Lu Mingfei starts from Douluo

Chapter 111 Flattery and Shifting the Blame

Using the phrase "returning home in glory" here would seem a bit awkward, as the word "hometown" is too distant for Lu Mingfei right now.

However, the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy was indeed his alma mater in this world, and he enjoyed the highest level of treatment as soon as he returned.

The three Soul Douluo instructors led the way, followed by the Imperial Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, with Yu Tianheng, the eldest grandson of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Dugu Yan, the only granddaughter of the Jade Phosphorus Douluo, bringing up the rear, along with five hundred Heavenly Dou noble disciples surrounding them in reverence.

Wow, this is even more impressive than when Chu Zihang, the student council president, led the disciplinary committee members to inspect the class formations during morning exercises back in my first year of high school.

The group of students who had been watching the commotion outside the Education Committee building finally dispersed, but the discussion remained as heated as ever.

A high-level Soul Master at less than thirteen years old, truly worthy of being called the number one genius on the continent.

As soon as everyone sat down, tea and snacks were served.

Qin Ming led the Royal Fighting Team away from school for more than half a year, and each student has grown considerably.

"I've seen the training results of the Royal Fighting Team. All members have achieved Silver Fighting Soul. Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan are also close to breaking through. Teacher Qin Ming, your guidance is excellent." Meng Shenji smiled.

"It's all thanks to everyone's hard work, Qin Ming dares not take credit," Qin Ming said modestly.

After a few routine words of comfort, Meng Shenji turned his attention to the rising star, Lu Mingfei.

Promising students are always viewed favorably, and someone like Lu Mingfei is certainly one of those whose future is clearly bright.

"Mingfei, you must have suffered a lot these past three years, right?" Meng Shenji asked with concern.

Ever since the news of Lu Mingfei's return to the team reached Tiandou City, when those old friends and rivals from the Four Elements Academy came to visit, their eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

It made them feel very proud.

In their view, Lu Mingfei's promotion of more than ten ranks in three years must have required tremendous hard work.

"It's alright, it's alright." Lu Mingfei chuckled casually while eating his tea and snacks, then poured himself another cup of tea to smooth his mouth.

It wasn't that the Royal Academy's pastries were particularly delicious, nor was it because he was hungry from traveling; it was just that he didn't know what else to do besides eat, so he pretended to be nonchalant.

Hey, I'm talking to you, Xue Qinghe. What are you doing staring at me like that, you big man?

Lu Mingfei thought to himself that Xue Qinghe was truly inhuman.

He thought that after three years, Xue Qinghe should have realized, like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, his attitude of hating trouble and not accepting recruitment. But upon meeting him, he knew that Xue Qinghe was still not giving up and was scrutinizing him in public.

That's right, it's scrutinizing, even worse than just looking at, like a housewife seeing a stalk of celery that's been drying in the sun for too long at a vegetable stall...

How would you value it here?

Xue Qinghe was indeed observing Lu Mingfei's changes discreetly.

To avoid the embarrassment of returning to school looking travel-worn, the entire group changed clothes beforehand.

Lu Mingfei looked very energetic, wearing a white shirt with a brown vest over it.

He's grown taller, but still looks a bit thin, probably because he doesn't eat well outside. His face is slightly more resolute, as he's matured a bit, but his smile is still so gentle... and shy.

Three years have passed, and it seems that not much has changed.

"You call this 'not bad'? Then shouldn't we, at our age, be ashamed enough to commit suicide?" Bai Baoshan burst into laughter upon hearing this.

They were used to Lu Mingfei's humility, after all, everyone had witnessed how hard he had worked in the academy.

However, they weren't foolish enough to ask Lu Mingfei how he had spent the past three years. To be able to cultivate so quickly, he must have his own secrets and opportunities.

Given Lu Mingfei's current fame and strength, it's their Heavenly Dou Royal Academy that's benefiting from his fame. It's already quite good that he can come back to participate in the competition and win honor for them.

"By the way, Professor Qin Ming, you should have visited your alma mater, Shrek Academy, in Soto City, right?" Meng Shenji took a sip of tea and changed the subject, as it wasn't good to keep talking about Lu Mingfei.

Half a year ago, Emperor Xueye had the Crown Prince deliver Shrek Academy's admission notices. The files of five exceptionally talented students made them all eager to enroll.

They did recognize the name Shrek Academy, because Qin Ming's file stated that he came from that academy.

However, they never expected that the other party would get involved with Emperor Xueye and want to join their Royal Academy. Although there was a prince from the Xingluo Dai family who was a bit troublesome, it was still like a pie falling from the sky.

Although those students were not as good as Lu Mingfei, they were still more talented than Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.

Upon hearing Shrek Academy, Xue Qinghe finally shifted his gaze, raising an eyebrow slightly in obvious interest.

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief after noticing this, thinking to himself, "Well done! Now that Xue Qinghe has set his sights on a new target, I can finally have some peace of mind."

Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief after noticing this, thinking to himself, "Well done! Now that Xue Qinghe has set his sights on a new target, I can finally have some peace of mind."

Qin Ming nodded and couldn't help but reveal a proud smile: "Our last leg of the journey was to Soto City. When we got there, Shrek Academy had just assembled a team of seven. We won a month-long winning streak in the Great Soul Arena and obtained the Silver Soul."

"We even played a friendly match at the end, and Mingfei even played."

Upon hearing that even Lu Mingfei would be participating, the three education committee members and Xue Qinghe clearly became interested.

Lu Mingfei is a high-level Soul Master; it's impossible for him to participate in a Soul Venerable competition without a reason.

"Oh? Even Brother Lu is on the field. It seems Shrek Academy must have someone worth Brother Lu's attention, right?" Xue Qinghe looked like he wanted to hear some excitement.

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and quickly began to praise, "The entire Shrek Academy team is indeed a rare breed of talent, and Tianheng and the others probably think so too."

Yu Tianheng nodded in agreement. If it weren't for Lu Mingfei, the outcome of that battle would have been uncertain, since it was his uncle's students: "That's right, they're only thirteen years old on average, far more outstanding than we were back then."

If it weren't for Lu Mingfei's outstanding performance, they probably would have called Shrek Academy a bunch of freaks long ago.

"Even you all say so, it seems that Shrek Academy's addition will indeed benefit the academy greatly." Meng Shenji nodded in satisfaction. He had been worried that there might be some issues if Shrek Academy's geniuses joined the school's first team, but now it seemed there was no need to worry at all.

"Even Brother Lu gave such a high evaluation, it seems that his reputation is well-deserved. Brother Lu, who do you think has the most potential?" Xue Qinghe seemed very interested in his words.

Lu Mingfei felt that Xue Qinghe's words were strange. Didn't you and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School have already discussed it?

However, he didn't think much of it. He was eager for Xue Qinghe to shift his attention and spend less time on him. With a quick glance, he immediately prepared his words: "Then we have to mention the other party's plant-type soul master, Tang Yin. He is a twelve-year-old control-type soul master. Although his martial soul is average, he has a torso soul bone that can grow eight highly poisonous spider legs on his back, enabling him to defeat soul masters of higher levels."