With the Sun Moon Divine Needle finished clearing the area,
Jing Hongchen piloted the airship onward toward the agreed meeting place.
Before long, they spotted Yan Shaozhe and the others.
The airship landed, and everyone stepped out.
"Sorry, Dean Yan. Something held us up briefly on the way. I trust your academy won't mind," Jing Hongchen said composedly.
Yan Shaozhe asked with a grave expression, "Dean Jing, were you responsible for that disturbance just now?"
"Indeed."
"On our way here, we discovered a swarm of flies in the mountains around the student exchange site."
"In the spirit of exterminating pests, we wiped them out with a shot from the Sun Moon Divine Needle."
At those words,
Xian Lin'er, Cai Mei'er, and Qian Duoduo's expressions changed sharply.
Enemies had actually been lying in ambush in the surrounding mountains!
But the location of the two academies' student exchange should have been confidential.
How had those people found out?
As for Yan Shaozhe,
his already grave expression grew even graver.
He could not help worrying about Xuan Zi.
The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy really spared no expense. They actually fired a Level 9 Soul Tool! Still, with Xuan Zi's strength, even a Level 9 Soul Tool shouldn't be able to hurt him.
"Dean Yan."
"Shall we proceed with the student exchange?"
Jing Hongchen asked.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Yan Shaozhe hurriedly replied, "Of course. We can do it right now."
He had not forgotten his agreement with Xuan Zi.
Once he had collected Bei Bei and the others, he was to withdraw to safety immediately.
The two sides quickly exchanged their students.
"Grandpa, Xiao Mo! It's been over half a year. I've missed you to death!" After greeting them, Xiao Hongchen eagerly spread his arms to hug Chen Mo.
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