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"Kid."
A hoarse voice suddenly resounded in the ears of the three, and Feng Xiao's fingertips instinctively trembled.
Dugu Bo had appeared under the locust tree's shade at some unknown point, the phantom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent flickering behind him.
"Senior Dugu?" Feng Xiao quickly stood up and bowed slowly to him.
Yu Feng, however, stiffened all over, his folding fan clattering to the ground, and he hastily bowed: "G-Greetings, Poison Douluo!" His voice had changed pitch.
Dugu Yan snorted coldly, deliberately turning her face away, refusing to look at her grandfather.
A hint of awkwardness flashed across the Old Poison's face as he gave Yu Feng a meaningful look.
Yu Feng, as if granted a great pardon, didn't even bother to pick up his fan, vanishing in a puff of smoke, leaving only a wisp of a shadow like green smoke.
Once Yu Feng's figure completely disappeared, Dugu Bo's imposing demeanor as a Titled Douluo instantly collapsed.
He rubbed his hands and sidled up to Dugu Yan, looking exactly like an old servant who had made a mistake: "Yan Yan, what's wrong? Still mad at Grandpa?" His voice was so soft it could drip water.
Dugu Yan tossed her purple hair, deliberately turning her body to the other side.
"Oh, my little ancestor!" Dugu Bo's beard bristled with anxiety. "Back then, Grandpa was hunted by Spirit Hall until only half his life was left. If it weren't for Prince Xue Xing bringing the Royal Knight Corps..." He suddenly shot Feng Xiao a frantic look, like an old fox.
Feng Xiao suppressed a smile, gently stroking the guqin and chiming in: "That's right, Sister Yan, even if Senior Dugu hadn't intervened this time, those people like Xue Beng would have found trouble sooner or later.
With Shrek's capabilities, once they leave this gilded cage, they might even soar to the sky."
"Exactly! Exactly!" Dugu Bo quickly chimed in, nodding his head like a pecking chick. "Where wouldn't those little things be sought after? Why stay here..." He suddenly choked, noticing his granddaughter's shoulders suspiciously trembling, and immediately thumped his chest and stamped his feet: "Goodness! You little girl deliberately tricked Grandpa!"
Dugu Yan finally couldn't hold back her laughter, and at this moment, Dugu Bo also realized that he had been tricked by his own granddaughter.
"Alright, Grandpa, we already expected this to happen," Dugu Yan covered her mouth and chuckled softly, her eyes gleaming with cunning.
Dugu Bo then came to his senses, turning to glare at Feng Xiao: "You little bastard, ganging up to trick this old man?"
Feng Xiao spread his hands innocently, the guqin strings spontaneously emitting a clear chime: "Junior said nothing at all."
"Hmph!" Dugu Bo flicked his sleeve and snorted coldly, "Recently, you'd better be careful. Don't get too close to that Xue Qinghe kid. If it weren't for me, you and the Shrek people would have met the same fate."
Feng Xiao's expression became serious, and he bowed slightly: "Thank you, Senior, for your mediation."
Dugu Bo's expression softened slightly, and a drop of emerald-like venom condensed on his fingertip, the phantom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent flickering behind him, as he said faintly: "Genius is ultimately just genius."
The venom refracted an eerie light in the sunlight, "Just like those little things today, in front of a true powerhouse..."
"Junior has learned a lot." Feng Xiao bowed again.
Dugu Bo suddenly grinned, revealing his stark white teeth: "But you, kid—" He patted Feng Xiao's shoulder, "—you know better how to survive in this gilded cage than those naive youngsters from Shrek."
"Grandpa, it's better if you show your face less often recently." A hint of cunning flashed in Dugu Yan's eyes. "There's a little girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in Shrek."
"What kind of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is that... Wait, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?" Dugu Bo choked halfway through his sentence, his beard bristling.
Seeing her grandfather stumped, Dugu Yan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Cough... it's just a collateral descendant." Dugu Bo tried to save face, stroking his beard, "Those two old fellows wouldn't possibly..."
"She's the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's first genius in a hundred years," Dugu Yan added lightly.
"Hmph! Even if those two old fellows came..." The phantom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent flickered behind Dugu Bo, but his voice unconsciously lowered a few notches. "If this old man can't beat them, can't I still go poison their Sect?" After saying that, he furtively glanced at his granddaughter.
Feng Xiao timely strummed the guqin and chuckled softly: "Senior is overthinking. With the wisdom of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, they would certainly not make things difficult for you over this matter."
"Hmm, you have a point." Dugu Bo took the hint and his figure began to blur, "Kid, take good care of Yan Yan." Before his words faded, he had transformed into a wisp of emerald shadow and dissipated, leaving only a few tree leaves corroded by poisonous mist slowly drifting down.
Feng Xiao gently stroked the guqin strings and chuckled softly: "It's time to go back to training, Sister Yan." He turned and walked towards the academy, the morning light flowing over his moon-white robes, and "Fuxi" radiated a cool, clear glow in his arms.
Dugu Yan's lips curved into a bright arc: "Mm." She lightly followed his steps, but when her gaze fell upon Feng Xiao's tall figure, the smile in her purple eyes gradually faded.
The sunlight spilled over the young man's shoulders was too dazzling, making his solitary figure, playing the guqin, appear even more isolated.
She unconsciously clenched her fists, and a ripple of sadness appeared in her eyes.
The figure before her, though seemingly within reach, felt incredibly distant, as if Feng Xiao in her eyes was shrouded in a mist.
A suffocating silence permeated the training ground, where the Huang Dou Battle Team members stood or sat, each with a different expression.
The news of Qin Ming's departure was like a huge boulder, weighing heavily on everyone's hearts.
When Feng Xiao and Dugu Yan stepped onto the field, Yu Tianheng suddenly stood up, his body enveloped in the violent spirit power fluctuations of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and strode towards the two.
Feng Xiao frowned slightly, his figure flashing to block in front of Dugu Yan, and "Fuxi" subtly emitted strong spirit power fluctuations.
"Move aside." Yu Tianheng's voice was low, and lightning flashed in his eyes.
"Xiao Feng." Dugu Yan gently pressed Feng Xiao's shoulder and softly said, "Don't worry, he doesn't have the guts yet."
Feng Xiao stepped aside, but his fingertips still rested lightly on the guqin strings.
"Why?" Yu Tianheng stared intently at Dugu Yan, demanding, "Why, Yan Zi, why did you drive away Teacher Qin and uncle?"
At this moment, Yu Feng flashed over and pulled Yu Tianheng from behind: "Captain, you can't blame Yan Zi for this..."
Yu Tianheng's spirit power shook, directly pushing Yu Feng away, his eyes fixed on Dugu Yan: "Answer me!"
"Teacher Qin chose to leave on his own," Dugu Yan sneered, her face full of impatience. "As for your dear uncle... why don't you first ask what those students of his did yesterday? They beat Xue Beng."
"He's just a profligate prince!" Yu Tianheng's fists clenched, cracking audibly.
"Heh," Dugu Yan's eyes blazed with green light. "Do you really think the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan can run rampant in Heaven Dou? Don't forget, your uncle has already been expelled from the Sect.
Even you—" She enunciated each word, "—if you touch the Fourth Imperial Prince, this Heaven Dou Royal Academy will likewise not tolerate you!"
Upon mentioning Yu Xiaogang's expulsion, Yu Tianheng's face instantly darkened like ink: "Yan Zi, you've crossed the line."
"Who's crossing the line?" Dugu Yan didn't back down. "Yu Tianheng, this isn't your Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. I know what you mean. Grandpa did indeed act on behalf of Prince Xue Xing to drive away your uncle and his group. This is the price for them crossing the line.
If you love your uncle so much, you can choose to leave here and go with them."
Yu Tianheng's eyes suddenly burst forth with dazzling lightning, the phantom of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon fully manifested behind him, and four spirit rings slowly swirled around his body.
The furious lightning power scorched paths into the training ground's surface.
"Enough!" He roared, his right arm completely dragonized, and with crackling thunder and a resounding dragon's roar, he struck directly at Dugu Yan's face.
Feng Xiao's pupils contracted, and a sharp glint of coldness burst forth in his eyes.
"Fuxi" instantly lay horizontally, its first spirit ring lit up, and seven strings vibrated simultaneously, unleashing visible ice-blue sound wave barriers.
"Boom—"
Lightning and sound waves collided, erupting in a deafening roar.
The powerful air current instantly lifted the robes of several surrounding team members, and Yu Feng, being in close proximity, had to spread his wings to steady himself.
"Yu Tianheng! Are you crazy?" Feng Xiao's voice was colder than ever. "Attacking a classmate, is this the upbringing of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"
"Fuxi" instantly lit up, reflecting colorful light in the sunlight.
Three spirit rings, two yellow and one purple, appeared beneath Feng Xiao's feet.
"I've wanted to meet you for a long time." Yu Tianheng ignored him, speaking to himself, then his second spirit ring lit up: "Thunderous Might!" Innumerable electric snakes shot out from his body, weaving into a giant electric net in the air.
Dugu Yan was about to step forward, but Feng Xiao stopped her with a look.
He saw his slender fingers sweep across the guqin strings, and a strong killing sound suddenly erupted.
The materialized sound waves shattered the electric net into pieces.
"Third Spirit Ability, Wrath of Thunder!" Yu Tianheng completely lost his sanity, his entire body covered in blue dragon scales, his aura pressing close to the high-level Spirit Ancestor rank.
This was his ultimate trump card, which he never used in training on normal days.
Ye Lingling, who was watching the battle, hurriedly summoned her Nine Hearted Sea棠, while the Stone Ink brothers also summoned their Spirit and tortoise shells, ready to act at any moment.
Oslo stopped the two, slowly saying, "The captain can't be reasoned with right now, let's not interfere for now. Xiao Feng might not necessarily lose."
"Strength gained by lowering one's rationality? Then let's try a head-on clash!" Feng Xiao scoffed, suddenly changing his finger technique.
The intense killing sound instantly vanished, and as Feng Xiao's three spirit rings lit up, when Yu Tianheng's dragon claw was only three inches from Feng Xiao's throat, a sudden change occurred—Feng Xiao's hand swept across the guqin strings, and a powerful low note instantly blasted towards Yu Tianheng.
Amidst the strong air current, Yu Tianheng's movements visibly slowed down.
"You!" At this moment, Yu Tianheng was filled with shock and anger.
He found that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through the strong air current caused by the sound waves.
His spirit power circulation was being interfered with by a peculiar musical rhythm, and the lightning around him was melting like ice and snow.
"Amidst this powerful bass, I can even use the guqin's sound to interfere with your spirit power circulation, go..." The next second, Yu Tianheng could no longer resist the powerful air current caused by the sound waves and was instantly sent flying by the air current.
This move was a unique combat technique Feng Xiao had created by integrating Mysterious Heaven Skill and guqin skills over the past two months.
During his comprehension of Mysterious Heaven Skill, Feng Xiao understood many crucial points in spirit power circulation.
By influencing those crucial points through guqin sounds, he could often effectively disrupt the opponent's spirit power operation.
Of course, this also depended on the strength of both parties' spirit power; if the opponent's spirit power was like a great river, how could he possibly shake it?
"Give up," Feng Xiao slowly walked in front of Yu Tianheng. "You currently have no chance of breaking through my guqin music."
Yu Tianheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he desperately urged his spirit power, wanting to break free from the restraints.
But every time his fourth spirit ring lit up, Feng Xiao would slightly raise his hand, and a guqin note would scatter the spirit power he had just gathered.
This feeling of being completely seen through was even harder for him to accept than a simple defeat.
"Bang!"
Finally, Yu Tianheng knelt on one knee, his dragonization forcibly dispelled.
He gasped violently, looking up at Feng Xiao with disbelief in his eyes: "When did you..."
Feng Xiao stood with his guqin, not answering.
He spent every day cultivating and contemplating; how would Yu Tianheng, the captain, care whether he had made a breakthrough?
Dugu Yan stepped forward, Bi Lin Snake Venom condensing in her palm and then dissipating invisibly, saying with a slightly complex expression: "Are you calm now?"
Yu Tianheng was silent for a long time, then suddenly tore off the Heaven Dou Royal Academy emblem from his chest and threw it forcefully: "Such an academy, I don't care to stay!" As he turned, his gaze swept over every team member, "You all can continue to be aristocratic playthings in this gilded cage!"
"Captain!" Yu Feng wanted to chase after him, but Stone Grind stopped him.
Everyone understood that with Yu Tianheng's pride, once he left, it would be difficult to return.
Yu Tianheng paused.
His clenched fists loosened and tightened again, and finally, without looking back, he disappeared at the end of the training ground.
"Kid... well done." A familiar voice entered Feng Xiao's ears.
Feng Xiao couldn't help but show a helpless expression, secretly thinking: "This old man is really cunning; he was clearly watching in the dark, but he insisted on me making a move."
Dugu Yan also looked at Feng Xiao at this moment, her cherry lips parting slightly, "Thank you, Xiao Feng."
Feng Xiao shook his head slightly and said, "This is what I should do, Sister Yan. Before the new lead teacher arrives, Sister Yan, you can arrange the training on behalf of the teacher."
Dugu Yan nodded, then looked at the Royal Fight members, saying very seriously: "Training will proceed as usual."
"Yes." The Royal Fight members also responded one after another.
That evening, Feng Xiao awoke from the World of guqin music.
The setting sun cast his shadow very long, and "Fuxi" let out a low moan in the wind.
"Is it worth it?" Dugu Yan appeared behind him at some point. "To help me, you offended the heir of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
Feng Xiao didn't turn around, just gently plucked the guqin strings and smiled slightly: "Sister Yan and Senior have also helped me a lot, and I believe Senior will definitely handle this matter."
After a moment of silence, Dugu Yan suddenly said: "I just received news that Yu Tianheng has applied for withdrawal."
"As expected, there's no place for him in Heaven Dou Royal Academy anymore. Going to Shrek also fulfills his wish." Feng Xiao finally turned around, a faint smile on his lips. "But I believe we will meet again at the Elite Competition of Advanced Soul Master Academies of the Entire Continent."
"Mm."