Chen Xin nodded. In fact, Gu Ran's injuries were not serious; they were all superficial wounds. Judging from Yu Tianheng's strength, he must have deliberately held back, as the other party did not want to provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
"The old Dragon King is truly fortunate to have a grandson like you."
For a simple compliment to come from someone as strict as Chen Xin, it's quite remarkable.
Yu Tianheng looked proud and was about to thank Chen Xin for the praise when he heard him continue, "However, I am luckier than your grandfather, because before long, my disciple will surpass you. He is the real genius!"
Tianlin was surprised, never expecting that his master would praise him in front of outsiders.
Yu Tianheng cupped his hands and said, "Your disciple is naturally not bad, but he is still young. It is impossible for him to surpass me without several years of hard work. During this time, I will also continue to work hard."
As a descendant of a large family, Yu Tianheng has his own pride, and he firmly believes that he is no less than anyone else.
Chen Xin suddenly laughed, "Hehe, is that so? Then after my disciple breaks through level 20 and obtains his second soul ring, I will have him challenge you. At that time, you mustn't avoid the battle, okay?"
"Alright, I, Yu Tianheng, am ready to serve you anytime!"
"Very well, then I have nothing else to say. Xiao Tian, your master is really going back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School this time. You should cultivate diligently here and remember my words: never forget your original intention." After Chen Xin finished speaking, he disappeared into the sky on his sword without waiting for Tian Lin to say goodbye.
So elegant and graceful, truly the makings of an immortal.
Seeing that the Title Douluo had finally left, everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the pressure on them eased. The Sword Douluo's oppressive aura was truly immense.
"Senior Sister Ye, thank you so much for your help this time. And Brother Yu, Senior Sister Dugu, thank you for your support as well!" Tianlin thanked the three of them.
“With Sword Douluo here, you’ll be fine even if we don’t help you. Besides, Lingling is the only witness. If you want to thank someone, thank her.” Yu Tianheng didn’t want to take credit.
Tianlin shook his head. "One thing at a time. My master can only guarantee my safety, but he cannot prove my innocence. Therefore, I must express my gratitude to you."
Tianlin understood very well that Ye Lingling had indeed been kind to him, but if Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan hadn't supported her behind the scenes, she might not have dared to speak the truth without considering her own family.
Tianlin clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Since they are willing to befriend each other, he doesn't need to be too arrogant. Just as Ning Fengzhi said, he can't always be alone.
"You're too kind!" Yu Tianheng smiled. Tianlin was smarter than he had imagined. "Then we'll take our leave. Junior Brother Ye, I wish you a speedy breakthrough to level 20. I look forward to our battle."
The seven members of the future Royal Battle team departed, and Tianlin thought to himself, "The Royal Battle team, huh? It seems pretty good. Perhaps I should join a team too."
Tianlin had an idea. He also needed a group of partners. In the future All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament, no matter how strong he was, he couldn't possibly defeat them all by himself.
These seven members of the Royal Fighting Team are quite good. Their aptitude is only slightly inferior to that of the Shrek Seven Devils before they consumed the immortal herbs. Tianlin is confident that he can work with them to win the future Soul Master Competition championship.
For Tianlin, Tang San's side was the protagonist group, while the Golden Generation of the Spirit Hall was the boss. Joining the protagonist group or the big boss group would indeed allow for an easy victory, but wouldn't that be too boring? What Tianlin wanted was to defeat them all.
After leaving the academic affairs office, Tianlin followed Zhou Yan back to his class. Now, Zhou Yan was almost afraid to look Tianlin in the eye. He had originally thought Tianlin was just a genius boy, but it turned out he had such a powerful background.
Most importantly, she didn't tell me, causing me so much worry. What's worse, she accidentally confessed her feelings to her crush under those circumstances.
Now that Zhou Yan has remembered what just happened, how is she going to face Qin Ming in the future?
Meanwhile, in the East Palace of the Heavenly Dou Imperial Palace, Xue Qinghe was listening to his subordinates' reports. Since he intended to take Tianlin in, he would naturally pay more attention to him.
The commotion caused by Sword Douluo slicing up the Academic Affairs Office with a single sword strike was so great that he had already received the news, and the people he had arranged had told him the whole story.
"Fine, the Ao family of the Barak Kingdom, indeed." Xue Qinghe's eyes flashed coldly as he whispered into the shadows, "Uncle She, are you there?"
A middle-aged man suddenly appeared in the corner where there had been no one. "I'm here, young master. Please give me your orders."
"Do me a favor, intercept someone and cut off Orff's other ear," Xue Qinghe said coldly.
"Is cutting off his ear all we need to do? Should we kill him too?" This Uncle She seemed to completely disregard Orf, a Soul Douluo-level player; he himself was undoubtedly a Title Douluo.
Xue Qinghe shook his head. “No need. Killing someone changes the nature of the matter. The Barak Kingdom will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. But if we only cut off one ear, the Ao family will think that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has returned. They are in the wrong in this matter with Tianlin, so they will swallow their anger. Uncle She should understand what to say then.”
"Yes, young master!" The man vanished into the shadows in a flash.
"Uncle Ci, please go back to the Spirit Hall and tell that woman about this. The military strength of the Barak Kingdom is not weak. She will definitely seize such a good opportunity." Xue Qinghe then gave the order to another corner.
There, a titled Douluo also lurks in the shadows.
As expected of the Pope's daughter, she has such a powerful protective force around her.
Her own wisdom is also astonishing. Through this incident, she wanted to sow discord between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Barak Kingdom, and also wanted to find an opportunity to subdue the Barak Kingdom. It was definitely not just a simple matter of avenging Tianlin.
Chapter 30 Orff is attacked, Tianlin is isolated
Three full days have passed since the Orff incident.
These past few days, Tianlin has been attending and leaving classes as usual. Now that his identity as the direct disciple of Sword Douluo is known throughout the school, naturally no one dares to provoke him without reason.
He was happy to have some free time and didn't want to pay any attention to those spoiled brats. On the contrary, he always went to spar with the seven members of the future Royal Fighting Team.
Like Tianlin, they all disliked associating with纨绔 (playboys), so the seven of them formed a small group. Now that Tianlin has joined, it has become eight people—no, it should be nine. Gu Ran has also recovered from his injuries and returned.
When he was in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he recognized Tianlin as his leader. There was no way around it; after all, Tianlin had subdued their big sister, Ning Rongrong.
His talent was slightly inferior to that of the seven members of the Royal Fighting Team, but not by much. They were willing to accept him. To Tianlin's surprise, Gu Ran not only did not feel any disgust towards Yu Tianheng, who had injured him, but instead admired him greatly.
After all, he had defeated himself fair and square in a head-on battle without resorting to any underhanded tactics. Gu Ran accepted his defeat wholeheartedly. He understood the importance of a team. Only by joining a strong team could he grow stronger; otherwise, he would eventually be forgotten by the crowd.
Tianlin greatly admired his understanding.
After a few days of getting to know him, Tianlin discovered that Yu Tianheng was actually a good person. He was strong, loyal, and although he was a bit arrogant, he had the right to be so. Moreover, his arrogance didn't show to people of his own class, otherwise the other members of the Royal Fighting Team wouldn't have recognized him as their leader.
Most importantly, this person is devoted. It is said that on his first day at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, he took a liking to Dugu Yan. Given his status, he could have had women lined up in a row, but he rejected them all. Even now, Dugu Yan has not accepted him, and he has no intention of flirting with other women. Dragons are inherently lustful, but this is not reflected in him.
This might also be related to Dugu Yan's background. Yu Tianheng wanted to gain Dugu Bo's support, which Tianlin could understand. However, Tianlin could also see that he genuinely liked Dugu Yan and it wasn't entirely out of selfishness, unlike that irresponsible lecherous tiger from Shrek Academy.
Dugu Yan is the only woman in the original novel who never showed any emotion towards Tang San from beginning to end. She spoke the least to Tian Lin and was an ice queen. However, in Tian Lin's opinion, she wouldn't last long under Yu Tianheng's offensive.
The Shi Mo and Shi Mo brothers are currently the closest to Tian Lin. Because these two brothers are simple-minded, in their eyes, although Tian Lin is a genius, he is still too young. As senior students, it is their duty to take care of their junior.
In Tianlin's previous life, such people were simply known as "nice guys".
Ye Lingling goes without saying. She has been kind to Tianlin, and she is also mature in character. Even though Tianlin is almost thirty years old in both his past and present lives, he always seems like a younger brother in front of her for some reason.
There are also two agility-type Soul Masters, Yu Feng and Oslo. Yu Feng has a calm personality and little presence, while Oslo is a complete show-off who spends all his time grooming his hair.
This is the future Royal Seven. They have made a promise that they will definitely participate in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament and win the championship.
They were very welcoming of Tianlin and Gu Ran, because not only were the two very talented, but more importantly, they could make up for the team's weaknesses.
Because their team originally only had Yu Tianheng, a powerful offensive Soul Master, the addition of Tianlin and Gu Ran greatly increased the team's versatility and made up for the lack of offensive capabilities.
Even in the original Shrek team, in order to cope with the complex competitions, four substitutes were prepared. A team of only seven people was not enough.
That day, after Tianlin finished his morning theory class, he was about to leave when, as soon as he stood up, the students around him instinctively moved away from him, as if they were frightened by him.
"What the hell?" Tianlin was completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.
Not only that, when he walked down the street, all the students would avoid him like the plague, as if they had seen the King of Hell.
When he arrived at the training ground, he met the only member of the Royal Fighting Seven who was not afraid of him.
Graphite and Stone Mill came running from afar, anxiously saying, "Xiao Tian, I have to say, your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is too ruthless, isn't it?"
"Ruthless? What are you two talking about, Brother Shi?" Tianlin couldn't understand at all.
"Don't you know? Just two days ago, Orff and Aldo dropped out of school. On their way back to the Kingdom of Barak, they were attacked by an unknown powerful figure. Aldo was seriously injured, and Orff even had his only remaining ear cut off. Now everyone is saying that this is your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School retaliating," Ye Lingling said.
Tianlin immediately denied it, "Impossible. Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will settle a grudge on the spot. We would never resort to such petty tricks."
“I also believe that this was not your doing,” Yu Tianheng speculated. “The fact that these two people are not dead and that one of their ears is missing is the best evidence. The person who did it obviously did not want to escalate the matter to the point of war.”
"Since the Ao family is in the wrong in this incident, and there is no direct evidence to prove that the second attack was carried out by your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the Barak royal family has no choice but to let it go, but..."
“But the seeds of hatred and suspicion have already been sown, haven’t they? Because the only people with the motive and the ability to do this to Orff are from our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School,” Tianlin interjected. “And the way we did it was by cutting off his ear. Even if we jumped into the sea, we couldn’t clear our names!”
Tian Lin's face was grim. At the same time, he quickly processed the information in his mind. The fact that Orff was attacked so soon after the incident meant that the person who did it could quickly find out what happened at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.
Besides the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, there are a few other people who fit the description: the three education committee members, Dugu Bo, and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family.
However, Tianlin excluded them one by one, and the three members of the Education Committee had no reason to allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School to become enemies with the Barak Kingdom.
Dugu Bo and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family wouldn't meddle in such matters.
"That's it, her!" Tianlin quickly locked onto his target: Xue Qinghe, or rather, Qian Renxue.
She has both the motivation and the ability.
Moreover, this incident was a win-win situation for her. First, it incited hatred between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Barak Kingdom. Second, it left a bad impression on Emperor Xueye, making the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School seem vindictive. Third, it made the other students in the academy afraid of Tianlin because of this incident, thus isolating them.
If Tianlin wasn't mistaken, she would come to visit him soon. After all, when he was isolated, she was the only one who cared about him, which would surely move the immature Tianlin deeply, and he would even feel grateful to her.
Unfortunately, Tianlin was not as immature as she thought. Although his physical age was only seven, his mental age was at least twenty-seven.
Tianlin even considered that the Spirit Hall would inevitably take some action against the Ao family of the Barak Kingdom. He remembered that in the original story, after the Spirit Empire was established, the first country it conquered was the Barak Kingdom.
The fact that the Spirit Hall was able to so easily take down a military superpower is likely due to other factors besides its own formidable strength, such as the presence of an inside agent.
In that case, Tianlin might be able to turn the tables in the future. After all, although the Ao family is strong, they are only a Grand Duke, not a royal family. This difference gives Tianlin many opportunities to retaliate.
Chapter 31 Fostering the Power of Soul Fusion
"Brother Yu, Brother Shi, Yu Feng, Sister Lingling, Sister Yanzi, I won't be training with you today. I think there's a guest waiting for me in my room." Tian Lin waved with a smile and left the training ground.
"Wait, why did Xiaotian say goodbye to all of you except me?" Oslo said unhappily.
"Nonsense, don't you know how much Xiaotian wants to beat you up when he sees your flamboyant appearance?" Shi Mo retorted mercilessly.
"Tch, what do you mean by 'showy'? I'm just trying to maintain my handsome image." Oslo said, pulling out another mirror. "Could it be that my hairstyle is messed up today, and Xiaotian doesn't like it?"
"You'd better not say that to his face. I'm worried Xiao Tian might pull out his Demon-Suppressing Sword and chop you up. Seriously, I'm not kidding," Ye Lingling's cold voice came.
Osroton was immediately deflated; he hadn't expected that he would be the least popular of the seven.
After parting ways with Yu Tianheng and the others, Tianlin went straight back to his dormitory and found the door wide open, indicating that someone had gone inside.
Sure enough, Xue Qinghe was browsing through his notes next to his desk.
Fortunately, it wasn't a diary, otherwise all his secrets would have been exposed. But he wouldn't write that kind of thing anyway; who in their right mind would keep a diary?
"Brother Xue, what are you doing here?" Tianlin asked as he stepped forward.
Upon hearing Tian Lin's voice, Xue Qinghe put down his notebook and smiled, "I came to see you. I've heard about Orff's matter. Such a big thing, why didn't you come to me? I would have definitely solved it perfectly for you. Look how tense the relationship between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Barak Kingdom is now."
"The relationship is tense, which is not what you wanted to see," Tianlin thought to himself, but said aloud, "I understand, Brother Xue. I acted impulsively this time. I will ask you for help immediately if I encounter any trouble in the future."
"That's right. Come to me if you need anything in the future." Xue Qinghe nodded in satisfaction. He wanted Tianlin to have this idea. If Tianlin became more and more dependent on him in the future, even if he regained his identity as Qian Renxue, Tianlin might still choose to go with him and abandon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
He was a very controlling person. Since he had decided to subdue Tianlin, Tianlin could only be his.
There was one thing that made him very dissatisfied: he had sent Tianlin to study at the Tiandou Royal Academy not only to bring him closer to him, but also because he originally hoped that Tianlin could face off against Yu Tianheng.
The future guardian Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan are irreconcilable enemies, which will inevitably affect the relationship between the two families. That's why he spoke provocatively at the sect.
Unexpectedly, Tianlin did not become enemies with Yu Tianheng. Instead, through Ye Lingling, the two became friends, causing his plan to take a completely opposite turn.
"Disobedient children really do need to be properly disciplined!" A hint of malice rose in Xue Qinghe's heart.
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