A Letter

There was roughly a year and a half left until the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament.

Every major academy was selecting team members and beginning intense preparations.

Blue Tyrant Academy had been enjoying unprecedented success lately. The only problem was that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had completely fallen out with them, and Meng Shenji shamelessly revoked their right to use the mimicry training grounds.

But it did not matter much. The mimicry environment sponsored by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be completed in another two or three months.

With Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, now stationed there as well, the students' cultivation speed had clearly increased tremendously.

Tailong in particular, with his Powerful Gorilla, had reached level 35 in a short time. He was very likely to step into the Soul Ancestor realm before the Soul Master Tournament.

Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, Jiang Zhu, and several other outstanding senior students had also broken through to Soul Elder.

Among the newer students were exceptional talents like the level 38 Yu Tianheng and level 37 Dugu Yan.

With four students highly likely to break through to Soul Ancestor before the tournament, the Lan Ba Team had begun to take shape.

While Liu Erlong practically walked on air, Meng Shenji stared gloomily at the academy reports every day.

The Imperial Fighting Team's highest-level members were currently level 36 Shi Mo and level 35 Shi Mo, and both were defensive Soul Elders.

Without any Strength Attack System Soul Masters, relying solely on Agility Attack System Soul Masters like Osler would leave the team lacking frontal firepower during matches.

"Alas, one wrong step leads to wrong steps all the way."

Meng Shenji let out a mournful sigh. A lineup like this would have absolutely no competitiveness in the Soul Master Tournament.

If not for Heaven Dou Empire's guaranteed qualification slot, they would probably struggle even in the preliminaries.

Yu Xiaowei was currently at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, trying to persuade Ning Fengzhi.

"Uncle Ning, you can't keep Rongrong cooped up at home forever. She still needs to go to school."

"Our Blue Tyrant Academy has everything it could possibly need, and she can spend some time with me too, building our relationship."

"And if someone tries to abduct us again in the future, at least she won't be too scared to move."

Ning Fengzhi took a sip of tea and said calmly.

"Do you two still need to build your relationship?"

"It is too dangerous for Rongrong to go out alone now. I can't rest easy."

"With Sword Uncle and Bone Uncle in the sect, no petty scoundrels would dare set their sights on her."

Ever since she had nearly been abducted by Salas last time, Ning Rongrong had been confined at home for almost two months.

The little princess had thrown countless tantrums in frustration. If Yu Xiaowei had not often come to keep her company for a while, the roof of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would probably have been blown off already.

Yu Xiaowei had always had quite a few complaints about the way Ning Fengzhi and the others protected her.

He had nearly been abducted back then too.

And what happened?

Yu Yuanzhen had simply said domineeringly, 'Spirit Hall will not make another move against you.'

Then he continued raising him freely.

He had even warned him not to keep going out and causing trouble.

"Those cowards from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

After grumbling inwardly, Yu Xiaowei said with a beaming smile.

"Uncle Ning, you can't put it that way. My uncle and my two grandfathers have already gone to warn Spirit Hall."

"Spirit Hall has also guaranteed that there will not be another incident like the one with Salas."

"Keeping Rongrong locked up at home like this all the time isn't a solution either."

Yet no matter how Yu Xiaowei tried to persuade him, Ning Fengzhi remained unmoved. Instead, he suddenly said something seemingly unrelated.

"The Soul Bone your family sent over is of very good quality."

The moment he heard that, Yu Xiaowei understood what he meant and immediately thumped his chest in assurance.

"Uncle Ning, don't worry. Rongrong is only going there to study this time. There won't be any other complications."

"With me protecting her in Heaven Dou City, Rongrong's Soul Bone will definitely not be exposed."

"I promise I will never take her out of Heaven Dou City alone again. If we need to leave the city, I will definitely ask Senior Dugu Bo to come with us."

Ning Fengzhi nodded in satisfaction, then rose and spoke as he walked away.

"Go back. Sword Uncle took Rongrong to your Blue Tyrant Academy early this morning. She is probably in class right now."

With Yu Xiaowei staring in stunned disbelief, he strode out with effortless composure.

After returning to Blue Tyrant Academy in some annoyance, Yu Xiaowei saw that Ning Rongrong really was in class. Judging by how excitedly she was running all over the place, she must have been driven stir-crazy over the past two months.

"That old Ning Fengzhi could have just said he was worried about Rongrong's safety. Why did he have to spout so much nonsense?"

Full of dissatisfaction, Yu Xiaowei did not disturb Ning Rongrong as she ran wildly around the training field. He turned and went to find Liu Erlong instead.

Now that Ning Rongrong had enrolled, the Lan Ba Team's roster could be adjusted.

At present, they had the most Strength Attack System members: Yu Xiaowei, Yu Tianheng, Huang Yuan, and Tailong.

Dugu Yan was in the Control System.

Jing Ling was in the Agility Attack System.

Ning Rongrong was in the Support System, while Jiang Zhu was in the Healing System.

Apart from the necessary substitutions during successive individual battles, Soul Master Tournament team matches were fought by seven people.

Therefore, the main lineup needed to be rearranged.

In Yu Xiaowei's view, the only people who could be replaced were one of Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, or Jiang Zhu.

It was not simply because the three of them had the lowest Soul Power.

More importantly, none of them were irreplaceable.

Jing Ling in particular. It was not that Yu Xiaowei looked down on the Agility Attack System, but he felt that the Agility Attack System had no reason to exist at all.

Unless someone was like Feng Xiaotian, proficient in both the Agility Attack and Strength Attack Systems.

Over the past two months, he had beaten no fewer than five Agility Attack System Soul Masters at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.

Not only were they vulnerable to the control of his Nuclear Radiation Domain, but when their attacks landed on him, there was only one old saying to describe it.

'Master Sha, stop scraping.'

Although his Soul Power had not increased after consuming the Ice and Fire Herb, his body had been tempered once again.

He had discovered this when he fought Yu Tianxin before. Even after that kid underwent Dragon Transformation, he could not break through Yu Xiaowei's scales.

So, as far as he was concerned, the Agility Attack System was truly dispensable.

However, those three were all senior students and had deep feelings for Blue Tyrant Academy. If Yu Tianheng and the others had not suddenly joined the academy, they would have unquestionably been part of the main lineup.

So he still needed to discuss this with Liu Erlong and see what to do.

When he reached the familiar little thatched hut, Yu Xiaowei called out several times, but no one came out.

"Huh, strange. Where did Sis go today?"

Yu Xiaowei skillfully picked a fruit from Liu Erlong's vegetable garden. Without washing it, he took a big bite and pushed open the door.

Seeing the mess inside the room, Yu Xiaowei raised a brow.

Liu Erlong had inherited Yu Luomian's personality. She was usually carefree and careless, always tossing things aside after using them.

As it happened,

Yu Xiaowei was a Virgo with a mild case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. What he hated most was her messy habits.

"Ah—those who can do more work. She's the older sister, and I'm the younger brother, after all."

With a sigh, Yu Xiaowei held the fruit in his mouth and began helping Liu Erlong tidy up the room.

As he cleaned the table, an unfolded sheet of letter paper caught his attention.

Reading someone else's letter was not a good thing to do.

But Yu Xiaowei had sharp eyes, and he spotted three words that made him extremely sensitive.

'Yu Xiaogang.'

A nameless fury suddenly rose from his heart. He snatched up the letter and began reading it.

The more he read, the darker his face became!

The more he read, the heavier his breathing grew!