Right now, those paying attention to Tang San and the Shrek team weren't just Mu Yang and the others. In the front row of the VIP seats, Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas also had their gazes fixed on Tang San.
All three of them understood that while the Shrek team wasn't the strongest team in the Heaven Dou division of this year's Soul Master Tournament, that didn't mean their cultivation talent was lacking.
The only reason for this was their young age. Among the seven people on the field, except for Tai Long, the other six were all young enough to participate in the next Soul Master Tournament.
If they were given another five years to cultivate, the current Shrek team, which had three Soul Ancestor and four Soul Elder, would at least become a team with three Soul Kings and four Soul Ancestor, a quasi-champion team with immense future potential.
'Tang San and the others are Rongrong's classmates. Perhaps I can recruit them into the sect?'
Ning Fengzhi thought to himself.
Unlike the original story, due to slight changes in the timeline, Tai tan of the Strength Clan had already seen Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer martial soul and knew that Tang San was the son of his master, Tang Hao.
However, Ning Fengzhi was unaware of this. Plus, Tang San had never displayed his Clear Sky Hammer martial soul in front of Ning Rongrong. As a result, Ning Fengzhi only considered Tang San a special Blue Silver Grass soul master.
Although Tang San's teacher, Yu Xiaogang, came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang was just a discarded member, a cultivation cripple who had been expelled from the family. Therefore, Tang San, who wasn't from a major power, couldn't be considered part of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Thus, from Ning Fengzhi's perspective, if Tang San ever had the intention of joining a faction, the connection through their shared classmate would give the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a considerable advantage.
After all, one of the reasons why he, as the great sect master, took time out of his busy schedule to watch the Soul Master Tournament was to scout outstanding soul masters, recruit them into the sect, and strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
If Tang San were interested, Ning Fengzhi wouldn't hesitate to offer an invitation—he certainly wasn't stingy when it came to his beloved daughter.
When there were no restrictions on martial souls, innate full soul power would eventually lead to becoming a Title Douluo. So what if Blue Silver Grass was considered a trash martial soul? One must understand that martial souls were not static. As a soul master's cultivation level increased and as they absorbed more soul rings, their martial soul continuously evolved.
Once a soul master reached the Title Douluo level with nine rings, even if their original martial soul was weak, it would undergo a transformation into a top-tier martial soul. Even if it were at the lowest level among top-tier martial souls, it would still be a top-tier martial soul nonetheless.
This was similar to how all hundred-thousand-year soul beasts possessed high-tier bloodlines and were capable of mastering domain abilities.
A Control-type Title Douluo, even if their martial soul had a low starting point and their transformed martial soul was relatively weaker, would still be a nine-ring Title Douluo. Aside from a few rare prodigies who could challenge higher levels, they wouldn't be something an ordinary eight-ring Soul Douluo could even think about confronting.
With such talent and potential, Tang San was undoubtedly worthy of becoming Ning Fengzhi's son-in-law.
And it wasn't just Tang San. Apart from Tai Long, the remaining six Shrek members, including Oscar, who had not yet stepped onto the stage, all possessed impressive talent. Even if not all of them had the potential to reach Title Douluo, they would at least be able to cultivate to the Soul Douluo level.
A Soul Douluo with eight rings was enough to be considered a respected elder in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In total, the sect had only about a dozen such elders, making them well worth recruiting.
Hmm, as for that perverted little fatty, he had a 'martial soul illness,' so he was most likely doomed in the future. But considering his connection with his daughter and Tang San's group, Ning Fengzhi was willing to include him as well. After all, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wouldn't mind feeding one extra mouth.
Of course, Ning Fengzhi was also well aware that among the six, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were impossible to recruit. One was the prince of the Star Luo Empire, and the other was the future princess consort—there was no way they would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
While Ning Fengzhi was eager to recruit talents, Emperor Xue Ye remained calm and composed.
Since his ally Ning Fengzhi's daughter, Ning Rongrong, was enrolled at Shrek Academy, it was almost certain that the Shrek students wouldn't join the Spirit Hall. With this existing connection, if they were to align with a major faction in the future, they would most likely lean toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
And as long as they didn't join the Spirit Hall, it didn't really matter to Emperor Xue Ye whether the Shrek students chose to stay at their academy, join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or side with the Heaven Dou Empire.
As long as they achieved a certain level of success in the Soul Master Tournament, the empire's treasury would provide some level of funding to the top-performing advanced soul master academies. If the Heaven Dou Empire ever needed their help in the future, these academies would find it difficult to refuse.
After all, the teachers and students of these academies were citizens of the Heaven Dou Empire. While they appeared neutral, their allegiance naturally leaned toward their homeland.
Of course, this allegiance only applied when they faced opponents who weren't overwhelmingly powerful. If they encountered an enemy that was far beyond their ability to resist, this sense of allegiance would quickly become meaningless.
It wasn't as if they should risk their lives just for a little financial support, right?
Moreover, the empire's financial allocations were a mutually beneficial arrangement. As advanced soul master academies served as talent training bases, they weren't simply taking advantage of the situation unilaterally.
Since the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire were staunch allies, as long as the great enemy, Spirit Hall, wasn't eliminated—or at least weakened to the point where either the sect or the empire could deal with it alone—their alliance would remain unbreakable.
If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect gained more powerful members, it would effectively mean that the Heaven Dou Empire also gained more strong fighters. The only downside was that they wouldn't be as easy to command directly.
While Ning Fengzhi and Emperor Xue Ye were considering how to recruit and win over the Shrek students, Salas, on the other hand, was secretly scheming to cause trouble.
They were young, yet their soul power levels were quite high—undoubtedly geniuses. Moreover, one of them was even the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's leader. Salas understood that Spirit Hall had almost no chance of recruiting the Shrek students.
Besides, Shrek Academy's predecessor was the Blue Tyrant Academy, and its dean, Liu Erlong, had deep ties to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Spirit Hall was well aware of this connection. With these two factors in play, Salas never even considered recruiting the Shrek students.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was one of Spirit Hall's potential enemies. If left unchecked, the Shrek students wouldn't just be out of reach for recruitment—they could very well become future threats. So why not eliminate Tang San and the others while they were still weak? As long as it wasn't done openly, neither the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect nor the Heaven Dou Empire would be able to do anything to Spirit Hall.
After all, aside from Ning Rongrong, the daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's leader, the others were merely a few dead geniuses. That wasn't nearly enough to make the sect or the empire go to war with Spirit Hall over them.
Am I a bad person?
Heh~ As one of the four great Platinum Bishops of Spirit Hall, eliminating obstacles that stand in the way of Spirit Hall's grand goal of unifying the continent is simply my duty!
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