Qi Lin sat beside Bibi Dong, sharing a single throne, so close that Qi Lin could smell a faint fragrance from her.
After a year apart, Bibi Dong looked greatly changed, exuding a gentle aura from within.
Previously, due to the influence of the Rakshasa God's inheritance, although Bibi Dong still appeared graceful and sacred, her heart was filled with coldness and sharpness.
Clearly, this was all thanks to Qi Lin's sixth Spirit Ability, which allowed Bibi Dong to recover her true personality.
They talked a lot, and often Bibi Dong would pull Qi Lin into chatting about everyday things, about his daily life at Tian Dou Academy.
While listening, she would also take out fruits and feed them to Qi Lin.
This treatment was probably unique to Qi Lin on the entire continent.
Qi Lin himself felt quite enjoyable, but when he thought of Qian Renxue, he felt a slight strangeness.
Finally, he stayed in Spirit Hall for half a day before returning to the Tian Dou Academy's station.
Before he left, Bibi Dong did not forget to tell him that he could visit Spirit Hall more often.
After returning to the Tian Dou Academy's station, it was the next day.
All the students arrived at the Soul Master Competition venue early, led by a dedicated person.
Qi Lin, along with other academy's leading teachers, was arranged to draw lots.
Aside from the Spirit Hall Battle Team, the Tian Dou Battle Team's main team, and the Star Luo Battle Team, who had byes, there were thirty other teams participating in the draw.
After the draw, Tian Dou Academy's opponent was the Plant Academy.
This academy was quite strong, one of the strongest academies in the other competition areas, no weaker than the Five Element Academies.
However, facing Tian Dou Academy, they could only be considered unlucky.
And the leading teacher of the Plant Academy, who drew Tian Dou Academy, could be said to have turned green in the face.
After all, with the strength of their Plant Academy, they had a complete chance to contend for a spot in the top eight.
But they just happened to encounter the most terrifying dark horse of this competition right at the start.
The outcome was predictable.
When they stood on the arena, the seven members of the Plant Academy were simply tearful, being knocked off the arena with almost no resistance.
Not choosing to surrender was their last act of stubbornness.
And in the Tian Dou Battle Team's lounge, everyone looked very happy.
Now they understood how true the saying 'opportunity is greater than effort' was.
From the preliminaries to participating in the finals now, nearly three months had passed.
This period had brought immense improvement to everyone in the Tian Dou Academy Battle Team.
There was only one reason: Qi Lin's first Spirit Ability had completely matured.
The terrifying effect of a million-year spirit ring, applied to a group of Spirit Masters in their forties and fifties, had an incredibly good effect.
Among them, Xiao Wu rose from level fifty-four to fifty-seven, while Dugu Yan rose from level fifty-two to fifty-five.
As for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, each of them rose from level forty-eight to fifty-three.
Ye Lingling was originally level forty-six, but later, because Qi Lin also gave her a Good Fortune Heaven Mending Pill, her spirit power level soared to fifty-four, and her Spirit also evolved.
In addition, the Shi Mo and Shi Mo brothers, Yu Feng, and Oslo also increased by three to four levels respectively.
Among everyone, the lowest spirit power reached level forty-five.
In three months, increasing by three or even four levels is basically impossible for ordinary Spirit Masters.
It should be known that even the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall, they broke through to Spirit Ancestor at fifteen, sixteen, and sixteen years old respectively, but what about now?
(This was mentioned in the original work.)
The youngest, Hu Liena, only barely broke through to Spirit King at nineteen.
After the match against the Plant Academy, the Tian Dou Academy's sub-team had a bye in the second round because they were first in the promotion matches, easily advancing into the top ten.
And the Tian Dou Academy's opponent for the third round was the Star Luo Royal Battle Team.
Although Zhu Zhuqing already knew her sister's painstaking efforts back then, she would still give her all in this match to let Dai Weisi know that from now on, she was only Zhu Zhuqing, and not Dai Mubai's fiancée.
In addition, the Tian Dou Academy's main team was up against the Spirit Hall Battle Team.
When Yu Feng and Oslo heard this news, they immediately felt as if the sky had fallen.
No other reason than they had long known from Qi Lin that this year's Spirit Hall Battle Team had three Spirit Kings.
How were they supposed to play?
The previous round was their first appearance since the Soul Master Competition began, and they had barely managed to lead a group of rookies to victory against their opponents.
As a result, they immediately encountered the Spirit Hall Battle Team in this second match.
This was truly difficult for them.
Even the Shi Mo and Shi Mo brothers couldn't help but laugh uncharitably after hearing this news.
Soon, the match between the Tian Dou sub-team and the Star Luo Royal Battle Team was about to begin.
The two battle teams slowly entered from both sides of the competition stage.
On the Star Luo Royal Battle Team's side, Dai Weisi's appearance was seventy percent similar to Dai Mubai's, but when he faced the Tian Dou sub-team, his face was filled with solemnity.
Clearly, he had already heard of the Tian Dou sub-team's formidable reputation.
This was a rather tricky battle team; even if he and Zhu Zhuyun used their Spirit fusion ability, their win rate would probably only be one or two tenths.
Alright, Dai Weisi still felt that his Star Luo Royal Battle Team had hope of defeating the Tian Dou sub-team.
This hope stemmed from his confidence in his family's Spirit fusion ability.
Although the Tian Dou sub-team was rumored to be incredibly powerful, as long as he hadn't personally fought them, he would never easily admit defeat.
And beside Dai Weisi was Zhu Zhuqing's sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
Zhu Zhuyun was tall, her height not much less than Dai Weisi's, and she was extremely curvaceous, her skin like white jade.
Although they were sisters, Zhu Zhuyun did not possess Zhu Zhuqing's coldness, but instead exuded a gentle aura.
She looked at Zhu Zhuqing, who stood among the Tian Dou sub-team, and a slight smile played on her lips.
"My dear sister, I didn't expect that in less than two years since you ran away from home, you could grow to such a degree."
"Sister, thank you!" A faint smile appeared on Zhu Zhuqing's cold face when she saw Zhu Zhuyun.
Because if it weren't for Qi Lin's words back then, she wouldn't have known her sister's painstaking efforts.
It was precisely because of this that she harbored no resentment towards her sister in her heart.
Zhu Zhuyun was slightly taken aback, then smiled faintly, "I originally thought that with your personality, you would find Dai Mubai and together resist me and Weisi."
Hearing her sister mention Dai Mubai, a flash of disgust and disdain crossed Zhu Zhuqing's face, then she said, "Of course I looked for Dai Mubai, but he's just a coward who only knows how to indulge in pleasure. If I followed him, I would ultimately not escape death."
Saying this, the smile on her face became even more pronounced, and she continued, "Fortunately, I met Teacher Qi Lin. With his help, I quickly grew and gained the qualifications to contend with you all."
"Even if I'm just one person!"
Upon hearing this, a look of relief flashed in Zhu Zhuyun's eyes, while Dai Weisi, beside her, had an extremely ugly expression on his face, his eyes filled with apprehension.
At the same time, a hint of resentment also arose in his heart towards Zhu Zhuyun.
If Zhu Zhuyun had assassinated Zhu Zhuqing when she ran away from home, how could Zhu Zhuqing have reached this point today?
Fortunately, she and Dai Mubai were not on good terms; that was good news.