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Zhongli Wu said, "Your Highness, it seems that the Sun Spirit is still slightly inferior to the Ultimate Ice."
Xu Tianran nodded slightly, his expression not looking good.
Zhongli Wu added: "In fact, in my opinion, Princess Tian Zhen is not without a chance of winning. She just appeared too early."
“The Mingdu team can definitely send a few players to wear down Huo Yuhao’s spirit power first. When his condition declines, it won’t be too late for Princess Tian Zhen to go on the field.”
"And it's not a smart move to use all your cards right away."
"It's just a round-robin tournament now. Many teams even chose to strategically give up in the first game in order to hide their strength. Excuse me, Your Highness, Princess Tian Zhen, as the captain, has acted a little too impulsively."
When Xu Tianzhen was mentioned, Xu Tianran's expression softened a little. He could not refute what Zhongli Wu said. He could only smile bitterly and shook his head: "Unfortunately, my sister was born willful and capricious, playful and rebellious. She is also the only princess in the direct line of the royal family. She has been spoiled by my father and us brothers since she was a child."
“Her cultivation talent is the best among us. She has already broken through to the Soul Emperor level before she was 20 years old. From childhood to adulthood, we have always given her what she liked. Now she has set her eyes on Huo Yuhao’s flying soul guide. How can we just sit there?”
The sounds from the competition stage were transmitted to the podium through the voice-transmitting soul guide, and they could hear the bet between Xu Tianzhen and Huo Yuhao clearly.
Juzi smiled and said, "Your Highness, it's not a bad thing for Princess Tianzhen to do this. The royal family has had many rules since childhood, and it is a blessing to be able to live freely and freely like Princess Tianzhen."
Xu Tianran nodded slightly and said, "Juzi, Tianzhen will soon graduate from Mingdu College and return to the palace. As the emperor's sister-in-law, you should guide her more in the future and not be as willful as before."
Juzi chuckled and agreed: "Of course, Princess Tianzhen is not a child anymore, how can she be as willful as a child?"
"Not small anymore..."
Xu Tianran silently recited these words in his heart, and suddenly said: "Master Hongchen, I wonder if your grandchildren have any romantic relationships in the academy?"
As soon as he opened his mouth and took the initiative to mention the Hongchen brothers and sisters, Jing Hongchen immediately became alert.
Jing Hongchen quickly practiced Tai Chi: "Your Highness, my grandchildren are usually obsessed with cultivation in the academy, and they have no idea about this yet."
"But I won't force it. The younger generation has their own ideas. We, the older generation, won't interfere. Let them worry about it on their own. Haha..."
Xu Tianran said: "The family tradition of the Hongchen family is quite liberal and open-minded."
The king and his minister just laughed it off, and neither of them said anything explicitly, but everyone knew what they meant.
Jing Hongchen cursed inwardly.
Xu Tianran’s meaning was clearly that since Xiao Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen were about the same age, could the Hongchen family get in touch with the royal family?
Of course Jing Hongchen couldn't agree, so he just turned a blind eye to it.
The Hongchen Family is a great noble family in the Sun-Moon Empire, but they are somewhat different from other noble families in that they have no marriage relationship with the royal family.
The Hongchen brothers and sisters are of noble status and extremely talented. Their status and talents are completely worthy of the royal family, but Jing Hongchen will never agree.
He knew very well that even if the Hongchen family really planned to form an alliance, they would not choose Xiao Hongchen, let alone the royal family.
Mingdetang is the Hongchen family's largest asset and support. The Hongchen family has always maintained a high degree of independence from the royal family. Jing Hongchen is unwilling to be completely tied to the royal family in this way.
He has longer-term plans for the future of these two heirs.
Whether a family should choose a male heir or a female heir does not seem to be a question worth discussing. The answer is obvious: a male heir should be chosen as the future head of the family.
But if you think about it carefully, the logic behind it doesn't seem to be so self-evident.
Generally speaking, male heirs have stronger talents and are naturally more suitable as candidates for the head of the family.
However, in the process of the future head of the family's growth, he will face various risks and it will cost a huge amount of money to cultivate. If the martial soul weakens and mutates, and dies halfway, the investment will be lost. For an elite family with a small number of people like the Hongchen family, they cannot afford such a loss.
But what if a female heir is chosen?
Then the family can directly select talented men to join the family through the selection of sons-in-law. It is also an investment, but this selection method directly transfers most of the costs.
However, the loyalty of outsiders is definitely not as good as that of insiders, and the risk of guarding against thieves within the family is also higher.
Of course, this logic is based on the assumption of a purely political marriage and does not take into account the extremely unstable variable of love.
After all, there have been cases in history where male heirs betrayed their families for true love, right?
Jing Hongchen naturally still plans to train Xiao Hongchen as the next master of Mingde Hall. As for the others, they are just alternative plans.
Observation area, Sun and Moon Team.
Meng Hongchen looked at the field in surprise: "Princess Tianzhen's strength has reached this level. She is worthy of being the royal family's sun martial spirit."
Under Xu Tianzhen's terrifying high temperature, the ground of the competition arena had already melted and turned into liquid metal.
Xiao Hongchen frowned and nodded, whispering: "Unfortunately, he is still no match for Huo Yuhao."
“Yes, but I didn’t expect that such a naive princess would not be a match for Huo Yuhao. He must have used those messed up spiritual skills again.”
Meng Hongchen didn't notice Xiao Hongchen's expression and asked on his own.
"Brother, my martial spirit is restrained by Princess Tian Zhen. What are your chances of winning if you meet Princess Tian Zhen?"
Xiao Hongchen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Not only you, even my martial soul is restrained by Princess Tian Zhen."
"Under such high temperatures, my soul cannon won't last long before it melts."
His ability is to control metal, but under such horrifically high temperatures that can easily melt metal, his ability is useless.
The brother and sister's martial spirits are both restrained by the Sun Martial Spirit. If the Sun and Moon Team meets the Mingdu Team, it is hard to say who will win or lose. Fortunately, they were not assigned to the same group.
Xiao Hongchen quickly regained his confident smile.
"But Princess Tian Zhen takes a long time to prepare for releasing her spirit skills. I can definitely defeat him before she makes a move."
But his smile didn't last long, and soon he looked sad again.
Meng Hongchen then noticed that his expression was not right and asked, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Hongchen muttered, "Nothing, I just felt a tingling sensation on my back for some reason today."
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Green hotel.
The second round of the Xishui League competition will be held tonight.
All contestants have no names, only a number. No one will reveal their real name in such an underground competition.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao was quietly waiting for the game to begin in the VIP room prepared for the players.
"Sir Saint, this is your number." Beside him, two disciples of Minglei Douluo respectfully handed over a number plate.
Their numbers were ninety-six and ninety-eight respectively.
Huo Yuhao took the number plate without saying a word. The two did not dare to ask any more questions.
"Ninety-nine."
He glanced at the number on the license plate, and after reading it, he did not put it away, but just kept watching it.
"You are so absorbed in watching this, what are you thinking about?" Bingdi asked, "Jiujiu, Jiujiu, Jiujiu, are you thinking about Princess Jiujiu?"
Huo Yuhao admitted frankly: "I did think of her."
He was silent for a while, then said, "My power of destiny seems to be more active recently, and some strange thoughts have been arising in my mind."
Bingdi raised an eyebrow: "The power of destiny? It seems like you haven't mentioned this power for a long time."
Tian Meng, who was squirming on the snow, said weakly, "Is that power really useful? Why do I feel like it's no different from just wishful thinking?"
“Just think of it as my sixth sense.” Huo Yuhao said calmly, “I always have a feeling that I will soon encounter a series of very complicated and uncontrollable things, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger.”
Yin Lex said, "Child, are you sure you have only recently felt this way?"
"determine."
Yin Lex thought for a while and asked, "Do you remember how you got the power of destiny?"
"remember."
Huo Yuhao suddenly paused.
He carefully recalled the situation at that time, as if he thought of some very important details.
Unconsciously, his brows furrowed.
"Do you believe in this so-called fate?" Xue Di's cold voice sounded slowly, "Don't you even have the courage to resist fate?"
"It's obvious that you, Xue Di, have never thought about the logic behind fate."
Huo Yuhao smiled.
"You said you wanted to rebel against fate."
"Exactly."
"Then fate predicts that you will rebel against it. Will you obey it or rebel against it?"
Xue Di didn't answer.
Huo Yuhao did not continue this topic and turned his gaze to the entrance of the VIP room. A tall and imposing young man walked into the room.
He was He Cai Tou in disguise.
He Caitou sat down not far from Huo Yuhao. The number on his number plate was eighty-eight.
Neither of them showed their true appearance. They glanced at each other and looked away, like strangers.
Chapter 343 Artificial Sun
He Cai Tou sat alone in a corner of the VIP room, pretending to be nonchalant, but in fact he was observing Huo Yuhao and the other two.
The aura of these three people was obviously different from that of the other contestants. They were much stronger, and he had never seen them in previous competitions.
After a little thought, he roughly guessed the identities of the three people. Most of them were masters invited by the Xishui League to deal with the other two underground forces.
He Caitou is confident that with his current strength as a seventh-level soul engineer, it is impossible for a stronger enemy to appear.
The two disciples of Minglei Douluo also attached great importance to He Caitou.
Soul Instructor No. 96 is named Huang Zheng. He is of medium build and has an ordinary appearance, but there is a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Huang Zheng calmly said to No. 98 Merck and Huo Yuhao, “This No. 88 Soul Instructor is quite famous. The deputy leader and the teacher said that we should test his intentions in the next competition and recruit him if possible.”
Huo Yuhao carefully felt He Caitou’s emotional fluctuations. Beneath the latter’s calm appearance, the murderous intent hidden was deeper than the last time they met.
Bingdi said in surprise: "Why has this human's obsession become stronger again? Didn't you just see him a few days ago?"
Yin Lex's old voice suddenly sounded, full of seriousness: "Kid, his condition has shown signs of getting out of control. Hatred has completely blinded his eyes. It will be very dangerous if we leave him alone."
"If you want to help your friend, it's best to resolve his emotional issues as soon as possible to prevent him from becoming obsessed."