"Your Highness, is this the Lu Yuan you mentioned?"
At the entrance to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Heaven Dou City, three white-haired elders dressed in the academy's senior administrators' uniforms-Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin-had been waiting for Lu Yuan and Qian Renxue for quite some time.
Heaven Dou Royal Academy had no dean, only these three senior administrators, all of whom were Soul Douluo-level experts.
Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin possessed the martial souls Black Demon, Heavenly Star Furnace, and Azure Vine, respectively, with soul power levels of 86, 85, and 83.
By coincidence, the soul beast that had provided Lu Yuan's first soul skill was a thousand-year-old azure vine, which could be considered a relatively rare, high-tier martial soul.
With three Soul Douluos backing it, such a lineup ranked among the very best of the advanced soul master academies across the Douluo Continent.
After all, even Spirit Hall Academy had no Titled Douluo serving as its dean. In the era of Douluo Continent I, when Titled Douluos were still scarce, having one lower themselves to serve as an academy dean was hardly worthwhile in terms of returns.
Waiting alongside them, apart from the three elders' attendants, was the reasonably good-looking Qin Ming, who had recently graduated from Shrek Academy and joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Not long ago, Qin Ming had become the youngest Soul King in the entire Heaven Dou Empire. He was regarded as a prodigy of common birth and a strong contender to become a Titled Douluo.
Soon after joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming's exceptional talent for cultivation had earned him an appointment as the teacher leading the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Academy Tournament.
"Yes." As she approached, Qian Renxue