Chapter 105

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Great Spirit Arena, registration office.

"Have you ever fought in the Great Spirit Arena before?" Nan Feng asked.

"No," Zhu Zhuqing shook her head.

"I always practiced with my sister. Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo would also teach us when they were free, and occasionally Pope Sister would take us to the Sunset Forest to practice against those spirit beasts."

"Specialized training improves quickly, but you still need to have more contact with outside Spirit Masters," Nan Feng said.

Zhu Zhuqing was stunned. "Increase knowledge?"

"Increasing knowledge is just one aspect," Nan Feng took Zhu Zhuqing's ID card.

"The most important thing is to improve your confidence."

Zhu Zhuyun's cultivation was higher than Zhu Zhuqing's. This girl was now level 39, 13 levels higher than at this time in the original trajectory, while Zhu Zhuyun had already reached level 52. When the two of them practiced, Zhu Zhuyun could undoubtedly suppress Zhu Zhuqing.

He had discovered it when they were at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; Zhu Zhuqing had no confidence in this regard.

After all, she was the youngest and had the lowest cultivation. Although she had the talent improvement brought by the pills, and the long-term body-tempering training in the special environment of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had greatly improved her physical fitness, allowing her to obtain a yellow-purple-purple spirit ring configuration, and her next fourth spirit ring could even impact a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, the hard gap in spirit power level was still very realistic.

"I've arranged a match for you. It's both to meet your old acquaintance and to let you feel the outside world," Nan Feng said.

"Your strength is already quite good; don't be too nervous."

"Mm," Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

"I will win."

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On the other side, Tang San also completed his registration at the Great Spirit Arena under the leadership of Dai Mubai.

"Xiao San, the match later is a game match; you cannot use those hidden weapons," Dai Mubai reminded.

"Game match?" Tang San was stunned.

"Are there other matches?"

"Mm, the Great Spirit Arena has two types of matches. One is the game match we are participating in. This kind of match has certain restrictions on both sides. If irreversible damage is caused to the contestants, not only will they be banned from the Great Spirit Arena for life, but they will also be jointly arrested by the Spirit Hall and the two great empires. It's against the law. Those hidden weapons of yours are too dangerous; it's best not to use them indiscriminately," Dai Mubai introduced.

"And the other type is the Life and Death Arena, or rather, an unlimited match. If you really want to try the power of those things, you can go and watch the matches in the Life and Death Arena. The people who compete there have signed a disclaimer; life and death don't matter. Even if you kill someone, there won't be any problems. And the prize money for the Life and Death Arena is generally very high."

"However, correspondingly, the danger of the Life and Death Arena is also very high, and the matches are randomly matched."

"Randomly?" Tang San looked confused.

"What do you mean?"

"It means you might be matched with a little Spirit Scholar of level 10-something, or you might be matched with a Spirit King above level 50. If your luck explodes, it's not impossible to be matched with a Spirit Emperor," Dai Mubai said.

The highest cultivation that the Great Spirit Arena matches can accommodate is Spirit Emperor, but under normal circumstances, Spirit King is already the highest.

As for Spirit Saint and above cultivation, let alone the fact that their battle scenes are very dangerous and not suitable for viewing at all, just the fact that Spirit Saints themselves couldn't possibly come to participate in this kind of match for people's entertainment.

"Then wouldn't the results of the matches in this Great Spirit Arena be arranged by the owner here?" Tang San said.

"Cough cough!" Dai Mubai coughed heavily twice.

"Xiao San, don't talk nonsense about things you don't understand."

"Matches in the Life and Death Arena rarely happen; they are generally used to handle some irreconcilable contradictions between Spirit Masters."

"The kind with prize money I mentioned is a betting match. The drawing wheel is carried out under everyone's witness. If you let the people of the Great Spirit Arena hear this kind of talk, it will be regarded as slander and provocation."

"The reputation of the Great Spirit Arena in this regard is well known. If you question them on this kind of matter, be careful about your little life." "Isn't this..."

"It's my match." Dai Mubai patted Tang San's shoulder and turned to walk toward the arena.

"Xiao San, you don't need to doubt the reputation of the Great Spirit Arena," Oscar said.

"They don't count on these matches to make money; even holding this kind of life-and-death match is a loss-making business for the Great Spirit Arena."

"Loss-making?" Tang San was a bit suspicious.

"Of course. For life-and-death matches, the Great Spirit Arena can only act as a third-party referee and will not participate in gambling. Even the bookmakers are people who watch the matches," Oscar said.

"And the Great Spirit Arena itself isn't for making these few pennies. Here, it is essentially to provide Spirit Masters with a special place for legal venting and making money by relying on violence, reducing private fights between Spirit Masters, and also reducing the maintenance cost of social security."

"Wait a minute," Tang San looked strange.

"Where did you hear these things? Why do I feel... inexplicably familiar?"

Xiao Wu seems to say this kind of thing often.

"Feng-isms," Oscar said.

"Published by the Spirit Hall, a deep analysis and explanation of various industries on the continent, as well as Spirit Masters and the essence of the entire society, by that legendary Elder Nan Feng."

"The Dean is an old fan of this book. We use this book for cultural classes in the academy."

As he spoke, Oscar took out "Feng-isms" from his waist.

"This thing is sold in Spirit Halls everywhere. The Spirit Masters I've seen here in Suotuo City basically have a copy. Didn't you buy one?" Oscar asked suspiciously.

"No," Tang San shook his head.

"My teacher said that book is just grandstanding and not presentable, so he told me there was no need to read it. Xiao Wu bought one, though."

Oscar looked strange. "Grandstanding? Xiao San, it's not that I don't take care of you as a brother, but if you say this in front of people from the Spirit Hall, they will only treat you as a fool. But if you say this in front of the Dean, I'm afraid you'll be beaten to death by him!"

"Why?" Tang San asked suspiciously.

Oscar lowered his voice. "Our Dean is a die-hard fan of that Elder Nan Feng. If it weren't for not wanting to join the Spirit Hall and be restrained, and not being able to let go of Shrek Academy, the Dean would have planned to defect to Wuhun City back then."

Tang San was stunned. "That exaggerated?"

Oscar nodded. "It's just that exaggerated. Consider it a piece of advice from a senior: you should still buy a copy of this book and keep it. Although it's a bit expensive—ten gold spirit coins a copy—it's quite simple for a Great Spirit Master to buy one if they save a little. If you really think it's expensive, the pirated version is only one silver spirit coin."

"However, if you shake a pirated version in front of the Dean, he will definitely scold you. After all, even someone as stingy as him bought the genuine one."

"Although it's second-hand."

The corner of Tang San's eye twitched. "Ten gold spirit coins for a book—isn't this profiteering? And wouldn't the Spirit Hall crack down on piracy?"

Oscar was stunned. "No, have you really not paid attention to this kind of thing at all?"

"Ten gold spirit coins—say it's expensive, it's not expensive; say it's cheap, it's not cheap. If you are really interested, it's not like you can't pool money to buy it. This thing isn't a consumable; you can buy it and pass it around to read."

"Ten gold spirit coins is still acceptable for a Great Spirit Master, but it's not cheap for others," Tang San retorted.

"If this thing from the Spirit Hall is really something good, they shouldn't sell it so expensively. They should publish it to the entire continent for free, like my teacher's 'Ten Core Competitiveness of Spirits'."

"Free?" Oscar nodded.

"I had this question at first, too. However, the Dean explained it to us. He said that this operation of the Spirit Hall is actually very smart because they grasped human nature."

"Things that come too easily are often not cherished by everyone."

(End of chapter)