Douluo Dragon King: Nine Dragons Break the Abyss

Chapter 236 Shrek Inner Court Competition

Looking at Qiangu Qitian's clear eyes, Yali felt a sense of guilt in her heart.

She didn't understand why she had such a strange feeling towards her students.

Or... will she, Yali, become the next Leng Yaozhu...

Can't! Absolutely not!
Yali screamed wildly in her heart.

She is not alone like Leng Yaoju. She has a family and a husband who may still love her as before.

Now, even to comfort herself, Yali was not even sure of Yun Ming's love for her.

After communicating with Qiangu Qitian last night, Yali went to find Yun Ming. She didn't say a word, but just repeated part of what Qiangu Qitian told her with an expressionless face, and then left.

She could see that Yun Ming wanted to say something to her, but Yali had no interest in listening.

When cracks appear in a relationship, no matter how much you do to make up for it, you can never go back to the way it was.

A dead tree can meet spring again, but a broken mirror can never be mended.

The reason why Yali is the only one here now is because of the temporary meeting of the elders of the Sea God Pavilion held this morning. This is the first time that Yali has missed such a meeting since she came to Shrek Academy.

She never wanted to experience the feeling of suffocation in a meeting again.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

Qiangu Qitian seemed to notice that something was wrong with Yali. Even if he didn't look at the other party's evasive eyes, just the intuition that the other party gave him, Qiangu Qitian also had a weird feeling.

As for what this strange feeling was exactly, Qiangu Qitian couldn't quite put it into words, but he felt a sense of familiarity.

Yaozhu...

No way.

As soon as this thought came to mind, Qiangu Qitian was shocked.

Even Qiangu Qitian didn't dare to think too much.

He really doesn't want to inherit the prime minister's ambition.

Fortunately, Yali adjusted very quickly.

She tried her best to control the impulse in her heart, and resisted the urge to hug this tall and handsome disciple in front of her. A somewhat forced smile appeared on her pretty face:

"Xiaotian, the teacher is fine. But I have to apologize to you for what happened last night."

The doubt in Qiangu Qitian's expression faded a little, but his eyes always remained on Yali's face, trying to see something.

But Yali finally controlled her desires and regained her composure.

Qiangu Qitian also retracted his gaze and replied with a smile:

"Teacher, why do you have to do this? That was not your intention in the first place."

"Even if the teacher really wants to know, I won't hide it from the teacher. I said last night that a kind teacher will never hurt her students."

Looking at the sincerity in Qiangu Qitian's eyes, most of the depression in Yali's heart these days dissipated.

A faint smile appeared on her face and she stretched out a hand, wanting to touch Qiangu Qitian's head.

Originally, Qiangu Qitian, who had always been disgusted by being touched on the head, this time cooperated very well and lowered his body slightly to allow Yali to touch the top of his head.

Qiangu Qitian knew that what Yali needed now was comfort.

Huh?
Is this what I, as a disciple, should do?
Before I could think about it, the warmth from Yali's palm came from my head.

The softness of the hair and the touch of the hair rubbing against the skin, as well as the faint fragrance coming from Yali.

Seeing Qiangu Qitian's cooperation, Yali's smile became brighter:
"What a good kid, but a little fickle."

Qiangu Qitian was somewhat embarrassed:

"Teacher, just think of it as you praising me."

"Haha." Yali stroked Qiangu Qitian's hand and slid it down along his forehead, and pinched Qiangu Qitian's cheek very rudely.

"You, you, I never thought that you would actually be with your teacher Yao Zhu. She used to be..."

Yali seemed to have thought of something, and her words stopped abruptly, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

Qiangu Qitian knew without guessing that Yali and Yun Ming were having a conflict.

He didn't understand how the two people who were almost the model couple of Douluo Continent in the original timeline could become like this.

Could it be that he, the Eternal Heaven, did this???

It shouldn't be...

If he really took action, Yali and Yun Ming would have given up long ago.

Qiangu Qitian has this confidence.

Yun Ming should be thankful that Qiangu Qitian had no intention of poaching his girlfriend.

"Okay, teacher, let's not talk about this anymore." Qiangu Qitian began to change the subject. He pointed at the many Shrek Inner Court students and said, "By the way, what is this Inner Court Competition?"

Yali said unhappily, "What the hell, this is a very grand competition."

Yali explained: "After entering the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy, there is no such thing as the end of the semester. But in the inner courtyard, there will be a list, which is the strength ranking of the inner courtyard students. The male and female students ranked first are the senior brothers and sisters of the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy."

"In addition to the name, the distribution of the academy's cultivation resources they receive will be different according to the order of their ranking. The higher the ranking, the more resources they will receive. And this annual inner academy competition is the only opportunity to determine the ranking for the year."

"Oh I got it."

Qiangu Qitian now knows what this inner courtyard competition is.

Ladder competition.

"The inner courtyard competition every year is very exciting, and is generally not open to people outside of Shrek Academy."

Yali looked at Qiangu Qitian, as if expecting something.

Qiangu Qitian understood what he meant, and he immediately acted as if he had suddenly realized something:

"Then the fact that an outsider like me can come to watch the game must be because of the teacher's influence. The teacher is really amazing."

"Of course." Yali smiled, "You must be filial to me, your teacher, in the future. Strictly speaking, I am your only teacher now."

Qiangu Qitian thought about it and agreed with Yali's point of view.

Qiangu Qitian had a total of four people as his masters, namely Leng Yaozhu, Pan Heng, Zhenhua and Yali.

And now Leng Yaozhu is actually his wife. In name, there is a generation difference between a wife and a teacher, so the master-disciple relationship between Qiangu Qitian and Leng Yaozhu naturally does not count.

According to the unwritten rules on Douluo Continent today, only teachers who teach martial arts cultivation can be considered as teachers, which is equivalent to the master-disciple relationship passed down from ancient times.

Teachers who teach a second profession are not included in this list.

Therefore, Pan Heng and Zhen Hua are not Qiangu Qitian's true teachers.

It would be more appropriate to call her a mentor. By this calculation, Yali is indeed the only teacher of Qiangu Qitian.

"That's for sure." Qiangu Qitian patted his chest and promised, "I, Qiangu Qitian, will protect my teacher from now on and will not let her suffer any injustice."

"It's a bit ambiguous." Yali stretched out her slender white finger and poked Qiangu Qitian on the forehead, "I'm your teacher, not your wife. You should say this to your teacher Yaozhu in the future."

Qiangu Qitian didn't take it seriously. He said seriously, "What I said is true."

"Want to protect me? Then you have to become even stronger."

Yali didn't say anything to refuse.

In fact, the first thing she felt when she heard these words was relief.

Qiangu Qitian never swore easily, but once he swore, he would definitely do it.

Although he didn't want to seduce Yali, he also didn't want Yali to get hurt.

This feeling is not the same feeling that Qiangu Qitian has for the people around him. To be more precise, it is the desire to protect the beauty of this world.

A kind person like Yali deserves to have a happy life.

This is the blessing she deserves.

If the God Realm still existed, Yali might become the next angel god to ascend.

Twenty thousand years ago, the six-winged angel dispelled the darkness and brought peace to the continent.

Twenty thousand years later, the angel of prayer dispelled the plague and brought hope to the continent.

Angels, that's how it should be. That's how it should be.

After most people were seated, several streaks of light flew out from the Ancient Tree of Life and rushed towards this direction like meteors in broad daylight.

Yali took Qiangu Qitian to sit in a relatively quiet place. The inner court disciples around her were very polite when they saw Yali and didn't say much.

The friendly Yali is also loved by the students in the inner courtyard.

Several streams of light fell on the rostrum. They were the Seagod Pavilion Master, Sky Douluo Yunming, the former Seagod Pavilion Master's widow, Light and Dark Douluo Long Yeyue, the Seagod Pavilion Master and Shrek Academy's External College Dean Cai Yue'er, Red Dragon Douluo Zhuoshi, and several old men who looked quite strong.

After they appeared, the originally noisy venue became quiet.

Yun Ming just stood there, an indescribable majesty emanating from him, and the air around him seemed to be stagnant.

His eyes swept around and finally fixed on the direction of Qiangu Qitian.

Qiangu Qitian certainly knew that Yun Ming was not looking at him, but Yali beside him.

Yali had a blank expression on her face. She just stared calmly ahead, not caring at all about Yun Ming's gaze.

Behind Yun Ming, Long Yeyue, who was leaning on a cane and had a hunched back, squinted his cloudy old eyes and looked in the direction of Yali and Qiangu Qitian.

She sighed faintly and shook her head in her heart:

After all, Yali still doesn't think of herself as a member of Shrek Academy. Back then, for the sake of Shrek Academy, I was willing to give up even... even my own children.

This is the real Shrek man.

For Shrek Academy, I can sacrifice everything for the individual.

Although that child was the pain of Long Yeyue's life, she swore that if she were allowed to do it again, she would still make the same choice.

Yun Ming felt a slight pain in his heart. He didn't want this to happen.

But he had to choose between Shrek Academy and Yali.

And in the end, he chose Shrek Academy.

He wanted to apologize to Yali and make up for his debt to her in other ways, but Yali did not give him any chance.

Yun Ming knew that now was not the time to deal with personal matters, so he retracted his gaze and announced, "The Shrek Academy Inner Court Competition will begin now. The competition will begin from the lowest to the highest ranking."

He did not deliberately increase the volume, but his words were clearly heard by every student.

The same is true for Qiangu Qitian.

He could sense very clearly that this was the effect produced by Yun Ming's combination of sound and mental power, and it was not some clever trick.

After Yun Ming announced the start of the competition, he and the others took their seats.

The lowest-ranked student also stood on the stage with his opponent.

Qiangu Qitian saw that even the lowest-ranked students in the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy had cultivation at the Soul King level, and their martial souls were also of a relatively advanced type.

Standing on the competition stage at this time was a weapon spirit soul king whose spirit was the Frost Blade Sword fighting against a beast spirit soul king whose spirit was the Decepticon.

In Qiangu Qitian's eyes, this battle was considered a bit rough.

There is no way, this is the soul power cultivation of Qiangu Qitian three years ago.

Moreover, judging from the fighting skills alone, the two of them are not even as good as Qiangu Qitian.

This is not an exaggeration. Qiangu Qitian, who is already extremely talented, grew up under Leng Yaozhu's special training. Even if the person he is compared with is a favored child who was admitted to Shrek Academy, he is still not as good as Qiangu Qitian.

Just now, the owner of the Frost Blade Martial Soul was actually approached by the Decepticon Soul King who possessed the Beast Martial Soul. This was simply a taboo in battle.

Not counting Qiangu Qitian, before becoming a Soul Saint, the physique of a weapon soul master is weaker than that of a beast soul master. If they are caught in close combat during a collision, the weapon soul master will undoubtedly lose as long as the beast soul master attacks at all costs.

But fortunately, both hands are noobs pecking at each other.

The Decepticon Soul Master did not take advantage of his close combat advantage to squeeze the Frost Blade Soul Master's operating space through hand-to-hand combat, but instead chose a sonic attack.

It’s not that this kind of attack is bad, it’s just that if you can’t do it instantly, what’s the point of getting close?

The Hanfeng Sword Soul Master narrowly avoided the tiger's roar. Not only that, after putting some distance between them, the Hanfeng Sword Soul Master began to counterattack.

The two sides fought each other for several rounds, even using their one-word battle armor. In the end, the Cold Sword Soul Master defeated the Decepticon Soul Master by consuming his soul power with a soul power advantage of one level ahead, and retained his second-to-last position...

Next, Qiangu Qitian watched several matches between two noobs, which made him frown.

Yali on the side had a calm expression. The first few games every year were like this, and it would be fine in the later games.

"Xiaotian, don't worry. After a few more games, the competition will become exciting."

Yali comforted her.

“I just didn’t expect that there would be such a fight in the inner courtyard of Shrek Academy.”

Yali explained helplessly:

"In fact, this is also part of the rules. Everyone must choose a challenger. If the challenge fails, the ranking will not remain unchanged, but will drop one place. If you don't have the confidence to challenge the top-ranked students, you will consume as much of your soul power as possible in the battle. Because if the soul power is exhausted, you don't have to be a challenger."

Qiangu Qitian: ...

He didn't understand why there was such a strange ranking rule, but when he thought that this was Shrek Academy, everything seemed normal again.

(End of this chapter)