48: Chapter 48 Teaching and nurturing students is also your responsibility.

After the door was closed, the principal finally dropped all his surface-level calm, frowned deeply, faced Lin Ye directly, and voiced the concerns buried deep in his heart.

"Lin Ye, your nurturing talent is the most top-tier existence I have seen in decades of teaching, without a single exception."

"However, your malevolent Qi Divine Kingdom is, after all, the greatest hidden danger."

His tone was earnest, carrying regret and persuasion: "Lin Ye! Give up your malevolent Qi Divine Kingdom."

"You possess world-rare nurturing vision and nurturing methods. Even if you discard this F-class waste Divine Kingdom with huge flaws and endless hidden dangers, you can still become a top-tier Divine Kingdom nurturing master revered by all in the Source Realm."

"Depending on your nurturing arts, countless powerhouses will fight to cooperate with you in the future. You won't need to personally fight on the battlefield, yet you can still ascend to high positions and sit on endless resources, which is a hundred times safer than risking your life fighting with the malevolent Qi Divine Kingdom."

Every word of the principal's persuasion was sincere, without a shred of malice, purely out of a desire to cherish talent.

In the eyes of him and Elder Qin, it was simply too pitiful that Lin Ye possessed heaven-defying nurturing skills, yet was dragged down by a high-risk malevolent Qi Divine Kingdom.

But Lin Ye's mind was exceptionally clear and transparent.

The so-called "heaven-defying nurturing art" pursued by outsiders and envied by everyone was not a universal technique at all.

That was not theoretical knowledge learned from textbooks at all, but his unique soul talent—ancestral tracing nurturing.

This was an exclusive ability bound to his soul and originating from the Divine Land's will. It was unique and uncopyable, and outsiders could not peer into it even a bit, let alone study and imitate it.

Others thought he improved his familiars by relying on exquisite theoretical skills, little knowing that he directly saw through the origin of living beings' bloodlines, pried open the ancient primordial veins, and forcibly reversed the shackles of evolution.

This kind of ability never belonged to the secular nurturing system.

To nurture other people's familiars, Lin Ye would have to enter their Divine Kingdoms, something others could not accept!

Lin Ye did not over-explain, nor did he expose his ultimate trump card. He simply raised his eyes to look at the principal, his tone calm yet exceptionally firm:

"Principal, I will not give up my Divine Kingdom."

"My target is the exclusive reward of the Nantan Prefecture competition—the S-rank Jinghun Hall."

Hearing the three words Jinghun Hall, the principal trembled all over, his originally solemn expression suddenly changing, and dense disbelief surged in the depths of his eyes.

He also knew the effects of Jinghun Hall, but he also saw through the bottom line of Lin Ye's Marrow-Eating Demon Hound.

The Marrow-Eating Demon Hound was currently just an A-rank familiar. Wanting to win top three in Nantan Prefecture was extremely difficult.

After all, only the top three had the right to independently choose their rewards.

You must know that there were a total of 15 high schools in the city. Their school produced one SS-rank and one S-rank genius, while other schools also had a few S-rank geniuses.

Furthermore, he knew that other cities also had an SSS-rank genius.

He was clearer than anyone about the gap between S-rank and A-rank, not to mention the gap between SSS-rank and A-rank.

He also knew that Lin Ye definitely still had trump cards in his hands—everyone in the top ten had trump cards—but he didn't think Lin Ye could secure a top-three finish.

But looking at the firmness and tenacity in Lin Ye's eyes, he suddenly didn't know what to say. He was a teacher whose job was to educate and nurture people, and he should have supported Lin Ye's drive to improve, but Lin Ye happened to be in this kind of situation...

In the end, the principal opened his mouth and said helplessly: "Then I wish you achieve your goal!"

The conversation ended. The principal brought Lin Ye back to the top-ten special training grounds.

At this moment, the remaining nine top-ten contestants were fully assembled. Five senior instructors lined up on both sides, followed closely by the principal, officially kicking off the exclusive special training course.

The special training did not start by explaining boring tactical theories right away, but rather first probed everyone's real trump cards.

The principal said in a calm tone, explaining the rules in advance: "Next, everyone will briefly introduce their own familiars' detailed abilities, hidden traits, and evolutionary directions. It is non-compulsory public disclosure; you can choose for yourselves and act according to your ability."

The purpose of this probing was to let the school administration figure out the real combat power shortcomings of the top-ten contestants, so they could customize combat preparation plans to deal with various powerful enemies in the City Tournament and State Competition.

Everyone spoke in turn. All of them were extremely cautious, exposing only the conventional combat power on the surface and not leaking a single bit of their true hidden trump cards.

Xiao Qingwu calmly and briefly described the Xueli Ice Luan's aerial combat advantages and ice confinement traits, every word concise and stopping at the appropriate point;

Dong Junyan, Zhao Feng, Liu Ling and others also truthfully reported their surface-level familiar attributes, which were standard and flawless.

When it was Lin Ye's and Wang Hu's turn, the two of them tacitly concealed their capabilities even more.

Lin Ye only briefly mentioned that his Marrow-Eating Demon Hound was fierce in close combat and came with malevolent Qi erosion, avoiding any mention of the core trump cards of the Taotie bloodline, ancestral tracing evolution, and conspecific cannibalistic metamorphosis.

Wang Hu only generally introduced the Crimson Flame Heavenly Ape's flame burst and physical brute strength, not mentioning a single word about the heavenly ape's bloodline potential and berserk transformation traits.

The several instructors had seen countless people and saw at a glance that the two had reservations, but they didn't point it out.

Geniuses all had trump cards, and moderately concealing one's cleverness was inherently the survival rule of the arena.

Over the next few hours, the five senior instructors took turns lecturing. Combining classic combat cases from past City Tournaments and State Competitions, they comprehensively deconstructed the restraining relationships, combat mindset, and Divine Kingdom operation details of familiars with various attributes.

From element familiars, Mechanical Familiars, and living creature familiars to the offensive and defensive shortcomings of insect swarms, beast tides, elven troop classes, and so on, the explanations were meticulous and extremely targeted, helping everyone patch up their tactical blind spots.

The atmosphere of the entire special training was serious and efficient. Everyone listened exceptionally intently, except for Ye Feng, who was absent-minded the whole time.

From beginning to end, his heart only cared about one thing—how to crack Lin Ye's malevolent Qi ferocious beasts.

Seeing that the special training was coming to an end, Ye Feng finally couldn't help but step forward proactively, bowing and asking the principal. His tone seemed like seeking guidance, but in reality, it was pressing step by step:

"Principal, I would like to specifically ask, regarding Divine Kingdoms and malevolent Qi familiars with malevolent Qi attributes, what effective restraining methods are there?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire scene instantly fell silent.

Anyone could hear that this question was extremely targeted, clearly directed at Lin Ye.

Everyone's gazes instantly focused, falling upon the principal and Lin Ye, while undercurrents quietly surged.

The principal frowned slightly, sighing helplessly in his heart.

Lin Ye's malevolent Qi Divine Kingdom was already plagued with hidden dangers and highly controversial. Once the restraining methods were made public, geniuses across the school and even the entire city would make targeted layouts. By then, it would be extremely unfair to Lin Ye and would only completely restrict his path in the arena.

"Hehe! Principal! You are a high-tier True God after all. Could a student's question possibly stump you? Don't forget, you are also a teacher, and educating and nurturing people is likewise your duty!" Ye Feng gave a chuckle, continuously pressing him.

The remaining contestants around also glanced sideways, quietly waiting for the answer. The scene could no longer be glossed over.

With no other choice, the principal could only speak in a deep voice, stating the six major power systems universally recognized in the Source Realm that could restrain and even resolve malevolent Qi.