Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

After saying that, Xu Yang led the Hongchen siblings out of the teaching building.

Xu Tianzhen quickly caught up with the three of them and stopped Xu Yang, saying:

"I've remembered everything you just said, and I'll relay it to Father Emperor word for word. But aren't you curious about what interesting things I talked about in class were?"

Xu Yang heard her words but did not reply and continued walking forward.

Xu Tianzhen's tone became urgent.

"It's...it's the selection of team members for the Soul Master Competition. Although the official team members have been decided, there are still quite a few candidates who haven't been decided yet."

"Today is the day of the reserve team selection. All the outstanding students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy who meet the age requirements are participating in the reserve team selection."

Xu Yang remained unmoved.

But Xiao Hongchen seemed very interested. He tugged at Xu Yang's sleeve and said:

"Brother Yang, how about... we go take a look?"

"After all, Princess Tianzhen meant well, and the selection of reserve team members looks really interesting."

"Just consider it as gaining some experience in advance."

At the same time, he winked at Meng Hongchen, meaning that if she tried to persuade him again, Xu Yang might soften his heart and agree.

Meng Hongchen had been exploited by Xu Yang for the past few days and wanted to relax.

So he said to Xu Yang:

"Yeah, let's go take a look. It's really boring staying in the lab all day anyway. If we don't go, I'm going on strike, and you'll have to organize all the experimental data by yourself."

Xu Yang was surprised that Meng Hongchen dared to threaten him with a strike.

"Did I really exploit Meng Hongchen too much? She never protested before."

He mentally calculated the progress of his experiment; the project of packaging milk bottles had always been handled by Xuan Ziwen. The Evil Eye Tower had also now stalled at the level five soul tool stage.

The Fusion Warrior plan is completely out of the question, because he hasn't found a suitable soul beast yet. However, he could try capturing a few evil soul masters first.

However, evil spirit masters are like rats in the gutter, while in Mingdu, the evil spirit masters in the open are all prominent figures, so they are really not easy to catch in a short time.

We can only pin our hopes on wild evil spirit masters.

It seems that I really don't have anything else to do besides cultivation right now.

He's ten and a half years old and already at level thirty-seven. I estimate he'll be able to add his fourth spirit ring around age eleven.

After pondering for a while, Xu Yang turned to Xu Tianzhen and said:

"Well then, let's go. I'd also like to see what the next generation of geniuses in our Sun Moon Empire are like."

The group arrived at a training ground together.

Meanwhile, a large crowd had gathered around the training ground, apparently to watch the selection of reserve players.

Xiao Hongchen was considered a figure of some importance at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and many people would make way for him when they saw him.

So the group arrived at the innermost part of the arena without any hindrance.

"No, is our reserve team selection also going to be done through a tournament? Wouldn't that be a limitation for Soul Masters, allowing them to unleash their full potential?"

Xu Yang looked at Xu Tianzhen with a puzzled expression.

Xu Tianzhen then explained from the side:

"These are all participants in the Soul Master Competition, and even the competition venue is a one-to-one replica of the Soul Master Competition's requirements..."

"Is that so..."

Xu Yang understood before Xu Tianzhen could finish speaking.

I never expected to see exam-oriented education from another world in Douluo Continent.

"But it seems we're too late now. The reserve team members have already been selected, and they should be choosing a captain now. What a pity..."

"Who do you think should be the team leader among these people?"

Laughing at the world, he asked Xu Yang.

Xu Yang glanced at them and found that the reserve team members were all fifteen years old and had the cultivation level of Soul Master.

The highest level is almost level 45, which is considered genius at this age. If he participates in the competition normally in five years, he will most likely become a Soul Emperor.

It must be that person.

Xu Yang pointed to a tall boy and said:

"His Soul Master cultivation and Soul Instructor cultivation are the highest among this group. His level 45 Soul Power and level 4 Soul Instructor are enough to make him stand out among them."

"Great minds think alike," Xiao Hongchen added.

"I've always thought that person could become the starting captain."

Meng Hongchen rolled her eyes dramatically and then retorted:

"Brother, have some shame. Wasn't that the person Ah Yang was pointing to just now Ma Rulong? His grandfather is Master Ma, an eighth-level Soul Master. We even met him when Grandpa took us there."

"As for his cultivation level, didn't you two spar a week ago?"

"Ah...this."

A little embarrassed by Meng Hongchen's sabotage, Xiao Hongchen quickly said:

"So what? I'm rooting for Ma Rulong."

He would never admit that his sparring match with Ma Rulong a week ago was decided within five moves. That's why he believed Ma Rulong was qualified to be the captain.

Although he is only level 25, Meng Hongchen is just a little short of breaking through to level 24.

However, with such high soul power at just over nine years old, Xu Yang said that even in Shrek Academy, they could be considered top-tier geniuses.

"Brother Yang, if it were you, could you...?"

Xiao Hongchen had long been unable to comprehend Xu Yang's strength. The last time he sparred with Xu Yang, he had just broken through to the second level of Soul Master, but he was instantly killed by that strange Martial Soul in one move.

Finally, the martial spirit gave him a rather provocative look, its meaning clearly telling Xiao Hongchen.

If you're bad at cooking, just practice more!

Xu Yang ignored Xiao Hongchen, his gaze instead fixed on the competition field.

Just as Xu Yang had predicted, Ma Rulong secured his captaincy through the written test among the preliminary team members, thanks to his powerful cultivation.

After the results were announced, everyone left, but a few people, presumably Ma Rulong's friends, took the initiative to congratulate him.

Ma Rulong also enjoyed this feeling; only he knew how much effort he had put in to get to where he was today.

The entire family revolves around Ma Rulong. His martial soul is not outstanding in combat; in fact, it's quite weak. It's a mutated martial soul.

After his martial soul mutated, it became a big-headed spirit ape. When he was a child, his head would become very large because of the martial soul's possession. He was often ridiculed by other children his age and called a big-headed baby.

This also fostered his inferiority complex from a young age.

Fortunately, his talent in soul tools soon became apparent, as the Big-Headed Spirit Ape endowed him with extremely high spiritual power. This allowed him to excel at inscribing soul guidance arrays.

Therefore, his grandfather devoted all his efforts to cultivating him, and Ma Rulong has always been considered the most promising member of their family to become a level nine soul master.