Douluo: After transforming into a soul beast, I will roll inward to save my life

Chapter 406 Tiandou Empire Elite Competition

Nan Li's eyelids twitched, but she did not immediately blame Hong Yun. She said, "Tell the whole story honestly."

Hong Yun's eyes wandered for a while, and he first asked Nan Li, "Is your injury serious?" After hearing Nan Li say that it was okay, he slowly explained the situation.

Early in the morning, Qian Renxue disguised herself as "Xue Qinghe" and headed for the palace gate, while the Titled Douluo Ling Yuan beside her stayed in the prince's bedroom.

Ling Yuan's eighth soul ring came from the Flame Feather Bird, and that Flame Feather Bird happened to be Dan Hong's sister. Dan Hong wanted revenge, so he first threw a handful of dragon whisker needles at Ling Yuan, and then asked Qing Ya to smash the opponent's eighth soul ring.

Ling Yuan relied on his status as a Titled Douluo and refused to die in humiliation, so he activated his Fire Kite Martial Spirit and was about to self-destruct.

Dan Hong was taken away from the spot by Qingya in an instant, but there were a lot of palace servants and guards around him. Hong Yun pounced over without thinking, bit Ling Yuan's neck, and used his spiritual power to block the opponent's soul power mobilization.

Nan Li had been gone for nearly a month, and Hong Yun's spiritual energy was insufficient, so he was already hungry. When the Tunyun Fire Hound saw blood and his spiritual energy was depleted, he could not suppress his animal nature and swallowed Ling Yuan into his stomach.

Perhaps it was because they had the same fire attribute, or perhaps it was because the power had undergone a transformation, Hong Yun absorbed the power from Ling Yuan's body and suddenly grew a lot taller.

"You did the right thing this time." Nan Li had long realized that it was the nature of the Swallowing Cloud Fire Hound to eat people, just like wolves eat sheep. Moreover, Hong Yun did nothing wrong in preventing a Titled Douluo from self-destructing.

Nan Li thought of the dragon beard needle and asked hurriedly, "Where's the dragon beard needle? Did you swallow it with it?"

The dragon beard needle in Dan Hong's hand was bought from Flanders' "black shop" that year. After being shot into the soul master's body, it will immediately curl up into a small ball, causing the muscles to twist violently.

Hongyun shook his head, "I vomited it when I was eating it."

No wonder Hong Yun felt so guilty. It turned out that he didn't swallow the whole thing, but tore it into pieces like a wild animal. Nan Li asked, "Did you scare anyone?"

Hong Yun covered his head and squatted on the spot, "Well... a few people fainted from shock."

Nan Li held his forehead with his hand and said helplessly: "This won't happen again."

Although Hong Yun was right this time, Nan Li still warned the beast not to eat humans in order to refine strength or grow taller, otherwise she would beat him back no matter how tall he grew.

Hongyun nodded rapidly.

***

In a blink of an eye, five years have passed since Nanli participated in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition.

The elite competition is held every five years, and a new round of selection is about to begin. Nan Li went to Emperor Xue Ye's meeting study today specifically for the competition.

The five senses of a Titled Douluo-level soul master are extremely sharp. Before Nan Li even entered the door, he heard the voices of Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi talking from inside.

Emperor Xue Ye said: "Although Nan Li has deep soul power, he is still young after all. He may not be as thoughtful as Sect Master Ning in terms of national politics. When Xue Ke succeeds to the throne in the future, he will need a highly respected imperial teacher to intimidate the court."

Ning Fengzhi replied: "Your Majesty, you are overthinking. Experience cannot be judged solely by age. Nanli's vision of the world is definitely not narrow. If what Fengzhi thinks is correct, the titles of Yu Zongzhu and I should have been obtained by Nanli. In this case, the new elite competition will begin soon. Whether Tiandou Empire should participate, Your Majesty might as well listen to her opinion."

Nanli smiled faintly with his hands behind his back. It was fine if Ning Fengzhi refused the position of imperial teacher. With the two princes Ning and Yu, the foundation of the Tiandou royal family had been consolidated.

Nan Li walked into the study under the guidance of the palace servants, and her movements revealed a certain calmness and casualness. Compared with Ning Fengzhi, Nan Li's sitting posture was more like a military general, but this did not mean that she did not understand the thoughts of civil officials.

Emperor Xue Ye pondered for a moment and said, "Although the matter of the fake prince has not spread throughout the continent, the noble families and aristocrats in Tiandou City are inevitably discussing it secretly. The royal family has suffered such humiliation, and they will have a battle with the Spirit Hall soon. Tiandou will no longer participate in the elite competition from now on, so as to save some manpower and resources to prepare for the war."

Ning Fengzhi did not express his opinion, but instead asked Nan Li what he thought.

Nan Li smiled and said, "If the national treasury is in deficit, the taxes will be heavy. The Elite Competition is very grand and expensive. Your Majesty wants to stop it for the sake of the people."

Emperor Xue Ye nodded, agreeing with Nan Li's statement.

"However, in my personal opinion, it is better to continue holding this elite competition, especially this year's elite competition. I hope Your Majesty will not stop it easily."

Ning Fengzhi said to himself, "As expected," but smiled without saying anything.

Emperor Xue Ye hurriedly asked why.

"In addition to the Fasno Province, there are also the Barak Kingdom, the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom, and a number of subordinate principalities in the southern part of the Tiandou Empire. If a war breaks out, may I ask Your Majesty, is it possible for these places to succumb to the might of the Spirit Hall?"

Emperor Xue Ye originally wanted to say "How is this possible?", but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not completely impossible, and his face darkened.

"Your Majesty, we have to hold the elite competition, but we are not going to hold the elite competition for the entire continent. We are going to hold the elite competition for the Tiandou Empire." Nan Li had some insights into politics, but she could not learn Dong Yun's method of patiently guiding people step by step to their destination.

Nan Li glanced at Ning Fengzhi and simply stated his thoughts: "Take advantage of the remaining power of the two major sects and the various kingdoms and principalities that are still afraid of the imperial power. Hold the Tiandou Empire Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition as soon as possible."

"We might as well give each participating team the opportunity to enter the Royal Academy for exchange studies for free, and gather together the elite spirit masters from all over the world. In this way, even if a war breaks out, we can contain the subordinate kingdoms and principalities."

"To put it another way, even if the core heirs from various places do not participate in the competition, or even if the kingdoms choose to abandon the participants, we will still have an extra group of soul masters at hand."

"Soul Masters at Soul Sect level and above can play a role on the battlefield that ordinary soldiers cannot match. One Soul Sect member needs at least a hundred ordinary soldiers to contain him. According to the last session, there were at least twenty Soul Sect members in fifteen or sixteen teams, which is equivalent to leaving a thousand elite troops for Tiandou City."

"As they age, the physical fitness of ordinary soldiers will gradually decline, but soul masters can have a longer peak period. As long as they are not too old, the older the soul master is, the deeper his soul power will be, and the role he can play cannot be simply estimated."

Hongyun stretched lazily on Nanli's shoulder and complained in his heart: "Birds of a feather flock together." Nanli has really learned from Jinwu and become mean and mean.

Nan Li patted the beast's head and added, "Your Majesty, in the last Elite Competition, the Spirit Hall offered three soul bones as a reward. With the empire's background, one or two soul bones shouldn't be a problem, right?"

If the rewards are enough, as long as people come, they will belong to Tiandou City.

The more Emperor Xue Ye thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, and he nodded repeatedly, "It's just one or two soul bones, there are still some in the national treasury. In this case, I will order people to draft the rules as soon as possible and hold the Tiandou Empire Elite Competition!"

In addition to organizing the elite competition, Emperor Xue Ye also issued another decree - to appoint the Titan Giant Ape, the king of the forest, as the guardian beast of the country, to be supported by the Tiandou Empire, and no soul master is allowed to offend him.

Nan Li did not know about this decree in advance. It was Zhu Zhulang who mentioned it, saying that the Sunset Forest was not far from Tiandou City, and in case of a war, they could get a soul beast to protect the city.

Nanli: It seems that Emperor Xue Ye has quite some insights into how to save one’s life.