Continental Elite Tournament Opens (Part 2)

"Wow, so many people!"

As Xiaolan walked down the corridor and looked at the sea of people from the side, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. When she looked back, she could only see a few scattered pedestrians.

This shows how many spectators were in the Heaven Dou Great Soul Fighting Arena.

Zhou Qing and Romantina led Xiaolan and the others to their designated audience seats before returning to the group. Meanwhile, Nuoding Academy Dean had already obtained his entry pass to the rest area from the registration desk. He led the seven to the entrance of the rest area and said, "I've already inquired with the staff. Once the opening ceremony begins, staff will guide you into the venue. I look forward to your performance; you are definitely the future of the Soul Master World!"

"Hahaha!"

Suddenly, a laugh like that of a drake came from afar, attracting everyone's attention.

"The future of the Soul Master World? Don't be ridiculous!"

The young man had small eyes, but he was extremely strong, standing over two meters tall. The ten team members beside him, the shortest of whom was 1.9 meters tall, all had strong muscles.

He scanned Nuoding Academy Dean and Zhou Qing, among Xiao Wu, and paused for a few seconds before continuing.

"A mere Soul Elder can become the Dean? How dare he speak so arrogantly? It's truly laughable!"

"I recently heard that a mid-level academy has been recognized by the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and has obtained a spot in the competition. Is that you?"

Although news of the Nuoding Academy's Challenge Heaven Dou Royal Academy had spread throughout Heaven Dou City, few outsiders knew the specifics of what had happened.

Nuoding Academy Dean frowned, but didn't want to cause any trouble, so he ignored it and simply led Zhou Qing and the others into the rest area.

"Cut!"

The young man scoffed and was about to continue his Taunt when a large hand landed on his shoulder.

"Grandfather!"

"Li'er, don't cause any trouble during the competition."

"Understood, Grandpa." The young man stood ramrod straight, his face solemn, and hurriedly replied, as if he were afraid of this serious old man.

"Yes." The young man's grandfather nodded, but the seriousness on his face did not lessen. "Be careful, you may be the first to go on stage later."

"Why?"

The young man was puzzled as to how his grandfather knew this. Could it be that he had bribed the master of ceremonies?

The one who can draw lots is Platinum Archbishop Salas of the Spirit Hall!

The old man did not answer, but repeatedly told him to be careful. If he encountered a strong opponent, he should not linger in the fight and should surrender.

After all, the Preliminary Competition are a single round-robin tournament, with six regions including the major kingdoms. The team with the highest winning points in each Preliminary Competition region will advance to the next round.

Therefore, losing a game is not a big deal.

Inside the lounge.

Teams from the Heaven Dou City Advanced Academy, or those from the Advanced Academy in cities directly under Heaven Dou's jurisdiction, sat in their respective sections, waiting for the staff to lead them.

"Thunder Academy Team, please follow me."

"Blazing Fire Academy Team..."

"Godwind Academy..."

Skywater Academy...

One by one, the teams from the Advanced Academy were led out by the staff, seemingly ignoring Nuoding Academy.

But no one was angry. Zhou Qing even took out some snacks from his Storage Soul Tool and shared them with everyone, while also speculating about what kind of prize the champion of this Continental Elite Tournament would receive.

"What was the prize last year?" Xiao Wu asked curiously as she took a handful of melon seeds from the oil paper bag Zhou Qing was holding and cracked them open.

"The prizes are different every year. Last year's prize was an Advanced Meditation Method developed by the Spirit Hall. It is said that the completeness of the human Soul Power circulation route diagram contained in it is comparable to the research on the human body by the Upper Three Sects." Tang San also took a handful of melon seeds and answered Xiao Wu's question, but a hint of disdain appeared in his eyes.

No matter how complete that Soul Power circulation diagram is, can it compare to their research on the human body's meridians and acupoints?

"Oh~ then it's really useless." Xiao Wu spat out the sunflower seed shells.

"It's still somewhat useful. There are so many acupoints and meridians in the human body. Maybe the Spirit Hall has discovered acupoints that we haven't realized. We can draw inferences from one instance to another." Zhou Qing wouldn't underestimate the wisdom of the Soul Master in this world, especially the Spirit Hall, which definitely contains a large number of experimental cases about Martial Soul cultivation.

Perhaps there is still a lack of basic research on the human body itself, but in this world where Martial Soul are the main focus, the Meditation Method that are analyzed and researched will inevitably take into account the connection between the human body and the Martial Soul, unlike Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, which only focuses on the accumulation and cultivation of the body and Soul Power.

"In addition to Advanced Meditation Method, the Spirit Hall also awards other prizes. The prize awarded the year before last was a pill that can enhance Soul Power: the Mysterious Water Pill."

Zhou Qing only learned about this by searching for books about the Continental Elite Tournament in various bookstores in Heaven Dou City during the period before the start of the tournament.

The Mysterious Water Pill, a pill that can cleanse the marrow and improve the cultivation aptitude of Soul Master, actually appeared in the Douluo I, and it even originated from the Spirit Hall.

As for the Mysterious Nether Sect that appeared in Douluo II, it was nowhere to be seen during the period of Douluo I... It is estimated that in the original trajectory of fate, after the Spirit Hall collapsed, a lot of research data was leaked out, leading to the rise of some small families and sects.

If Zhou Qing were to reveal the predecessor of the Mysterious Nether Sect in this Douluo Era, he would think that the twins with the Martial Soul of the Xuan Turtle, Shi Mo Shi Mo, and the Shi Family behind them, are the most likely candidates.

As for the descendants changing their surname to Xu?

Over thousands of years, anything is possible!

Changing a surname is no big deal.

"They actually have pills?"

Tang San took the yellowed book that Zhou Qing brought out and sighed, "The Spirit Hall truly deserves to be the force that gathers the most Soul Master on the entire continent! All kinds of talents emerge in great numbers. Even though strength is the most important thing, in order to cultivate Soul Master, they can explore and research all kinds of things that are beneficial to the cultivation of Soul Master."

Elixir.

Many martial arts sects in the past also refined it, such as Shaolin's Lesser Returning Pill and Greater Returning Pill, and Wudang's Marrow Cleansing Pill.

As for the Tang Sect...

Although the Tang Sect is skilled in using poisons and its members are all knowledgeable about medicinal properties, they lack the methods of alchemy. Tang San had secretly overheard the inner sect teaching their disciples, and it seemed they were saying that true elixirs cannot External Refinement but must be cultivated internally, discussing the principles of cultivation and the need to condense Internal Energy to form the elixir...

But now, Tang San felt that it was just a face-saving excuse without any method of alchemy, since he had never seen any elder in the Tang Sect refine Inner Core in his previous life.

Romantina asked, "And the one before that?"

"Currently, we can only find the one from the two years prior."

Zhou Qing shook his head. The Continental Elite Tournament is held every five years, and it would be good enough if they could find relevant books that have been preserved for ten years.

"Elephant Armored Academy Team, please follow me!"

Just then, the staff came in again.

The young man who Taunt Zhou Qing and his teammates at the entrance of the rest area earlier, along with his teammates, stood up, each one of them arrogant, and followed the staff, striding out.

"So it really is the Elephant Armored Sect?"