Chapter 868: The Top Ten Masters of the Academy
Zhang Dapeng threw out a top-level Spirit Stone, grabbed a glass of iced beer, and drank it all in one gulp.
“So comfortable and refreshing. Really amazing!”
Zhang Dapeng was originally a foodie. A spicy pot and a glass of iced beer couldn’t satisfy him at all. He immediately took out a handful of top-level Spirit Stones and threw them in front of Qin Haodong. “Junior brother, give me some more delicious food. I want ten glasses of iced beer.”
Seeing Zhang Dapeng taking out so many top-level Spirit Stones directly, needless to say, the others knew that the spicy pot was a rare delicacy. They immediately took out their money and wanted one as soon as possible.
Qin Haodong put away the top-level Spirit Stones and began to work happily. Soon, he made many sets of spicy pots. Countless glasses of iced beer were also distributed.
“Brother, I really admire your cooking skills. I have never eaten such delicious food in all my years.”
After drinking several glasses of iced beer, Zhang Dapeng was already a little drunk. He reached out and held Qin Haodong’s shoulder. “In the future, I will make money and come here to buy the spicy pot to eat and the iced beer to drink. I won’t cultivate.”
A student next to him also laughed. “Fatty Zhang, don’t you want to go through the tribulation and become an immortal as soon as possible? Have you given up your dream?”
Zhang Dapeng picked up the iced beer and said with a smile, “With this kind of delicious food available in this world, I am as happy as an immortal. Why do I need to go up to the heavens?”
They were almost the same age, so they became much more familiar with each other after they ate and drank.
Zhang Dapeng said, “Junior brother, you’ve just arrived at our academy, haven’t you? Why haven’t I seen you before?”
Qin Haodong said, “We are freshmen and just registered today.”
“Brother Qin is the king of all the freshmen this year. His cultivation has reached the stage of the Apotheosis Realm, which is higher than mine. It’s really enviable.”
Another tall and thin student spoke. When Qin Haodong and Dong Zhenjiang were in the challenge match, he happened to be there and saw the whole process of the fight.
He said again, “Brother Qin, I saw the challenge match between you and Dong Zhenjiang. You are indeed young and promising.”
“However, I have to remind you that Dong Zhenjiang’s cultivation is nothing at all but he has a powerful big brother, Dong Zhenhai, a senior of the academy.”
Zhang Dapeng said in surprise, “What? Did you teach Dong Zhenjiang a lesson?”
Qin Haodong briefly told him what had happened. After listening, Zhang Dapeng said, “Dong Zhenjiang is really annoying. Relying on his brother Dong Zhenhai’s power, he flirts with girls and bullies new students. It is indeed gratifying that you taught him a good lesson.”
“But you must be careful. Dong Zhenhai is very protective of his brother. You hit his brother, I’m afraid he will come here to make trouble.”
Qin Haodong asked, “Brother Zhang, who is Dong Zhenhai? He sounds powerful.”
“You’ve just arrived at our academy. There are some things you don’t know yet. Let me tell you. There are top ten masters in our academy. These people definitely cannot be provoked.”
Qin Haodong was new here, so he was indeed not clear about the situation of the Tortoise Academy. When he heard the title of top ten masters, he asked with great interest, “Brother Zhang, tell me who the top ten masters are?”
Zhang Dapeng raised his head and drank up the beer in his glass. Then he said, “The top ten masters in our academy are called Five Dragons, Three Phoenixes, One Immortal and One Devil. Dong Zhenhai is one of the Five Dragons.”
Hearing his excited speech, Zhao Xingyue also put down the chopsticks in her hand and listened.
Zhang Dapeng continued, “We call talented students dragons and phoenixes here. The men are dragons and the women are phoenixes.”
“The Five Dragons are the five most outstanding male students from the second grade to the third grade. They are Xiao Yulong, Xue Pan, He Kaishan, Jiang Qingzhou, and Dong Zhenhai.”
“The Three Phoenixes are Yun Qianqian, Fang Qiong’er, and Song Junyu. One Immortal, Murong Jinghong, known as Jinghong Fairy. One Devil is Luo Hongying, known as the Little Witch.”
“Although Dong Zhenhai is the last of the top ten masters, his strength is amazing. He had reached the early stage of the Voiding Realm, which was comparable to some low-level teachers in the academy.”
“This person is extremely protective of his brother. Since you have beaten Dong Zhenjiang, he will definitely come to make trouble.”
Qin Haodong didn’t care about that. As long as he had enough Spirit Stones, it was only a matter of time before he broke through to the stage of the Voiding Realm.
“Brother Zhang, who is the most powerful among these ten people?”
Zhang Dapeng said, “It’s hard to say who is the most powerful. Some people say it’s Jinghong Fairy, Murong Jinghong, while others say it’s the Little Witch Luo Hongying.”
Qin Haodong asked, “Why is it hard to tell? Have they ever competed?”
“It’s very complicated...”
Zhang Dapeng took a big sip of beer. Just when he was about to have a good talk, a girl in white suddenly appeared at the gate of the courtyard. She had two goat-horn braids on her head. Her round cheeks were a little chubby. She looked beautiful and lovely.
“It smells so good. What are you eating? What’s so delicious?”
The girl sniffed hard and had a euphoric look on her face. Her mouth seemed to be drooling.
“Oh, My God, the Little Witch is here. Run!”
Someone shouted. The people who were eating happily suddenly scattered like birds and beasts. They ran away in an instant.
Even Zhang Dapeng did not finish the remaining half of the beer. He just stood up and ran away.
“What’s going on?”
Seeing everyone’s reaction, Qin Haodong and Zhao Xingyue were a little confused. It was just a little girl. She was also a student in the first grade. Was she so scary?
At this time, the little girl had already jumped into the yard. She looked at the spicy pot and licked her lips hard. She said pitifully, “Little brother, can you give me some?”
Qin Haodong said, “One top-level Spirit Stone for one spicy pot, and one top-level Spirit Stone for one glass of iced beer.”
The little girl said pitifully, “Little brother, I have no money. I really want to eat it.”
Qin Haodong looked at her from head to toe. Her greedy look was just like his daughter, Tang Tang. Thinking of the little fellow on earth, he couldn’t help but feel warm in his heart. He didn’t even want the Spirit Stone and said, “You eat it. I won’t take your money.”
“Great, thank you, little brother!”
The little girl pulled a chair and sat down. She picked up her chopsticks and started to eat.
“It’s delicious! So yummy!”
The little girl looked slim, but her appetite was really amazing. She quickly ate up one spicy pot.
“So spicy! Very spicy!”
She stuck out her tongue cutely and took a glass of Sprite from Qin Haodong.
“Little brother, how did you make such good food? Can I often come here to eat in the future?”
Qin Haodong patted her head and said, “Okay, I’ll cook for you when you come.”
“Little brother, you’re so nice!” the little girl said excitedly. “My name is Luo Hongying. Everyone calls me the Little Witch. In the future, I’ll protect you in the Tortoise Academy. Whoever dares to bully you, you can tell him my name.”
Qin Haodong was slightly stunned. He didn’t expect that the extremely cute girl in front of him was the famous Little Witch, one of the top ten masters of the Tortoise Academy.
If those people hadn’t fled in all directions, he would have thought that he had made a mistake.
At the same time, he was very confused. Seeing that Luo Hongying’s cultivation was only at the late stage of the Apotheosis Realm, her level was almost the same as that of Zhang Dapeng. How did she become one of the top ten masters in the Tortoise Academy? And she also had a chance of becoming the first master.
He asked, “Little sister, why were those people so afraid of you just now?”
Luo Hongying said, “I’ve taught a few of them a lesson, especially that fat man. I once summoned a snot bug to sleep with him for a night. He was so disgusted that he didn’t eat anything for a month. Thus, he ran away as soon as he saw me.”
The little girl giggled as she spoke as if she was talking about something very interesting.
Zhao Xingyue was very close to her. When she heard about the summoning of a snot bug, she suddenly felt numb all over and quietly moved a little distance away from her.
Qin Haodong somewhat understood what was going on. He asked again, “Are you a summoner?”
Luo Hongying said, “Yes, I am a summoner.”
Qin Haodong asked, “It seems that you have been in the academy for a few years. You are one of the top ten masters in the academy. Why are you still wearing the freshman uniform?”
“It’s a long story. Little brother, do you have anything delicious? I’ll tell you while eating.”
The little girl looked at Qin Haodong pitifully as she spoke.
“This is for you.”
Qin Haodong said as he took out a plate of golden roasted chicken wings and gave them to her.
“Oh My God! These things are so delicious.”
Luo Hongying grabbed a chicken wing, ate it quickly, and began to talk.
“When I was sixteen, I had already reached the late stage of the Apotheosis Realm and entered the Tortoise Academy. But from then on, my body of the Holy Spirit awakened and made me a summoner. Since then, my cultivation no longer improved.”
“I am now 20 years old but my cultivation is still at the late stage of the Apotheosis Realm.”
“Our academy has special rules for upgrading. It has nothing to do with the level of cultivation. It depends on the degree of your progress. For example, when you enter the academy, you are at the early stage of the Apotheosis Realm, and only when you reach the middle stage of the Apotheosis Realm can you become a second-year student.”
Qin Haodong nodded and asked, “But I just heard that you are one of the top ten masters in the academy. They even said that you could compete with Jinghong Fairy, Murong Jinghong. Why?”
“I’m a summoner. Of course, during the battle, I depend on the evil beasts I summon,” Luo Hongying said while gnawing the chicken wings. “I fought with Murong Jinghong twice. I won once and lost once. It was a draw.”
Qin Haodong said, “There should be a rule for the summoner in our academy to upgrade. They can’t always let you stay in the first grade, right?”
“Yes, there are. The academy also has a special assessment for summoners. As long as the students are qualified, they can also upgrade. Unfortunately, I am unlucky.”
The little girl said angrily, “Although I am a summoner, I have the body of the Holy Spirit. When the geezer first said it, I felt very awesome. Later, I learned that this bullshit body of the Holy Spirit is not stable at all.”
“Every time a creature was summoned, it was different. Sometimes it was very powerful but sometimes it was very weak. It could be a top-level demonic dragon or an ant.”
“In the past years, I had taken part in four tests. For the first time, I summoned a five-colored pearl chicken. This chicken had no fighting capacity except for its beautiful sound. In a fit of anger, it was roasted and eaten by me.”
“Maybe the geezer was not good at cooking, so the five-colored pearl chicken was not delicious at all. It couldn’t compare with the chicken wings made by you little brother.”
“Uh...”
Qin Haodong was speechless. This little girl was really a foodie. She had eaten all the evil beasts she had summoned.
Luo Hongying continued, “I summoned a rabbit in the second test, a mouse in the third test, and a sheep in the fourth test. I was so angry that I failed to go up to the next grade four times in succession. Thus, I’m still a first-year student.”
Qin Haodong looked at the little girl’s angry face and couldn’t help laughing. “Are you unlucky or weak? Have you ever summoned powerful demonic beasts?”