Douluo Continent: Dragon's Journey Across the World

Chapter 72 (Inner Volume)

Although the Royal Fighting Team defeated the Shrek Team, team leader Qin Ming looked extremely grim.

Qin Ming originally did not want the Royal Fighting Team to win, aiming to dampen their arrogance, but the result was a great disappointment.

Especially before the battle, Qin Ming specifically instructed everyone not to use excessive force and not to injure or cripple any Shrek Academy members. He also specifically instructed Dugu Yan that if she poisoned an opponent, she must provide them with an antidote immediately after the match.

However, the battle was so intense that almost everyone in Shrek Academy was injured, especially Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were seriously injured throughout the process.

Faced with this situation, Qin Ming was somewhat embarrassed and angry, but because the students of the Royal Fighting Team all had powerful backgrounds, he couldn't really lose his temper.

After the match, Qin Mingze arranged for Ye Lingling to treat the seven Shrek Seven Devils, while he himself had a conversation with Yu Xiaogang, Flander, and others.

Faced with Shrek Academy, which has so many talented disciples, and especially after Qin Ming learned about Shrek Academy's current situation, he invited the Shrek students to join the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, just like in the original story. After all, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy has two spots to participate in the Soul Master Competition, and also has very good cultivation resources.

Yu Xiaogang and Qin Ming reached an agreement immediately. Even though Flander himself was in a difficult position, he ultimately decided to abandon the current Shrek Academy and move everyone to the Heavenly Capital Royal Academy.

The only difference from the original is that this time Dugu Yan was not bullied. In fact, she even displayed great power, causing many of the Shrek Seven Devils to be poisoned. This completely contradicts the original story's intention to ask Dugu Bo to teach Tang San a lesson.

Yang Ping'an himself also carefully considered how to deal with Tang San. After some thought, he decided not to take any action for the time being and to wait until the Soul Master Competition's qualifying rounds.

Now that I'm in the Beast City, if I rashly write a letter, it will be easy for someone to track me down. It would be better to turn the entire Heavenly Fighting City upside down during the promotion tournament.

As for the source of all the turmoil, it naturally lies with Xiao Wu. As a walking 100,000-year-old soul ring and soul bone, it is unbelievable that those powerful forces could ignore her.

Even if Tang San and Xiao Wu escape this calamity, at least they will be disgusted, and Tang Hao, who is hiding in the shadows, will be brought out ahead of time.

Of course, Yang Ping'an's conversation with Feng Xiaotian and the others changed some of the plot.

Whether it's Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, or even Shui Bing'er and the others, after their last conversation about cultivation experiences, everyone seems to be focusing more on improving their soul power rather than getting bogged down in things like creating their own soul skills.

Especially Feng Xiaotian, after receiving guidance from Yang Ping'an, and especially after seeing Huo Wu severely injured by the Golden Thread Ghost Serpent, has basically given up on researching the Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of the Gale Demon Wolf, and is constantly thinking about improving his soul power level.

This led to Feng Xiaotian breaking through to the Soul Master realm two months ago. After obtaining a decent Soul Ring with the help of his elders, he spent most of his time training hard, except when he went to find Huo Wu.

The geniuses from the three elemental academies seemed to have been spurred on by Feng Xiaotian and had become extremely focused on improving their soul power. They even increased their physical training, which was similar to weighted mountain off-road training.

However, this also has its advantages. At least the speed of soul power improvement is faster than before. Especially since these chosen ones do not lack resources, various soul beast meat and medicinal bath resources are also tilted towards them. Judging from the situation, everyone should be able to break through to the Soul Master realm soon.

This training method even spread to the other two elemental academies, namely Thunder Academy and Elephant Armor Academy. After all, the five elemental academies are allies in a certain sense, and there is some information exchange between the academies.

Yang Ping'an was unaware of what was happening outside; he was simply caught up in the internal struggle with his teammates from the Beast Academy.

The team has almost daily battles between each other, and sometimes even multiple battles a day.

The other team members were basically evenly matched, and even Meng Haoran would occasionally lose to his teammates.

However, almost everyone who fought against Yang Ping'an suffered a complete defeat. Even Meng Haoran, who fought against Yang Ping'an many times, mostly lost and rarely won, making it very difficult for him to achieve victory.

After training that day, Yang Ping'an was summoned to the teaching office again. This time, in addition to Meng Chuan, Meng Kang himself was also there, and even Long Gong Meng Shu was there. Everyone seemed to have made some kind of important decision.

When Yang Ping'an arrived at the office, Meng Chuan showed a rare enthusiasm: "Yang, you're here. Please have a seat."

After bowing to everyone, Yang Ping'an casually found a place to sit down, but he seemed to look rather serious at them.

After a moment's hesitation, Meng Chuan finally spoke: "Yang, I've heard about your practical skills in the team. Coach Meng Kang has told you several times that he wants you to be in the starting lineup. I don't know why you're refusing?"

Yang Ping'an pondered for a while before speaking: "Director Meng, I'm really sorry, but this is a matter of my personal privacy. As you probably know, my martial soul has undergone certain changes after absorbing spirit rings one after another. If I were to show my face in the Soul Master Competition, it might attract the covetous eyes of some people."

Meng Chuan's expression changed slightly: "So you mean you don't want to participate in the Soul Master Competition? Or do you not want to shine in the Soul Master Competition? With your current strength and progress, you can definitely reach the Soul Master realm before the Soul Master Competition. At that time, you will be the strongest in the team, and even rank among the top in strength among all the participating members."

Yang Ping'an hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Director Meng, could I only participate in the finals and not in the qualifying rounds or the preliminary rounds? Of course, I will do my best to help the Beast Academy achieve good results."

At this moment, Meng Shu, the Dragon Lord who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly spoke up: "Yang Ping'an, your strength is quite impressive, especially the training methods you recently proposed, which have significantly improved the students' abilities. Our Meng family isn't the type to abandon those who have served their purpose. So what are you afraid of? Do you think I can't protect you with my strength?"

Yang Ping'an quickly shook his head: "Thank you for protecting me, Senior Dragon. However, if I stand out too much in the Soul Master Competition, I'm afraid it will attract the covetous eyes of those with ulterior motives. I am just an ordinary Soul Venerable now. It's easy to dodge open attacks, but hard to guard against hidden arrows."

Long Gong nodded with some satisfaction: "It's very good that a young man can keep a low profile. Even just for the sake of your relationship with Yi Ran and Hao Ran, my Beast Academy will be your support."

(End of this chapter)