Dugu Yan, Provocation

After filling his stomach, Qian Renxue took Ning Bei straight to the academy principal's office.

The principal saw the two entering through the door and respectfully rose to his feet.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Young Master Ning, welcome to Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

Clearly, he had already known that the two were coming.

Qian Renxue nodded and introduced the principal to Ning Bei.

"This is Principal Wei Xian. If you have any problems at the academy in the future, you can ask him for help."

Ning Bei nodded and greeted the principal.

With First Prince Xue Qinghe's introduction, several of the enrollment procedures were waived. The principal directly took Ning Bei to the third-year class. Along the way, Ning Bei occasionally looked over the academy's buildings.

It had to be said that the royal family was quite willing to invest in the academy. The facilities for simulated cultivation, the Soul Battle Arena, and entertainment facilities were all present. Although they were not as luxurious as those in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, they were enough to meet the students' daily training and living needs.

When they arrived at the classroom door, Principal Wei knocked, interrupting the teacher's lesson, and handed Ning Bei over to her.

After briefly familiarizing herself with the situation, the gentle-looking female teacher, who appeared to be around thirty, brought Ning Bei up to the podium.

"Students, let me introduce a new classmate to everyone."

After seeing the teacher's signal, Ning Bei cleared his throat.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Ning Bei. I'm from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. My Martial Soul is the Summoning Tower. I'm nine years old, and my Soul Power Level is twenty-two."

Ning Bei had added half a year to his age and reported his Soul Power Level as two levels lower. There was no helping it. An eight-year-old with level twenty-four Soul Power was simply too eye-catching. He had come to the academy with a purpose, not to show off.

Looking at the purple-haired Girl sitting in the second row, Ning Bei smiled knowingly. Who else could she be but Dugu Yan? Sure enough, she was here.

A crowd of little radishes had already been curious when they heard that a new classmate had arrived. After Ning Bei finished introducing his age and Soul Power Level, their curiosity was completely ignited.

"Wow, he's so handsome. I wonder if he has a girlfriend."

"He's only nine and already level twenty-two? He must be lying."

"What is the Summoning Tower? I've never heard of it."

"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is so rich. Why did he come here?"

"Hmph, what's he so proud of? I'll be able to obtain my Second Spirit Ring soon too. With the strength of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, beating him will be easy."

Listening to the noisy discussions below, Ning Bei felt as if he were in a vegetable market.

After a while, even the homeroom teacher seemed unable to bear it any longer and spoke up to silence everyone.

"Ahem, ahem. Students, please quiet down. Ning Bei, go find a seat."

Ning Bei looked around and found that the only available seat was beside Dugu Yan. Perhaps because her Martial Soul carried poison, the still-young children were instinctively somewhat afraid of her.

Ning Bei did not care about that. He walked down from the podium in a few steps and sat directly beside Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan, whose face still held a distinctly childish air, looked over curiously.

"Aren't you afraid of me? I'm the famous Poison Girl."

Looking at Dugu Yan, who deliberately put on a fierce expression to scare him, Ning Bei smiled.

"I'm not afraid of you. I have lots of poisonous pets."

Putting aside the serpent soul beasts in the Pill Pagoda, the Alchemy Fragrance of the Pill Pagoda naturally restrained poison.

"Oh? Do you play with poison too?" As expected, Dugu Yan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately became interested, thinking that she had found someone like herself.

"Not exactly. I know a little about detoxification."

"..."

Dugu Yan stared at Ning Bei speechlessly, then snorted and turned her head away.

What the hell? Wasn't she fine just now? Women really have been unreasonable since childhood.

Ning Bei looked at Dugu Yan's sudden change with black lines covering his forehead.

He stopped paying attention to her. Ning Bei understood that there was no need to rush becoming familiar with her.

During this lesson, the teacher mainly explained the age limits for the Second Spirit Ring and the effects of the Spirit Skills that could be produced by soul beasts suited to different types of Soul Masters. Some of the students in the class were already close to level twenty, of course, none of it had anything to do with Ning Bei.

After nodding and dozing through the entire lesson, Ning Bei finally heard the teacher announce that class was over.

Ning Bei stretched and prepared to return to the dormitory to find Ning Tao. He still did not know what his temporary lodgings looked like.

However, just as he left the classroom, several people blocked his path.

"Hey, Kid from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, you shouldn't be an auxiliary Soul Master, right?"

"My name is Yu Tianheng. How about a Soul Battle? I'm only level eighteen. Although I have the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, it wouldn't count as bullying you. What do you say?"

Ning Bei looked at Yu Tianheng, who had come up to challenge him, with a puzzled expression.

When did this guy start looking like a villainous young master? Ning Bei thought, but he did not refuse.

In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, several of the adults had never let anyone battle Ning Bei, in order to conceal the characteristics of his Martial Soul.

Looking at Yu Tianheng before him, Ning Bei also felt a flicker of interest.

"Let's go. Soul Battle Arena."

Seeing Ning Bei accept the challenge, Yu Tianheng and the several lackeys behind him laughed happily.

"Boss, let's go. Give this arrogant brat a good lesson."

With that, the group headed toward the Soul Battle Arena together.

The commotion attracted the surrounding students, including Dugu Yan. They all followed the group toward the Soul Battle Arena.

It had to be said that the Douluo Continent was full of people who loved watching a spectacle.

After reporting to the teacher in charge of the Soul Battle Arena, the two stood facing each other on the arena.

However, the supervising teacher began sweating profusely. He had only just received notice from the principal that the young master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had arrived at the academy, and now Ning Bei had already come to battle someone.

The key was that his opponent was none other than the grandson of the Sect Master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

He repeatedly warned himself to stay two hundred percent alert once the battle began. No matter which of the two got hurt, he would be unable to bear the consequences.

"Students, please stop once you've demonstrated your abilities. If either of you delivers a heavy blow, the teacher will intervene immediately. Understood?"

The two nodded without objection. After all, Yu Tianheng merely wanted to humble Ning Bei, while Ning Bei was simply itching for a fight. They did not have any deep grudge.

After receiving the teacher's signal that they could begin, Yu Tianheng looked at Ning Bei arrogantly.

"You can attack first. Let me see what that tower of yours can do."

In his view, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was the strongest offensive Martial Soul in the world. How much ability could an auxiliary mutated Martial Soul like yours possibly have?

Ning Bei looked at the show-off before him with amusement. It had to be said that Yu Tianheng at this age was incredibly childish.

He stopped holding back and directly summoned the Pill Pagoda. The two Spirit Rings shone brightly, and several elixirs appeared in his pocket. He then summoned the Hurricane Hunting Falcon and Golden Armor Battle Bear. Once the two soul beasts appeared, they coldly fixed their eyes on Yu Tianheng.

"Soul beasts?"

"How can there be soul beasts? Teacher, it's dangerous!"

The students watching from the side began shouting in alarm, and some even started calling for a teacher.

Dugu Yan looked thoughtfully at the two soul beasts.

So this is the ability of his Martial Soul? So that's what the Summoning Tower means. The poisonous pets he mentioned must be the ones he collected while choosing suitable soul beasts earlier.

Looking at the Falcon and Bear before him, the arrogance on Yu Tianheng's face instantly vanished. He began complaining to the Referee teacher.

"Teacher, he's breaking the rules! Who brings out two soul beasts during a Soul Battle?"

The teacher looked at Ning Bei in confusion upon hearing this.

Ning Bei immediately explained, "This is the ability of my Martial Soul. After absorbing a Spirit Ring, I can summon the original soul beast to fight for me."