"Teacher Zhao, isn't the forest dangerous at night? Then why did Teacher Qin and that young man choose to enter it now?" Tang San could not help asking as he watched their retreating figures.
Understanding dawned on Zhao Wuji, and he sighed in admiration. "So he was the Teacher Qin you mentioned. I never imagined someone so young would be every bit as strong as me."
"Tang San, they're both powerful figures in the soul master world. That young man's aura already marks him as a Spirit Emperor. With their strength, master and disciple have nothing to fear from most dangers on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest."
"Besides, temperatures drop at night, so traveling takes less out of you. If I weren't bringing you youngsters along, I'd choose to travel at night too."
The Shrek group exclaimed, "He's actually a Spirit Emperor?!"
Zhu Zhuqing had interacted with Lei Meng, but she did not know his actual strength and had assumed he was merely an ordinary Soul King.
Zhao Wuji was equally impressed. "A Spirit Emperor this young has already surpassed Shrek's finest graduate. His future is boundless. The dean was right: geniuses only surround themselves with geniuses. Teacher Qin has achieved so much at such a young age, and his disciple is no different."
Dai Mubai could not resist asking, "Teacher Zhao, Shrek's finest graduate is Spirit Hall's youngest elder. Does that mean this master and disciple have a chance of breaking that record?"
Zhao Wuji was instantly at a loss for words.
When had Shrek ever trained an elder of Spirit Hall? That was merely a gimmick concocted to attract recruits every year. He had never expected Dai Mubai to take it seriously.
Of course, Zhao Wuji would not undermine his own claims. He replied casually,