New Roommate at Sun Moon Academy

The two sides chatted for a while longer.

Xu Tinglan understood that Director Lin was probing their backgrounds.

Although they had the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect backing them, caution still demanded that he gather some information.

Lin Jiayi also noticed that Mother Jiang was here.

Upon learning that Mother Jiang's Soul Power was only just above Rank 20, clearly marking her as a commoner, Lin Jiayi relaxed.

Out of courtesy, he did not ask further questions.

He merely assumed that the boy and girl were both Mother Jiang's children, but had inherited their respective parents' surnames and martial souls.

The group enjoyed a lavish meal at the Sun Moon Hotel.

Xu Tinglan leaned back against the soft sofa, a satisfied look on his face. This was his first time enjoying such delicious food since crossing over.

He could not help feeling moved.

As expected of Ming Capital—even its study of cuisine was extraordinary.

After eating and drinking their fill,

Xu Tinglan and Ning Mochen parted ways at the Sun Moon Hotel.

Under Director Lin's guidance, he and Jiang Nannan formally entered the Sun Moon Royal Academy to begin their new school lives.

They registered their names.

They received Sun Moon Academy uniforms and their respective dormitory room numbers.

Not only that,

Sun Moon Academy had specially arranged a staff dormitory for Mother Jiang, and all miscellaneous fees were waived.

The Royal Soul Master Academy was comparable in size to a mid-sized city.

Its outer perimeter formed a hexagram, dotted with Soul Tool lights of every color, brilliantly illuminated.

Lin Jiayi activated the Flight Soul Tool on his back and hurried all the way to Mingde Hall.

Inside Mingde Hall,

he met a short man even more heavily built than himself.

Director Lin lowered his head, his expression respectful.

"Why are you being so rash and flustered?!"

Jing Hongchen opened his eyes and shouted a rebuke.

"Unless the sky is falling, stand to the side and wait."

Lin Jiayi became even more respectful, his manners all the more deferential.

Half an hour later,

Jing Hongchen finally opened his sleepy little eyes at leisure.

He had neglected food and sleep while crafting Soul Tools some time ago, and had only now found the chance to take a brief nap.

Having been interrupted now, he could not help feeling irritable.

"Speak."

Lin Jiayi proceeded cautiously.

"Hall Master Jing."

"The Nine Treasures Chamber of Commerce recommended two students this time, both with Innate Full Soul Power.

"One of them has even reached Rank 34 at the age of twelve!"

Jing Hongchen's eyes widened.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?"

The moment those words fell, the room sank into brief silence.

To spare his superior embarrassment,

Lin Jiayi changed the subject. "Hall Master, do you think it's possible they were spies sent by the Douluo Three Kingdoms?"

This was also what worried him most.

Lin Jiayi immediately told Jing Hongchen everything he knew.

Including the fact that the two geniuses' mother had also come to Ming Capital with them.

Jing Hongchen's small eyes spun rapidly. "They're unlikely to be spies."

Thinking from another perspective, if they had children with Innate Full Soul Power, they certainly would not be willing to send them to the former Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Either the three of them belonged to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

"Their mother is here too, and her cultivation is low..."

At that thought, Jing Hongchen became even more convinced that they were commoners from the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

After all, he had heard that even Douluo commoners could produce children with Innate Full Soul Power.

It made him immensely envious.

Jing Hongchen rubbed his double chin.

"Don't worry about it."

"Xuan Ziwen is from Heavenly Soul, yet isn't he still that exalted one's personal disciple?"

Xu Tinglan parted from Jiang Nannan and followed the map to the boys' dormitory building.

The interior was brand-new.

It left him with an excellent first impression.

He took out his key and opened the door. Aside from the beds, the dormitory had its own bathroom and wardrobes.

There was not a speck of dust.

It seemed someone had cleaned it beforehand.

He could not help thinking of Shrek's dormitory conditions.

Not only was the place rusted all over, but if one wanted to bathe, one actually had to use the public washroom in the corridor. It was miserly to the extreme.

By comparison,

Sun Moon Academy really was rich.

"Hey!"

"I really want to know what rank Soul Engineer you are, to make Grandpa switch my dormitory."

The silver-haired boy stretched lazily and looked at him with utter boredom.

Xu Tinglan was arranging his bedsheets when he casually replied,

"If I told you my rank, it might scare you stiff."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Xiao Hongchen's lips curled upward.

Just as I thought.

Only a fellow Soul Engineer genius would make Grandpa arrange for the two of us to live together, so we can compete and improve together!

"Let's get acquainted. I'm Xiao Hongchen." He extended a hand with a broad smile.

"Xu Tinglan."

The two shook hands for the first time.

Xu Tinglan had not expected Xiao Hongchen to be his roommate.

He had a fairly good impression of his new roommate.

At the very least, he did not go around shouting, "Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocrities," before inexplicably attacking him.

The silver-haired boy proudly introduced himself.

"I'm thirteen this year, and already a peak Rank 3 Soul Engineer. Not bad, right?"

"Heh, I'm Rank 0."

Hearing that answer, his roommate stared in astonishment. "You can't make Soul Tools?"

Xu Tinglan answered with complete confidence.

"That's right. I'm a freshman."

Faced with his roommate's confusion, he did not intend to keep hiding it.

He took a piece of Moonlight Stone from his Storage Ring and tossed it to his new roommate.

Xiao Hongchen caught it and examined the rare metal, its texture smooth and lustrous as it gleamed with silver light.

His expression gradually turned amazed.

"It's a Flawless Moon-Glaze Stone. There isn't the slightest impurity inside."

He raised his head.

"You're not going to tell me you forged this, are you?"

There were four major steps in crafting Soul Tools.

Forging and purification was precisely the first step.

And how to make metal entirely free of impurities had always been one of the difficulties in crafting high-level Soul Tools.

"That's right."

Xu Tinglan wore a proud expression.

Over the years, he had not merely cultivated Soul Power. Tempering metal was also an excellent form of training.

Not only could it hone one's physical qualities, it could also improve one's mental control.

He knew very well the difficulty represented by one hundred percent purification.

Xiao Hongchen played with the Flawless Moon-Glaze Stone, and his gaze toward Xu Tinglan grew increasingly excited.

As night was about to fall, the two planned to go to the cafeteria together for dinner.

"Brother, my little sister is ridiculously pretty. Want me to introduce her to you?"

"Why are you in such a hurry to push your own sister onto someone else?"

Xu Tinglan gave him a sidelong glance.

"She steals my snacks, and she even steals the rare metals I've forged!" The silver-haired boy clenched his fists, gritting his teeth in hatred.

When they reached the Freshman Cafeteria,

Xu Tinglan spotted Jiang Nannan at once. She was standing by the entrance, patiently waiting for him.

They had previously agreed to meet here for dinner.

But unexpectedly, a sweet-looking young girl was standing beside her.

"Nannan."

He raised a hand in greeting.

His new roommate beside him also spoke up.

"What are you standing around here for?"

Xu Tinglan and Jiang Nannan stood at the cafeteria entrance, turning back in surprise to look at the roommate they had just met.

Only then did they realize that the two were clearly siblings, judging by their resemblance.

"None of your damn business, idiot dog." The girl turned her head away.

Xiao Hongchen sighed toward the sky.

"Meng, can you stop calling me that outside? At least give me some face."

"For the sake of snacks, can't you call me big brother just once?"

"Fine, idiot dog big brother."

Seeing Xiao Hongchen's exasperated appearance, the girl beside him could not help laughing, covering her mouth.

Xu Tinglan and Jiang Nannan exchanged a glance, feeling that these siblings were quite amusing.