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Chapter 262: Tiandou is about to rise?
"Tian Dou?!"

Tang San was also surprised. It made sense that the Spirit Hall didn't want to hold the competition. It was probably because they gave the three spirit bones to the golden generation. Moreover, with the Spirit Hall's current appeal, even if they didn't hold the competition, both Tiandou Imperial City and Xingluo Imperial City had Spirit Halls, which would probably attract many of the top 32 team spirit masters to join the Spirit Hall.

Therefore, Tang San believed that the Spirit Hall's decision not to hold the event was a strategy. After all, half of the top team members had powerful forces behind them, and ordinary spirit masters like Ye Lingling who had no background but strong strength and talent were still a minority.

But the final host country was Tiandou instead of Xingluo, which surprised many people present.

It is generally believed that Tiandou's national strength is inferior to Xingluo's. In fact, some clues can be seen from the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition. All the members of Xingluo Royal Academy are Soul Masters, while Tiandou Royal Academy has only five Soul Masters. Moreover, in terms of overall strength, except for Dugu Yan who was strengthened by Tang San and Ye Lingling who possesses a special martial spirit, the others are far behind Xingluo.

In this context, the Tiandou royal family actually won the opportunity to host this event!

"Is it because the qualifying round is held in Tiandou Imperial City, so the finals are also chosen to be held in Tiandou Imperial City to avoid wasting time?" Meng Yiran proposed a possibility.

"This possibility is very small. The top three teams in the Continental Elite Soul Master Competition will all receive rewards, and the reward for the champion will definitely far exceed other rewards. The rewards are paid by the organizer of the finals, which means that the rewards given by Tiandou must exceed those of the Xingluo Royal Family and the Spirit Hall." Bishop Salas said.

Yan said arrogantly, "Humph, I guess the Emperor of the Xingluo Empire must have thought that our Wuhun Academy would be the champion this time. He knew that the prize of the competition would fall into our hands and he would not be able to win over our golden generation, so he simply gave up the event and let the Tiandou Royal Family take advantage of it."

Everyone present nodded secretly, Yan's statement was actually the most likely one.

The three members of the golden generation were granted three ten-thousand-year soul bones by the Pope early on, and it was impossible for the other two empires to poach them away. Ye Ruxue was also known to the outside world as a clergyman of the Spirit Hall. Tang San and Tailong were both from the Haotian Sect. The only person who could be won over was the Douluo Meng Yiran.

Therefore, it is right for Xingluo not to spend a huge price. Even if the reward is given, it will still be taken away by Wuhun Academy in the end. In other words, the Xingluo Royal Academy team has given up the chance to compete for the championship.

Qian Renxue thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible that the Tiandou royal family is about to rise?"

Hearing Qian Renxue's words, even Tang San shook his head vigorously, expressing his absolute impossibility. With the strength of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, their only Douluo was Poison Douluo. Initially, Poison Douluo himself was poisoned by his own martial spirit, leaving him with only level 91 spirit power. Now, even Poison Douluo's Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire were shared with Tang San. This had nothing to do with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Could such a family rise to prominence? Tang San simply didn't believe it.

This is why the three major sects were all established within the Tiandou Empire, because the Tiandou royal family was weak. The Tiandou Empire was divided and had no way to manage the sects within the empire. To put it bluntly, the three major sects were like vassal states, with their own spirit masters and power, but they were not under the control of the imperial family.

"What's the prize for the champion?" Tang San asked the question that concerned him most. No matter how weak the Tiandou royal family was, it was still one of the empires, and their ancestors were rich. There might be some good things in the treasury.

"We'll know that tomorrow. There will be a dinner at the Tiandou Palace tomorrow, and Emperor Xue Ye will make the announcement himself."

On that day, the news of the finals held by the Tiandou Empire spread like wildfire, spreading throughout the streets and alleys of the Tiandou Dynasty, and had become the hottest topic of discussion.

This is certainly good news for the residents of Heaven Dou Imperial City. After all, the vast majority of residents lack the ability to travel long distances; they are ordinary people who aren't even Soul Masters and can't leave the city. Now that the finals can be held in their own city, it's naturally a good thing. Some residents of Heaven Dou Imperial City even believe that the Heaven Dou Empire is about to rise, having actually managed to secure the hosting of the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament finals.

The next night, amidst such heated discussions, a lively dinner was held at the Tiandou Palace. The Tiandou Palace was naturally magnificent, with a stone forest in the center, surrounded by rugged rocks and stone peaks.

On ordinary days, the center of the palace is very quiet and few people are here. However, today on Xue Ye's night, His Majesty is holding a banquet here to entertain the top 32 contestants of the competition, so the place has become lively early.

There are a total of 224 people in the top academy teams, and nearly people including substitutes. The people gathered here in groups of three or five, chatting and discussing things. In addition to the contestants, various prominent figures of the Tiandou royal family were also present, such as Prince Xuexing, Crown Prince Xueqinghe and three other princes, even Dugu Bo was present.

After all, for Tiandou, isn't it just to start attracting players in such occasions after paying such a huge price?

Although everyone is an opponent, the atmosphere is very active and the whole scene is very lively.

As the seeded player of the organizer, the Tiandou Royal Academy team naturally attracted much attention, and Dugu Yan attended the event in a gorgeous dress, wearing a green dress with embroidered patterns, revealing her snow-white skin. Dugu Yan's hair was draped over her shoulders, and the neckline of the dress was quite low, revealing her wavy hair, revealing her snow-white and bottomless ravines. The spring scenery was so beautiful that all the men present couldn't help but take a few more glances.

A charming breath that makes people feel numb to the bones.

After all, they are from different colleges, and Dugu Yan has few opportunities to see her sweetheart. She must seize the opportunity. Tang San will be present today, and she has not yet taken out her most beautiful clothes.

"Young Sect Master Tang, Yanyan offers a toast to you." Dugu Yan came over with a cup of sake, her steps were fragrant, and she drank first as a toast.

Tang San glanced at Dugu Yan. Others thought Dugu Yan's elusive beauty was very attractive, but Tang San had seen it before.

"Don't pretend to be drunk, don't try to scam people." Tang San immediately stopped Dugu Yan's plan of scamming people by taking advantage of her drunkenness.

Instead, Tang San looked past Dugu Yan and towards Ye Lingling, who was drinking alone in a corner not far away. Ye Lingling was dressed simply, and her beauty was like a landscape painting in ink. Although it was done with only a few strokes, she was otherworldly and ethereal, like a green lotus in a deep valley, very pleasing to the eye.

There were many people around Ye Lingling who were eager to strike up a conversation and raise a toast to her, but without exception, they were all rejected by Ye Lingling's cold aura.

Ye Lingling smiled gently, raised her glass to Tang San and took a sip. Tang San nodded and took a sip as well.

Of course, Tang San saw many familiar faces at this dinner, even Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu were there, but he did not see the Blue Silver Emperor's clone. However, Tang San did not go forward to say anything. After all, the biggest highlight of the night was the championship prize.

(End of this chapter)