Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi carried the Six-Winged Light Tiger all the way north, directly to the outskirts of the canyon.
They found a secluded spot, and then Qian Lingyi began to absorb the Six-Winged Light Tiger's spirit ring. Zhu Ziyang guarded her and also checked if any Spirit Bone had formed on the Six-Winged Light Tiger's body.
The result was quite disappointing. Although the Six-Winged Light Tiger was an extremely rare top-tier Spirit Beast, Spirit Bones were clearly even rarer. This Six-Winged Light Tiger, with only thirty thousand years of cultivation, had not produced a Spirit Bone.
Qian Lingyi's process of absorbing the spirit ring went smoothly. After about half an hour, the young girl suddenly stood up with a joyful smile on her face, laughing heartily, "Hahaha, I truly am a genius the Qian family only sees once in a century!"
"..." Zhu Ziyang looked at the proudly laughing Qian Lingyi and couldn't help but say, "I say, what is your sixth Spirit Ability? Are you really that happy?"
"Hehe, you wouldn't know," Qian Lingyi's pretty face was still filled with pride and excitement. She said, "My sixth Spirit Ability is called Angel God's Dance. This is a powerful Spirit Ability unique to the Six-Winged Angel Spirit. Other types of Angel Spirits, unless they are exceptionally talented, cannot possess this Spirit Ability!"
"Got it!" Zhu Ziyang immediately laughed upon hearing this, saying, "Our Miss Qian Lingyi is an exceptionally talented person!"
"Hmph! Of course!" The young girl hummed proudly, "Angel God's Dance, once activated, my Holy Angel Spirit will temporarily evolve into a Six-Winged Angel Spirit. All my attributes will increase by one hundred and fifty percent, and I will also gain the fire attribute and Ultimate Light Attribute, lasting until my spirit power is exhausted."
"Tsk tsk!" Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but click his tongue, saying, "It really is a powerful Spirit Ability. Not only can it temporarily evolve your Spirit, but it also provides a one hundred and fifty percent increase in all attributes. Very strong!"
"Right? You think so too, don't you!" Qian Lingyi smiled proudly, saying, "I can't wait to go home and see my grandmother's reaction when she learns about this Spirit Ability of mine! Hehehe!"
"Sounds good. Anyway, we don't have anything major to do next." Zhu Ziyang nodded and said, "Oh, right, I still don't know where your home is?"
"My home? It's in the Northern Mountain Range. How about it, do you want to come home with me?" Qian Lingyi said, tilting her head.
"The Northern Mountain Range, I really wouldn't have thought." Zhu Ziyang was surprised, and then said, "It's not impossible. Who else is in your family?"
"There aren't many people left, just my grandmother and three or four uncles and aunts' families, so about twenty-odd people," Qian Lingyi thought for a moment and said.
"This... it's hard to imagine that the former Supreme Pontiff clan has now declined to such an extent," Zhu Ziyang couldn't help but sigh, saying.
"Hmph! Isn't this all because of that Sea God from your Shrek Academy?" Qian Lingyi snorted coldly, "If that guy hadn't interfered back then, perhaps our Supreme Pontiff clan would have unified the continent already. Maybe I would be a princess or a county princess right now!"
"Heh heh, that's certainly possible!" Zhu Ziyang smiled and didn't refute Qian Lingyi's words. Although he had no good feelings about the Supreme Pontiff clan, he was also wary of and disliked the Sea God, Tang San.
Originally, his perception of the Sea God had gradually blurred, but Mu En's dying words directly made the memories he had almost forgotten clear again. The fragments of the 'Peerless Douluo' ending in his past life memories and Mu En's dying words made him believe that Tang San, that Sea God, was a person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals!
"How about it, do you want to come home with me?" Qian Lingyi didn't want to continue this topic and said to Zhu Ziyang.
"Sure, I also wanted to go back to Anyang City to take a look anyway." Zhu Ziyang agreed.
The two then set off. After exiting the northern pass of Tianhui Grand Canyon, they headed towards Anyang City.
Anyang City was still the same, and Beihe Village was also still the same. Although Zhu Ziyang's family and Jiang Nannan's family had left, Zhu Ziyang's reputation had already spread back to his hometown. Everyone was filled with pride and glory for this peerless genius who had emerged from Beihe Village. Even when City Lord Hong Zhen went to report to the City Lord of Dragon City, other City Lords would ask him a question or two, which made Hong Zhen feel very comfortable.
After Zhu Ziyang and Qian Lingyi arrived in Anyang City, they first returned to Zhu Ziyang's home. There were no changes in the house, just some dust. After cleaning the house, they went to the City Lord's Mansion.
The doorman of the City Lord's Mansion was an acquaintance of Zhu Ziyang. Although Zhu Ziyang was already seventeen, the doorman recognized him at a glance and shouted in surprise and excitement: "You, you are the young master of Captain Zhu's family!"
"Yes!" Zhu Ziyang smiled and said, "That's right, I'm here to see Uncle Hong, is he in the mansion?"
"Yes, he is!" The doorman was still very excited and said, "Did you really win the championship in the Pan-continental Elite Soul Master Competition?"
"If there's no other Zhu Ziyang, then it must be me!" Zhu Ziyang said with a smile, then walked into the City Lord's Mansion.
The doorman didn't stop him. He looked at Zhu Ziyang's back and said with envy, "How enviable. If my boy could be half as excellent as this young master, I would die content!"
Zhu Ziyang was quite familiar with the layout of the City Lord's Mansion, so he easily found Hong Zhen, who was dealing with affairs in the study. "Uncle Hong."
"Ziyang!" Hong Zhen was greatly surprised by Zhu Ziyang's sudden appearance. He immediately stood up, walked out from behind his desk, and approached him, while loudly exclaiming, "Why are you back?"
"Hehe, I'm traveling the continent, and I happened to pass through Anyang City, so I thought I'd come to see you," Zhu Ziyang said with a smile.
"Hahaha, then I'm truly honored!" Hong Zhen immediately burst into laughter upon hearing Zhu Ziyang's words, saying, "Your reputation has already reached our Anyang City, you know. To be remembered by a great genius whose name shakes Douluo, my life, Hong Zhen, has been worth it. Come, sit down, let's talk, sit down!"
Hong Zhen motioned for Zhu Ziyang to sit down, while he sat beside him, his face full of emotion and joy. He said, "It's truly moving. Eleven years have passed in a blink of an eye. The little boy back then has already grown to the point where his name shakes the continent. I truly envy my old friend Changhe! Oh, right, how are Changhe and the others?"
"My parents are doing well. The academy arranged a house for them in Shrek City. They don't have much to do now except look after Ziguan," Zhu Ziyang replied with a smile, "My dad often wants to come back and live here, but because of me, he can't return for now."
"Why come back?" Hong Zhen said cheerfully, "I want to go to Shrek City but haven't had the chance. This old friend Changhe, he's just being smug about his good fortune!"
"Hehe! Isn't my dad also missing you?" Zhu Ziyang said with a chuckle, "And look, Ziyang is about to awaken his Spirit, and they, the couple, are even thinking of sending Ziguan back to Anyang City to attend Anyang Academy."
"Why send him back? Wouldn't it be better to stay in Shrek City and go directly to Shrek Academy?" Hong Zhen looked puzzled and said, confused.
"Uncle Hong, you don't know, Shrek Academy doesn't have a junior academy. So if Ziguan wants to attend a junior academy, he can only come back to Anyang City. My parents say they don't feel at ease with other cities," Zhu Ziyang explained.
"I see." Hong Zhen suddenly understood, and then, as if making a promise, said, "Then let Ziguan come back to our Anyang Academy. Our Anyang Academy, putting everything else aside, has a very good teaching environment!"
"That's for sure, the academy dorms are much better than Shrek Academy's Outer Courtyard dorms!" Zhu Ziyang said with deep agreement, then a peculiar look appeared in his eyes, "Uncle Hong, if Shrek Academy wants to cooperate with Anyang Junior Academy, would you be willing?"
"Cooperate?" Hong Zhen was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled and said, "Willing, why wouldn't I be willing? Ziyang, you know, the ultimate dream of our Anyang Junior Academy is to cultivate more students who can be admitted to Shrek Academy!"
"That, of course, I know!" Zhu Ziyang nodded and said, "It's just that the cooperation I'm talking about might require you to give up some things."
"Oh? Then tell me." Hong Zhen also understood that his good nephew wasn't just here to visit him.
"It's very simple. Anyang Junior Academy will be renamed Anyang Tian Yuan Academy and become an affiliated junior academy of Shrek Academy. The three most outstanding graduates of Anyang Academy each year can directly enter the Outer Courtyard of Shrek Academy to study, and other graduates can also receive assistance from the academy for one free spirit ring hunt, up to a fifty-thousand-year spirit ring," Zhu Ziyang said. This was the first pilot step of the Yuntian Plan, the last of the three major plans left by Mu En. "In exchange, Uncle Hong, your Spirit awakening rights will need to be transferred to Shrek Academy."
"Is that all?" Hong Zhen could no longer contain his inner joy. He immediately stood up and said, "What kind of price is that? I agree, I agree!"
"That's great!" Zhu Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, then said with a smile, "Within a month at most, the academy will send people to discuss the specifics of the cooperation with you. Once everything is settled, Uncle Hong, you will be the first dean of Shrek Academy's Anyang First Tian Yuan Academy!"
"Then, I guess I'll also become a member of Shrek Academy, right?" Hong Zhen said, unable to hide his excitement and fervor.
"Of course!" Zhu Ziyang said, "The result of the elders' discussion is that all Tian Yuan Academy deans will be considered part of Shrek Academy's staff system, with a position equivalent to an elite teacher in the Outer Courtyard. In the future, when you step down from the dean position, you can also become a teacher in Shrek Academy's Outer Courtyard!"