Chapter 37 The History of the Holy Spirit Church
The history of the Holy Spirit Cult inhabiting the Sun-Moon Empire can be traced back to four thousand years ago... At that time, the Sun-Moon Empire was defeated in the war and had to cede territory and pay compensation, restrict the development of its military strength. It was greatly weakened by the three former Douluo Kingdoms, and its national strength was once sluggish.
The Holy Spirit Cult, the headquarters of the evil soul masters, set their sights on the Demon Forest and quickly moved their base from the Three Kingdoms.
The Sun-Moon Empire's strength was greatly reduced, and it had no ability to restrain itself. In addition, it was a place that Shrek did not care about, so the Holy Spirit Cult quickly and successfully occupied the Demon Forest, a natural fortress.
At that time, the capital of Sun and Moon was not in Mingdu, and it was not too far from the Demon Forest. Because of this incident, they had to move the capital thousands of miles away and build the old capital into a defensive war base.
The Holy Spirit Church took full advantage of that period of weakness. If the Sun-Moon Empire had not finally recovered, the entire country would have been swallowed up by it.
The reason why evil soul masters are called evil soul masters is not only because of their bloody and cruel abilities, but also because of their indulgent and arrogant morals. If possible, the Holy Spirit Church would never give up occupying an entire country and turning it into a petri dish.
These gradually faded historical facts, secrets known only to successive emperors, once caught Xu Tianran off guard and shocked him greatly.
In his previous life, he thought of repelling foreign aggression first and then stabilizing the internal affairs. He took Ye Xishui as his teacher and reached a balance with the Holy Spirit Church. He wanted to use the power of the Holy Spirit Church to first deal with Shrek and disintegrate the Three Kingdoms, and then turn around to deal with the Holy Spirit Church.
This policy of ignoring internal troubles and resolving external troubles first is now clearly a mistake. Not only did it fail to successfully attack Shrek, but it also shook the people's hearts and the ruling foundation of the Sun and Moon Royal Family, and also laid the hidden danger of being besieged by multiple parties.
Xu Tianran re-examined this policy and decided that the strategy of establishing the Holy Spirit Church as the state religion could no longer be pursued.
While external threats are pressing, internal injuries are also fatal.
Originally, he certainly did not have the confidence to change his strategy. The Sun-Moon Empire could not have to face Shrek and its minions, the Three Kingdoms, as well as the terrifying evil soul master organization, the Holy Spirit Church, from the very beginning.
But things are different now. The ninth-level soul masters who have risen to prominence because of the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, such as Kong Deming, Ye Yulin, Xu Tianyuan, Jing Hongchen, etc., are enough to slowly bridge the gap in high-end combat power between the Holy Spirit Sect and Shrek Sect, Body Sect, etc.
What's more, he has an entire empire backing him up.
We can start to solve this matter slowly, let's do it after the competition, during the inspection tours of various provinces and the old capital.
By the way, take a look at the coastal defense cities and develop giant sea ships. The Sun and Moon Empire's expansion of territory cannot be limited to land.
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When Xu Tianran put down his chopsticks, he happened to see the Mingdu Soul Mentor Academy team formed by Xu Tianzhen.
It was transmitted through the soul guide communicator.
Mingdu College is the second best soul instructor college in the empire. Over the years, it has gradually been left behind by the Royal College, but it still has a solid foundation.
Its dean cannot be compared with Jing Hongchen, but she is also a ninth-level soul engineer named Yun Qingge. She is a rare female ninth-level soul engineer in the empire. She ranks outside the top ten among the ninth-level soul engineers. She is good at water-based soul guides, including underwater detection soul guides, underwater bombs, etc., and has a close relationship with the navy.
Half of the funding comes from the navy, and overall, the school receives approximately 3.5 million gold soul coins in education funding each year.
This is far lower than the Royal Academy's fixed annual funding of 20 million gold soul coins.
In the Sun-Moon Empire's monetary system, one gold soul coin is worth ten silver soul coins, and one silver soul coin is worth one hundred bronze soul coins; one bronze soul coin can probably buy a steamed bun or a vegetarian bun.
Xu Tianran looked at the list of players in his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly. There was actually a Soul King on it.
And it wasn't just Mingdu College. Two colleges within Mingdu that had originally not participated in the competition also reported their intention to the Ministry of Education and drew up a list of contestants, which was then sent to the emperor by the Xige Imperial Study.
The meaning of a Soul King under the age of twenty is self-evident: a ninth-level Soul Instructor or a Titled Douluo Seed.
The Royal Academy's regular team consisted entirely of Soul Kings, with one Soul Emperor as well. Xu Tianran wasn't too surprised, as they had Jing Hongchen, a top-tier ninth-level Soul Instructor, to guide them, and they also had ample annual funding.
However, Mingdu Academy's battle list also includes four Soul Kings and three high-level Soul Masters.
The other two places, Tianqian Soul Instructor College and Qiucheng Soul Instructor College, also have a Soul King or a Level 5 Soul Instructor in their tentatively drafted rosters, and the rest are all Four-Ring Soul Masters and Level 4 Soul Instructors.
This made Xu Tianran fall silent for a moment. In the past, the imperial court paid too little attention to places other than the Royal Academy, and had almost no expectations for them. It was more for the purpose of balancing the Royal Academy so as not to have a monopoly. As for how high the expectations were, they did not hold them.
The top elites are usually recruited by the Royal Academy.
Now Xu Tianran sees that these places that he has not noticed are actually thriving quietly.
When people in these places heard that the emperor would attend the Xingluo City competition, they also wanted to win glory for the country.
The cabinet members in the West Pavilion Imperial Study were hesitant about this enthusiasm.
Mingdu Soul Instructor College is the only one that matters. The other two colleges, and even the ones that are still being reported, all have one or two Soul Kings. Their overall level is considered top-notch in the entire continent.
Compared with the elite teams of the other three countries, it is undoubtedly very conspicuous, with too many elite soul mentors.
The venue of this competition is not within the empire, and if too many people go, it might cause fear.
There have been precedents before. The casualty ratio of the Sun-Moon Empire Academy team members is the highest among all countries!
Anyone with a discerning eye can see what's fishy about this.
The Royal Academy dares to take the lead because it is powerful and is not afraid of those dark attacks. In addition, these academies lack strong leaders.
Xu Tianran finished reading the list of all participating academies, then read the opinions of the scholars from the Western Pavilion, and pondered for a while.
Finally, with a stroke of the pen, the competition requests of all these colleges were approved.
Go see the world.
It would be nice to see some blood.
Look at the attitude of countries outside the Sun and Moon Empire towards their own motherland.
As for personal safety...
For the sake of these lovely students, what's the harm in sending a few legions and soul guide teams to suppress the border and intimidate Xingluo?
Xu Tianran will also go to watch the game in person. If anyone dares to maliciously kill the students of Sun and Moon, don't blame him for bombarding the city with heavy artillery.
In particular, he mentioned the number one soul master academy on a certain continent.
Xu Tianran had another consideration.
The Royal Academy cannot dominate alone.
We cannot raise another Shrek Academy.
At that time, the scene of the Tiandou Empire could not be reproduced.
Other colleges need to step up and prosper together.
It can also provide some balance to the royal academic faction in the court and the army.
If we want to allocate more funds every year... let's start with the royal treasury.
Xu Tianran's idea came entirely from his identity as an emperor, not an ordinary person.
Balance is what a country needs.