Sun Moon Red Rose Hotel

"My legs are numb..."

"Ugh..."

Sigh, just how many more unbearable things are waiting for this old man to endure?

Du Busi's composure for the day was gone.

He kept his expression neutral, wanting to adapt to the situation, only to find it far too difficult.

He decided to cut the Gordian knot!

Without giving Xu Qing any time to react, he grabbed him, and the two vanished from the spot in an instant!

Only a faint spatial ripple remained.

A few breaths later.

Sun Moon, Ming Capital, Red Rose Hotel.

This was one of the most bustling areas in Ming Capital.

The bustling crowd of pedestrians suddenly witnessed a strange sight.

A muscular man with green hair and a green beard had appeared out of nowhere.

In his hand, he carried a handsome youth with a blank expression, who seemed to have lost all will to live.

With long, swift strides, he charged into the QQ Hotel, a place highly regarded by the locals.

Onlookers stood frozen in their tracks.

Some high-level soul masters with sharp eyes managed to catch a glimpse of Xu Qing's stunningly handsome face.

They couldn't help but feel indignant in their hearts—at such a young age, why choose such a crooked path?

What a disgrace! What a complete disgrace!!

The soul-guided sensor door slid open automatically.

The large man and the youth stepped into the lobby together. The scent of perfume in the air was somewhat pungent, so Xu Qing simply manipulated his five senses to shut off his sense of smell.

The soul master receptionist was squinting, maintaining a smile.

She had absolutely no idea what kind of duo was coming her way.

The moment she opened her eyes, her perfect, standard customer-service face instantly contorted.

But fortunately, her professional training held up, and she forced herself to keep it together.

After efficiently checking them in, she kept her eyes straight ahead and continued her work.

"Sigh... I'm telling you, Master, couldn't we have found a more dignified way to do this..."

Xu Qing was truly feeling like he had lost the will to live.

Had this old geezer been injecting too much medicine into his head?

High EQ: Extremely decisive.

Low EQ: A brute.

He opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed the words back down.

Sigh... If you wanted to bring me to Sun Moon, you could have just said so. It's not like I would have refused.

Before I could even react, space was torn apart. I had just seen the light, and the world had already changed entirely...

Good grief, you dragged me from a small village straight to the big city.

Xu Qing looked at the gaudy, colorful room. He wasn't surprised; it certainly lived up to its name.

Duang, duang, duang...

He sat on the waterbed and fell backward, sprawling out in an 'X' shape.

The soft, silky sensation washed over him, allowing the youth who had grown up sleeping on the hard wooden beds of the Body Sect to feel the warmth of technology, while also recalling the feeling from his past life.

He didn't want to move anymore...

"Is there any business in Sun Moon that requires your Brother Xu to handle personally?"

Du Busi, completely ignoring Xu Qing's thunderous remarks, pulled out a square soul device. It even had an antenna on it, looking remarkably like a vintage brick phone.

He thought to himself:

How did this kid break through to level forty-four?

Forget it, I'm already used to it.

Wait...

Could it be that my good disciple can't wait to absorb that scorpion's soul ring?

Is he worried that a delay might lead to complications?

Heh... Master knows what to do!

"It's a bit rushed, don't blame your master, but time waits for no one. We still need to keep a low profile; we can't afford to stand out."

"In two days, it just so happens to be the new student enrollment for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy."

"Hall Master Jing will be here in a moment. If you have any questions, you can use the communicator to ask him first."

Du Busi dialed the soul guidance communicator and tossed it to Xu Qing, whose martial soul manifested out of thin air to catch it.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

While the call was connecting, the old man used his spiritual power to bundle up the chat history between him and Hall Master Jing from last night and transmitted it to Xu Qing.

That was quite a lot of information.

Body Academy plan scrapped, alternative enrollment scheme, Meng Hongchen's martial soul suspected of mutation...

Before Xu Qing could fully digest it, the old man's figure vanished from where he stood.

He reappeared again very quickly.

Crack—

A rift tore open in space, and a green-haired, barefoot little girl appeared out of thin air, her footsteps pattering against the wooden floor.

She looked a bit travel-worn.

"Where did you bring this Empress?"

Ice Empress was bewildered. She had sensed a spatial fluctuation earlier and concluded that the limit-level green bald man had left.

Although her power was sealed, the soul power supplied by Xu Qing was enough for her needs.

At the very least, she felt she could run away without issue. She didn't care about anything else; she just wanted to escape this tiger's den first!

But just as she was about to step out of the Body Sect's territory, she felt her body lighten and her vision go black.

Then, she appeared in a room with a very strange atmosphere.

And in this room, there was that evil human!!

When enemies meet, they are especially jealous!

Little Ice Empress lowered her body, launching a burst of speed to seize the initiative and defeat Xu Qing, but she was suppressed by a flip of his palm.

Humiliation!!

"Shh..."

"The call is coming through, be quiet..."

Xu Qing extended his index finger, holding it a few centimeters in front of Ice Empress's lips, gentlemanly avoiding any contact.

It would have been more convincing if one ignored the silver-white phantom raising its fist beside him.

You actually have twin martial souls!!? Ice Empress was greatly shocked and dared not act rashly.

"Beep... Hello?"

Hall Master Jing's voice came through, sounding somewhat weary.

"Hall Master Jing, this is Xu Qing. My master's intention is for me to use the Mystic Ice Marrow martial soul to participate in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy's... new student enrollment..."

He frowned slightly, asking in confusion:

"I don't know what you are thinking, and I am undoubtedly puzzled."

"The old man only gave me some ambiguous information,"

"So... regarding the Body Academy, did you encounter some unexpected changes?"

A headache... looking at this situation, it didn't go through? You thought of an alternative way?

Jing Hongchen was currently handling official business, namely approving procurement plans for soul guidance devices, manufacturing processes for protein powder, and arranging winning bidders, among other miscellaneous tasks.

He rubbed his brow, his tone remaining relatively steady.

"The matter of setting up a shadow Body Academy here in Sun Moon has been scrapped. The reason—"

He glanced at his granddaughter, Meng Hongchen, who was sitting on the chair opposite him, full of energy and unable to sit still, and swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue, changing his phrasing.

"Simply put, the resistance is too great. The specific reasons are hard to explain in a short time..."

"I'll tell you the most important part."

"It's about Xiao Meng. Her martial soul seems to have undergone some kind of benign mutation. It's likely related to your Mystic Ice Marrow. We'll have to discuss the specifics in person."

Xiao Meng's martial soul had a benign mutation?

Does eating too much Mystic Ice Marrow cause a martial soul to evolve... then why didn't mine evolve?

Isn't Mystic Ice Marrow also an ice-type martial soul...

"Furthermore, the Heaven Dou Empire suddenly wants to build an academy for the Body Sect. I suspect they want to firmly cling to Brother Poison's limit-level thigh."

"And this decision was made just these past two days. As far as I know, it was brought up by your junior sister, the princess of the Heaven Dou Empire... Wei Na."

Xu Qing fell into a brainstorm.

Heavenly Soul wants to build an academy for the Body Sect... and Wei Na is leading it...?