Ye Chen thought of Yin Ming, who was far away at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Back then, he had made a bet with him: if he could brew a rare wine unlike anything the world had ever seen, Yin Ming would agree to one condition of his.
He had originally planned to lure him to Shrek Academy with the wine he brewed, but once the wine was finished, a series of unexpected changes occurred, and the plan had been temporarily shelved.
But now, it seemed he could not delay any longer. It was not just Yin Ming—Ye Chen also needed to find several trustworthy high-level soul masters.
Yin Ming counted as one, and Xuan Ziwen, Huo Yuhao's mentor at the time, counted as another. As for the rest, he had no leads yet.
Ye Chen planned to find a way to talk those two into leaving when he headed to the Sun Moon Empire sometime later. He could slowly look for others afterward.
Xian Lin'er and the other three worked with disheveled hair and dusty faces. Even after Ye Chen entered and they looked up to see him, they said nothing and immediately went back to work. Xian Lin'er in particular was quite a beauty, yet she no longer cared about her appearance at all.
Ye Chen found it both amusing and somewhat heartbreaking. He felt it was time to persuade them.
"Dad, Mom, no matter how busy you are, you still need to rest. Don't let yourselves collapse before the Rank 9 Soul Tool is even finished."
Taking various factors into consideration, Ye Chen had Qing Yu wait outside. He entered alone.
Without even raising her head, Xian Lin'er waved him away and said impatiently, "Xiao Chen, go do whatever you need to do. Don't stand here