Lucky Yet Unlucky Opponent!

Violet's words are true.

If we were to rank all the contestants and name the opponent they least want to face, Ye Qingcang would be number one, and Violet would definitely be number two.

She's fine too.

Ye Qingcang it is.

Their strength is at a completely different level.

Especially Ye Qingcang.

The fact that someone who could fight Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu to a draw was placed in this competition would have drawn criticism from many players if Ye Qingcang hadn't been completely within the rules and there was no suspicion of him crossing the line. They might have used this opportunity to eliminate a favorite to win the championship.

If it were just about winning the championship, honestly, whether you win or not wouldn't really matter. Ordinary people might lack a few Soul Bone and tens or hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coin, but for Soul Master like Hu Liena, Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Hongchen, and Xu Tianzhen, it's not a reason to gamble everything for the championship. In fact, the face and dignity of the forces behind them are far more valuable than the rewards after winning the championship. This approach is undoubtedly picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

To put it bluntly, let's take Hu Liena as an example.

If she wins.

Would she lack those few Soul Bone and Gold Soul Coin?

It's important to understand that even Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, the so-called poorest Title Douluo who doesn't have a single Soul Bone in his body, isn't unable to access Soul Bone, but rather unable to find a suitable Soul Bone for himself. That's why he's been dragging this out until now.

Titled Douluo have a very long lifespan.

Yue Guan wasn't in a hurry either.

For him, hastily absorbing an unsuitable Soul Bone would only bring him a slight improvement, or even a negative one.

There are two standards for matching his Soul Bone.

First standard: 10,000 years or more.

Second criterion: Produced from Plant-type Soul Beast.

As is well known, Plant-type Soul Beast have the lowest probability of producing Soul Beast Soul Bone among all Soul Beast. The Spirit Hall conducted a survey when Qian Xunji was still alive, and found that on average, only one out of every sixty-seven Soul Bone would be produced by a Plant-type Soul Beast. As for Soul Bone Soul Bone that are over ten thousand years old, they are even rarer, and it would be considered normal to be able to acquire one for tens of millions of Gold Soul Coin.

The vast majority of Soul Master will absorb the Soul Bone as soon as they obtain it.

Regardless of whether it's compatible or not.

Something is better than nothing.

Unless it's Soul Bone that doesn't match the location, for example, if I originally absorbed the left arm bone produced by the Lie Yan Leopard, and today I hunted the Shadow Leopard and produced another left arm bone, then it's possible to put it up for auction if there are no related factors such as giving it away as a favor.

Therefore, the Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan doesn't have Soul Bone isn't Bibidong refused to give it to him.

Rather, it means that Bibidong didn't have a suitable one.

Just like the External Soul Bone that Bibidong gave to Hu Liena in the original novel, in the plot before going to the City of Slaughter, if we gave this External Soul Bone to Yue Guan, would he be able to use it or what?

Therefore, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan did not have Soul Bone.

But when he reached his status and position...

You don't need Gold Soul Coin.

Suppose he's on a business trip, inspecting the Martial Soul Temple in the Heaven Dou Empire. During a break at an auction, he sees a suitable Soul Bone. He could simply throw down his Elder Token, grab the Soul Bone, and walk away. If the auction house staff were to chase after him, pushing Yue Guan to the limit, he might slaughter the entire auction house without hesitation. Even if the Heaven Dou Empire knew the whole story, at most they would only warn the Spirit Hall, or at most send a diplomatic letter to ask Bibidong, the current Pope, for her opinion. If Bibidong were more assertive, she could directly adopt a stance that she did nothing wrong, leaving the Heaven Dou Imperial Family with no choice but to swallow the bitter pill.

What?

Investigation?

What, are there really people who aren't afraid of death who dare to investigate a Title Douluo?

Aren't you afraid of being Blade Intent?

Perhaps, the next morning, Xue Ye will find a golden chrysanthemum on his pillow as a greeting!

However, while that's what they say, the Spirit Hall wouldn't actually do that. The Spirit Hall is composed of a group of exceptionally talented Soul Master, with nearly twenty Title Douluo, twice the number of Title Douluo at the Shrek Academy in Dou Two. Moreover, they are not inferior in terms of Soul Power Level, and can even exert a suppressive trend.

However, this also means that the Spirit Hall, from top to bottom, is not particularly clear about the rules of the game and lacks a systematic set of administrative talents.

If they were allowed to govern the Heaven Dou Empire.

It won't take three years.

The Heaven Dou Empire is bound to descend into chaos.

Because they lacked awareness of how to manage the conflict between commoners and nobles.

The rise of a large number of Commoner Soul Master will greatly impact the existing aristocratic system, causing many Soul Master within the aristocratic system to rebel. At that time, if the Spirit Hall wants to help Commoner Soul Master, it means that they have completely lost their ability to manage the internal finances of the Heaven Dou Empire. It is not impossible for a loaf of bread to sell for 500,000 Gold Soul Coin, because the elite education popular among the aristocracy can allow every noble Soul Master to see the future under this situation. In other words, people will indeed die if we rebel now. It may be you, or it may be me, but our death is for the entire family and for our descendants. Even if ten thousand nobles die, as long as it changes the attitude of the Spirit Hall, it will all be worthwhile, because if the Spirit Hall compromises, our descendants will not have to accept the slow death.

If the Spirit Hall sides with the nobles.

The Spirit Hall has essentially betrayed its own principles.

Furthermore, it's worth mentioning that even if the Spirit Hall were to ruthlessly kill all the nobles, the Commoner Soul Master who rose to prominence as a result, including most of the high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall, would continue the story of the Dragon Slayer becoming the Evil Dragon himself, and become the new nobles.

Therefore, the Spirit Hall is incapable of managing the Heaven Dou Empire, and the same goes for the neighboring Star Luo Empire, unless the Spirit Hall starts from scratch and cultivates a new administrative system of its own. Only in this way can it replace the Heaven Dou Empire as the new ruler and have the ability to independently handle related internal affairs.

Moreover, while that's the theory, it would require a massive amount of time and effort, which the Spirit Hall currently lacks. They haven't even achieved the most basic goal. Instead of considering how to govern the Heaven Dou Empire in the future, they should think about how to take over the Heaven Dou Empire with minimal losses.

Therefore, the Spirit Hall generally wouldn't go to extremes with the Heaven Dou Empire when it's in the wrong. It would most likely send Yue Guan over to apologize, and the manner of the apology would be up to Yue Guan to choose.

Find someone to write a letter for you.

It was placed on the bedside table of Xue Ye without anyone noticing.

This is also called an apology.

To put it bluntly, giving you face is already more than enough.

Don't push your luck.

Furthermore, the reason we're giving you face isn't because our Spirit Hall is afraid of you, but because we don't want our monthly funding to be cut off. Our Spirit Hall is still waiting to receive hundreds of thousands of Gold Soul Coin from your Heaven Dou Empire every month to pay the salaries of those Commoner Soul Master.

Although our Spirit Hall has the ability to fill in.

However, the two things should not be confused.

Our Spirit Hall's funds are for internal operations.

Just like the Soul Master who die in our Spirit Hall's annual campaigns against Evil Spirit Master, their wives, children, and elderly parents receive a subsidy from the Spirit Hall every year after their deaths.

This is how our Spirit Hall uses its funds.

It's the treatment given to our own people.

Therefore, it's not hard to see from the examples above, where Yue Guan didn't do it, but Qian Daoliu did something similar during his time as Pope, that Gold Soul Coin are completely worthless to Title Douluo. Title Douluo are the ones who can truly use their face and a token with their identity to get whatever they want, and even if they need Gold Soul Coin, they only need to say so, and countless merchants will immediately flock to them seeking protection.

To put it bluntly, as long as you allow us to conduct business under your name, we can unconditionally offer you up to 70% of our net profit.

As for why it's 70%.

Because these businessmen have other partners.

These merchants were not anyone's slaves.

When everyone cooperates, that's called a win-win situation.

You can't expect me to earn absolutely nothing, right?

If even a titled Douluo Yue Guan Yueguan is so extravagant and wealthy, then Hu Liena, as Bibidong's disciple and the Pope's successor, would be even less moved by these prizes.

And what if we lose?

This gives outsiders the impression that the younger generation of the Spirit Hall is inferior to that of other forces, which in turn makes many foolish people restless. Like flies, they use various underhanded means to test the Spirit Hall. The Spirit Hall will have to spend a lot of manpower and resources to deal with this risk. It would be much easier not to participate in the competition.

No matter how precise your calculations are.

As long as I don't fall into the trap, I won't be fooled.

But Ye Qingcang precisely linked the outcome to the resources of the two worlds.

Even if the Nine Divisions can produce eighteen champions.

This means the total reward has been divided into eighteen parts.

But as long as the total amount is large enough, nothing else matters.

Each country, sect, and academy contributed 70% of the total resources.

There are also the Human Race and Demon Race races in the God Seal World.

Although it was added later.

But they all paid the corresponding stakes.

It can be said that even that small fraction is comparable to ten years of tax revenue for an empire, and even the Spirit Hall would find it difficult to bear the loss.

So, if there's an opportunity.

Aside from the Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Family, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School Ye Qingcang, and the Sun Moon Empire, everyone else would tacitly eliminate Ye Qingcang. Even if they eliminated Ye Qingcang, it wouldn't mean they could win the crown. There was still Violet standing in their way. But against Violet, there was at least a chance of winning, while against Ye Qingcang, there was absolutely no chance.

One percent and zero percent.

These people can still tell the difference.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingcang met all the requirements.

In fact, Ye Qingcang could not only participate in the Second Division, but also the Third Division and fourth rounds, until the Five Divisions, when he had to withdraw due to his age.

Even if you wanted to target it, you couldn't find a weakness.

That's why.

During the pre-match draw.

There are two signatures that are generally considered unfavorable.

One of them is the opposite of the lot Ye Qingcang drew.

One of them is the draw that is opposite to Violet's.

so...

"It's possible that... it's not just Huo Wu who's having bad luck?"

"Am I also prone to bad luck?"

Looking at the number thirty-three slip in his hand, and then at the name written at the end of the number thirty-four slip, Ling Luochen's eyes twitched slightly.

She rarely reveals her true feelings.

But this time is an exception.

"Ye... Qingcang?" Ma Xiaotao also saw the name at the end of the thirty-fourth draw. She first glanced at her own number seven draw, then turned to look at Dai Yueheng's number sixty-first draw. It's worth mentioning that Dai Yueheng won the revival round in the later stages of the competition, entering the top 128 as one of the replacements. Then, Ma Xiaotao glanced at Ling Luochen's draw number and unconsciously rubbed her eyes. "No way, your luck is just... indescribable..."

"Lucky, right?" Ling Luochen joked to himself, a hint of self-deprecation in his voice, but not overt. He turned, waved, and walked towards the exit without hesitation. "Being able to accurately draw him as my opponent out of sixty-three people is perhaps a kind of luck... Speaking of which, I'm number thirty-three, and you're number seven. If you finish your battle early, you might be able to come and watch my duel with him... Although I'm definitely not happy to stop here, if I can probe his strength and increase your chances of winning, I think that might not be a bad choice?"

"A very good suggestion."

"Honestly, Ling, you should give it a try."

"It'll also be a good opportunity for me to see how much you've grown since we met over a year ago."

Ye Qingcang never hesitated to offer his encouragement.

They gave a sincere answer.

Startled, Ma Xiaotao trembled all over.

Turn around.

He looked at Ye Qingcang, who was coming from the crowd behind him.

He complained in a carefree manner, "No, why are you so quiet, like a ghost? You walk without making a sound... And don't underestimate Luo Chen. Ever since you defeated him and guided him to comprehend the Ultimate Ice technique, Luo Chen has worked hard for the past year and a half and has grown remarkably fast... Just wait and see!"

"If that's how you put it, then I'm sorry, but I'm even more interested."

"Don't worry, I'll give her time to grow."

"Until she was certain that my silhouette was out of reach."

Ye Qingcang casually borrowed a meme.

However, he had barely finished speaking.

The second half of his sentence was not yet spoken.

He was interrupted by Dai Yueheng, who suddenly spoke.

"Brother Ye... can I have a talk with you?"

Since being defeated by Huo Yuhao three days ago, Dai Yueheng has become quite dejected. Regardless of whether there were external factors involved in Huo Yuhao's defeat, he has always been a results-oriented person. If he lost, he lost. Ye Qingcang proved to him one thing with his successive choices: following the God of War Dai Mubai and his group was a dead end. Therefore, he wanted to choose a path that he believed was the right one.

Unfortunately, Ye Qingcang no longer needs many allies.

Especially allies like Dai Yueheng.

"You are very smart."

"Unfortunately, I don't like someone who is too smart."

"I don't think we have anything to talk about."

"Therefore, please allow me to refuse."

Ye Qingcang shook his head and answered in this way.

He refused Dai Yueheng, whose face suddenly turned ashen.