"Snow Empress?!!"
Xu Cheng's mouth fell open as he roared inwardly.
"Indeed. Your teacher got lucky, too. Who could have imagined I'd run into her while looking for a little rare metal unique to the Far North? Besides, even if someone else had stumbled across her, they might not have been able to bring her back. I happened to have some time on my hands and made a God-Sealing Platform. That's how..."
Elder Cheng stroked his beard, smiling broadly.
"So you were that mysterious Level 9 Soul Engineer!" Xu Cheng was too drained to even comment.
Still, it made sense.
Across the entire Sun Moon Empire, even an ordinary Level 9 Soul Engineer would probably balk at spending the materials to make a Level 9 Soul Tool that only targeted soul beasts, let alone have the leisure to do so.
Only Elder Cheng, Elder Kong, and Jing Hongchen had enough resources at their disposal to indulge in such "leisurely pursuits."
Besides, even if he sold it to the Star Luo Empire, no one in the Sun Moon Empire would dare give him trouble.
That explained why, in the original story, Jing Hongchen had merely told Lin Jiayi to investigate, with no further news afterward. Investigate Elder Cheng? Who would dare...
"In any case, I have no use for it, so it's yours. Whether you auction it off or prepare to absorb it yourself, I'll leave it entirely up to you."
As he spoke, Elder Cheng waved a hand.
The enormous God-Sealing Platform abruptly shrank severalfold.
It compressed into a miniature, palm-sized object and landed in Xu Cheng's hand.
With that, he immersed himself in developing Mecha again.
Deep within Mingde Hall.
Xu Cheng found another secluded chamber.
His Sea of Consciousness, however, was already in an uproar.
The Ice