In Douluo Continent, I am the mastermind behind the scenes.

Chapter 52. The Wise Move of the Tang Clan's Seven Members

After a long silence, Long Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at Mu En in front of him. He said with a solemn expression, "Old friend, don't worry. If one day the Sea God Pavilion really comes to an end, I will do my best to protect your great-grandson, great-granddaughter, and the entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family. With me here, you don't need to worry about what will happen after you are gone."

Ugh!

Moon sighed, using almost all his strength to straighten up, and watched the sunset with his best friend.

The best thing he ever did in his life wasn't becoming the master of the Sea God Pavilion, but rather... making Long Xiaoyao his close friend.

For a moment, Mu En wished that Long Xiaoyao were a woman, so that their relationship could take things further...

Of course, Mu En is not Cao Dezhi, and Long Xiaoyao is not Zang Xin, so they can't say things like "brothers in this life, husband and wife in the next."

(P.S.: Ruthless Douluo Cao Dezhi and Amorous Douluo Zang Xin were the head and deputy head of the Tang Sect during the Douluo Continent III era. They once made a vow to be brothers in this life and husband and wife in the next.)

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Due to this series of events, the original selection competition was postponed indefinitely. The seven members of the Tang Clan sat around the Tulip Hotel in private room number one, their faces not looking too good, because... the Xuanming Sect was located in the Heavenly Soul Empire!

(P.S.: After researching a lot, I found that the Xuanming Sect was indeed originally located in the Tianhun Empire. Think of it this way: if the Xuanming Sect were in the Douling Empire, would Xue Lingxun, Xu Sanshi's mother, have needed to elope?)

What if Xu Sanshi follows the crowd and leaves the Tang Clan...? Without Xu Sanshi as their financial backer, they'll be reduced to selling adult products on the streets to keep the Tang Clan afloat...

With tears welling up in his eyes, Huo Yuhao said, "Third...Senior Brother Xu, are you really going to leave Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect?"

"How could that be?" Xu Sanshi said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm no longer the young sect master of the Xuanming Sect, but the son-in-law of the Sea God family, a true Shrek citizen. The laws of the Heavenly Soul Empire have no effect on me."

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, their hearts finally settling down.

"Let's talk about something happy," Bei Bei suddenly said. "The Ancestor just called me over and said... the selection competition will be canceled, and the seven of us will represent Shrek Academy in the junior team competition of this Soul Master Tournament."

Just then, Xu Fengxian raised her small hand, "Captain, has the Pavilion Master mentioned the source of our team's substitutes? Are they assigned by the academy, or... do we have to find them ourselves?"

Beibei pondered, "It's best to find one ourselves. If we really can't find one, the academy can assign one for us. As the team representing Shrek Academy in the Soul Master Competition, we have that kind of authority."

"Oh, I see." Mo Lian said thoughtfully, "Then... Captain, I heard that in the last Soul Master Competition... Shrek Academy's youth and junior groups were completely wiped out, and they were almost brought to tears by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. I guess they don't have much hope in the youth group this time. The seven of us are under a lot of pressure."

"Hmm... Does the Soul Hunter Guild have any mid-to-high-level Soul Masters around fourteen years old? Actually, we could artificially create three Soul Kings to participate in the Soul Master Competition, and those desperate individuals in the Soul Hunter Guild would perfectly fit our needs. As long as the money is right, they're really willing to fight to the death..."

Xu Sanshi interrupted, "Impossible. Even we can't achieve a mid-to-high-level Soul Master age of fourteen. Qin Xue and Qin Mengmeng can barely manage it. Those genius Soul Masters would receive the highest level of treatment no matter which force they join. It's impossible for them to earn that meager salary in the Soul Hunter Guild."

"It's not that there's no way," Chen Yu said slowly. "A complete set of ten-thousand-year soul bones, plus all kinds of medicines, should be enough to cultivate a high-level Soul Venerable into a Soul King in nine months. Hmm... eighteen ten-thousand-year soul bones. With the current scale of our Tang Sect, we definitely can't come up with such a huge amount of resources. I just don't know if the academy will be able to help us."

hiss……

Everyone gasped. Although soul bones weren't very valuable at this point in time, a ten-thousand-year soul bone was still worth five million gold soul coins. Eighteen of them! A full eighteen soul bones, that's ninety million gold soul coins. Would Shrek Academy really be willing to offer such a huge amount of resources?

Tang Ya frowned and said, "Bei Bei, let's forget about it. There's no need to waste so many resources on these meaningless things. There are so many Soul Masters with inherited skills in the academy, we can just find three of them, right?"

"No, this is absolutely unacceptable!" Huo Yuhao hurriedly said, "Teacher Xiaoya, our Tang Sect needs a great battle to make a name for itself, and the Soul Master Competition is the best stage. If we have three more students with strong talents, even if we win the championship of the junior group of the Soul Master Competition, the credit of our Tang Sect will be greatly diminished."

"Besides, those talented students are all arrogant and proud, and they may not be able to follow our orders. We might not even be able to handle one of them, let alone three."

Upon hearing this, Bei Bei gritted her teeth, as if she had made a decision, "You wait here, I'm going to find my ancestor right now. He's a Limit Douluo, he can definitely produce eighteen ten-thousand-year soul bones."

After saying that, Beibei walked out of the private room without looking back.

After leaving the Tulip Hotel, Beibei rushed back to Shrek Academy and went straight to the freshman dormitory building.

As expected, Mu En and Long Xiaoyao were completely unaffected and continued playing chess in front of the freshman dormitory building. After all, the world is big, but playing chess is the most important thing.

Bebe stood beside Moon, staring intently at the chessboard in front of her, unable to utter a word.

"Beibei, are you having some trouble? You don't usually come to see us old folks. Come, tell Grandpa Long about it." Long Xiaoyao played with the chess pieces in his hand, looking at Beibei with a kind smile.

Beibei scratched her head, looking embarrassed, and said, "Grandpa Long, it's like this, we want to get three sets of ten-thousand-year soul bones to train three assassins for the Tang Sect to accompany us in this year's Soul Master Competition, but... but we don't have enough funds..."

Beibei's voice grew softer and softer, and her head slowly drooped down.

"I thought it was something important, but it's just eighteen ten-thousand-year soul bones. Grandpa Long is paying for them." Long Xiaoyao said with a smile, "However... let's make one thing clear beforehand: if your Tang Sect team can win the championship of the junior group in this Soul Master Competition, these soul bones will be considered as my sponsorship of your Tang Sect."

"If we fail to win the championship, you must return these soul bones to me."

And so, Bei Bei happily obtained three complete sets of ten-thousand-year soul bones, and according to Chen Yu's idea, she set off to build a Shrek... oh no, Tang Sect team that belonged exclusively to them.

(The Soul Master Competition is coming soon! The dashing Crown Princess Ju Zi of the Sun Moon Empire is about to make her appearance. What kind of feelings will Huo Yuhao develop for Ju Zi?)

(End of this chapter)