Heading to Heaven Dou Royal Academy

That night.

Ji Hongchen found Dugu Yan's room.

He discovered that Dugu Yan was inside alone, refining the medicinal power of whale rubber.

"Mmm~"

Dugu Yan suddenly opened her eyes.

When she saw that it was Ji Hongchen, an expectant smile appeared on her face.

She rubbed between her brows.

A trace of fatigue lingered there.

"Hongchen, I'm so hot."

Dugu Yan's breath was fragrant as orchids, and her voice carried a coy allure rarely heard from her.

At her words, Ji Hongchen placed a hand on her forehead.

"You absorbed ten-thousand-year whale glue?"

Ji Hongchen was startled.

This girl was far too reckless. She had actually absorbed ten-thousand-year whale glue outright. "You reckless girl, you've only absorbed a few pieces of whale rubber, and you already dared to try ten-thousand-year whale glue? That's far too dangerous."

Left with no other choice.

He laid Dugu Yan on the bed and continuously used his soul power to soothe the scorching medicinal energy inside her.

"No, I'm so hot."

Dugu Yan wrapped her arms around Ji Hongchen and pulled him straight onto the bed.

"What the hell?"

Ji Hongchen was dumbfounded.

But the next moment, her sweet lips were already pressed against his.

The next day.

Dugu Yan woke in a daze. Finding that Ji Hongchen had already left, she caught sight of the crimson stain on the bed, and a smile of triumphant scheming curled her lips.

Did he really think I absorbed ten-thousand-year whale glue just for the sake of it?

She was no fool.

This was her "world-shaking wisdom."

Although her talent and looks fell a little short of Ning Rongrong's and Xiao Wu's, her figure certainly didn't lose to those two little girls, who were still as flat as slices of bread.

And so, she had used ten-thousand-year whale glue as bait to lure the snake out of its hole.

In the end, she had outplayed him last night.

She hadn't expected Ji Hongchen to have cultivated an indestructible diamond body through the two immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, leaving her thoroughly worn out.

But fortunately.

She was the first snake to steal a taste of forbidden fruit.

A few days later.

Ji Hongchen suddenly remembered that he was supposed to report to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

So he went to find Dugu Yan.

When she learned that Ji Hongchen intended to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a smile appeared on Dugu Yan's face.

"You're joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy! That's wonderful!"

Dugu Yan took Ji Hongchen's arm.

"Then the few of us can join forces and sweep through the entire younger generation of the Douluo Continent!"

"Oh, and there's the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. We can enter together when the time comes."

Ji Hongchen and Dugu Yan had developed a deep affection during their days together, so he naturally had no reason to refuse her suggestion.

"I want to go too!"

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu shouted in unison.

Perhaps because both girls had such impulsive personalities, they were now as close as sisters.

Though they were also a little spoiled and willful.

Over the past few days, both of them had noticed something amiss. Before, Ji Hongchen would come to them for a massage after every sword practice and bath.

But recently, Ji Hongchen had changed.

Every day after practicing his swordsmanship, he went straight to Dugu Yan's room. When he came out, he carried a faint fragrance that was barely noticeable.

Something was clearly fishy!

Ji Hongchen coughed a few times to hide his embarrassment. "Sure. It'll be a good chance to see what Heaven Dou's best advanced soul master academy is really like."

A day later.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The Education Committee Hall.

"What's this?"

Bai Baoshan picked up the files on the desk, which contained information about Ji Hongchen and the others.

"These people really want to join Shrek Academy!"

Meng Shenji also read the files and looked incredulously at the director of studies who had delivered them.

A fourteen-year-old, level forty-two Soul Ancestor.

Two twelve-year-old, three-ring Soul Elders!

Where had these monstrous prodigies sprung from? And now they all wanted to join Shrek Academy? This was absurd beyond measure.

"But don't be careless. This Ji Hongchen is the fiancé of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's little princess. His background is no ordinary one."

"And Ning Rongrong is the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's little princess herself. Her martial soul is the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she has a good chance of inheriting the position of sect master."

"As for Xiao Wu, although I've never heard of her, anyone who can become friends with Ning Rongrong must have quite a background too."

Zhi Lin offered this reminder from beside them.

Meng Shenji chuckled and waved a hand. "Haha, Zhi Lin, we haven't gone senile. Why would we suppress prodigies like these?"

"I remember that these children will arrive today. Let's hurry and make preparations. Notify His Highness the Crown Prince while we're at it. He remembers that child Hongchen very well."

Elsewhere.

Dugu Yan held Ji Hongchen's arm as the two chatted and laughed, introducing the scenery along the way. Beside them, the neglected Xiao Wu looked thoroughly jealous.

"Hongchen, this is our academy's Education Committee Hall."

Ji Hongchen nodded.

He naturally knew about the Education Committee Hall.

All affairs of Heaven Dou Royal Academy were directly managed by its three education commissioners. They were also the three most powerful people in the entire academy, all Soul Douluos above level eighty.

After walking inside.

He noticed three elderly men with burning gazes suddenly appear before him.

"Greetings, Commissioners."

"No need for formalities. A truly outstanding young talent, already a Soul Ancestor at such a young age."

Meng Shenji nodded appreciatively.

"I plan to have you join our Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team to prepare for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. What do you think?"

"No problem at all."

Seeing Ji Hongchen agree so readily, Meng Shenji nodded in satisfaction, then led the three of them to the training grounds on the mountain behind the academy.

Normally, only the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team trained here.

At that moment.

Qin Ming was leading the team's daily training.

Seeing Meng Shenji arrive, Qin Ming hurried over to greet him. "Commissioner Meng, what brings you here?"

Meng Shenji smiled faintly.

He introduced the three behind him to Qin Ming. "Teacher Qin, this is Ji Hongchen, fourteen years old and a level forty-two Soul Ancestor. You should have heard of him: Sword Lord, the Great Soul Arena's undefeated Rookie King."

Qin Ming's eyes lit up.

Of course he had heard the name Sword Lord. More accurately, who in Heaven Dou City hadn't heard that name by now? He was, in every sense, the dream lover of countless young girls.

He simply hadn't expected.

That Sword Lord would be so young. At only fourteen, he was already a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor. Even if one searched all of Heaven Dou City, no second person with such talent could be found.

"Rest assured, Commissioner Meng. Leave these three children to me, and I'll do everything I can to nurture them."

Upon hearing Qin Ming's assurance.

Meng Hongchen nodded and introduced Qin Ming to Ji Hongchen and the others. "This is Qin Ming, the youngest Soul Emperor at our Heaven Dou Academy."

Ji Hongchen and the others nodded slightly.

In the original story, Qin Ming was a rather contradictory person. When it came to Shrek Academy, he had chosen outright to bite the hand that fed him.

But he was reasonably responsible toward his students.

The only pity was that, despite being a young Soul Emperor, his fifth soul ring was barely a thousand-year soul ring, which essentially robbed him of the possibility of becoming a Titled Douluo.

After all, among the many current Titled Douluos.

Only one Titled Douluo had a thousand-year fifth soul ring.

That person's martial soul was special, however. It could switch between a beast martial soul and a tool martial soul, giving him a chance to break through to Titled Douluo.

(Snake Lance: I feel personally attacked!)

As for Qin Ming.

Without a special martial soul, although he was a genius himself, his unstable foundation meant that breaking through to Titled Douluo would be utterly impossible without some fortuitous opportunity.