Ning Rongrong covered her mouth and burst into a giggle. She hooked her arm through Dai Mubai's and dragged him toward the stands. "All right, all right, he doesn't want to see you. Come on, let's watch the match."
Dai Mubai shook his head helplessly as Ning Rongrong pulled him away.
Inside the private room, Xue Qinghe leaned against the door, closed his eyes briefly, and let out a long breath.
He really had been avoiding Dai Mubai lately.
Every time they met, Dai Mubai's words were barbed, and somehow he always ended up getting the better of him.
What annoyed him even more was that the fellow insisted on shaking hands every time they parted, making him uncomfortable all over. If not for his identity, he would have dearly loved to give him a good beating.
As the crown prince, I have to maintain my composure. I can't lose my dignity. Right now, all he wanted was to keep Dai Mubai out of sight and out of mind.
Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong found seats in the stands.
The day's matchup had already been announced. The Heaven Dou Royal Academy faced a formidable opponent: the Godwind Academy, led by Feng Xiaotian.
The Godwind Academy still held the only perfect winning record in this year's preliminaries.
Even the mighty Thunder Academy had lost to the Godwind Academy, while the Blazing Fire Academy and the Skywater Academy had both previously lost to the Thunder Academy.
That alone showed just how well the Godwind Academy was performing.
With rank forty-four soul power, Feng Xiaotian currently had the highest soul power of any competitor in the Heaven Dou Division.
His mutated martial soul, the "Two-Headed Gale Demon Wolf," combined with his self-created Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, had proven almost unstoppable in