Favorite Baby Cup Tournament

"Qingchen, what are you thinking about? Is it His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Ye Lingling seemed to notice that Lin Qingchen was somewhat absent-minded, so she slowed down and asked him from the side.

Lin Qingchen shook his head. "It's nothing, I'm just a little curious because it's my first time meeting the Crown Prince."

Who cares? It's just a matter of dealing with whatever comes our way.

There's a saying that goes, "The ruthless fear the stubborn, and the stubborn fear the reckless." When someone doesn't even care about their own life, they are the most terrifying person in the world.

Fortunately, after acquiring the Environment-Changing Leaf, he became someone who didn't care about his life.

Anyway, it's equivalent to five levels of Soul Power for one life. Once he figures out how to destroy the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he won't lack Soul Power at all. The resurrection armor will be free.

Is life such an inconvenient thing?

Seeing this, Ye Lingling stopped thinking about it.

The academy competition, though described as grand and impressive, was actually nothing out of the ordinary in the Douluo Continent, also known as the "Competition Continent."

It's nothing more than fighting, comparing, and the like.

The competition is divided into three levels, from lowest to highest: Heaven Wei, Heaven Zhi, and Heaven Dou. Each level will first draw lots to determine the rankings. After that, students from the lower level can choose to challenge any student from the higher level. If they win, they will receive additional rewards and be added to the higher level's matchmaking pool to continue a new round of battle.

Besides the academy's awards, there were also various high-ranking people present. If one could stand out, one would undoubtedly gain their favor.

But this is easier said than done.

The Heaven Dou Royal Academy classifies these three levels entirely based on Soul Power Level: those below level 25 are Heaven Wei Grade, those between level 25 and 30 are Heavenly Supreme Level, and those above level 30 are Heaven Dou Grade.

Therefore, challenging a higher level, which is essentially a challenge across levels, is difficult for most Soul Master, let alone a large number of noble children here who are just coasting along.

Furthermore, even if they had some strength, they would absolutely find it difficult to withstand such a relentless attack.

Soon, the bell rang, signaling the official start of the competition.

Due to Xue Ye's poor health, the opening ceremony was conducted with speeches by Prince Xue Xing, Xue Qinghe, and Meng Shenji, representing the Education Committee.

The content was also rather uninformative, consisting mainly of encouraging words, such as hoping the trainees would perform well and showcase the empire's vitality.

Prince Xue Xing, in particular, gave a long and tedious lecture that made everyone drowsy.

After the speech, without further delay, the competition began quickly.

Since surrendering directly was not prohibited in this competition, it passed quite quickly.

Lin Qingchen, in particular, could subdue his opponents and force them to surrender simply by standing up and releasing his Soul Ring.

The only exception was a student who had just broken through to level 20 at the Heaven Wei Grade. Perhaps he was too confident, because instead of surrendering, he walked towards Lin Qingchen.

Would Lin Qingchen tolerate him?

He didn't even need to use his Soul Skill; he was blasted off the stage with a single punch.

I don't feel any pressure at all...

However, Heaven Wei Grade and other spectators also had something to say.

You, a Soul Elder, how did you end up in our Heaven Wei Grade team? Isn't this just shoving fish in?

But Lin Qingchen had no choice. It wasn't his idea to come here to fry fish; it was the three education committee members who wouldn't let him directly reach the Heaven Dou Grade.

However, his move also drew the attention of the VIPs on the platform. They stopped watching the matches in other venues and focused their attention on Lin Qingchen's figure in the arena.

"Hehe, these must be the geniuses the three education commissioners have recently recruited. Seeing them today, their strength is indeed extraordinary." Prince Xue Xing laughed as he looked at Meng Shenji beside him.

Although Meng Shenji disliked Prince Xue Xing very much, he could only smile and say, "Yes, the existence of such a genius is enough to show that our Heaven Dou Empire is thriving."

"Hahaha, that's right, that's right, I think so too."

Prince Xue Xing burst into laughter, and for a moment, the entire platform was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

But after laughing, Prince Xue Xing changed the subject, saying meaningfully, "But I've heard that the atmosphere in the academy hasn't been very good lately. Shouldn't the three members of the Education Committee do something about it?"

Bai Baoshan's face twitched, and he swallowed the curse words that were about to be uttered.

Joke!

Is the atmosphere bad?

The atmosphere at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy has never been good, has it?

Especially your nephew, who abuses his princely status to act arrogantly and disregards the academy's rules. How dare you talk about the atmosphere here?

However, despite his thoughts, he calmly replied, "Oh? Is that so? That's truly our negligence; we should definitely take better care of things from now on."

Although Prince Xue Xing disliked the other party's perfunctory answer, there was nothing he could do. Although these three old men were not Titled Douluo, their status was still very high, and he couldn't push them too hard.

Especially...

He glanced subconsciously at the green-haired old man sitting to the side, seemingly hoping that the other man would say something.

Unfortunately, the opponent's gaze didn't even waver; they remained fixed on the field.

Prince Xue Xing followed the gaze and found that the other person was also looking at Lin Qingchen, and a not-so-pleasant guess immediately flashed through his mind.

Could it be that Dugu Bo has also become interested in this kid?

Damn it.

He cursed inwardly, not only at these tactless people, but also at that brainless Xue Beng.

He's really putting on a show of being a playboy. If he and Xue Qinghe weren't the only ones left in the entire royal family, how could I possibly have fallen for such a hopeless wretch!

But just then, a middle-aged man wearing a seven-jeweled crown and a white robe spoke up by the Xue Qinghe: "Hehe, everyone is focused on his talent, but I'm more concerned about the fact that his Second Soul Ring is actually at the thousand-year level. It's truly astonishing."

Xue Qinghe immediately smiled and said, "Teacher, actually, it's not just you, I'm just as surprised."

That's right, this man is none other than Xue Qinghe's teacher, and also Ning Fengzhi, the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

"Well, the optimal Soul Ring ratio has almost become a consensus in the Soul Master World, but seeing such an exception appear, I'd really like to have a closer conversation with him," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"Teacher, if you want to see him, why don't you just go find him after the big deal is finished? I was just planning to meet him alone anyway."

"Really? Then we can do it together."

While they were talking on the high platform, the Heaven Wei Grade competition had already ended, Lin Qingchen unsurprisingly won first place.

As for the challenges that followed, only Lin Qingchen chose to continue.

Of course, his opponents in the Second Ring were no different from him; they all fled at the mere sight of him, showing no desire to fight whatsoever.