Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 364 Registration for the Competition: The Heavenly Court's Charity and Influence in the Sun Moon Empire
Xu Sanshi was very efficient. After forming the soul spirit, he tricked Xiao Xiao from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, as well as his beloved Jiang Nannan.

Both women received a lot of resources during their time in the Sun Moon Empire. They were always among the Shrek Academy experts who obtained soul bones, and they never missed out on a single soul spirit. Now they are both at the Soul Emperor level.

One is a newly ascended Soul Emperor, and the other is a seasoned Soul Emperor.

"Brother Xu, why did you call us all to the Heavenly Court to compete? Even you got involved."

Xiao Xiao neatly crossed her hands in front of her lower abdomen, her emerald green eyes filled with confusion.

For nearly five years, they had been training at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. But just before the competition, they were pulled away, which made Xiao Xiao feel guilty.

Jiang Nannan nodded in agreement, her long, black hair cascading over her shoulders. She asked, puzzled, "And Sanshi, you're from the Xuanming Sect. I heard that sects are allowed to participate in this competition. You're representing the Heavenly Court. Is that alright?"

"No problem, absolutely no problem, my family is very supportive of what I'm doing."

Xu Sanshi chuckled. When he formed the soul bond, Xu Xiaoyun had given him a strict order to thoroughly defeat most of his opponents.

"Anyway, you've all formed your souls here, and you've all met the Heavenly Court's leaders. Just get to know each other."

No sooner had he finished speaking than four figures approached from a distance. One of them smiled and said, "That's right, everyone just needs a little time to adjust. We're all on the same side."

Xiao Jiang and the other woman turned to look and saw that the person who spoke was none other than the Heavenly Lord, who had been elusive for the past few years.

He was tall and slender, with clear, bright eyes that seemed to hold the light of a god, unfathomable depths. His face was handsome and refined, a purple sword hung at his waist, and he walked with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, a faint smile on his face.

Upon closer inspection, both women felt that he bore a slight resemblance to Xu Sanshi, but he was more radiant, dashing, and handsome than Xu Sanshi.

If we were to make a comparison, Xu Sanshi is not as handsome as the expressionless Ji Juechen, while Ji Juechen is slightly less handsome than Xu Tianxi.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Kong Tianxi, or you can call me Xu Tianxi. I am the Lord of Heaven and the captain of this competition."

Xu Tianxi spoke in a clear voice, his words revealing his desire to revert to his original surname.

"The most important reason we asked you to come here is that we can't find enough experts here right now, so we had to ask you to make up the numbers. Please forgive us for making a fool of ourselves."

How could Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao dare to joke with this ruthless person who had been hunting down Ma Xiaotao five years ago? They kept saying they dared not.

Xiao Xiao's eyes darted around, and it was unclear whether she still remembered the time when Xu Tianxi led people to coerce her into surrendering.

Seeing this, Ning Tian chuckled and stepped forward, "I don't need to introduce myself, everyone knows me, right?"

"I am familiar with you, but Ning Tian, ​​how did you get here?" This time it was Xu Sanshi who spoke up. He didn't expect Xu Tianxi to have brought this person over.

The other party's undercover career is over, and they're just quitting the act? Am I a double agent for both the Sun Moon Empire and Shrek Academy?
Are they not afraid that Shrek Academy and the Body Sect will go crazy and wipe out the entire Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School?

Ning Tian chuckled and explained the pre-arranged reason, leaving Xu Sanshi and the other two dumbfounded.

That was an amazing move.

When it was Gu Zhaoqiu's and Gu Yuena's turn, Gu Yuena was about to speak when Gu Zhaoqiu stepped forward and said with a smile:
"I am Gu Zhaoqiu, you all know me. If you need any battle armor made in the future, you can come to me. This is my younger sister, Gu Yuena. She doesn't talk much, you can just call her Na'er."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Tianxi's eyes twitched. Out of the corner of his eye, he clearly saw that Gu Yuena's fair forehead was covered in black lines, her little face was puffed up with anger, and her eyes were slightly fierce, as if she wanted to skin Gu Zhaoqiu alive.

"Hello, Sister Qiu. Hello, Sister Na'er."

Xu Sanshi reacted the fastest and took the lead in speaking. He knew that Gu Zhaoqiu and Xu Tianxi were half-siblings, and that it was definitely right for a certain powerful soul beast to call her "sister."

He thought that he might have to call her "sister-in-law" someday, so it was better to behave now.

With him taking the lead, the three women also spoke up, putting "Sister Qiu" before "Sister Na'er".

Gu Zhaoqiu's smile widened, while Gu Yuena's expression grew even angrier.

One wrong step... and it will cause eternal regret. I regret spoiling this girl too much back then, even giving her my own template.

Looking at Gu Zhaoqiu's undisguised, radiant smile, Gu Yuena made up her mind to teach her a lesson in the future.

The Silver Dragon King will never be a younger sister! Even the Golden Dragon King... well, the Golden Dragon King is still negotiable.

Fearing that Miss Silver Dragon would start a fight on the spot, Xu Tianxi said a few words to warm up the atmosphere before leading the six people to the registration point to register in advance.

Upon entering the lobby of the Mingyue Hotel, the largest hotel in the center of Mingdu City, Xu Tianxi found people already waiting for him. He quickly registered with Tianting.

Upon seeing that it was the legendary number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire, the staff quickly summoned the hotel manager and arranged for him to stay on the top floor, where he had the best accommodations.

"Your Majesty, the Heavenly Court is the best organization in our Sun Moon Empire. You can tell our staff if you need anything. Everyone at Mingyue Hotel will be happy to serve you and your team." After saying this, the lobby manager of Mingyue Hotel bowed and handed the room key to Xu Tianxi with a fanatical and excited expression, almost as if presenting a memorial to the emperor.

Xu Tianxi was both surprised and uncomfortable with this scene. He quickly helped the other person up and took the room key, saying, "There's no need for this. I'm just a captain who's leading the team to register for the competition. You can do as you please."

"No, you have been in seclusion for the past few years, so you have no idea how much change the Heavenly Court has brought to our Sun Moon Empire."

The hotel manager, a middle-aged man, was moved to tears and said excitedly, "The most dangerous thing for us Soul Masters during our cultivation process is hunting Soul Beasts to obtain Soul Rings. You gave us the opportunity to avoid the danger and directly obtain Soul Rings."

"We all know that it was you who made it possible to exempt souls with a ten-thousand-year lifespan from contract fees, requiring only simple handling and registration fees. Souls with a ten-thousand-year lifespan can also obtain low-interest loans. This is a tremendous favor. We never imagined that the Empire would have someone or an organization like you."

"In the Star Luo Empire, legend has it that you are a young hero who disregards national borders to save lives. Your Heavenly Court branches are located throughout the empire, and people in even the most remote areas can get the opportunity to awaken their martial souls for free. Soul Masters under the age of thirty who are Soul Venerables can receive gold soul coins at the branches. We never dreamed that such a day would come..."

The top floor of the Mingyue Hotel only has two top-tier accommodation rooms, which are usually reserved for Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, but since Xu Tianxi is here, an exception must be made!
What's so important about Shrek the terrorist compared to the Heavenly Court, which provides everyone with souls? They're even hoping to get a discount by forging a ten-thousand-year soul bond with the Heavenly Court in the future.

In Xu Tianxi's plan, forming a bond with a soul less than 10,000 years old is free; only some registration and handling fees are required. Fees are only charged for souls over 10,000 years old. There is also a loan service with an annual interest rate of no more than 2%.

The fee for establishing the alliance is not high; it was determined after verification and is roughly equivalent to the salary of a Soul King who started from scratch and worked hard for several months.

Furthermore, the handling fee is only one hundred gold soul coins. Soul Masters under the age of thirty can go to the Heavenly Court branch every month to get one hundred gold soul coins, so who would care about such a small amount of money?
Even on ordinary days, some remote areas can apply for loans from the Heavenly Court to build bridges and roads. Once verified, the loans are approved, thus objectively acting as a bank.

Is this Heaven? This is Paradise!
The hotel manager's own children and grandchildren now go to the Mingdu Heavenly Court branch every month to collect their Gold Soul Coins, and on their way back they recite phrases like "Strive for the strength of the Sun Moon Empire" and "The Heavenly Court's mission is to benefit the vast majority of the people," etc.

The fact that his children and grandchildren were vying to become the successors of the Sun Moon Empire made the old Sun Moon man, the hotel manager, feel that there was truly hope for the future of the empire. As for the immense prestige brought by the execution of princes and nobles, that was immeasurable.

Xu Tianxi had not expected that the series of arrangements he made before his seclusion would have such remarkable results. Not only the hotel manager, but all the staff members looked at him with eagerness and respect.

After offering a few words of comfort, Xu Tianxi led the six men quickly up to the top-floor suite.

"Haha, this is the first time I've seen you run away in such a panic. You're not even afraid of powerful Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, yet you're afraid of these people's enthusiasm?"

As soon as they entered the suite, Gu Zhaoqiu, who was the most cheerful among them, found a soft sofa and sat down, teasing Xu Tianxi for a while.

Xu Tianxi thought for a moment, then spread his hands and said, "I just don't like to squeeze money out of the poor; I prefer to give money to the poor. I didn't expect it to have such a big effect."

His business philosophy has always been firm: we don't make money from the poor; we only make money from the rich, so that at least the Soul King can have some savings.

Xu Sanshi exclaimed, "Even the Spirit Hall back then didn't do charity like you. I heard that you had the Heavenly Court provide interest-free loan agreements with different terms and amounts, such as six, nine, and twelve years, for some talented commoners from poor families. They only need to repay the loans after graduating from the academy."

"This level of charity is extremely expensive; even an empire wouldn't dare to do it. How could its reputation not be good?"

“I went to the countryside recently and even found that some people were building shrines for you and setting up longevity tablets. I think if this continues, your fame will spread all over the world.”

Thanks to the Heavenly Court's nationwide charitable activities, its reputation has subtly surpassed that of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and Mingde Hall. Even in the most remote corners, the Heavenly Court has branches, spreading its good name far and wide.

"If you put it that way, then I think it was all worth it. It wasn't for nothing that we cut down so many princes and nobles," Xu Tianxi said with a smile.

What's the use of accumulating so many gold coins at home when I've confiscated the property of so many nobles and kings? Only by distributing them can we revitalize the economy and motivate geniuses to work hard.

We don't need to worry about the past, but now, I, Xu, have dealt with the royal family and nobles who were oppressing you. Not to mention that the government is efficient and the people are harmonious, the environment has greatly improved. So hurry up and put your energy into working hard.

Ning Tian sighed, "This is only now. The effects of your methods will be most evident in ten or twenty years. At that time, your prestige in the Sun Moon Empire will be higher than that of Shrek Academy in the original Three Kingdoms. Perhaps you can command all the Soul Masters in the world with a single order."

Their Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School also often does some charitable work near the sect, though not as much as Xu Tianxi, but they have gained a lot of good reputation. They understand the value of real money best, while Xu Tianxi doesn't treat money as money at all.

Moreover, he clearly defined the roles of nobles and royalty, eliminating even those groups that deceived the people, allowing the masses to experience the Heavenly Court's actions in the most authentic way.

"Haha, that's a matter for the future, we'll talk about it another day, another day." Xu Tianxi waved his hand, indicating that he would skip the topic for now.

One Sun Moon Empire is not enough. His goal is the entire Douluo Continent and even the entire Douluo Plane.

The seven settled into the hotel and soon each found a place to cultivate in seclusion, without engaging in any coordinated battles, mainly because there was no need for it.

As for the subsequent strategy, it's not too late to formulate it after all the participating teams have entered Mingdu.

……

The following day, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, led by Xiao Hongchen, entered the Mingyue Hotel. Xiao Hongchen came to complain, and Xu Tianxi said a lot. Xiao Hongchen was immediately full of fighting spirit and wanted to use the power of two Soul Saints to defeat all other participating teams!
A few days later, Mingyue Hotel welcomed its first team from the original Three Kingdoms period. The team leader was none other than Xu Jiujiu, who had returned to the Star Luo Empire with a bunch of achievements and then brought the Star Luo Royal Academy team to participate in the competition.

When old friends meet again, the first thing they say after a long time is, "I have something important to discuss."

Seeing his serious expression, Xu Tianxi nodded and found a quiet room.

(End of this chapter)