Faced with the Star Luo Empire's sanctions, the Spirit Hall remained silent. To the Spirit Master World and the Heaven Dou Empire, this seemed as if the Spirit Hall had preordained it. The Heaven Dou Empire immediately followed the Star Luo Empire's lead, not only suppressing the Martial Soul Branch Hall was secretly monitoring the empire, but also taking advantage of the severe damage to the Spirit Hall's reputation, ordering the cessation of Soul Master subsidies for free Soul Master on the continent, only distributing them to the Advanced Soul Master Academy with a name and status that could participate in the Elite Advanced Soul Master Academy Competition. The subsidy was one Gold Soul Coin per month.
In mainland China, there are three types of academies: Primary Soul Master Academy, Intermediate Soul Master Academy, and Advanced Soul Master Academy. Students can apply for graduation upon reaching level 10, level 20, and level 30, respectively. Primary Soul Master Academy is equivalent to high school, while the difference between the Advanced Soul Master Academy and Intermediate Soul Master Academy is equivalent to the difference between a first-tier university and a second-tier university.
For the two great empires, only students graduating from the Advanced Soul Master Academy are worth recruiting. Those from the Intermediate Soul Master Academy, even if they cultivate for a lifetime, will only reach the Soul Elder or Soul Ancestor, or at most Soul King, and have little value to the empires.
The monthly subsidy of one Gold Soul Coin is more than enough to meet the basic needs of these young Soul Master. They also have three nutritious meals a day, so they won't go hungry or suffer from malnutrition.
There are only about 100,000 Soul Master on the mainland, while the Imperial Army has two to three million.
Fully armed and professionally trained, the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empire Royal Knights are composed of soldiers comparable to Soul Elder. A hundred soldiers are more than enough to deal with a single Soul King. Soul Master can only achieve a qualitative leap after reaching the Soul Saint and being able to unleash their Martial Soul Avatar.
Providing Soul Master to these free Soul Master and Intermediate Soul Master Academy students is a policy where the investment and returns are completely disproportionate. For the Empire, this policy is maximizing its profits!
It can only be said that nobles are nobles; when it comes to making profits, they are professionals.
The nobles of the two great empires were ecstatic. This wave of subsidies would save them an unimaginable amount of Gold Soul Coin each month. The Gold Soul Coin expenditure for Soul Master subsidies would be less than one-thousandth of what it used to be. After all, the previous Soul Master subsidies were distributed to all Soul Master across the continent, from Soul Master to Soul Elder, regardless of age. Even those who were fifty years old and still couldn't break through to level 29, the Soul Grandmaster, could receive the Soul Master subsidies.
The people of the two empires were ecstatic. They worked hard and paid taxes diligently, so why should their taxes be given to these Soul Masters who did nothing but indulge in debauchery? They could use the money they paid, eat the food they painstakingly cultivated, and have beautiful women who were beyond their reach just by beckoning them.
The royal families and people of the two great empires were indeed ecstatic, but for the free Soul Master, Intermediate Soul Master Academy, and many small and medium-sized families on the continent, this was a tragedy, and a Destruction blow.
For these three types of Soul Master, the vast majority of their income and privileged lifestyle depend on the Soul Master Subsidy. If the Soul Master Subsidy is no longer issued, are these esteemed Soul Master masters expected to work for others?
Upon learning of this, Qian Daoliu expressed his full support for the decisions of the two great empires. In order to assist the two great empires, he ordered the Martial Soul Branch Hall throughout the continent to actively cooperate with the two great empires' investigation and to implement paid leave. The responsibilities that the Martial Soul Branch Hall throughout the continent were required to undertake were temporarily suspended.
As the oldest force on the continent, the Spirit Hall has developed over countless years. It has a presence in almost everything related to Soul Master, profiting from it. Its vast wealth accumulated over the years is no less than that of the national treasuries of the two great empires. It could even temporarily cease operations for several decades without any problem.
"Father, Dong'er has completely fallen. I will go and capture her immediately, cripple her cultivation, and restore the Spirit Hall's innocence."
Qian Xunji said in a deep voice, "Since Bibi Dong has fallen to this state, I can no longer show her any mercy. I have decided to personally cripple Bibi Dong. As for not killing her, besides the fact that Bibi Dong is partly to Qian Xunji believes that she is also responsible. Moreover, Bibi Dong is ultimately Qian Renxue's biological mother, Qian Renxue can inherit the Angel God Position. I will leave the final decision to Qian Renxue."
Qian Daoliu waved his hand and said, "No need. Your current responsibility is to help Xiao Xue inherit the Angel God Position as soon as possible. I will handle this matter."
"Then, Father, what are your plans to do...?"
Qian Xunji looked puzzled. Their Spirit Hall clearly knew the culprit, but instead of taking any action to clear Spirit Hall name, they obediently cooperated with the investigations of the two great empires. Such weakness was so obvious that if he didn't know how far-sighted and ruthless his father was, he would have thought that Qian Daoliu had become senile from being raised in retirement.
"My Ji'er, remember, in this world there are no demons, no misfortune, no disasters. Why would people burn incense or worship gods? Everything I do has its reasons. Go now."
Qian Daoliu waved his hand. He had long been extremely dissatisfied with the Spirit Hall's policy of providing free Martial Soul awakening and suppressing rebellious Soul Master, but he couldn't just find an excuse to stop it, since it was against the divine decree left by the Angel God.
Actually, it wouldn't be impossible for the Spirit Hall to awaken Martial Soul for free, suppress rebellious Soul Master without compensation, and drive these Soul Masters to the Slaughter City. But the common people would have to contribute their faith. As a result, not many people on the continent know who the Angel God is. Even Ning Fengzhi doesn't know. Yu Xiaogang has to explain it to them.
In Douluo II, everyone on the continent knows Sea God Tang San, the Spirit Hall God; in Douluo I, no one knows the Angel God. Before the Qian Family Families came to power, in what way was the Spirit Hall inferior to Shrek Academy? Both suppressed rebellious Soul Master without compensation, and the Spirit Hall established Martial Soul Branch Hall in almost every city. Shrek? It only had less than a hundred people in its Inner Academy. A hundred people monitoring and managing the entire continent? Isn't that a joke?
Would Shrek Academy really offer free Martial Soul awakening?
Both being holy sites in the Spirit Master World, the Spirit Hall's level of responsibility far surpasses that of the Shrek Academy, yet it was easily crushed by Shrek. Even Xu Tianran of the Sun Moon Empire, a cold-blooded beast who even killed his own father, was actually a spiritual Shrek.
The Spirit Hall, along with its predecessor the Angel Church, has a history of over 20,000 years, while Shrek Academy is only 10,000 years old. The difference in their influence is simply indescribable.
Why bother doing this again when the Spirit Hall could simply emulate Shrek in every way, offering free Martial Soul awakening services across the continent without complaint?
This was done in the past because the Soul Beast Clan was powerful, and Evil Soul Beast and Evil were rampant on the continent. Humanity needed to recruit talent from all aspects and across the entire continent to fight against them, suppress the Soul Beast Clan, and wipe out all Evil Soul Beast and Evil Soul Master. But now, times have completely changed.