Time flew by.
Two days later.
The final match of the Promotion Tournament ended.
All sixteen qualifying academies had been decided.
On the Sun Moon Empire's side.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy.
Advanced to the top sixteen as first and second in Group Seven, respectively.
After the Promotion Tournament ended.
The Organizing Committee gave all the teams three days to rest and recover.
They also began arranging the matchups for the round of sixteen.
That night.
In the Sun Moon Team's meeting room.
"With our strength, advancing from sixteen to eight shouldn't be a problem."
"Besides us, the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy also made the top sixteen."
"Normally, teams from academies in the same empire are unlikely to face each other, but with the Star Luo Empire's antics this year, that's no longer certain."
Once the meeting ended.
Jing Hongchen kept the other team members around for some idle chatter.
Just then.
Someone knocked on the meeting room door.
"Come in."
The door swung open.
A woman in a black qipao entered.
Jing Hongchen looked at her and found her vaguely familiar, as though he had seen her somewhere before.
"You're Miss Qing Ya, right? The auctioneer from the Starlight Auction House."
"What brings you here so late at night?"
Chen Mo, who had a better memory, immediately recognized her as Qing Ya, the auctioneer who had auctioned off the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife last time.
He quickly realized something.
The second auction, a higher-end event than the previous one, was about to begin.
She had most likely come to notify them.
"Xiao Mo, you really do have a good memory. It's been so long, and you still remember her name?"
Seeing Chen Mo identify the woman so quickly.
Meng Hongchen could not