Waving his hand was not a refusal, but rather an indication that he did not need a voice amplification device.
For Zhongli, whether or not he had a voice amplification device did not affect his ability to speak or convey his voice to everyone present.
Seeing this, Xu Jiawei did not feel any disappointment and still wore a smile on his face.
Zhongli stood with his hands behind his back, scanning the surroundings, and said, "The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Douluo Competition has a long history, gathering the elite of the younger generation from the Douluo Continent."
"This is my first time watching the competition, but I can already imagine how exciting it will be."
"Here, I need to thank the invitations from the Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, Dou Ling, and Sun Moon royal families, which allowed Liyue to secure a spot in the competition. Otherwise, Liyue would not have had the qualification to participate..."
Upon hearing this, everyone twitched their eyes, feeling somewhat speechless.
If Zhongli truly cared about the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Douluo Competition, how could Liyue not have a spot?
As a god, who would dare not give Liyue face?
What surprised everyone was that Liyue's participation spot was actually invited by the royal families of all four nations!
This was unexpected, yet it made perfect sense.
"Here, I wish everyone good results in the competition."
"Of course, as one of the invited judges, I must remind everyone not to resort to unscrupulous means for victory and to avoid violating the competition rules."
Yes, Zhongli was one of the judges for this year's competition!
This was also personally invited by Xu Jiawei before the competition.
With the Martial God himself serving as a judge, who would dare to violate the competition rules?
Although Zhongli did not use a voice amplification device, his voice was not loud, yet it accurately reached everyone's ears.
No one present found this unusual.
Any Titled Douluo could achieve this, let alone a god-level powerhouse!
As Zhongli took his seat again, Xu Jiawei also picked up the voice amplification device and explained the competition rules and the rewards for the champion, runner-up, and third place.
If you want the horse to run, you must feed it grass.
This is an eternal truth.
Every Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Douluo Competition is prepared with generous rewards by the host, showcasing the grandeur of a great nation.
The rewards are usually high-level soul tools or soul bones.
The rewards prepared by Xu Jiawei this time were soul bones, and not just one, but ten soul bones!
The champion team will choose seven, the runner-up will choose two, and the remaining one will go to the third-place team.
A total of ten soul bones, the rewards were undeniably rich!
Of course, Xu Jiawei had a purpose in doing this!
This year's champion was almost certainly Liyue Academy, and investing these soul bones in Liyue was a wonderful thing!
He did not feel the slightest bit of heartache!
Among the tens of thousands of spectators, although many had heard of the Martial God Zhongli, not everyone had seen him.
Now that they saw him, they felt that this Martial God was indeed quite young and handsome.
However, judging from Zhongli's demeanor, he was not some young lad but a seasoned veteran!
"The Martial God is so handsome!"
"It's a pity that the Martial God doesn't seem to have any interest in romantic relationships..."
Indeed, it must be said.
The name of the Martial God has resounded across the continent for so long, yet there has never been any rumor of him having a romantic partner or any scandal.
Not even a whisper!
Although there are women around the Martial God, they are either subordinates or have other relationships, definitely not spouses.
"Perhaps it is exactly for this reason that the Martial God became a deity!"
"Without the entanglement of romantic relationships, he focused solely on cultivating and broke through to the god level..."
"Rumors say that the princesses of various nations are very fond of the Martial God, but the Martial God has no interest in them..."
"What's so special about princesses? Didn't you see that even Emperor Xu Jiawei is a fan of the Martial God?"
Princesses may seem unattainable to ordinary people, but a god is still a god!
They are not on the same level of existence!
Princesses are mere mortals, destined to become a handful of loess after a hundred years.
But gods are immortal beings.
Of course, there have been instances of gods falling in history, especially the Angel God and the Rakshasa God, who fell shortly after becoming deities.
"Perhaps only a god is worthy of the Martial God!"
"Who could argue with that..."
Such discussions made some women feel ashamed, while also giving rise to previously unthought-of ideas!
Become a god!
Perhaps there was no chance before, but now that Zhongli has become a god, if one could become a god with his help, wouldn't that be an opportunity?
When Tang San became a god, didn't he help the others from Shrek Academy become gods as well?
These were just thoughts, and they would need to wait until after the competition to consider how to implement them.
After a while, the elimination rounds finally began.
Perhaps to accommodate Liyue Academy, the opening match, the first match, was between Liyue Academy and Heavenly Soul Advanced Soul Master Academy.
Logically, this match should have been between Star Luo Royal Academy and their opponent, as this was Star Luo's home ground, and for thousands of years, there has been an unwritten rule.
Whichever nation hosted the competition would have their team play first to claim the initial victory.
But the Star Luo Empire actually changed this unwritten rule and arranged for Liyue Academy to play first.
"Truly worthy of Emperor Star Luo, truly worthy of Xu Jiawei, such grand vision!"
Those who understood why Xu Jiawei did this couldn't help but praise him. Even though the four nations were rivals, they had to admire Xu Jiawei's vision.
They had heard of Xu Jiawei's recent deeds and felt somewhat ashamed in comparison!
As an emperor, he could go to such lengths to please Zhongli, truly... shameless, yet admirable!
If they were in Xu Jiawei's place, they might not have been able to do the same, even if they showed superficial respect to Zhongli, they would not have sacrificed their own dignity.
At the same time, the members of Heavenly Soul Advanced Soul Master Academy couldn't help but shiver.
When they found out who their opponent was, they felt as if the sky had fallen!
Wasn't this a one-and-done situation?
Of all the teams to face, they had to meet the strongest contender for the championship, Liyue Academy!
"Everyone, even if we lose, we must put on a good show!"
"Liyue Academy is indeed strong, losing to them is not shameful!"
Hearing this, everyone was slightly stunned and couldn't help but stroke their chins.
That was true, but wasn't it just too unlucky to face them in the elimination round?
"If we lose to Liyue Academy, we can explain it as bad luck. But if we lose to other academies, how would we explain it?"
"!!!"
Everyone suddenly understood and became filled with fighting spirit!
Indeed, would they be ashamed to lose to Liyue Academy?
Who wouldn't lose against them?