Douluo Continent: The True Body and Blood Soul, Starting from Blacksmithing

Lin Yu would visit the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy twice a month for the past five years.

Lin Yu has never been an academy student at Tian Dou Royal Academy, but today he is here as a student.

After all, he had promised Xue Qinghe years ago to help the Heaven Dou Royal Academy compete in a youth soul master competition.

Lin Yu is eleven years old this year and has three opportunities to participate in the Youth Soul Master Competition: at the ages of thirteen, eighteen, and twenty-three.

Based on Lin Yu's current cultivation speed, he is guaranteed to reach the Soul King level by around the age of eighteen.

According to the original story, Tang San participated in the Youth Soul Master Competition, which was the same competition that Lin Yu was allowed to participate in at the age of eighteen.

The competition that year was sure to be exciting, so Lin Yu planned to use the competition when he was eighteen to repay the favor he owed to the Crown Prince in his earlier years.

As for the Soul Master Competition when he was twenty-three, Lin Yu estimated that he would not participate in that competition.

At that time, his strength should have been around that of a Soul Emperor. If the rewards from the Divine Trial during that period were more generous, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to break through to the Soul Saint level.

He would only consider it if the Spirit Hall was willing to offer a spirit bone that was over 50,000 years old.

Upon entering the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yu greeted the gatekeeper and then headed to the mountaintop courtyard where the First Prince resided.

Although Lin Yu wasn't a student here, he came here often and had long been familiar with the security guards.

Like the Blue Tyrant Academy, the First Prince also built a small courtyard for two people on the mountaintop.

The host here is, after all, the eldest prince, so Lin Yu naturally had to greet him upon arrival.

After knocking on the door, Xue Qinghe didn't keep Lin Yu waiting and quickly came to open the door.

Xue Qinghe was surprised to see Lin Yu standing at the door, but when he saw that Lin Yu was carrying large bags and small packages, his surprise turned into delight!

"Brother Yu, you're back after acquiring the spirit rings? Look at all those bags you're carrying, have you finally decided to settle down here permanently?"

Lin Yu nodded in agreement, then gestured to the things she was carrying.

"Brother Xue, let me tidy up my things first, and we can talk about joining the Tiandou team later."

When it came to Lin Yu joining the Tian Dou team, Xue Qinghe sighed with some melancholy.

Seeing that no one was around, Xue Qinghe made a gesture that only the two of them knew they had something important to discuss.

"You can tidy up the yard anytime. Come over here and have some tea. Take a break and I'll help you tidy up later."

Seeing Xue Qinghe's gesture, Lin Yu frowned, but still remained polite before following him into his courtyard.

Following Xue Qinghe to his tea room, Lin Yu noticed a hint of hesitation on his face.

"Brother Yu, you just obtained your third spirit ring, and I'm actually a little embarrassed to tell you about it."

Seeing Xue Qinghe's troubled expression, and knowing that he indeed had important matters to discuss, Lin Yu sat up straight, indicating that he was willing to listen attentively.

Xue Qinghe also mentioned a problem he had recently encountered.

"Brother Yu, do you remember? Back then, with your help, you came up with an idea that could subdue those geniuses. So Father Emperor entrusted the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy to me."

"But after I put on an act of being indifferent to worldly affairs, my father intended to groom my younger brother, who is now the disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Master: Xue Beng."

"Some time ago, my younger brother advised our father, claiming he had a way to improve the strength of the current members of the Heavenly Dou Royal Team. Can you guess what his purpose was in making this suggestion?"

What purpose could there be in offering advice among royalty? It was nothing more than vying for an opportunity.

Avalanche wants to kick Xue Qinghe out of his position; he wants to participate in the management of the Royal Academy.

Lin Yu briefly explained his guess.

Xue Qinghe nodded.

"That's right, Avalanche did want to participate in the management of the academy. But Emperor Xueye's word is law, and he doesn't easily take back what he's said, so his advice wasn't immediately successful."

It didn't succeed immediately? That means there's room for maneuver.

Lin Yu suddenly realized that Xue Qinghe had looked at her with a troubled expression when the other party first arrived.

"Is Avalanche trying to use me as a starting point to kick you out of your management position?"

Xue Qinghe nodded.

"Avalanche's remonstrance failed, but he had Prince Snowstar backing him up."

"Prince Xuexing saved that Poison Douluo's life years ago. Now, in the entire Heaven Dou Empire, there aren't many people who can make a Title Douluo owe a favor."

"With Prince Xuexing mediating, Emperor Xueye expressed his willingness to give Xuebeng a chance: as long as Xuebeng can prove that I have no talent for recognizing people, he will let Xuebeng take over my management of the Royal Academy."

Lin Yu said he could understand Xueye Dadi's actions.

"So what? The avalanche has placed its vulnerability on me?"

Suddenly realizing something, Lin Yu's expression turned somewhat strange: "You just mentioned that I couldn't tell you because I just obtained my third spirit ring. Could Xue Beng's way of making things difficult for me be that he wants to find someone to fight me?"

Xue Qinghe nodded noncommittally, then cleared his throat.

"Avalanche's original words were: 'Someone was favored by my brother so much just because of a coincidence, but as far as I know, that person's martial soul potential is not strong, and he is not cultivating properly at such a young age, but is obsessed with forging. He is a guy without any ambition...'"

At this point, Xue Qinghe cleared his throat and skipped over the potentially unpleasant part.

"In the end, Avalanche stated: In the world of Soul Masters, strength is paramount, and clever tricks will not get you anywhere."

"He invited a group of people from other arenas with gold battle badges to the academy and said: If you can't defeat those people within a year, it means you're not capable enough and I'm not good at judging people."

At this point, Xue Qinghe looked helpless.

"I've investigated the Soul Masters with Gold Battle Soul Badges that my brother hired. They're all formidable fighters who honed their skills in the Soul Arena's one-on-one battles. Their Martial Souls are all strong, and their Soul Power is around level 37 or 38, with one of them about to break through to level 40. With your strength, do you really think you can defeat those people within a year..."

At this point, Xue Qinghe looked at Lin Yu, not daring to speak too definitively.

Do you think you can beat those people within a year?

Lin Yu did not respond to Xue Qinghe's words.

After looking around the tea room to make sure the sound wouldn't easily travel, Lin Yu lowered her voice and spoke.

"Avalanche is a disciple of your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's sect leader. At this time, he's seizing control of the Royal Academy, and your superiors haven't made any statement?"

Xue Qinghe shook his head.

"No, my superiors said that management rights cannot fall into the hands of avalanche, but I haven't been notified of anything else."

"Oh, the people behind you certainly won't place their hopes on me. If I fail in this challenge, what are your backers planning to do?"

When asked about Lin Yu's question, Xue Qinghe simply shrugged.

"I don't know either. Why don't you ask your informant and see what your Star Luo Empire is planning to do?"

Finally, Xue Qinghe added a sentence.

"Why don't you try your best? What if you train seriously for a year and manage to defeat those Gold Soul Fighters that Avalanche invited?"

Meeting Xue Qinghe's clear gaze, which held a hint of expectation, Lin Yu was speechless for a moment.

"Dude, we undercover agents are just employees. When we encounter problems, we should report to our superiors instead of trying to solve them ourselves."

Seeing that Xue Qinghe remained unmoved, Lin Yu shrugged.

"Your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School offers good benefits, so being a proactive undercover agent is no problem. But for me, an undercover agent for the Star Luo Empire, the work is more than the pay..."