Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

Dong Qing couldn't help but sneeze. He immediately touched his nose and thought to himself, "Could it be that a stunningly beautiful woman was secretly talking about me just now?"

On the other side, Bibi Dong sat on the papal throne. Dong Qing's strange behavior had just caught her attention, and she glared at him slightly with her beautiful eyes.

Judging from his meaning, he was telling him not to cause trouble at this time.

Chapter 108, What Will the Future Hold?

At this moment, a black-robed bishop stepped forward and said, "Your Holiness, newspapers have been selling very well these days, with many major cities selling at least 300,000 copies."

"Perhaps because it was profitable, many businessmen on the mainland took this newspaper and asked the Spirit Hall personnel to use their soul-copying devices to make at least a million copies, which were then sold to smaller cities like Nottingham."

"Without His Holiness the Pope's decree, most of the Martial Soul Branch Halls on the continent have not prohibited cooperation with these merchants. I wonder if we need to sever this cooperation with these merchants."

Clearly, these black-robed and purple-robed bishops, as the heads of the martial spirit branch halls of large cities, had tasted the benefits of newspapers and were unwilling to let these merchants profit from them.

"Xiaoqing, what do you think?" Bibi Dong turned to look at Dongqing on her left. She didn't understand this new thing and naturally had to rely on Dongqing's opinion.

“Teacher, I think it’s normal for merchants to pay attention to newspapers because they are profit-driven. After all, large-scale photocopying doesn’t consume many copper soul coins. Photocopying a newspaper costs less than one copper soul coin, but can be sold for three copper soul coins.”

"With profits approaching three times, these businessmen are bound to take the risk. However, I believe that in order to ensure that newspapers are available in every corner of the mainland, we do not need to crack down on these businessmen's secondary sales activities."

“However, in order to ensure that every ordinary citizen can afford to read newspapers, we must strictly require these merchants not to raise prices on their own, otherwise their qualification to photocopy newspapers will be revoked.” Dong Qing said calmly and logically.

Since all the copying soul tools on the mainland are controlled by the Spirit Hall, no one usually pays attention to them, and naturally no one studies them.

Therefore, the Spirit Hall had absolute power at this time. Only those who obeyed were qualified to make copies. Merchants who deliberately raised prices a second time would automatically lose their copying qualifications.

Actually, it's a good thing that businessmen are interested in it. At least it shows that for the vast majority of people, it's a profitable business, and it also represents the public's acceptance of newspapers as a new thing.

...

Upon hearing Dong Qing's opinion, Bibi Dong nodded slightly, then brought her papal scepter down with a heavy thud, startling all the Spirit Hall members below.

“Xiaoqing’s words make a lot of sense. Do as she says, understand?” Bibi Dong said seriously.

At this moment, she was the absolute empress, wearing a papal crown and a white-gold papal robe, holding the papal scepter, and exuding unparalleled majesty.

At the same time, the aura of a peak level 99 peerless Douluo that she unintentionally exuded made even the titled Douluo elders of the Spirit Hall below tremble with fear.

"We obey the Pope's command," all the Spirit Hall members below bowed and said in unison.

After the Spirit Hall's high-level meeting concluded, Dong Qing bid farewell to Bibi Dong and arrived alone in the central area of ​​Spirit City, at the News Center Headquarters.

This news building is not tall, only three stories, but it stands in the center of Wuhun City. Even though it is not tall, it is one of the most important buildings here.

The people in charge here are Mei Xiangxue, Li Yuemei, and Li Yuexian. They are all teachers at the Spirit Hall Elite Soul Master Academy, and they have been transferred by Dong Qing to help with the layout of news newspapers.

News drafts are just drafts after all. Dong Qing isn't good at how to format and distribute them, so he still has to rely on these three teachers who have worked at the Spirit Hall Elite Soul Master Academy for a long time.

After all, they are professionals, while Dongqing can only be responsible for overall direction and occasionally publish some of her own articles, or simply slack off and do nothing.

On a regular basis, it still depends on the three of them to sort out the complicated information and intelligence on the mainland, and finally arrange the appropriate information into a news newspaper.

Of course, they also have many Spirit Hall members under their command that they can control, so they don't have to rely on the three of them to do everything. After all, Spirit Hall intelligence personnel are already all over the continent.

Mei Xiangxue, Li Yuexian, and Li Yuemei only need to select some suitable events that are in the interest of the Spirit Hall and then serialize them in the newspapers.

Their job is probably similar to that of news editors, mainly responsible for selecting the quality of content.

.....

Mei Xiangxue has exquisite features, long golden wavy hair that falls to her waist, and a mature and charming figure. She is a stunningly beautiful woman who looks over thirty years old.

Her slender waist was bound by a cloud-shaped belt, and her full breasts were faintly visible. A faint smile played at the corners of her mouth, revealing the unique charm and allure of a beautiful woman.

Six years have passed, and she is now 42 years old, having reached the age of 36. Her soul power level has also increased from level 69, Soul Emperor, to level 73, Soul Saint.

Her martial soul is an ancient longsword. Although it is far inferior to the Seven Kill Sword of Sword Douluo Chenxin of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, it can still be considered a decent weapon martial soul.

As for Li Yuexian and Li Yuemei, they are twin sisters, with Li Yuemei being the older sister and Li Yuexian the younger sister. Judging from their appearance, they are a few years younger than Mei Xiangxue.

Six years have passed, and they have gone from twenty-nine to thirty-five years old. Their soul power has just reached the level of a level six level Soul Emperor, and they are also rare support-type Soul Masters.

The sisters' martial souls are the Enhancement Orb and the Healing Orb, respectively. The elder sister, Li Yuemei, has the Enhancement Orb and is a support-type soul master, while the younger sister, Li Yuexian, has the Healing Orb and is a healing-type soul master.

Both of them were wearing the same gray suit, and their legs, tightly wrapped in black stockings, were exposed, looking firm and long, yet full of elasticity and tension.

Putting everything else aside, those beautiful legs alone are enough to attract the attention of most men in the world. What's most amazing is that the two of them look exactly alike, which is truly intriguing.

...

Wuhun City, Central District, News Center Headquarters, Third Floor Warm Pavilion.

Mei Xiangxue held an account book in her hand, reciting the revenue data on it, while Dong Qing sat in a chair, pretending to doze off.

"Your Highness, based on the three hundred large cities across the continent, each large city's Martial Soul Branch Hall sells at least one hundred thousand copies of newspapers. At three copper soul coins per newspaper, that's a total of three hundred thousand copper soul coins."

"The 300,000 copper soul coins from a single large city, at a ratio of 100 to 1, can be exchanged for 3,000 gold soul coins. With a total of 300 large cities across the continent, the total profit this time is 900,000 gold soul coins."

"However, since Your Highness promised that the local Martial Soul Branch Hall can retain 30% of the profits, our earnings this time will be around 600,000 gold soul coins."

Retaining 30% of the profits is mainly to motivate the local Martial Soul Branch Halls; otherwise, they wouldn't care at all about such strenuous work.

Furthermore, a new newspaper is published every seven days. Even if each newspaper only generates income, based on the minimum income of 600,000 gold soul coins, one can still earn 2.4 million gold soul coins per month.

However, this calculation cannot be done that way. Sales will definitely increase in the future. In addition, the Spirit Hall controls the copying of soul tools, making it an exclusive business. It would be difficult not to get rich.

After thinking about it, Dong Qing was quite satisfied with the news department he had created. Not only could it provide him with a lot of gold soul coins to squander, but it could also harvest the faith power of billions of people.

"Thank you so much, Teacher Mei, for helping with the layout. I'll need your help to maintain the news center headquarters in the future. Please give each of you 10,000 gold soul coins as a bonus this time!"

Chapter 109, If you can, please defeat me.

After quickly finishing up the business at the news center headquarters, Dong Qing went alone to the Great Soul Arena in Wuhun City, because he had a very important duel scheduled for today.

The Great Soul Arena is an essential arena in every major city of the Douluo Continent, and it is also one of the important sources of income for each major city.

For example, the Soto City Grand Arena, the Heavenly Battle City Grand Arena, the Vast Ocean City Grand Arena...

For ordinary people, they may not have the talent to become Soul Masters, but they enjoy watching battles between Soul Masters, especially since these large Soul Arenas all have casinos, making them the favorite gathering place for gamblers.

For Soul Masters, the safest place to improve their combat skills is naturally the Great Soul Arena. Otherwise, if they are killed in a battle in the wild, their death would be in vain.

After all, under normal circumstances, the Great Soul Arena does not allow opponents to be maimed or killed.

As for why the Grand Soul Arena must be chosen, it is because only in the Grand Soul Arena can Soul Masters better showcase their talents and demonstrate their value more quickly.

Although Soul Master is a noble profession, possessing a noble status that ordinary people envy.

However, this kind of nobility is not easy to obtain; it requires corresponding efforts. The Great Soul Arena is an excellent place for Soul Masters to demonstrate their value.

The large arenas in every major city are places where Soul Masters with poor backgrounds, no family or connections, but good talent can quickly prove their strength and value and gain great prestige.

In this way, some major sects will extend olive branches to them, and these soul masters will be able to find their place.

At the same time, the Great Soul Arena can also enhance a Soul Master's combat experience, allowing them to grow rapidly.

Therefore, for the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the rise and fall of the Great Soul Arena to a certain extent determines the rise and fall of the nation, and invisibly determines the strength of a nation.

The rules of the Grand Arena are very simple.

Whether playing solo or in a team, you gain one point for each win and lose one point for each loss.

If you win five consecutive games, your points will increase to ten in the next game. If you win more than ten consecutive games, your points will increase to one hundred in the next game.

Once you reach 100 points, your badge level will automatically increase by one level!

Badges are classified into the following grades: Iron Badge, Bronze Badge, Silver Badge, Gold Badge, Purple Gold Badge, Sapphire Badge, Ruby Badge, and Diamond Badge.

Dong Qing rarely participates in the Great Soul Arena; he spends most of his time accompanying Hu Liena to watch. Even so, he is now a man with a gold badge.

By the way, Dong Qing and Hu Liena also have a duo called the "Qing-Na Duo".

This team has been undefeated since their debut, winning all the way to the Gold Badge. If Dong Qing hadn't been so uninterested in this kind of crushing battle against opponents of the same level, he would have already obtained the Diamond Badge.

Wuhun City, the Great Battle Arena.

The spectator stands were packed with over ten thousand people, most of whom were ordinary citizens living in Wuhun City. They had spent hundreds of copper soul coins to buy tickets and come in specifically to see the invincible prowess of Dong Qing, the Holy Son of the Wuhun Hall.

So far, Dong Qing has never suffered a defeat against a Soul Master of the same level. He has been on an invincible path, and now he is going to challenge a higher-level Soul Master under the spotlight.

Box number seventy-three inside the Grand Arena.

"Nana, are you sure you don't want to try to persuade His Highness the Holy Son?" Xie Yue asked worriedly.

"Hmph, brother, you should still advise that Yan not to overestimate himself. Even if he is a level higher than junior brother, he still won't be a match for junior brother."

Hu Liena stood upright with her arms crossed, staring intently at Dong Qing, who stood tall on the dueling platform. Before she knew it, she was mesmerized.

In her eyes, Dong Qing was tall and handsome, with exquisite features, a straight nose, and graceful demeanor. He was as elegant and refined as a jade tree, and as captivating as a celestial prince!

That belted sable coat made him look like a celestial being descended to earth, exceptionally handsome. Even if Pan An were reborn or Song Yu were reincarnated, they would probably feel ashamed of their own appearance!

Above the arena, on the referee's platform.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's most anticipated single-player Soul Master competition, where a player of a higher level competes, is about to begin. This match is between Yan, a senior student from the Spirit Hall Elite Soul Master Academy, and Dong Qing, the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall with the strongest talent to date."

"Although Yan is now a Soul King of level 52, His Highness the Holy Son has never been defeated. I wonder if Yan has any hope of defeating His Highness the Holy Son when he is one level ahead."

A woman with short, light purple hair and a sexy figure, holding a microphone in her hand, with strange bird-like martial spirit wings on her back, gracefully flew in mid-air.

With a gentle wave of her hand, the information registered by the two people instantly transformed into a blue light screen and appeared before everyone.

This ability is not her personal ability, but rather a strange soul tool from ancient times that can transform text and images into a blue light screen that manifests in the void.

[Soul Master Profile]

Name: Dong Qing.

Gender: Male.

Age: twelve.

Martial Soul: Heavenly Horned Ant.

Soul Rings: Purple-Purple-Black-Black.

Badge: Gold Badge, currently on a winning streak of 30 or more games.

Soul Power Level: Level 42 Soul Master.

[Soul Master Profile]

Name: Yan.