Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, competition area.
The host was holding a sound-amplifying soul tool, continuously introducing the participating teams to the audience.
"Next to enter is the Divine Wind team from Divine Wind Academy. Divine Wind Academy is also one of the veteran strong teams, having achieved excellent results in the top three in the past. I wonder what exciting matches they will bring us in this tournament?"
Upon hearing the host's words, the scene immediately erupted in cheers like a tidal wave, causing Feng Xiaotian to wave towards the audience with a proud look on his face.
Meanwhile, Mo Hui turned his gaze towards the VIP platform.
There were quite a few people on the VIP platform, but the most important ones were the three seated at the very front.
They were Emperor Xue Ye of the Heaven Dou Empire, Sect Master Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and Platinum Bishop Salas of the Spirit Hall.
Needless to say about the Emperor and Ning Fengzhi, the Platinum Bishop is also a very high position in the Spirit Hall, second only to the Pope and the Elder Council.
The four Platinum Bishops of the Spirit Hall are all powerhouses close to Title Douluo. Their strength is difficult to say, but their status is no weaker than the sect masters of the Lower Four Sects. Even figures like Ning Fengzhi and Emperor Xue Ye have to give Salas face, as he represents the Spirit Hall.
At this moment, Ning Fengzhi on the VIP platform also saw Mo Hui below and smiled, nodding in Mo Hui's direction.
Following this, teams entered one after another. By the time the last team, Shrek, entered, nearly half an hour had passed.
Next was the classic opening ceremony speech. However, somewhat to Mo Hui's surprise, the speeches from these three were all very brief. They genuinely just said a few words and then started the lottery drawing, which made Mo Hui feel a bit unaccustomed.
Since the combat stage had not been fully renovated, there was only one match during the opening ceremony to boost the atmosphere. That match was between the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's second team and their opponent, Shrek Academy.
There wasn't much to see in this battle. Although the current Shrek team's strength was greatly reduced compared to the original work, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's second team didn't even have a single Soul Sect, so they naturally couldn't be Shrek's opponent and were easily defeated.
Seeing the result, the host was somewhat disbelieving and said, "Unbelievable, Shrek actually won, and so easily!"
"Hmph!"
Seeing this situation, Xue Ye snorted coldly, gave Prince Xue Xing behind him a livid look, and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Clearly, the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy's second team being so easily defeated by such an unknown academy made him, the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, lose a lot of face. And Prince Xue Xing, as the person in charge of this matter, would inevitably receive some reprimanding after returning.
The match had ended, and the people in the VIP section had also left. Mo Hui and the others naturally had no need to stay here, so they all got up and left the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
However, what Mo Hui hadn't expected was that as soon as he returned to Divine Wind Academy's station, Ning Fengzhi came knocking, followed by a refined young man of about twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
"Little Brother Mo Hui, long time no see. You look increasingly full of vigor."
Ning Fengzhi looked at Mo Hui's changes, his eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional inside.
Having not seen him for just over a year, Mo Hui's changes were so great that he was somewhat hesitant to believe it. This wasn't just a change in appearance, but also in Mo Hui's aura.
The first time Ning Fengzhi saw Mo Hui, he saw a determined young man.
The second time he saw Mo Hui was when Mo Hui went to Divine Wind Academy to express gratitude after his spirit evolved. At that time, Mo Hui carried a certain ethereal nobility.
But now, seeing Mo Hui again, Ning Fengzhi felt that the determination and ethereal nobility had almost disappeared, leaving only a sense of harmony, as if wherever Mo Hui stood became a freehand landscape painting.
Mo Hui smiled faintly and said, "Sect Master Ning, you flatter me. This junior has merely made some minor gains in cultivation."
Currently, his relationship with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is quite good. After consuming the Qiluo Fragrant Tulip, Ning Fengzhi's spirit evolved into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he has now become an eighty-third-level Soul Douluo. Therefore, they are very grateful to Mo Hui for providing the Qiluo Fragrant Tulip.
As for why Ning Fengzhi didn't evolve into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Mo Hui believed there were two reasons: one was that Ning Fengzhi's talent was not as good as Ning Rongrong's, and the second was that Ning Fengzhi used the Qiluo Fragrant Tulip too late.
The first reason is easy to understand. Having innate level nine soul power for a support spirit is quite outrageous; its difficulty is no less than having innate full soul power for a conventional spirit. This is also the main reason why Ning Fengzhi was willing to treat Ning Rongrong as his successor, despite having several sons.
Second, Ning Fengzhi is now over sixty years old, and his body has long passed the age of physical development. It is more difficult to change, and for this reason, the Qiluo Fragrant Tulip needed to expend more medicinal power to allow Ning Fengzhi to achieve the same effect as Ning Rongrong.
"Right, Sect Master Ning, may I know who this person behind you is...?"
At this moment, Mo Hui glanced at the refined young man behind Ning Fengzhi and asked.
Upon hearing Mo Hui's words, Ning Fengzhi realized he hadn't introduced him yet, so he quickly said, "Allow me to introduce, this is His Highness, Prince Xue Qinghe, the current Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire!"
Xue Qinghe?
Hearing this name, Mo Hui's heart immediately trembled. He remembered that Xue Qinghe had already been replaced by Qian Renxue at this time, so the person in front of him was not Xue Qinghe, but Qian Renxue.
At the same time, Qian Renxue was also sizing up Mo Hui.
Looking at Mo Hui, her first feeling was youth. If it weren't for Ning Fengzhi's prior information, she would absolutely not believe that the person in front of her was already a Soul King, because Mo Hui looked only fifteen or sixteen.
Then there was his uniqueness. This was the first time she had seen someone with such an aura in her life, which filled her with interest in Mo Hui.
A moment later, Qian Renxue smiled slightly at Mo Hui and said in Xue Qinghe's voice, "I was wondering just how outstanding someone whom Uncle Ning praises so highly could be. Seeing you now, you are indeed extraordinary."
"So it is His Highness the Crown Prince. I have long heard of His Highness's virtuous reputation as well," Mo Hui replied.
It must be said that Qian Renxue's performance as the Crown Prince during her disguise was perfect. If she were truly the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, Ning Fengzhi's investment in her might truly make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School even greater. But unfortunately, she was not Xue Qinghe, but Qian Renxue, the daughter of the Spirit Hall's Pope.
This oversight was fatal and directly led to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's complete defeat later on.
Qian Renxue said, "It's just the praise of ordinary people. As the Crown Prince, there is still much that I need to do."
Afterward, under Mo Hui's hospitality, Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue stayed for a moment. After the two left, Mo Hui had two more tokens in his hand.
Both of these were given by Qian Renxue. One was a token representing Xue Qinghe's identity, and the other was a borrowing token for the library in the Spirit Hall's Heaven Dou City branch.
Mo Hui looked at the two tokens in his hand and smiled, "As expected of Xue Qinghe."
If Mo Hui didn't know the original plot, he would inevitably develop a favorable impression of the Xue Qinghe played by Qian Renxue through the recent events. As the heir to the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe's only flaw was that he wasn't Xue Qinghe.