Return to the Academy

"You're finally back. I was bored to death."

Meng Hongchen had been wandering around outside Jiang Bai's dormitory lately, waiting for him to return.

Coming here to wait for Jiang Bai was not only Meng Hongchen's idea; it was also Jing Hongchen's instruction.

Now, Jiang Bai had finally returned.

"I brought you a gift."

Jiang Bai took out several pieces of rare metal. They were considered valuable metals, of course, but to Meng Hongchen...

"You went looking for metal? You could've just asked me. If I don't have any, I can look through Grandpa's warehouse for you."

The Hongchen Family was an old-established family of the Sun Moon Empire. Unless it was an exceptionally rare kind of rare metal, it could be found in Jing Hongchen's treasury.

"I picked these up while I was out."

Jiang Bai answered. That mine was full of ore; he could step on some just by walking around.

"Mm. Have you eaten? I'll take you to get something."

Just as Meng Hongchen led Jiang Bai off to eat, the sound of orderly footsteps came from the campus.

"That's him. Arrest him!"

At that moment, the haggard-looking Wang Shaojie, accompanied by a middle-aged man and a squad of guards, surrounded Huo Yuhao.

Wang Shaojie had known the moment Huo Yuhao returned. However, they could not make a move inside the school dormitories, so they could only wait for Huo Yuhao to come out before arresting him.

Seeing so many people surround him, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power surged and blasted several Soul Kings away.

Did they really think he was some kind of good person?

"You actually dare resist?"

Wang Shaojie had been thrown back as well. He raised a hand to wipe the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth.

"This is the Royal Inspection