"The Soul Master Academies of the Two Great Empires, along with Spirit Hall's academy, are basically the academies with the best resources. If you don't want to join a Soul Master Academy of the Two Great Empires, how about choosing..."
Although Su Yuntao did not finish, what he meant was whether Kai would consider joining Spirit Hall's academy.
In his view, Kai possessed such terrifying talent that, as long as Spirit Hall's higher-ups saw it, then with his own efforts and strength as well, they would surely be willing to compensate Kai for his loss. That could count as making amends to Kai, and more importantly, he also worked at Spirit Hall, which would make it easier for him to help look after this nephew of his.
(Note: To clarify, Su Yuntao and Kai were not related. It was simply that their parents were good friends, as close as brothers, which was why they addressed each other this way.)
That way, he could also secure reasonable compensation for his parents.
"Say no more. I know Spirit Hall is a sacred land for Soul Masters. Spirit Hall is outstanding, Spirit Hall is wonderful, and it has given many ordinary Soul Masters on the continent the chance to awaken their martial souls. Spirit Hall's achievements truly are great, but the problem is... if your parents died because of Spirit Hall's Pope, and all you received in compensation was some Gold Soul Coins, would you think your parents' lives... were only worth..."
Kai did not continue. This was also where his conflict with Spirit Hall lay. His parents' lives had been lost just like that, yet the compensation was only some Gold Soul Coins.
That made it very difficult for him to accept Spirit Hall. He did not deny how much credit Spirit Hall itself deserved, but the problem was that this conflict made it very difficult for him to accept it.
"I understand. If it were me, I would find it hard to accept too. But your talent is excellent, far better than mine. Only by becoming the strongest on the continent can you secure a..." Su Yuntao did not continue.
"The only other somewhat lesser Soul Master Academies are the Four Elemental Academy. But the Elephant Armor Sect's academy belongs to one of the Lower Four Sects. Its academy seems to be over in Element City too, though the Four Elemental Academy don't seem to welcome it very much."
That was what Kai said.
"I know a little about this. Actually, it's the three elemental academies of fire, wind, and water that don't welcome the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's Thunder Academy or the Elephant Armor Sect's academy."
"In fact, whether it's the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of the Upper Three Sects or the Elephant Armor Sect of the Lower Four Sects, they represent either the Upper Three Sects or Spirit Hall. They want to swallow up the elemental academies and draw the three great elemental academies into their own camp, so the Upper Three Sects chose to establish an academy in Element City to win them over.
"But the three great elemental academies didn't like them much, so the three academies banded together to shut them out. At first, they only disliked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, since the Elephant Armor Sect hadn't arrived yet. The problem was that Spirit Hall later sent the Elephant Armor Sect to force its way in."
"The three great elemental academies don't seem very interested in joining the Five Academy Alliance either, so they chose to huddle together with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for warmth. That's why the three great elemental academies currently lean toward the Upper Three Sects. In reality, though, they don't want to join anyone. They just want to guard their own little patch of land."
"If the Elephant Armor Sect left, they would immediately start shutting out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
After hearing Su Yuntao's explanation, Kai agreed. It was much the same as what he knew.
"You have an ice-attribute martial soul. That Ice Dragon King martial soul is very formidable."
"Although I don't know just how powerful a Dragon King martial soul is, if you could join Skywater Academy, it should be able to help you cultivate your Ice Dragon King martial soul very well."
"After all, that Ice Dragon King martial soul is very powerful. But the drawback is... Skywater Academy only admits pretty girls with the Ice Attribute or Water Attribute. It doesn't admit male students."
"So Skywater Academy generally doesn't admit males, and joining is even more impossible for them. Even if a boy has an ice martial soul, very high innate soul power, and quite good talent, he still won't be welcome if he isn't a girl."
Su Yuntao said this teasingly, though he was helpless about it too. He thought that if Skywater Academy welcomed boys, Kai would surely receive excellent resources and excellent training. After all, Skywater Academy was very skilled at teaching Water Attribute and Ice Attribute Soul Masters.
Because of what had happened back then, Kai harbored some... resentment... toward Spirit Hall.
He did not want to join Spirit Hall because of what had happened to his parents, so if he wanted an academy that could do a good job recruiting water-attribute or ice-attribute martial souls, Skywater Academy was the best. The problem was that it only admitted girls.
"There's no use talking about this now, and there's nothing we can do. What can we do when this academy only admits girls?
"Only female Soul Masters with water or ice attributes, and pretty ones at that, are admitted.
"Gu Luoyi is very good-looking, quite pretty, but the problem is that her martial soul has dragon and light attributes. Without water or ice attributes, she doesn't meet the admission requirements either."
"That's indeed the case."
Su Yuntao was helpless too.
"Right, speaking of which, has His Eminence the Titled Douluo said he would help you find a suitable academy? Or it should be no problem for him to teach you personally. His Eminence has already been teaching you personally at Nuoding Academy during this time, after all. Has he said anything about finding a suitable academy for you next?"
"He's already looking, but the problem is that he hasn't found a suitable one."
"Uncle, you know there are only so many formidable advanced Soul Master Academies on the Douluo Continent. How many do we have to choose from? There isn't a suitable one. There's one that can help teach Ice Attribute martial souls, and I have the Ice Dragon King martial soul, but the problem is that it only admits females."
That was what Kai said, and there really was nothing to be done afterward.
This was not the world ten thousand or twenty thousand years later. There were only these few advanced academies in this era, so there really was nothing to be done.
"You're about to graduate. What do you plan to do then?" The dean of Nuoding Academy looked at this year's graduating class. Seeing these outstanding graduates made him very happy. Once again, he had completed the training of outstanding Soul Masters.
"I plan to go to an intermediate academy."
"Dean, I plan to go to an advanced Soul Master Academy. My talent already qualifies me for one."
"What about you, Gu Luoyi? Do you think your talent qualifies you to go to an advanced academy on your own?"
After hearing everyone speak, Gu Luoyi shook her head helplessly.
"I plan to go with my Older Brother, but he hasn't found a suitable Soul Master Academy yet."
"Kai is so outstanding that it's understandable he would want to find a good Soul Master. After all, when choosing a Soul Master Academy, you have to pick a suitable one. You have to find a good one."
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