Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

"Stop, Director Lin, being surrounded like lions and tigers in a gladiatorial arena during the Soul Master Competition."

"You attack, I retaliate; honestly, I don't understand the point of this kind of competition."

"It would be a joke on the battlefield."

"Although this is a tradition that has been passed down for nearly ten thousand years, in my personal opinion, this thing has a negligible effect on the training of Soul Masters."

"Leaving aside other things, let's just talk about the recent sessions."

"As far as I know, in recent years, our Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy has had a very poor relationship with Shrek Academy, which has resulted in many students being injured or even killed during the competition."

"It is very inappropriate in my opinion that those students who were originally exceptionally talented and had the potential to become level eight or even level nine soul masters have ruined their future or even their lives because of a so-called competition."

"Even if they are to be injured or die, they should die on the battlefield of my Sun Moon Empire."

"Instead of dying like a joke on the stage surrounded by onlookers."

"It has to be said that this so-called Soul Master Competition is a very good way for the three kingdoms to weaken us."

"I once counted that more than half of all the students who died or became disabled in recent years were students of my Sun Moon Empire."

"And most of them were killed by students from the so-called Shrek Academy."

"Heh... they're really clever. If their own students kill someone, we have every reason to demand compensation from them, and we could even use that as an excuse to start a war."

"But they just happened to borrow Shrek's sword to kill the people of my Sun Moon Empire."

"Shrek Academy is so powerful, we can only swallow our anger, right?"

"I've always had a question: why aren't those level seven or eight life-saving soul tools equipped on them?"

"Or is it that the value of a future level eight or even level nine soul master is far less than that of a high-level soul tool!"

"Furthermore, Shrek Academy may be powerful, but are the level nine soul-guided cannons of my Sun Moon Empire made of clay?"

"Every time you lead a team, you can't even spare a level nine soul master or a level nine soul cannonball, letting the Shrek Academy people ride roughshod over your face without daring to utter a single word. What a great honor, Director..."

Xu Yang's long speech interrupted Lin Jiayi's subsequent remarks.

It left him stunned for quite a while.

"Director, that's all I have to say. Just give me the admission-related documents. Think it over carefully, and also let Dean Hongchen think it over."

Xu Yang took the documents from Lin Jiayi and led Hongchen and her brother out of the director's office.

"Brother Yang, is everything you just said true?"

Xiao Hongchen asked Xu Yang in a low voice.

"Why would I need to lie to you? What good would it do me? Some of what I just said was what I was really thinking."

"In my opinion, that so-called Soul Master Competition is really not very meaningful. As for what you think, that's your own business."

"Of course, I don't deny that if you were to win such a championship one day, you might become a great hero of the entire Sun Moon Empire."

"But those death statistics are absolutely true. Not to mention the distant past, just look at the last two competitions."

"Of the nearly twenty trainees, from the starters to the substitutes, five died and nearly seven suffered irreversible damage that ruined their futures."

Meng Hongchen's eyes widened in shock.

"How could that be? Grandpa said..."

Xu Yang interrupted Meng Hongchen's next words.

"I don't care what Dean Hongchen tells you, but there's one thing you must remember: when you participate in the competition, you must wear a sufficiently powerful life-saving soul tool."

"Because those lunatics from Shrek Academy don't care about the rules of the competition; they always go all out against the students of the Sun Moon Empire."

"So the referee isn't going to do anything about it?"

Xiao Hongchen asked, frowning.

"Referees? Sometimes the referees are even from Shrek Academy."

"You should know that Shrek Academy has produced the most Title Douluos in the Douluo Continent. Even those Title Douluos who have already held important positions in other empires and are now worshipped are very likely to be from Shrek Academy."

"And coincidentally, those were the referees at the Soul Master Competition..."

"this……"

For a moment, Hongchen and his sister were speechless, as it seemed that it was indeed true.

"I remember Dean Hongchen has a level nine defensive soul tool called something like Hongchen Blessing. Remember to ask him to arrange one for you."

"Alright, let's not talk about that now. I need to go say hello to our homeroom teacher and advisor first. You two can go back now."

……

Xu Yang found his class by following the instructions in the materials he was given. Unexpectedly, his homeroom teacher and tutor was someone he knew.

"Teacher Xuan, what are you doing here?"

Logically speaking, Xuan Ziwen, as a specially appointed teacher of Mingde Hall, would not normally come to the academy to teach classes, but would instead select a few students he favored for individual training.

"I was just thinking that since you're here, I figured I'd be pretty idle. The students in my lab don't seem to get anything out of work all day."

"So I came here to relax."

Xu Yang knew about the group that Xuan Ziwen led; it wasn't large, and he'd heard that some people had gotten in through connections. They were just there to use Xuan Ziwen's name to gain prestige and make it easier for them to enlist or enter politics later.

That makes sense. Given Xuan Ziwen's personality, it's clear that the people behind them are not to be trifled with, otherwise Xuan Ziwen wouldn't have brought such people along.

Speaking of which, Xu Yang seems to remember a girl named Orange, who was one of Xu Tianran's people. She seemed to be quite important in the original story. He wonders if she has been taken in by Xuan Ziwen yet.

However, it won't have much impact on him, because they are destined to be two parallel lines, and it will be difficult for them to intersect.

Xu Yang currently has no interest in the throne of the Sun Moon Empire. Whether Xu Tianran or Ju Zi becomes the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire, as long as it doesn't affect him, he's too lazy to bother with such matters.

Unless Ju Zi has a love-struck outburst like in the original novel and pushes herself and Huo Yuhao's son into the position, he will not choose to set things right.

The most urgent task is to continuously become stronger.

Be strong enough to control your own destiny.

After meeting Xuan Ziwen, the two chatted very naturally, mainly about the high-level magic array processing of the sealed milk bottle.

Xuan Ziwen, an eighth-level Soul Master, used Xu Yang's ideas and deduced the core magic array for sealing the milk bottle to the seventh level.

It will take quite some time to go further up.

Xu Yang understood Xuan Ziwen's slow pace; he knew he would probably have to come up with the nine-level packaging for the baby bottle himself.

Unless Xuan Ziwen can break through to the Title Douluo level, which would be very difficult for him, because Xuan Ziwen knows very well that his limit is only Soul Douluo.

Taking another step forward is something that seems unattainable.