Preparing for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament

Because she had to play the role of the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince, Qian Renxue could not stay long. After chatting briefly, Li Fei offered some constructive advice. Most importantly, Qian Renxue had to gain control of the Heaven Dou Empire's military!

Only by holding power in her own hands could she retain control of the Heaven Dou Empire even if changes arose in the future.

After Qian Renxue left, Li Fei returned to his dormitory, took out his carving knife, and began making Mimicry Bracelets. After working through the night, he had made five beads, barely enough to conceal the colors of his Spirit Rings.

Once he used a soul skill, though, he would be exposed.

Yawning, he followed behind Ge Liang to the classroom, sat in his usual window seat at the back, and started dozing off.

Teacher Qiu Lin walked onto the podium, set his books on the desk, and swept his stern gaze across the classroom. "Students, we received notice from above today. To prepare for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament three years from now, outstanding students will be selected from each class to form the first and second Royal Teams. Our class has five slots in total. Does anyone want to sign up?!"

At those words, Class One instantly erupted. Nearly every student raised a hand, scrambling to compete for the slots and shouting loudly, completely devoid of aristocratic elegance and etiquette.

"Teacher, me..."

"And me!"

"..."

Although those admitted to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy were all children of nobility, over two-thirds of them would be unable to inherit their family titles in the future. Even serving as a substitute in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament would earn them the title of viscount from the Heaven Dou Empire.

"Quiet!" Qiu Lin frowned slightly as the power of a six-ring Soul Emperor burst forth, instantly silencing the entire classroom. "Li Fei, come up here!"

"Teacher, no need, right?" Li Fei said with a yawn, looking exhausted.

"Come up! You already had Rank 29 Soul Power when you enrolled. You must be beyond that now! And I've noticed that you often go alone to Sunset Forest to train. Come up and show your classmates what you can do!" Qiu Lin's eyes allowed no room for doubt. Then he smiled and continued, "Come to think of it, you've never participated in the freshman tournament or any other competitions. I haven't even seen your Spirit Ring configuration!"

That was close. Good thing I stayed up last night making five Mimicry Beads, or I would have been exposed today!

Li Fei was startled inwardly. He slowly walked onto the podium, revealing the optimal configuration of yellow, yellow, and purple Spirit Rings. He also precisely restrained his Soul Power at Rank 34, leaving even Qiu Lin unable to detect the slightest abnormality.

"As expected, you usually keep such a low profile, yet you've risen five ranks in just one year. One of the competition slots is yours!"

Qiu Lin nodded in satisfaction and directly confirmed Li Fei's spot.

"Then I'll head back down first, Teacher!"

With that, without waiting for Qiu Lin to respond, he returned to his seat and continued dozing off.

Qiu Lin shook his head helplessly. He felt that Li Fei was different from the other noble children. He was somewhat unconventional, disliked socializing and showing himself off, and simply focused on doing his own things.

The students in this class, on the other hand, were all very good at socializing. They always seized every opportunity to display their strengths and seek benefits for themselves.

After Li Fei sat down, everyone's eyes fell upon the somewhat burly youth, their gazes filled with indescribable envy. However, no one objected, because his strength was there for all to see.

"Alright. Stop staring. Decide the remaining four slots through battle!" After saying that, Qiu Lin led the students toward the arena.

Li Fei did not go along. Instead, he returned to his dormitory to catch up on sleep. After sleeping until noon and eating lunch, he continued making Mimicry Beads in his dormitory, hurrying to complete the Mimicry Bracelet.

Two days passed, and the remaining four were selected: Ge Liang, Kang Yan, Yin Jun, and Shi Chuan. Aside from Ge Liang, whom Li Fei knew fairly well, he knew little more than the others' names.

Qiu Lin led the five of them to the largest classroom. There were already nearly twenty people inside. In the front row sat ten youths who looked eighteen or nineteen, each with pride written all over their faces.

There was no need to guess. These were the members of the first team.

The age limit for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was under twenty-five, so most academies chose students around twenty years old, those close to graduation. Their strength was sufficient, their combat experience relatively abundant, and they were more likely to achieve results in the tournament.

As for someone like Li Fei, who had only recently enrolled, he was plainly part of the reserve squad. Competing alongside them was merely to gain experience and accumulate experience for the future Soul Master Tournament!

Meng Shenji slowly stepped onto the stage and began explaining the various details of the tournament and the training plan. The main point was that the veteran members needed to work well together, while the new members needed to train seriously and learn from the veterans' strengths.

That old man is personally in charge of the Heaven Dou Team's affairs!

Looking at Meng Shenji on the stage, Li Fei was slightly surprised. As one of the three education committee members and someone born in Spirit Hall, Meng Shenji was far from weak. Even among Soul Douluos, he was considered an extremely powerful existence.

Because of his cultivation, Li Fei was assigned to train with the first team members. Nearly all of his time was occupied every day by all kinds of team coordination drills and practice battles, all meant to familiarize everyone with one another and build mutual understanding.

The first team's captain was Zhong Weibiao. He was eighteen years old, and his martial soul was an earth dragon, a sub-dragon-type martial soul. Both its attack and defense were extremely formidable, and his Soul Power had reached Rank 41. Aside from the hidden Li Fei, he was the only Soul Ancestor currently in the team.

After training for over a month, Meng Shenji finally gave everyone five days off to rest properly.

Inside the dormitory, Li Fei was packing his things, planning to head to Sunset Forest for three days of training. He had already roughly determined the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but the outside was guarded by a poison array set up by Dugu Bo. He was not some God King Tang who was proficient in poisons, so barging in would be courting death. He could only try his luck and see whether he could get in touch with Dugu Bo.

His goal was clear: to see whether he could obtain a few Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo. After reaching Rank 40, Li Fei could clearly feel that the speed of his Soul Power cultivation had slowed considerably. In over a month, his Soul Power had not increased much. At this rate, it would take three years to reach Rank 50.

Tang San had already been born, and the true golden age would soon arrive. If his cultivation was insufficient, he would not even be qualified to take part. Most importantly, there might be gods pushing Tang San, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue from behind the scenes. Tang San and Qian Renxue aside, Bibi Dong's experiences were extremely suspicious. Both of her martial souls matched the Rakshasa God's attributes perfectly, while her many tragic experiences had also shaped her state of mind toward the Rakshasa God's nature. Without the Rakshasa God's influence behind it all, none of it made sense.

Whether for his own life and his family's lives, or to change this world, strength was essential!