Chapter 162 Sun and Moon Bright Light Tower.
"Elder Lin, Elder Xu, the students who participated in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament have been ordered by the Emperor to select their rewards."
The two nodded, their gazes sweeping over the group of students behind them, their faces all bearing kind smiles.
One of the elders exclaimed with emotion, "I never imagined that I would live to see my Sun Moon Empire defeat Shrek Academy and win the championship!"
The person speaking at this moment is named Lin Feng. He was also a graduate of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and once represented Sun Moon in battle.
Unfortunately, they were still defeated by Shrek Academy that year, and only managed to come back as runners-up.
Another old man named Xu Hui looked at Jing Hongchen and smiled, "Little Jing, you've done a great job these past years. Under your leadership, the academy has become better and better, and now you've even fulfilled the long-cherished wish of countless predecessors."
Kong Xuan and the others, who were not far away, couldn't help but chuckle when they heard Jing Hongchen being called "Little Mirror." They forced themselves not to laugh out loud.
However, Jing Hongchen accepted the title respectfully and said, "Elder Xu, you flatter me. This is what I should do. Besides, this achievement was the result of the students' hard work. I dare not take credit for it!"
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Jing Hongchen and the other two elders, Lin Feng straightened up and called out to the crowd behind him, "Children, come here."
The group walked over to Jing Hongchen's side. They were all young and in the prime of their lives, and it was their first time here. Their eyes revealed a clear naiveté, and they were not yet clear about the procedures to come.
Lin Feng casually waved his hand, and a total of fourteen metal cards appeared out of thin air, floating down in front of each student.
Kong Xuan reached out and caught the silver-white grade metal card. Its back had complex soul guide patterns, and the front had a "nine" written in the center.
He also glanced at the cards beside him, where the number "eight" was written on the cards of Kong Ling and Meng Hongchen.
Further away, Xu Wei and Xu Tianyi held the number "seven".
It seems that each card is different, and the numbers on them obviously represent different meanings.
Kong Xuan looked at Lin Feng in front of him. This unfamiliar senior obviously knew them, otherwise he wouldn't have distributed these cards so clearly.
At this moment, Xu Hui spoke up: "The numbers on the front of your cards represent the number of floors in the Sun and Moon Tower. Each person can only enter the corresponding floor and is only allowed to take one item."
"Alright, let's go into the tower now!"
Xu Hui and Lin Feng made way, and Ma Rulong, as the captain of the team, took the lead, followed closely by the others, and entered the Sun and Moon Bright Light Tower.
Upon entering, the space is not very large, with a small door on each side, presumably leading to the first floor.
Directly in front of them was a soul-guided elevator.
Things that were practically unseen in the original Douluo Three Kingdoms are common in the Sun Moon Empire.
A group of fourteen people entered the elevator, and the buttons for the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors were lit up.
Clearly, they had all entered the seventh floor or higher.
Based on the architectural structure of the Sun and Moon Bright Light Pagoda, the space becomes smaller as you go up, which suggests that the collections on the upper levels should be more valuable.
Xiao Hongchen looked left and right and laughed, "Our main team members are all on the eighth floor, most of the reserve team members like Yuhao are on the seventh floor, and you're the only one on the ninth floor, brother-in-law!"
As soon as he said that, everyone's eyes in the elevator immediately focused on Kong Xuan.
However, their eyes held envy, but not jealousy.
Kong Xuan deserves immense credit for defeating Shrek Academy and winning the championship this time.
Moreover, after wearing the battle armor, Kong Xuan's soul power had reached the Soul Saint level. Even from the perspective of cultivation, it was perfectly reasonable for Kong Xuan to go to the ninth floor to get the highest reward.
Kong Xuan was already used to Xiao Hongchen's teasing. She glanced at him and asked, "How about we switch?"
Before Xiao Hongchen could even respond to his question, Meng Hongchen, who was standing next to him, had already reached out and pinched her older brother's waist.
Xiao Hongchen's expression changed instantly, and he couldn't help but hiss.
He then quickly removed his sister's hand and couldn't help but say, "You really have the heart to do this."
Meng Hongchen snorted: "If you want to go to the ninth floor, earn it through your own abilities. Don't try to take advantage of Kong Xuan."
Xiao Hongchen said with a wronged expression, "I just said it casually, I didn't mean to exchange with Kong Xuan."
After saying that, he looked at Kong Xuan and said resentfully, "I've realized you're really bad now!"
Everyone in the elevator laughed; they had arrived at the seventh floor.
Huo Yuhao, Xu Tianyi, Xu Wei, and Shui Ling got off the elevator.
After that, everyone except Kong Xuan went down to the eighth floor.
When the elevator reached the ninth floor, only Kong Xuan got out.
The layout outside the elevator is somewhat similar to that on the first floor, with a door on each side of the small space.
Kong Xuan swiped the silver card representing the ninth floor on the door, and with a "beep," he pushed the door open and entered.
The first thing that catches the eye is the ubiquitous presence of metal.
The ground, the dome, and the walls are all cast from a matte silver metal, cold, hard, and eternal.
The metal surface is not smooth as a mirror, but is engraved with countless complex and dazzling soul guide runes, within which energy flows faintly, forming a precise and powerful composite soul guide defense array.
This place isn't like a traditional treasure vault filled with rare and precious artifacts; instead, it feels more like a museum from another world.
On the metal floor are transparent cube-shaped energy confinement fields floating in mid-air, like invisible exhibition stands.
Kong Xuan took two steps to the nearest "booth" where the item appeared to be a rare metal.
Just as Kong Xuan was wondering, he discovered that as he walked to the side, several lines of text appeared out of thin air, describing the items.
"Star Origin Core Gold is a rare metal that fell from the sky from outside the continent. It is the size of a fist, weighs more than 10,000 kilograms, and has its own spatial properties."
Spatial attributes suit him well, but he's not a Soul Master, so rare metals don't hold much appeal for him.
He moved to the next "booth," and just like before, after standing there for a short while, information about the items inside appeared in the air.
"The Soul-Capturing Crown, a peak level nine soul tool, can greatly amplify the wearer's spiritual power and has a very high probability of absolutely controlling life forms with spiritual cultivation lower than the wearer's..."
Kong Xuan was surprised by the effect of this soul tool, but it seemed to suit evil soul masters quite well.
Since no time limit was specified, Kong Xuan was not in a hurry and checked the information of each item one by one.
The items that can be stored in the ninth floor of the Sun and Moon Bright Light Tower are indeed treasures, and each one is extraordinary.
However, many of these were not suitable for Kong Xuan, since the Sun Moon Empire was dominated by Soul Masters, and many treasures were associated with them.
However, Kong Xuan also saw many treasures that would be helpful to traditional soul masters, such as spiritual liquid that could improve physical fitness, and soul bones!
(End of chapter)