Xuan Zi said, "Yan Shaozhe, chair the meeting. Let young Chen collect himself first. He looks unsettled; he probably couldn't explain things clearly right now."
"Yes," Yan Shaozhe answered respectfully. "Elders, the main reason for today's meeting is the special Soul Tool Armor technology Ning Tian and Wu Feng demonstrated yesterday. We need Chen Ping to explain it in person."
"Besides that, quite a few Elders present still know little about Soul Spirits. If possible, Chen Ping can discuss that as well."
"Oh, and there's Chen Ping's Bathing Center. It borrowed quite a lot of rare metals from the Academy before, with the understanding that everything would be settled once he returned. We can take care of that at the same time."
"Apart from these three matters concerning Chen Ping, there are also several matters that require your decisions. First..."
Yan Shaozhe laid out the Academy's important affairs one by one in an orderly fashion, and the Elders reached decisions on each after brief discussions. The meeting was remarkably efficient.
Chen Ping, meanwhile, sat quite at ease with his hands tucked into his sleeves, listening to the Elders discuss the issues. Whenever he saw a proposal he thought could perhaps be improved, he spoke up directly.
He had neither stolen nor seized his position as a Prospective Pavilion Elder of the Sea God Pavilion. His seat was secure, so naturally, he felt no stage fright.
Soon, once these important Academy affairs had been settled, Yan Shaozhe turned to Chen Ping again. "Chen Ping, the next three matters all concern you. Any problems?"
Chen Ping nodded and said, "Let's start with the rare metals my Bathing Center owes the Academy. My people used practically all of them to make low- and mid-level Fixed-Installation Cannon Shells. They're almost all Level 4, and