted her head. "I'm not Yun Ming; I wouldn't be so careless as to miss anything."

Di Tian was silent for a moment, then finally asked, "You discovered the Auspicious Beast's identity from the beginning?"

"I was the one who brought this time, how could I not know?" Yin Hongye said naturally.

"You've come to me, what do you need me to do? You wouldn't do something that would be a loss for you," Di Tian asked directly.

Yin Hongye hadn't intended to extort anything, but since Di Tian had brought it up, how could she refuse?

"There is one thing I need you to do."

"What's up?"

Do you know about the Star Luo Continent?

"I know, I've been there before."

Do you know if there's a Dragon Valley there?

"Dragon Valley?"

Di Tian knew very little about this. Apart from sensing a familiar aura on the Star Luo Continent, he really knew nothing about what was going on inside.

"Yes, that Small World has now been occupied by the Tang Sect. It's full of the remains of your Dragon Clan, and 'who knows,' your parents might be inside too, along with many Dragon Clan Soul Bone... and Dragon Soul."

Seeing that the surprise on Di Tian's face didn't seem fake, Yin Hongye continued to explain, "I want to go in, but Soul Master with a Soul Ring of five or higher can't enter. I know you have a way."

Upon hearing this, Di Tian nodded; indeed, only he could do it. He didn't rush to speak, but instead pondered where Dragon Valley was.

Why was that place occupied by the Tang Sect?

"Okay, but I need you to protect the auspicious Auspicious Beast," Di Tian said again.

"That's no problem at all." Yin Hongye smiled calmly. "I'm much more reliable than you."

Upon hearing this, Di Tian's golden eyes narrowed slightly, feeling a bit insulted. "Why should I trust you? You think you can definitely protect the auspicious Auspicious Beast?"

Yin Hongye pulled one hand out of her pocket, opened it, and found her palm empty.

The mocking smile remained on his face, but his tone suddenly became more serious. "First of all, you had no choice. Secondly—"

"Making a deal with demons is far more reliable than making a deal with humans. Demons have clear prices, while humans stab you in the back. You're Soul Beast, and you've already been stabbed in the back by humans several times. Do I need to teach you that?"

Di Tian stood under the streetlight, watching his receding figure, and remained silent for a moment. He turned around, the hem of his trench coat sweeping across the asphalt without making a sound.

Yin Hongye stood alone under the streetlight. A sycamore leaf rolled past his feet, rustling twice before falling silent again.

"This guy walks so fast. Am I really that scary?" He chuckled to himself, thinking he was actually quite kind.

Because Di Qiuer and Qian Renxue were not present, their conversation went unnoticed by anyone.

The following morning, at the entrance of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.

Yin Hongye escorted Di Qiuer to the school gate and said to her, "Remember, school is a place to learn. You must put what you learn into practice as soon as possible. For example, if you're making a soul missile, just shoot it right in the teacher's face."

"I've already trained my batch; the good-for-nothings have all retired early."

"Ah?"

Not to mention Di Qiuer, outside the Heavenly Screen, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ma Rulong and others looked at this unfamiliar academy and listened to those strange words, feeling that something was wrong.

Why has our Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy been renovated so thoroughly? This school gate is completely unrecognizable; there's not a trace of its current appearance.

The one who felt most uneasy was Jing Hongchen. She felt something was wrong, and wondered why the area under her buttocks felt so hot.

But thinking about it carefully, these trainees can't beat me, so what's the panic?

And why do the teachers at the academy feel that their students are eager to try?

"Only practice can verify the truth. And the fastest way to advance science and technology is through combat. How can you know someone's weaknesses if you don't fight them?"

Yin Hongye then explained to Di Qiuer that he was determined to change the corrupt practices of the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.

"The academy's decline is due to that bunch of lousy professors in Hall of Bright Virtue. They're all just sitting around doing nothing; they should have been cleaned up long ago. Only those who survive are teachers; those who don't are definitely useless, and their deaths are no big deal."

Di Qiuer only understood one sentence throughout the whole thing. "You can hit the teacher directly; if you kill the teacher, then it's not the teacher you're killing."

"Um, if I have the chance, could I go to the Star Dou Forest?"

She spoke hesitantly, making a request that was neither too big nor too small.

"Going to Star Dou Fortress? No problem. You can see for yourself just how great the cost of losing you to the Star Dou Forest truly is!"

Upon hearing this, outside the Heavenly Screen, the fists of the two Di Tian from different eras clenched simultaneously, their hearts filled with boundless rage.

"The price?" Di Qiuer had a bad feeling; the price might be even greater than he imagined.

"Yes, at a price." Yin Hongye smiled coldly, "Huo Yuhao was able to repel the beast tide not only because of his Soul Spirit, but also because of the fortune that originally belonged to the Star Dou Forest within him."

"This..." Upon hearing this, Di Qiuer immediately lowered her head.

So it turns out I'm the one who dragged Uncle Di Tian down?

At this moment, Di Tian of Douluo II Er had already figured out how to launch the beast tide. Taking advantage of the fact that the Auspicious Beast would be safe in the future, he was determined to find a way to Destruction Shrek Academy.

"Di Tian, don't forget that Shrek Academy still has the Sea God's Light. This thing won't allow us to wipe out Shrek Academy in one fell swoop," the Myriad Demon King reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Di Tian froze, having almost forgotten about this thing.

But his teammates will soon arrive for Huo Yuhao!

"Understood. Go and investigate Huo Yuhao's current movements," Di Tian instructed finally, glancing back at the Heavenly Screen, feeling that someone's teaching had gone a bit astray.

Yin Hongye didn't explain anything further to Di Qiuer. This guy wasn't human; knowing so much history all at once must have made his brain overheat.

Before long, he took Di Qiuer to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.

Unsurprisingly, the door to the dean's office shattered again.

After all, when Yin Hongye was around, this door was installed every day. It would break no matter what you replaced it with, even if you used a bomb, it would still break once.

The old dean was holding a teacup, looking at some news about the Shrek Academy.

Hearing that familiar loud noise, half of the tea was spilled, and the file fell onto the table.

He looked up and saw Yin Hongye's face. Without saying a word, he opened the drawer, took out a bottle of nitroglycerin pills, poured out two pills, put them in his mouth, chewed them, and swallowed them.

Why won't the Federation let me transfer? Even retirement isn't an option.

Saying that Yin Hongye has already graduated, what are you afraid of! Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, we can fight again without any problem.

Those who emerged were all elites from various legions.

Give it a good job, you have experience!

After taking the medicine, he saw the little girl with light golden hair behind Yin Hongye.

"Where did you come from?"

"Don't cause trouble, just arrange the enrollment."

The dean looked down at Di Qiuer, and with a sweep of his spiritual power, he saw that her blood and qi were abundant, her Soul Power was restrained, and her physique was exceptionally good. Another genius.

A twelve-year-old Soul Elder with Four Rings.

Are geniuses always surrounded by other geniuses?

Are geniuses attracted to each other?

"That's no problem, but there's something you should be interested in." She handed the documents directly to Yin Hongye. "The Skysea Alliance has extended an invitation to the Shrek Academy for an exhibition match. Knowing your personality, you'll probably go and humiliate them, right?"