The tavern in the west of Mingdu is located in a secluded alley. It has a simple and low-key appearance and almost blends in with the surrounding buildings.
There is a mottled wooden sign hanging at the door of the tavern, with the words "Zui Xianju" engraved on it. Although it is a bit old, it still reveals a touch of elegance.
Pushing open the heavy wooden door, a burst of ancient woody fragrance hits your nostrils.
The interior decoration of the tavern is also antique, with wooden floors and walls looking simple and thick, and several old-fashioned oil lamps suspended on the ceiling, emitting a soft light.
There are several round wooden tables placed in the center of the tavern, surrounded by simple wooden chairs. Simple ceramic wine bottles and cups are placed on the tables, exuding a faint aroma of wine.
There is also a small stage in the corner with a guqin placed on it, seemingly waiting for the arrival of a certain artist.
The window of the tavern is very small. Through the window, you can see the slightly dim alley outside. It can be seen that compared with the high-tech buildings unique to Mingdu, this place has retained more of a relatively traditional atmosphere.
In this exceptionally peaceful atmosphere, representatives from all parties arrived at once, and the entire tavern was filled with a tense and secretive atmosphere.
"It looks like they will arrive soon." Ma Xiaotao said in a low voice, scanning the surroundings with vigilant eyes.
"Well, stay vigilant." Xu Jiujiu nodded, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, "Everything is going according to plan."
The first to arrive were the representatives of Shrek Academy, Beibei, the captain of this elite soul master competition, and Zhang Lexuan, the senior sister of Shrek Academy's inner courtyard.
Looking at Jiujiu Jiu who had already found a seat and was waiting, Beibei smiled and said hello: "Princess Jiujiu, it's been a long time since we last met. The last time we met, I remember it was the last continent-wide elite soul master competition."
Xu Jiujiu responded with a smile, "That's true. After all, I am very busy at work in Qiling Pagoda, so I have never seen Captain Beibei even in Shrek City in the past few years."
"But one thing I have to correct is that I am no longer the princess of the Star Luo Empire, so you can relax and call me Jiujiu."
"Now I am just my fiancé's wife, representing Qiling Pagoda."
After saying that, Jiujiu took out a silver token with the word Qi Ling written on it.
Looking at the expression on the token and the terrifying aura left behind by the original owner, Beibei had no doubt about its authenticity.
It seems that the news that the eldest princess of the Star Luo Empire was deposed by the Star Luo Empire and became a member of Qi Ling Pagoda is true.
What I didn't expect was that she would become the fiancée of that guy Xu Xingyu. Didn't he also have Wang Dong'er, Jiang Nannan and the others? He shouldn't have taken them all in, right?
When Beibei was feeling lustful, he saw Ma Xiaotao beside him for a long time, which made him frown.
He still knew Ma Xiaotao very well. After all, the captain of the last soul master competition was Ma Xiaotao.
At the same time, she is also the direct disciple of Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Wuhun Department. Considering that Yan Shaozhe's teacher is his ancestor Mu En, Beibei has to call her senior sister.
It turns out that with the help of Xu Xingyu, this person purified the evil spirit in his martial spirit and evolved from the original evil fire phoenix to the fire phoenix with the ultimate fire (Beibei didn't know that Ma Xiaotao's martial spirit actually turned into Suzaku.
), she was regarded by people headed by Mr. Xuan as a candidate for the head of the Poseidon Pavilion like Zhang Lexuan.
As a result, after she applied for graduation last year, she rejected the academy's invitation to become a member of Poseidon Pavilion and instead joined Qi Ling Pagoda, saying that she wanted to repay Qi Ling Pagoda for helping solve her martial arts problem.
Due to the terrifying power of the Qiling Pagoda and the fact that Shrek Academy may still need the help of the Qiling Pagoda in the future, the elders of the Poseidon Pavilion can only suffer the loss.
And now Ma Xiaotao not only appears here, but her strength seems to be equal to that of the senior sister next to him. This means that Ma Xiaotao has broken through from the Soul Emperor to the level of Titled Douluo in just a few years.
Xu Jiujiu's strength may not have improved so exaggeratedly, but his strength should at least be at the Soul Saint stage.
If he hadn't been just over twenty, then Xu Jiujiu would have probably become one of their biggest rivals in the Shrek Academy's elite soul master competition.
But then think about the strength shown by Wang Donger and others in the first game of Qi Ling Pagoda without showing their soul rings.
Beibei actually had doubts about whether the average cultivation level of each member of Qi Ling Pagoda's team was around the Soul Emperor, which would be very scary.
If this is the case, he may not be able to maintain the glory that Shrek Academy has enjoyed for thousands of years.
This made Beibei feel a little depressed involuntarily. The glory of ten thousand years might be ruined in this elite soul master competition, and no matter who it was, it would be uncomfortable.
However, what Beibei didn't know was that rather than Xu Jiujiu and Ma Xiaotao, he should be more wary of the two men in black beside them.
As a titled Douluo, Zhang Lexuan knows this best.
Since Ma Xiaotao left, the heavy responsibility of being the candidate for the head of Poseidon Pavilion has fallen on her shoulders.
Therefore, apart from working hard to establish a good relationship between the academy and Qi Ling Pagoda, Zhang Lexuan spent the rest of her time practicing.
This also led to the fact that although she was just a newly promoted Titled Douluo, her strength and perception were far superior to Titled Douluo of the same level, and she could even compete with weaker Super Douluo.
According to her perception, the two men in black were extremely powerful, and they were both much stronger than herself.
In the entire Poseidon Pavilion, only Mr. Xuan could compete with the strength of the two of them. As for Yan Shaozhe and Mr. Song, two ninety-seventh-level super Douluo, they might be able to compete with them, but she was not sure.
However, it is normal for Zhang Lexuan to have such thoughts. After all, the true identities of these two people are the Red King, who ranks eighth among the top ten ferocious beasts, and the Demon Queen, Zi Ji, who ranks tenth.
Both of them are super soul beasts that have been cultivated for more than 300,000 years. The former is a super soul beast with part of the pure blood true dragon blood flowing through it, while the latter is a rising star among the existing dragon clan and the leader of the Abyss Demonic Dragon Clan.
Like Ditian, it is the remaining true dragon soul beast in the world.
It is very normal that they all have the fighting power to compete with super Douluo of level ninety-seven and above.
As for why Zhang Lexuan was interested in the two bodyguards Xu Jiujiu and Ma Xiaotao, it was because she thought that one of them, a light mage who got along well with her, would also come with her.
After some investigation, she found that this person did not come with Qiling Pagoda, which made her a little disappointed.
I don’t know what Zhang Lexuan’s attitude will be after knowing the truth about that person?