"Vice Dean Liu, Grandmaster asked me to relay a message: Heart of Fire Academy cannot keep you. Please also go back and tell Grandmaster Yu that if he wants to win, he should win fairly and openly. If he wins honorably and loses gracefully, we will still hold him in high regard."
"Resorting to such underhanded tactics is truly despicable. Mosquitoes buzzing in one's ear for too long become annoying. If such a situation occurs again, we won't hesitate to make him disappear from this world."
"Finally, Grandmaster also asked me to give you a piece of advice: love yourself before loving others, and consult your heart before choosing someone. If you truly understand the meaning of this sentence, then consider coming to our Academy to seek guidance."
In the dim light of night, Wang Sheng finished speaking and turned to close the Heart of Fire's gate.
Outside the Heart of Fire, Liu Erlong was stunned for a moment. With her personality, how could she understand the hidden meaning in the words?
Her first reaction: It's over, the task Brother Xiaogang gave me can't be completed.
Her second reaction: What in the world? How dare they refuse even me, Liu Erlong? You're getting too big for your britches!
Her third reaction: Huh? Make my Brother Xiaogang disappear? How audacious!
You *will* accept me as a disciple today, whether you want to or not!
This old lady is determined to become a disciple!
Fire Dragon Possession!
Buzz!
At this moment, a red sword shot out from the Heart of Fire, narrowly missing Liu Erlong, instantly severing a few strands of her hair.
Liu Erlong's almond-shaped eyes widened. She looked back and saw a terrifying sword mark, several meters deep and dozens of meters long, etched into the ground, a testament to:
"Vice Dean Liu, please compose yourself."
A master!
Liu Erlong's small mouth slightly parted, a hint of fear appearing on her face:
"My apologies for the disturbance."
"Farewell!"
...
"What? He didn't accept you? How could he not accept you?"
"Isn't he most fond of accepting talented and beautiful girls? Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu... they were all students snatched from us. With your talent and appearance, it shouldn't be!"
At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Liu Erlong recounted her experience of trying to apprentice under Xin to Yu Xiaogang and Flender, still shaken. Yu Xiaogang paced back and forth, somewhat disbelieving that with Liu Erlong's talent and figure, she could be turned away.
"Could it be that he knows we know each other?"
"Xiaogang, his strength is immense. Even a Titled Douluo's power might not be much more. If you don't have absolute confidence in winning, let's leave this place together, find somewhere secluded where no one can find us, and live a peaceful and tranquil life. Wouldn't that be better?"
Liu Erlong looked at Yu Xiaogang with anticipation and nervousness.
"Erlong, don't say such things again. In fact, my asking you to apprentice at Heart of Fire was also for your own good, not entirely for myself. I naturally want to win fair and square!"
"Erlong, you should know in your heart that your Fire Dragon Spirit actually has similar drawbacks to Red Jun's Evil Fire Phoenix, just not as severe. The Fire Dragon makes your temper irritable, requiring you to vent your power through force. Although I have a bet with Xin, it's precisely because I recognize his ability that I made the bet with him. If you can successfully apprentice, he might be able to solve this problem, which is why I asked you to go."
"So, Erlong, even for your own sake, you still need to find an opportunity to go to Heart of Fire Academy. Zhuqing and Xiao Wu didn't succeed on their first try either."
Yu Xiaogang said to Liu Erlong.
If he intended to live in seclusion forever, wouldn't it have been better for him to remain a teacher at Noding Academy? Why come to Heaven Dou City?
He returned to make a name for himself, to make those who had mocked and looked down on him in the past see him in a new light.
"But, Xiaogang, if you lose, your punishment..."
"I may not necessarily lose. Canghui Academy gave me new inspiration — Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"
"Xiaogang, are you planning to train Little San and the others to Cultivate Martial Soul Fusion Skill?!" Flender's eyes lit up.
"We can try, just like our Golden Holy Dragon."
"Wow~"
"Oh, right, Xiaogang, Boss Flender, do you know what 'love yourself before loving others, and consult your heart before choosing someone' means?"
Finally, Liu Erlong remembered this phrase and asked Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
Both their expressions changed...