The Unreconciled Yu Tianheng, Qin Ming.

Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, student dormitories.

Yu Tianheng opened his eyes, stared at the ceiling for a long while, memories flooding back, and his face instantly turned gloomy.

"Captain is awake?" Aosiluo poked his head over.

"Where is that blonde bastard?!"

"What kind of skill is ambushing me?!"

Yu Tianheng's voice was low, and after he suddenly sat up, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head.

"Captain, he didn't use spirit power, and he didn't summon his martial soul."

Aosiluo helplessness said, "You rushed at him, he pressed your head, and you fell down... That guy is a bit weird."

"My spirit rings weren't fully activated!"

"Your martial soul was manifested."

Yufeng leaned against the corner of the wall with the corner of his mouth hooked into a trace of faint mockery,

"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, dragon scales even grew out, and then he was pressed into the ground by someone like a drawing pin."

Yu Tianheng's face flushed red.

He wanted to retort, but the image in his mind was too clear.

He attacked with all his might, and the opponent casually pressed him down, making him forget everything.

"Dugu Yan?"

He suppressed his anger, scanned the surroundings, and didn't find Dugu Yan's figure.

"She didn't come back with you?"

"She left with that blonde teenager."

Aosiluo paused, "Ye Lingling went too."

Yu Tianheng's fingers clenched the corner of the quilt.

What did he come to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy for?

As long as he captured Dugu Yan, he could bind a Title Douluo to the war chariot of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yet now, Dugu Yan left with a strange teenager right in front of him.

"That guy..."

Yu Tianheng lowered his voice, "What exactly is his background?"

"You think someone who can make both Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling follow him is simple? Besides, you know Ye Lingling, the successor of Nine Heart Begonia, and today she obediently followed right behind him strolling through an entire street."

Listening to Yufeng's words, Yu Tianheng's face grew even uglier.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a figure walked in.

In gray robes, with a refined appearance, young yet already possessing a certain steady demeanor.

Qin Ming, twenty-six years old, level-fifty-two Spirit King, specially recruited into Heaven Dou Imperial Academy as an instructor for the Imperial Fighting Team.

"Awake?"

Qin Ming glanced at Yu Tianheng, then looked at the others,

"I heard you had a conflict with someone, and Tianheng was knocked out in one move?"

This was the thing that made him the most curious.

Yu Tianheng was thirteen years old, with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, a level-twenty-seven Grand Spirit Master, and supreme talent.

He was actually taken down by someone in a single move.

"Teacher, that guy ambushed me!"

"It wasn't an ambush."

Yufeng unsparingly interrupted, "The captain's martial soul was manifested, the whole team was watching, and the person pressed him down without even showing any spirit power fluctuations."

Qin Ming's eyes, however, lit up:

"That blonde teenager was able to knock out a martial soul-manifested Tianheng in one move, without even using spirit power? Did you see his age clearly? Roughly how old?"

"He looked a few years younger than us,"

Aosiluo recalled, "His bone age shouldn't be high, but that height... it was probably spurred by absorbing a spirit ring, his actual age might be even younger, after all, his face looked a bit too youthful."

Qin Ming's gaze grew brighter and brighter, like seeing an uncarved piece of jade:

Young age, crushing a Grand Spirit Master in strength... Such talent is too wasted placed at Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

If this kind of sapling could be sent to his alma mater.

Shrek Academy, an academy dedicated to cultivating monsters.

"Teacher?" Yu Tianheng noticed his expression, "What are you thinking?"

Qin Ming snapped out of it and didn't answer directly: "Where is he?"

"He followed Dugu Yan, probably back to Dugu Manor."

Qin Ming nodded, turned around, and walked outside.

"Teacher!"

Yu Tianheng called out to him, "You wouldn't want to go find him, would you? He just beat me!"

"Your skills are inferior, nothing more to say."

Qin Ming turned back to glance at him, "I'm going to see what kind of person he is. Such a genius shouldn't be buried."

The door closed.

The room was quiet for a while.

Yu Tianheng's face sank as if water was about to drip: "Is he my teacher, or that guy's teacher?"

"Teacher Qin has always cherished talent, you aren't unaware of that." Aosiluo persuaded him.

"Cherished talent?"

Yu Tianheng sneered, "I was beaten by him, and he didn't ask a single word about how my injuries were, turning around and running off to find the guy who beat me. Is this called cherishing talent?"

He clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking loudly.

He got beaten, Dugu Yan ran off with someone, and now even the guidance instructor ran off to poach that teenager.

When had he, Yu Tianheng, ever suffered this kind of treatment?

"Damn genius!"

He punched the headboard, shaking the entire bed violently.

Yufeng leaned against the corner of the wall, looked at his appearance, scoffed without speaking, turned around, and walked out.

At the end of the corridor, Qin Ming's figure had already exited the academy gates and was striding toward Dugu Manor.

Heaven Dou City, Dugu Manor.

Qin Ming stood before the manor gates, straightened his robes, and handed over his name card.

After the doorman reported, within a brief moment, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling walked out from inside.

"Teacher Qin?"

Dugu Yan was somewhat surprised, "Why are you here?"

"I heard you had a conflict with someone on the street, so I came to check on the situation."

Qin Ming's tone was gentle, but his gaze involuntarily swept into the manor, "That... blonde teenager, is he still at the manor?"

Dugu Yan was slightly stunned, instantly understanding his intention.

She shook her head: "You're late, they've already left."

"Left?"

Qin Ming frowned, "When did they leave? Which direction did they go?"

"They just left not long ago."

Dugu Yan's tone was flat, "Where they went, I don't know either; they didn't mention it. They were my grandfather's guests who came to Heaven Dou City to handle some matters, and left once they were done."

Qin Ming fell silent for a moment.

He knew Yu Tianheng's strength well; the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, a twenty-seventh-rank Grand Spirit Master, was already top-tier among peers.

Being able to casually press down a martial soul-manifested Yu Tianheng without using spirit power or summoning a martial soul—such talent was hard to find.

If he could persuade the other party to join Shrek, Dean Flender would definitely be ecstatic.

"Your grandfather should know their background, right? Can you help me ask—"

"Teacher,"

Dugu Yan interrupted him, her tone polite but carrying a distinct sense of distance.

"As for my grandfather's matters, it's not appropriate for me as a granddaughter to ask too much, nor is it my place to speak on his behalf. What identities those guests hold, or where they went, I truly don't know."

What a joke. Even her grandfather had to address Beiming Lieyang as Lord.

Her grandfather was instantly killed by the other party with a single blade. To wildly pry into their whereabouts—was he seeking death?

What was Qin Ming's status?

A mere academy teacher, yet he dared to trouble him?

Qin Ming saw her impenetrable expression and knew asking further wouldn't yield anything.

He pondered for a moment and changed the topic: "Then what about you and Ye Lingling? When do you plan to return to the academy?"

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling exchanged glances.

Ye Lingling didn't speak. Dugu Yan hesitated for a moment and shook her head:

"We won't return for now. Grandfather left me some matters to handle, and I must finish taking care of them first."

Before leaving, Beiming Lieyang had also given them some instructions.

He asked them to purchase as many surviving spirit herbs and spirit plants as possible in Heaven Dou City.

And he gave each of them a piece of Void Mysterious Ice as a reward.

The two of them were naturally overjoyed and hurriedly agreed. This was Void Mysterious Ice.

What could possibly be more important than Void Mysterious Ice?

As for her grandfather acting all mysterious and seemingly running off to tinker with something again?

They weren't quite clear on that.

She just needed to do her own task well.

If she could complete it exceptionally, perhaps there would be more Void Mysterious Ice in the future.

Your Majesty!

Loyalty!

Qin Ming's frown tightened a bit more, but in the end, he said nothing more.

He was a teacher, not a babysitter; the students had their own arrangements, and he couldn't manage too much.

Furthermore, Poison Douluo stood behind Dugu Yan, so he couldn't force it either.

"All right, then you two be careful."

Qin Ming nodded, "If there is any news about that teenager, or if he returns to Heaven Dou City, help me pass along a word: the gates of Heaven Dou Academy are always open to him."

Dugu Yan vaguely responded: "...Understood."

How could that Your Lordship possibly look favorably upon Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.

Qin Ming turned and left. As he stepped out of Dugu Manor's gates, his footsteps paused, and he looked back at the estate, his gaze carrying a trace of regret and a trace of reluctance.

A good sapling had just slipped away right before his eyes.

He walked back to the academy, his mind spinning through several thoughts, and finally made up his decision to first write a letter reporting to Dean Flender.

Upon returning to the academy dormitory, he picked up his brush to write.

Qin Ming wrote at great length, detailing the events surrounding his encounter with Beiming Lieyang, along with his own observations and judgments, appending a concluding sentence at the end:

"If this child enters Shrek, the academy's future will be boundless. I earnestly request the Dean to pay attention."

He folded the letter paper, sealed it with wax, and entrusted someone to send it to Shrek Academy.