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Chapter 4149: Setting Up the Ring

The Crown Prince naturally paid her no mind, merely sweeping a cold glance over her before lowering his gaze to his wife.

"Qiao Qiao, are you tired?"

Qiao Mu shook her little head, thinking: Tired, no. But getting entangled with Hong Shang and her group earlier was so annoying.

She didn't fight properly, only wanting to argue. Hong Shang, what was she thinking?

The little one tilted her head, a displeased expression on her face. "Why is this Hong Shang so weak?"

Isn't she a Level Two Divine Master?

She should be at a similar cultivation level to herself, not much different.

But after exchanging blows, the little stoic immediately realized that Hong Shang's divine power didn't even reach one percent of hers.

Both were Level Two Divine Masters.

If the power Qiao Mu wielded was as vast as a sea of stars, then Hong Shang might only be a small ditch.

Mo Lian couldn't help but chuckle at her words. He took the little one's hand and said, "Why do you always compare yourself to such a fool? With your current cultivation, challenging a Level Five or Six Divine Master alone should be no problem."

"You challenged her?"

Qiao Mu blinked, seriously stating, "She challenged me! She has good taste."

Mo Lian couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, then chuckled and nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, she foolishly challenged my Qiao. How could her cultivation, piled up with pills, compare to yours?"

Qiao Mu nodded thoughtfully.

While pills could quickly help a cultivator advance, if one relied on pills for every level, rapidly boosting their cultivation by five or six levels...

Then their ultimate cultivation wouldn't reach very far. It would likely halt at a certain endpoint.

Lady Qiao Qiao tilted her little head up at him, whispering a few words.

Mo Lian first frowned, indicating his reluctance, but then, with a hint of unwilling resignation, he nodded and squeezed her small hand.

"Then your husband will be watching you from afar, below the arena. You must be good."

Qiao Mu felt a bit speechless; she was just fighting, how was she not good?

She then turned back to the hosts, Niu Niu and Duo Duo, who had just consumed a bellyful of public display of affection and wore expressions of slight despair.

She announced loudly, "Set up the challenge ring!"

Niu Niu and Duo Duo's ears noticeably twitched. Their spirits seemed to lift, and they became completely excited.

Meanwhile, the crowd below was already erupting in cheers.

Set up the ring, set up the ring!

It was only the first night of the competition, and someone was already setting up a challenge ring.

One must know that setting up a ring earlier was often more difficult to manage.

After all, a person's energy is limited. If continuously challenged, one might run out of strength and ultimately be taken advantage of.

It was known that if one could defeat the ring master, they could gain the points the ring master had accumulated after setting up the ring.

If a ring master won ten consecutive matches and was then defeated in the eleventh, the challenger could directly receive two thousand points.

A very substantial sum.

"Setting up the ring!" Duo Duo exclaimed passionately, her large eyes sparkling with an unusual brightness.

"To all noble family heads! Young masters, young ladies, and all spectators! Hello everyone! On the first night of our Heavenly Yuan Tournament finals! Just before dawn! Our... Royal Academy representative student has requested! To set up a challenge ring!" Duo Duo's excited voice was trembling.

Beside her, Niu Niu shouted even louder than her, "That's right! We now announce that Challenge Ring Number Six has been successfully set up! The Ring Master—Royal Academy's representative, Student Qiao Mu!"