Chapter 383: The Anxious Dai Mubai, I Have No Grudge Against Him!
After Lin Yu expressed his desire to meet the Oakland team, Principal Oakland immediately welcomed him into Oakland Academy, leading him to a meeting room in the faculty building.
Since the Tiandou Imperial City Academy Small Competition had already concluded, the Oakland team had been disbanded. They weren't doing any training but were instead attending classes, so it would take a little time to gather everyone to meet Lin Yu.
However, Lin Yu wasn't in a hurry.
He had been preparing for his plan to torment Dai Mubai for nearly a month, so a few more minutes of waiting didn't faze him.
Thus, as Lin Yu sat in the meeting room with Bai He and Bai Chenxiang, sipping tea while waiting for Principal Oakland to bring the others in, time passed calmly.
Soon, Principal Oakland entered with seven people: five men and two women.
"Haha! Master Lin Yu, these seven children are the members of the representative team chosen by Oakland Academy. The information is all here," Principal Oakland said, smiling, as he handed Lin Yu a stack of documents. The documents contained detailed information about each of the seven team members.
However, beyond this, Principal Oakland didn't continue speaking.
Although, as Lin Yu was acquiring Oakland Academy on behalf of the Immortal Palace, Principal Oakland could shamelessly hope to convince Lin Yu to accept all seven of these members into the Immortal Palace, he refrained. Since the acquisition was only in the negotiation phase, and no official contract had been signed yet, it was a bit too soon to discuss these matters. He didn't want to seem too eager and risk leaving a bad impression on Lin Yu.
After all, Oakland Academy being recognized by the Immortal Palace was already a stroke of good fortune, and as a seasoned man, Principal Oakland didn't want to risk alienating Lin Yu over something as trivial as this.
As Principal Oakland brought the Oakland team into the meeting room, Lin Yu received the documents and slowly scanned the seven members of the team.
The Oakland team consisted of five men and two women, and they all looked decent.
The men were generally handsome, and the two women, if placed in Lin Yu's previous world, would also be considered campus beauties.
However, the most striking of all was Dai Mubai, disguised with black long hair, a rugged face, and purple heavy pupils—eyes with two pupils in one.
Those purple heavy pupils were simply too eye-catching. If it weren't for the disguise, everyone in Oakland Academy would have recognized him immediately.
As Lin Yu observed them, besides Dai Mubai, the four men looked at him with excitement, as if seeing an idol. The two girls were also full of joy and enthusiasm.
Given Lin Yu's current position and status in the soul master world, it could be said that he had become the most influential figure on the Douluo Continent, his fame rivaling that of Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall.
Among the younger generation of soul masters, he was worshipped and admired by all.
Especially during the Tiandou Imperial City Academy Small Competition, where Lin Yu personally guided Zi Feng from an ordinary academy to become a top-tier, powerful soul master, even defeating Yu Tianheng in the competition!
This had made countless young soul masters eager to become the next Zi Feng.
Among the Oakland team, except for Dai Mubai, the other six members were no exception. They hadn't expected to actually meet Lin Yu, and it seemed like they were really getting this opportunity now!
However, Dai Mubai's face stiffened under Lin Yu's scrutiny.
Although Dai Mubai forced himself to remain calm on the outside, his fists clenched tightly without him realizing it, and his eyes were filled with anger and unease.
Damn it! Why is this guy here at Oakland Academy?
Internally, Dai Mubai was screaming in frustration.
He had been living well in the Xingluo Royal Family, and if the future unfolded as it did in the live stream, he could have turned things around, defeating his brother Davis and ascending to the throne.
But unexpectedly, due to Lin Yu's influence, he had been subjected to even harsher attacks from his brother Davis, forcing him to flee.
Fortunately, he had encountered Tang San and the others along the way.
At first, he thought his path would still mirror that of the live stream and eventually lead to the same outcome.
But he never expected that even when he fled to Tiandou Imperial City with Tang San and the others, the Spirit Hall would track them down and expel them. Even Title Douluo Haotian Douluo had died at the hands of the Spirit Hall's pursuit.
At first, he thought it was just an accident, but later he realized that it had been orchestrated by Lin Yu!
After all, the four major clans, including the Li family, had all sided with Lin Yu.
Having lost his backers, Dai Mubai had no choice but to disguise himself, change his name, and live in Tiandou Imperial City in secret, waiting for a future opportunity to turn the tables with Tang San, who was still alive.
But then, Lin Yu released pills, which could significantly boost a soul master's cultivation speed and help them progress faster.
With the help of the pills, his brother Davis's cultivation speed was going to far surpass his own, completely eliminating the advantage his natural talent had once given him.
If he couldn't use the pills, there was a real danger that his brother Davis would leave him far behind, losing any chance to compete with him.
In order to get the pills, Dai Mubai had no choice but to risk joining a high-level soul master academy and show his talent to earn the academy's reward of pills to assist his training.
And that's how he ended up here.
He thought his life would go on quietly until one day when Tang San would leave the Slaughter City, and he could find him then.
But unexpectedly, he encountered Lin Yu once again.
Why is this guy at Oakland Academy? Is it because of him?
But he had disguised himself!
He had even changed his appearance quite a lot, and aside from the distinctive purple heavy pupils, he no longer resembled the Dai Mubai from the live stream at all. It shouldn't be possible for Lin Yu to be targeting him!
Dai Mubai was filled with anxiety and unease.
In his mind, he and Lin Yu had never truly met, and they didn't have such a deep grudge.
After all, in the live stream, Lin Yu had relentlessly criticized Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, calling them hypocrites, double-standard, shameless, and all kinds of harsh names.
But when it came to Dai Mubai, Lin Yu only labeled him as lecherous and shameless, likely because of the incident where he abandoned his fiancée Zhu Zhuqing in the live stream.
There was no deep conflict between them. Lin Yu wouldn't be coming after him now just because of his current identity and the heavy pupils, right?
(END CHAPTER)
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Chapter 384: Setting Up Dai Mubai — Everyone Except You!
As for the thoughts running through Dai Mubai's mind at this moment, Lin Yu naturally had no idea. If he did, he would probably only respond with an amused smile.
Although Dai Mubai had not caused the future of the Douluo Continent to deteriorate as horribly as Tang San had, the problem was that while there was no irreconcilable hatred between them, Lin Yu had already become a "Cao thief," directly scattering countless green grass seeds over Dai Mubai's head, merely waiting for the right moment for them to grow into a vast green prairie.
Since he had already won over Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Yu naturally intended to thoroughly torment Dai Mubai and vent Zhu Zhuqing's grievances for her.
How could he possibly allow Dai Mubai to continue living smoothly in Heaven Dou Imperial City?
Meanwhile, inside the meeting room.
After Auckland brought over the seven members of the Auckland Team, including Dai Mubai, Lin Yu pretended to carefully observe each of them before flipping through the documents in his hand.
Finally, as though he had made a decision, Lin Yu pondered for a moment before raising his head and speaking to Auckland.
"Dean Auckland, since our Immortal Palace has already decided to acquire your Auckland Academy, in the future, some of our Immortal Palace disciples will certainly enroll in your academy for study."
"However, at the moment, both the elders and disciples of our Immortal Palace are still seriously lacking in numbers, so this cannot be accomplished in the short term. Therefore, I plan to temporarily select several outstanding students from Auckland Academy to enter our Immortal Palace for advanced cultivation…"
Enter the Immortal Palace for cultivation?
Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, not only Auckland but also the seven members of the Auckland Team—including Dai Mubai—could not help but feel overjoyed.
For Auckland, although the Immortal Palace's willingness to acquire Auckland Academy, allow him to continue serving as dean, and help the academy achieve excellent results in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament had already satisfied him greatly, as a dean with at least some professional ethics, he also hoped that the acquisition would benefit not only himself, but the students as well—especially the members of the Auckland Team.
That would naturally be even better.
In fact, Auckland had previously wanted to fight for an opportunity for the Auckland Team to join the Immortal Palace, but because the timing was not yet right, he had temporarily suppressed the impulse.
Unexpectedly, Lin Yu had actually taken the initiative to propose it himself.
This truly made Auckland pleasantly surprised.
As for the Auckland Team members, aside from Dai Mubai, the other six all knew that Lin Yu had received numerous rewards from the live broadcast Q&A events.
Moreover, as the provider of medicinal pills, the Immortal Palace could undoubtedly offer its disciples more and higher-quality pills.
Therefore, like many young soul masters currently in Heaven Dou Imperial City, they had long yearned to join the Immortal Palace.
But Dai Mubai was different.
Although he was also excited at the prospect of Lin Yu seemingly wanting the Auckland Team to join the Immortal Palace, his excitement stemmed from the fact that he might finally have the opportunity to infiltrate the power of his enemy, Lin Yu, and secretly leech resources from him to strengthen himself.
A situation where he could both undermine his enemy and benefit himself was simply the ultimate win!
"Palace Master Lin Yu, w-we… can we really join the Immortal Palace?"
After hearing Lin Yu's words, one of the female members of the Auckland Team could not help but ask excitedly, her eyes sparkling.
Although Lin Yu had not explicitly stated that all seven members of the Auckland Team would be accepted into the Immortal Palace, since he mentioned selecting the most outstanding students of Auckland Academy, it was obviously referring to them!
In response to the excited question from the female team member, Lin Yu slightly curled his lips into a smile. After covertly glancing at Dai Mubai, he nodded.
"Yes. I do intend to let you join the Immortal Palace. Since our Immortal Palace has only recently been established and has not yet had time to recruit disciples publicly, you are currently the best candidates."
"Once you join the Immortal Palace, I will devote all my effort to cultivating you. As long as your performance is outstanding, then two years later, in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, you will become the soul master team representing Auckland—oh no! Representing the Immortal Palace Academy."
Hearing Lin Yu's promise, the members of the Auckland Team became even more excited.
Although they could not be considered top-tier geniuses, during the recent minor competition, Zi Xing—whose strength had originally been roughly equal to theirs—had, after less than half a month of guidance, gained the power to utterly crush Yu Tianheng.
This undoubtedly proved the teaching ability of the Immortal Palace—or rather, Lin Yu himself!
With the Immortal Palace's guidance and resources, as long as they worked hard, perhaps they too would one day have the opportunity to crush those so-called soul master geniuses in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament!
"Thank you, Palace Master Lin Yu! We will definitely work hard!"
After receiving confirmation from Lin Yu that they could join the Immortal Palace, aside from Dai Mubai, the other six members of the Auckland Team all bowed repeatedly toward Lin Yu with excited and grateful expressions.
As for Dai Mubai, although he had fallen from grace, he was still a prince at heart, and the pride in his bones prevented him from bowing to others—especially to an enemy.
Thus, Dai Mubai maintained a cold and stern expression, only lowering his head slightly toward Lin Yu as though expressing gratitude, while in reality merely concealing the look on his face.
Seeing Dai Mubai's reaction, Lin Yu immediately sneered inwardly.
The fish had taken the bait!
Because Lin Yu wanted to thoroughly torment Dai Mubai, he naturally could not allow Dai Mubai to realize that his identity had already been exposed. Otherwise, Dai Mubai would surely flee.
And if he fled, how could Lin Yu continue tormenting him?
Therefore, if Lin Yu wanted to drive Dai Mubai out of Auckland Academy while also ruthlessly humiliating him, he would have to employ a different method.
As for what method?
In simple terms: making a mountain out of a molehill!
Thus, inside the meeting room.
When Lin Yu noticed that the other six members of the Auckland Team were all displaying immense gratitude toward him for being allowed to join the Immortal Palace, while only Dai Mubai remained cold and arrogant, Lin Yu directly frowned as though deeply displeased.
"Wait! I haven't finished speaking yet. Although I do plan to let your Auckland Team join the Immortal Palace, not everyone will be accepted…"
Lin Yu suddenly said slowly while looking at the Auckland Team before him.
Not everyone?
Hearing Lin Yu's words, the previously excited members of the Auckland Team immediately stiffened, their hearts pounding nervously.
Could it be… they had been eliminated?
Among them, Dai Mubai, who had slightly lowered his head, inexplicably felt a bad premonition rising in his heart.
Then, in the very next second, a cold voice rang out.
"Everyone except him!"
At that moment, Lin Yu directly pointed at Dai Mubai with a cold expression.
Hearing this, Dai Mubai abruptly raised his head. When he saw that Lin Yu was pointing directly at him, his expression instantly froze completely.
What?!
Only he was not allowed to join the Immortal Palace?!
(End of Chapter)