Chen Li and Jing Hongchen discussed matters in secret for an entire night. The two adults swore oaths upon their Martial Souls and reached some mysterious agreement that the three children knew nothing about.
Early the next morning, just after breakfast, Chen Li went to the room Jing Hongchen had prepared for Chen Ming and carefully instructed him on everything he needed to watch out for after Chen Li left.
The conversation lasted half an hour. Then Chen Li left Chen Ming's room with a deeply emotional expression. After bidding Jing Hongchen farewell, he took that piece of metal and departed Mingdu, heading back toward the Dragon Elephant Sect.
Inside the room, Chen Ming touched the Storage Soul Tool at his waist, a rather strange expression on his face.
Before leaving, Chen Li had given Chen Ming a devastating weapon that could be activated at any time—a specially modified Level 9 Soul Cannon Shell.
Although using it would mean mutual destruction, and Chen Ming's strength was nowhere near enough to survive it even with an Invincible Shield, its power was so immense that once it detonated, even a Super Douluo might perish.
Sitting in his room and gazing at the sunlight outside the window, Chen Ming tapped his thigh with one finger as he set several goals for himself for the coming period.
"First, focus on cultivation. Reach Rank 20 before turning eight, improve my Soul Ring tolerance as much as possible, and obtain a thousand year level Second Soul Ring of sufficiently high quality."
"Second, study Soul Tool technology without severely affecting my cultivation. Even if I cannot continue down this path in depth, I still need to prepare as much as possible for the prototype of future Battle Armor."
"Third, protect myself cautiously and stay alert for anything