"Do you think I'd be afraid?"
Xiao Hongchen raised an eyebrow and shot back.
"Enough nonsense. Just tell me whether you agree to compete with Qin Xiao."
Meng Hongchen couldn't be bothered to waste words with Xiao Hongchen.
Xiao Hongchen clasped his hands behind his back, looking as though no one but him could rise to the occasion. "My talent is unrivaled under heaven. What would I, Xiao Hongchen, have to fear?"
Meng Hongchen said, "Fine, then. I'll come get you first thing tomorrow morning, and we'll go find Qin Xiao together."
The next day.
At the Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Inside Laboratory No. 3.
Qin Xiao abruptly opened his eyes as he sat cross-legged.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly into a satisfied smile.
"Not bad."
"Between the whale blubber and the pills Kong Deming gave Jing Hongchen to pass on to me, my cultivation rose three levels overnight. I'm already at level 24."
He had to admit that Kong Deming really knew his stuff.
Those unnamed pills were of exceptionally high quality.
They had allowed Qin Xiao's cultivation to break through repeatedly.
There was even a thick layer of greasy, sludge-like material clinging to Qin Xiao's skin.
These were all impurities expelled from his body.
They had improved Qin Xiao's constitution at its very foundation.
After getting up and washing himself in the bathroom, Qin Xiao felt refreshed from head to toe.
However.
When Qin Xiao stepped out of the bathroom, he couldn't help freezing.
Inside the laboratory.
There were two additional people.
They were a teenage boy and girl.
Meng Hongchen froze as well.
Wasn't this the guy who swindled me out of five Gold Soul Coins?
Still.
After eating the grilled fish, her resentment had long since vanished like smoke into thin air.
She