Su Chen had returned home in glory. He paid 100,000 Gold Soul Coins out of his own pocket and asked the city lord, Xiao Zhantian, to host ten days of open banquets across Notting City.
Anyone who showed up could eat.
The remaining Gold Soul Coins would buy rice, flour, cooking oil, and two sets each of winter and summer clothes for the city's elderly people living alone, orphaned children, disabled people, and the poor.
After Su Chen spent those 100,000 Gold Soul Coins, all of Notting City sang his praises. Whenever he appeared on the streets, crowds packed around him so tightly he could barely move.
A glorious homecoming!
Su Chen now understood those words on a much deeper level.
At Four Seas Tower, the city's largest restaurant, Su Chen reserved a table for people he knew well: Gao Lu, Su Yuntao, and Old Jack. He owed them all a debt. Gao Lu had helped him hunt a Soul Beast for a Soul Ring, Su Yuntao had recommended him to Nuoding Academy, and Old Jack had raised him since childhood.
Now that Su Chen had returned with honors, he raised a toast to each of them.
Gao Lu had drunk too much, and his face was bright red, but his eyes shone with pride.
"Wonderful!"
"Su Chen, I knew you had it in you!"
"You led our Heaven Dou Empire's team to its first Soul Master Tournament championship. You did us proud! This is an honor for the entire Heaven Dou Empire, and you deserve to be called a hero!"
"Notting Junior Soul Master Academy is proud to have produced a genius like you."
At that moment, Xiao Wu stood up with her hands on her hips. "Headmaster, I'm a student of Nuoding Academy too."
Gao Lu slapped his