After scolding Xue Beng for a while in a performative manner,
Xue Ye immediately switched to a smiling face and looked at Golden Crown. "Little Friend Xing, I wonder if His Excellency the God of War has come along this time?"
"My grandfather is investigating something recently."
"He doesn't have time to watch this kind of small-scale competition."
"I happened to have some time, so I accepted the Crown Prince's invitation to come and take a look, just to relieve some boredom."
The speaker was casual, but the listeners were attentive.
Those who could come to watch the competition were basically all big figures.
There were high-ranking officials from the imperial court,
noble aristocrats of high status,
great clans that had stood tall for thousands of years,
as well as the Sect forces that could be considered prominent nowadays.
Furthermore, today's competition was personally hosted by the Imperial Family, so naturally, there were those among them who were optimistic about certain participants or had younger family members competing.
So, its scale...
was entirely the largest competition
held by the Tiandou Empire in recent years.
Yet, such a competition,
in the eyes of Xing Daorong—who looked about the same age as those contestants—was merely a small-scale event.
Although they all knew
that this Xing Daorong had a grandfather whose strength was unfathomable,
he still didn't rank high in their eyes.
Especially those great clans.
So what if a Titled Douluo was strong?
The reason their great clans could pass down through a thousand years
relied on more than just strength.
It was brains and foundation.
They firmly believed that as long as they were smart enough, even a Titled Douluo would be toyed with in the palm of their hands.
Among them, there were quite a few who wanted to mock Golden Crown for being like a frog at the bottom of a well.
But just as they stood up,
they found that after the Emperor finished listening to Golden Crown's words, there was no reaction at all.
Thinking that the Emperor had not yet spoken,
if they were the first to mock him,
it would likely be inappropriate.
So they sat back down one after another.
But how could they know that Xue Ye didn't want to refute Golden Crown?
Rather, he was thinking about another matter.
That was: what exactly was the other party's grandfather investigating?
Could it be the matter of him intercepting the munitions?
Thinking of this,
Xue Ye couldn't help but break into a cold sweat and hurriedly asked, "Little Friend Xing, I wonder what the War God Douluo is investigating?"
Golden Crown smiled slightly. "Oh? Has Your Majesty not heard the news?"
"A month ago,"
"the munitions my Xing Family was transporting to the Heaven Dou Auction House for auction were hijacked halfway."
"After my grandfather heard the news, he was very angry."
"He began to track it down and declared that if he finds the culprit, he will certainly grind their bones to dust and scatter their ashes!"
After hearing these words,
Xue Ye felt extremely guilty.
In his heart, he silently repeated a phrase: "Grind... grind bones... scatter ashes..."
"No, this matter absolutely cannot let the Xing Family know."
"Otherwise, it will be troublesome."
Golden Crown spoke again, "Has Your Majesty really not heard any rumors?"
"Ah, it's this matter!"
"I've heard a bit, I've heard a bit."
"When I received the news, I was also very annoyed. Rest assured, I have already sent people to launch an investigation."
"As soon as the results are out, I will have the Crown Prince inform the Xing Family immediately."
"The time is almost up, let's watch the competition first."
Xue Ye said this with his mouth,
but in his heart, he was thinking,
this matter must be framed on the Star Luo Empire as soon as possible.
Only then can I shift the attention.
Seeing the Old Emperor so guilty, Golden Crown and Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, exchanged a knowing look.
Next were the matches between the various academies.
The teams from each academy were all standing ready.
Because today's competition
would determine the amount of funding
the Tiandou Empire would allocate to each academy in the coming year.
The higher the ranking,
the more support funds they would receive.
Conversely,
the lower the ranking, the less support funds they would get.
With the intense battles of the afternoon,
the final rankings of this competition also surfaced.
Divine Wind Academy, relying on its captain Feng Xiaotian's mutated Martial Soul, the Double Headed Storm Wolf, and his self-created Spirit Ability, the Thirty-Six Consecutive Strikes, took first place.
Second place was Heaven Water Academy.
Originally, with their combat techniques and singular tactics,
it would have been difficult to obtain this rank.
But who told Water Ice Child and Shui Yueer to have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?
As for third place, it was Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
For no other reason than the fact that they were the hosts of this competition.
If they weren't in the top three, it would be another slap to the face of the Imperial Family.
The remaining three academies, from highest to lowest, were
Blazing Academy, Thunder Academy, and Elephant Armored Academy.
Since Yu Tianxin had gone offline early, the current Thunder Academy's combat power was far inferior to the original work.
They couldn't even beat Blazing Academy.
After the battles ended,
the six great academies stood in the center of the arena.
Listening to Xue Ye's speech.
After a round of polite official talk, Xue Ye once again glanced at Golden Crown. "What does Little Friend Xing think of the performance of the six academies in this competition?"
The academy teams participating also turned their gazes toward Golden Crown.
"Who is this person? Why have I never seen him before?"
"Not sure, probably another young master from some clan."
"Looking at his age, he's not much different from us. What right does he have to evaluate us?"
"I know him."
Everyone turned their gaze toward a young girl from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
This young girl,
dressed in a blue-green short skirt, paired with long dark brown hair and a silver headpiece,
exuded nobility in every way.
She was the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Rongrong.
Due to Golden Crown's presence, a butterfly effect had occurred,
resulting in Ning Rongrong not being subtly sent to Shrek by Ning Fengzhi as in the original work.
Instead, she had entered the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Taking the place of Ye Lingling.
Yu Tianheng asked curiously, "Rongrong, who is he?"
Originally, Yu Tianheng was supposed to enter Thunder Academy.
The reason he joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy
was with a purpose.
He wanted to see if he could pursue Ning Rongrong.
Because the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's only Titled Douluo powerhouse, Yu Yuanzhen, had died a tragic death,
it caused the clan's status to plummet.
So they urgently needed to win over new forces.
At this time, Ning Rongrong entered their sight.
Thinking that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had two great Titled Douluos, if Yu Tianheng could successfully pursue Ning Rongrong,
then the status of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would surely rise once again.
"His name is Xing Daorong. I saw him once when I was very young. His grandfather is that mysterious Guardian Douluo of the Tiandou Empire, the War God Douluo!" Ning Rongrong said.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone came to a realization.
"Yo, he really is a young master."
"So what? Looking at him, he seems weak and frail. What right does he have to evaluate us?"
"Exactly. If it weren't for him having a good grandfather, he'd probably just be an ordinary person."
A group of people began to act like they were eating sour grapes because they couldn't have them.
Regarding the Old Emperor's clumsy tactics,
Golden Crown was naturally well aware.
It was nothing more than wanting to stir up these people's anger
so that he would fight them,
in order to clearly scout out his true strength.
To this, Golden Crown thought: too childish.
However, he also planned to show a few moves.
So he slowly opened his mouth to give his evaluation...
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