Chapter 980 - The Meeting Before the Competition (2/2)

Song Tian turned pale with fright when he sensed Luo Dongqing’s strength. “You, you, you’ve reached the stage of the Grand Completion Realm?”

Luo Dongqing smiled. “Of course. How can I be as useless as you? You haven’t made any progress in years.”

At the moment, the pressure on Song Tian’s hand was getting greater and greater and he felt as if the bones were about to be crushed. He hurriedly shouted with a red face, “Okay, Geezer Luo, hurry up and let go of my hand.”

Qin Haodong who was nearby found it funny. The two geezers with bushy eyebrows and beards were playing such a low IQ game.

Luo Dongqing had always been firmly suppressed by Song Tian all these years. Today, he finally found a chance to take revenge. Naturally, he wouldn’t let it go so easily.

He tightened his grip two more times, and only let go when the other party was about to collapse.

Song Tian desperately shook his hand and continuously sent out Genuine Qi to relieve the pain in his hand.

Luo Dongqing smiled and said, “Geezer Song, you’re really useless. Amongst the teachers of the four academies, only you haven’t reached the stage of the Grand Completion Realm. Don’t you feel embarrassed?”

Song Tian’s face flushed with embarrassment. Then, he said, “Geezer Luo, don’t be proud. Even if you have reached the stage of the Grand Completion Realm, so what? You can’t represent your academy to participate in the competition. Your Tortoise Academy will be at the bottom of this exchange conference, too.

“Don’t forget that you didn’t even win one round in the exchange conference last year.”

Luo Dongqing said, “Geezer Song, you think too much. Let me tell you. The current Tortoise Academy is no longer what it used to be. Our goal this time is to become the champion.”

He was full of confidence now. Yesterday, Qin Haodong and others had defeated the Dragon Academy which was the strongest in the past. Therefore, it would not be difficult for his students to win the championship.

“Huh, huh, huh, have you not woken up yet?” Song Tian laughed disdainfully. “In all the exchange conferences of the four academies these years, the Dragon Academy once took first place, the Tiger Academy once took first place, and the Rosefinch Academy once took first place.

“Only your Tortoise Academy was the weakest every time. When will it be your turn to win the championship? You must be dreaming.”

Luo Dongqing angrily said, “Geezer Song, today’s Tortoise Academy is no longer the same as before. Wait until the competition, and then you will know how strong it is.”

At this time, Liu Xiaofu, who had been standing next to them, coldly said, “Are you two done? If you’re done, go in and get down to business.”

She was always cold and arrogant. What’s more, she didn’t pay any more attention to Luo Dongqing’s words.

In the past, the Tortoise Academy had always been the weakest. However, Luo Dongqing said that the Tortoise Academy would win the championship this year. In her eyes, this was a joke.

Everyone walked into the conference room. The conference room was ready. The seats were divided according to the badges of the four academies.

After sitting down, Qin Haodong began to look at the students of other academies. He had already fought with the people of the Dragon Academy, so he knew what they were capable of.

However, he soon found that the Dragon Academy was not the strongest among the teammates this year.

Four people of the Tiger Academy had reached the middle stage of the Combination Realm, and the leader of the team seemed about to break through to the late stage of the Combination Realm.

No wonder Song Tian was so confident. It turned out that the strength of his students this year was super strong.

There were three people of the Rosefinch Academy nearby who were already at the middle stage of the Combination Realm. The leader was an extremely cold beauty whose temperament was almost exactly the same as that of Liu Xiaofu.

“Interesting!”

A smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. It seemed that the exchange conference this time would not be ordinary. If the Dragon Academy was ranked last, he wondered what kind of expression Li Mengyao would have.

“His highness has arrived!”

Along with the sharp announcement from a eunuch, a handsome young man came in from the outside. He was Liu Hong, the first prince of the Rosefinch Kingdom that was the host of the exchange conference this year. Behind him was the chief steward of the palace, Fang Desheng.

Although he only looked about 30 years old, his temperament was extremely mature and steady.

After sitting on the stage, he glanced at the crowd with a smile and said, “Welcome all the teachers and students from academies to the exchange conference.

“The purpose of the exchange conference between the four academies has always been to exchange and learn. Through the exchange conference, we have improved the teaching standards of the four academies and learning abilities of students…”

After making some polite remarks, he got to the point and said, “I called you here today to discuss the matters of the exchange conference. Let’s discuss if the rules of the exchange conference this year need to be changed.”

Speaking of this, he turned his eyes to the Dragon Academy, the champion of the last exchange meeting. When he saw that there were only Li Mengyao and other students, he was slightly surprised and said, “Didn’t Director Li of the Dragon Academy come?”

Li Mengyao said, “Your Highness, Director Li is busy and didn’t come. I’ll represent him.”

“That’s fine, then.” Liu Hong said, “Second Princess, why don’t you discuss the views of the Dragon Academy? Let’s see if we can improve the rules of our competition.”

Normally, this kind of pre-competition meeting was just a routine procedure. No one would really raise any objections. It had always been like this in the past.

To everyone’s surprise, Li Mengyao said, “Your Highness, I do think there are some rules that need to be changed.”

There was a flash of surprise in Liu Hong’s eyes. Then, he said with interest, “Tell me. What do you think needs to be changed, Second Princess?”

Li Mengyao said, “Your Highness just said that the purpose of the exchange conference between our four academies was to exchange and learn, so I think we should show the true strength of each teammate in the competition. We shouldn’t use demonic beasts and other things.

“I suggest that everyone competes with their real strength, so we can find our own shortcomings in cultivation.

“If possible, I’ll make it clear that I won’t use my spirit beast, Thunder Leopard, in the competition.”

Then, with a thought, she summoned her Thunder Leopard.

After coming out, it first glanced vigilantly around. After confirming that the Three-legged Golden Toad was not there, it raised its head high and let out a long roar.