Martial Soul Hall

Heaven Dou City.

The capital of the Heaven Dou Empire boasts city walls nearly seventy meters high, their imposing grandeur inspiring awe.

The boys and girls from Hope Primary School were either stunned or amazed, but under Xiaolan's guidance, they all took out paper and pens from their bags and began to draw and record the height of the Heaven Dou City wall.

Some people began to compare Nuoding City and Holy Soul Village, and a small number even began to wonder how many years it would take for Holy Soul Village and the surrounding villages to become a large city of the same scale as Heaven Dou City.

And these are exactly what Zhou Qing hoped for—

The successors of his ideas.

After entering the city, Nuoding Academy Dean found the cheapest hotel, but even so, it still cost five Gold Soul Coin a day.

After settling everyone in, Nuoding Academy Dean called the members of the Nuoding Team — Zhou Qing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Romantina, Wang Sheng, Bu Liu, and Bu Qi— to go to the Martial Soul Hall.

To challenge Advanced Academy and qualify for the competition, you can't just pick any Advanced Academy; you need the Spirit Hall's help.

Thank goodness!

Nuoding Academy Dean sent out the application letter half a month ago.

Heaven Dou City is the imperial capital, and the Spirit Hall located within this city is the Martial Soul Hall. All the Spirit Hall Main Hall, sub-halls, and branch halls within Heaven Dou are under the jurisdiction of the Holy Hall.

Compared to the Nuoding Spirit Hall Branch, this Martial Soul Hall is practically a royal palace!

"Extremely luxurious!"

Tang San's evaluation.

Through the magnificent European-style palace-like scale of the Martial Soul Hall, Zhou Qing gained a deeper understanding of the Spirit Hall's power and the Two Great Empires' aversion to it.

Powerful?

This is naturally because the Spirit Hall actually had the ability to establish its main hall, sub-hall, and branch halls throughout the cities of all sizes within the Two Great Empires.

Without strength, how could one achieve this level?

Disgust?

Needless to say, daring to build Holy Hall comparable to the imperial palace in the capital is practically a demonstration against the Heaven Dou Royal Family.

Putting himself in others' shoes, Zhou Qing imagined himself as the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire. He would not tolerate a Hall Master of the Martial Soul Hall who openly wanted to be on equal footing with the royal family.

Just based on the scale and style of this Martial Soul Hall—

They didn't even try to hide it!

Upon entering the main hall of the Spirit Hall, the interior was extremely luxurious, with pillars made of pure white marble and crystal-like Soul Conductor chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, a stark contrast to the simple and unpretentious Nuoding Spirit Hall Branch.

"Please follow me, the Hall Master is already waiting in the back hall." Upon learning of Nuoding Academy Dean's purpose, the receptionist immediately sent someone to inform the Holy Hall Master and led everyone to the back hall.

"There's even a garden here!"

As Xiao Wu walked through the corridor, she was surprised to see the courtyard outside, which was filled with all sorts of exotic flowers and plants.

It should be noted that even the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Vast Sea City does not have such a private garden-like setting.

"This is the Martial Soul Hall, the largest Spirit Hall besides the Papal Palace in Spirit City. Naturally, it has all the necessary facilities." The receptionist leading the way spoke with a hint of Taunt. "It's different from other sub-temples and branch temples. The Holy Hall Master can live here permanently."

Zhou Qing was aware of this as well. Ma Xiunuo of the Nuoding Spirit Hall Branch could temporarily live in the branch hall, but for him personally, the branch hall was just a place to work, and he still went home to live most of the time.

In fact, the main temple already had facilities to provide accommodation for the Hall Master, but the Holy Hall went even further, even building a courtyard.

The Holy Hall Master can completely treat the Holy Hall as his own home!

"You're the Nuoding Academy team, right?"

Upon arriving at the rear hall, Salas, the Hall Master of the Martial Soul Hall of Heaven Dou City, didn't waste any words and immediately dismissed the guides, getting straight to the point with Nuoding Academy Dean.

"Yes, Your Excellency Hall Master Salas!"

Nuoding Academy Dean bowed very respectfully.

Zhou Qing and his group followed local customs, placing one hand across their chests and Bowing Body slightly to pay homage to the Soul Douluo- level powerhouse.

"Um."

Salas glanced at the seven members of the Nuoding Team, slightly surprised. He noticed that although their height was already close to the average height, three of them looked rather young. He couldn't help but point to Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu and ask, "Are they also members of your Nuoding Team? How old are they?"

"Your Excellency Hall Master Salas, they are nine years old." The one who answered was still Nuoding Academy Dean, who dared not lie and told the truth.

After all, Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu are all regular students of the Nuoding Academy and are also recorded in the Spirit Hall. If the other party is determined to investigate, they will definitely find out. There is no point in hiding it.

Nine years old?

Salas raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself:

To dare come here at such a young age, one must have considerable Innate Soul Power, probably reaching the level of Soul Grandmaster... With such talent, wouldn't some Advanced Academy make an exception and admit him? Is his family too poor?

Well, we'll see then. If he has really good talent, maybe we can recruit him into the Spirit Hall.

"Come with me."

Upon realizing this, Salas nodded slightly to Nuoding Academy Dean and led everyone away from the Holy Hall to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

After walking nearly twenty kilometers and leaving Heaven Dou City, they finally arrived at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy is not located within the city, but rather on a mountain dozens of kilometers outside the city, reaching a height of a thousand meters, with a vast lake at its foot.

"I see that there are many Advanced Academy in Heaven Dou City, so why is the Heaven Dou Royal Academy located outside the city?" Bu Yi, somewhat puzzled.

"Perhaps it's to better utilize nature to create Mimetic Cultivation Environment."

Zhou Qing speculated, "The Advanced Academy in the city must also have Mimetic Cultivation Environment, but they are basically man-made. The fact that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy specifically established its academy here is probably to modify the existing natural environment, just like the area around our Holy Soul Village."

"This is less strenuous and more cost-effective."

Tang San added, "Also, I heard that the Heaven Dou Royal Family's Martial Soul is Swan, so it should be very suitable for them to cultivate in a place with mountains and water."

These two kids know quite a lot.

Salas was surprised, but he didn't show it. He simply led them slowly toward the gate.

After the student guarding the gate noticed Salas, he went up the mountain in advance to inform the Three Education Commissioners.

Therefore, when Salas deliberately slowed down and arrived at the gate, Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, Zhi Lin, and the other teachers of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy had already arrived.

"You're the intermediate academy that wants to secure a spot in this year's Continental Elite Tournament, right?" Bai Baoshan ignored Salas and looked at Nuoding Academy Dean to ask.

Yes... yes.

Nuoding Academy Dean was quite nervous, cold sweat beading on his forehead, after all, there were four Soul Douluo- level powerhouses right now!

Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and the other teachers were all somewhat disappointed with Nuoding Academy Dean's performance, feeling that this intermediate academy might be humiliating itself in the future.

"Dean, please don't be nervous..."