[With the competition zone determined, the next step was naturally to rush there to participate.]
[Along the way, to adapt to fighting in the Spirit arena, the members of the Second Team would stop at every city they passed through to fight in the local Great Spirit Arena.]
[Consequently, the name of the Spirit Hall Academy Second Team quickly spread.]
[Because the team included Bibi Dong, the Disciple of the current Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji, and Yu Xiaogang, the son of the Thunder Douluo, the Second Team's prestige grew even greater.]
[However, for the various major powers of the Douluo Continent, among these two, Yu Xiaogang was still the more famous name.]
[Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.]
[In the Sect Master's room, Sect Master Ning Qianxing looked at the intelligence in his hand, his brow furrowed.]
["How did Yu Yuanzhen's son end up mixing with the people from Spirit Hall?"]
["Could it be that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is planning to defect to Spirit Hall?"]
[This was not good news; after all, the Upper Three Sects were allies to a certain extent.]
[In the current Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall stood at the top, followed by the two great Empires, and then the Alliance of the Upper Three Sects.]
[Spirit Hall went without saying; its influence spanned the entire Douluo Continent, and its ranks were filled with experts.]
[As for the two great Empires, although they could not compete with Spirit Hall or the Upper Three Sects in terms of high-level combat power, they held massive armies.]
[In today's Douluo Continent, no power could ignore those vast, ocean-like legions of soldiers.]
[Below them were the Upper Three Sects—and not just a single one, but the Upper Three Sects combined.]
[Thus, Ning Qianxing could not help but care about Yu Xiaogang joining the Spirit Hall Academy team.]
["Regarding this matter, I actually know some of the situation."]
[As Ning Qianxing's voice fell, a voice rang out, drawing the gaze of everyone in the room.]
[Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ning Fengzhi, the son of the sect master, remained composed and began to recount what he knew.]
["Once His Excellency Thunder revealed the situation regarding his son Yu Xiaogang, out of curiosity, I had the Sect's people pay more attention to Yu Xiaogang's circumstances."]
["I then discovered that over a year ago, His Excellency Thunder took Yu Xiaogang to Spirit City and left him there to begin studying at Spirit Hall Academy."]
[Ning Fengzhi sat in his chair, calmly relaying the intelligence he had gathered.]
[He was the son of the current Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, the current Young Sect Master; if no accidents occurred, he would inherit the position of Sect Master in the future.]
[The personality traits of the Ning family were vividly displayed in him, such that no one could find a reason for him not to inherit the Sect.]
["To let Yu Xiaogang study at Spirit Hall Academy..."]
["Is he targeting the Qian family's Legacy regarding the Light Attribute?"]
[A sharp glint flashed in Ning Qianxing's eyes.]
["I suspect that is the case. And the price the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect paid is likely their secret medicine that can improve a Spirit Master's Physique."]
[At the mention of the secret medicine, greed flashed in the eyes of everyone in the room.]
[As merchants, they desperately wanted the recipe for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's secret medicine.]
[Aside from potentially allowing their own Spirit Masters to absorb higher-year spirit rings and thus evolve their Spirits,]
[that secret medicine was also a Sharp Weapon for winning over geniuses and befriending experts.]
[Unfortunately, no matter how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School investigated, they could not discover how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's secret medicine was made.]
[Judging from the various Materials the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had purchased over the past two years, no single item had seen a particularly large increase.]
[They wanted to get information from the inside, but the only ones who knew about the secret medicine were Yu Yuanzhen and a few Elders.]
[Thus, everyone found that there was simply no way to start.]
["That being said, Yu Xiaogang is so close to Qian Xunji's Disciple. Barring any accidents, they will both be the successors of their respective powers in the future."]
["Therefore, we must sabotage the relationship between them."]
["At the same time, we cannot be the ones to act."]
[Ning Qianxing said.]
["Then how should we do it?"]
[An Elder frowned. Sabotaging the bond between two teammates fighting side-by-side was no easy task.]
["I think we can start with their reputations,"]
[Ning Fengzhi pondered for a moment before speaking.]
["Young people are all competitive and eager to win. As long as we desperately elevate one person while belittling the other,"]
["the one being belittled will certainly be unconvinced."]
["Then, we can publicize the antagonistic situation between Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects. I believe that even if they are teammates, a rift will grow between them."]
[Hearing Ning Fengzhi's words, those present thought it over and nodded one after another.]
[However, while they nodded, some people couldn't help but look at Ning Fengzhi's talkative manner with strange expressions.]
[After all, Ning Fengzhi was only in his twenties, still within the category of a young person.]
["In addition, send people to the Clear Sky Sect to promote Yu Xiaogang's strength, pinning the title of Douluo Continent's Number One Genius on his head."]
["I think Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect will be interested in this title."]
[Ning Qianxing added at the appropriate time.]
["That old dragon Yu Yuanzhen has been showing off his son for the past two years. Well, that's perfect. We'll take the opportunity to kill that little fellow with praise and see what he's really made of."]
["If he really is a Genius, then our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can also benefit through the reputation of the Upper Three Sects."]
["If he's just a waste, hmph..."]
[Ning Qianxing gave a cold chuckle and did not finish his sentence, but everyone understood his meaning.]
[If he was a waste, then his fall from grace would be no one's fault but his own.]
[After all, it was Yu Yuanzhen who started showing off his son first.]
[Hearing his father's arrangements, Ning Fengzhi understood his father's thoughts after a brief moment of reflection.]
[It was simply that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had been too much in the limelight in recent years.]
[First, the secret medicine that could improve a Spirit Master's Physique, then the Young Sect Master with a Thousand-Year First Soul Ring.]
[Then there was the Grand Elder who achieved a Breakthrough to Titled Douluo.]
[If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect were allowed to continue developing at this rate, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would likely have little say within the Upper Three Sects in the future.]
[So, they would kill Yu Xiaogang with praise. If he could withstand it, it would prove that his future achievements would exceed their imagination.]
[The appearance of an extraordinary powerhouse within the Upper Three Sects would make the collective name of the Upper Three Sects even more resonant.]
[People would feel that since the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect produced such a powerhouse, the other two Sects of the Upper Three Sects probably wouldn't be far behind.]
[But without going through this ordeal, if Yu Xiaogang simply became a powerhouse at a normal pace, it might not necessarily be a good thing for their own Sect.]
["It's a matter of making the cake,"]
["Killing Yu Xiaogang with praise relies on reputation to make the 'Upper Three Sects' cake bigger."]
["In this way, even if the Sect's influence decreases, the amount we can share increases, so it's acceptable."]
["But if the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect is allowed to develop at this momentum, it's equivalent to the cake not getting bigger, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect wants a larger share of it."]
["I see. As expected of Father."]
[Ning Fengzhi was truly convinced.]
[A simple strategy of killing with praise could contain so much wisdom; it seemed he still had much to learn.]