The Tournament Opens

Four days later

Four days have passed since Dugu Bo's "death." Today is a very important day for Heaven Dou City. The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy, held every five years, is about to begin again. Today will be the opening ceremony of the Heaven Dou Empire's regional competition.

As the grandest Soul Master Tournament in the Soul Master World, it attracts not only Soul Master but also commoners and nobles. Commoners naturally watch the competition with an open mind. Of course, given such a lucrative opportunity, they can also place bets on the outcome on the sidelines. As for the nobles, most of them go with the aim of selecting talent.

For such an important event, all tickets for the Heaven Dou Division were sold out a month in advance.

"Take a look. If you don't buy now, you'll miss your chance. Each ticket costs 800 Gold Soul Coin. I only have three left."

Outside the arena, scalpers were enthusiastically hawking their wares. A ticket for the opening ceremony was being sold for 800 Gold Soul Coin. As for tickets for the official matches, they were Heaven Dou City.

Such an expensive sect is likely only affordable to wealthy merchants and nobles. However, scalpers are undeterred by the high ticket prices. This is because the total number of Soul Master across the entire continent doesn't exceed six figures. Those who represent Soul Master Academy in competitions are the cream of the crop. Coupled with the age limit of twenty-five, they undoubtedly become the ideal sons-in-law and future daughters-in-law in the eyes of wealthy merchants and nobles. Naturally, they wouldn't care about a mere thousand Gold Soul Coin.

The Great Soul Arena of Heaven Dou City, used as the venue for the tournament, was already bustling with people in the early hours of the morning. The arrival of their group of eleven attracted a lot of attention.

"Wow!"

"What kind of academy is that?"

"Did they just crawl out of the latrine?"

"Look, there are some words on their backs. Hmm? Shrek Real Estate. What? Shrek Real Estate is printed on their school uniforms."

"I'm so envious. I've heard that Shrek Real Estate's advertising prices are the highest. Many colleges want to get sponsorship from Shrek Real Estate, but they've all been rejected. What kind of college is this that can get sponsorship from Shrek Real Estate?"

Listening to the first part of what the people around them said, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others wished they could disappear into the ground. But upon hearing the last sentence, their emotions underwent a complete 180-degree shift.

It wasn't just ordinary people; even some students from the participating academies cast envious glances when they noticed the six large characters "Shrek Real Estate" on the back of their uniforms.

"Ding-dong!"

"Congratulations on persuading Flender to change the 'Seeking Sponsorship' advertisement from six words to 'Shrek Real Estate.' This has changed the situation so that people no longer mock Shrek Academy Shrek Academy's contestants, but instead envy them. It has overturned the original storyline. Reward: 10 Attribute Points points."

Hearing the system Attribute Points, Ye Feng smiled and said, "Let's go in together. This championship will definitely belong to us."

Actually, Ye Feng didn't have a long conversation with Flender. When Ye Feng saw the school uniforms, he simply said that instead of advertising, they should advertise in real estate. If Shrek Real Estate's reputation grew, they could definitely raise more funds. Wouldn't the profits then be much better than advertising?

Flender adopted Ye Feng's suggestion. So they changed the six characters "Seeking Title Sponsor" to the eight characters "Shrek Real Estate Sponsor." The word "sponsor" was very small; it was practically invisible unless you looked closely. This is a common tactic in the real estate industry.

"Champion? A toad wants to win a championship?"

Just then, an incongruous voice came from the side.

Ye Feng turned his head and looked over. He saw eleven people walking towards him. They were wearing moon-white Soul Master robes. The words "Cang Hui" were embroidered inside blue rings on their shoulders. The words were decorated with silver thread, making them look dazzling.

"Canghui Academy," Xiao Wu murmured.

Xiao Wu hadn't forgotten. On their way into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Ring for Oscar, they encountered the teachers and students of the Canghui Academy led by Ye ZhiQiu. In the end, all eight teachers and students died at Ye Feng's hands.

After committing the murder, in order to avoid causing trouble for the hotel, Ye Feng wrote several large characters on a rock next to the hotel with his finger, "The one who beat people is Ye Feng."

I heard that the teachers and students of the Canghui Academy mysteriously disappeared, and the investigation led them to that hotel. After learning the whole story from the hotel staff, someone smashed the stone with a single blow.

That's all there is to it. Although Canghui Academy knew who the murderer was, they seemed to be wary of something and didn't go looking for trouble with Ye Feng.

Ye Feng hadn't expected to encounter Canghui Academy here. They actually dared to mock them.

"Who are you calling a toad?" Tai Long shouted.

"Who else here is wearing that shit-green team uniform?" a student from the Canghui Academy cursed.

"I'll show you who the toad is!" Tai Long, already hot-blooded, was about to punch the other man after being insulted like that. But Tang San stopped him just as he moved.

"You're going to stop me?" Tai Long glared at Tang San.

Tang San ignored Tai Long, strode forward, and retorted, "Why are there a bunch of Xiao Bai dogs here?"

"Tai Long, make your move." Ye Feng's voice suddenly rang out.

"Young Master."

"You want to make a move? Then make a move. Someone's practically beating you up, what are you waiting for?"

"Yes, young master."

Tai Long raised his hand and slapped the student who had spoken rudely to them.

Snap

A crisp sound rang out at the entrance of the Great Soul Arena.

"How dare you hit me?" The student from the Canghui Academy was furious.

What are you doing?

Just as the Douluo I, a powerful voice rang out. Upon hearing this voice, the students of the Canghui Academy, who had been incredibly arrogant just moments before, immediately cowered.

The old man appeared to be over sixty years old, dressed in a moon-white Soul Master robe. However, the two characters "Cang Hui" on his robe were in gold.

"Consider yourselves lucky. I hope you can still be so arrogant on the stage." Feeling humiliated, Canghui Academy left after saying this.

" At that Shi Nian!"

Liu Erlong's voice rang out behind Ye Feng. Liu Erlong walked to Ye Feng's side and sighed, "I never thought that old guy would actually go to the Canghui Academy."

"Second Dragon Sister, do you know him?" Xiao Wu asked.

"His name is Shi Nian, and he's Yazi. His Martial Soul is Remnant Broken Dream. Although he's only at the Soul Saint level, even Soul Douluo- level experts are unwilling to fight him. His Martial Soul is incredibly troublesome. Especially you, Ye Feng. You have a grudge against the Canghui Academy. You'll be staying by my side for a while. Do you understand?" Liu Erlong earnestly instructed.