Every academy team wore specially designed uniforms for the competition and shouted what they considered the most imposing slogans as they passed in front of the VIP seats, undergoing Xue Ye Great Emperor's inspection.
Jiang Chen was quite expectant, wondering just how bizarre Shrek's strange uniforms would be.
His gaze swept over the young men and women passing below, a trace of electric light occasionally flashing in his eyes.
Due to the influence of martial souls, female soul masters generally had extremely outstanding figures. To him, the entrance ceremony below was an extremely pleasing sight.
After dozens of teams had passed, it was finally Shrek Academy's turn.
As soon as Shrek Academy entered, it caused a huge commotion.
This commotion was solely because of the bizarre uniforms they were wearing.
The uniforms were overall shit-green, with a huge monster Shrek pattern on the chest, and on everyone's back were six large characters: "Hiring Title Sponsorship Advertisements."
Countless mocking voices rose like a tidal wave.
Even Jiang Chen, upon seeing Shrek's attire, almost laughed out loud.
The Shrek Seven Devils quickly took off their masks and put them back on.
"Hmm, not seven devils, there's one missing." Jiang Chen's gaze swept over those young people.
Those straight, long legs were nowhere to be seen; she was actually not in Shrek's team.
Currently, there were only three girls in Shrek's team: the hot-bodied Zhu Zhuqing, the extremely fair-skinned Ning Rongrong, and a slightly older girl with a gentle and graceful temperament who should be the one who joined later.
"Indeed, she still chose to avoid it?"
Xiao Wu's disappearance was both within reason and somewhat unexpected for Jiang Chen.
As a juvenile-phase soul beast, she had nowhere to hide under the eyes of Title Douluo. Even Soul Douluo experts could discover her identity if they carefully examined her.
If she appeared here, it would be no different from seeking death.
However, given Xiao Wu's personality, she probably wouldn't leave Tang San even if it meant death.
Therefore, Xiao Wu's disappearance was likely due to being forced.
The person who did it was most likely Tang Hao.
Besides Jiang Chen, Tang Hao, who had followed Tang San for many years, was definitely the first to know Xiao Wu's identity.
Jiang Chen's gaze swept across the shit-green Shrek team members and landed at the front of the team.
Flanders walked at the very front, looking as if he didn't recognize the people behind him. Grandmaster and Liu Erlong, following him, behaved the same way.
Jiang Chen's gaze stopped on Liu Erlong.
It was this woman who became Grandmaster's beloved and also one of the people Bibi Dong hated the most.
"Her figure is pretty good, not inferior to Teacher's, but in terms of appearance and temperament, she can't even compare." Jiang Chen commented inwardly.
There were more than thirty teams in the Heaven Dou City division, almost all wearing bright and beautiful uniforms. The participating soul masters all held their heads high, full of vigor and heroic spirit.
Only those few from Shrek kept their heads lowered, practically fleeing past the VIP seats, causing bursts of laughter.
After all the teams had entered, the emperor announced the opening of the competition.
This emperor had a weary look on his face, and his smile was somewhat forced.
Then came a speech by the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School's School Master, Ning Fengzhi.
A long speech that made Jiang Chen feel drowsy.
After the speech ended, Salas drew lots for the first round of matches.
Once the drawing was complete, every academy knew its opponent for the first round.
Today was the opening ceremony, so there was only one match: the Royal Academy reserve team against their opponent.
And their opponent was precisely Shrek Academy.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen finally showed some interest.
Without the help of immortal herbs, aside from Dai Mubai, the rest of Shrek Academy's members were still stuck at the Soul Venerable level.
In Jiang Chen's view, with Tang San's ability, he might be able to lead the team into the finals, but competing for the championship would be extremely difficult.
The Soul Master Competition lasted about three months, with the preliminaries taking roughly two months and the finals in the last month.
Moments later, both teams entered the arena.
The Royal Academy reserve team was dazzling, while Shrek's team looked dim and dull. Before the match even started, intense verbal clashes broke out between both sides, tension filling the air.
Jiang Chen took a look, only three of the Shrek Seven Devils had taken the stage: Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun.
The match began. After watching for a while, Jiang Chen shook his head.
The Royal Academy reserve team was truly trash. Their elites were all concentrated in Yu Tianheng's team. Although this reserve team had decent cultivation levels, their combat power was very weak.
The two academies fought fiercely. In the end, Shrek Academy won the first match.
In the arena holding eighty thousand people, almost everyone was greatly shocked.
Qian Renxue was somewhat surprised. She glanced at Shrek below, then looked at Jiang Chen.
Xue Ye, the Great Emperor's face turned iron-green. He let out a cold snort and directly left with a flick of his sleeves.
The Royal Academy had actually lost to an unknown academy, and it was the very first match of the opening ceremony. How could he not be angry?
Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue hurriedly followed and left the VIP seats.
After exiting the arena, Xue Ye, the Great Emperor left directly.
Qian Renxue, however, was stopped by Ning Fengzhi.
The two spoke a few words close together, and then Qian Renxue left with Jiang Chen and the other guards.
Jiang Chen heard clearly from the side that Ning Fengzhi intended to introduce Tang San to Qian Renxue, hoping she could recruit him.
Qian Renxue naturally agreed readily.
However, she already knew Tang San's identity. Even if she agreed to Ning Fengzhi and extended an olive branch to Tang San, it was merely for show.
In a small teahouse, Qian Renxue met Tang San. They chatted for a while and seemed to get along quite well.
By the time they returned to the palace, it was already afternoon.
The two carefully cultivated for a while, replenishing energy for the little one.
Ever since discovering that the strange energy was beneficial to the little one, cultivating for a moment every day had become something they must do.
Time passed in a flash, and many powerful academies appeared one after another.
Jiang Chen saw the Shui Bing'er sisters and the pure and flawless Ice Phoenix.
He also saw the hot-bodied and alluring Huo Wu. Unfortunately, she was all chest and no brain; after losing to Tang San, she became fixated on it.
There was also the handsome-looking and quite talented Feng Xiaotian.
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Tang San's capability satisfied Jiang Chen. With the strength of a Soul Venerable, he defeated Feng Xiaotian, who was a Soul Ancestor.
However, in this battle, Tang San also exposed his second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Method to defeat Feng Xiaotian.
With this, Shrek Academy secured first place in the advancement round. The competition came to a temporary halt. After the fifteen advancing teams, plus Yu Tianheng's seeded team, rested for three days, they would head to Spirit City to participate in the final stage.
Xue Ye, the Great Emperor was in poor health and, as an emperor, could not easily leave Heaven Dou City, so he announced that the Crown Prince would represent the Heaven Dou Empire as the envoy to participate in the review work of this competition.
Three days later, the participating teams, along with their teachers and escorted by five hundred knights of the Royal Knight Order, a total of over a thousand people, set off for Spirit City.
Traveling from Heaven Dou City to Spirit City at the team's marching speed would take about twenty days.
The finals used an elimination system where a single loss meant immediate elimination, so the duration would not be very long, around ten days or so.
Three days later, the team of over a thousand people set off majestically.
Both Jiang Chen and Qian Renxue were somewhat excited. This trip to Spirit City meant they would finally see Bibi Dong.
The family would finally be reunited.
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