Transmigrating into Douluo Continent: I Am a Master

Chapter 172 The Efficacy of the Elixir

Then, Elder Yan poured a small amount of powdered pills into the rabbit soul beast's mouth.

Before long, the rabbit's eyes suddenly glowed red, and it became extremely ferocious, its four legs flapping wildly in mid-air.

Old Yan released the rabbit, which then began to run wildly. Finally, Old Yan delivered a flying kick, grabbed the rabbit, and burned it to ashes.

"Do you understand now, everyone? Based on my deduction, the enhancement effect of this pill can only be used on Soul Masters of the seventh ring or above. If Soul Beasts below the seventh ring take it, they will become like that rabbit from before, going into a berserk state."

"Soul beasts will succumb to the powerful pressure of their own. Therefore—"

"So the beast tide was created by the Emperor Heaven and the Holy Spirit Cult working together!" Elder Xuan slammed his fist on the table and shouted angrily.

Zhang Mo nodded slightly, pinched his chin, and said, "That explains why the beast tide scattered and retreated as soon as the evil soul master made a move."

"They must have the antidote for this elixir."

Yan Shaozhe clenched his fists and said angrily, "These bastards and those reckless soul beasts."

"But what is the point of all this going around in circles? Their gains must exceed their losses, otherwise why would they go to such lengths to stage such a show?" Huo Yuhao raised this core question.

"Popular support. Given the current situation, that's the only thing they have. But how much can that really help them accomplish?"

Zhang Mo frowned, unable to figure it out.

At the end of the meeting, aside from angrily denouncing the Holy Spirit Cult's shamelessness and Di Tian's idiocy at the conference table, there was really no further news or better ideas, and the meeting adjourned.

In addition to strengthening the academy's spies' information gathering efforts among various countries on the continent, Elder Xuan was also preparing for the new Soul Fighting Tournament.

Besides the Seven Devils from the previous year, the Inner Court has also gained many outstanding members. For example, Wang Qiu'er.

Wang Qiu'er's displayed strength satisfied many teachers and even elders in the inner academy, but her martial spirit and background still made Elder Xuan uneasy.

Finally, it was Huo Yuhao and Zhang Mo who vouched for him that Xuan Lao finally put his doubts to rest.

These past few days, Huo Yuhao has focused on practicing swordsmanship with Zhang Mo, and aside from that, he's been cultivating. His relationship with Wang Dong'er is also getting better and better.

Although Wang Dong'er is always on guard against Wang Qiu'er, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that the current Wang Dong'er is not as confident as she was during her Wang Dong days. She loves Huo Yuhao very much, but she is also afraid that Huo Yuhao will fall in love with Wang Qiu'er, who looks exactly like her.

However, since their last parting, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er haven't seen Wang Qiu'er for many days.

As for Zhang Mo, he got a short rest.

Although we still don't know what the Holy Spirit Cult is up to, we'll deal with whatever comes our way.

He finally managed to find the time to spend properly with Ye Guyi. Although Ye Guyi had never expressed it, Zhang Mo knew he owed her too much, having never properly spent time with her since they got together.

This past week has been peaceful and sunny. It's as if the beast tide and the evil spirit masters from not long ago were just a dream.

But this warm and cozy atmosphere was shattered by a tip from the front lines.

Zhang Mo and Ye Guyi were taking a walk hand in hand on a sunny afternoon.

An inner court staff member suddenly approached Zhang Mo and said anxiously, "We have intelligence that Elder Xuan wants to see you in the main conference room."

Zhang Mo turned to look at Ye Guyi, who said understandingly, "Go ahead, we'll have dinner together tonight."

"it is good."

Zhang Mo then rushed to the main conference room of the Sea God Pavilion.

When Zhang Mo stepped into the conference room, not everyone was there yet. There were only a few people and Elder Xuan inside.

Elder Xuan looked up at Zhang Mo and said, "Please sit down first, and wait for the others."

The wait wasn't long; in about five minutes, all the elders of the Sea God Pavilion had arrived.

Next, Elder Xuan distributed intelligence reports from the front lines to everyone.

This brief illusion was about to shatter, and everyone nervously opened the intelligence reports in front of them. After all, this level of emergency meeting was likely to contain explosive information of the same magnitude as the one that came before.

Zhang Mo opened the intelligence report in front of him, and after reading it for only a few breaths, his eyes widened.

"This, this?"

The reactions of all the Grand Secretaries were exactly the same as Zhang Mo's; they were all incredulous and frowned.

The Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire's backup plan has finally arrived.

The intelligence report stated that the Sun Moon Empire declared that the Crown Prince was exhausted during this transitional period. The Holy Spirit Church, wishing to reform, was thus recruited by the Sun Moon Empire and designated as the new state religion.

When Zhang Mo saw this, he felt it was alright, since in the original timeline the Holy Spirit Cult had colluded with the Crown Prince at this point. It's just that this time, the Holy Spirit Cult's reason for becoming the new state religion of the Sun Moon Empire seemed more respectable.

Next is ————

The Holy Spirit Cult, having been recruited, handed over the latest information about the so-called beast tide to the Sun Moon Empire, claiming that the mastermind behind the beast tide was—the Star Luo Empire?

The reason given was that the beast tide attacked the Heavenly Soul Empire, the Douling Empire, and Shrek City. Meanwhile, the Star Luo Empire remained untouched by spirit beast invasions?!

Given the current standing of the Holy Spirit Cult among the people, there is widespread condemnation of the Star Luo Empire.

The Sun Moon Empire has announced a ban on students from the Star Luo Empire from participating in this year's Soul Fighting Tournament until the Star Luo Empire acknowledges its actions and pays apologies and compensation.

"You've all watched it, right? What are your thoughts?"

"This is definitely nonsense, but the key issue now is that the people believe it. Now we know what use the Holy Spirit Church has for winning people's hearts."

"Furthermore, neither the Heavenly Soul Empire nor the Fighting Spirit Empire will likely express their stance now. Standing up against the Holy Spirit Cult now would undoubtedly destabilize the entire national structure."

"Now it explains why the Red King led such a small horde of beasts around Shrek City."

Zhang Mo pointed out the current problem incisively.

"Indeed, the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult have devised a brilliant scheme, one step after another!" Elder Xuan couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

"You should also look at the last line of the intelligence report."

At Elder Xuan's reminder, all the elders of the Sea God Pavilion turned their attention back to the intelligence.

"Due to the cancellation of the Star Luo Empire's participation, there are not enough teams. Now, we're inviting all sects in the world to participate in the Soul Battle Tournament?! A grand tournament across the land?!"

"What's going on now?"

The elders of the Sea God Pavilion didn't quite understand the Sun Moon Empire's intention behind this new rule regarding the competition format.

The Sun and Moon Empire would never speak without reason. There must be a deeper meaning behind this from the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun and Moon Empire.