--- Chapter 28 ---
After knowing my age, Liu Erlong's hungry gaze never left my young body for some reason. It gave me this eerie feeling that this female tyrannosaurus might be planning a "bad" idea in her mind.
Then, again, what kind of "bad" ideas could she even cook?
I have firm control over Liu Erlong. She couldn't harm me.
After fifteen minutes of rides, we eventually arrived at the infamous Blue Tyrant Academy before Flender took over and rebranded it as Shrek Academy.
"No wonder you are troubled with money." I looked up at the tall white wall and metal gate, and behind these were tall, overshadowing buildings of white and blue surrounded by lush forest. I couldn't help but click my tongue. "Maintaining this place alone must cost you a lot, right?"
"I don't think the coins the students paid are enough to cover it."
'You have no idea..." Liu Erlong sighed helplessly. "Although we have some donations and small businesses, the expenses are 'mostly' spent on the canteen, mimetic training ground, and teacher's wage."
"Even I, the dean, didn't earn a lot. My monthly wage is only 1,000 gold coins."
"So, when building the new academy later, I'm seriously thinking more of a minimalistic style of building layout. Big, grand buildings are useless when I can't teach my students properly."
"I'm also thinking of recruiting fewer students and focusing more on the quality of their characters, talent, and upbringing."
"You're considering a lot of things, huh?" Han Yue narrowed her eyes, not believing this woman was the same woman we met on the way to Wind Prairie Town.
Liu Erlong harrumphed, "Of course! I can't think half-assedly about making a new academy of my dreams!"
"I need to consider many things."
"Anyway, follow me," Liu Erlong said, jumping off the carriage. We followed her, drawing a few glances from the guards and students because of our looks—my sister's beauty and my handsomeness.
Tsk, tsk, what a problem.
Then, we stopped by a library.
"Here, you can wait for me in the library," said Liu Erlong, giving me a token with a blue-white wing. "Some personal things must be dealt with by me alone."
I understood her train of thought and asked, "What if some "blind" people wanted to mess with me and my sister?"
"Then, beat them up!" Liu Erlong clenched her fist before my eyes.
As expected of female tyrannosaurus, your problem-solving method is straightforward.
Liu Erlong left us in the library, and I shrugged because the books inside were more interesting than her business with Blue Tyrant Academy.
"Let's go, Xiao Yuan!" Han Yue dragged me inside. She was curious about new knowledge after learning from me.
We entered the library and showed Liu Erlong's token to the middle-aged lady librarian before checking out every niche book we could find.
Sitting down, I began reading books with gusto, starting with the origin of martial souls, theories about elemental fusion and breaking, and books about spirit fusions, though not much details about it.
I read a summary of Seven Sects, Three Upper Sects, and Four Lower Sects.
The Three Upper Sects.
The Clear Sky Clan is known for its "strongest" tool spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan is known for its "strongest" auxiliary spirit, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is known for its "strongest" beast spirit, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
The Four Lower Sects.
The Wind Sword Sect is known for its "Wind Sword" spirit, which is lightning-fast and sharp.
The Fire Leopard Sect is known for its "Fire Leopard" spirit, which is explosive and agile.
The Armored Elephant is known for its "Diamond Mammoth" spirit, which was unparalleled in defense.
The Hornet Sect is known for its "Hornet" spirit, which is deadly and unpredictable.
Each sect has a deep inheritance, especially the upper three sects, located in the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire.
Of course, I knew there were more sects with deep inheritance, like the Angel Clan of Spirit Hall. In fact, the Xuanwu Sect, Nine Begonia Clan, Star Crown Sect, and Coiling Dragon Clan should have existed somewhere in the Douluo Continent.
"Hey, you! Be my girlfriend!" Someone abruptly shouted in the library.
I frowned and glanced at the source of this annoying voice, spotting a strong young man, about 1.7 meters tall, with wide shoulders, a broad back, and short reddish brown hair.
This guy isn't ugly by any means, but more of a brute?
After activating my Eyes of Truth, my eyes become colder.
...
[Name: Tai Long]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 13 (I don't know how old he is)]
[Martial Soul: Fierce Orangutan (2+)]
[Cultivation: Spirit Rank 25/Spirit Grandmaster]
[Description: The grandson of the One Strength Clan's Patriarch]
...
My sister's attention was also disturbed by Tai Long's shout. She glanced at the brute-like young man and snorted, "Get lost."
I gave my sister a thumb-up, "Nice."
"What do you say, you little twerp!" Tai Long was shocked by Han Yue's cold words and changed his target when I praised her.
I tilted my head and repeated, "I said nice to my sister."
"What's the matter? You don't like it?"
"Aww, big man got his little heart hurt?"
Tai Long's eyes burst into anger as he shouted, "I want to fight you! Fight me, you bastard!"
Han Yue's expression already turned cold when Tai Long called me a twerp earlier, and it became even colder when he called me a little bastard. I lifted my hand to stop my sister, not wanting her to kill this poor guy.
I glanced at the librarian and noticed she was burying her head in books, not wanting to be part of this chaos. I smiled because the image of Blue Tyrant Academy became much worse in my eyes.
Although I said that Tai Long acted like a local tyrant due to his status as the One Strength Clan's young master to Liu Erlong as suggestive words a few days ago, I didn't expect my words to become reality.
If a student can act like this freely, though I admitted that I taunted him first, there must be something wrong with the academy.
I glanced at the library's door and saw many students watching my conflict with Tai Long heating up.
"Sure, let's fight." I innocently smiled at Tai Long.
"But we must write a contract..."
"A contract?" Tai Long and others were confused.
"Mhm, a contract that writes the loser cannot ask their parents/elders to avenge them after they lose." I nodded casually. "What do you think?"
"Okay, write the contract!" Tai Long shouted again.
After signing the contract, we walked to the playground near the library and had the students form a circle around us. Han Yue watched this with a frost on her face, ready to summon the Glorious Moon at any moment.
Tai Long clenched his fist and snorted, "Hmph! I will enjoy the despair of your parents when they can't avenge your sorry face later."
"Hehe, my parents are dead." My smile widened like a ferocious devil.
At this moment, Tai Long felt a chill down his spine. Even the surrounding students and librarian watching from the library couldn't help but gasp.
I bounced on the ground a few times and laughed, "First lesson: Don't Touch My Sister! So, grit your fucking teeth because I'll make sure your mother couldn't even recognize your face after this..."