In terms of the team's configuration, because the main team needs to advance a little bit, the Academy has also provided them with three substitute players.
Two of them were the captain and vice-captain of the original second team in exchange for Su Wen and Ning Rongrong, and the other one was the third strongest attack-type soul master of the original second team.
As for the second team, the Academy recruited another student.
Regarding this, Su Wen could only express indifference; he would intervene in any situation.
The three major boards of education also know about Su Wen's performance during his Spirit Fighter training, which is why they have configured the main team like this, constantly weakening the configuration of the second team.
The weaker the configuration of the second team, the more Su Wen's strength can be demonstrated.
In relative terms, the political achievements of the three major boards of education are actually more outstanding.
After all, they have truly cultivated the main team of seven plus Su Wen and Ning Rongrong; the others, even the students in the second team, are just tagging along.
As for matching Su Wen with the highest configuration to compete for the championship against Spirit Hall?
The three major boards of education have never considered it.
Especially after learning about the slight situation of the Golden Generation of Spirit Hall, they never even had the idea of snatching the championship from Spirit Hall.
Even if they were to compete for the championship, it would be in the next Spirit Master Competition, after Su Wen has truly grown.
Not only Huo Wu, but also Feng Xiaotian and others, among the ten members of the Emperor Fighting Team, carefully observed and did not find Su Wen. While puzzled, they also breathed a sigh of relief.
That guy Su Wen is too abnormal.
If possible, they naturally don't want to face Su Wen.
Under the assistance of the amplifying spirit tool, Emperor Xue Ye began the opening ceremony's declaration.
In this tournament, all team members who can advance to the playoffs will receive rewards from the empire, and Spirit Masters who enter the finals through the playoffs will be directly awarded titles of nobility.
The atmosphere at the scene immediately became enthusiastic.
Returning to his high position, the first match was about to begin.
Beside Emperor Xue Ye were Ning Fengzhi and Archbishop Salas, and in the second row behind them were Prince Xue Xing and the three major boards of education from the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
Apart from them, there were also some strong individuals from the Heaven Dou Empire present.
Among them, Su Wen spotted a familiar face.
Huyan Zhen!
At this moment, the old fellow was sitting in the VIP section, looking quite composed.
As if sensing Su Wen's gaze, Huyan Zhen glanced over, instantly losing his good mood, his expression turning sour and darkening.
Three Spirit Bones!
Huyan Zhen could remember them for a lifetime.
All because of this Su Wen.
"Meng Shenji, if I remember correctly, your Academy has a genius named Su Wen, why isn't he participating in the competition?" Huyan Zhen asked Meng Shenji.
Meng Shenji narrowed his eyes, looking at Huyan Zhen, not sure why the old guy was mentioning Su Wen at this moment.
On the other hand, Bai Baoshan glanced at Huyan Zhen and said indifferently, "The Su Wen you mentioned is in the second team and will directly participate in the final."
They didn't understand Huyan Zhen's intentions, but they still had to answer the question.
As one of the three major boards of education of the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, being questioned by a peak Spirit Douluo of the Seven Great Sects, they couldn't just ignore it, right?
Huyan Zhen's question also seemed to attract the attention of Emperor Xue Ye.
"Su Wen, I remember him. Didn't Qinghe transfer him to the Research Institute?" Emperor Xue Ye said this to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
Xue Qinghe remained composed and said, "Yes, Emperor, your subject felt that Su Wen's talent in research is remarkable, so I transferred him to the Research Institute. Now it seems that he is indeed suited for it."
"Oh?" Emperor Xue Ye looked at Xue Qinghe, curious about what exactly "suited for it" meant.
"Father Emperor, Su Wen has already achieved results at the Research Institute, which has also promoted his cultivation. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement, so your subject said that the Research Institute suits him," Xue Qinghe explained.
Emperor Xue Ye nodded, surprised to learn that Su Wen had made progress in research, which he hadn't known before.
His most vivid impression of Su Wen was still the scene a while ago when the three major boards of education recommended transferring him to the second team and giving the guaranteed spot to the second team, including the achievements of Su Wen reported by the three major boards of education at that time.
It's just unexpected that Su Wen is also a theoretician, and according to what the Crown Prince said, the research he's conducting is closely related to his cultivation achievements.
He truly achieved the conversion of theory into practice.
"Su Wen particularly adheres to one truth; he believes that knowledge is power. So strictly speaking, his primary role is still that of a scholar, someone who transforms his own knowledge into power," Crown Prince Xue Qinghe remarked.
It's evident he genuinely appreciates Su Wen.
In the VIP section, everyone present, whether it's Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo who are familiar with Su Wen, or others like Huyan Zhen who have some understanding of him but not deep, or those who completely don't know Su Wen, were all affected by Xue Qinghe's words.
"Knowledge is power?"
On the VIP section, people murmured these words, the more they pondered over it, the more they felt the depth and profundity of this statement.
This is the truth!
Even Huyan Zhen, who has enmity with Su Wen, couldn't help but show a hint of admiration in his eyes.
However, admiration is one thing, but the grudge of losing three Spirit Bones cannot be erased.
"Ah, it's a pity. I was looking forward to seeing Su Wen compete on stage," Huyan Zhen sighed, saying, "Back when he traveled with the Emperor Fighting Team, he caused quite a stir in our Elephant City."
Emperor Xue Ye didn't pay much attention to the two sentences Huyan Zhen said.
These were all mentioned in the reports of the three major boards of education.
Su Wen left a mark in too many cities with his extraordinary feats.
However, Huyan Zhen hadn't finished speaking.
"If I remember correctly, Su Wen has mastered too many Spirit Skills. I can't even classify his most basic Spirit Skill," he added.
Salas and others glanced at each other.
Huyan Zhen's words were cryptic, but many people present understood them.
Even this peak Spirit Douluo couldn't classify the many abilities Su Wen displayed, indicating how many self-created Spirit Skills Su Wen mastered.
However, even self-created Spirit Skills mostly extend from Spirit Ring Spirit Skills.
The fact that many of Su Wen's Spirit Skills cannot be classified into fundamental Spirit Skills only suggests that Su Wen's fundamental Spirit Skills surpass his Spirit Ring's Spirit Skills.
In other words, Su Wen has Spirit Bones.
Huyan Zhen stopped speaking, simply hinting at this information.
He promised not to disclose it, as agreed with Dugu Bo, but that didn't mean he couldn't give a hint.
To be honest, many people present were already aware of Su Wen's information, but they hadn't noticed this point before. Now, prompted by Huyan Zhen, they all "figured out" that Su Wen possessed Spirit Bones.
Emperor Xue Ye originally didn't pay much attention, but now he frowned and looked at Huyan Zhen, feeling somewhat displeased. He caught sight of Prince Xue Xing's constantly flickering gaze from the corner of his eye and immediately glared at him.
Prince Xue Xing obediently lowered his head, but he was still conflicted about whether to covet Su Wen's Spirit Bones.
Many others also harbored hidden thoughts.
Ning Fengzhi was currently the most troubled; he hadn't expected Huyan Zhen to stir up such a commotion.
Su Wen indeed had Spirit Bones, not just one, but many. Apart from those Su Wen might possess on his own, there were also some given by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
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