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Qin Ming answered in a firm tone: "Yes, it's Gu You who enrolled some time ago."
"That's not right," Zhilin said in disbelief, "I remember Gu You wasn't a strong attack spirit master, how could a strong attack spirit master be a scholar? If it was Tang San, it would be more like that."
This is not because Zhilin has a good impression of Tang San, who also has a plant-type martial soul, or is biased against the strong attack type. It is based on his experience that in terms of soul master types, control and auxiliary soul masters are most likely to produce scholars, and the number of scholars from the strong attack type is the least.
Let alone scholars, even excellent teachers, in the magnificent Tiandou Royal Academy, there are only two people, Bai Baoshan, the former defense spirit master who now belongs to the strong attack department, and Qin Ming, who is also from the strong attack department. The other teachers from the strong attack department in the academy are just ordinary teachers, and you can tell at a glance that they have no potential (in education and academics).
Besides, Gu You and Tang San standing together look no different than Dwayne Johnson and Justin Bieber standing together. Which one do you think looks more like a scholar, Dwayne Johnson or Justin Bieber?
"It's really Gu You." Qin Ming knew it was hard to believe, but Qin Ming, who knew Gu You's ability, still tried to prove it for Gu You: "Three members of the Education Committee, I have personally confirmed that he does have the talent and ability to become a scholar."
After thinking about it, Qin Ming felt that it was okay to tell others, so he told the four people the reason why Gu You became a scholar, as Meng Yiran said: "Gu You has the same name as the "Master Gu You", so he aspires to become a scholar as great as Master Gu You."
"More and more so." The three members of the Education Committee looked at each other and nodded in agreement. If there was a great person with the same name as me when I was a child, I would also want to be like him. It's human nature, nothing to say.
"Pfft"
"?" The eight eyes of the three members of the Education Committee and Qin Ming looked at Xue Qinghe at the same time. He picked up the teacup with an expressionless face and took a sip. "Isn't this good? It is better to be a student with a goal than to do nothing and rely on the legacy of their parents..." At this point, Xue Qinghe realized that he had said something wrong, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He quickly raised the teacup and took another sip.
The three members of the Education Committee were all shrewd people, and they all pretended not to hear what Xue Qinghe had just said. Qin Ming already hated the nobles in the academy who had a lot of high-quality cultivation resources but did not strive for progress. With an expression of common hatred against the enemy on his face, he looked at Xue Qinghe with more approval.
Xue Qinghe quickly changed the subject, "Education Committee Meng, is there something urgent that you called Qinghe over this time?"
The end of the year was approaching, and Xue Qinghe was at his busiest. Compared to the teachers who had nothing to do as their students were going home for the holidays, Xue Qinghe was extremely busy, dealing with a large number of visiting nobles and various invitations to dances.
I was able to squeeze out the time to come here by postponing several appointments for visits from minor nobles.
Hearing Xue Qinghe's words, the three members of the Education Committee looked at Qin Ming at the same time, but quickly retracted their gazes. Meng Shenji, who was sitting in the middle of the three, said, "It's like this, Your Highness. May I ask if you have ever heard of a high-level soul master academy called Shrek Academy?"
"Shrek Academy?" Xue Qinghe recalled and confirmed that he had never heard of the name of this academy in his mind, then shook his head, "I'm sorry, Education Commissioner Meng, Qinghe has never heard of this academy."
Meng Shenji nodded. This was also within his expectations. For a high-level soul master academy to be heard by a country's prince, it must have at least entered the finals of the All-Continent Soul Master Competition in the past few years. There are so many high-level soul master academies in the Tiandou Empire. How could Xue Qinghe remember them all?
Meng Shenji explained: "Qin Ming is a student who graduated from this Advanced Soul Master Academy. He went to Soto City some time ago, and this academy happened to be near Soto City, so he went back to take a look."
"He just happened to see that there were three talented students in his alma mater. Shrek Academy happened to be in financial difficulty at the time, and those three students were the last batch. So he wanted his mentor and his junior to join our Tiandou Royal Academy."
Seeing everyone's discussion, the natural disaster symbolized by the Sky Comet Dragon in this book is meteorites and other extraterrestrial objects, and the implied destruction refers to the explosion that falls to the ground. It seems that there is such a thing as meteorite iron in Douluo Continent, so there are naturally meteorites. Please vote for me~~~
Chapter 228 Shrek Approved
"Huh?" Hearing this, Xue Qinghe looked at Qin Ming in surprise.
After all his calculations, Xue Qinghe never expected that the person who called him over this time was Qin Ming, and also for the purpose of building relationships.
Qin Ming blushed a little. As the leader of the Royal Fighting Team, he hated it most when others used connections to get people into the team's bench. But now, he wanted to use connections to get people into the academy.
In the end, I was the one with connections.
But no matter how embarrassed he was, Qin Ming had to consider his mentor. Qin Ming said, "Your Highness, I am a graduate of Shrek Academy."
"This is really..." For a moment, Xue Qinghe was speechless.
Qin Ming is the second youngest Soul Emperor in the history of the continent as disclosed by the Spirit Hall, but there has never been any news of his heroic deeds in the Continental Soul Master Competition.
You know, in the present day when the two countries in Douluo Continent have not been at war for many years, the Continental Soul Master Competition can be said to be the most important way for young talented soul masters to become famous.
Xue Qinghe was curious about being able to cultivate a genius like Qin Ming, and asked, "Teacher Qin Ming, you said you were from Shrek Academy?"
"Yes." Qin Ming was relieved. As long as Xue Qinghe was interested, it would be fine. The worst thing was that Xue Qinghe had no interest in Shrek Academy at all, and then Qin Ming's plan would be ruined.
Since Xue Qinghe was interested, the problem was much simpler. Qin Ming introduced Shrek Academy to Xue Qinghe, including his past experience as a student and the difficulties Shrek Academy was facing now.
“So that’s how it is. It’s actually a high-level soul master academy with Flanders, the Flying Horn of the “Golden Iron Triangle”, as the dean, and Zhao Wuji, the devil of the soul master world, the “Acalanatha”, as the vice dean. It’s incredible.”
After listening to Qin Ming's introduction, Xue Qinghe sighed. An academy with two Soul Saint deans and several Soul Emperor teachers can certainly teach outstanding students like Qin Ming.
Since the person Qin Ming introduced was not some guy who just ate and drank for free, Xue Qinghe had no reason to refuse.
Qin Ming did not hide his desire to bring his mentor here to live with him in his old age. But this was not a big problem for Tiandou Royal Academy. After all, Tiandou had plenty of money, and what it lacked was excellent spirit masters.
Even if the person here was not Xue Qinghe, but the Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Ye, he would not have any objection. Aren't they just a few Soul Saints and Soul Emperors who came here to eat and drink? That's not a big deal.
The most important thing is that there are several ownerless high-level soul masters who want to join the Tiandou Royal Academy, which means they want to join the Tiandou Empire. As long as there is a normal member of the royal family, there is no reason to refuse this suggestion.
Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Xue Qinghe's tone did not show any resistance.
I couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is in charge of the academy now, not Prince Xuexing. Otherwise, this matter would be troublesome."
Because of the poor performance in the search for "Master Guyou", a lot of manpower and material resources were spent, but in the end, no clues were found. Prince Xuexing, who was originally in charge of Tiandou Royal Academy in the royal family, was stripped of his title of acting dean by the angry Emperor Xue Ye, and was given to Prince Xue Qinghe, who worked diligently in the academy and promoted tactical reforms with the three teaching committee members.
Qin Ming didn't have much contact with Prince Xuexing. Not long after he joined Tiandou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe replaced him as the acting dean. But in this short period of time, Qin Ming, who only had contact with Prince Xuexing once, also clearly understood what kind of person Prince Xuexing was.
He was arrogant, condescending, and used his nose as an eyeball... Almost all the words related to being arrogant and domineering can be applied to Prince Xuexing. Facing the three education committee members who were soul fighters, Prince Xuexing dared to be extremely unreasonable.
Qin Ming witnessed with his own eyes the three education committee members saluted Xue Xing seriously, but Xue Xing did not even look at them and walked straight past them.
At that time, he wondered if Xue Xing was some hidden strongman. But after careful observation, he realized that he was just a Soul Master. There was nothing wrong with him. He was not beaten half to death by the Education Committee because the Education Committee gave face to Emperor Xue Ye because of his status.
If the one in charge of the academy now was Prince Xuexing, let alone coming to listen to him personally, he would be in a good mood today if he could send a servant to say that he would not attend. The greater probability was that he would fall on deaf ears, as if he knew nothing and suddenly popped up to make trouble.
Looking at the handsome Xue Qinghe in front of him and comparing him with Xue Beng, whom he had seen a few times in the academy, Qin Ming became more and more convinced that Xue Qinghe was the crown prince.
Xue Qinghe looked at Qin Ming and asked, "Teacher Qin Ming, since they are your excellent teachers, do they have any requirements? Do we need to make some preparations?"
Hearing this, Qin Ming's face flashed with embarrassment, "Your Highness, have you ever heard of "Master"?"
"Master?" Xue Qinghe's mind flashed with the image of Gu You. "Master Gu You, what's wrong?"
Qin Ming shook his head. "It's not Master Gu You, but the last person with the title of "Master."
"The last one..." Xue Qinghe pondered for a moment, "Was it the one from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan? I remember that person was also one of the "Golden Iron Triangle", and seemed to be the wise one among them."
Qin Ming nodded, "Yes, Your Highness. It's the master Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect. He happens to be teaching students at Shrek Academy right now."
Then, Qin Ming relayed his conversation with Yu Xiaogang to Xue Qinghe, including the three current students of Shrek Academy, the request made by Yu Xiaogang, and his performance in the battle with the three members of the Royal Fighting Team.
"…Your Highness, I think that although those three did not show…excellent tactical thinking, their excellent individual talents make them likely to become a strong complement to the Royal Fighting Team."
"The details will depend on the arrangements made by Gu You, the current captain of the Royal Fighting Team."
Qin Ming didn't dare to say that these three people had no tactical thinking at all. After listening to Qin Ming's words, Xue Qinghe turned his gaze to the three education committee members, "Three education committee members, what do you think?"
Seeing Xue Qinghe asking the question, Meng Shenji, as the representative, answered: "Your Highness, after discussing it with the three of us, we think it is okay to agree to these requests."
"Compared to Team One, Team Two was originally an abandoned team. In this case, it's not a bad idea to use them to make friends with the teachers at Shrek Academy." The three members of the Education Committee did not mention Yu Xiaogang's name, as if he did not exist.
Compared with Yu Xiaogang who "taught" Tang San in the original work, the current Yu Xiaogang is ten times worse off. His past works are now suspected to have problems, and none of his students and disciples are his "representative works". In this case, as a teacher, the three education committee members really don't want to say his name.
After all, the teachers at Shrek Academy have proved their teaching ability by teaching Qin Ming, and their cultivation is also outstanding enough.
As for Yu Xiaogang, his own cultivation was not good, and the three students did not show any outstanding qualities in the battle. The three members of the Education Committee all planned to find a reason to fire Yu Xiaogang after the three students graduated, so as not to affect the reputation of Tiandou Royal Academy, which was annoying.
Among the three students, the sausage soul master's third soul skill seems to be related to Yu Xiaogang. The Phoenix soul master among the other two is Flanders' direct disciple, and the White Tiger soul master...
His last name is Dai, his martial soul is White Tiger, and his three soul skills are White Tiger Body Barrier, White Tiger Fiery Light Wave and White Tiger Vajra Transformation. It is obvious who this person is.
Meng Shenji pretended not to know. This was not his business. Everything was up to Xue Qinghe.
Xue Qinghe also thought of this question, and he asked curiously: "Teacher Qin Ming, have you told Zhu Zhuqing about this?"
Qin Ming shook his head: "Your Highness, I dare not act on my own."
Xue Qinghe thought for a moment, "Didn't you say you wanted to see the arrangements made by the captain of the Royal Fighting Team? Then call him over and I'll ask him what he thinks?"
"...Your Highness, you may not see Gu You in the near future." Qin Ming didn't know what to say, "He and Tang San went out with His Majesty Poison Douluo, so they may not come back so early."
"Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo?" Xue Qinghe was shocked. When did Gu You become related to Poison Douluo?
Noticing Xue Qinghe's strange expression, Qin Ming quickly said, "They are fine. According to Meng Yiran, who they are staying with, and Du Guyan, the granddaughter of Poison Douluo, Poison Douluo has noticed their talents and plans to personally train them for a period of time so that they can lead the Royal Fighting Team to achieve good results in the All-Continental Soul Master Competition."
Although he said so, Qin Ming himself did not believe that Dugu Bo, who was eccentric and had a strange personality, would do such a thing. If Gu You and Tang San had not written letters back, and Xiao Wu and Lanta confirmed that the handwriting on them was theirs, Qin Ming would have suspected that the two had offended Dugu Bo and were taken away and tortured.
Xue Qinghe also didn't believe it, but he didn't say anything and continued to discuss the issues about Shrek Academy with the Education Committee.
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After leaving Tiandou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe went straight back to the palace. After dismissing the servants, he sat quietly on the sofa.
Suddenly he said, "Elder Blood-Sterling."
"Yes, I'm here. What do you want, young master?" A man of medium build, neither fat nor thin, with nothing special about him, instantly appeared in front of Qian Renxue, who had returned to her original appearance, and knelt on one knee and said.
"Elder Cixue, please go collect some information about Dugu Bo and see if he has been going to any place frequently during this period."
Qian Renxue's expression was very serious. Qin Ming didn't believe that Dugu Bo would guide the two of them in their practice, and Qian Renxue certainly didn't believe it either. As the crown prince of Tiandou and the true future of the Spirit Hall, she knew the most about Dugu Bo among the five people in the room just now.
As the only Titled Douluo with a connection to the Tiandou Royal Family, and the one he was related to was not Emperor Xue Ye but Prince Xue Xing, Qian Renxue, who replaced Xue Qinghe, would naturally regard him as a key target. The two Titled Douluo with him both had the ability to resist poison for this reason.
Compared to Gu You being taken away by Dugu Bo, the prince of the Xingluo Dai family who escaped was not important at all. After that meeting, Gu You gave Qian Renxue a lot of suggestions, many of which were very reasonable.
The first and most important suggestion is that Qian Renxue’s disguised “Xue Qinghe” should not continue to be a “perfect person”.
Human nature is to desire the emergence of a "perfect person", but what we like to do most is to defeat a "perfect person" who has a flaw. Don't you see that good people need to go through hardships before they can become Buddhas? But bad people only need to put down their butcher knives to become Buddhas right away.
So Gu You said, "If you really want to obtain the Tiandou Empire, the first thing you need to do is to tear off the mask of the perfect crown prince template."
Of course, even if you show a little imperfection, you still have to choose the right person. Then, who is better than the three teaching committee members who have worked diligently in Tiandou Royal College for so many years, and Qin Ming, who was born in a civilian family?
This is the origin of the second suggestion. It is impossible for people to be perfect in everything, so turn your imperfect performance into a perfect performance in the eyes of some people.
Gu You judged that these four people had the same idea in their minds, which was a huge dissatisfaction with the aristocratic soul masters who occupied a large amount of cultivation resources in the academy but were unlearned.
Therefore, Gu You suggested that Qian Renxue could appropriately show her disdain for those noble spirit masters in front of these four people. This would break the filter of Xue Qinghe's perfection in the four people's minds, and the four people's favorability would not only not decrease, but would greatly increase because of the common point of "hating noble spirit masters who are unlearned and unskilled".
"Simply put, it's accomplice."
Gu You’s summary was not quite right, but that was the meaning. Qian Renxue did indeed do as Gu You suggested. Judging from the performance of the four people today, what Gu You said was absolutely correct.
If the three education commissioners in the past supported Xueqinghe because Xueqinghe was too bad, then after today, the three education commissioners will support Xueqinghe because Xueqinghe has the same ideas and goals as them.
The third suggestion directly affects Qian Renxue's schedule, which is "Don't focus too much on the court, look to the future."
"Those old foxes in the court don't really support you, but because they have no one else to choose from except you."
Gu You helped Qian Renxue analyze the situation: "After you killed everyone except Xue Beng, if they were normal, they would more or less guess that it was you who did it."
"Don't rush to refute." Gu You raised his hand to signal Qian Renxue not to speak, "You have to know that after the other two died, the greatest benefit would be in your hands. This speculation does not require evidence. Everyone has their own ideas in their hearts."
"The biggest reason why you are now firmly seated on the throne of the crown prince is that an ambitious crown prince is not a bad thing for Tiandou, that's all."
"Otherwise, Xue Ye can find as many excuses as he wants to deprive you of your position as Crown Prince."
Qian Renxue nodded. She couldn't refute it. You know, for some people, even if the left foot enters the door first, it is an excuse for beheading. As a royal family, there is no need for a reason to do many things.
"Now most of the people who support you in the court have chosen sides. Don't worry about the rest. You are not a gold soul coin, so it is impossible for everyone to like you."