Chapter 51

A night passed quietly.

Early the next morning, Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu, who were eating breakfast, received a piece of intelligence delivered by the Star Cloud Douluo.

And this intelligence was sent from Xu Jiawei's hands. It roughly recorded some information about the southern visitors who had come to Star Luo City this time, and at the same time, it thoughtfully marked the martial souls and approximate soul power levels possessed by these people.

During the last secret talk in the palace, Shu Yan had already explained his idea of recruiting the Spirit Hall descendants for his own use. Xu Jiawei's attitude was not obvious, only saying that he would give Shu Yan an answer later, but now it seemed that Xu Jiawei's attitude had basically been determined.

Xu Jiujiu nestled in Shu Yan's arms and looked at the golden paper engraved with the Star Crown totem. Shu Yan's gaze also followed. After a simple flip, Shu Yan was a little surprised.

"On this list, besides Luo Qinghan and the other two from yesterday, there are still a few who can be called geniuses. However, what surprises me more is that so many top-tier martial souls that were famous on the continent ten thousand years ago have been passed down. At first, I even thought these martial souls only existed in history."

Xu Jiujiu frowned slightly and pointed to a few names on the golden paper:

"Tian Ling, martial soul Golden Crocodile, seventeen years old, level 41 soul power."

"Qiangu Yueyin, martial soul Coiled Dragon Staff, fifteen years old, level 47 soul power."

"Huyan Hao, martial soul Diamond Mammoth, sixteen years old, level 42 soul power."

"Meng Ning, martial soul Black Demon, thirteen years old, level 27 soul power."

"The martial souls of these people seem to be closely related to ten thousand years ago. The Golden Crocodile is a lower-level martial soul of the Golden Crocodile King martial soul once possessed by the Spirit Hall's second elder, Golden Crocodile Douluo. The Coiled Dragon Staff... is consistent with Elder Qian's martial soul; I'm afraid her connection with Elder Qian is not small. As for the Diamond Mammoth, this is also the direct-line martial soul of the Elephant Armored Sect that was attached to the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago. As for the Black Demon martial soul..."

Speaking of this, Xu Jiujiu frowned slightly, as if she hadn't remembered the information about this martial soul for a moment.

Shu Yan gently took the golden letter paper from Xu Jiujiu's hand and then said softly:

"The Black Demon martial soul is very special. Ten thousand years ago, the martial soul of Meng Shenji, the chief committee member of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, was the Black Demon. The Black Demon was also hailed as one of the most terrifying control-type martial souls of that era. It is said that once a Soul Master is dragged into the dream created by the Black Demon, they lose the possibility of escaping. This is undoubtedly a top-tier control-type martial soul, but why the descendants of this martial soul joined the Spirit Hall descendant lineage is unknown."

After Shu Yan's reminder, Xu Jiujiu also suddenly remembered something. She summarized her language and then continued to speak: "I remember now. Some time ago, I went to flip through the imperial history books and, by chance, learned about many secret past events. This matter was also recorded in the imperial history books. Specifically, it is related to that Emperor Xue Beng of the Heaven Dou Empire ten thousand years ago."

"This Emperor Xue Beng was a disciple of the Sea God. After the God War ended, the gods no longer interfered in human affairs. Xue Beng was initially considered a qualified monarch, but later, he still inevitably followed the old path of the Heaven Dou nobles of previous generations."

"At that time, two of the three committee members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, who had already broken through to the Titled Douluo realm, almost risked their lives to remonstrate, but later, they suffered exclusion and cold treatment from most Heaven Dou nobles, and their positions as academy committee members were also stripped. Later, the three seemed to be finally disheartened, so they never said another word in the Heaven Dou court at that time, but instead left Heaven Dou City with their families together, and their whereabouts have been unknown since then..."

"Now it seems that their lives after leaving Heaven Dou City were not comfortable either, otherwise their descendants would not have fallen into their current situation."

Shu Yan nodded lightly, not caring about these irrelevant past events. The point he cared about fell on another person. "Fifteen years old, level 47 soul power; such talent is top-tier even in Shrek Academy. Without joking, this Qiangu Yueyin has the possibility of breaking through to a Soul Emperor before the age of twenty. This has to make us pay attention. Plus her special relationship with Elder Qian, if there are no accidents in the future, her achievement will be at least at the Super Douluo level."

Xu Jiujiu nodded, her expression inevitably becoming a bit more solemn.

"Although the leaders among their group are rare geniuses, the problems they face are also very obvious."

"I have asked people to inquire. Except for these leaders who can shoulder the heavy burden, the others who came along this time are also genius-level existences among them, but their ages are all approaching twenty. From this, it can be seen that after ten thousand years of inheritance, they still inevitably faced the problem of the degradation of their clansmen's bloodline and talent. If this continues, it is estimated that in a few thousand years, some of their families will completely perish."

Shu Yan nodded again and then chuckled:

"It is precisely because of this that they have to consider other ways out, otherwise, they can only watch their families decline bit by bit."

Xu Jiujiu stuck out her little tongue, then smiled and pinched Shu Yan's cheek, looking up slightly: "Then A-Yan, you really caught them at their most confused and helpless period. It seems the result is already very clear."

Shu Yan smiled and kissed Xu Jiujiu's delicate red lips, casually put the letter paper into his soul tool, and then stood up holding Xu Jiujiu.

"Let's go, let's see what kind of strength these geniuses who walked out of the shadows have, and it's just right for my Jiujiu to see what my true strength is like now..."

Xu Jiujiu smiled lightly, rubbed her cheek against Shu Yan's chest, and the two were affectionate as they soon left the Princess Mansion...

At noon, Star Luo Arena.

As the largest Soul Master arena in the entire Star Luo Empire, the size of the Star Luo Arena is comparable to two Star Luo Squares. Countless competitions are held here every day. Just looking at one arena, the daily traffic is as high as hundreds of thousands. Therefore, the daily turnover here is also a terrifying number. Any random income and expenditure is a huge sum of money that ordinary nobles cannot reach.

Arranged by the Imperial Princess herself, and with the nod of the person in the palace, the arena's management staff naturally attached great importance to it. The Sky-level competition stage, which was usually packed, was empty today, and the periphery was wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside by the royal secret guards. Ordinary people didn't even have a chance to take an extra look at the periphery, and even some nobles who relied on their power to try to get in and find out were directly expelled, and some were even thrown out directly, with their faces hitting the ground, and they had no face to see anyone for a short time...

Shu Yan and his party stepped into the preparation area of this Sky-level competition stage under the guidance of a maid. After pushing open the heavy solid wood door, the spacious and bright venue came into view, and also appearing were Luo Qinghan and the other two from yesterday, as well as some unfamiliar faces...

(End of chapter)