Chapter 65 Tianshui College voluntarily surrenders
At the same time, Tianshui College became the first force to come to Chunyang Holy Leopard City after the Chunyang Holy Leopard Clan announced that they had three Titled Douluo.

It turned out that Tianshui College was originally planning to visit the Chunyang Holy Leopard Clan. When they received the invitation, they were almost at the Chunyang Holy Leopard Clan, so they rode their horses as fast as they could and were the first to arrive at Chunyang Holy Leopard City.

Tianshui College is one of the very few high-level soul master colleges on the mainland that recruits civilian soul masters. It only recruits water-attribute soul masters, and they must be beautiful women.

There are more male soul masters than female soul masters in Douluo Continent, which also makes Tianshui College well-known in Douluo Continent.

Shui Qinghan, the dean of Tianshui College, the lord of Tianshui City, the head of the Shui family, and the level 83 soul fighter, leads the family delegation: 5 soul saints; there are 20 young students, including 14-year-old Shui Binger, 12-year-old Shui Yueer, 17-year-old Xuewu, some passers-by, and the contestants from Tianshui College in last year's Soul Master Competition (the previous Soul Master Competition in the original novel).

Walking in the inner city, I saw many patrol teams of soul masters passing by from time to time.

Shui Qinghan had a face full of envy, thinking to himself, "Each of these patrol teams has three Soul Kings and a dozen Soul Sects. If they were placed in Tianshui College, they would be middle-level and could serve as teachers. But in the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan, they can only patrol. This is just the inner city. There is also the core city and the City Lord's Mansion inside. How powerful can they be!"

The vice president of Tianshui College, the deputy head of the Shui family, Shui Qinghan's sister, the 78th level Soul Saint Shui Qinglan, was also very frightened and secretly sent a message to Shui Qinghan: "Sister, the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan is too powerful. We only have two Soul Douluos in Tianshui College. Sister, you have the highest soul power, but it is only level 2. Standing here, I can feel the huge pressure coming from the core city ahead. It feels like there are people who can crush me no matter where I am."

"Sister, the gifts we brought are too few. We originally came here to seek cooperation with them on an equal footing, but they now have three titles and many strong people in their clan. The strength of our Tianshui Academy is simply not enough!"

"Besides, our academy was established in Beiyuan when the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan declined and shrunk its sphere of influence. We can't compare with the Pegasus Clan and other loyal affiliates of the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan. We have a shallow relationship with them and are not strong enough."

"I'm afraid we don't even have the qualifications to be a first-level subsidiary force, we can only be a second-level subsidiary force."

"Hey, why do you think the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan is hiding so deeply?"

Shui Qinghan sent a voice transmission to comfort them, "Calm down, calm down. At least we are the first to arrive. As for the gifts, I have already sent people back to the academy to get them. Besides, with the tolerance of the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan, they won't care about the gifts at all. What's important is our attitude."

At this moment, a hearty laugh came from the front, and the leader of the four core tribes at level 86 stepped forward and said, "It's Dean Shui, welcome! I didn't expect you to come three months in advance."

Shui Qinghan quickly bowed in return: "Senior, you are too polite. Congratulations to the two great elders and the chief core elder of the nobles for being promoted to Titled Douluo. Everyone in our academy has admired them for a long time! It is really an honor for Tianshui Academy to be able to come to the nobles to congratulate you today."

"Dean Shui, you are too polite. You have come from afar. Come to the Pavilion of Sages and have a rest! The clan leaders are too busy now, so I will entertain you." (The Pavilion of Sages: the place where the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan entertains guests)

"Thank you for your trouble. The nobles do not need to worry about us. We can just wait here for the celebration."

After the four core elders left, Shui Qinglan patted her chest and said in shock again: "Sister, the aura of the four core elders is too strong. I feel like they completely crush you."

On the other hand, the other four Soul Saints of Tianshui College are not members of the Shui family. They are affiliated forces of Tianshui College and usually submit to the Shui family. But now that they have a better choice, they naturally want to join the Chunyang Holy Leopard Clan. After all, who does it matter who you depend on?
Soul Saint Armor advised: "Dean, let's take advantage of the opportunity of the first Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan to quickly submit to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan!"

Soul Saint B: "Yes, Dean! We are not right. This Beiyuan was originally the private land of the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan. They used to rule here for hundreds of years. They gave up their interests because they declined. Now they are rising again. Any force in Beiyuan that does not submit to them will definitely be thoroughly liquidated. Not only did they not ask us to pay off, they also treated us to good food and drinks. This is already a great honor for us. If we don't know what's good for us, only destruction awaits us!"

Shui Qinghan frowned, a little hesitant, but Shui Qinglan was very interested. Hun Shengbing: "Dean, this is our chance! The Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan is so powerful. If we surrender to them, we will have a backer, and the academy will also have more funds and better students. Why not? When the other forces in Beiyuan come, the competition will be fierce. We must seize the opportunity!"

Soul Saint Ding: "Dean, make a decision quickly! Think about why the four sects have developed so fast in recent years? Not only are they known as the seven major sects on the continent, but they have also produced several Soul Douluo. I heard that their sect leaders are expected to break through to the Titled Douluo! Why is this? Didn't they all start by submitting to the Spirit Hall? This is the benefit of having a background. Look at our Tianshui Academy, we can't even compare to them!"

Soul Saint Armor advised again: "Dean, the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan has always treated its subordinate forces very well. According to their previous methods of treating subordinate forces, after you submit to them, you will still be the dean, and your Shui family will still be the leader of Tianshui City and the leader of Tianshui College. We must take the initiative. If we wait for others to bring it up, I'm afraid... we won't get this treatment."

Among these elemental academies, except for the Thunder Academy supported by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Clan and the Elephant Armor Academy supported by the Elephant Armor Clan, the remaining three academies are the same.

They are all formed by a core family, and then absorb several smaller forces to join. For example, the Shui family is the founder of Tianshui College, the Feng family is the founder of Shenfeng College, and the Huo family is the founder of Chihuo College.

To put it bluntly, it is an alliance, just a group of people who come together for warmth.

When there is no external pressure, everything is peaceful and harmonious. But as soon as there is external pressure, everything collapses in an instant.

Just like in the original time and space, after the Spirit Hall launched the clarion call to unify the Douluo Continent, more than 3/4 of the spirit masters of the Four Elements Academy left. Except for the group of founders of the academy, the remaining spirit masters all defected to the Spirit Hall. Finally, they were forced to go to Tiandou City to form the Four Elements Academy. The total number of people in the four academies was only more than 600.

This also shows that the cohesion of these academies is not strong. They do not have their own Titled Douluo to suppress them, and they do not even have high-level Soul Douluo. They are not connected by blood ties like a family, and are completely a mess.

The four Soul Saints saw Shui Qinghan still hesitating, and secretly decided in their hearts that if the Shui family did not submit to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan, they would directly join another level 81 Soul Douluo in the academy and bring their respective families to join the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan. After all, that Soul Douluo had been disgusted with your Shui family for a long time. He would never die with your Shui family.

Shui Qinglan also made up her mind at this time, "Sister, it's not bad for us to submit to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan. According to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan's previous rules, our Tianshui College can still be retained."

"Besides, they have just announced their strength to the public and are in need of people. This is our chance, isn't it?"

Shui Qinghan pondered in his heart: "The current situation on the continent is turbulent. Tianshui College is relatively weak, so we must rely on a force. Now it seems that only the Wuhun Hall and the Pure Yang Saint Leopard Clan are better places."

"If we submit to the Spirit Hall, Tianshui College will most likely be merged into the Spirit Hall College and can only be a subordinate of the Spirit Hall. If we submit to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan, at least we can keep the college."

"Also, the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan has a very good moral character. They won't do what the Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect did, asking our Tianshui College's young and beautiful female spirit masters to go, go..."

Shui Qinghan finally made up his mind and said, "Let's let Tianshui College submit to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan! This is the best choice. I will go to the Pure Yang Holy Leopard Clan to discuss this matter later. Teacher He, go back to the college and tell the other senior leaders of the college about this. I believe they will understand."

Hearing this, the four Soul Saints also smiled happily, "The Dean is wise!"

　Beiyuan = a vast inhabited area near the Arctic Icefield, in the northwest of the Tiandou Empire

　　
　
(End of this chapter)