Chapter 176: Don't Compare with Hanging Walls

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After a perfect completion of tonight's operation, the Shrek group quietly left the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena and went to a hotel to celebrate tonight's victory and the perfect completion of the second stage of training.

On the way, Flender whispered to Grandmaster, "Xiao Gang, aren't you going to see your nephew?"

These words made Grandmaster pause for a moment, his eyes showing a touch of reminiscence and some pain.

Grandmaster sighed, "I have to go and see Tianheng tonight."

"What's wrong, teacher?" Tang San asked with concern when he noticed that Grandmaster seemed absent-minded.

"You guys go to the hotel first, I'll go see someone and come back later." Grandmaster said, walking quickly in a certain direction.

Looking at Grandmaster's hurried figure, the others were puzzled.

Flender chuckled and explained to the students, "Don't worry, he's just going to comfort his nephew."

"Nephew?"

The others were surprised, as they had never heard Grandmaster talk about his nephew in Suotuo City before.

"He's the captain of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master from the Emperor Team" Flender explained again, seeing the puzzled looks on their faces.

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master? Grandmaster's nephew is actually him, Yu Tianheng?" This explosive news shocked the group.

"Grandmaster is from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family? It makes sense, Grandmaster's surname is Yu, and the captain of the Emperor Team is also surnamed Yu."

Thinking this way, the others felt relieved.

They never expected that their Grandmaster, who had been teaching them cultivation all along, was actually from one of the three supreme sects, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family. No wonder he was so powerful.

Soon, a figure caught up with them and blocked their way.

Seeing the unfamiliar face, the Shrek Seven Devils immediately took on a fighting posture, guarding against the man in front of them.

"Wait, wait, we're on the same side." the man immediately raised his hands in surrender when he saw the defensive postures of the others and seemed ready to charge at any moment, but his face displayed a joyful smile.

"Dean Flender, Teacher Zhao, long time no see. Do you remember me?" The man smiled warmly at Flender and Zhao Wuji, greeting them.

Flender and Zhao Wuji were momentarily stunned, carefully looking at the somewhat familiar face, and then their eyes lit up as they remembered something.

"You're Qin Ming?"

Seeing that the two senior masters recognized him, Qin Ming's smile became even brighter. He immediately bent down at a ninety-degree angle to Flender and Zhao Wuji and said, "Yes, I'm Qin Ming, a student. Greetings to the two senior masters!"

"Qin Ming, it really is you!"

The two of them were overjoyed, and Flender quickly helped Qin Ming up, his expression extremely excited.

"Hahaha, you kid, it's been more than ten years since we saw you. We almost couldn't recognize you." Zhao Wuji said, slapping Qin Ming's shoulder with his large hand and laughing heartily.

Zhao Wuji's strength made Qin Ming frown, his shoulder secretly hurting, and a bitter expression on his face as he said, "Teacher Zhao, your strength is as gentle as ever!"

Hearing this, Zhao Wuji burst into laughter again, and Flender also wore a happy smile.

"Dean, who is this?"

Seeing the scene in front of them, the students looked confused and asked.

Flender turned around upon hearing the voice and immediately faced the students, saying, "This is Qin Ming. He is also a graduate of Shrek Academy and your senior. You can call him Senior Brother."

"Hello, Senior Brother!" the others greeted Qin Ming politely after hearing this. Only Zeng Yi remained silent, continuously observing the Qin Ming in front of him.

This person seemed to be the teacher of the Emperor Team.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many little monsters in your class. When I think back to my time, there were only two students." Qin Ming said, astonished as he looked at the eight people standing behind Flender.

Flender looked somewhat proud and said, "Indeed, there are many little monsters joining us today. My Shrek Academy is about to rise up once again, hahaha."

"Forget about it, in your little corner, who knows about your academy? Rise up?" Zeng Yi coldly mocked, causing Flender's smile to freeze.

"In some time, I will have someone rebuild my academy, and it will be absolutely luxurious!" Flender said determinedly, feeling dissatisfied with Zeng Yi's words.

Qin Ming looked at Flender in surprise, "Dean, do you have the funds?"

Zhao Wuji said to Qin Ming, "This guy somehow hit the jackpot recently. He has become much more generous lately. He even paid off our salaries. It's like he's become a completely different person, which feels strange to me."

"Are you saying that if I don't pay you your salary, we won't get to know each other better?" Flender's words came over, and Zhao Wuji immediately waved his hand and said, "No, it's better if we stay strangers."

The two of them acted this way, causing everyone else to burst into laughter.

"We don't need to talk so much, let's go to the hotel first and eat and drink well. Qin Ming, come over here!" Flender said spiritedly.

"Naturally, I also have a lot to talk to the Dean." Qin Ming replied.

In the private room at the hotel, as soon as Ma Hongjun took his seat, he quickly ordered the dishes in less than a minute.

Except for a few dishes he didn't like, he ordered everything else. Naturally, it was fast.

Knowing that Flender had no money problems, Ma Hongjun naturally wouldn't skimp on his orders.

After drinking a cup of tea, Flender looked at Qin Ming sitting next to him and asked, "How did you end up in Suotuo City? Don't tell me you came here specifically to visit us old folks?"

"What are you talking about, Dean? You're not even fifty yet, and already calling yourself old? Then I'm almost entering the old age." Qin Ming laughed and said, "Speaking of which, we're quite familiar. It's because, the Emperor Team that fought against your Shrek Seven Devils, I was the one leading the team."

"What? Qin Ming, you're the teacher of the Emperor Team?" The others were shocked.

Qin Ming smiled faintly and said, "That's right. Originally, I thought we could defeat you, but who would have thought that you, my junior brothers and sisters, would be so powerful. It's really beyond my expectations!"

When Qin Ming came to find Flender and Zhao Wuji, the Shrek Seven Devils were still wearing masks. That's how he knew that the Emperor Team members who fought against them were his junior brothers and sisters.

Seeing them take off their masks, he could tell that all seven of them were quite young, around thirteen or fourteen years old. It also made sense why they wore masks when fighting.

"So you're now teaching at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?" Flender couldn't wait to ask because he had seen in the information about the Emperor Team that they were students from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. So the person who could lead them must be a teacher from that academy.

"That's right! I am a teacher at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy."

"Hahaha, Qin Ming, you really have accomplished a lot!" Zhao Wuji praised with a big laugh, and Flender also wore a happy smile.

It was natural for them to feel pleased when they could guide such an outstanding student.

"Senior Brother Qin Ming, being able to teach at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, your strength must be quite formidable. What level of spirit power are you at now?" Oscar curiously asked.

Qin Ming smiled calmly and said, "Rank 62, not bad."

"Rank 62? Spirit Emperor! That strong?" The young kids were shocked. They looked at Qin Ming's face, which seemed to be in his twenties or thirties, and they couldn't believe that he had reached the Spirit Emperor level at such a young age. He truly deserved to be considered a monster coming out of Shrek Academy.

"Will I also be able to have Spirit Emperor-level strength at such a young age in the future?" Ma Hongjun said with envy.

Flender said, "No problem. Your talents are stronger than Qin Ming's back then, so naturally, you can surpass him."

"That's right! I didn't have a few of you who are so abnormal back then. Looks like I'll have to work even harder to cultivate. If you catch up to me, then I, as your senior, will be a bit ashamed. Haha." Qin Ming also humorously said.

What are you comparing yourselves with these hanging walls?

Zeng Yi secretly mocked.

Among the group following the protagonist Tang San, they already had Spirit Emperor-level strength after five or six years, and became Titled Douluos before ten years had passed. How can that be compared?

With Qin Ming's strength as a Spirit Emperor at his current age, except for a few hanging walls, he already had top-tier talent. It was estimated that around the age of fifty, he would be able to break through to the level of Titled Douluo.

But when compared to the people in front of him, he fell short.

The power of becoming overpowered couldn't be compensated for by technique and hard work.