Chapter 180: Yu Tianlin's Proposal
After returning to the clan, Yu Tianlin reported his itinerary to his grandfather and learned about the recent developments within the clan. After that, he immediately headed to Thunder Academy.
Although Yu Tianlin was a student of Thunder Academy, he had not actually spent much time there. He only studied there for a short period, from age 8 to nearly 10, less than 2 years in total. After that, he was constantly on the move. Even when he occasionally returned, he would only stay for 2 or 3 days at most.
If anyone else skipped classes like this, they would have been expelled long ago. But Yu Tianlin was different. Thunder Academy was supported by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Tianlin was the clan leader's grandson. Expelling him would be a joke.
When he returned to Thunder Academy, Yu Tianlin found that the atmosphere was as vibrant as ever.
The first thing he did after arriving was to go see Lei Bao. After all, he had been gone for so long, and many things could have changed. For one, when he left, he was only level 27, belonging to the middle grade of the Thunder Shock level. Now he was level 45, having entered the upper grade of the Thunder level. He needed Lei Bao's help to handle the matter of advancing to the next grade.
There was also the dormitory issue. Yu Tianlin was not sure if his original dorm room had been reclaimed by the academy and reassigned after he had been absent for so long. He needed to ask about that.
Finally, there was the most important issue of all, the competition quota, which was the true purpose of this trip.
With these matters in mind, Yu Tianlin arrived at Lei Bao's office.
"Long time no see, Uncle Lei Bao."
"You're Tianlin?" Someone had suddenly entered, and the voice sounded familiar. Lei Bao could not help but look the person over. After a moment, he finally recognized him. "Tianlin, you've changed a lot since I last saw you. Uncle almost didn't recognize you."
"Uncle Lei Bao has changed too," Yu Tianlin said with a smile. "You look a bit chubbier. Work must be easy lately."
"Hey." Lei Bao laughed at once. "Back when Jinqing was the dean, she didn't care about anything and only buried herself in cultivation, leaving everything to me. I worked myself to the bone every day, so of course I got thinner."
"Now Jinqing has broken through. Your clan transferred her back to serve as an elder and sent a new dean instead. The new dean is quite responsible, so my workload has become much lighter, and naturally I gained weight again."
"So that's how it is." Yu Tianlin nodded, understanding.
"Enough about that." Lei Bao waved his hand. "Tianlin, what brings you back to the academy? Is something going on?"
"Yes, something is going on." Yu Tianlin nodded. "Isn't the All Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament about to begin? I plan to participate, so I came back."
"You're going to participate too?" The moment Yu Tianlin said that, Lei Bao's brows furrowed. "That might be a bit troublesome."
"Troublesome?" Yu Tianlin was surprised. "What happened?"
"This is the situation." Lei Bao explained. "Tianlin, you should know that although the academy is supported by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the clan's presence here isn't overwhelming. Besides clan disciples, we also enroll a large number of other students. The academy is trying to develop in a diversified way."
"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan supports this as well. That's why Thunder Academy isn't like Elephant Armor Academy. Their students are mostly from the Elephant Armor Clan, and even their competition lineup is full of Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls."
"I think I understand." Yu Tianlin caught his meaning. "In other words, Thunder Academy's participants can't all be people with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul. There must be students with other Martial Souls too."
"That's right." Lei Bao nodded. "Under normal circumstances, only 1 student in each tournament lineup will have the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. With its offensive power, 1 is enough. The remaining spots are reserved for other students."
"After all, if your team is only strong in direct offense, you're too limited and easy to target. You need other Martial Souls to cover weaknesses in different areas."
Indeed, Thunder Academy had quite a few Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples. But judging from the competition situation in the original timeline, only Yu Tianxin was a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master, while the rest were students with other Martial Souls. This was likely the reason.
Yu Tianlin asked, "So if I want to participate, I have to compete with Brother Tianxin for that one spot?"
"That's how it is." Lei Bao said. "All Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Masters who want to participate compete for a single spot, while the remaining slots are contested by other students."
"Uncle Lei Bao, there's really no need to make it so troublesome." Hearing that, Yu Tianlin suddenly smiled. "For this tournament, Thunder Academy only needs to send me. We only need 1 spot."
"Uh, Tianlin, what did you say?" Lei Bao froze, staring at him in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"I said, for this tournament, Thunder Academy only needs to send me." Yu Tianlin repeated calmly. "No other students are needed. So there's no need to worry about the number of spots."
"Tianlin, this probably won't work." Lei Bao finally understood and looked at him as if he had heard something unbelievable. "First, you're taking all the slots. The students won't agree."
"Second, the tournament is a team battle. You have to send 7 people each time. How could you possibly defeat 7 opponents by yourself?"
"Uncle Lei Bao, you have no idea how strong I am." Yu Tianlin sighed. "Let me ask you something first. Among Thunder level students, how many people are competing for tournament slots?"
"There are 7 official team members and 4 substitutes, 11 spots total. There are 14 students competing for them." Lei Bao answered, then added, "Why are you asking?"
As expected, the number of people competing was not that large. There were certainly more upperclassmen at the Thunder level, but most knew they could not secure a spot with their strength and simply gave up. Only a small group with real confidence chose to fight for it.
"In the world of Spirit Masters, strength is everything. Whoever is stronger has the final say," Yu Tianlin said evenly. "I know those 14 classmates won't agree to my idea of taking all the spots, but that's fine."
"They can arrange matches for me. If I lose, I'll leave without a word. But if I win, then they shouldn't waste their breath."
"Whether it's 1v1 tag battles or even a 1v14 team battle, it's all fine. They can choose the format however they like."
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