Chapter 155

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Gu Xuan left, but his heart was still thinking about the possibility of Tang San now adding a soul ring to his second martial soul.

Gu Xuan's heart is still pondering.

Thus translation: "Gu Xuan left, but his heart was still thinking about the possibility of Tang San now adding a soul ring to his second martial soul."

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To be honest, Gu Xuan's twin martial souls are still quite enviable; after all, having an extra martial soul is equivalent to gaining nine extra soul rings, so for boosting strength it naturally far surpasses having just one martial soul.

"To be honest, Gu Xuan still envied the twin martial souls, after all having an extra martial soul is equivalent to having nine extra soul rings, so the improvement in strength naturally far surpasses that of a single martial soul."

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"Gu Xuan did all this, said all this, nothing more than wanting to weaken Tang San's later strength; don't say he can't grow up, because the future cannot be determined."

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"If Tang San now adds a soul ring to his Haotian Hammer, then even if Tang San later reaches the Titled Douluo realm, his strength will inevitably be affected."

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"Moreover, Gu Xuan is right about one thing: Tang San may not be able to add nine ten-thousand-year soul rings to his second martial soul in the future, after all Tang San currently lacks immortal-grade herbs to lay the foundation."

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"So Gu Xuan also gave Tang San another way, to avoid the future outcome of being overfilled and bursting."

We can translate: "So Gu Xuan also gave Tang San another path, to avoid the future outcome of being overfilled and bursting."

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"Of course, Gu Xuan did this mainly to let Tang San attract the Spirit Hall's attention."

We can use "his" for Gu Xuan? Not needed.

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"One's and Du Gu Yan's soul ring configuration is already shocking enough, but Tang San will then have twin martial souls; if the second martial soul also has four thousand-year soul rings, that will absolutely be a thorn in the flesh and a splinter in the eye of the Spirit Hall."

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"After all, Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan have not yet appeared, and their soul ring configuration has not been exposed to the public eye."

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"Three days later, the preliminary competition in Tian Dou City had already ended; according to procedure, the awards ceremony will be held immediately, to grant qualification certificates for the advancement matches to the top five teams of the preliminary competition."

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Thus line: "Three days later, the preliminary competition in Heavenly Fighting City had already ended; according to procedure, the awards ceremony will be held immediately, to grant qualification certificates for the advancement matches to the top five teams of the preliminary competition."

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"The ceremony's procedure is not complicated; under the announcer's declaration, the captains and vice-captains of the top five teams walked onto the podium."

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"Among them, the team that naturally won first place in the preliminary competition was Seven Treasure Glazed Academy, winning first with a perfect record, and moreover, as the team captain Du Gu Yan did not appear."

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"However, Du Gu Yan appeared during the awards ceremony."

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"As the champion of the preliminary competition, Seven Treasure Glazed Academy's captain Du Gu Yan and vice-captain Ning Rongrong walked side by side onto the podium."

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"Du Gu Yan is now twenty years old, her figure and appearance have reached their peak; at this moment Du Gu Yan wears a jade-green cheongsam, slit up to the thigh base, her straight, round legs while walking attract countless gazes; that mature sister's face shows no ripples, a pair of ample C-cup breasts surging and mighty, her whole person exudes mature sister charm."

We need to keep neutral pronouns? The line describes Du Gu Yan's appearance; we can use "Du Gu Yan" repeatedly. Avoid "her". Use name.

Thus: "Du Gu Yan is now twenty years old, Du Gu Yan's figure and appearance have reached their peak; at this moment Du Gu Yan wears a jade-green cheongsam, slit up to the thigh base, Du Gu Yan's straight, round legs while walking attract countless gazes; Du Gu Yan's mature sister's face shows no ripples, a pair of ample C-cup breasts surging and mighty, Du Gu Yan's whole person exudes mature sister charm."

But that's repetitive. Could use "Du Gu Yan's" each time. That's okay.

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"Du Gu Yan wears a cheongsam not only because Gu Xuan likes it, but also because when Du Gu Yan uses martial soul possession, her legs turn into a snake tail, so for convenience she has always worn a cheongsam."

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"Ning Rongrong is also fourteen years old; the flower bud that was once about to bloom has gradually matured, roughly reaching B grade; wearing a noble and splendid princess dress, truly a lovely little loli, stepping on a pair of brown high-heeled shoes, holding Du Gu Yan's arm, the two stand side by side."

We need to keep neutral for Ning Rongrong? Not in guide. Use name.

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"Just as the two had just stepped onto the podium, they attracted countless gazes; such heavenly beauty, to possess one would be enough to die without regret; who knows who will later benefit from that dead guy."

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"Gu Xuan sat quietly in the audience seats, looking at the two women's beauty; his heart was also very happy; he is not a pedant, girls' beauty should be openly displayed, otherwise what's the point of such beauty?"

We can use "his" for Gu Xuan (guide). Good.

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"Like Yu Tianheng and the others, knowing Gu Xuan and Du Gu Yan's relationship, their hearts feel envy, jealousy, and hatred."

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"Damn, having Du Gu Yan is enough, but there's also Ye Lingling! Moreover, the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect, Ning Rongrong, is so close to Gu Xuan, really making people unable to resist the urge to stab Gu Xuan and then take his place."

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"Moreover, Ye Lingling is now at Gu Xuan's side, holding his arm, making Yu Tianheng and the others on the side unable to resist the urge to kick Gu Xuan directly."

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"People comparing themselves to others makes them angry; sometimes the gap between any two people is just this huge!"

We can translate: "Comparing oneself to others makes one furious; sometimes the gap between any two people is just this huge!"

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"As the announcer recited the names of the five qualifying teams one by one, the captains and vice-captains of the five teams also ascended the podium."

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"First place in the preliminaries: Seven Treasure Glazed Academy; second: Divine Wind Academy; third: Blazing Fire Academy; fourth: Heavenly Water Academy; fifth: Shrek Academy."

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"That's right, Shrek Academy qualified, because after Tang San took the Soul-Returning Pill, he barely recovered his strength, and the hidden sixth Soul Ancestor Ma Hongjun also took the field."

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"However, they lost to Heavenly Water Academy's martial soul fusion technique; otherwise they would now be fourth instead of fifth."

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"Ma Hongjun's martial soul is indeed powerful; the Evil Fire Phoenix can barely contend with the Ice Phoenix, but Ma Hongjun cannot control his own evil fire."

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"Ma Hongjun's burst power at the same level is very strong, basically having no rival, but because he cannot control the outbreak of evil fire, he almost burned to death a member of Heavenly Water Academy's team, so finally Heavenly Water Academy directly employed this martial soul fusion technique as a trump card."

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"Unlike in the original story, because Thunder Academy and Symbol Armor Academy were eliminated, Heavenly Water Academy had basically secured a top-five spot, so Shui Bing'er originally had no intention of revealing her martial soul fusion technique, but because Ma Hongjun's evil fire went out of control, she finally had to employ this trump card."

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"Because of this trump card, Ma Hongjun is still undergoing treatment; after all, he almost accidentally killed someone from Heavenly Water Academy, Shui Bing'er naturally showed no mercy, Ma Hongjun's future preliminary matches may possibly not allow him to take the field, requiring a long time to recover."

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"At this moment Tang San was also in front of the podium, but his gaze fell upon Gu Xuan, nodding slightly to Gu Xuan, and Gu Xuan also understood what he meant to convey."

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"All five teams took the field, and the announcer's voice continued: 'Next, His Majesty together with the Sect Master Ning of the Seven Treasure Glazed Sect and the White Gold Bishop Salas will personally confer the qualification certificates and prize money upon the five teams entering the promotion matches.'"

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"The qualification certificate is actually just a letter; this thing need not fear forgery, after all which academy has advanced is clear to both the Spirit Hall and the Heavenly Fighting Empire."

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"After all, the number of spectators watching is so great, and this is also the grandest exchange of young soul masters on the continent; who would be so brainless as to forge it?"

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"The prize money awarded to the top five academies is the same, after all this is only the preliminary competition; each team received a reward of ten thousand gold soul coins issued by the Heavenly Fighting Empire; these rewards are naturally trivial for Ning Rongrong, but for most soul masters they also constitute a considerable income."

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"As for the finals, the prizes for the final top three will be provided by the Spirit Hall."

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"After the awards were distributed, the announcer handed the speaking rights to the most esteemed person present, the Snow Night Emperor."

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"The Snow Night Emperor's gaze swept over the representatives of the five academies before him, lingering especially on Du Gu Yan for a few extra seconds."

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"There's no other reason; Du Gu Yan is the captain of the Seven Treasure Glazed Academy team, in the preliminaries she didn't even lift a finger, and the vice-captain Ning Rongrong is only level forty-seven—what about Du Gu Yan? Moreover, the Snow Night Emperor remembers that Du Gu Yan was formerly a student of the Heavenly Fighting Royal Academy, and after becoming engaged to Gu Xuan she transferred schools, though he never expected her to go to Seven Treasure Glazed Academy."

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"After all, it makes sense: Gu Xuan stayed in the Heavenly Fighting Royal Academy, and his wife naturally returned to bring glory to her own academy."

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"Afterwards, the Snow Night Emperor smiled and said: 'First, children, I want to congratulate you.'"

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"'You have successfully obtained the qualification to advance in this year's continental elite soul master academy tournament; as the supreme ruler of the Heavenly Fighting Empire, I am proud of you, you are the empire's future hope.'"

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"'Furthermore, as the captains and vice-captains of each team, your strength played the most important role in the competition; therefore I decide to bestow the title of viscount upon you ten persons, and the title of baron upon the other participating students from your five academies.'"

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"'After you graduate, the imperial palace's gates will always be open to you, and your fiefs will be uniformly distributed after your graduation.'"

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"Upon hearing this, the whole venue erupted in an uproar; directly rewarding titles and fiefs? Doesn't that mean they instantly went from commoners to nobles? Perhaps some wouldn't care, but that after all is only a minority, after all few have fathers who are heads of one of the Top Three Sects, and few have grandfathers who are Titled Douluo. What does a title signify? A viscount can already possess his own land and retainers, and will also receive a certain subsidy from the state; just this sum alone is enough to live on."

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"As the captains and vice-captains of each team, although these youngsters can be considered worldly, the Snow Night Emperor's barrage of rewards still left them somewhat dazed."

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"Although many soul masters already possess titles, obtaining a kingdom's or duchy's title is easy, but obtaining an imperial title is not so simple, especially the directly granted viscount title; a viscount's domain can already be a small city."

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"What's more valuable is that the Snow Night Emperor has already promised the ten people before him that, after this competition ends, he will enfeoff them with territories."

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"This shows that they are not merely holding an empty title, but truly possessing land as nobles."

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"'Your Majesty, this is not alright.' Salas suddenly interjected from the side; daring to speak up while a monarch of a nation is speaking shows how immense the Spirit Hall's power has become."

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"The Snow Night Emperor glanced lightly at Salas: 'What's improper? White Gold Bishop Salas.'"

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"Salas said: 'In previous matches, there has been no precedent for awarding titles; moreover, are the titles being given too high?'"

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"Whether in the Heavenly Fighting Empire or the Xingluo Empire, titles are ranked from high to low as duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron."

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"Merely the qualification for advancement from the preliminaries has produced ten viscount noble titles; this Snow Night Emperor's generosity is enough to astonish anyone around."

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"The Snow Night Emperor blocked Salas's mouth with a single sentence: 'White Gold Bishop Salas, the conferral of titles is an internal affair of the empire, unrelated to the Spirit Hall and unrelated to this tournament; this is merely a reward I bestow upon these children out of appreciation.'"

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"'They represent my Heavenly Fighting Empire in this continental elite soul master academy tournament; here I also want to give you a promise: if any of your teams can secure victory in the final match, the entire team's titles will still be promoted by one rank, and meanwhile the academy's prefix will gain the two characters 'royal', receiving imperial financial support.'"

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"Listening to the Snow Night Emperor's words, Salas's complexion looked grim; he didn't say anything more, but his eyes gained a hint of gloom."

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"Through the captains and vice-captains of these five teams from the preliminaries, none are anything but elites among young soul masters, each smarter than the last; from the Snow Night Emperor's promise and Salas's obstruction, they vaguely sense a hint of gunpowder."

Ning Fengzhi merely stood to the side, smiling silently, as if all of this had nothing to do with him.

Gu Xuan listened to these words and inwardly sighed slightly; the Spirit Hall is actually pretty good, but it was ruined by that stupid woman Bi Bi Dong; otherwise, even a trash like Salas who doesn't even know how to hide himself and only knows how to show off could become a White Platinum Bishop?

Of course, Bi Bi Dong herself actually wants to destroy the Spirit Hall; doing so can indeed quickly destroy the Spirit Hall's foundation.

Damn, don't let me get a chance, otherwise I have to make this bitch look bad.

If it weren't for this bitch acting crazy, would I need to cultivate to exhaustion day and night? Would I need to live in fear?

On the presidential platform, the Snow Night Emperor seemingly didn't even see the ugly face of White Platinum Bishop Salas, and smiled: 'The upcoming promotion tournament will still be held in the Empire, but the venue will change from the Heaven Dou Grand Soul Battle Arena to the Royal Hunting Grounds.'

At that time, ten teams from the four great kingdoms and their subordinate kingdoms, having passed the preliminaries, will come to compete with you in the promotion tournament; I hope your five academies will place among the top in the promotion tournament, so that when you participate in the finals you will gain the initiative.

Moreover, the promotion tournament is also the best stage to demonstrate your personal strength; at that time, the Empire will provide the soul beasts needed for your next title advancement to the top three participants who win the most matches in the promotion tournament, and you may freely choose the type of soul beast, with soul beasts of up to thirty thousand years of cultivation, which the Empire can guarantee entirely.

Upon hearing this, among the five teams on the presidential platform, aside from the Seven Treasure Team, everyone from the Three and Element and Shrek Academy was extremely excited; at this moment, the Snow Night Emperor's promise even moved them more than their previous titles, so much so that even Feng Xiao Tian couldn't help but feel his heart race.

You should know that these ten captains and vice-captains representing the academies are all around rank forty in strength; especially Feng Xiao Tian, he is only one step away from breaking through to Soul King, and the next title promotion will be at rank fifty.

Although rank fifty is not as important as the thirtieth-rank Soul Ring—which is the first thousand-year Soul Ring and also crucial for laying the foundation—rank fifty is actually the first rank at which one can obtain a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

How powerful the first ten-thousand-year Soul Ring is greatly affects each of their futures; if they can choose soul beasts according to their needs, there is no doubt of enormous benefit: not only do they not need to take risks or waste time, but they can also fully unleash their martial soul.

Starting from rank fifty, a Soul Master's cultivation speed will greatly decrease; having a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as a guarantee undoubtedly allows them to remain strong from rank fifty to sixty, bringing unlimited benefits for future development.

Seeing the fervent heat rising in the eyes of the ten elites before him, the Snow Night Emperor smiled slightly: 'The promotion tournament will be held in one month; I hope you can make another breakthrough within this month.'

Alright, I won't say more; you kids are all smart, I think you'll make smart choices.

After saying that, the Snow Night Emperor's gaze shifted slightly, sweeping across White Platinum Bishop Salas's face, and then he turned and left under the escort of an imperial high official.

Salas's eyes twitched slightly, but his expression had completely calmed; it was hard to read anything from his face.

Just as the Snow Night Emperor had said, although he didn't state it outright, the captains and vice-captains of each academy's team understood his meaning: it was a choice between the Empire and the Spirit Hall.

Finally, the awards ceremony ended, and everyone exited in an orderly manner.

Gu Xuan greeted Du Gu Yan and Ning Rongrong, with Ye Lingling following behind; the three women exchanged a glance in front of Gu Xuan, then linked arms, leaving Gu Xuan alone.

Just yesterday, after finishing her last match, Ning Rongrong actually confessed to Gu Xuan and even fucking forcibly kissed him; even now, thinking about it leaves Gu Xuan completely dazed.

Is this girl that fierce? How come I didn't know.

Only after asking did I find out that this was actually fucking instigated by Du Gu Yan and Ye Lingling; now Gu Xuan understands what it means to have three women putting on a show.

Gu Xuan felt helpless, silently following behind the three women, wondering how to tell Ning Fengzhi about this, since Ning Rongrong also had to fucking get engaged, saying that she also wanted to do whatever Du Gu Yan's older sister and Ye Lingling's older sister had, etc.

"Ah, fucking exhausting." Gu Xuan let out a long sigh.

Just after walking out of the Grand Soul Battle Arena, a person was waiting there—Tang San; the look Tang San had given me earlier was clearly an invitation to meet.

Du Gu Yan and the three women glanced at Tang San, then at Gu Xuan; Gu Xuan nodded, and then the three women left without looking back.

Since it's their man's business, they naturally won't disturb him; moreover, today they still want to celebrate a bit more!

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

Don't say I'm short anymore, it's a big chapter of four thousand six hundred characters! Finally, ask for monthly votes, ask for recommendation votes! I'm about to starve to death (wuwuwu……)(End of chapter)