Chapter 138: The Xingluo Empire is not a country of reckless men
"Where is the Soul Master Competition usually held?"
Seeing that the mature Zhou Qing was trying to evade the question, Zhu Ma didn't want to ask any more questions and started talking about the Soul Master Competition.
"A small town like ours usually doesn't host soul master competitions, and we don't even have a soul fighting venue."
Zhou Qing said something that made Zhu Ma's throat choke, but it didn't keep her throat blocked. Then he said, "But if we want to hold a soul master competition in Notting City, the venue must be large, so it must be the square in the central area of Notting City."
Together with Xiao Wu, Zhou Qing brought Qingzhu Zhu and Zhu Ma to the square of Notting City.
"When the soul bones were auctioned, a temporary stage was built here. But it has been demolished now. We have still issued a task to the Notting Guild, and there are twenty gold soul coins." Xiao Wu knows a lot about the tasks in the Notting Guild, especially those that are simple to do and pay high rewards.
However, she was also confused, "Are they really going to hold a soul master competition? Then why haven't I seen the Notting Guild announce the task of building a corresponding venue?"
"Nonsense, can the constructed venue withstand the aftermath of the soul master's fight?" Zhou Qing was sure that if a soul master competition was really to be held, the patrol teams and soul masters in the city would be dispatched to form one or two circles for guarding, and then the two parties participating in the soul master competition would be allowed to compete directly on this bluestone paved square.
But this is definitely not a regular soul master competition.
Otherwise, registration can start now!
"Of course I know this, but if the decoration is nicer, people will know that we are really going to hold a Soul Master Competition." Xiao Wu has her own opinion.
"Your martial spirit, the Soft Bone Rabbit, its full name is the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, right?" Zhou Qing wanted to confirm.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Xiao Wu was surprised.
"No wonder you planned to get a charm skill when you got your second soul ring." Zhou Qing gave him a wise look: "Because you didn't use your mental energy to develop your brain!"
"You guys, you wanna fight?"
Xiao Wu said angrily.
"Come just come, who is afraid of whom?"
Zhou Qing refused to be outdone.
Then, the two of them started fighting in front of Qingzhu Zhu and Zhu Ma, but it was just the way children fight, with four arms waving constantly:
━((*'д｀)爻('д｀*))━!!!!
Mother Zhu: “······” You are really a child!
However, Qingzhu Zhu showed a hint of envy, because she realized that Zhou Qing and Xiao Wu did not really hate each other, they were just playing around with each other as friends.
This is a true friend!
After a while, Xiao Wu straightened her messy clothes and snorted coldly: "I won't bother with a miser, pervert, and scum like you."
Then, Xiao Wu said to Qing Zhu Zhu, "See? This is a scumbag who beats women. He is also a pervert and has played with another girl's feelings."
Zhou Qing's eyes trembled and his lips quivered.
Your own image is at risk!
But Qingzhu Zhu has a different opinion——
Beating a woman must be because Zhou Qing treats men and women equally. Playing with another woman's feelings must be a problem for the woman herself, so Zhou Qing is teaching her a lesson.
If I had to give a reason...
Look!
If Zhou Qing was really a scumbag and a pervert, how could Xiao Wu still play with him? Not to mention that she despised him, she would definitely stay away from him.
[Could this be what adults often say, excluding dissidents? ]
Qing Zhuzhu's wise eyes have seen through everything!
"Well, speaking of which, have the descendants of the Dai family, the royal family of the Xingluo Empire, also come to Notting City?" Zhou Qing changed the subject and wanted to confirm whether Dai Mubai had also come to Notting City.
"Why do you ask?" Mother Zhu's eyes flickered, trying to see what Zhou Qing was thinking.
"I'm just a six-year-old kid, what conspiracy do I have?" Zhou Qing smiled casually, "I just think that since I'm still in my developmental period, I shouldn't get involved in a complex struggle. In order to avoid death, I'll take my friends back to my hometown to hide for a year or so and grow up."
Mother Zhu: “…”
Although he was extremely speechless, he also understood that geniuses like Zhou Qing, who came from a common family, were proud in their hearts. Hiding was the best way without relying on the power of others.
Although this child is arrogant in his heart, he also knows the times and can see clearly where he is.
After much deliberation, in order to establish a good relationship, Mother Zhu still narrated the specific cause of the Soul Master Competition. Zhou Qing summarized and sorted out the cause, process, and result of the whole incident based on Qingzhu Zhu's true identity. The following is the general idea:
Zhou Qing obtained the soul bone, but because he was not familiar with Romantina at the beginning, he was wary of her and hid the storage soul guide;
He encountered Darles who came to Notting Soul Hunting Forest to hunt soul beasts, and his soul bones were exposed;
Darles secretly spread the news to attract soul masters from other cities;
The deputy city lord of Notting City and Romantina's father: Romanyak, bought the soul bone from Zhou Qing and held an auction to resolve the soul bone crisis, but the city lord Xiao had other plans, or he played too hard, so the soul bone was not actually sold to Notting City, which further spread the rumor;
City Lord Xiao wanted to turn this into his own political credentials for future promotion;
The news of the soul bone reached the ears of the Xingluo Royal Team who happened to be passing by and were on their way to the Tiandou Empire Royal Academy for an exchange, so they changed their route and came to investigate.
In the end, at the request of the elder who led the team, Darles reached a private deal with City Lord Xiao, who had lost an arm due to the soul bone incident - to hold a soul master competition and give civilian soul masters the opportunity to enter the true aristocratic class.
This move can not only consume the power of the soul masters gathered in Notting City, allowing City Lord Xiao to solve the current problem and become his political qualification for future promotion, but also allow the members of the Xingluo Royal Team to experience the cruelty of the soul master world to avoid being ambushed when traveling across the continent in the future. By the way, it allows them to stand on a high place and look down on those civilian soul masters who are fighting to the death for their own interests, thereby enhancing their inner pride and sense of superiority.
For City Lord Xiao, Daries and the leading elders of the Xingluo Royal Team, it is a win-win situation for all three parties.
But in fact!
Zhou Qing knew clearly that this was a pit! A pit of fire from which there was no escape!
The final winner can only be Xing Luo!
Why?
City Lord Xiao cannot see the essence of this matter!
In this whole thing, the presence of the soul bone itself has been reduced, or even directly obscured, but it does not mean that this soul bone no longer exists.
Afterwards, City Lord Xiao might be promoted, but he would never arrest and kill all the soul masters gathered in Notting City. As long as Darles intends to publicize it later, these soul masters will think that City Lord Xiao is just playing tricks on them!
Even more seriously, it involves the aristocracy of the entire Tiandou Empire!
Once the seeds of hatred are planted, if the time is right and with a little guidance in the future, they will take root and sprout!
Once this matter spreads, with the help of public opinion and the exploitation of people with ulterior motives, if there is no stabilizing figure who turns out to be a force to be reckoned with, it is not impossible that conflicts will break out between the civilian soul master class and the nobles, and among the aristocratic soul masters!
Although in Zhou Qing's imagination, if the Spirit Hall wanted to unify the continent, it should first want to assimilate the top leaders of the two empires without bloodshed and imperceptibly, and then take down the troops of the two empires in one fell swoop, and would never let such a thing really happen...
But we can get a glimpse of the whole situation. Darles of the Xingluo Empire and Luoxing City completely cleared themselves of the responsibility in the whole incident. Morally, there is nothing to say about them. At most, Darles has problems with his personal morality.
(End of this chapter)
