Mingdu, Mingshui Hotel.
"Everyone from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, please wait a moment."
Jing Hongchen had led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's competing team to the hotel that day to meet the participating academies and sects. After all, they came from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall, so they ought to extend some hospitality as hosts.
But no sooner had they arrived at the Mingshui Hotel than the Shrek Academy team stopped them.
"Sichen, come here!" Fan Yu lightly patted the young man standing beside him on the back and said to Jing Hongchen with a smile, "This is my disciple, Zhou Sichen. He recently emerged from secluded cultivation after breaking through to the Soul King level, and he's something of a mainstay of our Soul Tool Department. I brought him to Mingdu to compete and broaden his horizons."
"Zhou Sichen pays his respects to Hall Master Hongchen." Zhou Sichen bowed respectfully to Jing Hongchen, then exchanged a glance with Fan Yu.
Huo Yuhao had left Shrek Academy by the most drastic means possible, and not long afterward, He Caitou had vanished without a trace. Despite searching far and wide, Shrek Academy had been unable to find him.
Left without a successor, Fan Yu had immediately hit it off with Zhou Sichen, who was dissatisfied with his Tome martial soul and wanted to add some offensive and defensive methods to his arsenal. The two had become master and disciple.
"Sichen recently made a breakthrough in his cultivation and needs a suitable opponent to hone his abilities," Fan Yu told Jing Hongchen with a smile. "Would it be convenient for you, Hall Master Hongchen, to let us spar with your academy's team before the competition?"
At these words, the corners of Jing Hongchen's mouth twitched,