Xiao Hongchen Arrives

Hearing that voice, Lin Chen knew the lingering resentment of the Thunder Qilin had arrived.

"I didn't expect his soul power to still be so strong after so many days."

The Thunder Qilin was still thrashing about in Lin Chen's Sea of Consciousness, trying to shatter it—or at least drive him mad. But the next instant, it could no longer struggle.

A sacred, majestic aura appeared, crushing the Thunder Qilin's soul until it could barely breathe.

It was Qian Renxue's divine soul.

She pointed a finger, and a slender beam of light instantly pierced through the Thunder Qilin's Soul Body, making it vanish without a trace.

Lin Chen's Spiritual Power had never reached the level of a Title Douluo. Relying on his own strength to withstand the soul shock of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was truly difficult.

It still had to be the angel lady!

After Qian Renxue's second intervention, absorbing this Sixty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring without any soul shock was as easy as pie for Lin Chen.

Six hours later, Lin Chen finished absorbing the Soul Ring. His Soul Power rose to rank 54. The Soul Ring gave him one level, the Soul Bone gave him another, and the remaining two levels came from the progress he had accumulated over the past two years. All in all, Lin Chen had raised his Soul Power by six levels over two years. For a soul master with an Ultimate Attribute, that was already an astonishing pace.

Although Qian Renxue had sealed the Soul Ring, the essence of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring remained. Therefore, this black Soul Ring still granted Lin Chen two Soul Skills. It was like the Soul Ring Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave Huo Yuhao: although Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had placed ten seals on it, Huo Yuhao's first Soul Ring still possessed four Soul Skills.

As the former Angel God, Qian Renxue's methods were naturally far beyond those of that oversized bug, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"How do you feel?" Zhang Lexuan asked. She was genuinely worried that Lin Chen's body would develop problems after absorbing Soul Rings beyond his level so many times.

"I feel full of strength, and my Soul Power has reached rank 54." Lin Chen stretched his body and released five Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, red, and black—as he spoke to Zhang Lexuan.

Zhang Lexuan looked at Lin Chen, first feeling gratified, then speechless. She was sincerely pleased to witness his growth, but his rate of advancement was simply... too terrifying. His Soul Power seemed to rise as easily as drinking water.

Only Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan possessed a temperament far beyond ordinary people's. If a few children from the Outer Court saw Lin Chen's advancement speed, they would probably cough up blood from anger.

"That's good. Let's return to the academy." After six days of recovery, Zhang Lexuan had returned to peak condition. Now that everything here was settled, it was time to head back.

Just as on the way there, the journey back to the academy took three days.

"I'll head back first. This trip really wore me out," Zhang Lexuan said to Lin Chen before flying directly toward Sea God Island.

After paying Yan Shaozhe a visit and reporting in, Lin Chen returned to his quiet, ordinary life.

That night, in Lin Chen's Dormitory, Zhou Mingxing said to him, "Brother Lin, you have no idea how arrogant that new Xiao Hongchen in your Class One is. He openly declared that he would challenge every disciple in the Outer Court, and he hasn't lost once these past few days. Even Dai Huabin, the strongest in Class Two, lost to him."

The moment Lin Chen heard that, his head began to ache. He had nearly forgotten that this guy had come to Shrek—and was even in the same class as him. Things would not be peaceful anymore.

"Also, I heard his younger sister is desperately pursuing Wang Dong," Zhou Mingxing added.

Do these siblings both have something wrong with their heads? Xiao Hongchen takes drugs for competitions, while Meng Hongchen gets hurt over love. What a perfect pair of idiots.

"Why do you care about them? Both of them have some problems in the head," Lin Chen said, then entered cultivation.

Zhou Mingxing merely shrugged and began cultivating as well.

The two cultivated in silence throughout the night.

The next morning, when Lin Chen arrived at the classroom, he indeed saw Xiao Hongchen. The latter seemed to sense something and turned to look behind him.

The instant he saw Lin Chen, he completely lost his composure.

During his first few days at Shrek, he had searched everywhere for Lin Chen, only to find no trace of him. Xiao Hongchen had naively assumed that this Shrek disciple, who might possess classified information about Mingdetang, had already died. At the time, he had been overjoyed.

Now that he saw Lin Chen sitting there alive and well, Xiao Hongchen immediately grew tense again.

If he really knows some high-level classified information about Mingdetang and tells Shrek, it would be a devastating blow to Mingdetang. I need to find a way to probe him. If he really knows something, then... Xiao Hongchen thought.

Lin Chen had no time to guess at Xiao Hongchen's thoughts. He simply took out a book and began reading.

The two had arrived early, and students were only beginning to trickle into the classroom.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" At that moment, Meng Hongchen came over, sat beside Xiao Hongchen, and asked.

Xiao Hongchen pointed at Lin Chen behind him.

Meng Hongchen looked back, saw Lin Chen reading, and said in surprise, "Lin Chen! So he's in this class. He and Wang Dong were able to participate in the Soul Fighting Tournament together. Are they close?"

Xiao Hongchen: ...

"Little Earth!" A childish voice rang out. One did not need to think with anything but one's ass to know it was Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao quickly ran over and sat beside Lin Chen, chattering endlessly about what had happened at the academy over the past few days. The most notable matter was the Xiao Hongchen siblings sweeping through the Outer Court.

"Why didn't you guys fight them?" Lin Chen asked.

"Leilei can't beat Xiao Hongchen when he's covered head to toe in Soul Tools. Wang Dong and I are already Inner Court disciples, so even if we could beat him, it wouldn't matter," Xiao Xiao said with a pout.

That was right. Xiao Xiao had come together with Lin Xiaolei and Wang Dong.

"Yeah, all those metal contraptions on him are just too troublesome," Lin Xiaolei added as she sat down beside Xiao Xiao.

Wang Dong walked around the three of them and sat down on Lin Chen's other side.

Two years had passed. Xiao Xiao had grown more mature; Lin Xiaolei's figure had become fuller, and her bearing had turned poised and graceful, giving her a hint of Zhang Lexuan's charm. As for Wang Dong, she had not changed much, aside from her hair growing a little longer.

Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi had already become Inner Court disciples, so Lin Chen rarely saw them anymore.

After class, Xiao Hongchen approached Lin Chen just as Lin Chen had expected.

"Lin Chen, fight me. If you win, I'll give you a fifth-grade Soul Tool. If I win, you'll tell me how you learned about Mingdetang's secrets," Xiao Hongchen said provocatively.

"No."

"Why? Are all you Outer Court students this cowardly? Looks like I'll have to challenge someone from the Inner Court," Xiao Hongchen said.

Unfortunately, the provocation had no effect on Lin Chen whatsoever. It did not even stir the slightest ripple in his heart.

Seeing Lin Chen turn to leave, Xiao Hongchen grew anxious. "A sixth-grade Soul Tool."

"No."

"A seventh-grade Soul Tool."

"Deal!"

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