"C-can I really?"
Ji Juechen froze at Huang Jinxu's words, then broke into wild joy.
Without this senior, he would have none of what he had today.
To have the chance to become his disciple was something he had never dared dream of.
Now that the chance was right before him, how could he not be excited?
But after the excitement came a touch of apprehension.
In any other situation, even before a Titled Douluo or a Limit Douluo, Ji Juechen would never have acted like this.
The man before him was the sole exception.
"Don't rush. Take your time to think it over."
"After all, I'm a wanted criminal in your Sun Moon Empire. If you become my disciple, its people will see you as a traitor."
"Just give me your answer before the Soul Master Tournament ends."
Huang Jinxu smiled faintly and rose, saying nothing more to Ji Juechen.
For he had sensed an old acquaintance.
An old acquaintance who should not have come here.
Sensing his presence, Huang Jinxu began to understand why Ji Juechen had appeared here.
The man had arranged it deliberately.
His figure flickered and vanished. When he reappeared, he was inside a room occupied by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
Besides the Sun Moon Empire's contestants, two old men were in the room.
One was Jing Hongchen, whom he had met in the Far North.
The other was Kong Deming, the Sun Moon Empire's Pillar of the Empire and Imperial Chief Enshrined.
"Old man, aren't you afraid they'll surround you and leave you unable to get out of the Star Luo Empire?"
Huang Jinxu greeted Kong Deming with a smile and tossed him a bottle of wine he had made himself, drawn from his Storage Soul Tool.
"That's the most-wanted criminal,