Chapter 200: Dugu Bo: The Young Master's Talent Is Beyond Your Imagination
"Greetings, Your Excellency Poison Douluo!"
Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin also hurriedly bowed in greeting.
The resentment on their faces vanished completely, replaced with respectful apprehension.
The deterrence of a Titled Douluo stood at the very peak across the entire Douluo Continent.
The three of them, merely Soul Douluo, were nothing in front of Dugu Bo.
Dugu Bo waved his hand, strode into the room, and casually took a seat at the main position.
He tapped his fingers on the table, his tone relaxed. "Enough, drop the formalities."
"I didn't come today to trouble you. I'm here to bring your academy a few good seedlings."
As he spoke, he looked toward Lin Qingmo and the others.
Dugu Yan stepped forward, her eyes slightly curved as she spoke in a playful tone. "Three Education Committee members, these are all my friends. They would like to enroll in our academy."
Meng Shenji and the other two exchanged glances, their smiles somewhat stiff.
Their brows furrowed almost simultaneously.
Meng Shenji found himself in a dilemma.
What kind of place was the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?
It was the highest noble academy officially recognized by the Heaven Dou Empire, with admission standards so strict they bordered on harsh.
Those without noble backgrounds or extraordinary talent didn't even qualify to apply.
Even with Dugu Bo's influence, they couldn't just accept anyone casually.
If they broke the academy's long-standing rules, they wouldn't be able to answer to Emperor Xue Ye.
But refuse?
Even with a hundred times the courage, he wouldn't dare reject Poison Douluo's request.
If they angered this fiend, the three of them combined wouldn't even be enough for a single breath of his Jade Phosphor Serpent poison.
This truly left them stuck between advancing and retreating.
"Ahem!"
Bai Baoshan coughed lightly and forced himself to speak.
His tone carried some difficulty: "Your Excellency Poison Douluo, it's not that we won't give you face; it's just that the academy's admission rules were set by the Empire. It's not something we can casually change…"
Before he could finish, Ning Rongrong stepped half a step forward.
Her fingertips gently moved, and a soft white glow appeared in her palm.
A delicate, translucent seven-story pagoda slowly rose.
"Three Education Committee members, I am Ning Rongrong."
Her voice was crisp, carrying the noble grace unique to a young lady of a prestigious family.
"My father is Ning Fengzhi, the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
These stubborn old men—
If she didn't show them something solid, they would really think they were just nobodies relying on connections.
Within the Heaven Dou Empire, the name of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect always carried weight.
Meng Shenji and the other two froze instantly, their eyes lighting up.
They stared fixedly at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in Ning Rongrong's palm, their breathing halting for a moment.
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda? It really is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda?!"
Meng Shenji's voice trembled as shock exploded in his mind.
The number one auxiliary martial soul in the world!
The direct daughter of the Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
This was a top-tier prodigy that couldn't be found even with a lantern!
Forget enrollment, even treating her like a little ancestor would be worth it!
All hesitation and difficulty from before vanished instantly.
He even felt that his earlier hesitation had been utterly foolish.
"Miss Rongrong…"
Meng Shenji hurried forward, repeatedly cupping his hands toward Ning Rongrong, the wrinkles on his face stretching into a wide smile.
"For you to come to our academy is an honor for the Heaven Dou Royal Academy!"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward.
Soul power quietly surged around her as two yellow and one purple soul rings rose one after another beneath her feet.
A steady wave of rank 28 soul power spread outward.
The young girl stood straight, her tone calm, without unnecessary emotion. "Zhu Zhuqing, Rank 28 Agility-Attack System Soul Grandmaster. Martial Soul: Hell Spirit Cat."
Ning Rongrong had her background and martial soul advantages.
But Zhu Zhuqing didn't want to be seen as someone entering through the back door.
Though she didn't have a sect like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect supporting her, she hoped her own strength and effort would be seen and that she could step into this academy by her own merit.
Bai Baoshan stepped forward slightly, staring at the soul rings beneath Zhu Zhuqing's feet, his eyes wide.
He muttered to himself, "Rank 28? Hell Spirit Cat martial soul? This age… twelve or thirteen?"
A hint of surprise rose in his heart.
At twelve or thirteen years old, already a rank 28 Soul Grandmaster.
This kind of talent was quite decent enough to enter the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
What was going on today?
First, a group of geniuses left, and now suddenly so many good seedlings have arrived?
"Good! Good! Good!"
Bai Baoshan said "good" three times in a row, his face full of delight.
Seeing this, Xiao Wu also skipped forward.
A pink wave of soul power suddenly spread out as two yellow and one purple soul rings rose beneath her feet.
The pressure of her rank 38 soul power was far stronger than Zhu Zhuqing's.
The young girl shook the rabbit ears on her head, smiling brightly. "My name is Xiao Wu, Wu in dancing. Rank 38 Power-Attack System Soul Elder, Martial Soul: Soft Bone Rabbit!"
She secretly felt delighted.
Just look at the shocked expressions of these old men.
Qingmo was right, showing strength worked better than anything else.
When Qingmo revealed his soul rings later, wouldn't they be scared out of their wits?
After realizing that even Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, couldn't see through her identity as a transformed soul beast, Xiao Wu had become much more lively.
"!!!"
The teacup in Zhi Lin's hand nearly slipped to the ground.
"Hiss!"
He sucked in a cold breath, his fingers trembling slightly.
Rank 38 Soul Elder?!
These children all looked only twelve or thirteen years old!
A twelve- or thirteen-year-old Rank 38 Soul Elder?
This talent surpassed even Yu Tianheng!
Originally, after Yu Tianheng and the others left, he had been worried about the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition.
But now it seemed—what seemed like a loss might actually be a blessing in disguise.
Just as the three of them were overjoyed—
Lin Qingmo said nothing, only slowly releasing his soul power.
The aura of a Rank 47 Soul Ancestor spread out.
Immediately after, four soul rings rose one by one beneath his feet.
Purple, purple, purple, black.
The four soul rings slowly rotated around him, the purple thousand-year rings shining brilliantly.
The final black ten-thousand-year soul ring radiated a terrifying pressure that made one's heart tremble.
"…"
The entire room fell into dead silence.
Meng Shenji and the other two shot up from their chairs, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
They stared fixedly at the soul rings beneath Lin Qingmo's feet, the color draining from their faces as their expressions grew solemn.
"Purple… purple, purple, black?!"
Meng Shenji's voice trembled uncontrollably, his speech breaking apart.
"The first soul ring is a thousand-year one? The second is also a thousand-year one? And the fourth… is actually a ten-thousand-year level?!"
He had spent decades in the soul master world and had seen countless geniuses.
But he had never seen such a shocking soul ring configuration.
This completely overturned the fundamental theory of the soul master world passed down for thousands of years!
It was simply unbelievable, unprecedented!
"Unthinkable… is this actually real?"
Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin had practically stopped breathing, their minds blank.
Everything before their eyes had surpassed their understanding.
Dugu Bo looked at their stunned expressions, a smug smile forming on his lips.
He spoke leisurely. "What? Never seen it before? Let me remind you, these children are all only twelve years old."
He felt secretly pleased.
A bunch of ignorant old fools.
The Young Master's talent is far beyond what you could ever imagine.
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