In Douluo Continent, what is a martial soul? It's like Luckin Coffee.

Chapter 174 Encountering Xuanzi, are you afraid that I will harm you?

As Ye Tian had predicted, the draw for the first round of elimination matches resulted in Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy facing an obscure academy from the Douling Empire – Dawn Soul Master Academy.

Compared to the other major empires, the Douling Empire is the weakest, as it lacks a powerful sect within itself and is therefore eager to seek development in other areas.

Therefore, the Soul Guidance Technology of the Douling Empire is the fastest developing among the three major empires of the Douluo Continent, and it has also established many Soul Guidance Academyes in recent years, including Dawn Academy.

However, no matter how fast it develops, it can't compare to the Sun Moon Empire, which was founded on the principles of Soul Masters.

Not to mention that none of the three great empires currently have a single level nine Soul Master.

As for the so-called Dawn Soul Master Academy, even the dean is only a level seven Soul Master.

Moreover, judging by the standards of the Sun Moon Empire for Soul Masters, the opposing dean's Soul Master level might not even be as high as the captain of the Sun Moon Royal Academy's participating team.

Looking at the strength rankings again, Dawn Soul Academy's overall strength doesn't even crack the top 100 out of 133 teams.

For the Sun Moon Royal Academy, it wasn't even a match where they easily defeated their opponents.

Ye Tian thought for a moment and said: How about we let Xiao Bing and Xiao Xue go up and fight two against seven, so as to preserve the strength of the rest of the team members?
Forget it, that would be a bit too pretentious.

To be on the safe side, let's send in the reserve team's substitutes.

Having spent many years at Shrek Academy, Ye Tian's thinking has become somewhat "Shrek-ized".

Normally speaking, in a seven-on-seven elimination tournament, if your team only sends two players, it's somewhat disrespectful to your opponent.

No matter what, they are contestants who have come to participate in the Soul Fighting Tournament, and they should be given the respect they deserve.

On the other side, Shrek Academy also drew their opponent—Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy.

It's also a college that's not particularly strong.

The entire team had an average soul power level of just over forty, with the strongest member having only a late-stage Soul Master cultivation.

Overall, they are slightly stronger than Dawn Soul Academy, and can be considered to be in the lower middle range among the 133 teams.

The remaining strong teams also did not encounter teams with similar rankings in the first round of the knockout stage.

As for the Star Luo Royal Academy, the strongest in the Star Luo Empire, it even won a bye and directly advanced to the next round-robin tournament, which is the group stage.

Ye Tian: There were no skewer marks, I'll just eat it directly.

Well, actually, everyone knows the truth about this.

Besides, if some dark horse suddenly emerges and overturns the established academy, the amount of discussion on that day would probably explode.

After all, what viewer doesn't love to see the exciting scene of "the underdog overthrowing the superior"?
Especially noteworthy is that this once-powerful team boasted before the tournament that they would win the championship, only to be eliminated in the first round. Afterwards, the entire team was found venting their frustrations at a gambling den. (A very familiar episode.)
……

After the lottery, Ye Tian, ​​who was about to go back to cook for the children, was stopped by someone.

The newcomer looked disheveled and resembled an old beggar at first glance.

If it were any other member of Shrek Academy, Ye Tian would have turned and left without hesitation.

But the other party was Xuanzi. Although he had often not paid for his meals, it was undeniable that Elder Xuan was the only elder who had high hopes for him.

Even if Ye Tian breaks through to the Title Douluo level, Xuanzi will bring him into the Sea God Pavilion and make Ye Tian one of the high-ranking members of Shrek Academy.

Unfortunately, those beautiful fantasies are long gone.

"Chat?"

"No need."

Even without Xuanzi saying anything, Ye Tian could guess that the other party wanted him to return to Shrek Academy.

"Do I no longer even have this much face?"

Xuanzi smiled, seemingly mocking himself.

"I'm doing fine now."

As Ye Tian spoke, he pointed to the badge on his chest that represented the Sun Moon Royal Academy.
Although Ye Tian couldn't enter the Mingde Hall because he wasn't a Soul Master, as a special talent in Jing Hongchen's eyes, his status within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy wasn't low. While he didn't enjoy the privileges of a level nine Soul Master, he wasn't far behind.

"The Sun and Moon Royal Academy?"

Looking at the badge on Ye Tian's chest, Xuanzi suddenly understood why he hadn't been able to find any information about Ye Tian even after searching for several months.

So, he went to the Sun Moon Empire.

Well, thinking about it carefully, that makes sense. Having offended the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, apart from Shrek Academy, the only remaining power that can offer protection is the Sun Moon Empire.

As for the Body Sect? He may not be afraid of offending them, but as a reclusive sect, Ye Tian doesn't even have a way to contact them.

Even her encounter with Jing Hongchen was an accident.

Furthermore, Ye Tian only knew that the other party was a teacher at a certain Soul Master Academy in the Sun Moon Empire.

As for Jing Hongchen, she only left her contact information with Ye Tian because she thought his cooking was delicious.

Later on, those who know, know.

Ye Tian: I just want to take my nephew away from Shrek Academy to the Sun Moon Empire, where we can find refuge. No matter how powerful the White Tiger Duke's Mansion is, can it really extend its reach into the Sun Moon Empire?

Jing Hongchen was quite happy to poach talent from Shrek Academy.

……

"Let's find a place to have a proper talk, Ye boy. Do you really think I would lay a hand on you?"

Xuanzi still harbored the desire to bring Master Ye back to Shrek Academy.

There was nothing that could be done. Ever since Ye Tian left, although the inner courtyard canteen was still run by a food-type Soul Douluo, his skills were far inferior to those of Master Ye.

Furthermore, the "nutritional supplements" they produced were not even one-third as effective as those made by Master Ye.

In addition, the older the soul beast meat, the more severe the loss of its effects.

Most importantly, the weakened effects of "nutritional supplements" have no effect on Title Douluos, especially on powerful figures like Xuanzi.

If it weren't for his deep affection for Shrek Academy, Xuanzi would have considered leaving the academy.

Anyway, he has no ties to bear and is getting old. Is it wrong for him to leave in pursuit of a higher realm?

Xuanzi felt that he was right.

"okay."

After thinking for a moment, Ye Tian seemed reluctant to refuse the old man in front of him.

If Master Xuan had been there back then, or if my nephew had agreed to become Master Xuan's personal disciple, none of those things would have happened.

As I always say—unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

The two did not choose to have their conversation in a teahouse or restaurant.

Instead, they arrived at an open space outside Xingluo City.

Xuanzi took out the corpse of a ten-thousand-year-old dragon-type soul beast from his storage ring.

Over the years, Xuanzi developed the habit of storing ten-thousand-year-old soul beast meat in his storage soul tool.

Unfortunately, the little guy who was willing to cook for him is no longer at Shrek Academy.

"Master Ye, please make me some dragon meat soup. I haven't had it in so long."

Ye Tianhui has many signature dishes, among which dragon meat soup is the most popular.

Xuanzi hasn't eaten since he left Shrek Academy. As for the remaining food-type Soul Douluo?

The dragon meat soup they made wasn't even half as authentic as Master Ye's.

(End of this chapter)