"Holy Maiden, who was that handsome young man?"
"He's so exceptionally refined, even more handsome than I was in my youth. He's no ordinary person."
Although it was just a fleeting glance, Su Ran's passing profile greatly shocked Gold Crocodile.
That face is not simple!
Qian Renxue took a step forward, looking at Su Ran's retreating figure, a look she had never displayed before on her face, like a pure, moon-like Holy Maiden deeply in love, she said faintly:
"Grandpa Crocodile, he is my Teacher."
"Oh, Grandpa Crocodile, there's one more thing I'd like to ask of you."
Gold Crocodile Priest was stunned, as if he couldn't quite believe that the young man just now was the Teacher Qian Renxue wanted to meet. That appearance, even with his one or two centuries of experience, was greatly astonishing. If this person were to be the Holy Maiden's Teacher… it didn't seem so unacceptable after all:
"No, he's so good-looking, why did he wear a mask before?"
"Phew~ What is it, Holy Maiden? Speak."
Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed: "Mobilize a few Elders for me. If that one in the Supreme Pontiff Palace dares to cause trouble, hehe—"
…
"Why hasn't Teacher returned yet?"
"Did something happen?"
"I have absolutely no sense of security in Spirit Hall. I haven't slept well these past two days."
Two days had passed since Yu Xiaogang lost the bet.
The girls from Peach Garden Academy and a few students from Tianshui Academy and Plant Academy were all very worried about Teacher Su Ran's situation.
The Soul Master Competition was still proceeding normally, and the competition had advanced to the semi-finals.
After Tianshui Academy's crushing victory over Tang San in the top 16 to top 8 round, Peach Garden Academy successfully advanced from the top 8 to the top 4.
However, in the top 8 to top 4 match, Tianshui Academy 'unfortunately' encountered their senior sister team, the Peach Garden Team, and narrowly lost that match.
The teams entering the semi-final contention were the four strong teams plus two teams that had received byes, making a total of six teams:
Peach Garden Academy.
Spirit Hall Academy.
Plant Academy.
Star Luo Royal Academy.
And two other teams from the Star Luo Empire.
…
With Teacher absent, senior sister Ning Rongrong took on the responsibility. They drew lots a day in advance, and the matchups for the next day's semi-finals were released. There would be no more bye teams in the semi-finals:
Plant Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy would respectively face the other two teams.
Peach Garden Academy would encounter Spirit Hall Academy in the semi-finals.
The next day.
As the morning light just touched the Supreme Pontiff Palace, the Peach Garden Academy team, escorted by Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Sect Master Ning Fengzhi, walked into the Douhun Arena in front of the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
In the Supreme Pontiff Palace's arena, only the Supreme Pontiff Palace's Knight Order was parading; no other academies had arrived yet.
After a while, with his keen perceptiveness, Ning Fengzhi sensed a potential problem and said to Chen Xin with a focused expression:
"Uncle Sword, something's up. In the previous matches, all academies should have arrived by this time, but at this point, not a single member from other academies is present, and no one has come to inform us."
"Could it be that woman Bibi Dong intends to make a move on the children?" Chen Xin scanned their surroundings, constantly wary of any Spirit Masters attacking them.
Ning Fengzhi's eyes still held some confusion: "No, if they were going to act, they should have done so earlier. Moreover, Teacher Su now has Gold Crocodile Priest backing him. Bibi Dong shouldn't dare to easily lay a killing hand on Peach Garden students. They must have another motive…"
Just as Ning Fengzhi was deep in thought, sounds of fighting suddenly came from outside the arena:
"Rongrong Senior Sister! Senior Sister!"
"Spirit Hall temporarily changed the arena, and the Peach Garden Team was placed in the first match."
Boom!
Sword Douluo Chen Xin cut open the Knight Order and bishops blocking the outside of the Supreme Pontiff Palace with a single sword strike.
Ning Rongrong and the others then realized that those fighting the Supreme Pontiff Palace's Knight Order were none other than several teachers and students from Plant Academy and Tianshui Academy—Yao Zi, Mu Yunzhu, Mu Yunteng, Shui Yue'er, Water Bing'er, Snow Dance, and Leng Yuehan.
"What's going on?" Ning Rongrong asked anxiously.
"Early this morning, Spirit Hall's Spirit Masters came to inform us that the Soul Master Competition venue was temporarily changed to the Great Spirit Arena in Spirit City. At first, we didn't think much of it, but when we arrived at the Great Spirit Arena in Spirit City, we found that besides the eliminated teams, none of our senior and junior brothers and sisters from the Peach Garden Team had arrived. I think Spirit Hall deliberately didn't notify the senior sisters, wanting the Peach Garden Team to forfeit and lose the match!"
"We immediately went to find our classmates from Tianshui Academy and came together to look for the senior sisters. At the hotel, the service staff told us that you senior sisters had already left for the match, so we came here."
After hearing Yao Zi and the Mu Yunzhu sisters' words, Ning Fengzhi's expression changed. All matters became clear to him at this moment:
"Not good, we fell into a trap! Can Spirit Hall really use such a shameless scheme?!"
"Time is running out!"
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