Yu Yan, his expression returning to normal, followed up with a question: "Teacher Sun, which four families are still staying in Balak City?"
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, an envoy sent by the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe, the Exotic Beast Academy among the high-level Spirit Master academies, and a deacon sent by Spirit Hall."
Sun Qian stated the four forces he knew were currently remaining in Balak City.
Hearing the four major powers Sun Qian mentioned, Yu Yan began to think in his mind about the basic situation of these forces, as well as their pros and cons.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's Legacy Martial Soul is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, the continent's number one support Martial Soul. Because they are of the support system themselves, they do not exclude other Spirit Masters and even actively recruit talented Spirit Masters to join their Sect.
The two current Titled Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School both joined voluntarily because they had received favors from the Sect.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda has a good reputation, and its strength is top-tier compared to other forces on the continent. If one were to choose a force to cooperate with or seek refuge in, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would be a good choice.
Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, is actually Qian Renxue—a possessor of Innate Twentieth Level spirit power and the Angel Martial Soul—who went undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire after having a lapse in judgment.
In Douluo Continent, where strength speaks for itself, she plays around with childish house-playing schemes and intrigues; Yu Yan suspected she wasn't very bright. Therefore, the recruitment from Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, was temporarily not under Yu Yan's consideration.
Exotic Beast Academy's strength is comparable to Balak Academy, and it is an academy specifically for recruiting and cultivating Beast Spirits.
Meng Yiran, who appeared in the original work, is a student of the Exotic Beast Academy.
Dragon Lord Meng Shu and Serpent Grandmother Chao Tianxiang, who possess the Martial Soul Fusion Skill 'Dragon-Serpent Combination', are honorary Elders of this academy.
The Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the Spirit Douluo Dragon Lord and the Spirit Emperor Serpent Grandmother possesses the strength to contend with a Titled Douluo; their strength cannot be underestimated.
Having understood this academy, Yu Yan felt quite a bit of sympathy for it.
Famous Beast Spirit possessors across the continent are few and far between, and they would not join the Exotic Beast Academy at all.
This leads to the students of Exotic Beast Academy always being defeated by other Beast Spirit possessors in the finals of the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament.
Spirit Hall goes without saying; they have a Main Spirit Hall in Balak City, so it is perfectly normal for them to be able to wait until now.
Yu Yan could probably guess why these four forces remained here.
He could also probably guess why the other major forces had left.
With thousands of thoughts in his mind, Yu Yan went through everything he could think of once, then looked at Sun Qian, who answered every question:
"Teacher Sun, can you tell me if there's any word from the Balak Kingdom or the Balak Advanced Soul Master Academy?"
Yu Yan was a student of the Balak Junior Soul Master Academy; he didn't believe there was no movement from these two at all.
"The King, naturally, hopes you can join the Balak Kingdom."
"Balak Advanced Soul Master Academy has already prepared generous conditions. They are just waiting for you to return to discuss the reserve member plan for the battle team."
Looking at this extremely intelligent child, Sun Qian sighed softly and then explained the decisions of the Balak Kingdom and the Balak Advanced Soul Master Academy.
"Thank you, Teacher Sun, for informing me of these matters. I will remember this kindness."
Solemnly expressing his gratitude to Teacher Sun, Yu Yan stood up and took his leave.
How to deal with these four forces still remaining in Balak City became the key problem for Yu Yan to think about next... "Yu Yan, how's the situation? Are there many people looking for you? Is there a Titled Douluo?"
Yu Yan walked into the hotel room where Xiao Wu was staying. Xiao Wu, who was lying on the bed reading a book, sat up and asked about the situation nervously.
"The situation is okay. Many people came to find me, but in the two months we were away, they've mostly left. Currently, there are five forces in Balak City preparing to recruit me."
"As for Titled Douluo, no Titled Douluo has come to recruit me. I thought too highly of myself; the one with the highest spirit power among those who came was just a Spirit Ancestor."
Understanding what Xiao Wu was worried about, Yu Yan simply answered her first two questions and then answered the last one in a joking manner.
Hearing that there were no Titled Douluo among those who came, Xiao Wu lay back on the bed, maintaining a relatively comfortable posture.
"Then what do you plan to do?"
"I plan to talk to all of them, focusing on cooperation. I told you when we left Balak City that I don't plan on joining any force for the time being."
Born under the red flag and raised in a new era, Yu Yan could accept cooperating with others, but he could not accept being someone else's subordinate.
Regarding Yu Yan's plan not to join any major force for the time being, Xiao Wu expressed strong support.
If Yu Yan joined those major forces, it would mean she would have to go along too.
If the major force Yu Yan joined had Spirit Douluo or Titled Douluo, she would have no choice but to separate from him.
The time spent with Yu Yan was certainly interesting, but life was more important... On the first day back at Balak Junior Soul Master Academy, Yu Yan met the first major force that wanted to recruit him: the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Regarding the fact that the first one to find him wasn't someone from Balak Advanced Soul Master Academy, Yu Yan wanted to give the academy a bad review.
The reason why Balak Advanced Soul Master Academy didn't come first was that they wanted to see Yu Yan's attitude toward other forces and then re-evaluate their original plan.
Complaining aside, Yu Yan still followed the teacher who came to call him and met an inner Sect deacon of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a Level 49 Spirit Ancestor.
"Hello, Yu Yan. I am Ning Zihu, an inner Sect deacon of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. I've been waiting in Balak City for nearly two months, and today I finally get to meet you. Seeing you is better than hearing a hundred reports; I often hear people from the Soul Fighting Arena say you are a young genius, and seeing you today, it is indeed true."
Ning Zihu, representing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, stood up to introduce himself the moment he saw Yu Yan, while also voicing praise for him.
"Deacon Ning overpraises me. I am just a minor First Ring Spirit Master; how could I be worthy of the title of young genius?"
Yu Yan displayed his usual humble style, responding tactfully to Ning Zihu's words.
With the surname Ning and being able to represent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, this Ning Zihu was likely a clansman or a trusted aide of Ning Fengzhi.
While talking with Ning Zihu, Yu Yan was also summarizing information about him.
After briefly discovering that Yu Yan was similar to what his investigation suggested, Ning Zihu weighed his words slightly: "Little brother Yu Yan, I'm not the type to beat around the bush, and I see you aren't either. I'll just say what I have to say directly."
"I'd like nothing more."
People who say they don't beat around the bush are definitely the type who do, because those who don't would simply state their intended meaning directly without using that excuse to ask a question.