"Furthermore," Meng Shenji paused before continuing, "if you need to obtain soul rings, the Dean's Office will also hunt any soul beast below thirty thousand years for you free of charge.
"The imperial family will also grant you noble status. Once your cultivation reaches the Soul Sage level, if you are willing, you may even be named a prince of a different surname."
After hearing this string of conditions, Lu Yu could not help but marvel inwardly.
The Heavenly Dou Empire's imperial family was certainly generous.
However, after giving it some thought, he understood the true purpose behind the imperial family's offer.
Although Meng Shenji kept saying that neither the academy nor the imperial family would restrict Lu Yu's freedom, that came with prerequisites.
Namely, during the three years Lu Yu represented Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Soul Master Competition, he had to retain his status as an academy student and could not join any other faction.
As for what would happen after those three years, for ordinary Soul Masters, the optimal ages for their fifth and sixth soul rings were fifteen thousand and twenty thousand years respectively.
For a Soul Master who had just reached Level 50, killing a fifteen-thousand-year soul beast was by no means easy.
Likewise, a Level 60 Soul Master who had yet to obtain their sixth soul ring would find it difficult to withstand the attacks of a twenty-thousand-year soul beast.
Therefore, if it were anyone else, they would likely have been tempted by these conditions and willingly remained at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Then, once they broke through to Level 70, they could be named a prince of a different surname, gaining an exceptional position and immense authority.
Lu Yu silently weighed the gains and losses in his heart. This was an important