Journey to Heaven Dou City

Out of unconditional trust in Zhou Qing, and because Zhou Qing was also doing it for a better future for Holy Soul Village, Old Jack readily agreed.

After discussing it, the village chiefs from each village all agreed.

It's always a good thing to let children go out and see more of the world.

However, the children, or teenagers, who could go out with Zhou Qing and the others had to be at least twelve years old.

After all, they're too young, their minds are too restless, what kind of knowledge could they possibly gain? They'd only grow fear! Conversely, those over twelve, who have received initial instruction and are intelligent, are able to gradually adapt from timidity and move towards maturity...

After all, not everyone is Transmigrator like Zhou Qing and Tang San, nor is everyone Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast like Xiao Wu, nor is everyone precocious like Qingzhu Zhu and Ning Rongrong.

In the end, a total of thirty-six teenagers aged twelve and above were to accompany the Nuoding Team to Heaven Dou City.

Nuoding Academy Dean was somewhat troubled upon learning of this. After all, it wasn't a field trip, and even if Zhou Qing paid for the expenses of the thirty-six boys, it would still be a hassle...

But they eventually agreed.

"Alright! Let's go!"

The accompanying teachers, besides Mo Hen, included Bu Yi, Bu Liu, and Bu Qi. Bu Liu and Bu Qi were also members of the Nuoding Team.

The Continental Elite Tournament doesn't prohibit teachers from participating; it only restricts the age of the participants.

As the Nuoding Team and their entourage left the north gate of Nuoding City, City Lord Xiao Lang and adventurers from the Adventurer's Guild came to see them off, wishing the Nuoding Team good results in the Continental Elite Tournament after securing their spot.

After officially setting off, Xiao Wu, one of the team members, let down her scorpion braid and re-braided it into two pigtails. The scorpion braid that originally reached her thighs was now reduced to two pigtails that only reached her waist.

Zhou Qing was getting a little hungry just looking at it.

"How did you come up with the idea of getting two braids?" Tang San asked directly.

"My attacks are all in fists and feet. My Soul Skill are Waist String and Chest Bow, so I don't need to use this scorpion tail braid. Besides, when I sparred with you guys in the past, this braid was basically not an advantage for me."

That's true.

Whenever Xiao Wu sparred with Zhou Qing and used this scorpion tail braid, Zhou Qing would always try to control it, thus restricting her movements.

When sparring with Tang San, although Tang San would not confront Xiao Wu head-on, he would never let go of the opportunity to grab her scorpion tail braid.

When sparring with Romantina, she would also try to tug at her scorpion braid.

This is incredible!

Just how attractive is her scorpion braid? Everyone who has sparred with her makes it their target.

If Zhou Qing were to give a reason, it could only be:

Such a long braid is something anyone would be tempted to tug at!

Therefore, Xiao Wu had long ago made up her mind to change her hairstyle, but she had been putting it off until now before she actually put this idea into practice.

After all, her mother had originally styled her hair in that scorpion braid, so she was really reluctant to change it.

In addition, her mother had told her to find someone who truly cared for her, loved her, and was someone she could rely on to help her comb her hair, but right now both of them had unwavering beliefs and would not stop for the sake of romantic feelings.

Now she also feels that what her mother said in the past may not be entirely correct... Who says that a woman must find a man to rely on?

Moreover, she now has a greater goal: in addition to revenge, she wants to enable humans and Shapeshifted Soul Beast, and even Soul Beast, to coexist peacefully.

Love and romance?

Get lost!

However, Xiao Wu was too embarrassed to say any of these reasons, so she could only use the excuse that her long scorpion tail braid was not suitable for fighting.

"Honestly, you look much more energetic with those double braids than before," Zhou Qing said, giving a judgmental look.

"Hmph! Do you need to tell me? Xiao Wu looks good no matter how she dresses up!" Xiao Wu proudly raised her delicate chin and snorted.

Zhou Qing smiled, then went to comfort the boys and girls sitting in the other carriages and gave them a task: to record all the scenery, people, and cities along the way, and then compare them with Holy Soul Village and Nuoding City.

As expected, the boys and girls were distracted and took out paper and pens, ready to take notes at any moment.

"Xiaolan, as the class monitor, please keep an eye on them." Then, Zhou Qing turned to Xiaolan, the girl whose Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass who had been working with Tang San to research grain improvement.

As Tang San's student and disciple, he personally taught him the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Blue Silver Grass Skill.

Because Xiaolan was young and her body was in a period of rapid development, she did not need to use a precious medicine like the Ten-Thousand Year Ginseng King to open up her Eight Extraordinary Meridians. In fact, because she stayed near the Blue Silver Grass planted by Tang San with his Second Soul Skill for a long time, her Martial Soul began to instinctively assist her cultivation.

Therefore, Tang San only helped her open up her Ren and Du Meridians and complete a Lesser Zhou Circulation, which was enough.

At this point, his Soul Power had reached level eleven.

It was precisely because she became Soul Master that she was able to control the other boys and girls.

"No problem, Qing Ge," Xiaolan said with a smile.

In fact.

Zhou Qing insisted on taking these young men and women along, not only to broaden their horizons, but also to make them truly realize the huge class difference between nobles and commoners.

In the past, he only taught, but it was all theoretical. Now, he wants these young people to personally experience the gap between nobles and commoners.

After that—

Some people may feel lost and unsure of what to do in the future.

Some people yearn to escape their commoner status and become nobles...

But Zhou Qing believes that some people will become more determined, truly understand his thoughts, and hold themselves to higher standards, thus truly joining the ranks of those "Blessings for This Beautiful World."

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Heaven Dou City.

The Martial Soul Hall.

Salas received an application from an intermediate academy. "Challenge an Advanced Academy in Heaven Dou City to gain a spot in this year's Continental Elite Tournament?"

"Hehe! It's been so many years since an intermediate academy has dared to challenge Advanced Academy. It seems that Nuoding Academy has cultivated quite a few genius Commoner Soul Master."

For intermediate academies to qualify for the competition, they must report to the Spirit Hall before taking on the challenge. The Spirit Hall will then notify the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and find an Advanced Academy to make the necessary arrangements.

What puzzled Salas was that this Nuoding Academy seemed to be relatively unknown, so he sent someone to investigate.

Fortunately, Soul Master Academy within the Heaven Dou territory have backup records for their primary, intermediate, and advanced levels, making them easy to search.

"Fasinuo Province, Nuoding City..."

When the relevant information was presented on the desk, Salas frowned. "They only passed the application for the intermediate academy half a year ago, and they're already so eager to participate in the Continental Elite Tournament. Could it be that the participants are Junior Teacher under the age of twenty-five?"

It's no wonder Salas thinks that way.

Nuoding City, a small town on the border between Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire, is home to Ma Xiunuo, the Hall Master of the local Spirit Hall Branch, who is only a Soul Grandmaster.

In a rural town like this, if a student were to participate in a competition, they would at most become a Soul Master. Therefore, he believed that it was only junior and intermediate teachers who met the age requirements who wanted to make a name for themselves in Heaven Dou City by showcasing their talents when the junior academy was promoted to an intermediate academy.