There was something hard to pin down about him. It might not have shown elsewhere, but at the gates of the Clear Sky Sect—
Beneath Tai Tan's fist, in the face of Zhongli Wu's deathly aura, that quality had come through. Perhaps that was what made the people of the Clear Sky Sect accept him.
That covered his four visits to the Clear Sky Sect. There was still plenty more to say about Huo Yuhao.
But today, the subject was something else. Huo Yuhao took pride in two abilities above all: his talent for cultivation and his skill with Soul Tools.
His talent with Soul Tools was famous at Shrek. Even people in the Sun Moon Empire had acknowledged it.
But Huo Yuhao was not the only master in the field.
There were several other Soul Engineers on the continent whose strength and skill rivaled his. Today, the list would start with the fourth-ranked one and work its way down.
In fourth place was Jing Hongchen.
He came from the Hongchen Family of the Sun Moon Empire. His father had been the empire's previous Grand Preceptor.
The Hongchen Family held a lofty position in the Sun Moon Empire. For generations, its members had had a voice at court.
Jing Hongchen had grown up surrounded by those advantages. His family never lacked resources, and whatever he wanted to study, the best teachers were there to teach him.
Zhang Lexuan sat in an Inner Court office, a newly delivered Soul Tool procurement list spread out before her.
When she saw Jing Hongchen's name, she set the list down and searched her memory.
She had heard of him: a Level-Nine Soul Engineer of the Sun Moon Empire and the head of Silver Moon Hall.
His name had come up now and then during