Douluo Phoenix

Chapter 98 The Seven Return to the Elemental Academy

After nearly four years of training away from home, the seven finally returned to the Elemental Academy.

As the seven entered the academy gate, the gatekeeper immediately notified the deans. The seven initially intended to return to their respective departments, but were instead instructed by the gatekeeper to go to Dean Huo Tianchen's office, where all the vice deans would also gather.

In the dean's office, several deans were very excited to see the seven people return from Poseidon Island. Each of them pulled their little ones aside to ask about their well-being and how things had gone.

After the seven revealed their soul power and soul rings, the five deans became even more excited, especially Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang's two red soul rings, as well as Xiao Fei's four red soul rings, which dazzled everyone present.

Finally, Xiaofei recounted his entire journey, including details of the battles, especially the fights against the Demon Orca King and the Fire Lizard King, which drew high praise from the deans.

The group then learned about the academy and the Douluo Continent. Feng Xuan, the vice-dean and head of the Divine Wind Department, was already at level 91, making him the second Title Douluo in the Elemental Academy.

Four years ago, thanks to the ancient medicinal herbs given to them by Xiao Fei, the group experienced significant improvements. Among them, Vice Dean Niu Gao improved from level 84 to level 89, while Vice Deans Liu Ruyan and Yang Wudi both improved to level 88.

In addition, the deputy director of the Blazing Fire system, Huo Lie, is already level 88.

Xiao Fei originally hoped to use Earth Core Milk to help everyone break through to the Title Douluo level, but after seeing the effect last time, he didn't mention it. Instead, he was thinking about other ways to improve everyone's soul power level.

Secondly, four years ago, shortly after Xiao Fei and his group of seven left, a palace coup occurred in Tian Dou City. It turned out that the original Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, in disguise. After the coup failed, a great battle broke out between the two sides, and countless people were slaughtered.

After the palace coup ended, Prince Xue Beng became the crown prince, and Tang San was granted the title of Lan Hao Wang for his meritorious service in saving the emperor.

A year ago, Emperor Xueye passed away, and Prince Xuebeng officially became the emperor of the Tiandou Empire.

After Xue Beng ascended the throne, he heavily relied on the Tang Clan and vigorously reorganized the army. Now there is a million-strong army on the border, and a major war could break out at any time.

The Avalanche Emperor attaches great importance to Shrek Academy. Yu Xiaogang of Shrek Academy serves as the national advisor, and the focus is on training the army and the power of soul masters.

With the support of the Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy is now the second-largest Soul Master Academy in the empire, even surpassing our Elemental Academy in terms of scale and student numbers. However, the students' skill level and Soul Power are significantly lower than ours, and the gap in teachers is even greater.

When the new Upper Three Sects were established, Pope Bibidon sent people to the Elemental Academy to invite them, but the deans politely declined.

After Xue Beng ascended to the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire, he tried to win over our Elemental Academy as before, but was politely declined by several deans.

In addition, the Avalanche Emperor once sent someone to our Elemental Academy to find Wang Xiaofei, hoping that Wang Xiaofei would return the Heavenly Dou Empire's national treasure, the Vast Ocean Universe Cover. However, the Elemental Academy politely declined, citing that Wang Xiaofei was out on training.

Currently, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Martial Soul Empire are all preparing for war, with over a million troops stockpiled along their borders, and a major war could break out at any time.

After everyone had finished their discussions, the deans took their respective children back to rest or continue their conversations. Dean Huo Tianchen, however, returned to the Blazing Fire System with Huo Wu, Huo Wushuang, and Xiao Fei. The group continued discussing other issues, and when Xiao Fei asked about the clues regarding the Fire God's inheritance site, Huo Tianchen was completely baffled.

That evening, Xiao Fei was cultivating alone in his dormitory. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Xiao Fei initially thought it was Huo Wu and felt secretly pleased, but when he opened the door, it was actually Yang Wudi, that rough and tough guy. Xiao Fei was speechless.

Xiao Fei said listlessly, "Senior Yang, it's already very late. Can we talk about it tomorrow?"

Yang Wudi sat in the chair, stretched out his hand, and said casually, "Give it to me!"

Xiao Fei was immediately puzzled: "Senior Yang, I don't think I owe you anything. But you know very well what I do owe you, don't you?"

Since the initial challenge and the delivery of medicine, Xiao Fei and Yang Wudi have frequently exchanged ideas, both benefiting greatly. They then studied medicine together, and occasionally brought out their treasured possessions. Therefore, Yang Wudi had some understanding of Xiao Fei's resources, except for what Xiao Fei hid in his belt.

Yang Wudi snorted coldly: "I'm talking about what you got from the Fire Lizard King this time."

"Oh, so that's what it is! You should have said so earlier!" After saying that, Xiao Fei took out several bottles of Earth Core Milk from the Phoenix Ring.

"This Earth Core Milk is a bit overrated. Judging from its performance, it should be an ancient Earth Core Milk, but its actual effect is far worse than the legend says." Xiao Fei even thought to himself: Does Douluo Continent also have counterfeit products?

Yang Wudi carefully took the Earth Core Milk, smelling it from time to time, examining it with his soul power, and using various tools to study it. Sometimes he even tasted it directly, leading Xiao Fei to seriously suspect that Yang Wudi wanted to steal some.

After finishing his study, Yang Wudi looked at Xiao Fei with disdain and said, "I told you to learn more about medicinal herbs and the art of medicine from me, and now look what happened! You didn't know anything at the crucial moment and almost missed this priceless treasure."

Xiao Fei asked curiously, "That's not right. All seven of us took it, and the effects were far worse than described, almost the same as the Thousand-Year Earth Core Milk. Could I have misjudged it?"

"I ask you, what is the main function of the millennia-old Earth Core Milk?"

"The I Ching cleanses the marrow and tempers the body?"

"And who are the seven of you?"

"Aren't we just Soul Masters with higher Soul Power? Doesn't the description say that Earth Core Milk has a very good effect on Title Douluos?"

Yang Wudi once again sent a look of disdain through his eyes: "What do you know? Earth Core Milk can indeed change your meridians and cleanse your marrow, but the seven of you are all examinees from Seagod Island. You have undergone the tempering of the Seagod's Light and the tides. What medicinal herb in the world can temper your body better than the Seagod's divine power?"

"Take that kid from the Niu family as an example. His soul power is only level 75 (before he ate the Earth Core Milk), but in terms of physical fitness, he's probably already close to an ordinary Title Douluo. What kind of body tempering effect can the Earth Core Milk have on him?"

Xiao Fei suddenly realized why he hadn't felt anything after taking it.

Xiao Fei took out the jade box containing the Phoenix Blood Fruit, as well as some branches and leaves of the Phoenix Tree.

Yang Wudi carefully observed the branches and leaves for a while, and without saying a word, he took them away.

Finally, Yang Wudi opened the jade box and looked at the huge Phoenix Blood Fruit inside.

If Yang Wudi was pleasantly surprised to see the Earth Core Milk and Phoenix Tree branches and leaves before, now his expression is filled with some panic.

Yang Wudi closed the jade box and handed it back to Xiao Fei: "You must not let anyone see this. And you'd better not take it now. When your soul power reaches a bottleneck and you feel that it's difficult to make any further progress, this fruit may be the key."

"I will also tell the other deans to tell their kids not to talk nonsense."

Seeing Yang Wudi's serious expression, Xiao Fei had no choice but to nod.

(End of this chapter)