A Teacher's Ideals

Meanwhile, Jin Hao brought Ning Rongrong onto the streets.

Once they reached the streets, Ning Rongrong became exceptionally excited, tugging Jin Hao around to look everywhere throughout Heaven Dou City.

Although Jin Hao was accompanying Ning Rongrong for fun, he was also gradually guiding her toward the Royal Primary Soul Master Academy by the city gates.

Before long, Jin Hao and Ning Rongrong arrived at the entrance of the Primary Academy.

Upon arriving, Ning Rongrong asked:

"Senior Brother, is your retainer here?"

Hearing this, Jin Hao nodded and said:

"Of course. My retainer is cultivating in the Academy. He's only two years older than you. I'll take you to meet him and play with him now."

Ning Rongrong nodded. She hoped that this retainer of her senior brother's, who could be considered about her age, would be like her senior brother—not like the people from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School, who treated her with great respect and smiled at her, yet did not dare speak much with her or play with her.

Seeing that he had returned here, Jin Hao thought of how he had established contact with Dugu Yan yesterday morning. Starting today, he could deepen that connection, and afterward, he could make plans for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Just as Jin Hao was about to take Ning Rongrong to find Oscar first, a voice rang out:

"Qinghe, why have you come to the Primary Academy?"

Hearing the voice, both Jin Hao and Ning Rongrong turned around. Jin Hao then discovered that the person calling him was Lin Cheng, the uncle of Xue Qinghe, the original body's owner.

Two people stood beside Lin Cheng. One was the Academy's headmaster, Chen Shan, while the other was a little girl standing behind Lin Cheng, staring at Jin Hao with eyes that were both curious and somewhat frightened.

"Uncle, why are you here too? I brought my junior sister to find Xiao Ao. What about you?"

As Jin Hao spoke, the three of them came before him. Chen Shan immediately bowed to Jin Hao and called out:

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

Seeing this, Jin Hao noticed that the little girl following behind the two of them copied their gesture and bowed to him as well, calling out in a crisp voice:

"Qin Ying greets Your Highness!"

Jin Hao nodded, then turned his gaze to Qin Ying. Naturally, it was because he had discovered that the little girl before him possessed level-eight Soul Power, and she looked as though she had only just awakened her Martial Soul.

Innate level-eight Soul Power would warrant special cultivation even in Spirit City, yet she had unexpectedly appeared here.

Jin Hao looked at Lin Cheng and asked:

"Uncle, what is going on?"

Lin Cheng replied:

"Qinghe, this little girl is called Qin Ying. Her Martial Soul is the Blazing Prairie Spear, and she has innate level-eight Soul Power. Since her Martial Soul is also a fire-attributed spear Martial Soul, just like mine, I took her as my disciple. Her family had originally lived in a small village, but both her parents had passed away, so I brought her back to Heaven Dou City. From now on, she will cultivate under me and serve as one of your future retainers."

"Today, I brought her to enroll at the Primary Academy first, so she can spend two years learning the basic knowledge of Martial Souls at the Academy."

"I had originally planned to bring her to your residence tomorrow. I never expected to run into you here instead."

After hearing this, Jin Hao was so shocked that he could not speak. Was this the butterfly effect? Someone who had never appeared in the original story was now going to become his retainer.

Then Jin Hao said to Lin Cheng:

"Uncle, you have been very thoughtful."

Lin Cheng smiled at that. At this moment, Chen Shan stepped forward and said to Jin Hao and Lin Cheng:

"Your Highness, General, rest assured. Now that Qin Ying has come to our Academy, I will not let her suffer the slightest grievance. She will receive the best training."

What Jin Hao did not expect was that Qin Ying also stepped before him and said:

"Your Highness, rest assured. Qin Ying will cultivate diligently. I will definitely be able to help you in the future and repay Master for saving my life!"

Hearing this, Jin Hao became even more confused and looked toward Lin Cheng.

Seeing Jin Hao's expression, Lin Cheng finally explained:

"Qinghe, at the time, I received His Majesty's orders to search outside during the Martial Soul awakening period for talented helpers who could assist you in the future."

"So I searched throughout the areas surrounding Heaven Dou City. In the end, I found Xiao Ying's village. When I arrived there, I saw that the Spirit Hall Soul Master helping the villagers awaken their Martial Souls was actually trying to knock Xiao Ying unconscious and take her away."

"So I stepped in and subdued that Spirit Hall Soul Master."

"Only after investigating did I learn what had happened."

"It turned out that the Spirit Hall Soul Master who awakened Xiao Ying's Martial Soul also possessed a spear Martial Soul, though his was merely an ordinary spear. When he saw that Xiao Ying's Martial Soul was the Blazing Prairie Spear and that she had innate level-eight Soul Power, evil thoughts arose in his heart. He wanted to take Xiao Ying home and make her his son's child bride, using her Martial Soul in the future to improve his family's Martial Soul."

"Later, I killed that man and brought Xiao Ying back."

Hearing this, Jin Hao froze. It was not because of Qin Ying's plight, but because he had not dared imagine that someone from Spirit Hall would dare commit such an act. Fortunately, that man had already been killed. Otherwise, once he returned to his residence, Jin Hao would have sent Serpent Lance Douluo to eliminate him.

At the same time, Jin Hao finally understood why, despite Spirit Hall helping more than ninety-five percent of the people across the entire continent awaken their Martial Souls, it still did not enjoy much popular support on Douluo Continent.

Of course, Jin Hao also understood that such things happened everywhere on Douluo Continent. For someone with no background at all to awaken a powerful Martial Soul and Soul Power, being recruited by a major force was already the greatest stroke of luck. Those less fortunate would ultimately become blood bags for Soul Master families, helping optimize those families' Martial Souls. The reason Qin Ying had not been mentioned in the original story was likely that she had become the blood bag of that Spirit Hall Soul Master.

At the same time, as the inheritor of his teacher's ideals, Jin Hao could be ruthless enough to eliminate thousands or even tens of thousands of enemies at once, but he could not go against his conscience and harm such young children of farmers.

Thus, the conviction in Jin Hao's heart grew even stronger. He would inherit the Heaven Dou Empire and use it as his foundation to unify Douluo Continent. He could not promise that such things would never happen again anywhere on Douluo Continent, but he would do everything in his power to prevent them.