Arriving at the Academy

A royal carriage with Golden Dragon insignia arrived at the main entrance of The Imperial Academy of Heavenly Dou Empire.

This academy is fully run by the Imperial Family. The Dean is the Emperor himself while Prince Xue Xing holds the title of Supervisor.

Though he is spending less and less time here and focusing on his hobbies which include finding maids for himself and his dearest nephew who is the face of the Empire.

Other important people are the three directors which are in Spirit Douluo, all three of them being in the early to mid ranks of 80's one of them was even a Bodyguard to Fourth Prince in the early years of the prince. Though these three are the most excited bunch who want the prince to attend the academy the most.

It was about time that their academy rise like a Phoenix from ashes and becomes the top powerhouse in the Empire and eventually the whole Continent!

As three old men were dreaming of glory, the Carriage's doors opened and the first ones to exist were the pair of girls dressed in black and white fluffy dresses. These two have quite the fame in the Empire and the Capital of the Empire.

Most people call them the Silver and Gold of the Prince. Because of their hair colour, they were named like that. Though they never lost a fight and hold gold rank at the tender age of 10…

Still, though…many people forget that they are just servant girls who are at Rank 50… 

After the pair of maids came out from the carriage they lined up and slightly bowed. Sure enough, after them, it was another blond girl who had long hair, almost ethereal looks which made her look unreal to top it all up her striking purple eyes make her look unapproachable. She was dressed in the academy uniform, and followed after her was the Prince, his looks were most distinctive for the people who practise combat and martial arts they can see the way he is holding himself and simply walking. No wasted movement no unnecessary actions. Always ready to pummel if need be.

Those calculated movements and the way they hold themselves are all part of the maids as well. But, it's overshadowed by their elegance.

Simply put they are all dangerous…

The moment the prince was out of the carriage the blonde girl who is by now quite famous in the Empire. Being the Granddaughter of First Worship makes her background extremely terrifying for any sort of noble house or a clan, this gives her quite a bit of fame.

Though her actions don't reflect that. She simply grabbed her Fiance's hand and behaved like they just arrived to explore this place instead of doing something important here.

"It's good to see you in person Fourth Prince. We are delighted that you finally decided to join us here." Meng Shenji, the Principal of the Academy greeted the Fourth Prince with a bow the other two directors did the same. Behind them, there were a whole array of teachers doing the same. They are all extremely respectful.

"There is no need for that Principal. I am already breaking the rules by being here two years early."

"Ah, this fine. For such a genius such as yourself, age is meaningless. You are already by our previous standards strong enough to graduate." The old man said with a sweaty forehead. How ridiculous is this? The boy is only ten and he is beyond the level of people who are graduating here!

"I suppose that is true. Not that I am here to study. More like the opposite. Anyway, show me around. I only heard about this place." 

"At once." The Principal motioned for the Prince and his group to follow him.

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"Grandpa is it true!? A prince will be teaching me how to cultivate!?" A ten-year-old girl with teal hair and teal eyes spoke with an excited tone. She was the granddaughter of the Poison Douluo and his only living relative.

Just like him, she had the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Spirit. While it was poisoning her slowly it wasn't as bad as it was with his son and father of this girl.

So in a sense, her life expectancy is slightly longer. Not that it stopped Dugu Bo from making her work hard on her cultivation.

Though when he heard how happy she was that a prince is going to help her train he could only grimace from annoyance. 

He shouldn't have allowed her to read those storybooks!

"Yes. He is a genius with Martial Spirits and will help you master your Jade Phosphor Snake." The moment he said that the girl's mouth slightly opened wide. 

If what her grandpa said is true then this prince is even better than him!? A Titled Douluo!

Seeing the reaction of the little girl the old Poison was even more annoyed.

"I am an expert in poisons, not Martial Spirits! Yanyan!" He explained himself with an annoyed huff! How dare this girl not show respect to him! He is a Titled Douluo!

Seeing him that annoyed, she showed her tongue at him! The girl was messing him with! After all only she can do that!

"Maybe~ can you tell me more about the prince!?" For a few seconds, she giggled before asking the most important question!

Sure enough, Dugu Bo grimaced and realised that he is falling into a pit of no return…

"Fine! I will tell you some things about him!"

~~~~~~Heavenly Dou City~~~~~~

A certain girl with blackish-purple hair was walking slowly through the streets as she was looking at her surroundings.

Inspecting everything from the building to the people who were doing their things. From time to time she could see one or two young spirit beasts which were either carried by people or children were playing with them! This was simply… beautiful.

Human and spirit beast together like this!?

Shaking her head for a bit, trying to forget this, after all, this was her first time in human settlement. So, she was taking in the surroundings and trying to understand what she was seeing.

Though… her nerves are barely holding themselves together after listening to the conversations…

"Did you hear the Fourth Prince is starting to attend the Imperial academy today!"

"Yes! Two years early! As expected from the greatest genius of this continent." One woman said with a proud and very smug voice. Almost as if it's her child who did this…

As the girl was walking through the streets she could hear how humans big and small, males or females are talking about the same THING!!!

And it's that prince who has Golden Dragon King as his Martial Soul!

In other words her other half! 

All this was driving her mad!

So, she just fastened her steps and arrived in quite a large interchange.

Several streets merge here and in front of her was a statue…

Her eyes widened to a large degree. What she saw was a statue of a kid and behind the kid was a massive at least three metres tall statue of a dragon with spread-out wings and roaring at the sky.

The statue looked like it was establishing dominance! 

The girl's eyes narrowed as she read what was written on the statue's foundation.

[In honour of Fourth Prince Xue Long achieving Spirit King Realm at age of 9]

"This is nonsense. Even I can't achieve this! And I have blood rings! And high-density Spirt Energy for myself!" She said with a huff and crossed arms, looking away not believing in the slightest bit that the prince is more than 20 ranks above her! It's simply physically impossible!

As she was thinking to expose the prince's true face by revealing to the world that he is not at this kind of rank she sensed something which made her whole body experience goosebumps.

Her eyes snapped towards the direction where she sensed this extremely unique aura!

'Auspicious Beast!? Impossible! What is it doing in human settlement!?' 

Sure enough her eyes ended up at the building in the distance. It was a huge building with flashy decorations and it took quite a bit of space!

The girl's eyes narrowed once more she understood that this place is most likely where the Prince is living. 

Without thinking too much she rushed towards one of the alleyways, once she was away from people's eyes, pair of silver wings sprouted from her back.

Her wings beat once and she rushed up landing on the roof. She looked around, making sure no one saw her with help of wind element she moved around and moved herself closer to the palace.

The girl's senses told her that palace guards are quite weak, the majority of the powerhouses were away. 

Not only that but the Auspicious Beast was moving…towards outside.

This means that she has a chance to see what kind of Spirit Beast it is.

Eventually, she landed on one of the towers and looked down. What she saw were gardens, with lots of trees, lush green grass and small ponds which are full of colourful fishes. 

As her eyes scanned she eventually saw a group of women walking and chatting among themselves. Next to these women were a small group of Spirit Beasts who were following these women.

'Noble women? That one even has a crown… the Empress?'

Leading at the front of these spirit beasts was a Golden looking Beast 

'That's a Three-Eyed Golden Lion! How did such beast end up here!?'  Several streaks of sweat went down her forehead! 

'Did the beast choose Golden Dragon King over me!? Or is it because I was so busy that I didn't notice how the beast ended up with him? How stupid of me! I was so concentrated that I missed it! Why did Di Tian didn't say anything!?' 

She clenched her hand so hard that her fist has turned purple nearly red.

After looking at the lion longer she turned around and quickly flew away. 

Now it's time for her to find Golden Dragon King. 

How she is going to do that? A smirk appeared on her face. She is going to join the Imperial Academy! With her talent and Silver Dragon King Martial Spirit! Who would say no to her!?

~~~

"I am here to join the Imperial Academy." 

"Hmm?" A pair of bored eyes looked at the source of voice.

He saw a girl with blackish-purple hair. She looked around ten years old.

"Do you know the requirements?"

"No." 

*Sigh*

"With Prince new degree exceptions are being made. If you are Rank 20 and below age 12 you can join without any tests.

Are you one of those?" The teacher who was accepting new students asked with a bored tone. He has pulled the lowest number from the box so he is responsible for this job… thankfully it's only for a few days.

"Oh, that's easy." As she said that her martial Spirit manifested behind her. It was Silver Dragon King. It was extremely similar to Golden Dragon King. The difference is that the golden one is muscular and robust while the Silver Dragon King is more slender looking. 

"Gu Yue, Martial Spirit Silver Dragon King, Spirit Rank 28 Grandmaster, and I am 10 years old." She said that as two-spirit rings appeared behind her. Both of them were yellow ones.

"T-That's… you have similar Martial Spirit to the prince!!!"

"So, can I join the academy?" She asked while pushing her long hair behind her shoulder. Gu Yue looked slightly arrogant here. Since the Prince likes showing off his spirit this much she will do the same. No, she will show it just to get his attention. 

Her goal is to show that there is someone who can be his match! 

"Yes! Yes! Of course! I will tell the prince at once! You easily fill all the requirements!" The teacher quickly showed to her to follow him! There was small awe on his face. He can't believe someone like this girl appeared in front of them! Prince power truly attracts such highly talented people!

While he was thinking Gu Yue thought about something else.

'We are two pieces of ultimate being! Though can you keep up with me?' 

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