After the words "I surrender" came out of his mouth, Hai Zhengming was stunned for a moment. He never thought that the game had not started yet, and that the team that had high hopes would take the initiative to admit defeat.
At the same time, the audience in the audience were also dumbfounded. No one expected that Tu Jiaojiao, the top master of the South Academy, would take the initiative to admit defeat. What was going on?
After a brief silence, the audience suddenly became excited.
"What are you doing? Senior Tu Jiaojiao, what are you doing? Doesn't she know that she is competing on behalf of our South Campus? She surrendered without a fight. It's really embarrassing!"
"Isn't it possible? Did I hear it wrong? How could Senior Tu Jiaojiao voluntarily admit defeat?"
"There must be an inside story here. How can that kid who I've never seen before be the opponent of Senior Tu Jiaojiao!"
The students in the South Campus were all shocked. They could accept failure, but they couldn't accept Tu Jiaojiao's surrender!
The North Campus is also in a state of excitement, but unlike the anger over at the South Campus, there is more excitement and joy here.
"Oh my God, did I hear correctly? The South College actually admitted defeat. Did we finally win the competition between the North and South Colleges?"
"Happiness came too suddenly. We actually won. And that kid on the stage got the title of king without doing anything. Is there anyone luckier than him?"
"Yeah, it's too easy to be the king. I can do it if you let me..."
Luo Dongqing laughed loudly in the stands: "Old lady, did you see this? This is the power of our grandson-in-law. He conquered your Nanyuan without a single blow."
Ouyang Lan's face looked very ugly. She didn't understand why Tu Jiaojiao, the proud daughter of the day, gave in like this. However, there was no rule in the competition that she couldn't give in, so she couldn't say anything.
Everyone was puzzled by Tu Jiaojiao's behavior. Only Yun Qianqian knew what was going on, especially Murong Jinghong, who had already expressed this idea when Tu Jiaojiao came on stage to fight her.
However, more people could not accept this result, and the most angry one was You Wanren. No matter what, he could not accept that his enemy took away the crown of king so easily.
Just before Hai Zhengming was about to make a decision, he came to the stands and shouted to Luo Dongqing and Ouyang Lan: "I am not convinced by the two deans. I cannot accept this result."
Seeing someone standing up and openly questioning, the scene that was noisy just now suddenly fell silent. Everyone wanted to see how the two deans handled the matter.
Ouyang Lan said: "It is the contestant's right to voluntarily admit defeat. Why do you object?"
"Dean, you are right. Contestants can indeed admit defeat on their own initiative, but today's competition is different. Tu Jiaojiao does not represent herself, but the joint efforts of all of us, so she has no right to admit defeat."
You Wanren said angrily: "I have heard about the affair between Tu Jiaojiao and Qin Haodong a long time ago. Now it seems that all the rumors are true. She actually sacrificed the honor of our entire South Campus for this man.
Think about it, everyone, we have a total of 19 games in today's competition, but this kid named Qin didn't even move a finger, and he actually wanted to take away the crown of the king.
If this is all right, what sense is there and what justice is there?
I implore the two deans to seek justice, disqualify Qin Haodong and Tu Jiaojiao, and expel them from our Xuanwu Academy. Such people are an absolute disgrace to our academy!"
His words immediately aroused the anger in the hearts of the students in the arena, and many people started shouting.
"Please ask the dean to be fair and disqualify them from the competition..."
"We don't accept Tu Jiaojiao admitting defeat, we don't accept the result of the game, we don't accept taking away the honor of the king without even lifting a finger..."
"Shame! Shame! Our college will never allow this kind of thing to happen."
For a moment, the atmosphere in the arena exploded. Some people were angry because Tu Jiaojiao gave in, while others were angry because the goddess in their hearts had fallen.
Even the honor of being a king can be given away, which shows how deeply Tu Jiaojiao loves this man.
A flash of pride flashed across You Wanren's face, and he said to the stage: "You two deans must have seen this. This is what everyone expects. I hope you can uphold justice and not be partial to personal interests!"
He knew the relationship between Qin Haodong and Luo Hongying, so he deliberately mentioned the words "not partial to personal relationships".
Ouyang Lan and Luo Dongqing looked at each other, and Luo Dongqing motioned to leave this matter to Ouyang Lan.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
As a master in the Mahayana stage, Ouyang Lan spoke in a low voice, but it was clearly heard in everyone's ears.
She has a very high prestige in the entire Xuanwu Academy, so everyone shut their mouths after she said something.
Ouyang Lan said: "Don't worry, everyone, in order to ensure the fairness and justice of the Xuanwu Academy competition, I will definitely give you an explanation.
However, a competition is a competition, and rules are rules. When there is a huge disparity in strength, participating team members are allowed to voluntarily admit defeat. So we have to listen to what Tu Jiaojiao has to say before we come up with the final result."
After she said this, everyone looked towards the ring, focusing their attention on Tu Jiaojiao.
Ouyang Lan said again: "Tu Jiaojiao, what is your reason for giving up? Give everyone an explanation. If the explanation is reasonable, the academy will support your decision.
If it is unreasonable, the college will consider revoking your qualification."
Tu Jiaojiao nodded and said, "Okay, Dean, since everyone needs an explanation, I will explain it to you."
You Wanren said: "There is no explanation for this. It is obvious that you are using the honor of our South Campus to please your man."
Ouyang Lan frowned and said coldly: "You Wanren, now is the time for Tu Jiaojiao to explain. Don't talk casually."
You Wanren did not dare to provoke this old lady with an extremely tough style. Although he was unwilling to do so, he immediately shut his mouth.
Tu Jiaojiao said: "Let me introduce my cultivation first. As you have seen before, I have now reached the early stage of integration.
To be honest, after reaching the Dzogchen Realm of Refining the Void, it is very difficult to take another step forward. I stayed in this realm for three full years, but still failed to break through to the integration stage.
Until this time when I rushed to the seventh-level pagoda, I was still in the Great Perfection Realm of Refining the Void.
The reason why I have passed the threshold of the integration stage now is entirely due to the Dragon Power Pill given to me by junior Qin Haodong. With this pill, I broke through the bottleneck of the Void Refining Realm."
"Dragon Power Pill, that's a seventh-level pill. At auction, each pill costs more than 100,000 top-quality spiritual stones..."
"This kind of elixir is not only expensive, but the materials are extremely rare. I heard that it needs to be refined with ambergris saliva. Most people can't buy it even if they have money..."
"Qin Haodong just gives away the Dragon Power Pill to anyone. If a man is willing to do this to me, I am also willing to be his girlfriend and give birth to a monkey for him!"
Tu Jiaojiao continued: "When junior Qin Haodong gave me the elixir, he already knew that the competition between the North and South colleges was about to take place, and he also knew that I would represent the South College and become his opponent.
Under such circumstances, he gave me the elixir without hesitation, which shows his broad mind."
Hearing this, You Wanren couldn't help but stood up again and said to the podium: "Dean, I don't agree with Tu Jiaojiao's reasons.
Even though Qin Haodong helped her improve her cultivation level, she must be responsible for our entire South Campus when participating in the competition. She must show her true strength and fight instead of giving in because of personal feelings.
Besides, I don’t think Qin Haodong was able to give away the Dragon Power Pill because of his ambition, but because he was coveting someone’s beauty.”
Tu Jiaojiao said angrily: "You Wanren, please shut up and don't use the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman, okay?"
You Wanren said: "You know exactly what is going on. No matter what, this is not a reason for you to voluntarily admit defeat."
Ouyang Lan said: "Tu Jiaojiao, it is true that what you just said is far-fetched. If you are grateful to Qin Haodong for helping you improve your cultivation, you can give up the game instead of giving up."
"Dean, I haven't finished speaking yet." Tu Jiaojiao continued, "The reason why I took the initiative to admit defeat is entirely because my strength is no match for Qin Haodong. It is completely reasonable for me to admit defeat when the difference in strength is huge."
You Wanren sneered: "Tu Jiaojiao, do you think everyone is a fool? You are already in the early stage of integration. I don't believe his cultivation level can be any higher than yours!"
Tu Jiaojiao looked at him and said, "Do you know the eldest grandson of the Xuanwu Kingdom, Chengdu?"
You Wanren didn't understand why Tu Jiaojiao suddenly changed the subject, but he still said: "Of course I know that Sun Chengdu, the master of the country, has a great cultivation level in the Mahayana period and is known as the number one master in the Xuanwu Kingdom."
Tu Jiaojiao said: "Just before we came back, Qin Haodong shot the eldest grandson Chengdu.
Facing such a master, do you think I should admit defeat? Is he worthy of the title of King of our academy?"
Since Xuanwu Academy is far away from Xuanwu King City, the news of the death of the eldest grandson Chengdu has not yet spread here.
After hearing the news from Tu Jiaojiao herself, the crowd immediately became explosively noisy.
"What? This young man actually shot his eldest grandson Chengdu. How is this possible?"
"Is it true or false that you can shoot a master in the Mahayana stage?"
"No matter what, as long as you can kill the masters of the Mahayana period, you will definitely deserve the title of the king of our Xuanwu Academy. This is the honor of all of us..."
Tu Jiaojiao immediately reversed the current situation with just one piece of information.
In the eyes of other students, it is definitely not a shameful thing to admit defeat to a master who can kill the Mahayana.
Even the students from the South Campus felt that Tu Jiaojiao had made a wise choice to admit defeat, and there was no longer any objection.
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, You Wanren shouted: "Who knows whether what you said is true or false? Anyone can brag."
At this moment, Luo Dongqing in the stands spoke.
"I can guarantee in the name of the vice president of Xuanwu Academy that what Tu Jiaojiao said is true. I once followed them to the Xuanwu King's City. It was indeed Qin Haodong who shot his eldest grandson Chengdu on the spot."
Ouyang Lan glared at him and whispered: "Why didn't you tell me such an important thing?"
Luo Dongqing chuckled: "I'm afraid that if you find out, you won't agree to the format of this year's Battle of Kings."
After Luo Dongqing's confirmation, You Wanren's face turned pale and he couldn't say anything anymore. In the face of absolute strength, he had no right to question.
The other students in the audience had no objections to Tu Jiaojiao's decision to admit defeat.
Seeing that everyone's emotions had calmed down, Hai Zhengming walked to the middle of the ring and said: "I declare that this time the North and South Colleges have won the competition over the North College, and Qin Haodong has become the king of our Xuanwu College."