Mu Yuan listened to all this and sighed inwardly.
Long Aotian and Wei Na were already Spirit Elders, yet they were only ten and a half years old.
Wei Na having innate full Soul Power was not actually that exaggerated.
After all, Dai Huabin was able to possess the cultivation of a Spirit Elder when he enrolled in Shrek Academy at the age of eleven, and he wasn’t just a novice Spirit Elder.
In terms of cultivation speed, Wei Na could only be considered top-tier, but not the absolute peak.
On the contrary, Long Aotian did not seem to have innate full Soul Power.
Having to cultivate several more levels of Soul Power, plus overcoming a major bottleneck, to be able to achieve Spirit Elder status at ten years old meant that in terms of early-stage cultivation speed, Long Aotian was absolutely top-notch on the continent.
Of course, this might have been aided by pills such as the soul ascension pill and the mystic water pill.
But in the Body Sect, as long as one did not over-consume medicine, this was nothing.
Cultivating to the three-ring level early and elevating the quality of the Spirit to the level corresponding to the three-ring stage as soon as possible—
This was the key.
The sooner one reached the three-ring level, the sooner one could enjoy that quality of Spirit.
“You all come with me.”
Du Busi led the three of them into the house.
Although not all members of the Body Sect were gathered in this manor, quite a few were, and some disciples who disliked causing trouble were all cultivating diligently within the manor.
Du Busi gathered everyone.
“I intend to have the Sect disciples participate in the next Soul Master Competition.”
As soon as these words were spoken, the disciples were all in an uproar.
Some Elders showed expressions of confusion.
“Sect Master, our Sect’s heritage…”
To be honest, whether the Body Sect could even scrape together a total of fourteen eligible main and reserve contestants was a problem.
Seven main team members aged sixteen to twenty, and seven reserve team members aged eleven to fifteen.
Could they be gathered?
It really wasn’t certain.
Not to mention having to consider the factor that Body Martial Souls were not good at fighting in the early stages.
Participating in that Soul Master Competition was likely to result in not winning the championship, and if they couldn’t win the championship, wouldn’t participating be superfluous?
Du Busi said: “Regarding the candidates, everyone need not worry.
The disciples our Body Sect has recently recruited are still enough to put together a team.”
He looked toward the many younger generations.
“Xiao Ye is already a Spirit King.
He will be exactly twenty years old during the next competition and can participate.
With four and a half years until the competition, it is not impossible for him to break through to Spirit Emperor or even complete the second awakening of his Spirit.”
“In addition, Ao Tian and Wei Na can both participate as reserve team members.
In four and a half years, both of them can break through to Spirit Ancestor.”
Listening to Du Busi’s words, the Elders began to think seriously.
The Xiao Ye that Du Busi spoke of was an orphan who joined the Body Sect at ten years old.
His Spirit was Blood.
Because he had been warned by Shrek Academy, he dared not cultivate normally.
It was only after arriving at the Body Sect that he started full-power cultivation mode.
Now, five and a half years later, he had already achieved the status of Spirit King.
Besides Xiao Ye, among the Sect’s fifteen-year-old disciples, there were also three Spirit Ancestors, and breaking through to Spirit King in four and a half years would not be a problem.
As for Spirit Elders, there were also five eligible disciples.
If they worked hard, it was not impossible for them to break through to Spirit King before the competition.
In this way, putting together a main lineup with a team whose cultivation was entirely Spirit King level or above was not impossible.
Various thoughts flashed by, and the Elders’ expressions softened.
They began to consider the intention behind Du Busi’s move.
“Sect Master, our Body Sect has always been low-key; why bother with this extra action?”
Low-key?
Mu Yuan complained inwardly.
The Body Sect did few things, it was just that there were few people.
One had to know that among the matters the Body Sect truly participated in, none of them were small matters.
“The Soul Master Competition is considered the top grand event in the Spirit Master’s world.
I want to let the Sect show itself at the competition, so that families with Body Martial Souls can know of the Sect’s existence.” Du Busi stated his thoughts.
The Elders were silent.
Other reasons, they could easily refute.
But if it was to recruit people, then they would agree with both hands and feet.
There were too few people in the Sect!
“Sect Master, are you confident?”
An Elder spoke up.
The world only remembers the champion; it does not remember second place.
Therefore, what he asked about was the confidence in the Sect winning the championship.
“I have confidence in Xiao Ye and the others.”
Du Busi knew that the possibility of winning the championship existed, but it was not one hundred percent.
However, he still decided to participate this time.
This was also to pave the way for the Soul Master Competition after the next one.
The next Soul Master Competition would start in four and a half years, and the one after that was more than nine years away.
In nine years, Long Aotian, Wei Na, and Mu Yuan would all have grown up; this was the championship-winning lineup he was most confident in.
This time, he would first let the three of them serve as reserve team members to adapt to the competition and make preparations early.
Of course, in this competition, the Body Sect Team would also go all out to fight for first place.
Soon, everyone finalized the matters regarding this participation.
“Wei Na?”
Du Busi looked toward Wei Na.
Wei Na said: “Teacher, does the Sect want to open an academy that has the qualifications to participate?”
Du Busi nodded.
“But if the royal family leads the completion of the procedures, it is tantamount to announcing our relationship to the world.
If I go on stage, then—”
Du Busi raised his hand, not letting Wei Na continue.
“There is no need to hide it anymore.”
Since he had decided to use the competition to promote the Sect, he definitely had to let the Sect have a fixed address, so that Spirit Masters with Body Martial Souls who wanted to join the Sect would have a path to follow.
Hearing this, Wei Na did not hesitate and said directly: “Since that is the case, I will inform my father of the Sect’s plan as soon as possible and prepare a suitable academy for the Sect at the fastest speed.”
“It doesn’t need to be too big.
The academy will only recruit disciples with Body Martial Souls, which is to say, Sect disciples.
In the future, the Sect will also be responsible for operating the academy.”
Hearing this, Wei Na couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
What was the difference between this academy and the Sect?
The Soul Master Competition was an exchange between academies; no Sects participated.
Now that the Body Sect wanted to participate, they had already broken the rules, and the academy itself openly only recruited Spirit Masters with Body Martial Souls; this was not even pretending anymore.
I am a Sect, but I am also an academy.
A shell academy.
Setting such a precedent, other Sects might not necessarily not follow suit in the future.
Although she was somewhat speechless, Wei Na still went to do it.
She could also understand that even if the competition organizing committee did not accept this situation, it was highly likely that they would not reject the Body Sect Team this time, but rather explain it in advance for the next session.
But if that were really the case, then the Body Sect disciples could completely join normal academies.
For a Sect that wanted to participate, the competition could never cut them off, no matter what.
Wei Na could imagine that the future true direction of development would not be how the Soul Master Competition prohibited Sects from participating, but rather it would develop in the direction of Sect and academy teams competing against each other.
Then it would no longer be the Elite Spirit Master Academy Competition, but the Youth Spirit Master Competition.
“The candidates for participation will be determined as soon as possible.
At that time, Yu Gu and I will personally train you.” Du Busi said seriously.
Du Busi’s way of doing things was very decisive; since he had decided to do it, he would complete it as soon as possible.
First, Xiao Ye, the three Spirit Ancestors, and Mu Yuan were all selected.
Subsequently, there was a selection among the eligible disciples.
Those who wanted to participate signed up, and suitable team members were selected through competitions.
For a time, the manor was quite lively.