Soul Saint Zhong Dingxiu
"What's wrong with you? You seem to be acting like the kind of 'pretending to be profound' that those adventurers in the Nuoding Guild talk about."
Suddenly, Xiao Wu mimicked Romantina, squeezing her legs together and hugging her shoulders. "Are you playing hard to get? Let me make this clear, I have no feelings for you."
"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Qing rolled her eyes. "With your ordinary appearance, I wouldn't have any feelings for you."
"You fucking—"
Xiao Wu was filled with shame and indignation. Just as she was about to make a move, she saw that Zhou Qing had already run some distance away. Immediately, she chased after him like a rabbit about to bite, yelling, "Just you wait! Today I'll make sure you regret this!"
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In the blink of an eye.
Three days passed quietly.
The square in Nuoding City was exceptionally lively on this day.
The city lords of Nuoding City and Falling Star City made their appearances at the same time to jointly host a Friendly Tournament. Moreover, the Star Luo Team from the Star Luo Empire Royal Academy also came to this small Nuoding City.
Whether it was the Friendly Tournament or the Star Luo Royal Academy, it was all unexpected for the residents of Nuoding City!
But they had no choice but to accept it!
Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Romantina, and all the Soul Master of the Nuoding Guild, as well as most of the teachers and students of the Nuoding Academy, watched from the outside of the square.
The leader of the Star Luo Royal Academy Team was an elderly man with a white beard, but he was full of energy. He walked straight to the center of the field, and even the host of Nuoding City, City Lord Xiao, had to give way and even lower his head, not daring to look him in the eye.
"Snort!"
The old man leading the group let out a soft hum, and the invisible sound waves spread throughout the entire square, causing all the Soul Master present to experience a surge of Qi and Blood and qi, so that the noisy atmosphere instantly fell silent.
Yellow, purple, black, black!
Seven Soul Ring emerged from his body, and the Soul Power fluctuations at the Soul Saint-level were like a tsunami, making everyone present feel breathless.
Soul Saint!
It's actually Soul Saint!
"I am Zhong Dingxiu, the leader of the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, a level 78 Soul Saint," the old man introduced himself. "This time, I am leading the team to Heaven Dou City for an exchange with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy... On the way, I heard that there was some turmoil here due to the Soul Bone, so I came to investigate. I also hope to resolve this matter and strengthen the friendship between the Two Great Empires. I hope that afterward, you will not linger here, but return to your homes and let this small town and village have peace."
The Soul Master remained silent, none daring to object.
However, some Soul Master did feel secretly ashamed.
Only Zhou Qing understood that Zhong Dingxiu, ostensibly for the sake of Nuoding City's stability, was actually sowing the seeds of a greater disaster.
Because most Soul Master are inevitably intimidated by the combat power of Soul Saint-level!
It is taken orally, but not mentally.
Faced with Soul Saint, they were powerless to resist, and thus their hatred and resentment could only be directed at City Lord Xiao, the Lord of Nuoding. Moreover, as time passed, the scope of their hatred would continue to expand...
The principle is that you should pick the softest persimmons.
It's the same no matter which world you're in.
Tang San often hung out with Zhou Qing and learned that Star Luo Empire had plans to attack Heaven Dou. He also understood Dales's purpose. Therefore, he was not blindly fooled by Zhong Dingxiu's words. He thought about it on a similar level to Zhou Qing — Zhong Dingxiu was a wolf in sheep's clothing. If he were to face him, he would not be able to defeat him.
At this moment, Tang San had already regarded Zhong Dingxiu as a hypothetical enemy, but the martial prowess of a Soul Saint-level was clearly not something he could confront head-on at present. If he wanted to assassinate him, he would have to rely on poison.
However, the materials for concocting a poison capable of threatening a master with such profound Internal Energy could not be found in Nuoding City. The only hope was that one or more of the Soul Guidance Core Array on that Soul Conductor crystal possessed powerful attack capabilities and could be adapted to common metal materials.
"I will be hosting this Friendly Tournament."
Zhong Dingxiu got down to business, "My main responsibility is to take the members of the Star Luo Royal Academy Team to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for an exchange. I can only stay here for a maximum of five days. Therefore, this Friendly Tournament will be kept simple. The competition format is a team match, seven against seven. Teams with fewer than seven members will not be allowed to participate."
"The registration process is very simple. You will have one hour to form a team, whether on the spot or beforehand. Once you have seven people, the team leader will come forward and walk into this square. If you exceed one hour, you will be disqualified from the competition."
Then, the old man took out an incense stick from the Storage Soul Tool at his waist, and threw it. The tail of the incense stick pierced the ground, and the tip of the incense stick heated up and ignited by friction with the air, emitting Sisi of white smoke.
"Finally, let me mention the winner's prize, which consists of two items."
"Firstly, it is a Storage Soul Tool."
Zhong Dingxiu took out a silver bracelet with ancient patterns Entangling around it. It was thick on one side and thin on the other, like a crescent moon. There were twelve white jade-like light spots the size of sesame seeds around it. "Each jade stone on it has half a cubic meter of storage space. There are twelve in total, which adds up to six cubic meters of space."
The reason for taking out this Storage Soul Tool is that the storage space of each piece of jade on this Storage Soul Tool is too small, so it is divided into twelve.
For Zhong Dingxiu, it was too complicated.
However, the Soul Master outside the arena didn't care about the convenience of taking it or not. They only knew that it was Storage Soul Tool, which was extremely precious. Even if they didn't use it themselves, they could auction it off and exchange it for wealth that they couldn't accumulate in most of their lives.
"The second prize is that the final winner will have the opportunity to challenge members and prospective members of our Heaven Dou Royal Team."
Zhong Dingxiu said leisurely, "As long as you defeat... no, as long as you have a certain ability that is recognized by any one of them, then you can come with us to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy for exchange. Furthermore, after returning to the Star Luo Royal Academy, I will apply to the dean of the academy so that you can become a member of the Star Luo Royal Academy."
This is the opportunity that allows Commoner Soul Master to enter the noble class in an instant!
A slim chance!
[The people from the Star Luo Empire are recruiting in Heaven Dou, they're really something else!]
Furthermore, the Soul Master in this world have a very weak concept of nationhood...
Zhou Qing muttered to himself.
But he also understood that Zhong Dingxiu dared to say that because he believed that none of the oddballs present could gain the approval of the Star Luo Royal Academy Team members.
Moreover, if any of these Commoner Soul Master from the Heaven Dou Empire were to actually possess extraordinary talent, they could indeed choose to join the Star Luo Empire, and others would even envy them.
After all, Soul Master, especially Soul Master on the Douluo Continent, are free before they choose to truly join a particular faction.
The best example of this in the original work is Dai Mubai.
This member of the Star Luo Royal Family can infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire and ultimately represent the Heaven Dou Empire in battles against the Star Luo Empire and the Spirit Hall...