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Chapter 320 The Divided-Up Four Elements Academy (Part 2)

Don't think that the Free Guild is inferior to ordinary first-class forces just because it belongs to the Dragon King Palace. Wang Zhao thought of the situation in the original story where Shrek Academy and Tang Sect separated, and Huo Yuhao's Spirit Pagoda might become an enemy force. Therefore, he always insisted that the Free Guild and the Dragon King Palace are an inseparable whole.

Furthermore, regarding the status of the Free Guild, after so many years of development, the Free Guild has played an important role in all aspects of life for people on the mainland. Due to its freedom and excellent bounty system, even many Soul Masters under various forces would conduct business through the Free Guild. The Free Guild, which originated from the former Hunter Soul Master group, has almost shown a tendency to replace some of the social functions of the Spirit Hall.

All the major powers were naturally envious of this, but due to the strength of the Dragon King Palace, no one dared to compete with the Free Guild for resources. However, although they could not compete, some people thought that the Free Guild's branches were already spread all over the continent. Although it was still not as powerful as the Spirit Hall, its base was still the second largest on the continent.

Can the Dragon King Palace manage such a massive enterprise?

People like Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye had considered this issue, and thus approached Wang Zhao, proposing to join the Free Guild to offer assistance…

Bah, don't even mention helping them. They just want a piece of the pie.

Wang Zhao was certainly not stupid. He simply made some trivial promises to appease Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye's people, while keeping the power of the Free Guild firmly in his hands.

This shows just how precious the Free Guild seats promised by Wang Zhao to Tianshui and Chihuo Academies are. Of course, if Tianshui and Chihuo Academies agree to this condition, they will have to be fully committed to the "quagmire" of the Free Guild, unlike Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi who have their own schemes, just trying to get a piece of the Free Guild's benefits or even trying to interfere and seize power.

After all, if the two academies join in, Wang Zhao might give them the opportunity to escape or even cause a split within the Free Guild.

In short, if Tianshui and Blazing Fire Academy align themselves with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon School, they will become affiliated sects; if they align themselves with the Empire, their names will be labeled with the Empire's name. As for Wang Zhao's invitation to the two academies to join the Free Guild under the guise of "cooperation"...

It's just a matter of subtly replacing the concept.

Wang Zhao's decision to make the clan forces behind Tianshui and Blazing Fire Academy among the managers of the Free Guild was surely an attempt to exploit the Free Guild's inclusive nature and completely swallow them up.

If other non-Spirit Hall forces were to make the same calculation, Tianshui and Blazing Fire Academy would undoubtedly refuse immediately. It's an obvious scheme; everyone would see through it and simply side with the Heaven Dou Empire. But this is a free guild…

Faced with such a huge temptation, the two academies hesitated. Finally, one night, Wang Zhao personally approached the clan forces behind the two academies for a friendly exchange. From then on, Tianshui and Chihuo academies joined the Free Guild and received the protection of the Dragon King's Palace.

What exactly happened that night remains unknown to outsiders, but when the two academies announced the news, it undoubtedly caused a major earthquake on the continent at that time.

Among them, Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye were the most annoyed. After all, it was alright for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan did not get a share of an elemental academy. For these two, not being able to benefit from this change was practically a loss.

So it's no wonder that Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye secretly decided to join forces to restrict the development of the Dragon King Palace and the Free Guild in recent years. They've managed to build up their power base to this extent in just a few years; it's truly terrifying...

Since then.

The Spirit Hall, along with Elephant Armor and Divine Wind Academy.

Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, and Thunder Academy.

The Free Guild, or Dragon King's Palace, along with Blazing Fire and Skywater Academy.

The once renowned and prestigious Elemental City and Elemental Academy were completely divided up, or rather, divided up by the Dragon King Palace and the Spirit Hall.

After all, Thunder Academy seems to have originally belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan.

Wang Zhao had no intention of recruiting the exceptionally talented young geniuses from Tianshui and Chihuo Academy, such as Huowu, Shuibing'er, and Xuewu, to Qianlong Academy.

After all, Wang Zhao had no intention of losing two strong teams in any future All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament that Shilaike Academy would participate in. Even though the dean of Blazing Fire Academy wanted Huo Wushuang, who possessed the Unicorn Fiery Dragon Martial Soul, to join Hidden Dragon Academy, Wang Zhao refused.

The Seven Dragons Girls team is just full and doesn't need any substitutes, especially a male substitute.

Of course, despite his refusal, Wang Zhao still showered these geniuses with resources. For example, he provided Huo Wushuang with opportunities to cultivate in the "Dragon Transformation Pool," a super-simulated environment at the Qianlong Academy. As for Shui Bing'er, Wang Zhao gave her a top-grade ice-attribute martial soul transformation pill with effects almost on par with immortal herbs, helping her martial soul transform from her original clan-inherited martial soul, the Water Flying Phoenix, into a true ice phoenix.

After Shui Bing'er's martial soul underwent a transformation, its attributes also evolved into the ultimate ice. As a result, the Ice Phoenix martial soul was able to enter the ranks of super martial souls. Although it was only just entering the threshold, it was still somewhat inferior to Ma Hongjun's Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix in the original work, not to mention Wang Zhao's Golden Scale, which had undergone countless special ultimate light attribute enhancements and was not a god-level martial soul but was still superior to ordinary god-level martial souls.

However, Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix is ​​undoubtedly very rare. After all, even ordinary immortal herbs may not be able to help a Soul Master transform into the ultimate attribute. It can only be said that Shui Bing'er herself has outstanding talent. The top-grade Martial Soul Transformation Pill only helped her cross the threshold that she would have been unable to cross in her entire life.

Besides Shui Bing'er and Huo Wushuang, other geniuses such as Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er also received some resource support, which will not be discussed here.

As for Shenfeng Academy, after it became independent from the Four Elements City, the Spirit Hall quickly arranged for Shenfeng Academy to relocate to another main city adjacent to the Elephant Armor Sect's location. The purpose was naturally to facilitate mutual support between these two "unofficial" forces of the Spirit Hall.

Only Feng Xiaotian was specifically chosen by Wang Zhao, who instructed Bibi Dong to arrange for him to be brought to the Spirit Academy in Spirit City for training. Wang Zhao considered him to be on the same level as Shui Bing'er. As for Shui Bing'er, Wang Zhao could summon her to the Dragon King's Palace for instruction at any time, but it was inconvenient for Feng Xiaotian.

Although his martial soul lacks ultimate attributes, Feng Xiaotian's innate full soul power and self-created soul skills alone are enough to make Wang Zhao pay more attention to him.

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(End of this chapter)