In the basement of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Pieces of soul engineering equipment rarely seen in the outside world stood in orderly rows, in no way inferior to the Tang Sect's core laboratory.
The girl had a radiant face and sharp eyes and brows, a temper she could not hide, and a voluptuous figure. Most eye-catching of all were her exceptionally full, rounded buttocks.
Ling Zichen slowly came to, her head still groggy from being knocked unconscious. The scenes from before she passed out flashed through her mind: the Tang Sect's recuperation ward, a figure suddenly rushing inside, and then nothing but darkness.
She propped herself up into a sitting position.
"Dad! Mom!"
"Stop shouting. They're all right for the moment."
The speaker was none other than the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Academy.
Ling Zichen looked toward the voice, and a tall figure came into view. Agitated, she demanded, "Who are you? Why did you abduct me and my parents and bring us here?"
"Where are they?"
"Little girl, are you interrogating me? You don't seem to understand your situation."
A chill spread through Ling Zichen's heart, and she felt some regret.
Anyone who used such methods was most likely an anti-Federation Evil Soul Master, and the Holy Spirit Cult's Evil Soul Masters were all brutal villains who skinned people and devoured their flesh and blood. Now that she and her parents had fallen into such a person's hands, the consequences would be unthinkable if she angered him.
Perhaps to others, Ling Zichen was merely an ordinary girl without Soul Power, with no discernible talent.
But Dean Xu had devoted his entire life to soul engineering research and had seen countless people. At a glance, he recognized the girl before him as a rare piece