That evening, at a restaurant in Spirit City.
After Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, he received a commission from the Imperial Family.
Since the Soul Bone was meant for Qin Yuan, he did not mind making another trip for his good little brother.
Inside a private dining room.
Dugu Bo did not bring up the Soul Bone right away. Instead, he asked how Qin Yuan had been doing lately.
"How is it? Life at Spirit Hall Academy isn't easy, is it? All those assessments, along with the underlying pressure of competition-the pressure shoots up compared to Heaven Dou Royal Academy." Dugu Bo teased him with a smile.
Qin Yuan had indeed felt the atmosphere within the academy.
Fortunately, he now had enough trump cards, and his students were doing him proud. In truth, he was not under much pressure.
"But after a few years of tempering in that environment, even a Soul Master with relatively ordinary talent would emerge completely transformed, shedding their old skin and bones," Qin Yuan added in its defense.
"By the way, you seem to know quite a lot about Spirit Hall Academy, big brother?"
That brought them to some of Dugu Bo's experiences in his younger years.
Back when he was still a Spirit Saint, he had been invited to give lectures at Spirit Hall Academy. After all, poison-attribute Soul Masters were scarce on the continent, and suitable teachers were hard to find. Among that year's students at Spirit Hall Academy, there had been over a dozen Poison Soul Masters.
But Spirit Hall back then had been very different from what it was today.
At the time, Dugu Bo had needed to travel all over the continent to resolve the poison afflicting his martial spirit. Otherwise, he would have joined Spirit Hall long