The Star Luo Empire's imperial palace gave Xu Tianchen a different feeling from the palace in Mingdu. The two palaces seemed to belong to different eras. Xu Tianchen rather liked what he saw and silently decided that, when the time came to attack Star Luo City, he would preserve the Star Luo Imperial Palace as intact as possible without compromising the war effort.
Xu Jiawei, of course, had no idea what Xu Tianchen was thinking. He was still hosting a banquet in the great hall for the guests from Sun Moon.
During the banquet, the eldest princesses of the two great empires met for the first time. After sensing Xu Tianzhen's restrained Sun Martial Soul, Xu Jiujiu was surprised to discover that Xu Tianzhen was so powerful as well.
By the time the banquet ended, it was getting late. Xu Tianchen took everyone under his command to stay at the Star Emperor Hotel, which occupied the finest location beside the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
At noon the next day, Xu Tianchen summoned Ma Rulong, Ye Guyi, and Elder Ma, who was responsible for handling the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's tournament affairs, to a lounge.
Xu Tianchen first asked about the team's registration, then began inquiring about the tournament format.
The format was still the same tired old arrangement that had persisted for ten thousand years without a single innovation.
"There are less than two days until the tournament starts. Has Shrek Academy arrived?"
Hearing Xu Tianchen's question, Ma Rulong, who had been paying particular attention to the Shrek Team, immediately replied:
"They have. They arrived several hours ago, but I don't know what happened. They couldn't even assemble all fourteen members; there are only ten of them. And judging by what we saw when they registered, only three