Douluo Dalu: Seven Kills

Chapter 115: Seven out of nine for the reserve team?

"So."

Seeing that everyone's reactions were similar, Chen Junting spread his hands and said, "Since everyone doesn't want to fight anymore, let's just throw the question to the person who asked it."

The voice just fell,

"Good boy, so that's what you think."

Elder Xuan, gnawing on a chicken leg, appeared in front of them. Behind his messy hair, his sharp eyes were fixed on Chen Junting.

Without waiting for Chen Junting to respond, Elder Xuan gave instructions to the teacher beside him, "Take all of your eliminated students back, and just these nine will be left behind."

Wang Yan and several other teachers moved quickly, but except for a few people, the others remained frozen in place, with resentment on their faces.

It's not that they were dissatisfied with being eliminated so quickly because they hadn't shown their full strength yet. After all, those guys on the stage were all monsters among monsters. They were either Soul Sect cultivators or had absorbed Soul Rings beyond their level or had top-level Martial Souls. They were convinced of their defeat now. It was just that the sloppy old man in front of them had said at the beginning that only seven people would remain, but now nine were left.

This is not fair to them at all. If one or two more people could stay, they might also be one of them.

Elder Xuan glanced at the core disciples who were unwilling to leave, and saw what they were thinking at a glance. He snorted, "I keep my word. Seven people are seven people. But how I choose seven from the nine is none of your business. Does anyone have any questions? Ask now to avoid being accused of bias behind your back."

As he said this, he took a sip of wine and stopped paying attention to them. Instead, he looked at Chen Junting and the other nine people, as if thinking secretly.

But soon, an idea came to me.

As the eliminated students left, soon only nine people including Master Xuan and Chen Junting were left in the fighting arena.

The atmosphere seemed to be somewhat silent, making the other eight people except Chen Junting feel a little uneasy. Even Ning Tian's aqua blue eyes revealed a hint of worry.

After all, to a certain extent, their actions could be regarded as tricking the old man of the Sea God Pavilion. But if they had to do it again, they would most likely make the same choice as now.

At this time, Chen Junting took Ning Tian's hand.

He pinched it gently a few times, as if to reassure her.

"Cough-cough-"

Seeing that these little guys were not frightened by his silence, but instead showed affection in front of him, a single old man, Old Xuan took a sip of wine and coughed a few times.

"I guess you have just heard what I said. I can only choose seven of you nine people. And these seven people will participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition. But you are not the regular team members, but the reserve team. In other words, the seven people who were selected are just substitutes."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt not disappointed but happy.

Because the purpose of selecting seven people in this audition was exactly the same as what Chen Junting and Ning Tian guessed three days ago!
Noticing the expressions of the nine people, Old Xuan frowned slightly.

It doesn't look like a surprise at all.

"You guys knew this a long time ago?"

Just when he was wondering who in the inner courtyard had leaked the news, everyone hurriedly said that someone had guessed it.

These words made Xuan Lao's brows relax slightly. But after taking a bite of the roasted chicken in his hand, he muttered, "It must be that brat Wang Yan, otherwise who would have guessed this news."

This made Wang Yan, who was walking back, sneeze. Little did he know that he had been blamed.

"Now, I will tell you about the seven people who will be selected." Elder Xuan took another sip of wine and began to talk about business. "But before that, I want to make it clear in advance. The two people who were not selected in the end are not bad. It's just that from the perspective of team matching, they are not suitable."

“You, you, you…”

He stretched out his finger and pointed out the names one by one. After his finger fell seven times, only He Cai Tou and Wu Feng were not selected.

The feeling of loss was revealed in an instant.

Elder Xuan glanced at them, his gaze especially lingering on He Caitou for a moment. In fact, from the beginning, his plan was to eliminate Wang Dong and Wu Feng, just enough to keep the team with two strong attackers, one defender, one agile attacker, one controller, one auxiliary, and one soul guide. Also, among these nine people, except for Huo Yuhao, they were the only ones with the lowest cultivation. After five years, their cultivation was obviously not as good as others.

But later, he remembered that the girl dressed as a man seemed to have a soul fusion skill with Huo Yuhao, so after hesitating for a moment, he changed the candidate to be eliminated from Wang Dong to He Caitou.

As for what Mu Lao said some time ago about developing the Soul Guidance Department...among these seven people, Huo Yuhao is still a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department. So, the seven-member team was selected in this way.

"With my brother."

Huo Yuhao walked up to He Caitou and was about to comfort him, but was stopped by He Caitou, who pretended to be indifferent, "It's okay, Yuhao, you're going to win face for our soul guide system."

At this time, Chen Junting and Ning Tian were also trying to persuade Master Xuan. "Master Xuan, can't you be flexible?"

"Is this matter negotiable?"

Mr. Xuan waved his hand and refused without even thinking.

Perhaps he was in a good mood at the moment, and because they were from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Elder Xuan was able to patiently explain.

"Although you are the reserve team, as long as nothing unexpected happens you will be the main team for the next competition, and you will also be called the Shrek Seven Devils of this generation. How can it be possible that there are actually nine people called the Shrek Seven Devils?"

"What if it's just a rotation? What if something unexpected happens and the main team can't play, and the reserve team is not strong enough, then the rotation members will be just right. And the rotation members are not counted in the seven people you promised. After all, the members who are not eliminated will get some rewards, right?"

"Otherwise, if we lose in the competition, the Sun-Moon Empire might be ready to start a war again."

When Mr. Xuan heard this, his confused eyes suddenly widened!
You kid, you not only said everything I wanted to say.

And it also provides an excuse for my previous promise.

but…

That does make a lot of sense.

Seeing that Master Xuan had no intention of refutation, Chen Junting struck while the iron was hot and brought up what happened ten thousand years ago.

"Besides, ten thousand years ago, when the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils participated in the Soul Master Competition, weren't there four soul masters with similar cultivation levels who competed with them?"

"You know this, too."

Old Xuan was surprised at first, and then he began to murmur.

"The Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect does have a pretty complete record."

Chen Junting directly accepted the explanation given by Elder Xuan, and then said with a smile: "After all, Ning Rongrong and Oscar's ancestors became famous in that Soul Master Competition. As descendants, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect naturally has to record the process of the competition clearly."

Then he asked.

"Master Xuan, what do you think about this matter?"

Glancing at Chen Junting, who was now in a dilemma, Xuan Lao waved his hand impatiently. "My words don't count in this matter."

Then, he said to everyone, "Alright, alright, all nine of you must keep the matter of the reserve team a secret. Whoever leaks it will be disqualified from participating and his status as a core disciple will be revoked."

"As for what you said..."

Looking at Chen Junting, he took a sip of wine and thought for a moment.

"Well, according to the rules, you will all have to practice with me for one day every week. When the first time comes, you all come first, and I will tell you the final decision then."

"By the way, when the time is right, the members of the regular team will also train with you. But I think you should all know them, after all, the regular team hasn't changed much."

When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled.

They didn’t know many inner courtyard seniors, and the seven inner courtyard seniors they met in the class promotion assessment were exactly seven people.

Chen Junting looked up and met the eyes of Old Xuan.

Very good, he saw the teasing in Old Xuan’s eyes.

(End of this chapter)