"Honestly, isn't intelligence analysis supposed to be done by those girls themselves? Why are we being made to do it?"
Caren slammed the thick stack of intelligence documents on the table and slumped into her chair, her alluring body lounging in.
The two men sitting on the sofa in the room were Caren's husband, Yamato, and her father Suosite.
Hang in there, things will get better after this busy period.
Equally exhausted, Suosite took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose to comfort him.
Having learned of Little Nine's extraordinary talent, he understood that their Plant Academy couldn't keep such a hidden talent, so they could only make good use of the time Little Nine was still with them.
Therefore, they took the initiative to take over the intelligence analysis of other college team members and the subsequent tactical planning, so that the Zijing girls could have as much time as possible to cultivate with Little Nine.
After all, such a great opportunity is rare and hard to come by. Once Little Nine truly joins the Spirit Hall, they will never have this chance again.
"That's true! Compared to these boring and tedious things, it's more important to help Little Nine evolve her Martial Soul."
With a slight nod, Caren summoned her own Martial Soul Black Jade Snow Lotus.
Her original Martial Soul was the Black Jade Snow Lotus inherited from her father, Suosite. After cultivating with the help of Little Nine, her Martial Soul evolved once, not only growing branches, leaves, and roots, but also evolving into a more powerful Black Jade Snow Lotus.
Although they differ by only one word, their essence is worlds apart.
In terms of Martial Soul alone, it is at least three times stronger than the previous Black Jade Snow Lotus, not to mention the improvements in other aspects.
She was even confident that she could challenge the legendary Titled Douluo realm.
" Yamato, you and Caren should try harder."
As if remembering something, Suosite turned to look at his son-in-law, Yamato, who was sitting beside him still flipping through intelligence documents.
He was quite satisfied with this son-in-law; his temperament, talent, and character were all top-notch, except that he was a bit old-fashioned.
This guy even demanded that whenever any academy staff were present, they had to call him "Teacher Yamato " instead of affectionate terms like "son-in-law."
But these are just minor issues, nothing to worry about.
"Kindness!"
Yamato, who was flipping through intelligence documents, nodded in response Yamato looking up, while Caren spoke with great confidence.
"Dad, don't worry. Yamato's Martial Soul has evolved once, just like mine. We are confident that we can reach the Titled Douluo realm within twenty years."
The couple were already quite talented, and they had both reached the Soul Saint level. After their Martial Soul Evolution, they would have the potential to challenge for the Titled Douluo level within twenty years.
Faced with his daughter and son-in-law's response, Suosite rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction and said, "Who said that? I said you two should hurry up and produce a few grandsons to pass on your excellent Martial Soul soul bloodlines."
Sost wasn't worried about whether his daughter and son-in-law would be able to advance to the title of Douluo; in fact, it was almost inevitable.
What he cares more about is the inheritance of bloodline. Now his daughter and son-in-law have completed the Martial Soul Evolution. Although they can't compare to the top Martial Soul of the Upper Three Sects, they are not far behind.
Children born with this level of Martial Soul will inevitably have greater potential, and may even directly inherit the Martial Soul of both parents.
This is going to be a huge money-maker!
"Kindness!"
Yamato responded calmly to the topic, his movements of flipping through intelligence documents unaffected in the slightest.
I don't know if they genuinely don't care, or if they've thought about this kind of thing before.
"Dad! If you keep doing this, people won't talk to you anymore!"
Caren, however, was rather shy and blushed deeply at her father's words, displaying the demeanor of a typical young girl.
However, after saying that, Caren glanced shyly at her husband sitting on the sofa, clearly somewhat tempted by the suggestion.
Perhaps we really should add a few more people to the family.
Time passed slowly, and all the teams participating in the qualifying rounds made full preparations during this month-long break, waiting for the qualifying rounds to officially begin.
Soon, the qualifying rounds began, and all the participating teams were taken by the Heaven Dou Empire to the Royal Hunting Ground.
Unlike the preliminary rounds held in Great Soul Arena, the qualifying rounds are held at the Royal Hunting Ground, and only academy members who have qualified for the qualifying rounds are eligible to enter and watch the matches.
Besides, unless one has sufficient status and position, ordinary people are not qualified to watch the game.
On the first day of the qualifying rounds, Xue Ye, as the organizer, gave the opening speech, followed by Ning Fengzhi, the representative of the sects and aristocratic families, and finally Salas, as the arbitrator, spoke.
It was another official speech, but Salas suddenly changed the subject just before it was over.
"Once again, as the head of the Heaven Dou Empire division of the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, I hereby announce the correction of a mistake made during the preliminary rounds. Please look at the screen!"
After saying that, Salas pointed to the huge screen behind him.
As Salas finished speaking, the image on the screen suddenly changed, becoming a blurry video.
" Salas, what do you want to do?"
Ning Fengzhi, who already had a bad feeling because of Salas's sudden change of topic, almost died of anger when he turned his head and saw the video footage playing on the screen.
Because the video footage being played was the very memory that had been retrieved from the minds of the seven members of the Canghui Team.
The actual battle situation was never made public. They originally thought that erasing all the registration files of the Shrek Academy students was the Spirit Hall's only means of retaliation, but who would have thought that the other side would launch an even more ruthless attack today.
This is going to send the Shrek Team to their doom!
Even if this truth is revealed, not only will the children of the Shrek Team be criticized, but their sects, families, and imperial nobles will also suffer.
This is clearly the Spirit Hall, represented by Salas, trying to sow discord between their sects, families, and the imperial nobility. This move is truly ruthless!
Tang San and the others below also looked grim, realizing the gravity of the situation.
" Sect Master Ning, don't you understand? I'm simply exercising my powers as an arbitrator for the competition! Besides, I've already discussed this matter with His Highness the Crown Prince, and he agreed to my proposal."
Salas maintained his stern and unyielding expression, but he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes; in fact, it could be said that this smile was meant for Ning Fengzhi and the others.
Ning Fengzhi looked at Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, in disbelief. He understood that there had indeed been a rift in his relationship with this disciple last time, but he did not expect that this disciple would care so much about this matter.
"Now that Canghui Academy has been declared the winner, the truth should be revealed to the public; this is an honor for the Canghui Academy."
Qian Renxue explained with a gentle smile, but that smile sent chills down Ning Fengzhi. At the same time, he glanced at the expressionless Xue Ye, and felt even more uneasy.
Xue Ye's behavior clearly indicates tacit agreement. So, is the reason the other party agreed to this being targeted at the Shrek Team members?
Thinking about it more deeply, isn't this targeting their aristocratic families, sects, and imperial nobles?
Ning Fengzhi was right. Xue Ye did indeed intend to target Shrek Academy this time, while the aristocratic families, sects, and nobles were just using this opportunity to give them a warning.
Xue Ye was very dissatisfied with the Shrek Academy because of the Soul Master who graduated from the Shrek Academy. As a result, the number of conflicts, bloodshed, and deaths in his empire had increased by several percentage points compared to previous years.
Moreover, Dadu of the students trained by the Shrek Academy are unruly and difficult for the Empire to use; forcibly accepting them would create considerable internal problems.
More importantly, Shrek Academy went too far this time, even subtly crossing his bottom line.
This can be traced back to the members of the Shrek Team. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing are both high-ranking members of the Star Luo Empire. In fact, Dai Mubai himself is a strong heir to the Star Luo Empire's emperor and is very likely to become the Star Luo Emperor in the future.
Although the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire formed an alliance due to the rapid rise of the Spirit Hall, everyone understood that once the Spirit Hall was destroyed, war would break out between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
This is no small-scale skirmish; it has the potential to escalate into a war of annihilation.
Unfortunately, the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial power was weak and its authority was fragmented. If they were to go to war with the Star Luo Empire, they would be in a very passive position and would be highly likely to be wiped out.
Why is Shrek Academy focusing on cultivating the heir to the empire's throne and even having him consume precious celestial herbs to enhance his aptitude? What is their intention?
Do you want to rebel?
Moreover, those affiliated sects and families have gone too far. It should be noted that among the seven main combat members of the Shrek Team, Dai Mubai Zhu Zhuqing are members of the Star Luo Imperial Family, and Ning Rongrong is the only daughter of Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and will inevitably take over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the future.
Tang San is the young sect leader of the Clear Sky Sect. The mysterious Xiao Wu has a close relationship with Tang San and can be considered to be in cahoots with him.
The remaining Ma Hongjun's bloodline originated from the Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix Clan, one of the Earth Three Sects. Even Oscar, the last one and only one who came from a commoner background, was pursuing Ning Rongrong.
The remaining four substitutes were all direct descendants of the Upper Three Sects and the Seven Kill Sword Clan, and none of them were members of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family.
This is already an extremely dangerous sign. If the Great Emperor were to go to war in the future, it goes without saying which side these prodigies of the Shrek Team would side with.
These guys are all trying to become traitors, preparing their own escape routes so they can eventually integrate into the Star Luo Empire!
Furthermore, you established the academy within the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire, receiving funding from the empire, yet you do nothing of responsibility.
Anyone would find this unbearable!
It's just that Shrek Academy's background is too intimidating, involving almost all the aristocratic families, sects, and imperial nobles, making it difficult to take action.
Otherwise, he would have sent troops to wipe them out long ago!
That's why Xue Ye agreed to Qian Renxue's crazy plan last time, because those sects, aristocratic families, and imperial nobles had forced him to make a choice.
At the same time, he also wanted to use this incident to warn those powerful sects, aristocratic families, and imperial nobles not to go too far, or they would really think that Xue Ye couldn't wield a sword.