Is He Your Man or Mine?

After staying at Soul Hall with Jiang Zhu for only a short while,

Ye Qiu left.

The result was more or less what he had expected. With Dugu Bo pushing things along, the King of Hell's Seal was nearly complete.

As for the three most important Hidden Weapons—

the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, Pear Blossom Needles in a Storm, and the Peacock Plume—

apart from the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, which had yet to show any obvious progress, quite a few components for the other two had already been made.

"Ye Qiu, does your Soul Hall only have people from those few clans?"

Jiang Zhu held Ye Qiu's hand in both of hers, looking rather curious.

"Mm, just those for now."

Ye Qiu nodded, then looked at her in confusion, unable to understand why she had suddenly brought this up.

"What is it?"

"I just wanted to ask whether your Soul Hall will recruit more people in the future."

Jiang Zhu stayed close beside Ye Qiu, linking her arm through his.

Ye Qiu nodded.

"Of course we'll recruit people. I just haven't considered it yet."

"I see."

"What? Do you want me to recruit from Blue Tyrant Academy?"

"Mm, mm. Most of the students at Blue Tyrant Academy are commoners, and their options are limited."

As a student personally raised by Liu Erlong, Jiang Zhu's feelings for Blue Tyrant Academy naturally went without saying.

"Heh, don't worry. Even if you and Erlong hadn't mentioned it, I would have done it anyway. And don't overthink it. The Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were both planning to invest in Blue Tyrant Academy before. As long as those students aren't too bad, it'll be easy enough for them to find suitable places to go."

Ye Qiu wrapped an arm around