Douluo: Legend of the Dragon King - The Voice of the Purple Emperor

Chapter 88 My House is Quite Big

First, they were taken to a luxurious hotel, which was quite unique. Half of the building was built in the sea, and every room had a view of the sea through the glass, giving people a feeling of being able to embrace the sea.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Tianhai League Grand Tournament, which will also include a draw, followed by the matches.

Gu You pondered that his blacksmith competition represented the East China Sea Blacksmith Association, which was unavoidable because the Tianhai Grand Competition itself had restrictions on certain competitions, making it difficult to represent oneself in the competition.

He had learned before that there were different competitions for specific age groups. Gu You's age was only suitable for the junior group, so he could only participate in the junior group's forging competition. The first round of assessment was called screening, which would involve a hundred forgings. As for what rare metals were being forged, no one knew; it was kept strictly confidential. After the first round, the sixty-four best people would be selected to participate in the second round of the competition.

The second round is free play. The same metal is given to you to forge, and the score you get depends on how well you can forge it.

The third round involves using the metal forged in the second round to create a specified design. These three rounds sound simple, but achieving a good ranking requires an amazing feat.

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The competition is about to begin, and early in the morning, the teams from various cities and schools were already lined up neatly in the stadium, waiting for the competition to begin.

The opening ceremony was held at Tianhai Stadium, a huge stadium that can accommodate 80,000 people at the same time, and is the largest of all cities in the entire Tianhai Alliance.

The Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition is the biggest event for the East China Sea Economic Zone and attracts attention from the entire Federation. Every year, the competition brings forth some outstanding talents.

In fact, the original purpose of the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition was to select outstanding talents for the Tianhai Alliance and cultivate them into pillars of the alliance.

The Federation is divided into numerous political parties, and the Tianhai Alliance itself is a powerful force, especially in the economic sphere, where it can be considered one of the major players among the provinces.

What frustrates the Tianhai Alliance is that the entire East China Sea region started developing relatively late. While economic development is easy, improving its cultural foundation is not something that can be done overnight. Many large cities in the inland areas have families with a history of thousands or even tens of thousands of years. The talents in these families have been cultivated through many years of experience, possessing a strong cultural foundation and deep roots.

Therefore, in terms of talent, the Tianhai Alliance has always been the most lacking, to the point that it has always lagged behind in some key talents.

In the eyes of some high-ranking officials in the inland regions and even the Federation, the Skysea Alliance is nothing more than an economic importer; as for other things, it is not outstanding, and its status has always hovered in the middle of the Federation.

How could the leaders of the Tianhai Alliance accept this? About two hundred years ago, they established the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition to select and encourage talent. Not only were the prizes generous, but they also provided special prizes to help these talents improve and further their studies, thereby enhancing the foundation of the Tianhai Alliance.

The huge stadium was packed with people, and the stands were already full.

Even someone as worldly-wise as Gu You couldn't help but marvel at the sheer number of people.

The next step is to draw lots according to the different participation methods.

But these are just things teachers are supposed to do; there's an opening performance coming up later, which Gu You isn't interested in.

"I'm so hungry, does anyone have anything to eat?" Gu You was thinking when a voice suddenly came from beside him.

He turned his head and saw a chubby little boy running around in the crowd, asking passersby with a longing look on his face.

"Heh! Another glutton." Gu Yue also saw the figure and subconsciously said to Gu You.

"Why are you looking at me? He's fat, but I'm not. Everyone's body is different. I need nutrition, but he has a completely natural body!" Gu You rolled his eyes, too lazy to explain to Gu Yue.

"Hey chubby, this is for you." Gu You called out to the darting figure, took out a high-energy bar from his storage soul tool, and handed it to him.

"Thank you, thank you." The little fat boy's eyes lit up as soon as he saw the energy bar. He grabbed it, swallowed it, and nodded repeatedly as he chewed. It was apple flavored, and he was so satisfied.

"It's delicious! We don't have energy bars this good back home. Thank you, big brother." The chubby boy had a sweet tongue.

Gu You was pleased with being called "Big Brother." "What's your name?"

The chubby boy said, "My name is Xu Lizhi, and my hobby is eating all kinds of 'delicious food'."

"You've already called me 'Big Brother,' so since you like to eat, I'll take you to eat your fill later. Come to my hotel, it's quite big, and I just got a lot of seafood snacks yesterday," Gu Youxi said with a smile.

Xu Lizhi's eyes lit up as he listened, and he kept swallowing. "Wow, that's great! After the competition, will you take me out to eat? I can't wait!"

"Of course, just give me your soul communication number." Gu You nodded cautiously.

As the two were exchanging phone numbers, a melodious yet somewhat cold voice suddenly rang out, "Little glutton, what are you doing here? All you do is eat! It's almost our turn."

Gu Yue disliked the tone of the voice and looked up coldly.

Ok?

Gu You looked behind him and saw a girl who looked to be about the same age as Xu Lizhi. She was wearing the same green tracksuit as Xu Lizhi, but the clothes that looked a bit bulky on Xu Lizhi looked slender and appropriate on her. Her golden ponytail was tied behind her head, and she had a pair of very beautiful blue eyes with long eyelashes. Her skin was fair and delicate, and it had a jelly-like texture under the sunlight.

Upon seeing her, Xu Lizhi jumped up like a mouse seeing a cat, and said honestly, "Sister Xinglan, I was wrong, but I'm so hungry! You see, if I don't eat my fill, I won't have any energy, right?"

"Let's go." The girl waved to him, then glanced at Gu You beside him and said with some disdain, "Don't eat just anyone's food. Don't you know there are a lot of bad people in this world?"

Gu You was immediately jolted awake. So he was a bad guy? He just wanted to take the chubby little boy home and feed him, but he also knew Ye Xinglan's temper. He had been spoiled since childhood, so he had to be very honest with him!

"You little brat, keep your temper in check. Who am I? Who are you?" Gu You roared.

Xu Lizhi's fat face twitched, and Gu Yue's eyes also trembled awkwardly. Fortunately, not many people around heard it, and the other members of Class Zero were more than ten meters away, otherwise Gu You would have been laughed at to death by everyone.

Not to mention Ye Xinglan...

(End of this chapter)