Dragon Tamer

Chapter 362: 364: Times Have Changed

Chapter 362: Chapter 364: Times Have Changed
“What’s there to fear about a battle? We’ve never been scared. Traveling all this way, I’ve realized that the Supreme Court Courtyard Continent is just so-so. It still falls quite short of our Ancestral Dragon City!” Hong Hao said with immense confidence.

“This time, they are insisting that we bring the students from last year’s cohort, which means you guys. Luckily, Zhu Minglang’s school records are also registered with this cohort, or else you guys alone would probably find it very difficult to handle the students from the Supreme Court,” Dean Duan Changqing said.

Those who can enter the Supreme Court are the most excellent young Dragon Trainers from all over, and even using ‘one in ten thousand’ to describe them feels like an insult.

In the interest of fairness, the students dispatched by the Supreme Court this time should also be from the same cohort, which is the group enrolled last autumn.

However, the vast majority of Li Chuan Academy’s students had just enrolled and didn’t even have a True Dragon.

On the other hand, if you don’t bring a Dragon with very high potential, the Man City Academy might not even consider admitting you.

The starting point is already worlds apart, not to mention the resources here are much more abundant. The materials distributed to the students every month are equivalent to what the Li Chuan Dragon Taming Academy awards its outstanding students for an entire year…

With different starting points and resources, and an entire Neon Sea’s worth of a treasure-like Dragon Taming environment available for these students to buy and use, even if everything seems fair, there’s just no real comparability.

“I’ve already looked over some of your information in advance. Over the next few days, Duan Lan and I will take you to purchase some spiritual assets to ensure that all of your Dragons can be upgraded once more before this trial,” Dean Duan Changqing said.

“Thank you, Dean!” the seven students expressed their gratitude in unison.

“Go and rest. The future of Li Chuan Academy depends on you all,” Dean Duan Changqing nodded and said.

…

Duan Lan arranged for everyone to stay together.

Dean Duan Changqing’s own cottage was very simple, but the accommodations he arranged for the students were the same as for those of the High Court, with rows of small wooden buildings. Everyone had their private little courtyard, but there were doors directly connecting one courtyard to another. At the back, there was a huge rock altar for the students to practice Dragon Taming, conducive to interaction and learning amongst the residents.

“The High Court really treats people well,” Chen Bai said with a sigh.

“Zhu Minglang, I now have a Dragon General, and I’m a great expert. When the time comes, just watch me perform,” Hong Hao patted his chest, brimming with pride. “Unexpectedly, I am now a Lord Level powerhouse, looking down upon the world with ease!”

“Amazing, amazing. From the first day I enrolled, I had seen that you, Hong Hao, are no ordinary person,” Zhu Minglang said nonchalantly.

“Hehe, once you travel on the continent, you’ll have my protection. You won’t have to rely on the Female Monarch’s charity anymore. A man should stand tall and proud!” Hong Hao continued.

“…Actually, you’re just jealous, right? Eating the Female Monarch’s charity isn’t something just anyone can do,” Chen Bai said sarcastically.

“Zhu Minglang, where is my sister Nan? I haven’t seen her since you left with her,” Nan Ye asked.

“She’s on her way back to Li Chuan, last I heard, her grandmother was critically ill,” Zhu Minglang replied.

“Your sister Nan…isn’t that Nan Lingsha?” Hong Hao asked.

“Yes.”

“Zhu Minglang, you backstabber. You already have the Female Monarch, so why do you still meddle with the most sacred and beautiful fairy of our academy? Nan Lingsha is the belief of all of us from the South Academy in Li Chuan. Although few have seen her true face, we firmly believe she has beauty to rival that of the Female Monarch!” Hong Hao said, righteously indignant.

“Even rival? Don’t you know? The Female Monarch and Nan Lingsha are sisters from the same flower; they look identical,” Chen Bai said disdainfully.

“What? Has someone told me this before?” Hong Hao looked around in surprise.

The others simply nodded, signaling that this fact had slowly spread during the cleansing incident involving the Li and Nan families, even though the vast majority couldn’t personally verify it, it has gradually become a widely acknowledged fact.

Hong Hao’s eyes reflected jealousy just like that of a resentful woman as he stared at Zhu Minglang. “Aren’t you afraid of dying from kidney failure? Why doesn’t such a wonderful thing ever happen to me, Hong Hao? Now, I, Hong Hao, am also a Lord Level Dragon Herding Sanctifier. My strength is not much different from yours, Zhu Minglang. Why!”

“Zhu Minglang, what level are you at now? When you left the academy, you were already Lord Level. Have you advanced since then? It must be difficult to advance, I heard. To reach King Level, not only does your dragon’s bloodline have to be high enough, but it also requires a lot of rare spiritual assets. Even with high talent, it takes five to ten years to reach King Level,” Li Shaoying asked eagerly.

“I am now at King Level,” Zhu Minglang said without hiding it. There was no need to be so careful with his classmates and roommates. In fact, he felt a certain warmth in their presence.

“If you don’t want to say it, that’s fine. There’s no need to make up a King Level status for us.”

“Yeah, just tell us if you made it to Lord Level.”

“Don’t you have a Divine Green Holy Dragon? Has it reached Lord Level?”

Zhu Minglang touched his forehead, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Little Qingzhuo hadn’t actually reached Lord Level yet.

“Soon, it should be able to reach Lord Level in a few days,” Zhu Minglang said.

“So it hasn’t reached yet? Speaking is as easy as drinking water, and advancing to Lord Level is as hard as ascending to heaven. Even five to ten years might not suffice, and yet you say ‘in a few days’,” the always sour-toned Chen Bai exclaimed!

“My situation is a bit complex, and it’s not something that can be explained in just a moment. But indeed, the Neon Sea does have many valuable resources that Li Chuan lacks. In these next couple of days, you should all grasp the opportunity to try and move your dragons up a tier. The people from the High Court are so arrogantly proud. To them, it feels like any land outside of the Neon Sea barely catches their notice. When the time comes, make sure to get some payback,” Zhu Minglang said.

Remembering Zeng Liang on the beach, and the harsh words he hurled as he left, Zhu Minglang could also imagine the disgusting sense of superiority those High Court students must have.

“Leave it to me, I am not the Hong Hao I used to be!” Hong Hao’s voice was as thunderous as ever.

“Didn’t Teacher Bai Yishu tell you guys? The six of you are just here to make up the numbers. Without you bunch of losers who can’t even reach Lord Level, the Li Chuan Dragon Taming Academy would have ceased to exist long ago!” At this point, a dark-haired young man who had been silent until now sneered.

Zhu Minglang recognized most of the seven students.

But he had never seen this person before.

“Who is he?” Zhu Minglang asked.

“Fei Song. He’s a guy who’s been out undertaking trials ever since he enrolled, and in his words, the academy is ‘a place for raising pigs.’ But his strength is indeed stronger than any of us,” Nan Ye explained.