"Xiao Ning."
"Guess who Spirit Hall's team elder is?"
The Heaven Dou Empire had a seed team guaranteed a place in the finals.
Naturally, they had to get a clear understanding of the competing teams from Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire, rather than limit themselves to the preliminary tournament right before them.
The preliminary tournament was only a side dish. Xue Qinghe could not possibly give up on the title of overall champion.
"Who?"
Lu Ning showed little interest.
Normal people looked into the members of the competing teams.
Who would bother finding out who the team elder was?
If it was someone on the Heaven Dou Empire's side, he might look into it. After all, he needed to know whom to go to if something happened. But Spirit Hall... that really was a little too far removed.
"Heh."
"Speaking of which, this person actually has some history with you, Xiao Ning."
"The elder leading Spirit Hall's team is someone you've met before..."
"Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang."
As Xue Qinghe's words fell, even the wind across the clearing stopped for half a moment. Lu Ning had not expected Spirit Hall's team elder to be Yu Xiaogang either. Even Bibi Dong or Golden Crocodile would have made far more sense than Yu Xiaogang.
"That can't be right, can it?" Ning Rongrong asked in surprise. "He's only a rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, and even Heaven Dou Academy wouldn't take him. However short-handed Spirit Hall is, they couldn't possibly choose him as an elder, could they?"
Flender pushed up his glasses. "I didn't believe it at first either."
"Aside from the issue of his personal strength,"
"he was also expelled from Spirit Hall once."
"Looking at it from every angle,"
"I have no idea how he could have become an elder within