(First update)
The next day, Yang Ming and his group found a table in a restaurant.
This restaurant was fairly well-known in the satellite city. Before lunchtime had even arrived, it was already packed. Of course, most of the customers were fat men weighing several hundred pounds, and the dishes they ordered were basically greasy comfort food.
Yang Ming ordered a light meal. While waiting for it to be served, he calmed himself and discreetly listened in on the surrounding customers' conversations, gathering intelligence.
For a Spirit Master, this was no difficult task. After filtering out the worthless chatter, the discussion at one table caught Yang Ming's attention.
"Have you heard? The Sect Master is coming back tomorrow."
"Didn't the Sect Master go watch the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament? He's coming back so soon?"
"Heh, don't mention it. The academy controlled by our sect performed terribly this time. They didn't even make it into the promotion rounds. What rotten luck!"
"Sigh, those brats from Elephant Armor Academy are far too disappointing. They receive so many resources from the sect every year, and quite a few experts from the sect even serve as teachers there. Yet they got such lousy results. What a waste of all that manpower and material wealth."
"Forget it, forget it. Let's drink!"
"Right, right! Getting drunk cures a thousand worries. Cheers!"
"..."
Yang Ming's expression shifted slightly. He knew that the Sect Master they were referring to was Heaven Elephant Huyan Zhen, the Sect Master of the Elephant Armor Sect. He had not expected him to return so quickly.
"Looks like I need to speed things up."
Yang Ming's gaze darkened as he ate the food brought over by the waiter, quietly pondering.
After conducting experiments with the Vampire First Embrace throughout the previous