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The courtyard deep within the Eastern Palace was temporarily transformed into a meeting place.
The bluestone floor was completely scraped open, revealing the compacted loess layer underneath.
The central Soul Battle Platform is made of black-patterned black iron as its frame and blue crystal rock as its surface. The edges of the four-sided platform are inlaid with dark gold soul guide patterns that are two fingers wide, and they gleam with a cold, hard luster under the sunlight.
This is a defensive array pattern specially made by the Ministry of Works, capable of withstanding the impact of Soul King-level Soul Power. Even without using a second Martial Soul, upon close inspection, one can only see a pale blue halo flowing between the patterns.
The platform is about ten feet high, with a dragon pillar at each of the four corners. The pillars are wrapped with lifelike golden dragon sculptures, with the dragon heads raised and the whiskers hanging down as if they were real. The dragon eyes are inlaid with pigeon blood rubies, which shimmer with a majestic light in the light and shadow.
Four glazed palace lanterns were hung on the top of the pillars, and the lampshades were painted with a picture of the mountains, rivers, and society of the Tiandou Empire. The candles in the lamps were burning brightly, illuminating the fighting arena as bright as day.
Around the Soul Battle Arena, thirty-six white jade steps lead up to the top, with over a hundred pear wood chairs placed on them.
The young men of the Heavenly Dou Empire, seated on the chairs, wore various brocade robes, with jade pendants or soul-guiding artifacts hanging from their waists, and their brows were full of youthful vigor and sharpness.
In the rows of seats on the left, several children from aristocratic families were talking in low voices, their fingertips tapping unconsciously on the armrests. Their soul rings were faintly rhythmically moving in their bodies, causing imperceptible vibrations in the surrounding air.
In the right corner, several students from the Royal Academy closed their eyes to rest, with their soul power flowing steadily throughout their bodies. It was obvious that they were adjusting their state, ready to go on stage to compete at any time.
The open space below the steps was covered with a thick brocade carpet, embroidered with lotus and cloud patterns, with pearl tassels hanging from the edges, making a soft clinking sound when walking.
Dozens of pots of precious green plants are placed around the carpet, including soul plants that can calm the mind and spirit. Crystal dewdrops roll on the leaves, adding a bit of vitality to this battlefield.
In the distant corridors, maids were walking around with teacups in their hands, their steps as light as butterflies, afraid of disturbing the atmosphere inside.
At the front of the venue, near the fighting arena, there is a slightly higher viewing seat covered with bright yellow cushions, which is obviously reserved for Prince Xue Qinghe.
The space was currently empty, which only made the surrounding youths' gazes burn even brighter, as if they couldn't wait to show off their talent and strength on this temporary yet mysterious battle arena.
"What a grand gesture by the royal family!"
In just ten days, such a magnificent fighting arena that did not lose its royal status was built, which made Tuoba Yan vaguely see that the Tiandou Empire was not declining as ordinary people said.
At the banquet where the scions of noble families sat, there were many fruits that were not very old but contained soul power.
These fruits are incredible; a plate of them is worth thousands of gold soul coins.
Some fruits are even more than ten years old.
As for the roasted meats, energy spread as soon as you put them in your mouth, and it was obvious that they were all aged birds and beasts.
While ordinary people can only eat ferocious beasts, the children of aristocratic families, due to their status, are naturally superior. Long-term consumption of soul beast meat, which contains soul power, not only prolongs life and has health benefits, but also increases the soul power level of soul masters.
Sitting in her seat, Shui Bing'er, perhaps because Tuoba Yan had used his X-ray vision on her, was unwilling to sit close to him, instead sitting between her and her sister. Her eyes were fixed elsewhere, and she didn't interact with Tuoba Yan.
It seems like he's angry.
As time went on, scions of prominent families gradually arrived at the scene.
While waiting, Huo Wu walked to Tuoba Yan and greeted him.
"Tuoba Yan, we meet again!"
"Um."
"If we meet you on the fighting stage, my brother and I will concede defeat."
It's hard to imagine that these words came from Huo Wu, who values ​​dignity extremely highly.
Tuoba Yan said, "You don't need to."
Huo Wu smiled and said, "You don't have to be too modest. I made this decision after careful consideration. My goal is to be second."
Tuoba Yan said: "A wise choice."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Just as Huo Wu and Tuoba Yan were chatting, a tall and slender boy with a mask on his face, who looked like Kakashi from the Naruto dimension, walked up to Huo Wu.
"Huo Wu Sister".
"Feng Xiaotian."
The person who came was Feng Xiaotian, one of the younger generation of Kamikaze Academy.
"Brother Tuoba, Brother Ma!"
Suddenly, a boy with a sturdy build and as strong as an elephant led his team to Tuoba Yan.
"Who are you?"
Tuoba Yan did not recognize the person.
He was sure he had never seen the boy.
The boy introduced himself, "Brother Tuoba, I am Huyan Li, and Huyan Zhen is my grandfather. Don't you remember? I visited Martial Soul City a few years ago and met you there."
Having met so many people, Tuoba Yan completely forgot about Huyan Li. Ordinary people weren't worth Tuoba Yan remembering.
Hu Yanli is the grandson of the Elephant Armor Sect's leader. He openly opposes the Spirit Hall among the five major elemental academies.
The Elephant Armor Sect has not yet submitted to the Spirit Hall.
Officials outside the capital are not as good as those inside the capital.
Similarly, in terms of status, Huyan Li's status was indeed inferior to Tuoba Yan's. Calling Tuoba Yan "elder brother" was not wrong.
Hu Yanli was very enthusiastic. When he left this time, Hu Yanzhen repeatedly told him that the main purpose of attending the genius exchange meeting was not to give face to Xue Qinghe, but to meet Tuoba Yan.
Huyan Zhen repeatedly instructed his grandson Huyan Li to maintain a good relationship with Tuoba Yan and never offend him in any way.
Moreover, Huyan Zhen told Huyan Li when he was leaving that if anyone wanted to target Tuoba Yan, even if it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he must stand firmly in Tuoba Yan's camp and advance and retreat with Tuoba Yan.
"Brother Tuoba, my seat in the Elephant Armor Sect is over there. If you need anything, send someone to call me!"
To express his feelings, Huyan Li deliberately used the word "transmit," which implied a lower status.
Tuoba Yan nodded.
After Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Hu Yanli left, Ma Hongjun lowered his head and said, "Boss, there's something I forgot to tell you."
"explain."
"I met Hu Yanli when I was training at the Canghui Academy's Mimicry Training Field."
"he?"
Tuoba Yan looked at Huyanli.
Both Canghui Academy and Elephant Armor Academy are advanced soul master academies in the capital. One is located in the east, and the other in the west.
Ma Hongjun does not belong to Canghui Academy. He entered Canghui Academy to practice in the mimicry training field because of Tuoba Yan.
However, Hu Yanli, who also did not belong to Xiangjia Academy, appeared in Canghui Academy.
Ma Hongjun continued, "Hu Yanli showed me some favors and offered me some benefits, asking me to become his sworn brother. I agreed."
Tuoba Yan suddenly realized, "So he just called you Second Brother Ma?"
Ma Hongjun nodded, then raised his head and said, "Boss, I've observed Hu Yanli. He's not a bad person. On the contrary, he's quite loyal to others. He's an easy brother to get along with. Boss, you won't blame me, right?"
"Won't."
Tuoba Yan looked at Hu Yanli, who had walked over to his seat and sat down. His grandfather, Hu Yanzhen, had sacrificed his life for the Spirit Empire in the original storyline, dying on the battlefield.
Ordinary people say that he has a sinister character, but Tuoba Yan wants to say that this is prejudice. The prejudice of standing on Tang San's side.
In the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, the intention to have one's own clansmen severely injure the Shrek Academy team members was not malicious; it was an order from Platinum Bishop Salas.
On the contrary, from the perspective of the Spirit Hall, Hu Yanzhen is actually a loyal and righteous man.
If the grandfather is like this, the grandson must be not much worse.
Tuoba Yan did not blame Ma Hongjun for taking the place of his younger brother.
"This won't happen again."
Not everyone is qualified to be Tuoba Yan's younger brother. In order to prevent Ma Hongjun from being deceived by the little cats and dogs, Tuoba Yan forgave Ma Hongjun and gave him a shot of vaccination.
A beautiful palace maid walked up to Tuoba Yan and bowed respectfully, saying, "Master Tuoba, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invites you!"
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