Spirit Hall!
The magnificent palace, sacred yet exuding majesty, stood in the most central location of Spirit City.
Inside the palace, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong sat on the throne symbolizing the Supreme Pontiff's authority. Compared to the past, her sacred and beautiful face seemed softer, and the ruthlessness between her brows had lessened.
Beside her stood a young, beautiful woman. The woman wore a form-fitting long dress primarily in white and gold, with a graceful and curvaceous figure. Her fair face exuded a mature and charming aura.
This young woman was Hu Liena, one of Spirit Hall's three 'love-struck' individuals, and the direct disciple of Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong.
"Nana, news has come back from Heaven Dou City again. Tian Dou Academy faced Elephant Armor Academy, and by only sending out the Auxiliary Soul Master from their team, they still easily won the battle."
"It seems it won't be easy for you to win the championship in this Soul Master Competition. Do you feel any pressure?"
Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong smiled faintly, calmly looking at her disciple beside her.
"Teacher, although this Tian Dou Academy team is very strong, our Spirit Hall team is not weak. Their team has Spirit Kings, and our team also has Spirit Kings, and we have one more than them."
"Three against two, and my brother and I can also perform a Spirit Fusion Ability. The advantage is with us. If anyone should feel pressure, it should be them."
Hu Liena's tone was filled with strong confidence.
Over the past six months, she had heard her teacher mention the legendary Teacher Qi Lin from Tian Dou Academy more than once. Every time she mentioned him, her teacher's mood seemed to improve significantly.
The other members of the Tian Dou Academy team would also be brought up for discussion because of Teacher Qi Lin.
Most of the time, it was about their talent, and how much credit Teacher Qi Lin deserved for their current achievements, and so on.
If she hadn't heard that Teacher Qi Lin was only fourteen years old, Hu Liena might have thought her teacher was having a second spring and had fallen for the Teacher Qi Lin she only knew by name.
Of course, Hu Liena was actually very grateful to Qi Lin in her heart.
As Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong's only direct disciple, Hu Liena could clearly feel the changes in her teacher.
Starting about six months ago, her teacher's personality seemed to have suddenly changed, becoming less strict and more gentle, and her aura had undergone a tremendous transformation.
Although she didn't know exactly what had happened during this period, Hu Liena guessed that her teacher's sudden change was definitely inseparable from Qi Lin.
Of course, even if she was grateful to Qi Lin and acknowledged his teaching ability, Hu Liena still didn't believe that her Spirit Hall team would lose to the Heaven Dou Team taught by Qi Lin.
Both were Spirit King teams, and her side not only had more Spirit Kings but also a Spirit Fusion Ability. There was no reason to lose.
And when Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong heard Hu Liena's confident words, she didn't directly deny them. Instead, she smiled gently and said, "Since Nana has this confidence, then teacher will wait and see!"
And when Hu Liena saw her teacher agree with her words, a hint of joy appeared in her eyes, and she immediately said earnestly, "Teacher, just watch, your disciple will definitely not disappoint you."
Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong smiled and nodded.
After Hu Liena left, only Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong remained in the main hall. Her mind unconsciously recalled the events of the past six months.
Ever since Qi Lin used a Spirit Ability to eliminate the negative effects brought by the Rakshasa God on her body about six months ago, she felt her mind instantly clear up.
And when she recovered, recalling her actions in previous years, she was instantly drenched in a cold sweat.
She hadn't expected that the Rakshasa God's inheritance could so subtly make her personality so extreme—a nearly twisted personality, accumulating countless resentments.
If not for Qi Lin, she could hardly imagine what she would have become one day.
Thinking of this, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong's lips curved slightly upward, and Qi Lin's appearance involuntarily emerged in her mind.
That little fellow, she wondered how he had been doing over the past six months.
After her mind returned to normal about six months ago, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong immediately carried out a major cleansing of Spirit Hall.
In previous years, due to her mind being affected by the Rakshasa God's inheritance, she had severely neglected the management of Spirit Hall, which led to corruption and the presence of many 'Woodworms' (literally 'borers', meaning corrupt individuals) within Spirit Hall.
Now that her mind had recovered, she naturally had to completely clean out these 'Woodworms' with the force of a thunderbolt.
It was precisely because she was busy cleaning out the 'Woodworms' within Spirit Hall that Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong couldn't find time to visit Qi Lin in Heaven Dou City.
Of course, besides Qi Lin, Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong also wanted to visit her daughter.
Heaven Dou City!
Ning Rongrong, who had just finished training, had fine beads of sweat on her forehead. She had just had a Spirit battle with Zhu Zhuqing and, after persevering for ten minutes with her exquisite swordsmanship, ultimately lost.
This was even with Zhu Zhuqing holding back, otherwise, Ning Rongrong, even using all her abilities, could at most only withstand Zhu Zhuqing for three to five minutes.
There was no other way. When control over spirit power, quality of spirit rings, and spirit power levels were similar, whoever had more combat experience and whose Spirit was more suited for combat would naturally be stronger.
However, Ning Rongrong was already very satisfied with this.
After all, before meeting Qi Lin, she was just an Auxiliary Soul Master with no power to fight back.
On the day they defeated Elephant Armor Academy, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo even specifically came to the academy to praise her and express their gratitude to Qi Lin once again.
Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing sat down next to Qi Lin to rest. Ning Rongrong said, "Zhuqing, your speed is so fast! I can't keep up with you at all."
Zhu Zhuqing smiled faintly, "Rongrong, I am an agility-attack system Spirit Master by nature, so I am naturally a bit faster than you."
Qi Lin also chuckled beside them, "Each has their own specialty. Although Zhuqing's speed is faster, she also doesn't have your auxiliary abilities."
"Hehe, you're right," Ning Rongrong said with a laugh.
After a moment, as if she suddenly remembered something, she said to Qi Lin, "Oh, by the way, Brother Qi Lin, a few days ago, Dad told me that our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will be holding an auction the day after tomorrow. Let's go together and join the fun."
"Auction?" Qi Lin was slightly startled. He remembered that there was also an auction in the original work, but that was before the Soul Master Competition began.
Ning Rongrong smiled, "That's right, it's an auction. Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's auction house is the most prestigious auction house on the continent, and we hold an auction every three years."
"Although its scale is far from as large as the Heaven Dou Auction House, its reputation far surpasses the Heaven Dou Auction House, because every item auctioned in our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's auction house can be said to be priceless."
"However, precisely because of this, our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's auction house has extremely high entry requirements."
"So that's how it is." Qi Lin suddenly understood, then smiled, "Interesting. Then let's go and see it the day after tomorrow."
Ning Rongrong giggled.
"Then it's settled."