Return to Bright Capital

After hearing Gu Yuan's words, Jiang Qingtong asked, "How did it go?"

When Jiang Qingtong asked that, Gu Yuan clicked his tongue and shook his head. "Heh! Miss, you know what? There really are a few kids among them with excellent martial soul quality and high Innate Soul Power. Do you think the Hall Master sensed it beforehand?"

At any rate, he did not believe Jiang Shengyu had merely guessed.

There had to be some special skill involved.

Jiang Qingtong nodded calmly. "That's normal. They come from prominent cultivation families."

After saying that, Jiang Qingtong saw that Gu Yuan was still looking at her with a smile and asked, "Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Hearing Jiang Qingtong's question, Gu Yuan chuckled and said, "Didn't I just return from Bright Capital after giving my work report some time ago? Soul Hall's Year-End Evaluation is coming up, and I was thinking... perhaps Miss could help me out and give my annual work assessment a better rating. That way, I can get a larger allowance next year, right?"

Anyone with ambition had to be good at seizing opportunities!

Jiang Qingtong was not someone Venerables from branch halls like them could meet whenever they pleased. Now that he had met her, shouldn't he hurry to build a good relationship with her and seek the favor of someone important? Once he caught the east wind, rising to the heavens would be much faster!

"Mm-hm, I will." Jiang Qingtong nodded and agreed.

As long as someone was truly capable, Soul Hall would never be stingy. They were not some heartless company.

A horse had to be fed well before it could run!

After discussing these matters, the two finally got down to business. Jiang Qingtong said to Gu Yuan, "Prepare a carriage for me. I'm returning to the Sun Moon Empire."

"Returning to the Sun Moon Empire?" Gu Yuan froze for a moment before asking, "Didn't Miss come here to inspect the work?"

It turned out that Gu Yuan had assumed Jiang Qingtong had come from the Sun Moon Empire to inspect their work.

Still, that was understandable. Only the upper echelons of the Sun Moon Empire knew Jiang Qingtong's exact destination. Although Venerables like them, dispatched by Soul Hall to oversee branch halls, were in charge of their respective branches, most of them knew nothing about Jiang Qingtong going to Shrek Academy.

Jiang Qingtong merely said, "Just prepare it for me. Hurry. I'm in a rush."

"Preparing a carriage isn't a problem, but I heard that due to the influence of the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire has tightened inspections at its checkpoints recently. We may need to make some preparations," Gu Yuan told Jiang Qingtong.

However, Jiang Qingtong shook her head. "No need for that trouble. I have a way through. Just go prepare it."

Since Jiang Qingtong had said so, Gu Yuan did not say anything further. He gave an acknowledgment and went to make the arrangements.

Perhaps Soul Hall could not compare to the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy in terms of high-end combat strength, but its financial resources were immensely abundant. It did not take Gu Yuan long to prepare an extravagant carriage for Jiang Qingtong.

"I'm only using it for transport. I won't need it after returning to the Sun Moon Empire. Isn't this a bit too extravagant?" Jiang Qingtong sighed helplessly as she looked at the luxurious carriage before her.

"How could that do? You're the Hall Master's own younger sister. Naturally, you must have the very best!" Gu Yuan said with a smile, shaking his head. "Don't worry, I paid for this myself. It didn't come out of Soul Hall's accounts."

Jiang Qingtong understood what Gu Yuan meant. He still wanted her to put in a few good words for him before Jiang Shengyu so that he could be rated an Advanced Venerable during the Year-End Evaluation.

Since that was the case, she might as well accept it!

The checkpoint between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire was also located in the Mingdou Mountain Range, though on the side of the original Douluo Continent. Unlike the Star Luo Empire, the entire stretch of the Mingdou Mountain Range on the Heaven Dou Empire's side was under the Sun Moon Empire's control.

The Heaven Dou Empire could only establish checkpoints on the plains at this end of the mountain range. Every morning, the soldiers guarding the pass could see the towering Mingdou Mountain Range, which invisibly brought with it the oppressive presence of the Sun Moon Empire.

When Jiang Qingtong was about to leave the pass, she was naturally stopped by the soldiers.

But when Jiang Qingtong produced her Shrek Academy Student ID, the soldiers blocking her immediately panicked. They quickly stepped back, cupped their hands, and bowed as they apologized, "Please forgive us, Lord Soul Master. May we ask what Lord Soul Master is going to the Sun Moon Empire for?"

Jiang Qingtong answered, "I'm from the Sun Moon Empire and study at Shrek Academy. What, is that not allowed?"

Although the Heaven Dou Empire soldiers were puzzled as to why someone from the Sun Moon Empire would be a student of Shrek Academy, they did not dare question her at this moment.

Students of Shrek Academy stood at the upper levels of the pyramid throughout the entire continent!

Seeing how these soldiers trembled merely because she was a student of Shrek Academy, Jiang Qingtong sighed. Although she was also taking advantage of the convenience brought by that identity, it did not stop her from believing that such a phenomenon was undesirable.

What number one on the continent? What all the world's strongest came from Shrek? An academy should simply be an academy.

Under the curious and reverent gazes of the Heaven Dou Empire soldiers and a crowd of civilians, Jiang Qingtong left the pass. After crossing the Mingdou Mountain Range, she entered the territory of the Sun Moon Empire.

The moment she returned to the Sun Moon Empire, Jiang Qingtong immediately abandoned the carriage and switched to a Soul-guided Car.

In order to maintain the technological blockade against the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms, the Sun Moon Empire still maintained the appearance it had had years ago in its public exchanges with the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms.

As for all manner of new military and civilian Soul Tools, such as Soul-guided Satellites, Soul-guided Cars, and Soul-guided Trains, their disclosure was strictly forbidden.

The three kingdoms, which still upheld the supremacy of Soul Masters and suppressed the development of Soul Tool Technology, could not possibly imagine how far behind they were compared to the Sun Moon Empire!

Kong Deming had already learned through other channels that Jiang Qingtong was returning. Before she reached Bright Capital, he had already sent people to wait for her.

"Teacher!" Jiang Qingtong stood before Kong Deming and respectfully bowed to him.

"It has been nearly half a year since we last met. Let Teacher see whether your cultivation has fallen behind. Release your Soul Rings for me to see," Kong Deming said as he looked at Jiang Qingtong. The first thing he did was inspect her cultivation progress.

What he cared about most was the cultivation of Jiang Qingtong and Jiang Shengyu. He had placed great hopes on the two of them.

Kong Deming's ambitions were enormous. He wanted to cultivate the siblings into Limit Douluo of the Sun Moon Empire!

For ten thousand years, no Limit Douluo had ever been born in the Sun Moon Empire. If Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong succeeded, they would undoubtedly make history! Kong Deming himself would share in that honor and leave a brilliant mark in the history of the Sun Moon Empire.

Moreover, given Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong's ages, after becoming Limit Douluo, they would be enough to support the Sun Moon Empire for several centuries!

The benefits would be even greater than his becoming a Rank Ten Soul Engineer!

Jiang Qingtong did not hesitate. She released her Soul Rings, and when Kong Deming saw that she had already advanced to Three Rings and that her third Soul Ring was at the Ten Thousand Year Level, he nodded repeatedly. "Good! Very good!"