Jin Hao's Concern for Oscar

The reason Jin Hao saw things this way now was that he attributed it to Oscar knowing Ning Rongrong was someone who followed this master. Ning Rongrong even called him Senior Brother, so Oscar knew he was not worthy of her.

Another possibility was that, in the original story, Shrek had only three girls at the beginning, leaving Oscar with no choices. But now, at the Junior Soul Master Academy, he had far more options, so he had set his sights at first glance on Qin Ying, who would also become Jin Hao's subordinate in the future.

Jin Hao did not think much of this change, but there was one problem with it.

Qin Ying was now Lin Cheng's disciple, and she would live at Lin Cheng's residence in the future. It was practically like raising a daughter.

In a few years, Qin Ying would have no idea how much respect she would have for Lin Cheng. If Jin Hao truly were Xue Qinghe by then, that would naturally be a good thing for him, but he was not.

Thus, Jin Hao was worried about one thing: if Oscar and Qin Ying truly got together, he would have to reconsider his original plan of observing Oscar for two years before deciding whether to reveal his identity to him.

When that time came, Jin Hao feared that Oscar would have his mind entirely on Qin Ying. He was afraid that one moment Jin Hao would reveal his identity, and the next Oscar would go tell Qin Ying.

Thinking of this, Jin Hao felt that things had become troublesome again. After all, no matter how serious something was, once love and romance got involved, it would eventually develop in a strange direction.

So Jin Hao thought to himself:

"Oscar, don't let me down."

At the same time, Jin Hao planned to find a way after returning today to reduce the interactions between Qin Ying and Lin Cheng. Whether it was having Qin Ying stay at the Academy, having her follow Oscar to Oscar's residence, or finding a way to keep Lin Cheng busy so he had no time to look after Qin Ying, the point was that he could not let the two have too much contact.

He had to find a way to keep their bond as master and disciple confined to nothing more than their titles.

As for why he did not simply forbid Oscar from talking to Qin Ying or prevent them from getting close, Jin Hao had never considered that. Leaving aside the fact that Oscar clearly already had feelings for Qin Ying, if Jin Hao stopped him from contacting her now, Oscar might readily agree, but who knew what he would think inside?

Besides, Qin Ying would also be Jin Hao's subordinate in the future, and the two would often be together. That method was useless.

The only solution was for Qin Ying not to like Oscar, and preferably to dislike him somewhat. Then, after Oscar hit a wall, he would stop putting his mind into it.

At most, it would mean that two of his subordinates did not get along. That was nothing.

But that was obviously impossible. Otherwise, Qin Ying should not have blushed when Oscar stared at her back then.

Just as Jin Hao was still thinking about this, a voice came from beside him:

"Senior Brother, what are you thinking about? Their Soul Duel is about to begin."

Only after hearing Ning Rongrong's words did Jin Hao come back to his senses. He then looked at Ning Rongrong beside him and the people in the Soul Fighting Arena before him.

Then Jin Hao said to Ning Rongrong:

"Senior Brother wasn't thinking about anything. Come on, I'll take you over there to watch from the seats."

As he spoke, Jin Hao led Ning Rongrong to the referee's platform of the Soul Fighting Arena, the place with the best view. How could the Royal Academy's Soul Fighting Arena be without teachers on guard? Not only was there a teacher in the arena ready at all times to prevent students' Soul Power from causing fatal injuries to their classmates, but teachers were also stationed at the referee's platform below.

After arriving, the teacher stationed at the referee's platform recognized Jin Hao as well and hurriedly stood up.

"Your Highness, why have you come?"

Jin Hao replied:

"My junior sister and I came to watch our classmates' Soul Duel match. Bring us two chairs."

Upon hearing Jin Hao's words, how could the teacher dare delay? He quickly brought over two chairs. Jin Hao then sat down with Ning Rongrong and began watching the Soul Duel.

At that moment, one person in the Soul Fighting Arena used a Soul Skill, catching the opponent off guard and sending him flying. Fortunately, the teacher in the arena acted in time and saved him. He would only suffer superficial injuries and would recover after resting for a few days.

The teacher above then announced the victory of the student from before.

At the same time as the announcement, the winner walked over to the person he had knocked down, looked at him, and said:

"Ha ha ha, you still wanted to go against me? Got taught a lesson, didn't you? Thanks for the one thousand Soul Gold Coins. I'm going to use your money to go have some fun now."

After saying that, the person came over to the referee's platform and, standing beside the teacher, said:

"Teacher, I'm here to collect the wager I won."

Hearing this, the teacher took out two bags, each containing one thousand Soul Gold Coins, handed them to him, and said:

"Now that both of you have fought in the Soul Fighting Arena and settled your grudge, you are not allowed to cause any more conflicts elsewhere in the Academy, understood?"

"Alright, alright, Teacher, I understand. If there are problems in the future, I'll come to the Soul Fighting Arena. After all, not only is it legal to teach those blind fools a lesson here, I can even gain something from it."

After saying that, he left with the Soul Gold Coins. Several people followed beside him, flattering him as they went, leaving the man beaming with pride.

At this moment, the teacher noticed that Jin Hao and Ning Rongrong were looking in that direction, so he quickly came before Jin Hao and said:

"Your Highness, although some people come to the Soul Fighting Arena every day to gain more practical combat experience, the vast majority participate because of personal grudges."

"Your Highness, you also know that the Academy is filled either with talented commoner children or children from noble families. These children are all proud and look down on one another, so conflicts often break out anywhere in the Academy. Without teachers to intervene, both sides could be in danger, and other children could also be accidentally injured."

"Thus, the Academy requires anyone with a conflict to settle it in the Soul Fighting Arena. If they are still dissatisfied, they can even set a wager. It was precisely because of the wagers that students were restrained from fighting freely around the Academy. Everyone wanted to teach the other party a lesson and take away their things afterward."

Upon hearing this, Jin Hao nodded. He also knew that children from noble families were the hardest to deal with, since there were many people like that in Spirit City.

In Jin Hao's view, this Soul Fighting Arena was a place the Academy had specially set up for them to arrange duels after school, with teachers dedicated to ensuring no one was injured during the fights. It was actually not bad.