Chapter 381: The Small Competition Ends, Acquiring Oakland Academy!
"That's right! What I really want to ask Master Lin Yu is exactly this. I wonder what you think about it?"
Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Xue Qinghe looked at Lin Yu with great seriousness and asked.
"Heh, actually, my thoughts are quite simple."
Lin Yu smiled slightly in response to Xue Qinghe's inquiry, then slowly replied.
"As for my character, I am one who makes clear distinctions between grievances and kindness. I also have some aspirations, which are to do what I can to help the world."
"This is why, in the live stream, I've had nothing good to say about Yu Xiaogang, Tang Hao, and Tang San."
"In the future, due to Tang San's influence, the common people on the entire Douluo Continent will live miserable lives, to the point where it could even be called a desperate existence."
"And Tang San is the one directly responsible for creating that future, while Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang are accomplices. I don't want the world to head down that path, so I've had to fully oppose these three."
"I've explained why such a future would come to pass in the live stream before, so I won't repeat it here."
"In any case, from my perspective, if what you, the Spirit Hall, are doing now can proceed smoothly, it will definitely lead Douluo Continent to a better future than what is seen in the live stream."
"So, I won't deliberately sabotage your plans."
"However, even if your plan succeeds and you ultimately unite Douluo Continent, I will still choose to intervene to ensure the future develops in the direction I desire."
"But as of now, your plan of disguising yourself as Xue Qinghe to acquire the throne and then joining forces with the Tiandou Empire to conquer the Xingluo Empire, eventually unifying Douluo Continent, is indeed the plan with the least loss in terms of unification."
"So, don't worry. I will pretend not to know about your plan!"
Looking at Xue Qinghe, Lin Yu spoke slowly.
"Of course, if the live stream reveals it, then I can't help that!"
With that, Lin Yu jokingly added to Xue Qinghe.
"As long as you don't say anything, it's fine. We, the Spirit Hall, are very grateful. As for whether the live stream exposes our plan, we can only leave it to fate!"
Hearing that the live stream might expose them, Xue Qinghe couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating smile.
Well, their plan couldn't be stopped, and they could only do what they could and leave the rest to fate!
...
After discussing this with Xue Qinghe, Lin Yu quickly took his leave.
However, after leaving the Prince's Mansion, Lin Yu didn't return to Du Gong Yan's residence immediately. Instead, he headed towards the Immortal Palace located outside Tiandou Imperial City.
Of course, Lin Yu's purpose for going to the Immortal Palace was to gather information about Dai Mubai!
After arriving at the Immortal Palace, Lin Yu assigned the task of gathering information about Dai Mubai to Bai He, as all intelligence-related matters in the Immortal Palace were handled by the Min family.
After completing this, Lin Yu returned to Du Gong Yan's residence, where he continued studying the pill formulas from the mysterious alchemy manual and practiced his martial arts.
Time passed quickly, and several days went by.
While Lin Yu acted as a guest and inspected the situation at the Tiandou Imperial City Academy Small Competition, he also personally taught martial arts to Zi Feng at Zixing Academy.
Soon, Bai He had gathered information about Dai Mubai and presented it to Lin Yu.
Upon reviewing the information, Lin Yu learned about Dai Mubai's experiences over the past few years after Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang were driven out of Tiandou Imperial City.
It turned out that after Tang Hao, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang were driven out of Tiandou Imperial City due to Lin Yu's scheming, Dai Mubai had been living in the city under disguise.
How Dai Mubai managed to disguise himself wasn't difficult for Lin Yu to guess—it was definitely something Tang San taught him.
Due to his ability to disguise himself, Dai Mubai had never been discovered. He used his fake identity to participate in soul fights at the Tiandou Great Soul Arena, earning gold soul coins, and managed to live quite decently.
Lin Yu couldn't help but laugh at this.
It was different from the original story.
In the original story, Dai Mubai escaped to Soto City but still maintained contact with the Xingluo Royal Family. He probably received a considerable amount of living expenses every month.
Otherwise, he couldn't have lived so freely in Soto City.
Living freely definitely required some financial backing. Just relying on soul master subsidies and soul fight prizes wouldn't be enough!
However, after being exposed by the live stream, Dai Mubai became a thorn in Davis's side. Davis now wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, so Dai Mubai couldn't reveal his whereabouts.
If Tang San was still doing well, maybe Dai Tianfeng would give Dai Mubai a chance to compete with Davis.
But unfortunately, Tang San had been relentlessly hunted by Lin Yu and the Spirit Hall, leaving him with nowhere to turn. So, Dai Tianfeng no longer dared to place any hope on Dai Mubai.
This is what led to Dai Mubai's current situation.
When Tang San and the others first left, Dai Mubai was still able to get by in Tiandou Imperial City by earning soul coins from soul fights at the Tiandou Great Soul Arena.
But as time passed, Dai Mubai couldn't stand this impoverished life anymore. He probably still wanted to follow the same path as in the live stream—defeat his brother Davis and claim the throne of the Xingluo Empire.
However, by then, Lin Yu's Immortal Palace had been established, and the Pill Conference had begun.
If Dai Mubai relied solely on himself, no matter how hard he trained 24 hours a day, he would never be able to compare to his brother Davis, who had access to pills for assistance.
Since Dai Mubai didn't have the money to buy pills himself, he had no choice but to join a high-level soul master academy and become a seed student to receive free pill allocations.
This led to him being at the Tiandou Imperial City Academy Small Competition, where he participated as the captain of the Oakland Academy team.
And that's when Lin Yu noticed him.
He must have been trying to get access to pills...
After reading through Dai Mubai's experiences over the past few years, Lin Yu analyzed his motives and couldn't help but smile playfully.
As for how to torture Dai Mubai...
Having the Tiandou Second Team battle against the Oakland Team in the exhibition match definitely wouldn't be effective.
Lin Yu believed that Dai Mubai knew that the Oakland Team wouldn't win the competition, so they wouldn't receive any rewards.
But if Dai Mubai had joined Oakland Academy to get access to pills...
After the competition ended, Lin Yu planned to time things perfectly and acquire Oakland Academy, kicking Dai Mubai out and then humiliating him in front of everyone. That would be very satisfying!
With this plan in mind, Lin Yu began waiting for the end of the competition.
As with the full-scale Elite Exchange Tournament for Soul Master Academies, the Tiandou Imperial City Academy Small Competition used a point system, which took nearly a month to complete.
The final champion was the Shenfeng Team.
In Tiandou Imperial City, the strongest soul master academies were the Five Elements Academy and the Tiandou Royal Academy, and their teams were the strongest as well.
On average, the participants from these six major academy teams had similar cultivation levels.
However, the Shenfeng Team had the advantage of being able to fly, making them formidable in both offense and defense, which gave them a huge edge.
This led to the Shenfeng Team winning the championship.
After the closing ceremony, the Xue Ye Emperor presented the award to the Shenfeng Team, then gave a few closing remarks, and the Small Competition officially came to an end.
Now, Lin Yu was preparing to acquire Oakland Academy as a soul master academy under the Immortal Palace!
(END CHAPTER)
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