In Douluo Continent, he tricked Xiao Wu into giving him a soul ring.

While stacking the Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes of Gale Wolf in mid-air, perhaps worried that Lan Si would interrupt it, Feng Xiaotian timely activated his fourth soul ring, Dire Wolf Storm, towards Lan Si when he stacked the eighteenth consecutive slash.

A giant two-headed wolf, formed from a hurricane and over five meters long, burst forth and pounced on Lan Si.

"I've already said, what I want to experience is your Gale Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, so you don't need to worry about me interrupting you before you finish stacking all thirty-six slashes." Lan Si flicked his Azure Lotus Sword, and a thumb-thick bluish-white ray of light shot out from thin air. With Lan Si's swing, it easily split the Gale Wolf Storm in two, then turned into a gentle breeze and dissipated into the world.

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"Then so be it." As he reached the twenty-fourth consecutive strike, Feng Xiaotian flapped his wings and suddenly swooped down, carrying a strong and sharp aura, to attack Lan Si.

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Chapter 273 Qian Renxue fiercely protects her husband, Xue Beng gets beaten up.

—Wait half an hour—

The qualifying rounds have concluded successfully.

Lan Si has undoubtedly become the most dazzling new star in the entire Tian Dou Empire region.

Before the qualifying rounds began, although Lan Si defeated Shrek Academy, Elephant Armor Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Skywater Academy one by one, forcing Thunder Academy to forfeit, no one had much expectation that he could win the championship.

But things are different now, because Lan Si not only defeated Tang San, who had exposed his twin martial souls and external soul bones, as well as Feng Xiaotian, the captain of Shenfeng Academy, but also used the Fusion Ring to destroy the arena and exposed his terrifying level 48 soul power.

People began to have confidence in him. Moreover, Lan Si was not alone; there was also Zhu Zhuqing, whose strength was no less than Feng Xiaotian's, and perhaps even surpassed it.

In addition, Ye Lingling also came into the view of the participating academies, and many people recognized her identity: Ye Lingling, the current heir of the Nine Heart Begonia Clan. A martial soul hailed as a miracle in the support world.

With the powerful area-of-effect healing of the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul, Lan Si can charge into battle without any worries. Perhaps he can actually win the game and bring down the Spirit Hall team, which is known as the Golden Generation.

After Emperor Xueye's impassioned speech, the competition organizing committee gave each team three days to adjust.

three days later.

A total of fifteen teams, along with instructors from various academies and five hundred Royal Knights soldiers, led by Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, set off in a grand procession to the venue for the finals—Wuhun City.

The journey from Heaven Dou City to the Spirit Hall takes about twenty days.

Perhaps because Shrek Academy was not as dazzling as in the original story, everything was fine for more than half a month, and they did not encounter the attack by the Spirit Hall as in the original story.

As the symbol of the Heaven Dou Empire, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy is undoubtedly the most dazzling. In order to allow the participating team members to get better rest, the Heaven Dou Empire prepared a total of sixteen specially made giant carriages for the participating team members to rest better.

The extra one was naturally prepared for the first team of the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy.

But for some reason, since the day they set off, no one has seen Lan Si again. Ye Lingling and Zhu Zhuqing naturally wouldn't sit in the same carriage as the extras from the original second team, so they came to the first team's carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Oslo, who hadn't appeared for a long time, said to Zhu Zhuqing with envy, "Zhuqing, we've all heard about your competition with A Si. We really don't know how you two cultivated. Lingling's soul power reached level 35 two years ago. Breaking through to Soul Master is one thing, but even you and A Si have broken through."

"Especially that freak, Ah Si, actually broke through to level 48! My goodness! Two years ago, when he first entered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, his soul power was only level 32, not even as high as mine. Now he has improved by a full 14 levels and even created a unique 10,000-year fourth ring. He single-handedly swept through the entire preliminary round, and in the promotion round, he also utterly crushed all the major academies. At this rate, if we were to meet the second team, I'm afraid we really wouldn't be a match for you. I should have followed you to the second team back then."

"Perhaps it's because A-Si is working harder." Zhu Zhuqing smiled faintly, without explaining further. Lan Si had once told her not to get too close to the people in the Royal Fighting Team. Therefore, at the Heavenly Dou Royal Academy, apart from Ye Lingling, she treated almost everyone else as nodding acquaintances.

Dugu Yan rolled her eyes. "Zhu Qing, I don't like hearing that. It's like we didn't try, but none of us are as crazy as you guys. I still remember... never mind, let's not talk about this. But speaking of which, where's A Si? I haven't seen him since we set off."

Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment and said, "A-Si went home. After the Soul Master Competition ends, we will go out to train and explore the continent. We won't be back to the Heaven Dou Empire for a long time, so A-Si went home first."

Dugu Yan suddenly realized, and looked at Ye Lingling with some curiosity, "Then what about Lingling? You're A-Si's cousin, will A-Si take you?"

Ye Lingling shook her head, somewhat uncertainly saying, "I don't know yet. A-Si didn't say it explicitly, but maybe."

Long ago, Ye Renxin entrusted Ye Lingling to Lan Si. Especially after Ye Lingling obtained the martial soul evolution, he stopped asking about anything related to them. In Ye Renxin's opinion, it would only be beneficial for his precious daughter to follow this talented nephew. In fact, he simply gave up the idea of ​​letting Lan Si return to the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.

The idea was to create sparks between the two of them.

Anyway, not many people know that Lan Si is Ye Lingling's cousin, so it doesn't really matter if they get together. Ye Renxin, that old fox who's no less cunning than Ning Fengzhi, is actually hoping something will happen between the two of them. If that happens, the Nine Heart Begonia family will have a bright future.

It's not impossible that it could even become one of the top three sects, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"I really envy you two." Dugu Yan sighed softly. She did want to go out and train with Yu Tianheng, to explore the continent, but unfortunately, neither of their elders would agree. Her grandfather only had her as his granddaughter, and he was worried about her leaving the Heavenly Dou Empire. Yu Tianheng was being groomed as the next successor to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, making it even more impossible for him to leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's sights.

Like the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek Academy is also missing one person: Yu Xiaogang, who was scorned by all the academies in the Heaven Dou Empire's districts because of Lan Si.

Just like in the original story, in order to trick Bibi Dong into giving him the method to cultivate twin martial souls, he took the papal decree given to him by Tang Hao and arrived in Wuhun City ahead of time, taking advantage of Tang Hao's power.

After presenting the papal decree, he went directly into the Papal Palace.

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Meanwhile, in the southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire, in the province of Fasno, a young figure appeared beneath a massive waterfall hundreds of meters high, adjacent to Holy Soul Village.

This was a richly dressed young man, appearing to be fourteen or fifteen years old, over 1.8 meters tall, dressed in a blue, fitted outfit. He had a well-proportioned, tall and slender figure. His clear, dark blue eyes were crystal clear, his skin was fair, and his long, icy blue hair was casually draped over his shoulders without looking out of place. He was like a rare gem, embodying handsomeness, nobility, and elegance.

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He was Lan Si, who was searching for Ah Yin's hiding place.

"This should be it. That Tang Ritian is really cunning. In such a large area, he actually found a place with dozens of waterfalls. If I didn't have X-ray vision, I probably wouldn't have been able to find it." Lan Si murmured, snapped his fingers, activated the Azure Lotus Domain, transformed into Tang San, found the stone door, pushed aside the boulder blocking the entrance under the waterfall, and entered the stone chamber.

Chapter 274 The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's Countdown to Destruction

—Wait half an hour—

Hotel lobby on the second floor.

The Shrek group ordered a large table of dishes. Yu Xiaogang sat in the central seat, holding a big bone stick in her hand, gnawing on it with her mouth full of oil.

The Shrek Academy members were dumbfounded. Where did this... this reincarnated starving ghost come from?!

"Xiao Gang, eat slowly, there's more." Liu Erlong walked over carrying a whole roast chicken, her beautiful face, though slightly pale, was full of heartache.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang put down the nearly gnawed chicken bone in her mouth, tore off two chicken legs, and continued to wolf them down.

Halfway through eating, tears welled up in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, and she suddenly burst into tears. The chicken bones she had left in her hand fell onto the table, knocking over her rice bowl.

"Xiao Gang, why are you crying? What have you been through? Why are you like this? Who? Who did this to you? Tell me, and Erlong and I will avenge you." Seeing his friend in tears, Flander could no longer suppress his anger.

Liu Erlong, standing to the side, flew into a rage and sneered, "Hmph, in Martial Soul City, who else could it be but that bitch? I'm going to settle the score with her..."

"Erlong...don't..." Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaogang hurriedly spoke up to stop him. It wasn't that he didn't hate Bibi Dong, but the warden of the dormitory had a mirror crystal showing him being humiliated by more than a dozen prisoners. If even the slightest rumor about the influence of the Spirit Hall's Bad People were to spread from him, that image would be disseminated throughout the entire continent. At that time, his lifelong reputation would be ruined.

"Xiao Gang, she's ruined you like this, and you're still protecting her. Tell me, can't you still forget that bitch...?" Liu Erlong's eyes reddened, and her voice choked with emotion.

"It wasn't her. I encountered bandits on my way to Wuhun City, and they robbed me of all my money and food. That's why I've been wandering all this way." Yu Xiaogang took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, made a delicate gesture with her fingers, and gently wiped the corner of her mouth.

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent. Everyone, including Liu Erlong who was about to cry, looked at him strangely, because Yu Xiaogang not only had a sissy voice, but even his movements were...

Under everyone's gaze, Yu Xiaogang realized what was happening, put away her delicate hand gestures, cleared her throat, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Where are Xiao San and Xiao Wu? I haven't seen them come over."

"Xiao San was taken for special training by His Majesty Haotian, and Xiao Wu went along because she broke through to level 40. Haotian Douluo will help her obtain her fourth spirit ring. She should be back in the next day or two." Flander hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Gang, are you really alright?"

"What could be wrong with me... I'm just starving these days. I'll be fine after a rest." Hearing this, a hint of panic flashed across Yu Xiaogang's eyes, and she continued the previous topic: "I hope Xiao San can make it in time. This time, I've already thought of a way for you to defeat Lan Si."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up. Lan Si was practically the nightmare of the entire Shrek Academy, suffocating them with oppressive pressure. Hearing that Yu Xiaogang had a way to defeat Lan Si, no one bothered to think about the reason for Yu Xiaogang's changed voice anymore; they only wanted to know how to defeat Lan Si.

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The next morning, the sun shone brightly.

Two figures, a man and a woman, appeared on Douluo Mountain, which is adjacent to Pope Mountain.

The man was dressed in luxurious clothes, looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, and was over 1.8 meters tall. He wore a blue outfit and had a well-proportioned, tall and slender figure. His clear, dark blue eyes were crystal clear, his skin was fair, and his long, icy blue hair was casually draped over his shoulders without looking out of place. He was like a rare gem, embodying handsomeness, nobility, and elegance.

The girl was no ordinary girl either. She was about the same height as the boy, but appeared older. Her skin was as white as snow, her nose straight, and her slightly slender phoenix eyes gave her a strikingly beautiful face with a touch of arrogance. She wore a long, golden palace-style dress, a one-piece garment seemingly woven from gold thread. It was simple yet elegant, without excessive embellishment, and a golden stand-up collar protected her long, slender, white neck. Her long, golden hair was casually draped down her back, uncombed, creating a stark contrast with her impeccably tailored palace attire.

They were Lan Si and Qian Renxue, who were on their way to see Qian Daoliu, the Grand Elder of the Spirit Hall.

Upon entering the mountain gate, the two ascended the stone steps after being saluted by the Iron Knights guarding the gate.

This is a very long stone staircase, thirty meters wide, with almost no end in sight. The mountaintop is shrouded in clouds and mist, making it impossible to determine the exact height of the staircase.

"Xue'er, are we really going to climb up step by step like this? How long will this take? Why don't we fly up, or I can carry you and use my lightness skill to get up there..." Lan Si looked up at the top of the stairs, which was shrouded in clouds and seemed to have no end in sight. His lips twitched slightly. It wasn't that he was worried about his stamina. In fact, at his current level, he could go for days and nights without sleep without any problem. It was just that he had to climb the stairs one step at a time, which was really too annoying.

Once we reach the summit, we can probably have lunch right there.

"No. This Douluo Hall is the most solemn and sacred place in our Spirit Hall. It belongs to the soul. It is the foundation of our Spirit Hall. We must go up there with our feet firmly on the ground." With elegant steps, Qian Renxue's face was serious, and she refused as expected.

"Alright then." Lan Si sighed softly, skipping over the previous topic. "But speaking of which, isn't the Douluo Hall a place where only dead Douluos can reside? That old... oh no, our grandfather's cultivation is unfathomable. He could easily live for another thousand or eight hundred years, right? Why does he stay there every day?"

Qian Renxue rolled her eyes at him, thought for a moment, and replied, "Perhaps it's because he wants to protect the angel statue of our angel race."

Lan Si suddenly understood and didn't ask any further questions. Unsurprisingly, Qian Daoliu had been guarding that place to prevent Bibi Dong from entering. After all, that woman had gone completely mad after being raped by Qian Xunji, spending almost every day thinking about how to destroy the Angel Clan.

"By the way, there's something really interesting, do you want to hear it?" A hint of mischievousness crept onto Qian Renxue's beautiful face as she walked away.

"What is it?" Lan Si asked curiously.

Qian Renxue said, "It's that Yu Xiaogang. Ten days ago, he came to that woman with the Pope's decree, but she kicked him so hard that he was crippled and then locked him in the tenement building, the kind of place specifically used to imprison evil soul masters. Do you know what he went through in there?"

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Lan Si's lips twitched. He knew, of course he knew. How could he not know? It was he who, in his capacity as Bibi Dong, ordered him to be imprisoned.

Chapter 275 The Naive Ning Rongrong

—Wait half an hour—

"Then how come he was released again?" Lan Si skipped over the previous topic.

"What else could it be? He was locked up for two days, but in the end, that woman couldn't bear to let him go, so she ordered him released. But that old guy's life hasn't been much better since he was released. He's penniless, only has tattered clothes, and has neither food nor water. He's practically begging for a living every day," Qian Renxue said with a light laugh.

An hour later, the two finally reached Mount Douluo and entered the Douluo Palace.

In the center of the Douluo Hall is a trapezoidal stone platform nearly three meters high.

On the stone platform stood a colossal angel statue, ten meters tall, with six wings on its back and a massive golden sword raised, aimed straight at the heavens. Most peculiarly, a faint layer of golden flame seemed to flicker around the sword.

Before the angel statue stood a middle-aged man, clad in a gleaming golden armor, the shoulder guards shaped like the wings of a six-winged angel. He was very tall, over two meters, with hair the same gleaming golden color as Qian Renxue. He was none other than Qian Daoliu, the Grand Elder of the Spirit Hall, the Lord of the Douluo Hall, Qian Renxue's grandfather, and one of the three peerless Douluo of level ninety-nine in this era.

"Grandpa." Upon seeing Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue hurriedly pulled Lan Si to kneel down and pay her respects. Although Lan Si was very unwilling, he had no choice but to kneel down as well. However, he slowed down his movements because he knew that Qian Daoliu would not allow his granddaughter to kneel.

As expected, just as Qian Renxue was about to kneel down, golden light surged from Qian Daoliu's body, and he instantly moved in front of Qian Renxue, helping her up. Lan Si also stood up in the same manner.

"Have you seen her?" Qian Daoliu asked Qian Renxue. The "her" he was referring to was naturally Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue's eyes reddened. "She doesn't want me anymore, why should I go see her?"

Qian Daoliu sighed softly, "Actually, she's also in pain. After all, she wasn't the one who was wrong back then, and her feelings for you aren't what you imagine. You should know about what happened with Yu Xiaogang, right?"