Chapter 292 Isn’t that a disadvantage?! ? (Two in one)

The sun pierced the early morning mist and illuminated the towering castle on the top of the mountain.

Including Tang San, a total of nine Haotian Sect disciples were standing at the entrance of Haotian Castle facing the light, looking up at the strong figure in front of them, like soldiers waiting for review.

"Yes, I can see that you have made great progress under Tang San's leadership this year."

As if infected by the excitement in the eyes of several young people, Niu Tian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile.

Naturally, this scene could not escape the attention of the Haotian Sect disciples. Ever since the other sect leader disappeared, the Niu Tian Sect Master had become withdrawn and serious. This was the first time they had seen each other smile in the past two years. .

Except for Tang San who still maintained a slightly serious expression, the other disciples all showed excitement, as if they had already won the championship.

"Haotian Sect has been established for tens of thousands of years. This is the first time that we have participated in the Soul Master Competition as a sect. Although we have been hidden for many years, as the number one sect in the mainland, we still have the ability to keep those big forces at bay. It’s a powerful heritage, and now it’s time for us to show it to the world and declare our existence again.”

"The nine of you can stand out from the Haotian Sect disciples and obtain this hard-won qualification, which is inseparable from your daily efforts. I know that you are secretly excited in your hearts at this moment, looking forward to the battle with other forces. There is nothing wrong with geniuses competing vigorously on the field, but you must not take it lightly and underestimate your opponents on the field. Do you understand?"

The nine people looked solemn and shouted in unison.

"clear!"

Hearing this, Niu Tian nodded towards the two middle-aged men beside him.

"In this case, you should set off with the third elder and the sixth elder now. I hope you can get good results."

"yes!"

Led by the two titled Douluo elders, the nine people who were already ready set out immediately.

Target, the Sun and Moon Empire.

It wasn't until they completely disappeared from the end of the field of vision that Niu Tian withdrew his gaze and spoke coldly.

"Someone's coming."

As the words fell, a figure came to Niu Tian's side and bowed respectfully.

"metropolitan."

"Tell the Great Elder that I plan to secretly follow the participating teams during the competition. During the period when I am not in the sect, I will let him temporarily manage the Haotian Sect's affairs on my behalf."

The man was stunned for a moment, but after he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

Erxing Qianli's mother was worried, but she didn't expect that the sect leader seemed so indifferent on the surface, but secretly he was so concerned about the safety of the sect's disciples.

With such a sect leader who works tirelessly to follow the participating teams, why should the Haotian Sect not be happy! ?

"Yes, Sect Master."

The man responded excitedly, leaving Niu Tian with a confused look on his face, and turned around and walked into Haotian Castle.

"Is this the City of Original Sin?"

Feeling the cold wind whistling around him, Xiao Xiao stood on the endless wilderness, looking at the city that was still under construction in the distance, with construction sites everywhere, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"Other than looking a little desolate, it seems to be no different from an ordinary city."

"After all, it's still in the construction stage, and there are only a few thousand people living in it. There may be more than that in any small city."

Zhu Lu, who seemed to have some knowledge of the city, spoke softly and recounted some of the news she had learned.

"I heard that many evil spirit masters rebounded in the first month when the city was built, but as time went by, the situation has improved greatly. Today, the security in the city has become so good that even the Douluo Three Kingdoms are intimidated. The point.”

"Ah? So powerful?"

Xiao Xiao and Wang Donger were stunned for a moment, obviously in disbelief: "Is the evil soul master so obedient?"

"No." Zhu Lu shook her head with a strange look on her face: "I heard that those who were disobedient were built into cement blocks."

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After being stunned for a short time, Xiao Xiao shrank her head as if she was afraid: "Okay, this is really simple and crude."

Listening to the conversation of the three little guys, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help laughing.

"Xiao Xiao, you don't think they just built a living person into it, do you?"

"Huh?" Xiao Xiao tilted his head in confusion: "Isn't it?"

"Of course not. They are evil soul masters. How could they do such a wasteful thing?"

Ma Xiaotao smiled mysteriously: "I heard from Senior Sister about some conditions in the City of Original Sin. Although there are indeed cases of being built into cement, the ones that are built in are just ashes, which is not as scary as you think. "

"Ashes?"

As soon as these words came out, not only the three Wang Donger who had spoken just now, but also the other people in the team subconsciously pricked up their ears, trying to satisfy their curiosity.

"Just like law enforcement throughout the Sun and Moon Empire, those evil soul masters who try to cause trouble in the city will be directly arrested by the law enforcement team in the city and handed over to other evil soul masters to devour their vitality, flesh, blood, and soul until they are drained dry. Only the remaining remains of any value will be cremated into ashes.”

"In the end, these ashes will be mixed into cement as I said before and become the cornerstone of building the City of Original Sin."

Xiao Xiao's face fell: "Why do I feel even scarier?"

Ma Xiaotao laughed loudly. After satisfying her own evil taste, she waved her hands repeatedly, signaling the other party not to worry.

"It is precisely because of such harsh punishment that the City of Original Sin has become the safest city in just a few months. Those evil soul masters know best what torture methods their own kind have, so they tend to abide by the rules more than others."

"It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of safety, even the capitals of the three empires and Shrek City are far inferior to this City of Original Sin."

After hearing Ma Xiaotao's explanation, Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but her body couldn't help but move closer to her two friends.

Wang Dong'er on the side seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously: "But there are so many evil soul masters in this city, are there really so many evil people for them to kill?"

"Isn't there still Douluo Three Kingdoms?"

Ma Xiaotao said indifferently: "There is no need to wait until that day, the benefits brought by the City of Original Sin to the Sun and Moon Empire will be known and accepted by the world. At that time, even if the top leaders of the three empires are unwilling, will their civilians refuse this peace that is within their reach?"

"But this is only a temporary solution, isn't it?" Jiang Nannan couldn't help but express her doubts.

"The crime rate in the Sun Moon Empire has dropped so much in just a few months. Judging from this trend, even if the City of Original Sin can include the Three Kingdoms of Douluo in its law enforcement scope in the future, there will still be a day when it can't make ends meet by killing evil people. What if some evil soul masters are no longer satisfied with this situation and attack innocent people again?"

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Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen beside her looked at each other, as if thinking about how to answer. At this moment, an ethereal voice suddenly attracted everyone's attention.

"If the situation you said really happens, it means that it will soon return to balance."

"Although I prefer to use soul beasts as examples, considering that you may not understand them, I'd better give a simpler example." Looking at Jiang Nannan who was looking at her, Gu Yuena asked softly: "Do you know wolves and sheep?"

"Yes." Although she didn't understand how this was related to her question, Jiang Nannan nodded subconsciously, and Gu Yuena saw this and spoke again.

"If these two species live on the same grassland, they will form a relationship where wolves eat sheep and sheep eat grass. Although this relationship seems one-way, in fact, as long as there is a problem in any link, the number of the other two will change dramatically and eventually return to a relatively balanced state."

"With fewer wolves, there will be more and more sheep, and eventually all the grass on the grassland will be eaten up. The sheep that can't find food will start to be hungry and difficult to escape the pursuit of the wolf pack, and eventually their number will be greatly reduced. Similarly, after the number of sheep decreases to a certain extent, the amount of grass will begin to rise again, and the wolves will be because the survivors are young and strong sheep with good endurance. It is difficult to hunt them successfully, and eventually the number of them decreases due to lack of food. "

"And the evil soul masters in the City of Original Sin, and those so-called evildoers, are actually no different from wolves and sheep. When those evildoers begin to be in short supply, the evil soul masters in the City of Original Sin will be implicated and their number will decrease sharply. "

Speaking of this, Gu Yuena paused for a moment and added softly: "As for the sharp decrease in the number of evildoers you see now, it's just that there are too many wolves at the moment, and they will eventually gradually return to a balanced state. "

"But." Gu Yuena spoke softly, as if she had anticipated what Jiang Nannan wanted to say.

"I know what you want to say. The reality is actually much more complicated than what I said. Even if wolves can't eat sheep, they can eat other things. Do you think the law enforcers of the City of Original Sin may also attack innocent people like those evildoers, right?" Then, without waiting for the other party to answer, she changed the subject: "But in this way, these evil soul masters who can't hold back can just make up for the needs of other evil soul masters who hold back their desires?"

Not only Jiang Nannan, but even Xiao Xiao and others beside her couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. With Gu Yuena's voice, a sudden enlightenment came to their minds.

"That's why Yuhao made such strict rules. He made wolves eat only sheep and their own kind."

"As food becomes less, some wolves will start to lose patience and try to eat things other than sheep. Once they do this, they will be identified as food by the wolf pack and attacked by other beings."

"Such self-digestion can relieve the survival pressure of the wolf pack while eliminating those martial spirits that make the host bloodthirsty in the long river of history through the survival of the fittest."

"After all, martial spirits are inherited. Those evil soul masters who can't help but run to kill will eventually be killed and eliminated by their companions, making it difficult for them to leave offspring. Those evil soul masters who can hold back their desires will have a chance to survive and pass on their martial spirits in this city of original sin. If possible, their martial spirits will gradually lose their influence on the mind in the inheritance from generation to generation."

"If you look at the whole world, you will find that balance is the law of the operation of all things."

"Why do I feel a little familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere..." Tang Ya scratched her head, looking like she understood but didn't.

"Huo Yuhao said so." Gu Yuena gave the answer: "In fact, he had a similar idea when he taught you to practice with plants in Sunset Forest."

"The way of heaven is to take away the surplus and make up for the deficiency. As a being chosen by the Seed of Destiny, what he has to do is never to favor one side of the world, but to maintain balance. Judging from the current situation..."

"He's doing pretty well."

"I see." Xiao Xiao nodded blankly and didn't continue the topic: "Then shall we go to the city for a stroll?"

Hearing this, everyone's faces clearly flashed with some intention. After a while of looking at each other, their eyes fell on Qiu'er at the front of the team.

As the strongest fighting force of the Spirit Pagoda, Qiu'er deservedly became the accompanying leader of the participating team, and took everyone who had agreed to represent the Spirit Pagoda to participate in the Soul Master Competition in Mingdu.

As for why the leader was not the stronger Gu Yuena, firstly, few people knew her true strength, and secondly, she was also a contestant in this competition, so being the leader was too eye-catching.

However, Qiu'er did not give an immediate reply after noticing everyone's gaze, but turned to look at Gu Yuena on the side.

It was not that she was going to ask the master for advice on such a small matter, but just before discussing the disposal plan for the evil soul master, the two of them were still plotting how to fight wildly after meeting Huo Yuhao.

If we delay the fight because of visiting the City of Original Sin, wouldn't it be a disadvantage! ?

Then who will make up for the fight I lack! ?

With this in mind, the two beings with a lofty status in the Star Dou Great Forest once again conspired with their eyes.

'Master, what should we do? '

As if she understood Qiu'er's meaning, Gu Yuena blinked.

‘You are the leader, why don’t you take them to the City of Original Sin? I can go to Mingdu to find Yuhao first.’

…?

Looking at the amethyst-like eyes, Qiu’er almost bit her teeth.

A guy without martial virtue!

“No, we will go directly to Mingdu after lunch.”

While rejecting everyone’s proposal, Qiu’er racked her brains to think of a serious explanation: “Although the City of Original Sin is safe now, it is still in a stage where a large number of foreign evil soul masters are pouring in. Those evil soul masters may not have fully adapted to the rules of the city. There is no need to rush over at this time.”

“And not only evil soul masters, the Three Kingdoms of Douluo and those large and small sects will also come to check the situation. No one knows whether they will do anything. Hmm?”

The words stopped before they were finished. Qiu’er seemed to sense something, tilted her head to look in a certain direction in the sky, and squinted slightly.

"It's true what you say."

"What?"

Everyone looked up in confusion and followed her line of sight, just in time to see the streams of light that passed through the sky and approached them rapidly.

"Is that Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Xingluo Empire?"

As the distance kept getting closer, everyone recognized the identity of the stunning girl at the head.

As the team that met them in the finals five years ago, they were naturally impressed by the Xingluo Princess who had almost hidden until the end.

And Xu Jiujiu obviously landed nearby after seeing them. As soon as she landed, she subconsciously searched in the crowd.

After discovering that the boy with long black hair was not among them, Xu Jiujiu couldn't help but frown.

"Xu Jiujiu has met you all, I don't know that guy, uh."

Subconsciously speaking the name in her heart, Xu Jiujiu couldn't help blushing, and hurriedly coughed twice, and said with a stiff face under the subtle gazes of the crowd.

"Excuse me, where is Huo Yuhao? Didn't he join you in this Soul Master Competition?"

"He left before us because he had to deal with some personal matters, but we agreed to meet in Mingdu."

Qiu'er looked him up and down for a long time, and as her eyes swept over the delicate face with a little makeup, her voice became a little meaningful.

"Princess, what do you want to see him for?"

"Nothing special." After calming down, Xu Jiujiu put on a decent smile on her face again, as if she didn't hear the ridicule in the voice, and spoke lightly.

"Although we are opponents on the field, because our Xingluo team and Shrek team got along very well in the last competition, after seeing you all resting here, I thought of coming to say hello without permission. The reason I asked that question is that I am worried that your captain might be in danger and miss this competition."

"Oh?"

As if she realized that this guy was also a perverted big sister who looked serious on the surface but was actually thinking about attacking her little cabbage, Ma Xiaotao asked with a fake smile: "The princess actually cares so much about the safety of the opponent. This mind is really beyond our expectations."

Xu Jiujiu's mouth corners rose again: "After all, your captain's performance five years ago was really amazing. If there is a chance, I naturally want to watch his battle again. I am afraid that it is not just me, but also many other participating teams have this mentality to participate in the competition, right?"

After speaking, she looked around consciously as if she didn't want to continue this topic.

"But since Miss Qiu'er said he's fine, I'm relieved. We've been traveling for most of the day, and it's time for us to rest. I wonder if we can use this place to rest for a while. When we're out, it's better for us to get together and take care of each other."

"Please."

Qiu'er said lightly: "But I think there's one thing I need to remind the princess. We're not participating in the war on behalf of Shrek Academy this time."

".Ah?"

Xu Jiujiu glanced at everyone again, and then realized that except for Qiu'er, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen who were over the age of participating in the competition, everyone else was wearing a uniform with a black-gray base and golden patterns on the surface.

"Then where are you?"

"Spirit Tower."

Hearing Qiu'er's answer, Xu Jiujiu's pupils shrank. Thinking of Huo Yuhao's evil soul master ability, the change in Shrek Academy's attitude towards evil soul masters, and the great changes that have taken place on the continent in the past year, she suddenly felt that something was a bit strange.

Was this Spiritual Transmission Tower a temporary team formed after the sect was allowed to participate in the Soul Master Competition, or was it premeditated?

Just as she was confused, she suddenly felt a spatial fluctuation around her, and then a gentle voice suddenly entered her ears.

"Are you all there?"

Xu Jiujiu instinctively raised her head and looked at the white-haired boy who was surrounded by everyone as soon as he appeared. A hint of confusion flashed in her eyes.

It was not until she met the boy's familiar blue eyes that she seemed to realize something and suddenly widened her eyes.

"You, you are."

Looking at the always calm princess's loss of composure, Huo Yuhao chuckled and greeted her.

"Long time no see, Your Highness Jiujiu."