Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 56 The Unexpected Arrival of Fire Dance

After reaching an agreement with Qian Renxue, she quickly got up and left. After all, her official identity was the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. If the Crown Prince were to disappear for a long time, not to mention the shrewd Ning Fengzhi, even Emperor Xueye would probably become suspicious.

After returning to his sect, Xiao Yu immediately began to arrange the establishment of the academy. With Xue Qinghe's protection, the officials of the Kingdom of Sylvia dared not make things difficult for Xiao Yu. A beautiful and secluded feng shui treasure land covering more than a thousand hectares was granted to Xiao Yu.

After establishing a business relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Xiao Yu no longer had to worry about money. After acquiring the land, he immediately allocated 20 million gold soul coins to the construction of the academy.

The development of the academy is a long-term strategy. More importantly, Xiao Yu wants to recruit those students who are not bound by powerful factions and have outstanding aptitude into the Nine Star Hall. This requires fostering a sense of belonging among the students. He can't resort to a system like Flander's, where students are left to their own devices after enrollment, and if they succeed, it's because he taught well; if not, sorry, you didn't graduate from our academy.

With a large influx of funds, the simulated training grounds, the Soul Battle Arena, and various other training facilities were rapidly improved. Even the student canteens and dormitories were built to the best of their ability. Xiao Yu spared no expense in ensuring that they were the best they could be.

Regarding the student management team, Xiao Yu appointed Mu as the dean, while Xuanwu, who was serious, meticulous, and rigorous in his work, served as the director of teaching, responsible for all the daily affairs of the academy.

Regarding the academy's curriculum, Xiao Yu modeled it after Shrek Academy in Douluo Continent II, establishing an inner and outer academy. The outer academy was divided into six grades, with two assessments per year. Students who passed the assessments could advance to the next grade. Those who broke through to the Soul Master level before the age of twenty could participate in the inner academy's assessments. In the world of Douluo Continent I, the three Soul Kings around twenty years old in the Spirit Hall were already considered the Golden Generation, and reaching level forty at twenty was a rather demanding condition.

The Inner Academy serves as a cradle for the sect's outstanding talent pool. It lacks a structured curriculum, focusing primarily on practical combat. The sect issues missions similar to hiring mercenaries, which students can choose to accept and complete. Naturally, because the Inner Academy's missions are quite threatening, the sect's resources are heavily skewed towards it, including high-level soul tools, high-quality pills, and even soul bones.

The inner academy's curriculum is three years long. After three years, students who meet the requirements can graduate from the academy. During their graduation period or even during their time in the inner academy, the sect will try to recruit outstanding students and persuade them to join the Nine Star Palace.

Of course, if inner court students are unwilling to join, the sect will not force them; it's all about voluntariness. Xiao Yu doesn't want a group of time bombs within the sect who outwardly comply but inwardly resent, who will run away when disaster strikes, or who will simply betray them.

Moreover, even if the students don't join the Nine Star Palace, wouldn't they still appreciate the academy? Academy life is the most cherished memory for a Soul Master. If the Nine Star Palace truly needs help in the future, Xiao Yu believes that many students, even those who aren't disciples of any sect, will come to its aid.

Just like in the original story, during the continental war that occurred after the collision between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent, the Dean of Shrek Academy raised a call and summoned nearly sixty Title Douluos from across the continent. Without a doubt, these Title Douluos must have been outstanding students who graduated from Shrek Academy.

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Six months later, Nine Star Academy was officially established and began recruiting students.

In the past six months, Xue Qinghe and other big-name partners of the Nine Star Palace, such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, have been giving the academy a lot of free support. Ye Renxin and Yang Wudi, who have joined the Nine Star Palace, have made full use of their connections, writing letters to their friends and sincerely inviting their juniors to enroll in the Nine Star Academy.

Ye Renxin is the number one healer in Douluo Continent. Many powerful people have benefited from his kindness and have written to him expressing their willingness to send their outstanding juniors. Yang Wudi's most important friends are, of course, the patriarchs of the Li, Yu, and Min clans. Apart from Tang family's loyal servant Titan, the patriarchs of the other two clans, Niu Gao and Bai He, readily agreed to let their eligible disciples come to apply.

In particular, the Min clan, after leaving the Haotian Sect, lacked offensive power and had no good means of making a living. Furthermore, due to the proud nature of its members, they were unwilling to join other soul master clans. As a result, they became the most difficult to survive among the four single-attribute clans and often needed assistance from the other three clans. Among them, the Po clan provided the most assistance.

Now that Yang Wudi needed his help, Bai He naturally offered his full support, declaring that he would send all the outstanding younger disciples of the Min Clan to Nine Star Academy every year. Moved, Yang Wudi decided to help the Min Clan again, and then Xiao Yu, with tears in his eyes, gave the Min Clan a batch of close-combat soul tools at a rock-bottom price.

Dugu Bo did want to lend a hand, but he was usually capricious and couldn't find many friends he could invite.

With the help of all parties, on the first day of enrollment, people flocked to the Nine Star Academy, forming a long queue at the academy gate, like a winding dragon that stretched as far as the eye could see.

"Brother Xiao Yu, that's wonderful! There are more people signing up than we expected!"

In the academy, Ye Lingling was excited. She knew very well the effort Xiao Yu had put into this, and she was genuinely happy for him.

Xiao Yu was also very happy. Although he had made many preparations beforehand, he was still afraid that something unexpected might happen. Now that he saw the enrollment going smoothly and students coming to register in an endless stream, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

If it weren't for a figure suddenly appearing in front of him, Xiao Yu would probably still be in a good mood today.

"How did you end up here?"

Xiao Yu frowned and stared at the figure in front of him.

Huo Wu curled her lip and said nonchalantly, "Why can't I be here? Your Nine Star Academy recruits students from all walks of life, regardless of whether they are commoners or nobles. What's wrong with me coming here to register?"

Xiao Yu was speechless for a long time before finally speaking, "That's true, but is it reasonable for you, the daughter of the Dean of Blazing Fire Academy, to come all the way here instead of staying at your own academy?"

"What's it to you?"

Huo Wu rolled her eyes at Xiao Yu and said, "Where I study is my own business. Who says the daughter of the Dean of Blazing Academy has to stay at Blazing Academy? Can't I change my environment?"

Xiao Yu shook his head helplessly: "Stop fooling around. Go home right now. If your elders find out, they'll think I'm abducting an innocent girl. They'll come knocking on your door!"

"Pah, who's the ignorant girl?"

Huo Wu blushed slightly, spat at Xiao Yu, and said, "I came here to register properly. Every single one of my abilities fully meets your academy's admission standards. If you dare to kick me out, I'll loudly proclaim that your academy is cheating and secretly targeting students who clearly meet the admission requirements. Let's see how you handle that then!"

"you..."

Xiao Yu was speechless with anger. Huo Wu had grasped his weakness. This was the first day of enrollment. If Huo Wu were to make a scene, it would seriously affect the enrollment in the following days.

"Brother Xiao Yu, let her stay!"

Ye Lingling gently tugged at Xiao Yu's sleeve. Although she didn't want Huo Wu to stay either, she said, "If she really starts making a scene, it will be very detrimental to our future recruitment. Besides, she's the daughter of the Blazing Fire Academy. If she really wants to cause trouble, we'll be too afraid to stop her!"

Xiao Yu nodded helplessly, thinking that given the status of Blazing Fire Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire, they would probably receive the news in a few days and send someone to pick her up.

(End of this chapter)