Meng Hongchen's Discovery

"Zi Yao's condition is to enter Mingde Hall. I need to consider that carefully."

Jing Hóngchén shook his head.

The identities of Zi Yao and Wang Dong were unknown, giving him a sense of unease.

Not to mention Zi Yao's heaven-defying talent for Soul Tools. In less than half a year, he had become a Level 3 Soul Master. Given enough time, he would surely become another Level 9 Soul Master.

Perhaps he might even have a chance to compete for the legendary title of Level 10 Soul Master.

It would be a great pity if such a genius could not be used by him.

But he absolutely could not aid the enemy either. The Sun Moon Empire was extremely thorough when it came to keeping Soul Tool knowledge confidential. Across the Three Great Empires and Shrek, the highest level of Soul Engineers was only Level 8.5.

If even one Level 9 Soul Master were exposed, it could lead to the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool knowledge being leaked.

That was also why anyone who wished to learn about Level 6 Soul Tools had to join Mingde Hall.

"No, Grandpa, you have to agree to it! Otherwise, how am I supposed to reclaim the title of the Sun Moon Empire's number one genius?"

Xiao Hongchen spoke with absolute certainty, as though saying, Grandpa, don't ruin my future prospects.

"Enough nonsense. Which is more important, your title as the Sun Moon Empire's top genius, or the secrets of Mingde Hall?"

Jing Hóngchén snorted coldly and shut the door, refusing to indulge him any longer.

Xiao Hongchen stood dumbfounded outside the door. His mouth opened and closed, but he did not know what to say. In the end, he simply plopped down in front of the door.

"Grandpa, if you don't agree, I'm not leaving!"

Seeing her brother's suicidal behavior, Meng Hongchen decided to step forward and try to persuade him.

"Brother, do you really have to compete with Zi Yao and Wang Dong? I don't think they seem like bad people..."

"What do you know? One mountain cannot contain two tigers. My position as the number one genius has been challenged, and that has seriously affected my Invincible Dao Heart. If I don't resolve this quickly, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Xiao Hongchen spoke solemnly.

Meng Hongchen was speechless. "I don't understand anything else, but I do know that if you keep making trouble like this, you'll get beaten again soon."

Xiao Hongchen became noticeably more cautious.

After thinking for a while, an idea struck him. He stood and said, "Grandpa, how about we add a condition to my duel with Zi Yao? If I win, he joins Mingde Hall. Wouldn't that solve it?"

The door suddenly opened again.

Jing Hóngchén considered it. "Do you think Zi Yao will agree? After all, you and your sister are already Soul Kings. Even if the Fifth Soul Ring is prohibited, the gap between you is still enormous."

"He'll agree. Zi Yao definitely wants to duel me too, to seize the title of number one genius."

Xiao Hongchen clenched his fists. "Besides, I was a Soul Ancestor at their age too. It's not like I'm taking advantage of him."

"Fine. Go persuade Zi Yao. If he agrees, I am willing to approve this match. If he wins, I will allow him to study at Mingde Hall for two years."

Jing Hóngchén nodded in agreement.

To be safe, he had deliberately added a time limit.

Zi Yao was only a Soul Elder now. What harm was there in letting him enter Mingde Hall?

In two years, if he could learn even part of the knowledge of Level 6 Soul Tools, he would already be an unparalleled genius. If he could learn some of the complicated Level 7 Soul Tools, that would be unprecedented.

Level 8 and 9 Soul Tools, meanwhile, were the most important part of the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Tool Secrets.

Before long,

Meng Hongchen stood outside the boys' dormitory, holding an envelope in her hand with a lifeless expression on her face.

"Damn Brother, making me deliver a challenge letter. Doesn't he know this is the boys' dormitory?!"

She had originally refused to come no matter what.

But after Xiao Hongchen's relentless pleading, she had finally agreed. According to him, if he delivered the challenge letter himself, it would put him at a disadvantage. He absolutely could not lose momentum before the battle.

Of course, Xiao Hongchen had also paid two months of his allowance as the price.

After explaining herself to the dormitory supervisor at the entrance,

the supervisor naturally did not make things difficult for Meng Hongchen. Most of the boys in the dormitory had already gone home for the holiday, and Meng Hongchen was only going in to deliver a letter.

"104..."

Meng Hongchen quickly found the dormitory number and reached out to knock on the door.

Yet after knocking for a long time, there was no response. Just as she thought Zi Yao and Wang Dong had already left and was preparing to depart, a gentle female voice sounded.

"Zi Yao, you're back? Did you lose your identity card? Why are you disturbing my sleep in the middle of the day?"

A girl with Pink-Blue Long Hair opened the door. Her lovely, picturesque face was breathtaking, her pink-blue eyes hazy with sleep. She looked drowsy, while her youthful, beautiful figure was fully outlined beneath the boys' School Uniform.

"Y-you... you are..."

Meng Hongchen stammered, unable to speak, her blue eyes widening.

Wang Dong's drowsiness instantly vanished.

She covered Meng Hongchen's mouth and dragged her inside. After checking that no one else was in the dormitory hallway, she shut the door.

"Mmph, mmph..."

With her mouth covered, Meng Hongchen was torn between terror and panic.

"Shh. I'll let you go, but don't scream." Wang Dong pressed her Index Finger to her lips and pinned Meng Hongchen to the floor.

Meng Hongchen nodded obediently, indicating her compliance.

Only then did Wang Dong release her.

"So you were a girl?"

Meng Hongchen's blue eyes shimmered.

The first time she had seen Wang Dong, she had been curious. How could a boy be more delicate and beautiful than a girl?

Zi Yao was handsome too.

But his masculine traits were obvious. He could only be called extraordinarily handsome, whereas Wang Dong was simply too soft and beautiful to seem like a boy.

"That's right. I'm disguised as a boy because I felt that being a girl might bring a lot of trouble."

Wang Dong no longer concealed it and nodded in admission. "Can you keep this secret for me? I don't want to reveal that I'm a girl just yet."

Meng Hongchen nodded repeatedly, her little face flushed bright red.

"Creak."

The main door opened. Zi Yao stood at the entrance with a complicated expression, his long brows, like distant mountains, furrowed. Only after confirming several times that he had not entered the wrong dormitory did he walk in.

"What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen girls making friends?"

Wang Dong stood, patted herself down, and spoke with a natural expression.

Meng Hongchen hurriedly got to her feet as well and handed over the envelope in her hand.

"Hello. This is a challenge letter from my brother."

"Mm, I understand."

Zi Yao accepted the envelope, then glanced again at Wang Dong in her female form.

"What can we do? Who could've known something like this would happen?"

Wang Dong spoke helplessly.

Other than Zi Yao, no one usually knocked on their dormitory door. But mainly, she had spent too long in the dormitory restored to her female form, causing her vigilance to slip.

"I... I'll be going now."

Meng Hongchen lowered her head and fled in a panic.

Zi Yao opened the envelope. At the top was a large character for "Battle," followed by a detailed list of the match conditions.

Wang Dong leaned over curiously, then could not help stomping her foot.

"Two years of study at Mingde Hall, and if you lose, you have to join Mingde Hall? What kind of tyrannical terms are those! You're definitely not agreeing to this, right?"

"I'll agree. Why wouldn't I?"

Zi Yao said calmly.

The one entering Mingde Hall to learn Soul Tool techniques would not be him, but Elder Yi.

With the learning talent of a strand of Elder Yi's Divine Sense, two years would be enough for him to learn half of Mingde Hall's Bottom of the Box techniques.