The Great Stage of Douluo, My Name is Qian Xunji

However, Thunder Academy, the opponent for the third exchange tournament, did not put all their energy into preparing for the match.

Thunder Academy is an academy supported by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and they consider themselves a cut above the Feng Clan, Huo Clan, and Shui Clan. The Dean of the academy is a direct descendant of the Yu Clan, and the captain of the Thunder Academy team is also a direct descendant of the Yu Clan.

These direct descendants of the Yu Clan seem to have received some news a while ago, causing them to act abnormally; they have dispatched many members to search outside, as if looking for someone of great importance.

The Dean of Thunder Academy also has no heart to focus on this exchange tournament.

As a direct descendant of the Yu Clan, he understands that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Thunder Academy, and these direct descendants of the Yu Clan all rely on the Thunder Douluo to enjoy their current status.

Once something happens to the Thunder Douluo, it is uncertain whether the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect can maintain its position among the Upper Three Sects.

Unlike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Clear Sky Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan only has one Title Douluo: the Thunder Douluo.

The family resources are highly concentrated, and the cost of suppressing talented branch members to only cultivate the direct line is that once the direct line is incompetent, there will be a gap in talent and no successors.

Just like the generation of Yu Xiaogang, there were many branch members or children of concubines with outstanding talent.

However, they would all suffer suppression and bullying. Take Liu Erlong for example; her bloodline could be considered direct, but because of her birth mother's status, she was not valued. Even with great talent, she still encountered bullying and suppression. Eventually, her mother passed away early, and Liu Erlong left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

This is not an isolated case, but a tradition.

The direct line will never give those branch members a chance to surpass them.

In Yu Xiaogang's generation, the direct line's talent was generally not very good, and the geniuses of the branches were suppressed until they were ruined; only Liu Erlong, who left, managed to grow.

However, the Yu family members did not care. Ruined is ruined; it is still better than having someone grow up in the future and step on their own children's heads.

Judging others by oneself, it is reasonable and logical!

The Thunder Douluo is the backbone of these direct descendants of the Yu Clan. Given the lifespan of a Title Douluo, the Yu direct descendants feel that it does not matter if this generation lacks talent; they can cultivate the next generation. In any case, they cannot let those branch members benefit.

Now that the Thunder Douluo is missing, these direct descendants of the Yu Clan can only suppress the news of his disappearance and search quietly, hiding it from the branch members.

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Yu Yuanting, the Dean of Thunder Academy, is currently sitting in a luxurious office dominated by the color blue.

Wearing sky-blue, magnificent robes adorned with the dragon-shaped emblem representing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, his sturdy physique as a beast soul master makes his attire look exceptionally tall and upright, appearing dignified and powerful.

Yu Yuanting does not care much about this exchange tournament; he only cares about when he can find the missing Thunder Douluo.

In this dangerous world, once contact is lost, it is equivalent to death.

One can imagine what would happen to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan without a Title Douluo.

Ning Fengzhi may speak of the Upper Three Sects being as close as brothers, but is the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect still considered an Upper Three Sect without a Title Douluo?

I fear that by then, even Ning Fengzhi would take advantage of the situation to grab a piece of the pie.

Thinking this, Yu Yuanting tapped the table with a headache.

He is a cousin of Yu Yuanzhen, and their relationship is close, so he knows more. The purpose of Yu Yuanzhen's trip was for the batch of Soul Power Breakthrough Pills escorted by the Soul Douluo of Martial Soul Hall.

Logically, with his strength as a Title Douluo, he should have succeeded and returned long ago.

But now there is still no news, and I fear the situation is dire.

Yu Yuanting knows that this matter is likely related to Martial Soul Hall; after all, he is clear that Yu Yuanzhen went to rob Martial Soul Hall.

However, knowing is one thing, and tearing off the mask to inquire about Yu Yuanzhen's news is another.

If he were to ask in public, he might not necessarily get news of Yu Yuanzhen, but instead, he would expose the information that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect has lost its Title Douluo.

Should he use this exchange tournament to communicate with Qian Xunji in private?

If Yu Yuanzhen is still alive, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect can pay a high price to redeem him.

Although he knows the possibility is very low, he still has to try. Yu Yuanting knows the importance of Yu Yuanzhen; the Yu family must have a Title Douluo.

However...

Yu Yuanting looked at the roster in front of him and sighed!

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Element City, Thunder Academy, inside the student dormitory.

Sikong Zhen also learned about tomorrow's exchange tournament. After knowing the levels of Xiang Yu, Dongfang Jing, and the others, he was also somewhat stunned.

Is the Summoner raising "pigs"?

And he is raising four "big fat pigs" at once; it is simply overflowing with wealth.

Immortal pills, equipment, and experience cards—nothing is missing.

As for the other free-range heroes.

Li Bai of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, because of his immortal-like appearance, has already become a sensation throughout Heaven Dou City. His reputation value is the highest among all the heroes, and he exchanged it for ten double experience cards and a pair of Rapid Boots. Rapid Boots not only increase movement speed but also attack speed, helping to quickly stack passives, which is very useful for Li Bai, who needs to accumulate sword energy to unleash his ultimate move.

Pei Qinhu of the Star Luo Empire ranks second, having exchanged for four experience cards and a piece of Master Force. Master Force is a piece of equipment very suitable for Pei Qinhu because it can strengthen the basic attack damage after using skills, which can be used in conjunction with Pei Qinhu's skill mechanism to quickly clear the field. Pei Qinhu switches forms, and in human form, his basic attacks and skills are strengthened.

With the two combined, the damage of his basic attacks will be very high.

Third is Doria, who went to the overseas Sea God Island. This support actually ranks third in reputation. The mermaid martial soul still has a high prestige on Sea God Island, especially since that Sea Witch has no descendants.

The fourth hero in reputation is a bit special, and Sikong Zhen even suspects that Qian Xunji made a mistake...

It is actually Yao and Cai Wenji. These two are tied for fourth place, catching up to the original fourth place, Xiao Qiao, at an astonishing speed.

It was only later that Sikong Zhen realized the source of these two fellows' reputation was rather unique; they weren't human, but... Soul Beasts!

Cai Wenji had evolved into a violent poison-healer, and with Yao, that fake "Lucky Beast," in tow, she had been roaming the Soul Beast Forest, recruiting underlings and seizing territory. Because of the unique nature of Yao's Seven-Colored Elk martial soul, some Soul Beasts even took the initiative to submit to them.

Knowing the truth, Sikong Zhen felt he shouldn't have come to this trash Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in the first place.

Chapter 84: Shui Bing'er

This was not the first time Sikong Zhen had lamented the ridiculous operations of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Ever since he awakened his martial soul, he had been shoved into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

As a genius with Innate Full Soul Power, his treatment was actually inferior to those direct-lineage members with mediocre talent.

He was even mocked and ostracized simply because his martial soul was not a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

At that moment, Sikong Zhen even doubted if something was wrong with him—was he perhaps a piece of trash not worth cultivating?

Then, he practiced his soul power and beat up those little brats who mocked him several times, and Sikong Zhen was absolutely certain that there was nothing wrong with him.

It was this brain-dead clan that had the problem.

After being subjected to suppression and brainwashing both openly and secretly, Sikong Zhen reached Satori: this was a trash clan.

The Summoner has ruined me!

Had he known it was such a hellhole, he would have been better off staying in the Martial Soul Hall or joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!

But the path was already chosen, and he could only grit his teeth and keep walking.

He was also slightly versed in strategy.

The schism within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not be hidden; anyone with a little knowledge knew this fact.

It was only because of the Thunder Douluo that a conflict had yet to break out.

Sikong Zhen handed over the list of personnel who held grudges against the clan to Qian Xunji without any psychological burden.

At the same time, he chose to defect to an elder who was relatively close to him and took him as his master.

This elder was quite old; even the Thunder Douluo had to call him uncle based on their seniority.

Unlike other direct-lineage members, he had survived from two generations back and possessed a bit of a big-picture perspective, knowing that the future prosperity of the clan still relied on these talented juniors. Coupled with Sikong Zhen's proactive surrender, he protected him.

After this, Sikong Zhen lived a relatively peaceful life for a while, and his cultivation and hunting of Soul Rings proceeded steadily.

When his soul power reached level 15, he applied to go out and study at the intermediate Soul Master Academy affiliated with the Thunder Academy.

During his time studying at the Thunder Academy, Sikong Zhen received attention due to his background in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

However, it didn't last long.

They soon discovered that direct-lineage members like Yu Tianxin were valued more than Sikong Zhen, so they stopped paying attention to him.

Free from their gaze, Sikong Zhen officially began his own schemes.

He could be considered a hero with well-rounded development in both martial prowess and strategy.

Coming to the Thunder Academy was not a whim, but a long-planned move.

He had already gained enough trust from that elder.

However, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was crowded and complex; the trust of one elder could not allow him to do much more than barely enjoy the treatment of an ordinary genius.

To find a breakthrough, he had to go out, and the Thunder Academy, supported by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, was a perfect entry point.

Although it was also controlled by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, it was, after all, an academy.

Students came from all over the world, there were all kinds of people, their talents were not bad, and they were all nobles—it was a natural resource pool for talent.

Sikong Zhen was very satisfied with this place...

Meanwhile, Element City, Skywater Academy.

Shui Bing'er, who had just returned from hunting for Soul Rings with her younger sister Shui Yue'er and her junior schoolmates Zhen Ji and Wang Zichao, had just stepped off the carriage and entered the academy when she learned what had happened during the two days she was away.

Having traveled continuously without proper rest, the weary-looking Shui Bing'er felt a surge of anger on her beautiful, usually proud and cold face when she learned that the Skywater Academy exchange match had been lost, and that they had been swept 1-on-7.

She had always taken pride in Skywater Academy, practiced desperately, and had always wanted to be the captain of the Skywater Team.

Now that she suddenly learned the Skywater Team had lost, she was naturally unwilling to accept it.

But that 1-on-7 record...

Reason told her that the Martial Soul Hall had not won by luck, and that Skywater Academy's loss was not unjust.

But the reality was that she still felt resentment and suspicion.

After clarifying the ins and outs of the matter, Shui Bing'er planned to go watch the Thunder Academy's matches.

If she didn't see it with her own eyes, she truly wouldn't be able to sleep at night.