The real trump card
Jun Yi, of course, had no idea how Shui Bing'er viewed him. Although he had been chatting with Jun Yi Shui Yue'er, he had also learned from her about the conflicts and alliances between the various academies, as well as Skywater Academy's attitude towards the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
As the daughter of the dean of the Skywater Academy, Shui Yue'er was naturally aware of this news.
"According to Yue'er, all the other academies actually harbor hostility towards the Heaven Dou Royal Academy because the Heaven Dou Academy students are generally not very strong, yet they occupy a seeded spot, allowing them to advance directly to the finals without having to play in the qualifying rounds. This has caused dissatisfaction among the other academies, thus leading to the conflict?"
Jun Yi summarized the information he had just exchanged with Shui Yue'er, but Jun Yi was still a little surprised after learning this news.
He never expected that the seemingly invincible Heaven Dou Royal Academy would now be in a state of internal and external troubles. The internal troubles were mainly due to the poor talent of the students in the academy and the fact that it only recruited nobles, thus missing out on many promising talents.
The external threat stems from the poor performance of other academies in Heaven Dou City. They want Heaven Dou Royal Academy to relinquish its seeded spot so that everyone can compete on the same stage without needing any seeded players. However, if this were to happen, the prestige of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family would be undermined.
"The main reason is that the students of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy have been too weak in previous years. They can directly advance to the finals without much strength, which is equivalent to wasting a spot." Shui Yue'er nodded seriously and answered.
"I see. I didn't expect there to be such a thing. It seems this exchange competition is more important than I thought, directly involving the interests of the Royal Family. No wonder Xue Ye proposed holding this exchange competition; now I understand."
Jun Yi murmured to himself that his conversation with Shui Yue'er had cleared up a mystery for him: in the original story, Jun Yi Yu Tianheng, as the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, could have joined Thunder Academy, which was backed by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but he chose Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead. This was probably due to the issue of the limited spots.
"Junior Brother Jun, your talent is so high. With you at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, I believe you will definitely shine in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament in two and a half years."
Shui Bing'er, who had been silent, spoke up, praising that when she fought Jun Yi just now, she could clearly feel that Jun Yi had not used his full strength at all, and the cold aura emanating from Jun Yi's body seemed to be able to suppress the ice she released at will.
In the setting of Douluo I, there is no definition of Ultimate Attribute. Although Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix is a super Martial Soul, it is not the Ultimate Ice. However, Jun Yi's Ice-Ice Fruit has clearly reached the limit of ice attribute, which is the existence of Ultimate Ice.
" Bing'er, you flatter me. To be honest, the person sitting over there is our academy's true trump card."
Jun Yi smiled and pointed Shui Bing'er Dugu Yan, who was sitting in front of Shui Bing'er chatting with Ye Lingling.
" Dugu Yan? Is she your academy's trump card?"
Shui Bing'er frowned slightly. She knew Dugu Yan's strength. Although she was the granddaughter of Poison Douluo, her talent was really average. It seemed that she was only level 36 at the moment. Why did Jun Yi say that she was a trump card?
However, she didn't press further. Instead, she smiled and said, "If that's what you mean, Junior Brother Jun, I'm really looking forward to running into the Heaven Dou Royal Academy in this exchange competition. We can have a good spar then."
"I certainly won't let my senior down."
Inside the office of the Education Committee of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the three Education Committee members, Meng Shenji, and the deans of the three major academies sat facing each other, discussing matters related to the upcoming exchange competition, while Qin Ming stood aside listening.
" Education Committee Member Meng, we from all the colleges know that your position is not easy. After all, although you and the other two commissioners hold high positions, you are still constrained by the royal family and nobles. We all understand you. If your college's students' strength in this exchange competition is not convincing, we hope that your college can give up the spot that directly advances to the finals so that everyone can compete together. How about that?"
Huo Yao, the dean of the Blazing Fire Academy, spoke first.
"Yes, Education Committee Member Meng, in the last competition, none of your students even had a single Soul Ancestor, yet they directly advanced to the finals. This is unfair to those truly talented children," the dean of the Skywater Academy chimed in.
" Zhi Lin, you were originally the dean of our Plant Academy. You know how eager our students are to showcase their talents in the competition. We hope you can listen to our advice."
The last to speak was the dean of the Plant Academy. She didn't look very old, and her features bore a resemblance to Zhi Lin.
This remark surprised Qin Ming: "I didn't expect that Zhi Lin Education Committee member was actually the dean of the Plant Academy, and it seems that he is even related to the current dean of the Plant Academy by blood."
Qin Ming quietly observed the expressions of the six people present. The deans of the three academies all seemed to be thinking of the students and wanted the three education committee members to give up their spots.
The three education committee members looked helpless. At this moment, Bai Baoshan spoke first, saying, "The three deans understand your feelings, but this is not a decision that the three of us can make."
Zhi Lin, the education commissioner, sighed, shook his head, and said to the dean of the Plant Academy, "Yes, Xiao Lu, you don't need your uncle anymore. There's really not much I can do now. How could I not want those more talented and capable children to reach a wider stage?"
Seeing the helpless expressions on Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin's faces, Meng Shenji did not share their pessimism. Instead, he expressed his firm stance to the three deans. "Deans, we will not give up the spot, at least not this year. After all, this seed spot was fought for by the royal family for our academy, and we cannot simply give it away so easily."
Even if our academy loses this exchange competition, the academy probably won't give up its spot, at least not from the three of us old guys.
Meng Shenji's words made the three deans fall into deep thought, because what he said was very ambiguous, especially the sentence "it won't be given up from the three of us old guys," which clearly showed that he wanted to shift the blame for losing the spot.
The three deans exchanged glances before Huo Yao spoke, "We understand, three members of the academic council. Even if we lose this exchange competition, it has little to do with you three. The real culprit is the admission system of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which has restricted some geniuses."
"We will then jointly petition the Royal Family to relinquish the quota, and the three education committee members will not need to worry about it at other times."
(End of this chapter)