Salas questioned whether the title conferred by Emperor Xue Ye was too high, citing that there was no precedent for it.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was clearly a recruitment strategy, targeting Salas's own recruitment method of promising participants a place in the Spirit Hall during the opening ceremony.
Salas was clearly intimidated by Emperor Xue Ye's 'generosity,' which is why he interrupted the Emperor.
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In response, Emperor Xue Ye said calmly, "The conferment of titles is an internal affair of the Empire and has nothing to do with the Spirit Hall or this competition.
Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron; to rise one rank would be to become an Earl, and an Earl could even rule a medium-sized city.
Back then, Gengxin City, where Quan Yi had stayed, was a medium-sized city.
Even a Viscount, one rank lower, could be granted a small city, which means Emperor Xue Ye was offering ten small cities to recruit the young talents before him.
Such generosity was something even the Spirit Hall could not easily offer, which is why Salas seemed so anxious.
However, as Emperor Xue Ye said, even the Spirit Hall had no right to interfere in imperial affairs.
Unable to refute, Salas could only retreat, but the sinister look in his eyes was hard to conceal.
Watching the semi-public confrontation between the two, Quan Yi felt no joy from being rewarded.
"Chaos is a ladder."
The phrase flashed through Quan Yi's mind again. Emperor Xue Ye's reward was indeed intended to recruit, but it was more aimed at the Spirit Hall.
If it weren't for the pressure from the Spirit Hall, Emperor Xue Ye would never have been so generous.
Of course, Quan Yi had no interest in either the Empire or the Spirit Hall.
The things he truly wanted could not be given to him by either side and could only be obtained by his own efforts.
After the reward announcement, Emperor Xue Ye spoke about the upcoming promotion tournament.
The promotion tournament would be held in a month, giving the participants time to rest and prepare for the upcoming matches.
The venue for the promotion tournament was changed to the Heaven Dou Royal Hunting Ground.
The promotion tournament was a one-on-one gauntlet match, where the five teams that advanced would compete against strong teams from duchies and kingdoms.
The ranking in the promotion tournament would not affect their entry into the finals, but it would affect whether they could gain a greater advantage in the finals.
However, these rules did not have much significance for Blazing Academy, because even in individual battles, as long as Blazing Academy had Quan Yi and Huo Wu, no one could defeat them.
The only thing Quan Yi was concerned about was the venue.
To protect personal information and reduce the leakage of intelligence, the promotion tournament prohibited ordinary people from watching.
This meant that Su Ling'er, and Quan Ni, who was most interested in soul battles, could only enter the Royal Hunting Ground through Blazing Academy's connections.
Other than that, there was nothing else worth noting.
After the ceremony, the Blazing Academy team held a celebration at the hotel.
Although they had few appearances, it was still worth celebrating that Blazing Academy had advanced in first place.
That night, Su Ling'er and Quan Ni were also invited to the hotel to celebrate together.
It is worth noting that Blazing Academy also invited a few fire-attribute academies, such as the Mars Academy and the Radiance Academy, to participate in the celebration.
Although Blazing Academy didn't show much on stage this month, it made many inconspicuous moves off stage.
The Mars Academy was not their only target. Huo Wuxie did not limit his target to one academy.
On the first floor of the hotel, in the open banquet hall, dozens of young talents gathered to exchange ideas.
However, even though they were scattered throughout the venue, their eyes couldn't help but glance in the same direction.
That was a small banquet table located on the edge of the venue, not the center of the venue.
However, because the Quan family of three and Huo Wu were standing here, their location became the center of attention.
Especially Su Ling'er's grace and Huo Wu's flamboyance, both dressed in casual clothes yet still unable to hide their stunning beauty, made their location the center of attention.
Su Ling'er's elegance and Huo Wu's exuberance each had their own characteristics, pleasing to the eye.
"Big brother, many of the contestants I know are here.
Are you familiar with these contestants, big brother?"
Almost forgot about this little beauty, Quan Ni was being held in Quan Yi's arms, looking around, murmuring some names.
This little girl had an amazing memory and watched the matches very carefully, even remembering the names of the contestants who had appeared.
"Not familiar yet, but this banquet is held to become closer."
Quan Ni didn't understand the deeper meaning behind this banquet, so Quan Yi explained it to her in a way she could understand.
That's right, this was not a simple banquet; its purpose was to further deepen the connections between the various academies and prepare for future acquisitions and mergers.
For this reason, Su Ling'er, Quan Ni, and Quan Yi all specially attended this banquet in the name of the Quan family.
The purpose of doing so was to support Blazing Academy.
The marriage between the Quan and Huo families could be said to be a strong alliance. The combined weight of the two, although not comparable to the Seven Sects, was not too far off.
In this way, Blazing Academy's acquisition plan had a greater possibility of success.
The fact that these academy-related personnel were attending this banquet already said a lot.
"By the way, are you two planning to continue cultivating this month?"
Su Ling'er elegantly took a sip of fruit wine and asked Quan Yi about his plans.
Quan Yi nodded and replied, "Yes, our cultivation is in a period of rapid growth recently, and this month is very important to us."
Hearing this, Quan Ni in Quan Yi's arms showed a look of disappointment, but she quickly concealed it.
However, Huo Wu noticed this.
She reached out and stroked Quan Ni's beautiful hair, explaining gently, "Little Ni, don't be sad. Once the competition is completely over, we'll have long periods of time to spend with you.
Can you wait for us a little longer?"
Quan Ni smelled the faint floral fragrance from the beautiful hairpin on Huo Wu's head, which calmed her heart.
She nodded sensibly and smiled, "Yes, I understand."
Su Ling'er then walked up to Quan Yi, took Quan Ni from his arms, and said, "Alright, what's it like for you two protagonists of the banquet to stay here all the time? I'll take care of Little Ni. Everyone is still waiting for you."
"Sigh~!"
Hearing this, Quan Yi sighed immediately. Chatting with people was not in his character, but he still had to show the basic respect for the guests.
