"Why, you old poison! I heard you went back to the academy after becoming a Soul Douluo and took the vice dean's post. I knew the moment you stuck your backside out that no decent fart was coming." Zhu Yanfeng glared at Dugu Lin with undisguised contempt and was the first to raise his voice.
Among the continent's renowned first-rate academies, there was an unwritten rule: the dean had to be a Soul Douluo. Otherwise, they could not command respect. Some of the more formidable vice deans were also Soul Douluo experts.
In the original Douluo I, for example, the Soul Saint Shi Nian, whose martial soul was Remnant Dream, held only the position of tournament team leader at the nearly first-rate Canghui Academy during the Elite Tournament-not dean or vice dean.
Academies were fascinating places. From the day they first appeared, they were destined to become places where the great families and factions cultivated and recruited talent.
Every academy had a host of affiliated interests behind it, and the Dugu Family wielded considerable influence within the Exotic Beast Academy.
Dugu Lin's expression shifted slightly at those words. He gave an awkward smile and said in a low voice, "Well, talent is hard to come by. Your Eminence Heaven and Earth, Old Pighead, our Exotic Beast Academy has worked with your family for years. We've always thirsted for talented people from your family. So I'd like to formally invite Xiaojun to study at our Exotic Beast Academy. Please give it some consideration."
Of course, he could tell that Xiao Yi and Zhu Wuneng followed Chen Xiaojun's lead. Zhu Wuneng, in particular, was the Personal Attendant the Chen Clan had chosen for Chen Xiaojun. Every family had people in such roles, merely under different names, such as longtime attendants or study