Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 285 The Crisis of the Elemental Academy

After more than two-thirds of the teachers and students left the academy, Shenfeng, Chihuo, and Tianshui, fearing that the Spirit Hall might also come knocking on their door on a dark and stormy night, decisively chose to relocate the academy to Tiandou City.

During this time, Huo Wu also extended an olive branch to her own academy, and Shui Bing'er, who had already become Camus's apprentice, returned to the academy to sincerely invite her parents.

However, after much private discussion, the deans of these three colleges chose to refuse.

They believed that academies should remain neutral and not get involved in the conflicts between sects. Moreover, the Nine Star Academy under the Nine Star Palace was thriving, and if these academies joined, they might eventually become branch campuses of the Nine Star Academy.

At this very moment, Thunder Academy, which was also one of the Elemental Academy and had moved to Tiandou City a few days earlier than the other three academies, extended an invitation to them, suggesting that the four academies merge into an independent Four Elemental Academy.

Although Thunder Academy has a slightly distant relationship with the other three elemental academies, they are all one of the five elemental academies, so they should be considered as one of their own. Considering the small number of students in their own academy, it would be rather pathetic for it to be a separate academy. Therefore, the three deans accepted Thunder Academy's invitation a few days later.

Considering that the major academies were newcomers to Tiandou City and had no foundation, the surviving members of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, who were in charge of Thunder Academy, approached their uncle Yu Xiaogang and aunt Liu Erlong to ask Shrek Academy, where they taught, to allocate a piece of land as the teaching ground for the Four Elements Academy.

"Isn't this great?"

After listening, Xiao Yu asked Huo Wu a question in return.

Although the Elemental Academy did not join the Nine Star Palace, he has now secured the more crucial cooperation with the Heaven Dou Empire. Once Emperor Xue Ye passes away and Qian Renxue ascends the throne, these academies that are loyal to the Heaven Dou Empire will eventually join his ranks.

"What's so good about it?"

Huo Wu was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes: "The whole thing was a conspiracy between Shrek Academy and Thunder Academy from beginning to end. My father, the Wind Dean of Shenfeng Academy, and the Water Dean of Tianshui Academy trusted Thunder Academy, which is also one of the elements, and did not carefully read the lease contract signed with Shrek Academy. As a result, the Four Elements Academy has now become an affiliated academy of Shrek Academy."

That wasn't the end of it. After my father and the others realized something was wrong, they immediately left Shrek Academy with their teachers and students. But Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin had already set a trap for my father and the others when the four elements merged into one academy.

Currently, in the official registration information of the Four Elements Academy on the Heaven Dou platform, only the two brothers are listed as management; my father and the others have long been ousted. If they dare to leave with the academy's teachers and students, those two damned guys will file a complaint with the Heaven Dou platform against my father, Dean Feng, and Dean Shui for maliciously abducting the academy's teachers and students, interfering with the academy's normal development, and disrupting the academy's order.

That Flander guy, he's really ruthless!

Xiao Yu identified the mastermind behind the scenes almost instantly. Only that unscrupulous businessman Flander could come up with such a business-merger-like scheme.

"It was Yu Tianheng who tampered with the official documents. His wife is a princess of the Tiandou Empire's royal family, so bribing a few officials wouldn't be difficult for her."

Xiao Yu frowned slightly and said, "No matter how well-made the documents are, they're all meaningless in the face of strength! I remember that each of the three major academies should have a Soul Douluo-level expert in charge. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the backer of Thunder Academy, was wiped out. Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, these two who escaped the net, are at most two Soul Kings. Even if Shrek Academy, which conspired with them, went all out, they wouldn't be a match for the three elemental academies, would they?"

"You're right. Each of our three elemental academies has a Soul Douluo powerhouse. For example, the one who oversees Blazing Fire Academy is my grandfather. Although he has lived a secluded life since handing over the position of dean to my father more than 20 years ago, he will definitely step in when it comes to the safety of Blazing Fire Academy. The same applies to Shenfeng and Tianshui."

Thunder Academy is left with only small fry, and Shrek Academy only has Dean Flander who recently broke through to the Soul Douluo level. They are no match for a veteran Soul Douluo like my grandfather. My father and the others were too confident in their strength to carefully verify the contract Shrek offered us!

Huo Wu's eyes were filled with undisguised hatred: "But no one expected that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would interfere at this time. The young lady of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Rongrong, claimed to be an outstanding graduate of Shrek Academy and had the obligation to maintain the normal teaching order of Shrek Academy. She even asked Bone Douluo to put pressure on our three academies."

Because of Bone Douluo's intimidation, the nobles of the Heavenly Dou Empire who were originally on good terms with Blazing Fire, Divine Wind, and Heavenly Water no longer dared to show their faces. Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, those two bastards who relied on their master's power, even issued an ultimatum to my father and the others, saying that all the teachers and students who were taken away by my father and the others must return to the school within ten days, otherwise they would definitely make my father and the others suffer when the time came!

My brother wrote to me for help, saying that my father is so anxious his hair is almost turning white, and my grandfather keeps saying he's sorry to the ancestors of the Huo family and almost committed suicide to atone for his sins. Xiao Yu, now the only thing that can save our three academies is you!

"Don't worry, I've got everything covered!"

Xiao Yu reached out and embraced Huo Wu, saying softly, "I've been in Tian Dou City for so long, and I've been so busy that I haven't had a proper visit to your home yet. Didn't those two bastards, Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, say they were going to teach the three academies a lesson in ten days? Well, we'll go in ten days from now. I want to see which one of them is so blind as to dare bully my father-in-law's family!"

"Thanks!"

The usually carefree Huo Wu rarely showed a hint of girlish shyness, burying her head deep in Xiao Yu's arms and whispering her thanks.

Feeling the softness of the delicate body in his arms, Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Helping the three academies was not just because of Huo Wu's plea. From Huo Wu's account, Xiao Yu keenly sensed the role that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School played in this matter.

If this had happened before the Soul Hunting Operation, Xiao Yu could have understood Bone Douluo's intervention as an expression of his affection for Miss Ning Rongrong. However, now that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had just suffered a major blow and the entire clan had migrated to Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi would never allow Ning Rongrong to cause any further trouble.

Therefore, there is only one explanation for Ning Rongrong's actions: everything was at Ning Fengzhi's behest.

Although the Four Elements Academy lost more than half of its teachers and students under the pressure of the Spirit Hall, there are still about a thousand remaining Soul Masters. Ning Fengzhi most likely wants to use Shrek Academy to swallow up the Four Elements Academy and eventually absorb these teachers and students into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

(End of this chapter)