Chapter 209: The Plan for Beautiful Victory
"What's wrong, Senior Meng? Who made you angry?" Xiao Qiang asked curiously, eyeing the furious Meng Hongchen.
Meng Hongchen slammed a stack of personnel files onto Xiao Qiang's desk. "How dare you say that! Explain to me what you want these for!"
Xiao Qiang looked at the files, puzzled. "This is…"
"Isn't it what you asked for? Beautiful female students under seventeen with soul power at the three-ring soul master level!" Meng Hongchen pinched her waist angrily.
"Oh, that… but…" Xiao Qiang flipped through the files. "They seem a bit ordinary, the quality's lacking."
"If you want truly beautiful ones, you won't find them here. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor College is a college. As the best soul instructor college in the Sun Moon Empire, it has many geniuses in soul guidance, but not many female students, and even fewer beauties. The college focuses on study, not looks," Xiao Hongchen explained.
"That makes sense," Xiao Qiang nodded. Compared with soul masters who rely on innate martial spirits, soul instructors lean more toward science, so fewer women appear in their ranks. In the original story, among the high-level soul master competitions across the continent, only one woman was at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor College—Meng Hongchen herself. The situation was similar at Mingdu Soul Instructor College, where only Princess Tianzhen was among the seven top participants.
Compared to soul masters, female soul instructors are even rarer.
"So, we need to find candidates elsewhere."
"Hey, Xiao Qiang, can you tell me what you plan to do with beautiful girls under seventeen?" Xiao Hongchen asked quickly, noticing his sister's uneasy expression.
"It's like this. The next All-Continental High-Level Soul Master Competition is still three years away. I don't plan to participate."
"Really?" Meng Hongchen's eyes lit up. As the second genius of the Sun Moon Empire and recently the third, if Xiao Qiang didn't compete, their team would almost certainly claim the championship at the next competition.
He wasn't worried about any accidents during the contest. Jing Hongchen had already set the bottom line: by normal cultivation to level 60, they could fuse a 100,000-year soul ring through soul spirit means. By the next competition, both he and Meng Hongchen would reach soul power level 75, and with five black and two red soul rings, it would be difficult to lose—not to mention Nana, Qian Fengqin, and the Lan sisters.
Nana could reach seven-ring Soul Saint level before the event. Qian Fengqin would surely be a high-level Soul Emperor. If both Lan sisters reached six rings, it would unlock a new martial soul fusion skill. Plus, Ye Ningguang, recently joining the Soul Palace with a seven-colored gem martial soul, would rise similarly to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower. If she hit six-ring Soul Emperor, their team's strength would surpass that of a pure seven-man Soul Saint squad—even without Xiao Qiang.
With that, being captain was nearly a guaranteed triumph. How could Xiao Hongchen not be excited?
"Of course. I won last time and am now the Soul Palace master. It would be embarrassing to leave again."
"You brat… Anyway, what does this have to do with searching for beautiful girls under seventeen?" Meng Hongchen pressed.
"Correction: I'm not just looking for female students. I want beautiful women under seventeen who have reached three-ring soul master level. The reason is simple—it's for the next All-Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition."
"We can win now. I want to win more beautifully and more thoroughly."
"Wait, are you trying to dismantle the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's team?"
"Yes. I proposed to the emperor to establish the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."
"You want to make Shrek's gang unable to even get second place. Indeed, our strength is enough," Xiao Hongchen said proudly.
Xiao Qiang shook his head. "No, I'm not aiming to stop them at second place. I want to stop them at fourth. To promote soul spirits, the next competition will include academies and sects from across the continent."
"One team from Mingdu Hall, one from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, one from the Soul Palace, and one from the Soul Hall. Those four teams will fight for the top four places."
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen exchanged looks. "Your plan is so ruthless you won't even let them take fourth place. But with four teams, can we really win?"
"Our talents are limited. Apart from this team, finding two people who reach six-ring Soul Emperor before age twenty will be difficult."
"Don't worry, nephew, it's enough. Don't underestimate the 100,000-year soul ring. Once you and Senior Sister Meng reach Soul Saint, your soul power will hit level 75. Senior Sister Meng will take Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo; you will take Ye Ningguang. Nana will take Qian Fengqin. As for my sister—don't worry. For us, this competition isn't about whether we can win, but how beautifully we can win."
"Never underestimate the power of souls to soul masters. The Soul King of a soul master is completely different from an ordinary Soul King, especially one cultivated with Soul Palace resources."
"Please explain how. Though I'm not afraid of Shrek, what if Nana or Meng have problems?" Xiao Hongchen said, fully accustomed to being called "nephew" by the Soul Hall master.
"It's simple. Soul spirits have another advantage. I didn't explain it before: after a soul beast becomes a soul spirit, it produces soul bones. Guess how many thousand-year soul bones I have now?"
"These soul bones don't benefit geniuses much, but for ordinary soul masters, they're a game changer. With six soul bones, the fourth soul ring can fuse completely with a 20,000-year-old soul spirit. Three purple, two black, six thousand-year-old soul bones combined with a 20,000-year-old soul beast—do you think such a soul king could be defeated by a six-ring Soul Emperor like the Shrek Seven Devils?"
"Can it really be done?" Meng Hongchen asked in surprise.
"Of course. A 20,000-year-old soul ring alone can raise a level 40 soul master by three levels. Combined with medicines from the Sun Moon Empire, even a level 31 soul power can rise to Soul King within three years. This Soul King is stronger than Shrek's Soul Emperor. That's why I said, we only need to focus on winning beautifully, not just winning."
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