Chapter 132 Only children make choices, adults want them all!
Since Tianshui College abstained, Lanba College automatically won the final round of the competition. Chu Chengzhou and everyone went to the stands to watch the final round of qualifying matches without interest.
After a fierce battle (novices pecking each other?), at [-] o'clock in the morning, the Tiandou Division qualifiers officially ended, and the five shortlisted places for the promotion competition, as well as the specific rankings, were officially released.
Lanba Academy won the first place in the Tiandou division qualifiers with a record of 27 victories.
The records of Kamikaze Academy, Thunder Academy and Blazing Fire Academy are all 27 games, 25 wins and two losses. Since Kamikaze lost to Blazing Fire, Blazing Fire lost to Thunder, and Thunder lost to Kamikaze, the three academies are ranked in no particular order. Tied for second place.
Tianshui College ranked fifth in the qualifiers with a record of 27 games, 23 wins and four losses.
According to the process, an awards ceremony will be held next to issue qualification certificates to the top five teams in the qualifiers.
The ceremony was not complicated. All 28 college teams participating in the qualifiers gathered in front of the rostrum.
Subsequently, under the host's announcement, the captains and vice-captains of the top five teams stepped onto the podium.
It was Chu Chengzhou and Xiao Wu who stepped onto the podium on behalf of Lanba Academy. When they stepped onto the podium, they immediately felt several unkind glances.
Except for the Tianshui Academy team, which had not officially competed against each other, the captains and deputy captains of the other three academy teams all looked at Chu Chengzhou with displeasure.
Among them, Miss Huo Wu from Chihuo Academy was the most serious. She wanted to peel off Chu Chengzhou's skin.
Because the six of them were either hung from a tree by Chu Chengzhou, or their teammates were hung by Chu Chengzhou, and Huo Wu was the first one to be hung from a tree, and she was still a girl.
Facing these unkind glances, Chu Chengzhou stared back.
A few of his defeated generals were just unhappy, not worth mentioning at all! After the demonstration, Chu Chengzhou couldn't help but take a closer look at Shui Binger and Xue Wu of Team Tianshui.
Blue silk long legs, if this is a rope trick, it should be more pleasing to the eye, right?
Pity! But it seems there is still a chance in the promotion round? "Next, His Majesty, together with the Master of Qibao Glazed Sect Ning, and His Excellency Platinum Bishop Salas of Wuhun Palace, will personally issue promotion qualification certificates and bonuses to the five teams that entered the promotion competition!"
The ceremony began and the emcee's voice sounded.
The promotion qualification certificate is actually a letter, and this thing is not afraid of being faked.
After all, which academy has been shortlisted for the promotion competition, both Tiandou Empire and Wuhun Palace know very well, and there is no way to cheat.
As for bonuses?To be honest, Chu Chengzhou didn't notice it.
The top five colleges in the qualifiers all received the same prize money, even the top-ranked Lanba College was no exception. After all, this was just the qualifiers. Each team received [-] gold awards from the Tiandou Empire. Soul coin reward.
After the promotion qualification certificates and rewards were issued, the master of ceremonies handed over the right to speak to Emperor Xue Ye, the host of the Tiandou Division.
Emperor Xue Ye's eyes swept over the student representatives from the five colleges in front of him, and stayed on Chu Chengzhou for a few seconds before he said with a smile: "First of all, children, I want to congratulate you on your success. They have obtained the qualification to advance to this elite competition of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy! As the supreme ruler of the Tiandou Empire, I am proud of you. You are the hope of the future of the empire.
As the captain and deputy captain of each team, you also played the most important role in the game, and I saw all of this.
Therefore, I have decided to confer the title of Viscount of the Empire on ten of you, and the titles of Baron on the other participating students from your five colleges.
After you graduate from your respective academies, the doors of the imperial royal family will be open to you at any time, and your fiefdoms will also be distributed uniformly after your graduation! "
"Your Majesty, is this not good?"
As soon as Emperor Xueye finished speaking, Salas beside him suddenly interrupted.
Emperor Xueye glanced at Salas lightly: "Is there anything wrong? Your Excellency, Bishop Salas."
"Your Majesty, there is no precedent for awarding knighthoods in previous competitions. What's more, is the knighthood given too high?"
Salas frowned and said.
Regardless of whether it is the Tiandou Empire or the Star Luo Empire, the titles from high to low are duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male.
Just qualifying for the preliminary round gave him the noble titles of ten viscounts and ten barons. The generosity of the Xueye Emperor was enough to surprise everyone present.
Of course, whether Emperor Xueye is generous or not has nothing to do with Salas.
It's just that you, Xue Ye, have invested so much money. If Wuhun Palace wants to recruit geniuses, do we have to spend a lot of money as well? If this were to happen, the cost would be too high.
Moreover, the situation is uneven because of the few, and the new recruits have spent a lot of money, so how can the previous recruits not feel a little resentful?We are all geniuses of the same level, so why are you treated better than me?This is not conducive to internal unity.
But if not, wouldn’t all the geniuses who appeared in the Tiandou competition area be recruited by you, Tiandou?
It can be said that Salas was very dissatisfied at this moment.
Salas: You old man Xue Ye, you simply have no moral ethics!
Immediately, Emperor Xue Ye retorted: "Your Excellency Bishop Platinum, the awarding of titles is an internal matter of the empire and has nothing to do with Wuhun Palace or this competition. It is just a reward given by me for appreciating these children!
Here, I also want to make a promise to you.
If any of your teams can win the final game, the entire team's title will be promoted to one level, and the prefix of the academy will be added with the word "royal" to enjoy financial support from the empire! "
As he said that, Emperor Xueye looked at the representatives of the five college teams in front of him, and his eyes especially stayed on Chu Chengzhou for two more seconds.
If one of the five teams advanced in the qualifiers can win the championship, in Emperor Xue Ye's opinion, perhaps only Lanba Academy can do it, but this possibility is not very high.
After all, the so-called golden generation of Wuhun Palace is really good in talent and strength. With three five-ring soul kings, coupled with four soul sects, the champion of this soul master competition will most likely fall to Wuhun Palace again. On.
However, Emperor Xue Ye is not upset. If this time doesn't work, then there will be the next one. For example, Chu Chengzhou in front of him will still meet the age limit for the Soul Master Competition five years later.
After hearing Emperor Xue Ye's promise, Salas' face looked very ugly, but he couldn't say much, but there was a bit of a sinister look in his eyes.
On the other hand, Ning Fengzhi smiled and said nothing, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
'After winning the championship, the whole team's title will be promoted to one level. Then I will be an earl, and a powerful earl. How about I become a corrupt aristocratic master in Tiandou? '
Chu Chengzhou thought to himself.
The title given by Emperor Xue Ye is not an honorary noble title that can be obtained by just joining the Tiandou Empire at level 30 or above and serving the empire.
To put it bluntly, honorary nobles are ordinary thugs raised by the Tiandou Empire. They are paid according to the title level during normal times, but if something happens, it's time for you to fight hard.
If you accidentally lose your life, there will be nothing except a considerable pension to be distributed to your blood relatives.
But the real power nobles with fiefs are different. Although they also have to fight for something, in their own fiefs, in addition to paying taxes and maintaining diplomatic and military compliance with the empire, the nobles are small kings, including but not limited to possessing countless The right of first night condemned by apologists.
And most importantly, honorary titles cannot be inherited, but real titles can be inherited by heirs.
'Well, the count is still a little low, let's have a look again'
After thinking about it, Chu Chengzhou felt that the earl's grade was still low and somewhat inappropriate for my status as Chu Chengzhou.
Needless to say, as the prospective son-in-law of the Ning sect leader, he must start as a marquis, right?
It was not that Emperor Xueye didn't notice Salas's ugly face, but he didn't care. He was only afraid of the behemoth of Wuhun Palace, not Salas who was wearing the dog's skin of Wuhun Palace.
Compared to him, the Heaven Dou Emperor, Bishop Platinum and the Master of the Heaven Dou Spirit Temple were still a little behind.
Ignoring Salas, Emperor Xueye smiled and said: "The next promotion competition will still be held in the empire, but the location will be changed from the Tiandou Great Soul Fighting Arena to the Royal Paddock.
At that time, the ten teams from the four kingdoms and one principality under the empire that have passed the qualifiers will come to compete with you in the promotion round.
I hope that all five of your colleges will be at the top of the promotion round, so that you can have a certain advantage when participating in the finals.
Moreover, the subsequent promotion competition is also the best stage to reflect your personal strength. At that time, the top three students with the most wins in the promotion competition will be provided by the empire with the soul beasts you need for the next promotion of your title.
You can choose the type of soul beast by yourself, and the empire can guarantee all soul beasts with a cultivation level below 3 years. "
Hearing this, Chu Chengzhou couldn't help but his eyelids twitched.
If you want a Dark Devilgod Tiger that is close to 3 years old, can you, Emperor Xueye, guarantee it? Among the known masters in the entire Tiandou Empire, except for Sword Douluo Chenxin, Bone Douluo Gu Rong of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, and Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, the patriarch of the Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus family, I am afraid that no one can reach the age of 3. The opponent of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, right?
A Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that is about 2 years old can drive away Spirit Kite Douluo from the Spirit Hall, and a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that is close to 3 years old will most likely end up with the head of a titled Douluo like Dugu Bo.
To be honest, Emperor Xue Ye's promise was not very attractive.
After all, there are only three soul hunting quotas promised, and there is no need to rely on the Tiandou Empire to hunt soul beasts that are less than 3 years old.
When it comes time to add soul rings to advance, the academy will arrange for experts to lead the team.
You know, in addition to Lanba Academy, the other four elemental academies all have at least one Eight-ring Contra master.
With eighth-level masters taking action, in addition to targets with outrageous strength such as the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, soul beasts under 3 years old are easily captured, right? However, Emperor Xueye had to give him some face. Ten people, including Chu Chengzhou, looked ready to move.
Emperor Xue Ye smiled slightly and continued: "The promotion competition will be held in one month. I hope you can make another breakthrough within this month.
Okay, I won’t say much else. You kids are very smart. I think you will make smart choices! "
After saying that, Emperor Xueye turned his gaze and glanced at the face of Platinum Bishop Salas before turning around and leaving accompanied by a group of senior officials of the empire.
Salas's eyes moved slightly, but his expression had completely calmed down. It was difficult to tell anything from the expression on his face.
Just as Emperor Xue Ye said, everyone present was smart. Although he did not say it directly, the captains and deputy captains of each academy team understood what he meant. Empire or Wuhun Palace, choose one of the two. .
Choose one of the two?
Chu Chengzhou looked at Xue Qinghe who left with Emperor Xue Ye.
Only children make choices, adults want them all!
Regardless of whether you can win or not, you have to join. Sooner or later, both Tiandou and Wuhundian will change their surnames!
Later, Chu Chengzhou and Xiao Wu walked out of the Tiandou Great Soul Fighting Arena and met Ning Rongrong and the others.
"Brother, Emperor Xueye gave us a noble title. Do you want to become a noble?"
Xiao Wu asked Chu Chengzhou.
"Yes, of course this is appropriate! How can you not want the nobles you picked up for free?"
Chu Chengzhou said without hesitation.
"Really? Then I would like to ask Mr. Chu, do you still want to have a few more noble wives?"
Xiao Wu looked at Chu Chengzhou with a dangerous had heard Ning Rongrong say before that many nobles in the Tiandou Empire were very lecherous, and it was common for them to marry concubines of the eighteenth century.
If Xiao Chu Zhazha, who was already eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, became a noble master, wouldn't Sister Xiao Wu have too many little sisters to count?
"How can this be possible? Xiao Wu, you have to believe in my character. I am already very satisfied with you, Rongrong and Zhuqing!"
Chu Chengzhou secretly thought it was not good and quickly took Xiao Wu's hand and said with sincerity on his face.
"What? Zhuqing also fell into your hands?"
Suddenly, Xiao Wu's eyes widened.
"Ahem~, don't I see that you three sisters have such a good relationship that I can't bear to divide things after graduation~!"
Chu Chengzhou said calmly.
I almost forgot, Xiao Wu didn't know that after Ning Rongrong, the second sister, Big Cat also became her third sister half-heartedly!
"You are hateful!"
Gritting her teeth, Xiao Wu grabbed Chu Chengzhou's arm and bit down hard.
Feeling the pain on his arm, Chu Chengzhou twitched the corner of his mouth. What was going on with this biting of his hand?If you have the ability, you little rabbit will bite Xiao Chu! Of course, Chu Chengzhou didn't dare to speak out for fear of being beaten.
"Humph~!"
Seeing Chu Chengzhou being bitten without saying a word, Xiao Wu lost interest in biting him to vent her anger, snorted coldly and walked towards the outside of the big spirit fighting arena.
But to say how angry she was, it wasn't much.
After all, the little sister Zhu Zhuqing became the third sister. Wasn't this something that had been expected?
The reason why Xiao Wu looked angry was just to prevent this guy from taking advantage of her and continue to find her a younger sister in the future.
"Eh? Xiao Wu, what's wrong with you?"
At the entrance of the Great Soul Fighting Arena, Ning Rongrong asked curiously when he saw Xiao Wu walking out angrily.
Zhu Zhuqing on the side also looked at him curiously.
Xiao Wu said nothing, glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, and then turned back to glare at Chu Chengzhou.
There was nothing she could do. These were her very close sisters, and they would have to unite to deal with the outside world in the future. She could only blame Chu Chengzhou as the culprit.
Seeing this, Ning Rongrong was thoughtful, while Zhu Zhuqing blushed.
"Ahem~, what about that? Let's go back to the academy!"
Waving his hands, Chu Chengzhou greeted everyone.
"No! Boss Chu, we finally won the No. 1 spot in the qualifiers. As the captain, why don't you treat everyone to a good meal?"
Ma Hongjun hurriedly spoke.
"That's right, Boss Chu, it's time for you to treat me!"
Oscar agreed.
The two sang together and immediately received unanimous approval from everyone.
Winning the first place in the qualifiers is a celebration.
"It just so happens that our team won a bonus just now, and we are heading to the Tiandou Hotel!"
Smacking his lips, Chu Chengzhou did not refuse and directly agreed.
"Competition bonus? Boss Chu, public is public and private is private. You earned the most before. How can you misappropriate the competition bonus? You have to pay for this meal yourself!"
As soon as he heard that Chu Chengzhou wanted to 'misappropriate public funds' to entertain guests, Ma Hongjun immediately quit and protested strongly.
In ordinary soul fighting competitions, as long as one party is famous or has a good record, the big soul fighting arena will open a handicap, let alone the soul master competition.
In Douluo Continent, where the entertainment industry is not prosperous, the Soul Master Competition held every five years is worse than the World Cup in Chu Chengzhou's previous life.
The strength of the own Blue Domination team is enough to defeat the entire Soul Master Competition. Going to the handicap to bet on your own team to win is equivalent to picking up money with open eyes. Naturally, no one will let go of such an opportunity. After all, the golden little cutie can be No one can have too much.
That is to say, the punters who placed bets were not blind and could see the strength of the Lanba Academy team. Otherwise, after the qualifiers, each of them would become a rich man.
But even so, Ma Hongjun and Oscar, the poorest among the people, can be considered well-off. It is estimated that these two brothers will become regular guests of major high-end clubs in Tiandou City for a long time in the future.
Chu Chengzhou shook his head and said, "Fat man, you are wrong. Dean Flender earns more than me."
"Can that be the same? All the money I win from betting is the college's public funds!"
Flender pushed his eyes and said angrily.
"Okay, isn't it just for a meal? I'll treat you to it! I'll just walk to the Home Inn not far from the Tiandou Hotel!"
It was hard to disobey the public opinion, and Chu Chengzhou couldn't refuse, but he downgraded the hotel by more than one level.
Everyone: "."
Ma Hongjun and Oscar silently raised their middle fingers and gave them contemptuous looks.
"Okay, it's almost noon, let's walk!"
With that said, Chu Chengzhou headed towards the Home Inn not far from the Tiandou Hotel.
"Chu Chengzhou!"
At this moment, a sudden shout stopped Chu Chengzhou.
Turning around, Chu Chengzhou saw a fiery red figure walking towards him, and it was Huo Wu from Chihuo Academy who stopped him.
"Is something wrong?"
Raising his eyebrows, Chu Chengzhou asked in surprise.
With a pair of long white legs, Huo Wu stepped forward quickly, staring at the handsome Chu Chengzhou in front of her, who was a few years younger than her but with an 'extremely bad' personality, and said: " Do you have the guts to fight me without your martial spirit?"
Chu Chengzhou was stunned, who gave you the courage to fight with me without using martial arts? Remember Liang Mouru who doesn’t seem to have the courage to sing in Douluo Continent?
Everyone at Lanba Academy nearby twitched their lips at this moment. You know, two daring Seven-ring Soul Saints were killed by Chu Chengzhou’s arrows not long ago! Even his head was shot open, red and white splattered all over the sky, and his death was so miserable!
Shaking his head, Chu Chengzhou said, "I don't have time to play house with you."
"Playing house? Damn it, Chu Chengzhou, if you're a man, just fight with me!"
Being said to be a child playing house, Huo Wu immediately became itchy with hatred.
“First of all, I want to make it clear that although I have a girlfriend, I am still a boy.
Secondly, whether I am a man or not has nothing to do with you. Could it be that you want to help me transform from a boy to a man? "
Touching his chin, Chu Chengzhou teased.
The next second, before Huo Wu could respond, three jade hands fell on his waist and pinched the soft flesh around his waist.
"Hi~!"
Suddenly, Chu Chengzhou couldn't help but take a breath of air and paid the price for his teasing words.
"Let go, let go, let go quickly, you are going to be strangled!"
Chu Chengzhou quickly reached out and grabbed the small hands offered by Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong. As for the big cat's?Assuming she had a conscience, the pinch with this hand was not very severe.
"Humph!"
Chu Chengzhou responded with cold snorts from the three girls.
Huo Wu, who had a mouthful of dog food, said: "."
"Okay, Ms. Huowu, just do whatever you have to do!
You can't beat me in the competition ring, and it's even more impossible to beat me after you get off the ring, even if you don't use martial arts.
To tell you the truth, the competition rules of the Soul Master Competition have limited my ability to display my strength. "
Waving his hands, Chu Chengzhou said to Huo Wu.
"I don't believe it, take the move!"
Being underestimated again, Huo Wu's anger surged. He could no longer suppress the emotions in his heart and finally exploded.
A long leg suddenly flew up, and a leg whip went straight to Chu Chengzhou's chin. If the kick was real, he would probably lose a few teeth.
Facing the long leg that was coming, Chu Chengzhou stretched out his right hand like lightning and directly grabbed Huo Wu's ankle. Then he shook his arm slightly, neutralizing the force of the leg whip.
At this moment, Huo Wu felt that the force of his kick was like a mud cow entering the sea. Under the slight tremor of Chu Chengzhou's arm, it instantly disappeared into nothing.
Moreover, the arm holding her ankle was like copper poured into iron. No matter how hard she tried, she could not take it back.
"The world is so beautiful, but you are so irritable. This is not good, not good~"
Inadvertently catching a glimpse of the red under the red skirt, Chu Chengzhou shook his head and said with emotion.
"Okay, I, Mr. Chu Chengzhou, don't remember the faults of villains, and I will forgive you this time! But if you dare to mess around again, I will let you try the taste of a small dark room!"
After warning Huo Wu, Chu Chengzhou let go of her ankle.
Afterwards, Chu Chengzhou and everyone from Lanba Academy walked towards the Tiandou Hotel. Well, the Home Inn not far away from the Tiandou Hotel was not far from the standard.
(End of this chapter)