Douluo Continent: The Ice Dragon King Martial Soul, Ma Xiaotao is Addicted

"An expo? What's that?"

Xian Lin'er had just finished formulating the Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department's development plan for the next ten years with the elders at the Sea God Pavilion, and had not yet recovered from her exhaustion.

She was puzzled when she heard Ye Chen suddenly use a new term.

Ye Chen pulled up a chair and sat down opposite Xian Lin'er, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

He leaned forward slightly and explained in detail, "Teacher, aren't you going to hold a seminar to share your experience of advancing to the ninth level of Soul Master? I would like to take this opportunity to hold an expo."

Before Xian Lin'er could speak, Ye Chen continued to explain: "The popularity of your seminar is unprecedented. Taking advantage of this popularity, we will build a huge platform to send invitations to all Soul Masters, Soul Master organizations, and even national forces across the continent, inviting them to participate in the expo and exhibit their products."

Xianlin'er listened more and more attentively, and the confusion in her eyes was gradually replaced by contemplation.

She seemed to understand Ye Chen's plan.

Ye Chen took another sip of hot tea and continued, "We provide the venue, security, and accommodation. Other forces can rent our booths to display the soul tools they want to showcase. These can be finished products, partial displays of design blueprints, or even some ingenious conceptual models..."

Ye Chen slowly explained his thoughts, and Xian Lin'er's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Clearly, they were very much looking forward to Ye Chen's idea.

Ye Chen's idea wasn't anything new; expos were common in many places.

The main reason is that this expo has taken advantage of the reputation of Xian Lin'er, the first level nine soul master of the three great empires, to invite all the top soul masters from all over the world and the three great empires, making this expo unprecedented in scale!
Many talented but unknown soul masters may have their treasures hidden away and unknown to the world.

This expo provides them with a stage to showcase their hard work, allowing the entire continent to see their efforts. Perhaps they will meet a discerning patron or sell their work for a good price.

For buyers, whether they are military forces of various empires, sects, chambers of commerce, or research institutions, they can find suitable products here, achieving mutual benefit.

Similarly, this is a huge boost to Shrek Academy, especially to Xianlin'er's prestige!

Ye Chen did not use the name of Tang Sect, but instead had Xian Lin'er use the name of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department to hold the event.

After all, the Tang Sect is still too small. Even with Xian Lin'er as its "representative," it is still far inferior to Shrek Academy.

However, as long as Tang Sect can make a name for itself at this expo, its future development will be smooth sailing, and surpassing Shrek Academy will be a piece of cake.

Of course, Ye Chen's main purpose was to showcase the Tang Clan's profound heritage, namely Ye Chen's "Myriad Phenomena Record".

Among them are a large number of extremely exquisite soul tools; just displaying a few of them would cause a sensation throughout the entire continent and the soul tool master community.

Ye Chen's target was not anyone else, but Mingde Hall. If he could cooperate with Mingde Hall, the strongest soul master force, then the development of Tang Sect and its subsequent plans would be incredibly smooth.

Ye Chen could even expand his business to the Sun Moon Empire.

Ye Chen monopolized the technology in the Myriad Phenomena Catalogue. The Sun Moon Empire might make a profit, but Ye Chen would definitely make a fortune!

This is similar to the various foreign technologies of the past. When domestic manufacturers couldn't produce them, foreign products naturally occupied most of the market, and people would buy them no matter how expensive they were.

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"Alright, then I'll release the news and hold a seminar a month later to expand the scope of the matter!"

Xian Lin'er nodded, clearly agreeing with Ye Chen's idea.

If things really work out, it will be a huge benefit to Shrek.

Shrek is very famous and extremely influential on the continent.

But that mainly applies to martial spirits and strong individuals.

In the Soul Guidance System, Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Devices are only strong for her and Qian Duoduo, plus Fan Yu, who has good talent. It can be said that the talent pool is dwindling, and they are not well-known on the continent.

Of course, the most important factor is Shrek Academy's own internal factors. Because the Soul Guidance System only started developing in the last hundred years, and it is an imported technology, most students in the academy are from the Martial Soul System and look down on the Soul Guidance System.

Not only teachers, but even students are somewhat resistant to the Soul Guidance System, and many students even refuse to use Soul Guidance Devices.

This has led to a rather awkward position for the Soul Guidance System.

Shrek Academy already had few students, and even fewer were allocated to the Soul Guidance Department.

The formal selection for the Soul Guidance Department begins in the third year, and only those students who are about to be eliminated choose to join the department.

This has led to a severe shortage of people in the Soul Guidance Department; those with good talent simply won't come.

Now, if this expo and seminar can be successfully held, Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department will become famous throughout the continent, and more and more talented students will be willing to join Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department.

This is of great benefit to the Soul Guidance System.

Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er discussed some details in more detail.

Xian Lin'er immediately became full of fighting spirit. Ignoring her fatigue, she quickly left, obviously to prepare for the expo.

After all, the expo is sure to be packed with people when it opens, and all the well-known Soul Masters from the three great empires will be there.

Safety needs to be ensured during this period, as well as food and lodging, etc., which will require a huge amount of financial and material resources.

Organizing such a large-scale event is something that ordinary forces simply cannot do; only forces of Shrek Academy's caliber have the qualifications and capabilities to organize it.

Of course, while the consumption is high, the returns are also very considerable.

The ticket price, handling fees, and the hidden benefits from the subsequent impact make it absolutely worth the money.

In order to attract some large Soul Master forces, Xian Lin'er also made a large number of invitations and sent them out.

If it were just a seminar, Xianlin'er wouldn't mind, and even thought the fewer people the better.

But now that the seminar and the expo are combined, it's natural to invite all the major powers to come and maximize the impact.

Xianlin'er even sent invitations to some forces in the Sun Moon Empire.

After all, participating in the expo means bringing the latest research products from various major forces. If the soul tools on display are too rubbish, they will definitely be laughed at.

If the Sun Moon Empire is invited, it would also be a good opportunity to learn about their strength and resources.

It would be even better if we could buy some technology and rare metals from them.

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Empire of the Sun and Moon, Mingde Hall.

In a secluded courtyard, there are pavilions, towers, bridges, and flowing water.

Amidst the surrounding high-rise buildings, this antique-style courtyard appears exceptionally tranquil.

Inside the pavilion, Jing Hongchen, the head of Mingde Hall, sat upright on a stone bench, with a set of warm and jade-like teaware on the stone table in front of him.

He looked to be in his fifties, slightly overweight, with a face that carried the dignity of someone who had long held a high position, but deep in his eyes gleamed the sharpness and wisdom of a top-tier Soul Master.

He was holding a cup of tea, savoring its aroma, and enjoying a rare moment of leisure in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)