Douluo's Spirit Pearl Divine Sword

Just as Tianlin was about to leave, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm suddenly said, "Wait, Xiaotian, my million-year soul bone seems to have a connection with this Tang San."

"Sensing?" Tianlin asked in confusion. He calmed himself down and sensed it, and the skull was actually warning him.

This all stems from a soul skill that allows Tianlin to foresee the future. Even without actively using this soul skill, Tianlin's perception of danger will be much sharper.

"Could it be related to Tang San?" Tian Lin walked to Tang San's side again. "Soul Bone Skill: Foresight!"

A bright light enveloped Tang San, and a strange image entered Tian Lin's mind.

A moment later, Tianlin came to his senses, his mind reeling. "What exactly happened in that scene? It was so strange. Damn it, it was too short a time; I didn't see much."

Tianlin sat cross-legged, deep in thought. The scene he had just witnessed was something that had never appeared in the original story. He wasn't there; there was only Tang San and something else. But since the skull had warned him, it must be related to him.

"Xiao Tian, ​​calm down. I don't know what you just saw, but whatever it was, now that you know, let's prepare in advance," Tianmeng Ice Silkworm transmitted.

Tianlin took a deep breath and calmly said, "You're right, thank you for reminding me, Brother Tianmeng. However, if it's true, Tang San, I'll help you one more time, and also help myself one more time."

Subsequently, Tianlin used the second application of precognition to pre-set two of his soul skills in Tang San's body, which would be released when the time was right.

"Tang San, I'm sorry, I have to use you one more time, but if what happened in the scene really happens, then it won't really be considered harming you." After Tian Lin finished speaking, he turned and left. Judging from the scene just now, something extraordinary was about to happen in the future, and he needed to think it over carefully.

Tang San's luck as the protagonist of the original novel is truly extraordinary. He used the ability to foresee the future on him once, and the cooldown time is as long as three years. Now, even if Tian Lin wanted to use the ability to foresee the future to find other clues, he would have no way to do so.

Three hours later, Tang San slowly woke up. He had completely forgotten everything in the illusion, only remembering that Shi Nian suddenly attacked him and then he fainted.

Tang San quickly got up and checked himself. To his surprise, his mental strength was not only completely intact, but also stronger than before. In addition, Shi Nian was gone. The only thing he was missing was the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon, which had been taken from him.

"Could it be that Shi Nian let me go, and his only goal is my skull from the Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon? But I heard from the Dean that he wasn't such a soft-hearted person." Tang San was filled with doubt, but he also knew that he couldn't stay here any longer. If Shi Nian returned, he would be truly finished.

Tang San used his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Steps technique and, without knowing anything, quickly ran back to Shrek Academy.

Before he even reached the academy gate, Tang San had already seen Xiao Wu standing there, anxiously waiting.

"Brother—" Upon seeing Tang San, Xiao Wu's eyes welled up with tears, and she rushed over as if flying.

Because he had been missing for so long, Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai, who were closest to him in the academy, were extremely worried.

The others weren't entirely unconcerned, after all, they were classmates, but none of them were as flustered as Xiaowu.

"Xiao Wu, don't worry, I'm perfectly fine. I just took a stroll in the woods after chatting with Brother Jun," Tang San comforted Xiao Wu, patting her head. He didn't mention what happened in the past year so as not to worry her.

"Where's the teacher? I need to talk to him."

“Master is also very worried about you. He’s at the Academic Affairs Office right now. He’s told us to go see him as soon as you get back,” Dai Mubai said from the side.

Tang San nodded and said to Xiao Wu, "Xiao Wu, you go and rest first. I'll be back soon."

"Okay!" Although Xiao Wu was reluctant, she knew that Tang San must have something important to say to the Grandmaster since he was in such a hurry to find him, so she wouldn't insist on going with him.

Tang San arrived at the Grandmaster's office. The door was only slightly ajar. He pushed it open and walked in, saying, "Teacher, I'm here."

"It's good that you're back!" The master stood up and questioned seriously, "Little San, what exactly happened just now? You were just chatting with Sword Master, and you disappeared for several hours?"

"I was attacked by Shi Nian from Canghui Academy." Tang San no longer concealed anything from the master.

Upon hearing this, the master's expression changed drastically. "Are you talking about Canmeng Shinian? Did he do anything to you?"

Shi Nian is a Soul Master known for his cruelty, vindictiveness, and ruthlessness in achieving his goals. Anyone who makes an enemy of him will almost certainly not have a good ending.

Those who are lucky die relatively quickly, while those who are unlucky cannot die even if they want to, and can only completely collapse in despair, and then suffer brain death.

Tang San shook his head. "He didn't do anything to me. I fainted as soon as I saw him, and then he took my Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon."

"You fainted as soon as you met him? Shi Nian is a Soul Saint of the spiritual type. His spiritual power is extremely strong. He must have knocked you unconscious." The master analyzed in his own opinion. "But how did he change his ways? He used to never just take treasures without killing people."

Unable to figure it out no matter how hard he tried, the master simply gave up on thinking about it. "Never mind, it's good that you're alright. It's just a mere Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moon. If it's lost, it's lost. All that was stored inside were your hidden weapons, right? We can just remake them later. Don't you still have the one million gold soul coins that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School gave you?"

"I don't care about those basic hidden weapons. Even if Shi Nian gets them, he can't copy them without the blueprints. But there's a soul bone in there, and it should be a plant-type poisonous skull. It was given to me by the Sword Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School as compensation for the hidden weapon blueprints after the cooperation ended." Tang San frowned. Such a precious treasure was snatched away as soon as he got his hands on it. How could he be in a good mood?

"What did you say?" The master was no longer calm. In his plan for Tang San, there were only two types of soul bones to choose from.

The first choice is a strength-type soul bone that increases physical attributes the most. In the future, it will be used in conjunction with the Clear Sky Hammer to prepare for adding soul rings to the second martial soul.

The second choice is a plant-type soul bone, which, when paired with Blue Silver Grass, enhances the Blue Silver Grass's toughness. Ideally, it should be poisonous to further increase its power.

"You bastard Shi Nian!" At this moment, the master's image was completely ruined. Soul bones are far too sensitive in the world of soul masters.

Especially the skull and trunk bones; such precious treasures were stolen, and the master could curse for three days and three nights without repeating himself.

Meanwhile, Tianlin returned to his dormitory and immediately lay down on his bed, his mind in turmoil.

Turning over and looking at the ceiling, Tianlin muttered to himself, "The butterfly effect? ​​Or something else?"

Although a fragmented and unclear image may not seem like much, Tianlin was eager to find out the truth.

Chapter 163 The Top Five Emerge: The Conflict Between the Empire and the Spirit Hall

The next day, Tianlin woke up from his sleep. He had been unable to calm his mind the day before, so he did not continue his meditation and cultivation to avoid going astray. In his dream, he saw that strange scene again.

"Is it because I think about it during the day that I dream about it at night?" Tianlin rubbed his forehead and jumped off the bed with a somersault. "Forget it, let's talk about the future later. Anyway, I've prepared a backup plan. Besides, given the situation, even if it really happens, the most unlucky one should be Tang San."

If you can't figure it out, just leave it at that. No matter what happens in the future, as long as Tianlin has enough strength to deal with it, there won't be any problems. At this time, it's better to focus on cultivation.

After a quick wash, Tianlin joined the Huangdou team at the competition venue. In the battle against Zixing, neither Tianlin nor Gu Ran participated; they were simply too weak. The two elder brothers of the Shi family easily broke through their battle formation with the push tactics devised by Qin Ming.

The fight was very uneventful and didn't cause any ripples. After all, no one believed that Zixing had even a one percent chance of defeating Huangdou. However, the later battle, Shrek versus Canghui, attracted a lot of attention.

Shrek Academy is a dark horse that has emerged recently. They have a high win rate in this competition, and their current strength is not much inferior to that of the Five Elements Academy. Most importantly, Tang San from their team actually knocked three members of the Royal Fighting Team out of the arena yesterday.

Canghui, seemingly an ordinary academy, surprised everyone by using a seven-in-one fusion technique called the Seven Asura Illusion.

Originally, among all the academies, apart from Tianlin's external soul bone and the Spirit Hall's fusion skill, Demonic Charm, probably no other academy could resist this move.

But they still lost today because of Tang San's Purple Demon Eye.

"Huh, Tang San's Purple Demon Eye has actually entered the third level, and he even saw through the Seven Asura Illusion." Tian Lin thought to himself, "Tang San's luck is truly extraordinary. It seems that he has benefited from the spiritual power I transferred to him and turned misfortune into blessing."

Both Cang Hui and Shrek Academy went all out. Shi Nian disappeared. Cang Hui believed that Shrek Academy was responsible for Shi Nian's disappearance because they knew that Shi Nian's final departure was to deal with Tang San.

As for Shrek Academy, they believe that Shi Nian fled because he stole Tang San's soul bone and was afraid of being harassed by the two Soul Saints, Flander and Zhao Wuji, or even being reported to the tournament organizing committee. This matter is practically a foregone conclusion. The only doubt is why Shi Nian didn't kill Tang San. Could it be because he became a teacher and changed his nature in recent years, learning to show mercy to young people?

If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. Anyway, the fault lies with the other party, so neither side showed any mercy this time.

Just like in the original story, the Seven Asura Illusion was broken by Tang San's mental attack, and the seven members of Canghui were turned into idiots by the backlash of their own soul skills.

However, Salas did not retaliate against Shrek Academy this time because he completely disregarded the academy. Tang San's ordinary Blue Silver Grass, without a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, was not worth his attention. The competition rules prohibited death, and the students from Canghui Academy were still alive.

Whether he lives well or not is none of his business.

Therefore, Shrek Academy had no need to feign weakness, and Tang San and the others continued to participate in the later matches.

Soon, the preliminary rounds of the competition came to their final day, and the top five teams that would advance were finally determined.

The number one royal duel goes without saying; he won all twenty-six battles.

Next up is Tianshui, with 25 wins out of 26 battles. They were very lucky not to encounter any Royal Battles. The only loss they suffered was when they were blown away by the Divine Wind. Moreover, this time, they defeated Shrek Academy. Without the Blue Silver Cage and without Tang San being distracted and controlled, they couldn't stop Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice and Snow Drifting.

Then there's Thunder, who are exactly the same as Tianshui, with 25 wins out of 26 matches. Their only loss was against Shenfeng.

The fourth place is Kamikaze, who defeated the second and third place winners. He won 24 out of 26 battles. His two losses were against Royal Fighter and Blazing Fire. He lost to Royal Fighter because he was not strong enough. As for the reason he lost to Blazing Fire, everyone knows it was because a certain Hayate fanboy kept giving him free water!

Finally, there are Shrek and Blazing Fire. They both have a record of 23 wins out of 26 battles. Shrek lost one game each to Royal Fighting, Blazing Fire, and Heavenly Water.

As for Blazing Fire, although they defeated Divine Wind and Shrek, they had bad luck and also encountered Heavenly Water, Thunder, and Royal Fight.

In the first two matches, Blazing Fire Academy was able to fight back and forth, but when facing Royal Fight, Tianlin unleashed his ultimate fire, and the entire Blazing Fire Academy was completely defeated. They could hardly use a single soul skill and suffered an extremely unjust defeat.

Since only five teams could advance, the organizing committee had no choice but to have Shrek and Royal Fight fight another match to ensure fairness, with the winner advancing.

But this time, unexpectedly, it was Chi Huo who lost. There was no other way; losing this match meant elimination. The master had no choice but to unleash his final trump card, Ning Rongrong.

The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, reaching level 45, could almost elevate the entire Shrek Academy team's strength by a whole level, and its jet-black fourth spirit ring was even more astonishing.

Everyone had only one thought: Is the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School a gathering place for monsters? Not to mention the two Soul Kings, there was also Ning Rongrong, who was only at the fourth level of the Ten Thousand Years Realm. Were they trying to scare people to death?

Thanks to Ning Rongrong's powerful support abilities, Shrek Academy barely managed to avoid relegation. However, Blazing Fire Academy was clearly very dissatisfied with their loss. After the match, Fire Dance approached Feng Xiaotian, the captain of the Divine Wind Battle Team, seemingly to discuss something.

Tianlin guessed that the new Kamikaze team from the original work would still be making an appearance.

Inside the main hall, the five teams that had advanced stood in a row. Ning Rongrong winked cutely at Tian Lin, her expression clearly asking for praise, as if she were asking how she had performed in the battle just now.

Tianlin secretly gave her a thumbs up.

The others from Huang Dou and Shrek Academy pretended not to see the two exchanging glances, but Ning Fengzhi smiled slightly. He had watched these two children grow up, and the better their relationship was, the happier he was.

At this moment, Emperor Xueye stepped forward and said, "All the contestants of the teams that have advanced are talents of our empire. Today, I will personally confer the title of Imperial Viscount upon the captain and vice-captain of each team, and the title of Baron upon the remaining team members. After you graduate, you will be assigned fiefdoms."

Just like in the original story, Emperor Xueye issued a surprising decree, granting titles to everyone with such ease.

Tianlin never expected that he, born a commoner, would become a true nobleman so quickly, although he didn't really care for the title.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate?" Salas said with a grim expression. Those who could participate in the promotion competition were all considered excellent Soul Masters, and his Spirit Hall still wanted to recruit them.

"There's no precedent for awarding titles. Besides, even if you were to grant one, wouldn't giving it a viscount title be a bit too high?"

Xueye glanced at him and said, "Your Excellency, the conferment of titles is an internal matter of our empire, and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Spirit Hall, does it?"

"I hereby promise that if the Heavenly Dou Empire can produce a final champion team, then the titles of all members of that team will be promoted by one level."

Emperor Xueye was very displeased. He was the emperor, and he didn't need Salas's approval to bestow titles upon anyone. The more Salas tried to stop him, the higher the title he would bestow.

Chapter 164 Re-encounter with Barak in the Qualifying Match

"Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Heaven Water Academy, Thunder Academy, Divine Wind Academy, Shrek Academy, you are the top five who have emerged from numerous teams. I hope you will shine even brighter in the qualifying rounds. At that time, the three academies with the best performance will be able to receive advanced soul beasts provided by the Empire. You can choose any one with a cultivation level of less than 30,000 years!"

If the rewards they had just received were nothing special to them, as they had already reached the Soul Master level and were no longer ordinary people, then the rewards from the Soul Beasts were real and tangible. As Soul Masters, what they valued most was, of course, their advanced Soul Rings.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Under this temptation, many people couldn't help but bow solemnly to Emperor Xueye.

This scene infuriated Salas, but he couldn't say anything here, so he could only sit back down in his seat with a grim expression.

After leaving the main hall, Tang San walked to Tian Lin's side and asked, "Brother Jun, did you notice just now that there seems to be a significant conflict between the Empire and the Spirit Hall?"

Because of Tianlin's act of gifting the soul bone, the relationship between the two has eased on the surface. Although the soul bone was later stolen by 'Shi Nian', it had nothing to do with Tianlin.

In his mind, Tianlin was his future subordinate and also a fellow townsman, so they could still chat when they had free time.

Tianlin nodded. "The title is fine, but they even offered the guarantee of providing a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. This forces us to choose between the Empire and the Spirit Hall."

"Brother Jun, do you think His Majesty is just showing off to the Spirit Hall, or are the two forces already secretly at odds?" Tang San knew that Tian Lin was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and usually had close ties with the royal family, so he wanted to get some information from him.

Tianlin could see this clearly, and he smiled slightly, saying, "I don't know, but I don't need to choose anyway, because I am a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. It is you, Brother Tang, who can start thinking about it carefully."

Tianlin patted Tang San on the shoulder and left.

In fact, he believed that even if Tang San did not have a deep-seated hatred for the Spirit Hall, he would still choose the Empire's side because in his heart, he was a member of the aristocracy, and only by following the Empire could he obtain greater benefits and develop his Tang Sect.

Tianlin didn't think that far ahead. His priority right now was to get through the Spirit Hall's Soul Hunting Plan. He would deal with the rest later.