Douluo Continent: The Eternal Dawn

Chapter 112 What have they turned this into?

According to Shrek Academy's system, the study period for both the Inner Academy and the Outer Academy is six years.

The average age of new students is around eleven, and under normal circumstances, they would have to be at least twenty-three or twenty-four to graduate from the inner academy.

But that only applies to ordinary inner court disciples. There are always some exceptionally talented students who cannot be judged by ordinary standards, such as Dai Yueheng in front of us.

There are two strict requirements for graduating from Shrek Academy's inner court. One is to complete at least twenty Inspector missions, and the other is to reach a cultivation level of six rings or higher.

Dai Yueheng had already broken through to the sixth-ring Soul Emperor realm before he turned twenty. As long as he completes a sufficient number of Inspector missions, he will naturally be allowed to graduate early.

His ambition since childhood was to join the army and become a commander like his father, Duke Dai Hao of the White Tiger. Graduating from Shrek Academy's inner court was just one part of his life's journey.

During this year, Dai Yueheng not only had to prepare for his graduation exam, but also had to represent Shrek Academy in the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament, which led to him neglecting the discipline of his younger brother, Dai Huabin.

He had actually communicated with Dai Huabin privately shortly after the start of the new semester for the School of Foreign Languages.

The soul bone of the Cyclops' head, which had been shining for ten thousand years, was exchanged by the Duchess of White Tiger for Dai Yueheng in exchange for Dai Huabin. Her intention was to help Dai Huabin improve his personal competitiveness among this year's freshmen and thus squeeze into the circle around Ye Xixuan.

Dai Yueheng knew about Ye Xixuan's talent and background. If Dai Huabin could truly fulfill their expectations, it would be of extraordinary significance to the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion.

However, both he and the Duchess overlooked Dai Huabin's fatal character flaws, which ultimately led to that farce.

Dai Yueheng had also tried to contact Dai Huabin some time ago, but Dai Huabin's personality had changed drastically, and he and his own brother parted on bad terms after only a few words. So, he had no choice but to ask Ye Xixuan to find Zhu Lu this time.

"Senior Dai, you two chat, I'll be going now." Ye Xixuan smiled and said goodbye to Dai Yueheng, then turned to leave.

Although Dai Yueheng's personality was somewhat pragmatic, it didn't actually harm his interests, so a normal, friendly relationship was fine. In fact, they had some business dealings when they exchanged soul bones.

Dai Yueheng patted Ye Xixuan's shoulder affectionately, "Xixuan, thank you for your help this time. Hua Bin shouldn't have caused you any trouble in class lately, right?"

"Actually, I haven't had much contact with Dai Huabin, let alone any conflict with him," Ye Xixuan said casually. "You can ask Zhu Lu directly about the specifics, Senior Dai."

“Alright, then we’ll talk again when we have time.” Dai Yueheng didn’t try to stop him, but his smile remained unchanged. He looked up and silently watched Ye Xixuan’s figure disappear on the lakeside path not far away.

When Zhu Lu saw that Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin had five or six similarities in their faces, she had already vaguely guessed Dai Yueheng's identity and couldn't help but ask him tentatively.

"Are you Hua Bin's brother?"

"My name is Dai Yueheng, the eldest son of the White Tiger Duke, and also Hua Bin's older brother." Dai Yueheng sat back down on the wooden chair, his smile gradually fading. Perhaps influenced by the White Tiger Martial Soul, his cold and domineering aura far surpassed that of Dai Hua Bin, who was only a three-ring Soul Venerable, bringing Zhu Lu a tremendous sense of pressure.

“Tell me in detail what has happened to Hua Bin recently. You need to understand that this is not just about the two of you, but also about the interests of our Dai family and your Zhu family. You should be able to tell which is more important.”

Faced with Dai Yueheng's questioning, Zhu Lu pursed her red lips tightly. Who could understand the grievances she had suffered?

Realizing that her engagement with Dai Huabin was unlikely to continue, she finally let go of her burden.

"Actually, the Martial Soul Fusion Technique between Hua Bin and me has already failed."

"What did you say?!" Even with Dai Yueheng's composure, he couldn't help but look astonished upon hearing Zhu Lu's words.

Under normal circumstances, the martial soul fusion skills that the two parties have already performed will never fail for no reason, unless some huge change occurs.

Most of the time, such changes are due to martial souls. As long as one of the martial souls mutates, whether it is a benign or detrimental mutation, it will cause problems with the fusion of the two martial souls.

Since Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin's martial souls clearly did not exhibit this phenomenon, there must be other reasons.

Dai Yueheng immediately fell into deep thought. Although there was a significant age gap between him and Dai Huabin, he understood his younger brother's personality to some extent.

Between Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, it has always been Zhu Lu who has been making all the sacrifices; the problems mostly lie with Dai Huabin.

With slightly red eyes, Zhu Lu continued, "I don't know what happened to Hua Bin. It seems that ever since he was seriously injured by Tang Wutong, he has become like this."

Is it a physical or psychological problem, or both?
Dai Yueheng frowned and remained silent for a long time before finally asking, "Isn't that Tang Wutong the freshman from the Haotian Sect?"

“She is the young sect master of the Haotian Sect. On the first day of school, she had a titled Douluo-level guard appear in the academy.” Zhu Lu nodded, then bit her red lips with her pearly teeth, feeling guilty.

"Actually, I was also wrong. At the time, I just thought that Hua Bin had that ten-thousand-year-old head soul bone, and his strength should not be worse than Tang Wutong's. I wanted them to compete fairly for the position of vice class monitor. I didn't expect things to turn out like this, and that Tang Wutong was so ruthless."

Dai Yueheng let out a long sigh, and covered his forehead with his hand, feeling exhausted.

There's nothing wrong with Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin wanting to compete fairly, but there's nothing wrong with Tang Wutong being ruthless; she's just not as strong as them.

Knowing full well that Tang Wutong had such a powerful background, he still dared to provoke her, and now that he's reaping what he sowed, he even harbors resentment towards her. This is what he's most worried about.

If he doesn't intervene now, and Dai Huabin really takes an irreversible step in the future, it will inevitably plunge their White Tiger Duke's Mansion into an abyss of no return.

Dai Yueheng's situation is actually similar to Dai Huabin's. Over the years, Ma Xiaotao has been putting pressure on him, but how has he treated Ma Xiaotao?

“You can’t keep the fact that your Martial Soul Fusion Technique has failed forever. Take advantage of this holiday to return to Star Luo and be honest with both families.” Dai Yueheng waved his hand and said solemnly.

"According to the traditions of our original Douluo Continent, marriages between Soul Master families are initially just verbal agreements. The formal engagement is only made when the child turns fifteen, witnessed by both families. Since your martial souls can no longer merge, the two families should renegotiate your relationship. That's all for now. Go back. Remember, never provoke Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong again; their backgrounds are enough to crush our families."

Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong are respectively regarded as the future of Shrek Academy and the young sect master of Haotian Sect.

Although the White Tiger Duke's Mansion wields immense power within the Star Luo Empire, the strongest member of the entire family is actually only Duke Dai Hao, a high-level Soul Douluo. While the Star Luo Empire's military certainly has many Title Douluo-level experts, these individuals are directly under the command of the current Star Luo Empire's royal family. At most, they would give Dai Hao some face, but to have them at will is simply a pipe dream.

Dai Yueheng really couldn't understand why his younger brother was so stubborn, and in the end, he had to step in and clean up his mess.

While Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu were talking, Ye Xixuan happened to run into Tang Wutong, who had followed them.

"Ye Xixuan!" Tang Wutong playfully blocked Ye Xixuan's path, looking quite indignant.

She looked around as she pressed, "Where is that Zhu Lu person?"

"What's it to you? Can you please stop bothering me?" Ye Xixuan replied irritably, and prepared to walk around Tang Wutong.

"I won't!" Tang Wutong shouted stubbornly, and in a flash, she blocked Ye Xixuan's path again. Unable to dodge in time, the two collided head-on.

Ye Xixuan froze for a moment, standing motionless. Tang Wutong, on the other hand, staggered back a few steps, covering her full breasts with her hands with a shy expression.

"you?!"

Seeing that Tang Wutong was about to scream again, Ye Xixuan was worried that she would disturb the conversation between Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu, so he simply grabbed Tang Wutong's fair wrist and pulled her away quickly.

Feeling the warmth and strength in Ye Xixuan's palm, Tang Wutong swallowed the words she was about to say. Her mind went blank, and she let Ye Xixuan lead her, subconsciously recalling the strange sensation on her chest.

She didn't know how much time had passed, but when Ye Xixuan led her to another quiet lakeside, she blushed and lowered her head.

Hmph, you really can't resist my charm!
Thinking of this, Tang Wutong once again proudly raised her chin, quietly gazing at Ye Xixuan opposite her with her pink-blue eyes, preparing to wait for Ye Xixuan to speak first.

A damp, chilly morning breeze blew in her face, causing her long, light blue hair to flutter behind her, adding a touch of messy, ethereal beauty. Beneath the hem of her white first-year school uniform skirt were a pair of long, straight legs, white over-the-knee socks that didn't go past her knees, leaving a tantalizingly suggestive area between them. This Tang princess was truly flawless in both appearance and demeanor.

"Alright, you can go now." Ye Xixuan sat down on a wooden chair by the lake. From here, he could see the area where Dai Yueheng and Zhu Lu had been standing in the distance through the misty water.

Zhu Lu had already disappeared, but Dai Yueheng keenly noticed Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong's presence and waved with a smile.

Ye Xixuan nodded slightly, but our Princess Tang was not happy. She had been secretly hoping for a long time, and even wondered if Ye Xixuan would confess his feelings to her, but she never expected to receive such a sentence in the end.

Tang Wutong's expression had already frozen, her fists clenched in resentment, her eyes filled with grievance.

"Ye Xixuan! What do you take me for?! Someone you can summon and dismiss at will?!"

"So why do you, someone as proud as you, keep bothering me?" Ye Xixuan shook his head calmly. In his sight, Dai Yueheng was running towards Seagod Island across the lake.

"You said you liked me before, but I didn't feel anything at all. Do you think you'd do anything I asked as long as I didn't deliberately keep my distance from you?"

"Yes!" Tang Wutong plopped down next to Ye Xixuan in a huff, as if she were deliberately sulking.

"I'll do anything as long as you stop deliberately keeping your distance from me!" It's been almost a year, and Ye Xixuan still treats her the same way he did at the beginning, which is the root of her grievances.

For a woman of such high status as her to pursue Ye Xixuan, yet Ye Xixuan remained completely unmoved, was the most unacceptable thing for the proud and arrogant Princess Tang.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xixuan's pupils gradually focused, and he glanced at Tang Wutong beside him before his gaze slowly shifted downwards.

"Then take off your socks first."

"Huh?" Tang Wutong opened her red lips in surprise, then seemed to realize something, her pretty face slightly red as she murmured softly, "You bad boy! No wonder you used to stare at my legs."

Although she seemed reluctant, she obediently bent down and took off the white over-the-knee stocking on her left leg, revealing her delicate and fair feet.

"Are you satisfied with this?"

“There’s one more.” Ye Xixuan remained unmoved, staring intently into Tang Wutong’s pink and blue eyes.

Although he had been in the same class as Tang Wutong for a year, he actually had no idea what Tang Wutong was really thinking, nor did he know the extent to which she was willing to do anything for him.

Instead of worrying about Tang Shenwang's possible schemes at any time, he should take the initiative to test the waters in advance.

After all, no matter how much he rejected Tang Wutong, he couldn't really do anything to her. If Tang Wutong kept pestering him, there was nothing he could do.

It would be best if Tang Wutong could back down on her own.

Tang Wutong gave a coquettish hum, using her lips to hold the white over-the-knee stocking she had taken off. Then, she freed her hands, first tying her long, light blue hair at the back of her head into a high ponytail, before bending over and taking off the other stocking.

Seeing Tang Wutong's appearance, Ye Xixuan was deeply shocked.

What kind of mess has this been made of? Does King Tang really not care about his daughter at all?
"That's enough for today. I suddenly remembered that I have some things to take care of on Seagod Island. I'll head back first." Ye Xixuan coughed lightly and stood up. Before he finished speaking, he released his external soul bone, the Heavenly Spider Claw.

Because Tang Wutong had taken off her shoes and socks, she couldn't catch up with him in time, so in a fit of anger, she threw the two socks in her hand at Ye Xixuan's face.

"Damn it! You said you wouldn't deliberately keep your distance from me anymore!"

Ye Xixuan's figure had already soared into the air, controlling the transparent spider silk in the void. His figure quickly disappeared into the mist on the Sea God Lake, leaving only two white over-the-knee socks falling into the cool and clear lake water.

Tang Wutong, her bare feet on the ground, stepped forward with a fierce look in her eyes and picked up her socks that were soaked through by the lake water.

"Poseidon Island, right? Then I won't go home for the holidays. I'll stay on Poseidon Island and break through the level 40 bottleneck! You'll never be able to shake me off again!"

All grades in the Foreign Languages ​​Department are on holiday today, but the older students have more things to do.

Some of the first-year students had already packed their things and embarked on their journey home, while Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei were still in the classroom listening to their homeroom teacher explain the important points of the new semester's promotion assessment.

The difficulty of the external academy promotion exams increases progressively with each grade level, especially at the crucial juncture of transitioning from fourth to fifth grade. After all, fifth grade is considered an advanced grade, and some exceptionally talented students can even attempt to participate in the internal academy's exams.

For example, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.

Jiang Nannan has been quite busy lately. During this holiday, she not only has to take time to go back and see her mother, but she also has to add a suitable fourth spirit ring to herself in order to break through the bottleneck.

Tang Ya's cultivation level was somewhat behind. Despite absorbing the 30,000-year-old Ghost King Vine right arm soul bone and experiencing a significant increase in cultivation speed after her martial soul mutated, her soul power level had only just reached level thirty-five by the end of the semester.

However, she will definitely be able to break through to the fourth-ring Soul Master realm within the next year or two. Although it will be somewhat difficult to enter the inner academy, graduating from the outer academy will be no problem at all.

At dusk that day, Ye Xixuan returned to the outer courtyard and successfully picked up Tang Ya in the classroom of Class 1, Grade 4. Of course, Jiang Nannan from Class 2, Grade 4 next door was also with her.

"Xi Xuan!" Tang Ya, as always, didn't care about other people's opinions and rushed straight into Ye Xi Xuan's arms, giggling sweetly.

"Finally, it's a holiday! Let's not worry about anything today, let's go to the food street outside the East Gate and have a big meal first."

"Sister Nannan." Ye Xixuan cupped Tang Ya's pert bottom with both hands, and didn't forget to give a slight nod to Jiang Nannan beside him.

Jiang Nannan's gaze unconsciously fell on Ye Xixuan's hands, and her cheeks flushed again. In her heart, she cursed Tang Ya's boldness and frivolity, but on the surface, she nodded to Ye Xixuan with dignified politeness.

"Ah."

Tang Ya jumped off Ye Xixuan, grabbed Ye Xixuan and Jiang Nannan's arms with both hands, her eyes filled with longing for the food, and urged them on with great enthusiasm.

"Alright, all of you, stop standing around. Let's go! Let's go!"

Just then, Beibei and Xu Sanshi also came out of their respective classrooms.

Feeling melancholy, Bei Bei casually asked Xu Sanshi, "Sanshi, what are your plans for the holiday? Are you going back to the sect?"

"You stinky Beibei, when did you start caring about whether I stay or leave?" Xu Sanshi first looked at Beibei with a puzzled expression, then puffed out his chest smugly and boasted with a smug look on his face.

"Sorry, my fiancée is coming to Shrek City to see me in the next couple of days. Unlike you, I'm not all alone."

"You deserve to die!" Bei Bei glared fiercely at Xu Sanshi, and it took her a long time to finally utter these words.

As the saying goes, "One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, and one who stays near ink gets stained black," Xu Sanshi was overjoyed. He directly replicated Bei Bei's classic quote from back then, and even added his own interpretation and elaboration.

"So what? What can be done? What can we do?"

This series of moves almost made Beibei blush on the spot. She said in a gloomy tone, "It seems that someone is very confident in himself. I wonder if your fiancée knows about your glorious past?"

"Brother, brother, brother, we're practically brothers..."

(End of this chapter)