Douluo, my martial soul is a mushroom

Chapter 58: Making a deal with Xue Qinghe, the combat effectiveness of the auxiliary system

There is a one-month off period between the preliminaries and qualifying rounds. This period of time is reserved for the qualifying teams from the kingdom and principality to catch up, and for the qualifying teams from the Tiandou region to adjust their status.

After 32 days of continuous training, not every team is as strong as Shrek Academy. The four teams, Divine Wind, Thunder, Blazing Fire and Elephant Armor, all need to relieve their fatigue.

The award ceremony was over, and it was time for Chi Ping to move back to the hotel where Shrek was staying.

Before leaving, Chi Ping wanted to say hello to Xue Qinghe and ask him if he still had the intention to trade for that soul bone.

Prince’s Mansion, reception room.

All members of the Shrek team and their instructors gathered here.

"You don't have to follow me." Chi Ping said helplessly, "It's not like I can't find the way back to the hotel."

Flanders said righteously, "Then you went back to the hotel alone, and another bastard like Shiyueshiri popped up and destroyed your right arm again?"

The students were all sipping their tea, not even looking at Chi Ping. They were still angry about Chi Ping's behavior during the match with Tianshui College. Dai Mubai snorted coldly and said, "Want to act on your own again?"

Chi Ping scratched his chin awkwardly, "I didn't think enough about Hongjun. But I really think Hongjun can try to pursue Shui Binger. You two seem to be a good match."

Ma Hongjun slammed the cup on the table. "That's my own business! Brother Ping, you can't confuse public and private matters! You're using the college's honor for my own benefit. Who do you think I, Ma Hongjun, am?"

The three girls looked at Ma Hongjun in surprise. They didn't expect him to say such righteous words.

Chi Ping lowered his head, "I was wrong."

Even though he had already apologized, it didn't stop Chi Ping from continuing to apologize.

Dai Mubai said, "Those who can become the crown prince are not easy to deal with. We can also support you here. If you have any doubts, we can also give you advice."

"I just came to say thank you..." Ikehira smiled bitterly.

Everyone turned their heads away.

A quarter of an hour later, Xue Qinghe walked into the reception room in a hurry.

Chi Ping stood up and bowed, "Your Highness!"

The others also stood up and saluted, saying in unison, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"It is a great honor to have distinguished guests from Shrek Academy visit us. Please take a seat!" Xue Qinghe returned the greeting and said to the maid waiting outside the door, "Xue'er, bring me my treasured Wutong tea."

Then Xue Qinghe sat in the main seat, and Chi Ping and the others also took their seats.

"I wonder what brings you all here?" Xue Qinghe asked curiously.

Chi Ping said, "My injury is almost healed, and it's time to go back to the academy and prepare for the finals with everyone. So I came here to say goodbye to the prince."

Xue Qinghe pretended to be slightly angry, "Can't you stay a few more days? And Chi Ping, you are so polite again!"

Chi Ping had no choice but to change his words, "Qinghe, I don't want Shrek Academy to get involved in the empire's disputes. I have been in the Prince's Mansion for long enough. If I stay any longer, others will probably think that I have become yours."

Everyone looked sideways.

"I don't deny that I want to recruit you." Xue Qinghe said.

Chi Ping shook his head. "But you know, I represent Shrek Academy. Shrek Academy will only be a place for teaching and educating people, and will never get involved in the disputes on the continent. The dean thinks so too."

Flanders didn't expect that they would suddenly talk about him, but he would not refute Chi Ping's face, and said seriously: "Xiao Ping is right."

Xue Qinghe sighed: "That's a pity. But..."

Xue Qinghe stretched out his tone and his expression became serious, the kind of seriousness that comes from talking about serious matters, "Chi Ping, I want to make a deal with you."

Chi Ping, "Have you decided to exchange soul bones?"

The word "soul bone" attracted everyone, and they all focused their attention on Chi Ping.

"Didn't Uncle Ning tell you?" Chi Ping asked in confusion.

Ten people shook their heads.

Chi Ping took out the head soul bone from the storage soul guide. Soul guides were not rare, and small-space storage soul guides were not unavailable. Chi Ping often had to record some things like his cultivation insights, so Flanders gave him a five-liter storage amulet.

"Shi Nian has a soul bone, this one. Uncle Ning and Qinghe found it on his body. Uncle Ning brought it to me the day you came to see me. This soul bone is not suitable for me. Qinghe wanted to trade with me, and I agreed."

"Brother Ping, this is a soul bone!" Ma Hongjun said louder, "You're just going to sell it like this?"

Chi Ping shrugged, "Didn't I tell you that it's not suitable for me? Soul bones are indeed good things, but not all good things must be kept. The most important thing is whether it is suitable for me."

He turned his head and looked at Xue Qinghe, "Want to exchange?"

Xue Qinghe shook his head. "Like what you said, 'suitability' is very important. Soul bones are indeed precious, but they are not very 'suitable' for the empire."

"So what do you want to trade?"

Xue Qinghe looked at the people around him, and paused for a moment on Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing. "This matter concerns the people's livelihood in the empire. I wonder if you can temporarily leave?"

Chi Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, "Qinghe, do we have to avoid the dean and the others?"

Xue Qinghe said solemnly, "You must!"

Seeing this, Flanders tried to smooth things over: "In that case, let's go out first. The prince will send us a maid to take us around this mansion?" "Thank you for your understanding." Xue Qinghe said, "Qing'er, take the distinguished guests to Hanmei Courtyard."

A maid came over and took Flanders and the others out of the reception room.

"Qinghe, what do you want to trade? Why are you so mysterious?"

Xue Qinghe did not answer immediately, but walked silently into a small door in the corner of the living room. After a moment, he came back with a stack of documents and motioned Chi Ping to look through them.

"This is... the grain production report of my hometown, Xiaoyun Village, Notting City, Fasno Province? Are you investigating me?" Chi Ping asked in surprise.

Xue Qinghe nodded and said frankly, "As the core member of the champion team of the Tiandou Division Qualifiers of the All-Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, how could I not be curious about your past?"

"What do you want to do?" Chi Ping was not angry. He knew that it was normal and right for Xue Qinghe to investigate him.

"Awakened martial soul at the age of 6, innate soul power level 5, became a soul master at the age of 8, promoted to great soul master at the age of 10, soul master at the age of 12, soul ancestor at the age of 15, and soul king at the age of 17. Steadily improve 4 levels of soul power per year. Chi Ping, your talent is really beyond imagination."

Chi Ping nodded, "And then?"

Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "If you don't have the calm mentality you have now, I will try my best to win you over, or I will destroy you. Any qualified person in power will not allow the existence of something beyond their control. But my intuition tells me that I can't destroy you. So I will respect you and make a deal with you."

"Since seven years ago, the grain production in your hometown has increased greatly. It doubled that year and has increased year by year since then. This year it is expected to reach four times the initial level. The production of medicinal materials in Shrek Academy is also very high. You did all this, right?"

Ikehira was noncommittal. "It can't be some other reason. For example, management methods or farming techniques."

Xue Qinghe rolled his eyes, "What method could have such an effect?"

"I did it." Ikehira simply admitted it.

Xue Qinghe, "I need your method."

Chi Ping thought for a moment and said, "Are you sure? My method has hidden dangers."

"What hidden danger?"

Chi Ping stretched out his left arm and knocked it, making a sound of solid wood. "This method is exactly the same as my left arm. I use the mycelium derived from the martial spirit to adjust the soil fertility. If the soil is fertile, the grain yield will naturally be high. But if I want, I can also turn fertile fields into dead land overnight."

Chi Ping looked at Xue Qinghe seriously, "Do you still want to use my method?"

Xueqinghe looked back.

The two were of similar height, just able to look into each other's eyes.

It is said that eyes are the windows to the soul, and one can tell what a person is thinking from their eyes. When two people look at each other, it seems as if they want to see each other's heart from their eyes.

After a long while, Xue Qinghe smiled and said, "You are a good person."

“People’s hearts are fickle.”

"If your heart changes, you won't be a threat to me anymore."

Ikehira sighed, "What can you come up with?"

"Money, and the Empire's recognition of Shrek Academy's permanent neutrality in the finals."

"I agree. You give me a report later, write down the location, environment, and how much the yield will be increased. I will give you mycelium. You put the mycelium in the corresponding location, and you will see the effect in a year."

Xue Qinghe extended his hand, "Happy cooperation."

"Pleasant to work with."

……

The ranking battle will be held at the Tiandou Royal Knights training ground.

The competition is expected to last for half a month, followed by a half-month break, and the final will be held at the border of the Tiandou and Xingluo empires.

If the preliminaries are a test of teamwork and overall strength, the qualifying matches are a test of the players' individual strength. The four teams that advanced from the Tiandou Division are all looking forward to Shrek's performance.

Qualifying day.

Between the large circle formed by the knights and the competition venue, the fifteen participating teams have already arrived, even the teams that had a bye today. Even if they don't have to compete, they still want to see the strength of their opponents clearly.

The rules of the competition are simple. Each team sends seven players to participate, and each player must fight until they are defeated. If the winner wins, they will face the next opponent, until all seven players on one side are defeated.

Shrek Academy will take the stage in the first match of the first round to kick off the qualifying battle. Their opponent is the Yerken team from the Barak Kingdom. They are not very strong, but have a Soul Master who specializes in melee martial spirit.

As the team leader to some extent, Ikehira was thinking about the candidates for the battle.

"Pingzi, let me go first. I promise to kill Yerken one by one with one punch!" Dai Mubai promised, patting his chest.

Ma Hongjun snorted disdainfully, "Except for Sister Rongrong, who else can't we sweep?"

"Fatty, you're looking for trouble, right?"

"I am telling the truth."

Chi Ping first looked at the players, then looked at Ning Fengzhi in the audience, and said with a smile: "Xiao Ao, go ahead. The opening match is up to you, do your best."

Oscar also noticed Ning Fengzhi's presence and immediately stood up, as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and his nostrils seemed to be snorting, "Brother Ping, just wait and see, I will defeat seven people alone!"

Let me reveal that Chi Ping's last trump card is to abandon his body and let his soul live forever
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(End of this chapter)