Douluo Continent: Simulating Douluo Dalu III, Specifically to Screw Over Tang San

Ignoring Tang San and the others, Gong Yu walked straight into the dean's office.

Bi Ji, Liu Erlong, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang were all in the office.

Bi Ji said, "Sit down first. There are some things that still need your approval."

Flender and Yu Xiaogang were both dumbfounded. They needed the approval of a boy in his teens?

Flender immediately began speculating about Gong Yu's identity.

Yu Xiaogang's thoughts were in even greater turmoil, and he felt a jolt. He had recognized Gong Yu at first sight: he was the child who had refuted his theories back then, and the same child who had made him doubt his own parentage all this time.

Gong Yu had no idea what Flender and Yu Xiaogang were thinking. He sat down in the empty seat beside Liu Erlong and asked, "What is it that you have to ask me about?"

Bi Ji said, "Vice Dean Liu Erlong wants to reclaim her right to select the entrants for the Soul Master Elite Tournament. What do you say?"

Gong Yu glanced at Flender and Yu Xiaogang and immediately understood that Liu Erlong had probably been egged on by one of them.

Gong Yu said, "Sure. We'll do it according to the agreement we signed. If she wants her rights back, she has to pay ten times the price. In other words, we spent two million to buy seventy-five percent of her shares, so she'll have to give us twenty million to buy them back!"

Flender, who was standing nearby, was completely dumbfounded. Just how much was twenty million? He would probably have to work for ten lifetimes to earn it, and even then he might not manage it. Never mind that-even two million was enough to make his mouth water.

"That's not what I meant," Liu Erlong hurriedly explained. "I only want the right to select the contestants for this Soul Master Elite Tournament back!"

Gong Yu said, "Vice Dean Liu, I'm afraid you've forgotten what we agreed on. Apart from being barred from involving yourself in the selection of contestants for this Soul Master Elite Tournament, you could do whatever you wanted for the ones after it.

"Besides, it's all written in the agreement and officially notarized. So there's absolutely no problem if you want your rights back. You pay compensation, we withdraw our investment, and we part on good terms. It's that simple. Did you really need to ask me?"

Hearing that they would withdraw their investment and demand twenty million in compensation, Flender grew anxious. If not for Yu Xiaogang's rotten idea, Liu Erlong wouldn't have done something so brainless.

Flender hurriedly smoothed things over. "No, no... Sister Erlong didn't mean to ask for her rights back. She only did it for our sake. Whatever went wrong, it was all our fault.

"We just joined the Academy of the Gods and brought a team of geniuses with us. Sister Erlong wanted to try to secure spots for us. Our team is made up of absolute geniuses. A dozen or so days ago, they defeated this year's Heaven Dou Team."

Flender was ostensibly apologizing, but he was really just taking a roundabout way to introduce the Shitrek Team!

But Gong Yu spoke again. "What team of geniuses? You mean those seven mismatched people outside? Four Soul Elders and three Soul Grandmasters, and you call them geniuses? Genius, my ass! They're thirteen or fourteen and still hovering at Soul Elder. They have the nerve to call themselves geniuses? Do you think my team of Soul Ancestors is dead?

"Perhaps you don't know yet, but Spirit Hall's contestants this year are already all Soul Ancestors. Three of them are close to becoming Soul Kings. There's still over a year left, and those three are certain to break through to Soul King. So you think I'd send a bunch of Soul Elders to fight Soul Kings? Dream on!"

Flender was shocked. He had asked Liu Erlong about it, but she hadn't known that the team selected by the Academy of the Gods was already made up entirely of Soul Ancestors.

But Flender was even more surprised by the information Gong Yu had given him: Spirit Hall's team was already close to Soul King. His hopes for the Shitrek Seven Devils immediately faded considerably.

Gong Yu turned to Liu Erlong. "Vice Dean Liu Erlong, have you forgotten the purpose of the Academy of the Gods?"

Liu Erlong was taken aback. "How could I forget the academy's purpose? I was the one who proposed it!"

"If you haven't forgotten, why are you letting just anyone into our academy?" Gong Yu said, somewhat displeased. "More than half of those seven at the door are nobles or clan members. Our academy only recruits commoners.

"You were the one who proposed it, yet you're the first to trample on it. If every teacher at the academy tramples on it in the future, how are we supposed to keep this academy running?"

"Aren't they commoners?" Liu Erlong asked Flender and Yu Xiaogang. Of course, when the Shitrek Seven Devils arrived and she saw Yu Xiaogang, she had been so happy that she hadn't cared about much else. She had simply invited all the Shitrek teachers and students to join the Academy of the Gods.

Flender looked embarrassed, but before he could speak, Gong Yu answered for him.

"Only two of them are commoners: Oscar and Ma Hongjun," Gong Yu said. "Of the rest, Dai Mubai is a prince of the Star Luo Empire, Zhu Zhuqing is from the Star Luo Zhu Family and is also Dai Mubai's fiancée, and Ning Rongrong is the young sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Tang San is from the Clear Sky Sect. As for Xiao Wu, she has an even bigger secret. You can investigate it yourselves. So of the entire seven-person team, only two meet our academy's admission standards."

After a pause, Gong Yu added, "If the teachers from Shitrek want to stay, there's no problem with that. But they must pass an assessment and meet the standards before they can stay. They'll also be assigned according to rank and distributed among the elementary, intermediate, and advanced teaching districts.

"Yu Xiaogang doesn't need an assessment. I know him. He's only level 29, so he's only qualified to teach in the elementary district. But let me make this clear first: that fake theory of his, the 'Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul,' can't be taught at the academy. So it's up to you whether you stay or leave."

Chapter 97: The Shrek Seven Devils Fall Apart

"Xiaogang's theory isn't fake!" Liu Erlong retorted as soon as Gong Yu finished speaking.

Gong Yu smiled indifferently. "He knows perfectly well whether it's fake or not, and I can't be bothered to debate it with you. In any case, it can't go in the teaching materials."

As soon as Gong Yu finished speaking this time, Yu Xiaogang said, "There's no need to stay. Since we can't get places in the Soul Master Elite Tournament, there's no point staying here. We choose to leave!"

Flender then said, "I'll tell the other teachers who came with us. If they want to stay, I'll respect their choice. After all, this is an excellent place to retire. If I may ask, what kind of salary do the teaching staff receive once they pass their rank assessment?"

Gong Yu was puzzled. Flender must have been at the Academy of the Gods for several days already. Given his love of money, it was strange that he had managed to resist asking about the pay and benefits until now.

Before Gong Yu could respond, Liu Erlong answered, "Elementary teachers earn 1,200 Gold Soul Coins a month, intermediate teachers 2,200, and advanced teachers 3,200. There's a double salary at the end of the year, as well as a staff dormitory building, and room and board are included! Those who don't eat or live at the academy get an additional monthly allowance of 300."

Gong Yu added, "Oh, right. We don't accept people who have illegally retaliated and are wanted by Spirit Hall or the two great empires. I hope all the teachers from your academy are normal people."

The corner of Flender's mouth twitched. He understood that Zhao Wuji had no chance.

The pay was already on par with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy's, and Flender was tempted himself. But he couldn't help stealing a glance at Yu Xiaogang, only to see that he was unmoved. Flender sighed inwardly.

Honestly, as Flender saw it, the Shitrek Seven Devils were still young. If they couldn't participate this time, they could wait for the next tournament. But he didn't know why Yu Xiaogang was so fixated on entering this one.

Gong Yu looked at Liu Erlong and casually asked, "What about you, Vice Dean Erlong? What are your plans? Are you leaving with them or staying? If you're leaving, that's perfect. I'll buy all your remaining shares."

Yu Xiaogang's insistence on leaving had left Liu Erlong looking upset. "I'll think about it," she said.

Gong Yu smiled. "Actually, there's no need to think about it. My advice is that you'd be better off going with them. If I buy your remaining shares at a premium, you'll have nearly three million in assets. Don't they want tournament places? Just open another academy.

"You have so much money anyway. You don't need to support their academy for long-just two years, and they're guaranteed to enter this Elite Tournament. As for what happens afterward, they'll have participated in the tournament, so it won't matter whether the academy stays open."

Flender's eyes lit up. He liked living off a woman, especially if that woman was his Sister Erlong. He felt his life would be complete.

But Yu Xiaogang couldn't bring himself to swallow his pride. If Gong Yu hadn't said anything, he might have turned a blind eye and pretended not to know. But now that Gong Yu had put it like that, Yu Xiaogang was even less able to swallow his pride and let Liu Erlong support him.

Yu Xiaogang said, "There's no need. We won't take Erlong with us."

Hearing that, Flender wanted to curse. Yu Xiaogang, you're so lofty and noble, aren't you? But you can't just make the decision for Sister Erlong! You don't want to live off her, but I do! Can't you keep your mouth shut?

After hearing Gong Yu's proposal, Liu Erlong had been somewhat tempted to leave with Shitrek, but Yu Xiaogang's words sent her heart plunging to rock bottom. Her heart ached a little, and she cursed inwardly, Yu Xiaogang, you bastard, are you that eager to avoid me?

Liu Erlong's temper flared. Feigning anger, she said to Gong Yu, "Hmph! The academy has weathered its crisis and is on the rise, and you still want to buy my remaining shares? Don't even think about it. I'm keeping those for my retirement. You want to drive me away? Well, I'm going to stay right here."

Well, that settled it. After Liu Erlong said that, Flender knew his hopes of living off her were dashed. He sighed inwardly again, wondering whether he should leave with that falsely high-minded Yu Xiaogang.

Sister Erlong was here anyway, and Yu Xiaogang's departure would give him a chance to be alone with her. His disciple Ma Hongjun was also a commoner and met the admission standards, as did Oscar. As for that playboy Dai Mubai, he could live perfectly well without any of them.

But after thinking it over, Flender sighed again. His disciple had fallen completely for Xiao Wu and probably wouldn't stay with him. Oscar's relationship with Zhu Zhuqing had also progressed further, but Zhu Zhuqing didn't meet the admission standards, so Oscar was very likely to leave with her.

With another sigh, Flender decided it was better to leave.

Since they hadn't reached an agreement, everyone got up.

Outside the dean's office, Flender told the Shitrek Seven Devils everything that had happened.

Gong Yu happened to come out just then. When the group saw him, Tang San was no longer the only one grinding his teeth at him. Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun joined him, while Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing showed no particular reaction.

Gong Yu stepped forward and teased him directly. "Well, Little Scumbag, why are you making that face again? You've even brought this whole group along to glare at me. But it doesn't matter. You all have to leave, so hate me while you can. I'm afraid we won't have many chances to see each other again."

Tang San said nothing and continued making the same face, but Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward and asked, "Can I stay?"

Zhu Zhuqing felt there was no point in continuing to follow the people from Shitrek. She might as well find somewhere else to stay.

Gong Yu was taken aback. Has this girl gone stupid?

Still, he decided to hear her reasons first. "Why?" he asked.

Zhu Zhuqing didn't answer. Instead, she looked at Oscar and asked, "If I stay, will you stay too? If you're willing, I'll never be of two minds in this lifetime. But if you aren't, we'll act as if nothing ever happened between us and part on good terms!"

Zhu Zhuqing had no trouble coming to terms with having lost her virginity to Oscar. In her view, Oscar was much better than Dai Mubai. Since Dai Mubai could fool around with others, her losing her virginity was no big deal either.

Gong Yu was still puzzled. What exactly had happened among the Shitrek Seven Devils? He really didn't know that this was the result of what Gong Xue and the others had done.

Oscar looked at the other Shitrek members, reluctant to part with them. But when his gaze shifted to Dai Mubai, he saw Dai Mubai glaring at him viciously, and he made up his mind. Since the Shitrek Seven Devils existed in name only, why should he stay and put up with abuse every day?

Ning Rongrong happened to see Dai Mubai's vicious expression. She immediately grabbed and twisted his ear, and he wilted on the spot.

Seeing this, Gong Yu was even more puzzled. When had Ning Rongrong brought Dai Mubai to heel like this? Hadn't he found her extremely disagreeable?

Oscar said, "Zhuqing, as long as you stay, I'll stay with you."

"Little Ao, you..." Ma Hongjun was about to berate Oscar, but Flender interrupted him. "All right, Little Ao. Let's part on good terms. I wish you a bright future!"

Oscar nodded. "Thank you, Dean Flender!"

Zhu Zhuqing looked at Gong Yu again and asked, "Can Oscar and I stay?"

Chapter 98: Who Stays and Who Leaves Shitrek

Gong Yu said, "Yes. Oscar is a commoner and already meets the admission standards. As for you, if you want to stay, you'll have to give up your status as a member of the Star Luo Zhu Family. If you're willing to give it up, the academy will admit you. The Academy of the Gods can also guarantee that, once you give up that status, the Star Luo Empire won't come looking for trouble with you."

Dai Mubai immediately sneered. "You're just a little academy. What gives you the right to guarantee that the Star Luo Empire won't come looking for trouble? You talk so big, aren't you afraid you'll break your teeth?"

"What gives me the right? I'll tell you right now!" Gong Yu mocked him in return. "The Academy of the Gods has seven Titled Douluo. Four are level 99 Limit Douluo, two are level 98 peak Douluo, and the last is an ordinary Titled Douluo. Is that enough?

"If we wanted to, we could wipe out your Star Luo Imperial Family within an hour. Is that enough for you? If we wished, we could destroy any one of the Upper Three Sects within an hour. Is that enough for you?"

The seven Titled Douluo naturally referred to the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest plus Dugu Bo. Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, and the Myriad Demon King could all be counted as Limit Douluo. It shouldn't be excessive to count Zi JI and the Scarlet King as level 98. He hadn't included Yao Ling, though; that guy couldn't be found.

As for Dugu Bo, he was now Gong Yu's man. If Gong Yu asked, Dugu Bo would come to help.

Everyone from Shitrek was startled by what Gong Yu had said, and Liu Erlong, standing nearby, was no exception. She hadn't known that Gong Yu had such a powerful background.

I've never heard of a force like this on the continent. He must come from some reclusive sect! Liu Erlong speculated inwardly.

Flender's desire to stay grew even stronger.

"Hmph... Anyone can brag!" Just as Dai Mubai had been left speechless, Ning Rongrong suddenly chimed in.

Gong Yu immediately scoffed. "If you don't believe me, you're welcome to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect try it. See if your level 96 Sword Douluo and level 95 Bone Douluo can protect your sect! But once your sect is destroyed, we'll see if you still have what it takes to be the Little Demoness."

"You..." Ning Rongrong was naturally unconvinced and wanted to say something more, but she didn't know what to say. He had made himself clear: if she wasn't convinced, she could come and fight. Did she really dare have Bone Douluo or Sword Douluo fight over such a trivial matter?

Zhu Zhuqing spoke again. "All right. I'm willing to give up my status as a member of the Zhu Family. I'll send an open letter back later, severing my ties with them."

"You..." Dai Mubai was furious to see Zhu Zhuqing make such a resolute decision. But on second thought, Zhu Zhuqing was already soiled. How could he possibly take her now? So it didn't matter.

Dai Mubai swallowed his words as soon as they came out and turned to glance at Ning Rongrong. If I can get the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support, wouldn't that be far better than the Zhu Family? Besides, before the situation is settled, the Zhu Family might not even support me.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was another matter. Ning Rongrong was the apple of the sect's eye and was deeply cherished by two Titled Douluo. If he married her, the throne would basically be his.

Even taking ten thousand steps back, if the throne ultimately fell to someone else, as long as he had the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support, he wouldn't end up imprisoned or dead.

Gong Yu nodded. "All right, then you can stay. As for tuition, you don't need to worry. Leaving aside the monthly allowance you receive from Spirit Hall, our academy alone has scholarships and grants. You can look into the details yourselves later.

"Also, if you're willing, you can take part in the work-study program and serve as substitute teachers in the elementary teaching district during your spare time. One of you is a Soul Grandmaster and the other a Soul Elder, so you're already qualified to be elementary teachers. You can find out about the pay later as well."

Yu Xiaogang's expression turned exceedingly ugly at Gong Yu's words. If he underwent a rank assessment, he could qualify as an elementary teacher at best, yet these two, who were clearly still students, had already caught up with him.

Yu Xiaogang could only say coldly, "Let's go!"

Just then, however, a discordant voice rang out. It was Ma Hongjun. "Can I stay, then? I'm a commoner too."

The academy offered scholarships and grants, and he could even be a substitute teacher. That was a great chance to bed junior schoolgirls. Xiao Wu barely paid him any attention and never helped him take care of that matter, so he might as well court a few junior schoolgirls to solve the problem.

"Mm, you're a commoner. If you want to stay, you naturally meet the admission standards," Gong Yu said with a nod. But he wasn't happy about it. Even if Ma Hongjun stayed for now, he would find a way to drive him out.

Ma Hongjun was excited to hear that. He looked at Xiao Wu and asked, "Xiao Wu, shall we stay?"

How could Xiao Wu possibly stay? Ever since she had learned that the academy's dean was a Titled Douluo, she had rarely left her room, terrified that her identity would be discovered. Earlier, she had also heard Gong Yu say that there were several more Titled Douluo behind the academy, which had scared her witless.

If the Shitrek group stayed, she had even considered sneaking away on her own. Her life was more important.

Xiao Wu said, "If Little San stays, I'll stay!"

Xiao Wu knew that if Yu Xiaogang left, Tang San definitely wouldn't stay, so she deliberately used Tang San as an excuse.

Before Tang San could speak, Gong Yu cut in. "Tang San can't stay. He's a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect. The Academy of the Gods is a small temple and can't accommodate a great deity from the Clear Sky Sect."

As soon as Gong Yu finished speaking, he heard a ding in his head. He figured that exposing Tang San's background had earned him another simulation attempt from the system, but he couldn't be bothered to check.

As soon as Gong Yu said that, everyone from Shitrek except Yu Xiaogang and Flender was dumbfounded, Tang San included.

"What Clear Sky Sect? I've never even heard of it!" Tang San immediately retorted. He genuinely didn't know his own origins yet.

Gong Yu scoffed. "Blue Silver Grass in one hand, the Clear Sky Hammer in the other-Twin Martial Souls. Don't tell me you studied Yu Xiaogang's fake theories for so many years and still don't know what Martial Soul the hammer in your left hand is. Even if Yu Xiaogang didn't teach you, you should have seen a picture of it in your textbooks."

Tang San froze again. He really had never compared the pictures in his textbooks to his own Clear Sky Hammer. Thinking about it now, he realized he had been muddleheaded: in all those years, he had never once thought to check what his hammer Martial Soul was.

"How did you know I had Twin Martial Souls?" As soon as the words came out, Tang San cursed himself inwardly for an idiot. Wasn't that an indirect admission of his origins?

Gong Yu scoffed again. "Even someone like Yu Xiaogang, who shows off his fake theories, was able to guess that you had Twin Martial Souls back then. There's no way I'm worse than Yu Xiaogang."

Off to the side, Xiao Wu breathed an immediate sigh of relief when she learned Tang San couldn't stay. She had really been worried that he would!

"Then I won't stay either." Ma Hongjun knew Xiao Wu couldn't possibly stay, but he couldn't bear to part with her. In the end, he decided to leave with her. After all, however good the junior schoolgirls were, they couldn't possibly be as beautiful as Xiao Wu was now.

Besides, the junior schoolgirls might not take a fancy to him. Ma Hongjun was self-aware enough to know that. But if he followed Xiao Wu, with what had happened back then tying them together, he felt he might still have a chance in the future.

Chapter 99: Spirit Forging