Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

When Meng Xinghe stepped out of the meditation room, he found the huge church hall completely empty, with only a refined old man with a scholarly air sitting in a chair on the left side of the hall.

He looked at the old man, and the old man looked at him. The moment their eyes met, the old man's eyes behind his glasses seemed to brighten a little.

"Young friend Meng Xinghe." Yu Zhen stood up solemnly, walked forward with steady steps, looked at Meng Xinghe, and politely extended his right hand.

"Hello, I am Yu Zhen, the dean of Donghai Academy in Donghai City."

"Hello, Dean Yu." Upon hearing this, Meng Xinghe politely extended his right hand and shook hands with Yu Zhen's aged hand.

"Very good, very smoothly..." Yu Zhen was overjoyed and immediately pressed his advantage, "Young friend Meng, may I ask, do you wish to go to school?"

"If so, please consider our Donghai Academy."

Yu Zhen knew that for top geniuses, going to school was not a compulsory course.

The young Meng Xinghe in front of us is such a top genius. As the disciple of the tower master of the East Sea branch of the Spirit Pagoda, the Spirit Pagoda can give you anything that the East Sea Academy can give you; and it can also give you things that the East Sea Academy cannot give you.

Therefore, intention is important.

Donghai Academy will only have a chance if Meng Xinghe has the desire to attend school; otherwise, it's all just empty talk.

"Yes, I do, Dean Yu." Meng Xinghe was somewhat flattered. "Which child doesn't dream of becoming a Soul Master? Going to a Soul Master Academy is the common dream of all children."

This answer clearly surprised Yu Zhen.

Yes, Meng Xinghe is an orphan.

Before an orphan awakens their martial soul, their greatest wish is to awaken a martial soul with accompanying soul power and then go to a soul master academy, right?

He valued Meng Xinghe's talent too much and forgot about this point.

After figuring this out, Yu Zhen was extremely excited. "That's wonderful!"

"Young friend Meng, the gates of Donghai Academy are always open for you."

Although Yu Zhen really wanted to finalize the matter, he also knew that he couldn't rush it.

Donghai Academy does not have a junior college, only an intermediate college and an advanced college, and the enrollment age for the intermediate college is nine years old.

Meng Xinghe is only six years old now, and he will have to wait another three years.

But this is exactly what Yu Zhen is worried about. Don't be fooled by Meng Xinghe's current willingness to go to school; three years is enough time to change many things.

Just as Yu Zhen was worrying about this, a clear and bright voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Idol, are you going to study at Tungkai Academy?"

Xu Xiaoyan walked to Meng Xinghe's side, her bright, ice-blue eyes clear and pure, like a sapphire without any impurities.

"If my idol is going to study at Tunghai Academy, I want to go with him."

"Okay, let's go together then." Meng Xinghe's answer reassured Yu Zhen a lot.

Unlike adults, children don't forget what they say as soon as they hear it. On the contrary, they value their promises to each other, especially children who are orphans.

Because of this divine intervention, Yu Zhen looked at Xu Xiaoyan with a touch of elder's loving kindness.

He glanced at the head of the Xu family, then looked back at Xu Xiaoyan. "You must be Xiaoyan. Donghai Academy welcomes you anytime."

The number one genius of Donghai Academy is none other than Xu Xiaoyu, the eldest son of the Xu family patriarch and Xu Xiaoyan's older brother.

Given Xu Xiaoyu's genius, Xu Xiaoyan, born to the same parents, must also possess considerable talent.

Having recruited two future geniuses for Donghai Academy in one fell swoop, Yu Zhen's scholarly old face revealed a genuine smile: (^∇^)

In the end, Yu Zhen left in a good mood that would make him happy all day.

After he left, the Xu family patriarch hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, why did you agree to let Yu Zhen study at Donghai Academy?"

"Although Donghai Academy is good, it is not outstanding among the Soul Master academies in the entire Federation. If I may be so bold, it is not worthy of your status."

Upon hearing this, Meng Xinghe looked up at the Xu family head and said gently:

"Now that I have been reborn in Donghai City, this is my hometown. As a member of Donghai City, it is my bounden duty to bring glory to my hometown."

"A child will never despise his mother. Donghai Academy is the number one Soul Master Academy in Donghai City. There is no question of whether I am worthy or not to enroll in Donghai Academy."

Upon hearing this, the head of the Xu family said with conviction, "Your Majesty the Heavenly God is truly virtuous."

The reborn god, just like in the legends, is full of charismatic leadership.

This fueled his fervent faith in the gods.

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As Meng Xinghe walked out of the St. Donghai Church and returned to the Spirit Tower, he took a moment to send a message to Gu Yuena on his mobile phone.

Meng Xinghe: Didn't you say you wanted to understand humanity better? Why don't you consider going to school?

After the message was sent, the chat interface immediately displayed "The other party is typing".

Gu Yuena: Going to school? Sure, o(〃'▽'〃)o, but I want to ask, which helps you understand humanity better: going to school or watching TV dramas?

Meng Xinghe: A TV series? What TV series? Who recommended it to you? It's not that little girl Qiu'er again, is it?

Gu Yuena: (⊙ˍ⊙), how did you know? Well, it was that girl Qiu'er who recommended TV series to me, like "A Bite of Douluo", "Food in the Folk", "The Chef Competition", etc. I watched some of them and thought they were pretty good.

Meng Xinghe: Oh, no wonder you've been sharing food pictures on your WeChat Moments lately. You've been watching food shows and making yourself hungry.

Gu Yuena: ...You still haven't told me, which helps you understand humanity better: going to school or watching TV dramas?

Meng Xinghe: What do you think? Besides food, what else have you learned from watching TV dramas?

Gu Yuena: You know perfectly well what I'm asking, you scoundrel! Tell me, you're asking me about school, you don't mean you want me to go to school with you, do you?

Meng Xinghe: Our wise Miss Gu Yuena actually guessed right. That's right, what you need for school is the atmosphere of being with friends. It's much better here than Shrek City. It's a mess over there. Even if you want to go to school, your teacher will send you to another city in the Federation.

Gu Yuena: (‾◡◝), Okay, since you've asked me to go to school with you, I'll book a flight to Donghai City right now.

Meng Xinghe: ･֊･꧞, not now. The junior soul master academy is meaningless. We're going to attend the intermediate soul master academy, which requires you to be nine years old to enroll. We'll come back in three years.

Gu Yuena: Huh? I have to wait three years... Oh well, three years it is.

Gu Yuena: Oh, right, there's something else I wanted to ask you. My teacher recently secretly enrolled in a preschool teacher training course. What's she planning to do? I remember she's single and doesn't have any children!

Upon seeing the message on the chat interface, Meng Xinghe instantly understood and couldn't help but laugh, his hands deftly editing text on the phone screen.

Meng Xinghe: Your teacher is single, that's true, and she doesn't have any children, but isn't your disciple a ready-made child?

Meng Xinghe: The so-called preschool teacher training course is just about teaching people how to coax children. If I'm not mistaken, you always resist your teacher's closeness to you, right? That's why she enrolled in this training course.