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Xu Tianran nodded again: "Master Hongchen, Tianran will definitely make use of young talents like your grandchildren in the future."
Jing Hongchen remained calm on the surface when he heard this, but he was shocked inside. After thinking quickly for a second, he just thanked him politely.
"I, your Highness, would like to thank you first."
Meng Hongchen walked off the stage expressionlessly. A few minutes later, the host continued, "The third match of the preliminary knockout round..."
The first two matches between the champions and runners-up of the previous competition have ended, and the intensity of the competition has suddenly cooled down a lot since the third match began.
For many forces, there is no need to pay too much attention to these competitions.
Team after team won their first victory, which naturally meant that an equal number of teams were eliminated.
"In the sixth elimination match, Haidu College won."
The referee gave an order and announced that another team was eliminated, and all the players left the waiting area in frustration.
For several games in a row, Xu Tianran on the rostrum did not comment on the players or the battle situation, and appeared very calm.
At this moment, he suddenly asked Zhongli Wu who was standing beside him, "Master, those defeated teams will soon leave Mingdu. I think you have arranged everything for your people, right?"
Zhongli Wu replied grimly, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. We will not alert the enemy. We will send people to secretly follow the teams that are eliminated first, and we will take action after they leave Mingdu."
"Thank you, National Master." Xu Tianran said indifferently, and then looked casually towards the field again.
After being calm for a few minutes, he seemed to remember something and chatted with Jing Hongchen.
"Master Hongchen, I would like to ask you something."
Jing Hongchen said respectfully: "Your Highness, please speak."
Xu Tianran asked, "Didn't the student named Huo Yuhao represent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy in the competition?"
When they heard the name Huo Yuhao, Jing Hongchen and Orange beside Xu Tianran were shocked.
Jing Hongchen answered truthfully: "No, I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly thought of him?"
Xu Tianran smiled calmly: "In the last competition, Huo Yuhao played a crucial role and led Shrek to defeat the Sun Moon Team."
He glanced at Orange, who was wearing palace dress beside him, and continued.
“There are so many geniuses in Shrek, and I didn’t pay much attention to him. But Juzi told me that Huo Yuhao came to the Sun Moon Empire because he loved soul guides, and he also joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy. Master Hongchen, is this true?”
Jing Hongchen nodded and said, "Your Highness, this is true."
Juzi smiled and took over the conversation, “Your Highness, our Sun Moon Empire is the strongest on the continent. Over the past thousand years, countless talented people from the three kingdoms have come to Sun Moon. A genius like Huo Yuhao is willing to work for the Sun Moon Empire. Doesn’t this just prove how powerful the Sun Moon Empire is?”
Xu Tianran changed the subject and spoke in a colder tone, "But I've seen the list of participants from Sun Moon Academy, and Huo Yuhao's name doesn't seem to be on it? Master Hongchen, is it possible that his strength is not enough to represent Sun Moon Academy in the competition?"
In just a few words, Jing Hongchen had already considered how to answer Xu Tianran's question about Huo Yuhao's situation. He had already thought deeply about this matter for a long time.
He did not intend to keep it secret forever, but decided to selectively reveal information that was beneficial to him.
“Your Highness, Huo Yuhao has now broken through to the Soul Emperor and Pseudo-Seventh Level Soul Instructor. His talent is truly extraordinary.”
"Then why doesn't his name appear in the list of participants from Sun Moon Academy?" Xu Tianran frowned and asked.
Jing Hongchen replied, “To be honest, Your Highness, Huo Yuhao comes from a hidden family. He will represent his family in this competition in the name of the sect.”
Xu Tianran's brows tightened even more, and he asked cautiously, "What family?"
Jing Hongchen said: "The family Huo Yuhao belongs to is called the Beidi Family."
The Northern Family...
Xu Tianran whispered these four words several times, his brows slowly relaxed, but there was a hint of coldness in his tone: "Is this Beidi family from the three countries on the mainland? Letting someone from another faction join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy, Master Hongchen, you need to be extremely cautious."
Jing Hongchen heard the hidden meaning of Xu Tianran's words and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the Beidi family has lived in seclusion in the uninhabited Far North for generations and has nothing to do with the three countries on the mainland."
“Please don’t be nervous, Your Highness. I have also examined Huo Yuhao in detail and can confirm that he sincerely wants to join Sun Moon Academy.”
Xu Tianran asked: "How strong is this Northern family?"
Jing Hongchen replied: "There are at least several Title Douluo masters in the family."
Xu Tianran nodded gently: "It is indeed a powerful force."
Although it is often used as a joke, ordinary Titled Douluo are top-level combatants no matter where they are. A family with several Titled Douluo is highly respected.
Jing Hongchen then said: "Your Highness, the Titled Douluo in the Beidi family is not a simple Titled Douluo."
Xu Tianran asked curiously: "What's so special about it? Could it be that they have a Super Douluo?"
Jing Hongchen shook his head: "There are indeed Super Douluo, but there are more than that."
Xu Tianran was stunned and murmured, "What do you mean...?"
Jing Hongchen said in a deep voice: "The Beidi family has inherited the title of Beidi Douluo from generation to generation. The strongest person in the family will inherit the title of Beidi Douluo."
"And the contemporary Northland Douluo is a strong man who is close to, or has even reached, the Ultimate Douluo level."
There was a hint of excitement in his tone.
"Ultimate Douluo!"
Xu Tianran and Juzi were stunned at the same time. They knew very well what an Extreme Douluo meant. After all, Long Xiaoyao was somewhere nearby at the moment.
Zhongli Wu, who had been silent for a long time, asked in a stern voice: "Master Hongchen, may I ask where did you know this?"
Jing Hongchen smiled slightly: "This is what the Northern Douluo senior told me personally when he came to the academy. He was able to enter the Sun Moon Academy without anyone noticing, and even I didn't notice it. I'm afraid this is enough to prove his strength."
Zhongli Wu asked, "Master Hongchen, you have also met Senior Long many times. How does that Northern Land Douluo compare to Senior Long?"
After careful consideration, Jing Hongchen said seriously: "It's not that Hongchen despises Senior Long, but I think that Beidi Douluo is even better than Senior Long."
Zhongli Wu paused for a moment and said, "Master Hongchen, you should be aware of the reputation of the Dark Holy Dragon."
Jing Hongchen nodded: "Senior Long is indeed famous, but the Northland Douluo is also unfathomable. There is another very important reason why I would make such an evaluation."
"what reason?"
"Northern Douluo's martial spirit is of the ultimate ice attribute."
Jing Hongchen dropped the last bombshell: "Not only that, the Titled Douluo of the Northern Family all have the ultimate ice attribute."
"And Huo Yuhao is the heir of the Northern Family."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Hongchen raised his head and looked at Xu Tianran. Even this mentally strong hero couldn't help but look dazed.
A whole family of Ultimate Ice Attributes? Several Titled Douluo of Ultimate Ice Attributes? An Ultimate Douluo of Ultimate Ice Attributes?
Such a configuration is enough to compete for the first place in the mainland, right?
Ju Zi was stunned and said, "Master Hongchen, please stop joking."
"Hong Chen swears in the name of the Master of Mingde Hall that this is no joke."
Jing Hongchen was secretly delighted and continued, “The Beidi family entrusted Huo Yuhao to study at the Sun Moon Academy. In the past few years, Huo Yuhao has also used his soul guide talents to help Mingde Hall make many achievements in soul guide technology.”
"He is going to represent the family in this competition. Although I am extremely reluctant, I have no choice but to let him go."
Xu Tianran quickly recovered from his distraction and smiled calmly, "So that's how it is, Master Hongchen, you did the right thing. If there is a chance, Tianran would also like to meet that Northern Douluo senior."
Juzi remained silent. When she saw Xu Tianran's smile, she felt a chill on her back.
She knew the prince's temper very well.
Xu Tianran seemed gentle on the surface, but Jing Hongchen's behavior at this moment might have caused him great dissatisfaction and anger in his heart.
Who is Jing Hongchen? The head of Mingde Hall, he holds an important position in the court.
Such an important official, without knowing when and where, secretly came into contact with a super power with Ultimate Douluo powerhouses. This was a very dangerous signal for Xu Tianran.
Jing Hongchen has never participated in the princes' decision-making, and finally sought protection from outsiders. Will Xu Tianran be happy?
It was also the first time that Orange heard of the Beidi Family and Beidi Douluo. When he heard that Huo Yuhao was related to them, for some reason, he suddenly felt relieved.
Huo Yuhao has the protection of the Northern family, so he doesn't have to worry about being plotted against.
But soon, the relief in her heart was overshadowed by tension again.
She was very sure that Xu Tianran was unhappy after learning that Jing Hongchen had contact with Beidi Douluo, but the horror of the Extreme Douluo made him have to be wary.
Can the power he controls now rival that of an Ultimate Douluo?
The Holy Spirit Church currently has only a cooperative relationship with Xu Tianran, and he cannot directly give orders to Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
Will Xu Tianran tolerate it or make other choices?
Orange took a quick glance at the red dust.
The Master of Mingde Hall might have known that this move would certainly cause Xu Tianran's dissatisfaction, but he still did it.
Even if Xu Tianran was dissatisfied, what would happen? The friendship of an Extreme Douluo was enough to pay a huge price to please him.
Zhongli Wu, shrouded in a black robe, remained calm and recalled the warning his mother had given him not long ago.
"Those three of your minions died, and died quickly."
"Tell your men to behave themselves recently. It seems someone is targeting us."
In the past few months, it seems that a powerful organization lurking in the darkness has been secretly targeting the Holy Spirit Church. Strongholds within the church have been destroyed and evil soul masters have been killed.
As the leader of the sect, Zhongli Wu naturally went to some of the destroyed strongholds to check them out in person after being warned by Ye Xishui.
The destroyed strongholds had obvious traces of explosions, and were reduced to ruins. But a very strange smell remained in the ruins.
chill.
But shouldn't an explosion be accompanied by intense heat energy? How come there is cold air left?
Moreover, the cold air can often last for several days and penetrate deep into the bone marrow. Even Zhongli Wu, who is at the Super Douluo level, can feel the extreme chill.
He had never made this connection before, but today when he heard Jing Hongchen reveal the Beidi family, he suddenly understood everything.
Could it be that the cold air is the remnant of the extreme ice attribute, and the force secretly targeting the Holy Spirit Church is the Northern Family?
The more he thought about the details, the greater the possibility seemed to Zhongli Wu, and the more fearful he became.
An Ultimate Douluo with the ultimate ice attribute, plus several Titled Douluo with the ultimate ice attribute, this suddenly appearing Northern family may be an unprecedentedly powerful enemy of the Holy Spirit Church.
He wanted to tell Ye Xishui the news as soon as possible.
Xu Tianran, Juzi, and Zhongli Wu, none of the three questioned the authenticity of Jing Hongchen's words, because there was absolutely no need for Jing Hongchen to fabricate an Extreme Douluo for such a matter.
Jing Hongchen appeared calm on the surface, but was secretly delighted in his heart.
He knew that although private contact with the Northern Family might cause Xu Tianran's dissatisfaction, it would be worth it as long as he could establish a relationship with the Northern Douluo.