Arrival at Tiandou Royal Academy, Encountering Meng Shenji

One hour later.

With the help of the Time-Space Twin Saint Dragons, Duan Yu finally absorbed this soul ring.

Feeling the abundant soul power within him, a faint smile spread across Duan Yu's face.

Finally, three rings.

Without interference from that trash Yu Xiaogang, everything instantly felt different.

His soul power had increased, his mood had improved, and he no longer felt stifled.

But the most important thing now was to see what third soul skill the Void Butterfly had granted him.

A four-thousand-year spatial-attribute Void Butterfly. The soul skill it granted me shouldn't disappoint me.

A glint of silver lit up in Duan Yu's eyes, and the dragon scales covering his right hand shone brilliantly.

Third Soul Skill, Dimensional Rift.

His dragon claw tore through the air, forcibly ripping open a crack in the space before him.

Then his dragon claw swiped toward the row of towering trees beside him, and silver light flashed.

With a sharp sound, the entire row of massive trees came crashing down.

"Good."

Duan Yu looked at the power of the soul skill, his face brightening with delight. The pain he had endured by absorbing a soul ring beyond his level had not been in vain.

Now that he had finished absorbing the soul ring, there was no need to stay here any longer.

After packing his belongings, Duan Yu left the Star Dou Great Forest and headed for the Heaven Dou Empire.

As a transmigrator, his greatest advantage was that he already knew the entire plot.

He had already fallen out with Yu Xiaogang and that little bastard. Since that was the case, he could not let the little bastard obtain the opportunity at the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Following the map Li Weisi had given him, Duan Yu traveled all the way toward the Heaven Dou Empire.

Along the way, quite a few people saw Duan Yu's young age and tried to rob him. Without exception, every one of them died at his hands.

A week later, Heaven Dou City finally came into view.

Looking at the magnificent and resplendent Heaven Dou City before him, Duan Yu could not help but sigh. What a Heaven Dou City. On the current continent, perhaps only Spirit Hall could compare with it.

No wonder Spirit Hall chose to destroy the Heaven Dou Empire first rather than the Star Luo Empire in the later war. Clearly, the Star Luo Empire had never even caught Spirit Hall's attention.

Duan Yu arrived beneath the security wall at Heaven Dou City's entrance, paid one soul coin, and entered the city.

Although Soul Masters with three rings or more did not need to pay an entrance fee, displaying three-ring soul power at Duan Yu's age would inevitably draw attention.

Duan Yu did not deal in trouble-seeking business.

Duan Yu had already made his plans. After arriving here, he would directly build a good relationship with Dugu Yan, then enter the Icefire Yin Yang Well and take all of that little bastard's opportunities...

No, what did he mean by that little bastard's opportunities? They had never belonged to the little bastard in the first place. They should belong to Duan Yu.

The idea was beautiful.

But after casually wandering around the city, Duan Yu could not find Tiandou Royal Academy no matter what he did.

Because of his terrible sense of direction, Duan Yu had to ask a passerby for directions every time he walked a stretch of road.

Sometimes, he would forget the directions as soon as he had asked, turning a route that had not originally been far from Tiandou Royal Academy into an exceptionally long journey.

Finally, after asking the ninth passerby, he found Tiandou Royal Academy.

Seeing that the entire mountain before him fell within Tiandou Royal Academy's grounds, Duan Yu praised it repeatedly in his heart.

Not bad. I would be spending the next three years in such a beautiful environment. Not bad at all.

At least it would not be Norton Academy. At Norton Academy, not only did that trash not know how to teach, he also interfered with my diet.

Whenever I asked, he would say, "Duan Yu, as a Soul Master, don't care so much about worldly possessions. Proper cultivation is what truly matters."

Pah. If you're poor, just admit you're poor. Why make excuses?

Thinking that he would no longer have to eat that coarse, unpalatable food after entering Tiandou Royal Academy for the next three years, Duan Yu was beside himself with excitement.

Even his pace quickened.

However, before he could enter, Duan Yu was forcibly stopped outside the gate.

"Kid, stop. Tiandou Royal Academy. Unauthorized people are not allowed in." Two young men, led by one of them, blocked Duan Yu outside.

Duan Yu said seriously, "I'm here to enroll."

The leading young man sized Duan Yu up a few times. Perhaps because Duan Yu was still young, he did not forcibly drive him away.

"Kid, quit messing around. You're so young, why are you enrolling? Hurry home and find your family."

Duan Yu: "..."

Seeing that normal conversation was useless, Duan Yu summoned his martial soul. One yellow and two purple soul rings pulsed beneath his feet.

"Th-three soul rings? A Soul Venerable?!"

When the leading young man saw the three soul rings rising beneath Duan Yu's feet, his voice changed in fright, and his eyes went blank with shock.

Duan Yu smiled and asked, "Can I enroll now?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

The leading young man hurriedly nodded. "Wait here. I'll report this to a teacher right away."

Not long afterward, the leading young man returned to Duan Yu with an elderly man dressed in a black robe and respectfully said,

"Chief, this is the three-ring youth who wishes to apply to our academy."

"Him?"

Meng Shenji was taken aback. He examined Duan Yu a few times, but no matter how he looked, Duan Yu was just a nine-year-old child. How could he be the Three-Ring Soul Venerable Xue Beng had just mentioned?

Meng Shenji turned and glared at the leading young man, saying coldly, "Xue Beng, I think you have been getting increasingly presumptuous lately. You can spew any nonsense from your mouth."

Xue Beng's expression changed, and he gave a bitter smile. "Chief, I truly didn't lie to you. No matter how much I usually fool around, I would never fool around in front of you."

Meng Shenji thought about it and felt that Xue Beng's words made sense. He looked back at Duan Yu and asked gently, "Little one, can you tell this old man your current soul power?"

Duan Yu nodded without saying anything.

However, the three soul rings slowly rising beneath his feet answered for him.

Accompanied by a clear dragon roar, an invisible pressure surged forward.

Meng Shenji's calm expression changed at once when he saw the three soul rings and the true dragon martial soul.

A true dragon martial soul, a Three-Ring Soul Venerable!

Meng Shenji looked at the child before him, grabbed his hand, and asked, "Little one, what is your name?"

"Duan Yu, nine years old. Martial soul: Spatial Dragon King. Level thirty-one assault-type battle Soul Venerable."

"Good, good, good."

Meng Shenji laughed heartily. "Little one, you want to apply to our academy, right? Come, come, let's go inside and talk."

As he spoke, Meng Shenji directly led Duan Yu through the gate. Before leaving, he glanced at Xue Beng, who was still standing there, and said,

"His Highness Xue Beng finally did a good deed this time. I am very pleased."

Xue Beng: "..."

After leading him inside, Meng Shenji merely looked at him with a beaming smile, saying nothing as he continued smiling at him.

Duan Yu felt inexplicably awkward under Meng Shenji's gaze and spoke first. "Teacher, if you have something to say, just say it."

This was exactly the sentence Meng Shenji had been waiting for. Seeing Duan Yu speak up, he no longer concealed his intentions and said with a smile,

"Little one, are you willing to become my disciple?"