Xu Tianran did not give the immortal grass to everyone immediately. This was not what a mature emperor should do.
He chose to do it after the competition. No matter whether the team wins or loses, his open and grand reward, used as an encouragement or reward, would win the hearts of the people again.
Touching others must be continuous, so that the effect can last.
Talking about big principles all the time will make people feel cheap.
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Xu Tianran met with the regular team members one by one and gave them some instructions that were not convenient to say publicly.
The first person I met was Ma Rulong, the only Soul Emperor in the main team.
Having reached the Soul Emperor level before the age of twenty, he is undoubtedly a true top-tier talent, a potential Super Douluo fighter.
Looking at the entire continent, even in the Shrek Inner Court where elite talents are concentrated, it is extremely rare to find such a talent, almost one in a hundred or one in a thousand, because this means that this young Soul Emperor has stepped into the highest realm of Soul Masters and has the potential to become a Titled Douluo or even a Super Titled Douluo.
Compared with the previous participating teams of the Sun-Moon Empire, Ma Rulong also appears to be very strong and can be called a top talent. It is difficult for one or two Soul Emperors to emerge from the teams of the ten competitions. After all, Soul Engineers have to balance the cultivation of soul power and soul guides. Ma Rulong has not only reached the Soul Emperor level in soul power, but also reached the level of sixth level close to seventh level in soul guides.
If he were given a few decades, his achievements would not be lower than that of Xu Tianyuan, the leader of the Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Group, and he might even reach the level of Jing Hongchen, and would be destined to be one of the top five ninth-level soul instructors in the empire in the future.
If Jing Hongchen's two grandchildren were not too dazzling in this generation, Ma Rulong would have received more attention and training from the empire.
Xu Tianran remembered the ending of this civilian genius in his previous life. He was furious because his teammates were repeatedly killed by Shrek in the Xingluo City competition. In the end, he took the risk of using an eighth-level soul guide to win, but he miscalculated and was seriously injured by Ma Xiaotao's evil fire. His cultivation stagnated for several years and his vitality was depleted. Even the eighth-level soul guide, the Sword of Judgment, was openly snatched away by Shrek Taotie Xuanzi after the game.
Taotie Xuanzi even declared when Jing Hongchen went to ask for it back that Shrek students were more valuable than the students of the Sun and Moon Royal Academy. The latter could die, but Shrek students could not.
Therefore, Xu Tianran gave him some extra instructions to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
"Don't have too many illusions about the Shrek team's character. Aside from your own team, anyone could become a potential killer targeting you. No matter how humble and polite they were in previous matches, the situation will change once they meet you."
"As the youngest quasi-seventh-level soul engineer, your soul guide device research and development and application level are beyond my comprehension. However, you lack real experience, staying in the laboratory for years and rarely interacting with the outside world. It is understandable that you have beautiful fantasies about Shrek, the world's number one academy, but don't gamble your future and the future of the empire on the other party's humanity. This is foolish."
In the Soul Guide Plaza lounge, Xu Tianran did not bring any followers with him, and the regular team leader Ma Rulong sat opposite him.
Faced with such a scene, Ma Rulong felt both uneasy and nervous. How many people in the entire empire had the chance to face the Sun Emperor one-on-one?
But during this process, he was infected by the Emperor's amiable attitude, which was different from his outside behavior, and gradually relaxed.
I'm afraid there is no student who doesn't have a filter for the glorious and powerful image of Ten Thousand Years Shrek, even if he comes from the Sun-Moon Empire.
Even though Ma Rulong was unwilling to admit it, he subtly felt that the people of Shrek had an inexplicable charm. He was caught off guard when he suddenly heard His Majesty the Emperor say that the other party might have deliberately murdered or even cheated secretly.
He didn't quite dare to believe it, but because of the emperor's status, the words he said were imperial decrees, so Ma Rulong still began to think about it unconsciously.
"His Majesty..."
Seeing Ma Rulong's conflicted look, wanting to ask but not daring to, Xu Tianran smiled faintly.
"You can understand this as a form of caution against those who are not ours. The original Douluo people never considered us to be one. When they killed the Sun and Moon people in the competition, they would console themselves by saying that they were eliminating the enemy in advance, not applying moral standards, and mitigating future risks. By then, everyone will be dead. What can you do to their elite talents in a land not belonging to our country?"
"The Xingluo people are only deliberately partial. Would they let, dare to let the Shrek people pay with their lives?"
"When Shrek recruits students, they only consider their talent and background. They don't examine their moral standards, nor can they. Do you think those three countries can create files for everyone like our country does?"
Xu Tianran stopped talking and waved his hand. "Think about it carefully after you go down. This is a responsibility to you and your teammates."
In the previous life's Xingluo Competition, three people from the regular team died and four were seriously injured. It was so tragic. Among the three dead, if Lin Xi was accidentally killed by Ma Xiaotao due to her uncontrollable evil spirit, then Chen Fei and Chen An, two regular team members, were deliberately killed by Xu Sanshi. This was because his unrequited love Jiang Nannan was injured in the competition, so he deliberately killed her and tore her to pieces in revenge.
Jiang Nannan was injured because she overestimated her own abilities and tried to use her Soul Sect to stop two Level 5 Soul Masters, but was eventually knocked off the stage.
Thinking of this, Xu Tianran couldn't help but sneer sarcastically.
Shrek always talks about destroying evil spirit masters. Ma Xiaotao is the biggest evil spirit master. How could he not think highly of her? And dare to let her participate in the competition?
Many years later, Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya, who had committed numerous blood debts, regained their clarity of mind. Why didn't they say that all evil had been eradicated? Instead, they used the light-hearted statement that they were controlled by the Holy Spirit Church as a public relations explanation. Ma Xiaotao was even able to become the leader of the Sea God Pavilion.
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The second regular player to enter the locker room was Ji Juechen.
Xu Tianran had an impression of this person and originally wanted to erase him.
As a native of the Sun-Moon Empire, he was trained in the Royal Academy for many years, but he turned around and joined Shrek, ambushing and killing many ninth-level soul mentors of the empire.
Later investigations revealed that this person was also involved in the Mingdu explosion, helping Shrek steal the empire's resources and acting as an accomplice to detonate many soul-guided shells that had failed to be stolen, causing one-third of the entire Mingdu to collapse and millions of civilians to be killed or injured.
Xu Tianran had already ordered Vice President Li Zhong to find and kill such heartless, disloyal, traitorous, and ancestral people.
Li Zhong did as he was told, but he also urgently submitted a memorial to plead his case.
It is said that this person has a blank mind, with only swords in his eyes and heart, and is a martial arts fanatic.
What is even more rare is that this person's innate soul power is only level three, he has no family and no background. When he was eight years old, he entered the soul beast settlement with an iron sword. When he came out, he was covered in blood, and a yellow hundred-year soul ring appeared on his body.
He is less than twenty years old, but his soul power level has reached level 55!
Li Zhong bravely submitted a petition to Xu Tianran asking him to forgive him.
If there is any offense against the majesty of heaven, please forgive me and punish me.
After a few years of careful education and cultivation of his patriotism, he can become Your Majesty's sharpest swordsman.
Xu Tianran took into consideration the face of the newly promoted ninth-level soul engineer and Ji Juechen's talent, and finally forgave him for five years.
If he colludes with Huo Yuhao again and shows ingratitude in the future, the empire will hunt him down indefinitely.