202: Promotional Tournament BeginsAfter returning to the palace, Emperor Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe where he had been yesterday and why he disappeared without any news.
Xue Qinghe apologized to Emperor Xue Ye and told him that he had gone to the place where Lü Buliang was practicing yesterday and watched him practice with Lü Buliang's permission.
Why can a soul master absorb a ten thousand year soul ring with his fourth soul ring?
I believe everyone on the continent is very interested in this, so in order to explore this secret, Xue Qinghe observed Lu Buliang for a whole day at the place where he practiced.
After hearing this explanation, Emperor Xue Ye was skeptical, but because he had asked Xue Qinghe to go to other cities to understand the people's sentiments before, he had asked Lu Buliang to accompany him, and the two had a certain friendship.
Emperor Xue Ye also supported the exchange of talents between the Crown Prince and the Tiandou Empire, and was no longer worried or suspicious. He even wondered if Prince Xue Beng wanted to seize the throne of Crown Prince, so he secretly killed his brother Xue Qinghe.
Fortunately, it was all a false alarm.
After gaining the trust of Emperor Xue Ye, Qian Renxue finally let go of her worries and continued to lurk in the palace as Xue Qinghe. She no longer dared to mess around. She had to be moderate in her soul fusion skills with Lv Buliang. Otherwise, if something went wrong again, it would definitely arouse suspicion.
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Ever since Lü Buliang and Qian Renxue completed their first martial soul fusion in the light-filled room, they have developed a very subtle feeling towards each other.
Whenever the two looked at each other, an indescribable sense of intimacy and tacit understanding would arise spontaneously. Even without communicating with words, they seemed to be able to sense what the other would do next.
And when the two bodies came into contact, it was as if their bodies were connected, and their soul powers could actually communicate with each other and enter each other's bodies.
Lu Buliang thought to himself that this should be the magical effect that appeared after the fusion of martial souls.
Holding hands, the two of them practiced together much faster than if they practiced alone.
So, Lu Buliang would take time out every day to go to the light-filled room, sit cross-legged face to face with Qian Renxue, hands linked, and practice together with the help of the strong sunlight in the room.
First, the cultivation power of more than a thousand soul beasts was added to his body every day, then there was the light-filled simulated training environment to assist, and finally, with the dual cultivation with Qian Renxue, these three benefits combined finally increased Lu Buliang's training speed to the extreme.
In just less than half a month, his soul power increased from level 67 to level 68.
Qian Renxue's soul power was only improved after half a month, and her current soul power is at level 66.
After discovering that practicing together can indeed increase the speed of soul power improvement, Qian Renxue also enjoys it. In the process of dual cultivation, not only do their martial souls become more familiar with each other's aura, but their soul power also gradually merges into a whole. They can already perform martial soul fusion techniques.
However, currently, only the fusion technique of two martial souls can be activated, and it is not possible to fuse four martial souls at the same time. This requires both parties to have more intimate behavior.
Not only Lu Buliang and Qian Renxue were practicing desperately, but every college team that passed the preliminaries also worked hard to break through their own limits during this month to make full preparations for the upcoming qualifying rounds and finals.
When a soul master is practicing hard, time always passes quickly.
Day after day, a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Just today, the elite competition finally entered the second stage: the promotion round.
The promotion round of the All-Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament was not as lively as the qualifying rounds. For the sake of the soul masters' safety, no spectators were allowed to watch the promotion rounds.
The promotion matches are still divided into two major empires.
The thirty teams that passed the preliminaries competed in their respective empires.
On the Tiandou Empire side, the five teams that advanced from the Tiandou City qualifying division are Tiandou Team 2, Kamikaze Academy, Thunder Academy, Tianshui Academy, and Shrek Academy.
Including these five colleges, a total of fifteen college teams have completed the registration process in the morning and are now gathering at the venue for the qualifying round.
The venue for the promotion match was converted from the royal hunting ground and is located fifty kilometers southwest of Tiandou City.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble and conflict, and to prevent the strength of each academy entering the promotion tournament from being observed by other academies, the fifteen advanced soul master academy teams entering the promotion tournament were arranged to rest in different places.
For the promotion matches, the royal family of the Tiandou Empire had already made preparations for all participating teams.
When Teacher Sun led Lu Buliang, Li Gang and other members of Tiandou Team 2 here, the first thing they saw was the huge Royal Knights.
The Royal Knights have always been an elite team that the Tiandou Empire royal family has been committed to building. It has a total of 50,000 people, and the captains of the teams above 100 are all soul masters.
"Please show us your handbook." Teacher Sun, Lv Buliang, Li Gang and others were stopped by the Royal Knights' peripheral personnel. The so-called handbook is the qualification certificate issued at the preliminaries award ceremony.
Teacher Sun handed the certificate to the other party, and the knight in silver armor immediately saluted everyone.
"Welcome, fellow soul masters from the second team of the Tiandou Royal Academy. I am Roxon, the captain of the third team of the Tiandou Royal Knights. I hope that you will also win glory for the empire in the promotion match. Please follow me."
After saying that, Roxon did not get on his horse, but led Teacher Sun and Lu Buliang and a group of ten people towards the interior of the hunting ground.
After climbing over a small hill, the view in front of everyone suddenly opened up and presented to them was a wide grassland. The broadened vision made people feel much better and more comfortable.
On the grassland, a large military camp formed a circle. Roxen pointed to the camp and introduced: "The promotion match of the All-Continent High-Level Spirit Master Elite Competition will be held in the center of the military camp. We can absolutely guarantee your safety and privacy."
Looking at the countless military camps surrounding the large arena in the middle, Lu Buliang thought to himself that Emperor Xue Ye really knew how to choose a place. This promotion match was held in the military camp, and the Royal Knights would undoubtedly become spectators. Watching the fight between soul masters would inspire the knights' determination to practice their skills, and would also allow them to have a certain understanding of the soul masters' strength.
The Tiandou Second Team was taken to a large military camp, where they were given ten barracks to rest in. The military barracks were not luxurious, but they were very clean.
Before the end of the promotion round, both the five teams from the Tiandou region and the academy team from the Kingdom will live here.
Roxen saluted Teacher Sun and said, "Please go to bed early. The promotion match will officially begin tomorrow. At that time, someone will lead you to the competition venue. The outcome of the match will be jointly judged by the Empire and Spirit Hall. This is to show fairness."
"Thank you, Captain Roxon." Teacher Sun returned the greeting with a smile.
Roxen smiled and said, "As a team from the Imperial Academy, I hope that Teacher Sun can lead all the geniuses to win more honors for the Empire. I won't bother you any more. I will take my leave first."
"good."
After the conversation, Roxon rode away on horseback.
Teacher Sun assigned rooms to contestants including Lu Buliang, Li Gang and others. There were ten teachers and students in total, so ten tents were just right.
Just as they were settling in, people from other academies were brought over by captains of other Royal Knights.
The Kamikaze Academy, Thunder Academy, Tianshui Academy, and Shrek Academy belong to the Tiandou competition area.
The Barak Academy of the Barak Kingdom, the Exotic Beast Academy, and other academy teams were taken to their respective camps.
A knight team leader led the Tianshui College team leader and contestants past the military camp where the Tiandou Second Team was temporarily staying. Shui Yueer ignored everyone's gazes and rushed towards Lu Buliang excitedly, "Aliang. Long time no see."
Lu Buliang hugged Shui Yue'er subconsciously. They had not established a relationship yet. It was just because Shui Yue'er was usually carefree and not as restrained as the other sisters. After not seeing each other for a month, she hugged him just to express her longing.
After a brief hug, Lu Buliang gently pushed Shui Yueer away.
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Shui Bing'er watched the two of them being intimate, and her heart suddenly soured, but her face remained calm as before, and she smiled faintly and said, "Long time no see."
Lu Buliang nodded.
"Aliang, let me tell you, this month, our Tianshui Academy has prepared a super powerful fusion skill." Shuiyueer said harmlessly, "You must use your martial spirit when the time comes, otherwise you will get hurt. Last time we were injured by Shrek's Tang San, you found someone to help us heal. I don't want to see you get hurt by us."
"Fusion Technique?" Lü Buliang looked at Shui Bing'er curiously, "Could it be that you can perform the Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Technique now?"
When Shui Yue'er was about to reply, Yu Hairou grabbed her ear and dragged her back.
Qiu Ruoshui and Gu Qingbo tied up Shui Yue'er's hands, which were waving vigorously, with ropes, and blocked her mouth with silk cloth to prevent her from revealing any secrets. The three of them carried her back to the college team.
The captain of the Royal Knights first took the teachers and students of Tianshui College to the designated tents to stay.
Shui Bing'er stayed where she was and said with a smile, "Before you see the fusion skills of Tianshui College, let's fulfill our last agreement. If I meet you in the promotion match, I will do my best."
"Okay." Lu Buliang said cheerfully, "This time I will let you see how big the gap between us is. However, if you get hit and lose confidence, don't blame me."
"Don't worry. I hate losing, but I can afford to lose." As she spoke, Shui Bing'er's cold face suddenly heated up. She lowered her head slightly, pondered for a moment, and then tentatively asked: "Are you free tonight? It's been a month since you taught me how to skillfully control soul power."
Lu Buliang smiled, "I am free. But this is the main military camp of the Royal Knights, there is no place for you to do special training late at night."
"If you don't mind, you can come to my tent and teach me." When saying this, Shui Bing'er had already lowered her head, her whole body was warm, and her mental strength was extremely concentrated, she just wanted to hear Lu Buliang's affirmative voice as soon as possible.
At this moment, Shui Bing'er felt that time was passing very slowly. Her ears and mental power had been trying to capture the movements around her, but there were only the slight footsteps and the neighing of war horses in the military camp.
Lu Buliang thought for a moment before responding, "Forget it. The promotion competition will start early tomorrow morning. Staying up late to practice will only backfire. After the promotion competition is over, I will teach you how to master the control of soul power next."
Hearing this answer, Shui Bing'er was obviously a little disappointed, but she knew it was her fault. The last time Lu Buliang sent her back to the hotel to rest, something unspeakable should have happened between the two of them in the room, but she drove Lu Buliang away because of her reserve.
Now, how could Lv Buliang agree?
Looking up and seeing Lv Buliang's polite smile when he rejected her, Shui Bing'er suddenly recalled Lv Buliang's stiff and cold smile last time.
Until now, she still couldn't figure out whether Lv Buliang misunderstood her and Yu Tianxin at that time, so he was so cold, or was she overthinking?
Complex emotions arose in her heart. Shui Bing'er felt that she had too many concerns. Because she was afraid of letting her sister down, she hesitated and wanted to try hard to hold on to the person she liked, but she was always timid and didn't dare to take that step.
At this moment, Shui Bing'er wished that she could have a skill similar to the blackening, so that she could put aside all her worries and kindness, become selfish, no longer think about her sister, and only think about herself.
Seeing that Shui Bing'er seemed to be troubled by many things, Lu Buliang patted her shoulder and said half-jokingly: "Don't think too much. Get a good rest tonight. Maybe we will meet in the promotion match tomorrow. If you lose to me then, don't make excuses that you didn't get enough rest last night."
"Okay." Shui Bing'er's eyes flashed with a strange look, as if the clouds had been cleared and the sun had appeared. Her gloomy mood became a little relaxed. She stared at Lu Buliang and said firmly: "Even if I lose, I will not let you gain any advantage from me!"
Just when the two had finished their conversation, Shrek's teachers and students, led by a knight team captain, passed by the tent of Tiandou Team 2.
As the saying goes, enemies become more jealous of each other when they meet. The moment she saw Tang San, Shui Bing'er's eyes suddenly became sharp. You know, in the last match of the preliminaries, Tianshui Academy not only lost to the Shrek students, but she and her six sisters were all seriously injured by Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer.
If it weren't for Lu Buliang's treatment, they would probably have been lying in bed for a month and would never have been able to participate in the qualifying round safely.
Tang San is not only the number one natural enemy of Blazing Fire Academy, but also the object of hatred of Tianshui Academy.
In the finals, Shui Bing'er swore that she would seek justice for her sisters and make Tang San pay the price.
Tang San immediately noticed Shui Bing'er's hostile look, but Ma Hongjun thought Shui Bing'er was interested in Tang San, so he said teasingly in Tang San's ear, "Third brother, you are so lucky. You injured Shui Bing'er, but she looked at you with such affection."
Tang San was not so narcissistic. He knew Shui Bing'er was looking at him with anger. Who wouldn't want to avenge a companion who was seriously injured?
"Fatty, stop it. Didn't you see? The coldness in Shui Bing'er's eyes can kill people." Tang San said calmly: "If we meet in the promotion match, she might release her anger on you. By then, your Fire Phoenix will become a frozen turkey."
As he spoke, Tang San's gaze had already fallen on Lu Buliang, and his expression suddenly became solemn.
Lu Buliang looked back at Tang San's hostility. He knew that Tang San was a vengeful person.
(End of this chapter)