Douluo: The blue phoenix cries loudly, and the wind whistles through the air

The construction of the Martial Soul Bank and the newspaper is progressing simultaneously.

The powerful individuals who had been summoned back to Wuhun City were all reassigned. These individuals already possessed extensive experience in grassroots management and demonstrated remarkable competence in managing industries.

Wu Qi didn't initially plan to expand the bank's operations to the entire continent. Instead, he started pilot programs in the three major cities of Wuhun City, Tiandou City, and Xingluo City. He planned to expand to the entire continent once the operating model matured.

A few days later, as the first issue of the newspaper was released to the entire mainland, several major news items swept across the country like a flood.

The front page headline of the first issue of the newspaper reported on the anti-corruption work carried out within the Spirit Hall and the related work report on the trial of those corrupt officials.

Ordinary people may not understand His Holiness the Pope's grand plans, but they know that as these corrupt officials are eliminated one by one, their real interests will be guaranteed.

In addition, the headline on the second page was about the Martial Soul Bank.

Compared to the headline on the front page, the Martial Soul Bank received significantly less attention.

It's important to understand that most Soul Masters are completely unfamiliar with the financial system, let alone ordinary people. The only news that has garnered public attention is that the Spirit Bank will regulate Soul Hunting Teams across the entire continent.

As for how to regulate it, all parties are watching and waiting, and have not yet taken any action or responded to the call of the Spirit Hall.

The Soul Hunter Town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The newspaper was distributed throughout the entire continent, and could even be purchased in the Soul Beast Town. Its low price meant that almost everyone had a copy, and people were curiously reading about the latest strange and unusual events on the continent.

Not long after, in a hunting squad's camp.

"Big brother, something terrible has happened! The Spirit Hall is going to attack all the Soul Hunting Teams across the continent!"

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, the leading man was initially startled, but then took the newspaper to examine it.

A moment later, he suddenly laughed and said, "Damn it, what's all the fuss about? I thought the experts from the Spirit Hall had come to kill us!"

The Spirit Hall has issued statements about "rectifying the Soul Hunting Team" no less than five times, but when have they actually taken action?

The fact that this Soul Hunting Squad is reacting so strongly to this must mean they are one of the squads that tricked and killed their employer.

Faced with the Spirit Hall's statement, which was all bark and no bite, the leading man scoffed and said, "Hmph, the new Pope has taken office and is just issuing this statement to gain the love and respect of all the spirit masters on the continent. What's there to care about?"

"However, the lucky draw part is quite good. Let's go buy a few more newspapers. If we win 10,000 gold soul coins, we can go back to the city to recuperate for a few days and lay low for a while."

Similar remarks were made in various parts of mainland China.

Buy a newspaper with one copper soul coin and get a chance to win a lucky draw – it's the most generous gambling game ever!

Furthermore, the newspaper is distributed by the Spirit Hall; such a powerful organization wouldn't stoop to withholding 10,000 gold spirit coins. For an ordinary person, winning the lottery would be enough to live a carefree life for half a lifetime.

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The publication of the newspaper caused quite a stir across the mainland.

Some powerful forces within the two empires naturally recognized this as a tool for manipulating public opinion. However, the fact that the newspapers could be distributed freely within the Heavenly Dou and Star Luo empires meant that they must have the support of the two royal families. They couldn't influence the royal families' decisions and could only watch helplessly as the newspapers exerted their influence.

As for imitating the Martial Soul Daily and creating its own newspaper?

Haha, with a price of one copper soul coin per piece, there's no money to be made at all, so investing a lot of money is pointless.

However, some shrewd individuals sensed the potential for exploitation by the newspaper and immediately approached the newspaper's offices across the mainland to seek cooperation.

As the mastermind behind all of this, Wu Qi received reports of victory from all over the continent while inside the Papal Palace, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. ...

The Martial Soul Hall of Xilu City.

The Spirit Hall here is only one level lower than the temples in the capitals of the two great empires, and the bishop here is a cardinal with the strength of a Soul Saint.

Like Bishop Miles of Tonggenxin City, Bishop Pix of Xiru City also began to degenerate after realizing that there was no room for improvement in his abilities and no possibility of further promotion.

Compared to Miles, Pixar's methods are equally impressive.

According to the Spirit Hall's policy, awakening a spirit is free for the public. However, in his case, he charges based on the level of spirit power awakened.

For ordinary people, being able to awaken one or two levels of soul power is already quite good. According to Pixar's pricing standards, they need to pay the corresponding awakening fee for their strength.

For those with low-level innate soul power, the cost is generally not high. However, it's a different story for geniuses with innate soul power of level five or higher.

Pixar quoted them an exorbitant bill that was unaffordable for ordinary people.

The consequences of not paying the fee for awakening a martial soul are unimaginable for ordinary people.

Without a certificate of martial soul awakening, one cannot join a junior soul master academy.

At the same time, after a Soul Master awakens their Martial Soul, they can begin cultivating their Soul Power and seek help from other forces to obtain a second Martial Soul Awakening Certificate. However, this certificate cannot prove the Soul Master's true innate Soul Power.

Innate soul power is linked to talent. If one falsifies it or does not have the original awakening documents, even if one joins some powerful forces in the future, it will still be affected.

According to the rules of the Spirit Hall, geniuses with innate spirit power of level five or above can join the Spirit Hall Academy for intensive training. Without proof of original awakening, they are ineligible for all these benefits.

Pixar has these geniuses by the throat, making them work for them for life.

They even developed it into a gray industry, where nobles could recruit a genius with innate level 5 soul power or above for their families by spending some money.

Those geniuses who are betrayed will inevitably have their parents die in a short period of time due to various accidents. As a result, these geniuses become slaves of the nobles, and will never be able to rise up.

Pixar not only caused the Spirit Hall to lose a large number of talented young people, but also participated in human trafficking, which is extremely heinous!

On the mainland, there are many officials and nobles involved in human trafficking, and even powerful forces like the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School are among the beneficiaries.

Wu Qilai said that he could not control the situation outside, but such heinous acts must not occur within the Spirit Hall.

Pixar, having run into the line of fire, became the target of a warning to others.

That noon, Pix and Lord Xiru were both led to the guillotine.

Xilu City is, after all, a major city within the Tiandou Empire. If Pixar wants to engage in the gray industry, it cannot do without the support of the City Lord's Mansion.

The Spirit Hall's anti-corruption efforts received a positive response from the Heaven Dou Empire. Without its backer, the Lord of Xilu City was naturally at the mercy of the Spirit Hall.

To deal with this giant fish, the Judgment Hall dispatched its Guardian Douluo—Ghost Douluo.

The execution of corrupt officials in the street received strong public support.

Similar scenarios played out in major cities across mainland China, and within a short period, the Spirit Hall regained public confidence. (End of Chapter)