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"My apologies, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, but your students are not sufficient to become reserves for our Emperor Team..."
Staring at the contents of the letter, Yu Xiaogang's mind went blank, as if a heavy iron hammer had smashed violently against his forehead.
His vision darkened, and he stumbled backward, collapsing helplessly onto his bed. It wasn't until he fell onto the mattress and the throbbing pain from his swollen cheek flared up that he regained a sliver of awareness.
Yet, Yu Xiaogang still wore an expression of complete, utter disbelief.
"This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Yu Xiaogang muttered to himself, utterly refusing to believe that such a thing could happen.
He was the Grandmaster!
In his letter, he had explicitly stated that he knew the method for a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. With such a technique capable of multiplying a team's overall combat strength, how could Qin Ming not care?
This was a supreme technique that he had spent his entire lifetime researching!
Even if the Emperor Team looked down on the individual strength of Ma Hongjun and the others, how could they possibly ignore the value of a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill?
To Yu Xiaogang, no matter how much Qin Ming looked down on Ma Hongjun and the rest, he could have endured it. But for Qin Ming to despise his Seven-in-One Fusion Skill—this completely crossed his line.
How could anyone possibly be uninterested in a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill?
In reality, Qin Ming had initially been very interested in this Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. Canghui Academy knew a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, but their technique relied on combining identical or highly similar Martial Soul and soul powers.
However, ever since Xiao Lin and his group brought back the immortal herbs, the individual strength of the Emperor Team members had exploded, and their Martial Soul characteristics had become increasingly pronounced.
At its core, a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill was merely channeling the soul power of six other individuals into a single person to unleash an overwhelming burst of power.
But now that their Martial Soul characteristics were becoming more distinct, the members' soul power inherently carried the specific traits of their own attributes.
Qin Ming could not possibly allow Dugu Yan's poison to enter someone else's body.
The same applied to Yu Tianheng's lightning and Xiao Lin's fire.
Of course, this was also because Qin Ming was unaware that Xiao Lin possessed the unique capability to withstand soul power of all attributes.
Since the individual strength of the Emperor Team members was too overwhelming and their attributes were completely incompatible, such a combined formation lost all practical meaning.
Naturally, Qin Ming had rejected it.
Furthermore, when Qin Ming first learned about the soul power ranks of his younger school brothers from Shrek Academy, he had initially considered them geniuses. But now?
It seemed they weren't all that impressive after all.
Even Ning Rongrong, who possessed the lowest soul power rank in the Emperor Team, had already become a Soul Ancestor.
What use did he have for those younger school brothers now?
Could it be that they were supposed to wait for the Continental Elite Young Soul Master Tournament seven years from now? What a joke. By that time, Qin Ming himself couldn't even fathom what heights of strength Xiao Lin and the others would achieve.
"Just what on earth is going on?"
Yu Xiaogang's face was as pale as death.
He could not comprehend it. He raised his head and stared blankly at Flender.
"Qin Ming was clearly so enthusiastic at the beginning."
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's face and hearing his bewildered words, Flender also felt a wave of helplessness wash over him.
"Qin Ming stated that their weakest member is already above Rank 40. That person is Ning Rongrong from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect—the one who caused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Tower to evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. She is only twelve years old this year."
Flender's heart felt heavy.
He had originally thought that after Yu Xiaogang's arrival, his Shrek Academy would finally be able to make a grand name for itself in the upcoming tournament.
After receiving Qin Ming's previous praise regarding his students, Flender's confidence had inflated significantly. He had even envisioned merging with Liu Erlong's Blue Tyrant Academy to fight for a spot in the top four.
Perhaps there was even hope of joining the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. He would have been deeply satisfied if, upon becoming champions, his students simply announced to the world that they originated from Shrek Academy.
Who could have guessed that Yu Xiaogang would approach Qin Ming so bluntly?
Then get rejected outright.
In truth, Flender believed that if he had been the one to negotiate, Qin Ming might have given him some face, and it wouldn't have resulted in a cold rejection by letter. At least, that was what Flender thought.
But since he himself had been wavering back and forth between the Blue Tyrant Academy and the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, he felt he didn't really have the right to criticize Yu Xiaogang.
Slowly, Flender softened and offered an apology to Yu Xiaogang.
Flender sat down on Yu Xiaogang's bed, his face equally filled with bewilderment.
"Xiaogang, let's just wait for next the tournament," Flender finally sighed, exhaling a heavy breath in resignation.
"Impossible! I have already decided to make..."
Yu Xiaogang originally wanted to bring up the matter regarding Xiao Lin and the others, but due to the backlash from his Martial Soul, he ultimately couldn't utter a single word.
After a long silence, Yu Xiaogang steeled his resolve once more.
"So what if she is over Rank 40? She's just an auxiliary system Soul Master. No matter how powerful her buffs are, can they possibly be stronger than my Seven-in-One Fusion Skill?"
"There are still two years left. We will head to the Blue Tyrant Academy right now to find three other students with decent talent."
"As long as those students undergo my training, they will thoroughly transform. They won't be weaker than the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy!"
It was as if Yu Xiaogang had just been injected with chicken blood; the more setbacks he faced, the more aggressive he became. In the end, he fell right back into blind confidence in his own running-based training methods.
He was entirely confident he could defeat the Emperor Team.
His display left Flender, who was standing nearby, completely speechless. Although Flender felt that Yu Xiaogang was becoming a bit possessed by his own delusions, the overall outcome was favorable.
This way, even if Shrek Academy missed its chance to steal the spotlight in this upcoming Continental Elite Young Soul Master Tournament, there was always the next one.
On this specific point, Flender still maintained his confidence.
"Alright, Xiaogang. Since you put it that way, let's go find Erlong after the New Year," Flender nodded, agreeing to the plan.
"The New Year? Why wait until after the New Year? We can leave right now!"
A surge of high-spirited vigor seemed to flush through Yu Xiaogang's swollen, bruised face, making Flender doubt whether he was looking at the same person.
"Xiaogang, have you finally accepted Erlong?" Flender asked curiously.
Haven't Yu Xiaogang been utterly resisting the idea of going to the Blue Tyrant Academy this whole time? What kind of shock had he suffered to change his mind so suddenly?
"We can talk about Erlong's matter later. For this tournament, I will absolutely make Little Ma and the others win glory for Shrek Academy!"
Yu Xiaogang spoke with righteous indignation, but in reality, his mind was viciously fixated on Xiao Lin and Tang San. He desired nothing more than to vent his pent-up frustration right in front of Xiao Lin and Tang San.
Once Xiao Lin and Tang San bore witness to his supreme teaching capabilities, Yu Xiaogang might consider accepting them as his disciples—provided they hadn't completely ruined their Soul Ring selections.
When that time came, he would be renowned as the legendary master who forged unparalleled disciples.
He would become the true Grandmaster.
Such were the thoughts drifting through Yu Xiaogang's mind.
His three research papers had already proven he was a genuine Grandmaster, but without a powerful Titled Douluo as his disciple, he still felt a bit hollow inside.
Ma Hongjun naturally carried that hope.
As a food system Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power, Oscar also possessed that potential. Even Dai Mubai, now that he was actively selecting Hell-attributed Soul Beasts for his Soul Rings, absolutely possessed that potential as well.
But even so, Yu Xiaogang still constantly yearned for the white moonlight geniuses who possessed Innate Full Soul Power—Xiao Lin and Tang San.
Well, Tang San could be given up on.
But Xiao Lin...
In Yu Xiaogang's eyes, that boy was the son of his idol, the next "Clear Sky Douluo"!
If he could become the teacher of the next "Clear Sky Douluo," he would truly be able to die without regrets.
As long as I slap Xiao Lin's face...
As long as I slap Xiao Lin's face...
Ah...
Yu Xiaogang had already begun losing himself in the beautiful daydream he fantasized about every single year.
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