Chapter 46: The Incomplete Shrek; The Emperors of the Two Countries Meet
The entire night was spent with Xuanzi angrily scolding Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yuheng, and the latter two feeling guilty.
The starting team was silent and the reserve team was at a loss.
The arrogant and talented Shrek prides encountered their first tragic experience in life and were at a loss as to what to do.
It was not until the sky turned pale that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong finally couldn't help yawning, and they went forward together to comfort him.
This finally made the furious Taotie Xuanzi calm down a little.
The reserve team was not injured. Even if the championship of this competition was lost, the next one would still belong to Shrek. He reluctantly gave an explanation to Mr. Mu.
Xuan Zi said to Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng with a gloomy face, "This old man was negligent for a moment, but you two can't escape the blame."
"You neglected your duties, were arrogant and conceited, and for the sake of a few ordinary bandits, you failed to protect your own team, resulting in the death of Yao Haoxuan, the disability of Chen Zifeng, and the injury of Xixi Gongyang Mo. I will record your sins for now. After the competition is over and I return to the inner courtyard, I will settle the matter with you. If you still don't perform well in the competition, you two will be given serious punishments..."
Taotie Xuanzi's face was grave, but in reality, he was worried that the responsibility would once again fall entirely on his shoulders. He had experienced that incident with Zhang Lexuan, that incident with Huo Yuhao half a month ago, and now this incident again...
He didn't dare to think about how much anger he would suffer from Old Mu. He was not afraid to resign from any position, such as the deputy leader of the Sea God Pavilion, the deputy head of the inspection team, etc. These positions were unimportant. He was the second most powerful person in the academy, and Old Mu was in poor health.
What he really feared was the disappointed look of his uncle Mu En, the world's number one Extreme Douluo. Old Master Mu was like a father to him. He was afraid that he would be disappointed, and even more afraid that he would give up on him.
Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yuheng looked miserable, their hearts were heavy, and the pressure suddenly increased.
Of the seven selected players, it seems that only the two of them and Ling Luochen can participate in the competition. Although they are still a strong team, they have lost half of their combat power. Once they encounter other strong teams in a round-robin battle, such as the Sun and Moon Royal Academy, Tianhun Royal Academy, Xingluo Royal Academy, Douling Royal Academy, etc., they will be powerless.
If Shrek's ten-thousand-year championship honor really ends in the hands of these two people.
The two of them didn't dare to think about it, fearing that they would really become sinners for all eternity.
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The team leader, Wang Yan, watched all of this silently, and a complicated feeling welled up in his heart.
There was also an unprecedented confusion about the future of this competition.
Before leaving, Du Weilun, the director of Wuhun Academy, talked to him.
He said that after the competition he would be promoted to the inner courtyard as a teacher.
This assumption, of course, is based on the assumption that Shrek wins.
In fact, Shrek has never lost in the past ten thousand years.
This time when leading the team, Wang Yan knew that he was just here to gild himself; with seven such powerful people from the inner courtyard, seven such talented people from the outer courtyard, and Master Xuan as the leader, there was no way he could make a mistake, right?
I never expected that I would choke when drinking water, trip on my left foot and fall flat on my right foot...
Wang Yan fell into deep thought. He knew someone in the competition organizing committee and wondered if he should secretly find out the contestant list in advance and make some preparations.
For example, let Huo Yuhao share spiritual detection with the audience one-on-one?
Or just do it backstage when it's a two-on-two game.
The organizers of the competition must have someone from Shrek. As long as I ask for information, this small request will definitely be met. In fact, in the early years, in order to ensure safety, such covert operations were done a lot. I am just learning from my predecessors...
Wang Yan was feeling depressed, but the team was about to set off.
Taotie Xuanzi must hurry to take the injured Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo back to Shrek for treatment, and apologize to the Sea God Pavilion.
There is less than a week left in the competition. This is the border of the Star Luo Empire. It will take at least a few days to get to the capital. Add to that the time for accommodation, rest, and checking the quality of familiar teams. Time is already very urgent. When something like this happens, the mentality also needs to be adjusted.
The remaining four members of the inner court team, Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and Xixi, and the seven members of the reserve team, including the spectators Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, etc., hurriedly and dully set off on their journey, heading towards the center of the Xingluo Empire.
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At the same time, teams from many countries have entered Xingluo City, the most magnificent city in the world.
As the political, economic, cultural, and military core city of the second most powerful country on the continent, Xingluo City gathers the wealth and resources of this vast empire stretching over ten thousand miles from north to south and from east to west.
In fact, Xingluo City is also the most prosperous city in the entire continent except Mingdu. It is located in the north-central part of the Xingluo Empire, on an open plain, and can accommodate a population of nearly 20 million.
The Sun and Moon Empire teams came together and converged in the southeast valley of the Mingdu Mountains. There were a total of 48 teams, accounting for more than one-third of the total teams in the entire competition.
If it weren't for the organizing committee of each competition limiting the number of participating teams under various pretexts, and actually reducing the number of participating students from the Sun-Moon Empire, the Sun-Moon Empire's own teams would have competed against each other in the second half of each competition, relying on its advantage of a total area and population far exceeding that of any single country.
Stepping onto the Lima Plain, the students of the Sun and Moon Royal Academy looked around and exclaimed that this was a really good place, good for growing crops and even better for developing industry.
Emperor Xu Tianran's carriage was in the front, followed by hundreds of special fast carriages designed for long-distance travel. The team was escorted by a thousand-man guards. Soon, they arrived at the west gate of Xingluo City, facing the city wall that was dozens of meters high.
At the front of the carriage, Gao Ming, deputy commander of the Imperial Palace Guard, spoke: "Your Majesty, the Xingluo Empire's welcoming delegation has left the city."
Inside the carriage, Xu Tianran, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and lifted the curtain. With his unobstructed view, he soon saw a familiar face, Princess Xingluo Xu Jiujiu.
She was wearing a formal royal dress, and half a body length in front of her stood a middle-aged man wearing an eight-treasure crown, a purple-red shawl robe, and holding a scepter.
Xu Tianran didn't recognize the other person, but it was easy to recognize him based on his clothes. He was probably the Xingluo Emperor, Xu Jiawei.
Xu Tianran ordered the carriage to stop and walked to meet the Xingluo Emperor.
No matter how big or small a country is, in peacetime, etiquette reflects a country's cultivation. If the emperor of the other side led his ministers ten miles out of the city, Xu Tianran would not deliberately be arrogant and humiliate the other side.
After walking a few steps quickly, Xu Tianran and the middle-aged man did not speak immediately. They looked at each other and sized each other up secretly.
The leaders of the two countries have not met in hundreds of years.
The event of an emperor of one country leaving his own land to go to another country to participate in the continent-wide high-level elite competition can be traced back to thousands of years ago.
War has accompanied the history of Douluo Continent, and honeymoon is just an embellishment of time.
Xu Jiawei stretched out his hand from afar.
Xu Jiujiu smiled appropriately.
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