Douluo Dalu: Stealing Through The Heavens

Under the gaze of Zhi Lin, Xiao Wu became increasingly flustered. Zuzong helplessly smiled; maybe it was because she had been a rabbit for so long that even after becoming human, she still carried psychological shadows.

Clearing his throat, Zhi Linsaid seriously, "Young girl, could you show us your martial soul?"

Zuzong held Xiao Wu's hand and reassured her, "It's okay, they just want to see your martial soul."

With Zuzong's reassurance, Xiao Wu calmed down significantly. She nodded and mustered up the courage to say, "Xiao Wu, martial soul: Soft Bone Rabbit, assault-type level 33, three-ring Battle Soul Venerable/Elder."

A red light shone from Xiao Wu's body, enveloping her in a soft red glow. Her eyes turned red, her ears elongated, and soft white fur stood upright on her head. Her figure seemed to grow taller, and a gentle soul power aura rippled around her. Three soul rings appeared under her feet, just like Zuzong's earlier: yellow, yellow, and purple.

The three members of the Education Committee nodded, "Hmm! Not bad."

Meng Shenji looked at the middle-aged man standing beside him and laughed heartily, "Qin Ming, what do you think? Are these two suitable for the Emperor team?"

The middle-aged man was thrilled, his face showing joy as he replied, "Three Education Committee members, if they aren't qualified, I'm afraid few in the entire continent would be."

At first, when Meng Shenji informed him that two new students would join the Emperor team, he was initially resistant.

It wasn't because he had a significant prejudice against new students, but because most of the students were noble children. The Heaven Dou Empire was the most decadent in its luxurious and wasteful ways. 

Even those with talent often squandered it by hanging around with their bad friends, achieving nothing. The Fourth Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Beng, was a prime example.

Gathering good seedlings like Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan for the Emperor team had already been challenging enough. He didn't want one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch. 

However, Meng Shenji was, after all, the chairman of the academy's Education Committee, so it wasn't appropriate to refuse directly. He suggested meeting them first, never expecting to be pleasantly surprised.

The middle-aged man smiled, "My name is Qin Ming. I am 32 years old (according to Baidu), a teacher at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the leader of the Emperor team. My martial soul is a Inferno Grey Wolf, a level 62 assault-type six-ring Soul Emperor. From today on, you are both members of the Emperor team."

Zuzong: Nani? Xiao Wu: Nani? (Imitating Zuzong)

After Qin Ming completed the admission procedures for Zuzong and Xiao Wu, he took them to the Emperor team's gathering point.

As they walked, Qin Ming introduced everything around them.

"This is the academy cafeteria. The food here is decent and free."

"This is the Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground. You can use it later, but you need to apply first."

"This is..."

Without the three Soul Douluo members of the Education Committee present, Xiao Wu reverted to her carefree self, wanting to touch and see everything. Especially when she heard about the cafeteria, she couldn't move a step further, staring at Zuzong with wide eyes. Helpless, Zuzong had to sign a series of unequal agreements like the "One Day Tour of Heaven Dou City" with her before she stopped.

As the buildings gradually disappeared, Xiao Wu calmed down and asked Qin Ming, "Teacher Qin, didn't they say all new students need to take an entrance exam? Is it really okay for us to take a shortcut like this?"

Zuzong's face turned serious. Wow, this rabbit actually cares about something other than eating. He reached out with his right hand to touch Xiao Wu's forehead.

Being touched like this by Zuzong, Xiao Wu's face immediately turned red, but she didn't brush his hand away. Feigning anger, she said, "What are you doing?"

Zuzong raised his other hand to touch his own forehead and smiled, "No fever! Today, you actually spoke seriously! I thought you would ask Teacher Qin what time the cafeteria opens!"

"Go to hell. Grr!" Pushing away Zuzong's right hand, Xiao Wu grabbed it and bit down "viciously."

"Ah! What a sin... Damn rabbit, let go!"

"No!"

"Let go or not!"

"No way!"

Qin Ming watched the two bickering with a knowing smile. They were quite an inseparable pair! At the same time, he felt a moment of silence for himself: the wolf's being tortured.

Qin Ming's martial soul was a wolf, and Master Su Yuntao's was a dog, so Qin Ming was "wolf torture," while Su Yuntao was "dog torture." Yes, exactly.

The two sensed Qin Ming's gaze.

Zuzong was unfazed; he was experienced.

Xiao Wu, on the other hand, couldn't bear it. She had done something so embarrassing in front of the new teacher. She was mortified. She let go and quickly hid behind Zuzong.

Qin Ming saw Xiao Wu's reaction and smiled lightly. "Your abilities have been recognized by the three highest members of the Education Committee. So, the day after tomorrow's exam is just a formality."

At this point, he sighed helplessly.

"Moreover, in the current Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, the entrance exam is already optional.

Those who qualify for admission mostly have deep family backgrounds. Whether they pass the exam or not, they eventually get admitted. Once in, they mostly don't work hard, occupying the academy's vast resources for nothing.

As for those capable of passing, if they have no background, they can't even enter the gates.

You two are lucky to have met the granddaughter of the Education Committee member Meng Shenji. Otherwise, no matter how talented you are, if the higher-ups didn't know, you still couldn't get in.

However, things have improved since the Crown Prince took over as dean, but it's still a drop in the ocean.

The aristocratic network is too complex."

Zuzong nodded in deep agreement. The current situation was similar to the late Han Dynasty in his previous life on the Blue Star. The source of the chaos lay in the scholar-gentry holding most of the land and population, leaving the people starving, eventually leading to wars that sparked decades-long strife. 

Ironically, the struggle of Wei, Shu, and Wu ended with victory by the Sima family, representing the scholar-gentry class. Decades later, internal strife erupted again among the scholar-gentry, foreign invaders attacked, and the Han people were massacred for hundreds of years—what a mockery!

And how similar was the original path of the Douluo Continent to that of the Three Kingdoms? The "righteous" protagonist helped the "righteous nobles" win the "evil" war initiated by the Spirit Hall. Decades later, without the Spirit Hall as the enemy, war broke out again, lasting for tens of thousands of years.

After becoming a god, the protagonist looked down from above, watching the endless wars and evil soul masters wreak havoc, claiming not to interfere in worldly affairs. But when the continent once again faced unification, the gods came out to interfere, forcibly stopping the unification.

Thinking of this, Zuzong clenched his fists, thinking, "Maybe I can change something!"

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