Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy

Xu Tiance had never expected to save Ju Zi by chance in a small town he passed through on his way back to Mingdu.

What surprised Xu Tiance even more was how quickly Ju Zi settled into her role as a maid. Even aboard the soul-guided carriage drawn by a Hornscale Horse, she diligently massaged his legs with gentle taps.

Though Xu Tiance had enjoyed fine clothes and lavish meals since childhood and had grown up attended by maids, so such service neither bothered him nor felt uncomfortable, he still could not help marveling inwardly.

No wonder Xu Tianran regarded Ju Zi as his "right arm" in the original story. Her tact alone put her ahead of most people.

Of course, Xu Tiance also examined Ju Zi's talent on the journey back to Mingdu.

As a Food-Type Soul Master, Ju Zi's talent fell far short not only of Oscar from ten thousand years ago, but even of Xu He. After all, although a cigar martial soul could not be eaten or swallowed, its effects were quite impressive. Ju Zi's orange martial soul, however, could only provide a little healing and restore some soul power, and her innate soul power was only rank seven.

Rank-seven innate soul power actually counted as fairly good talent in the Sun Moon Empire, but it clearly paled beside his own or Ye Guyi's.

Moreover, Ju Zi's cultivation speed was rather slow.

A year and a half had passed since Ju Zi awakened her martial soul, yet her soul power level remained at rank nine, without breaking through to rank ten. Even if Food-Type Soul Masters generally cultivated more slowly, her pace was still difficult to justify.

Of course, slightly poorer talent was no problem. He had just returned from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well laden with treasures, after all. He had not only immortal herbs suitable for Food-Type Soul Masters, but plenty of them.

What mattered most was loyalty.

As long as Ju Zi's performance satisfied him, he could naturally give her an immortal herb to improve her cultivation talent.

Moreover, the successive appearances of Ye Guyi and Ju Zi suddenly made Xu Tiance realize that he seemed capable of changing many of the story's developments.

For example... Jiang Nannan.

In the original story, Jiang Nannan was a commoner genius with no backing whatsoever. When her mother fell gravely ill, she had no choice but to sell herself in exchange for treatment from the Xuanming Sect. At this point in time, he could easily entice Jiang Nannan to the Sun Moon Empire as well and cure her mother ahead of time.

Another example... the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and ice extreme divine crystal in the Earth Dragon Sect.

Now that he possessed the ultimate ice attribute, ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow was unquestionably an excellent treasure to aid his cultivation. Even if he could not absorb all of it himself, he could trade it with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress. Perhaps even Meng Hongchen could use it to accelerate her cultivation.

As for ice extreme divine crystal, it was an exceptionally rare and precious material for crafting soul tools.

Ice extreme divine crystal was a key material in Huo Yuhao's humanoid soul tool, the Ice Extreme War God Armor. And the Ice Extreme War God Armor was the prototype and starting point of battle armor, which alone showed how precious ice extreme divine crystal was.

Of course, current soul tool technology was not advanced enough to bring battle armor into existence. Even if he told Kong Deming the theory behind it, Kong Deming would probably need to spend an enormous amount of time and effort researching it, with no guarantee of success.

After returning to Mingdu, Xu Tiance's life grew peaceful once more. Although Kong Deming devoted most of his time to completing the fusion of his lifebound soul tool, his other teacher, Du Busi, put him through exceptionally rigorous training.

Time hurried past, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.

Mingdu, outside the entrance to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi stood side by side, while Ju Zi stood one step behind Xu Tiance.

Although Xu Tiance was now only eight years old, he had grown considerably taller. His bearing was straight and proud, and the childishness had gradually faded from his face, leaving him increasingly handsome.

Ye Guyi and Ju Zi, both slightly older than Xu Tiance, had also grown into graceful young beauties, like flower buds poised to bloom.

Over these two years, Xu Tiance had hardly left Mingdu at all. Apart from obtaining his second soul ring, he had spent all his time receiving instruction from Kong Deming and Du Busi at the Offering Hall and the Body Sect's Headquarters.

Notably, Kong Deming had finally completed the life-bound fusion of his soul tool, the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, becoming a genuine Level 10 Soul Engineer with combat strength on par with a Limit Douluo.

Next, he and Ye Guyi only needed to cultivate to the Soul Elder level and perform their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Sun-Moon Angel, to purify the curse on the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade. Then they could use the gold of life to help Du Busi condense his second soul core.

Only then would the Sun Moon Empire truly lack for nothing.

A Level 10 Soul Engineer and advanced soul tools, together with Level 99 Limit Douluo Du Busi and a Body Sect whose strength had surged after consuming immortal herbs-if Shrek Academy learned of such a combination, they would surely protest that no such combination could possibly exist.

As for why they had appeared outside the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy...

In truth, Xu Tiance had initially only intended to send Ju Zi to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for systematic study. But when Kong Deming learned of it, he instructed Xu Tiance and Ye Guyi to enroll there as well.

Although Xu Tiance did not understand, he still did as instructed.

After all, there was nothing bad about entering the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. It merely meant cultivating in a different environment. Coming here also gave him the perfect opportunity to get acquainted with the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

"Your Highness! Junior Brother! Sorry for the wait, sorry for the wait!"

Accompanied by hearty laughter, a somewhat portly figure came running out of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's main entrance. Behind him followed another figure who looked even heavier, but slightly younger.

Naturally, Xu Tiance was no stranger to this man.

He was Jing Hongchen, the master of Mingde Hall and dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, as well as Kong Deming's disciple.

Xu Tiance readily reciprocated Jing Hongchen's enthusiasm, quickly putting a smile on his face. "Senior Brother."

Jing Hongchen ran up to Xu Tiance with a beaming smile. "Junior Brother, come with me. I've already arranged everything for you, from your dormitory and class to your school uniform. Of course, everything is ready for the two young ladies beside you as well."

As he finished speaking, Jing Hongchen bent forward slightly, his expression turning much more serious. Lowering his voice, he asked, "I heard Teacher has taken the final step and become a true Level 10 Soul Engineer?"

Xu Tiance was not particularly surprised that Jing Hongchen had received this news.

Although only a few elders in the Offering Hall, his father in this world, and Du Busi knew about Kong Deming's breakthrough, Jing Hongchen was Kong Deming's disciple, after all. It was hardly strange that the news had reached him.