People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

148: Chapter 148 The Grand Elder was right; we were the ones speaking loudly just now.[For the sake of the ’Thunder Flame Indestructible Body’ technique, I can beat Lei Dong a little more gently in the future.]

[Possessor of the Lei Clan’s Divine Grade Dou Di Bloodline, the sole seed being nurtured by the Lei Clan with all their might to charge towards the High-Level Dou Sheng realm.]

[He fell in love with Xun’er at first sight and wished to propose marriage; many elders of the Gu Clan expressed their agreement.]

[Fortunately, Xun’er proved her worth; at her coming-of-age ceremony, she was detected to have a Divine Grade Bloodline. Her status rose, and she rejected the matter.]

“Very well!” Xun’er smiled softly, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

She knew she was not valued by the clan because she was born to a woman who was considered a sinner of the family.

Her mother was a maidservant guarding the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, who by chance ended up with the Clan Leader, Gu Yuan.

Originally, this was a good thing, but after her mother became pregnant with her, a mistake occurred while she was guarding the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, nearly causing a problem with a certain inheritance.

It was her father, Gu Yuan, who appeared in time to stabilize everything. He transplanted that inheritance and the Seed Fire transformed from the Sub-fire of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame into her mother’s body, which finally recovered the losses.

However, according to clan rules, her mother still received severe punishment, and her father, who always acted by the rules, showed no favoritism.

Later, her mother gave birth to her prematurely, causing her to be weak and sickly from childhood, and it was thought she might not grow up.

It was Gu Yuan who nurtured the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame Seed Fire within her body, using it to drive her life force, which allowed her to live until the age of three.

After she began to understand things at three years old, Gu Yuan did not want her to grow up facing the clan’s cold eyes. Additionally, fearing her talent might be ordinary, he sent her to the Xiao Family to grow up; if she were mediocre, he would let her spend her life in mediocrity.

Until a few years ago, when the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame matured and completely fused with her, Gu Yuan confirmed her talent would not be low and prepared to bring her back to the clan for cultivation, but she refused.

Now it seemed those elders valued her worth and wanted to bring her back.

“Fortunately, I have a Divine Grade Bloodline.”

“Looking at it this way, I was almost no different from Nalan Yanran.”

Xun’er thought it was lucky she had met Xiao Ting.

It was also lucky that her future bloodline grade was high enough to give her a certain degree of control over her own destiny.

[Xun’er]: Lei Dong, is it? I hope you can withstand my fists when the time comes.

[Huo Zhi]: Lei Dong is stronger than me; he is currently a Nine-Star Dou Zun, even more formidable than the Gu Clan’s number one genius, Gu Qingyang. Completing the Nine Transformations of the Peak Dou Zun within five years won’t be a problem, and he will certainly become a Dou Sheng within ten.

[Xun’er]: Very impressive, but not impressive enough. Following Brother Xiao Ting, I’d be embarrassed if I didn’t reach the Dou Di realm within ten years.

The girls: “...”

Meanwhile, inside a meeting hall in the Inner Academy.

Su Qian urgently summoned the elders of the inner gate and said, “In this year’s Outer Academy recruitment, we have recruited a prodigy who could be nurtured as a core disciple even in the top factions of the Central Plains.”

Hearing this, the elders immediately burst into discussion, feeling that this was a great thing.

Although Jia Nan Academy recruits from the entire Fighting Qi Continent, no exceptionally talented disciples have appeared in recent years, causing its reputation to be less resounding than before, and the recruited students have been getting weaker.

If they could recruit a prodigy, as long as he was willing to mention having studied at Jia Nan Academy during his rise in the future, it would be a tremendous boon.

“Great Elder, where is that student?” an elder spoke up. “To be so highly recognized by you, his talent must be extraordinary. Even if his current realm isn’t high enough, there should be no problem with him entering the Inner Academy to study ahead of schedule.”

These words were immediately approved by the other elders, who chimed in one after another.

“Cough.” Su Qian coughed to quiet everyone, then continued, “A prodigy disciple—I naturally brought him back to the Inner Academy immediately. Not only that, I sent him directly to the Library Pavilion and obtained the consent of the two Guardian Elders to let him enter and select items.”

Hearing this, the expressions on the elders’ faces did not change at all; they felt there wasn’t much of a problem with Su Qian doing this.

A disciple of the prodigy rank deserved such preferential treatment.

But in the next moment, Su Qian continued, “I agreed that he could choose any four items, or three items and exchange some things with me.”

“Great Elder, how could you do this?” The Disciplinary Elder was a rigid man; hearing this, he couldn’t help but speak up. “Entering the Library Pavilion to choose three or four items—this is giving far too much.”

“A new student whose character hasn’t been verified and whose future potential is still uncertain—you gave such treatment. This does not conform to the rules.”

“Furthermore, according to the rules left by the Headmaster, giving such treatment requires a meeting and a vote from us, rather than a single word deciding it.”

The Disciplinary Elder’s words caused the elders to whisper among themselves.

Some said the Great Elder was right to value talent and make a decisive judgment, while others said the rules left by the Headmaster must not be discarded.

“Originally, I didn’t give this new student such good treatment, but followed the Great Elder’s authority to give him two choices,” Su Qian had long known they would react this way and said with a faint smile, “First, receive one immediate chance to enter the Library Pavilion. Second, I would convene a meeting to fight for two or three selection chances for him.”

Hearing this, the elders immediately looked puzzled. Why did Su Qian ultimately act willfully and give three to four selection chances?

“This student named Xiao Ting is not simple.” Su Qian leaned back in his chair and spoke calmly, “Bone age: fifteen years and four months. Cultivation: Two-Star Dou Wang.”

“What realm!?” An elder stood up in a loss of composure, suspecting his ears had misheard.

Su Qian slowly repeated it once more.

*Hiss.*

Everyone collectively sucked in a breath of cold air; this was truly a bit exaggerated.

A Two-Star Dou Wang—the vast majority of excellent graduates did not possess such strength.

The boy had this cultivation upon entry and was not even sixteen yet. No wonder the Great Elder gave such preferential conditions.

“Even so...” the Disciplinary Elder still wanted to say something.

“Xiao Ting performed a merit as soon as he arrived.” Su Qian didn’t want the Disciplinary Elder to make a fool of himself, so he continued, “On his way to report to the academy, he beheaded a Dou Wang elder from the Demon Flame Valley.”

The elders: !

“Besides that.” Su Qian’s gaze swept across everyone’s faces. “Xiao Ting is also a Tier 4 Alchemist.”

“The kind who passed the assessment and has a badge!”

The elders: ?!?

*Slap!*

The Head of the Inner Academy’s Alchemy Department, a Tier 5 Alchemist, Fire Elder, slammed the table and stood up, his tone excited: “I want to see who dares to have an objection, who dares to say that our Alchemy Department’s future Honorary Elder is not qualified to receive rewards!”

Everyone: ???

We didn’t say we had an objection.

The person hasn’t even reported for duty yet, and you, the Alchemist, are already poaching him. That’s not quite right, is it?

“My Combat Department wants this student too,” the Head of the Combat Department spoke up.

A fifteen-year-old Two-Star Dou Wang who could also kill a Demon Flame Valley elder—this was a ready-made excellent graduate.

“You want to compete with our Alchemy Department?” Fire Elder glared, his beard bristling. “Don’t forget the rules. My Alchemy Department doesn’t compete for students, but any student with the status of an Alchemist must first be recruited by my Alchemy Department.”

“If you break the rules, the Alchemists of our Alchemy Department might just ’fall ill’ for a while and be unable to refine pills.”

Head of the Combat Department: “...”

I’ll shut up!