The dean's office.
The old man before him leafed through a book with his head lowered, while Yi Hongchen, contrary to his usual manner, hung his head and stayed as quiet as a chicken.
"Aren't you usually full of chatter? Why have you suddenly gone mute?"
"I just really didn't expect you to take an interest in a new student, Uncle."
"It seems I've been out of touch with the masses for too long. I'll certainly pay more attention from now on."
"Oh, come now, how could you say that..."
Besides Yi Hongchen, the other speaker was the renowned dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, master of Bright Virtue Hall, and current head of the Hongchen Family, Jing Hongchen.
Although he had long since settled into a retirement lifestyle, as the head of an academy, he still needed to show some concern for future talent.
After all, Bright Virtue Hall also needed to recruit fresh talent to replace the old and climb to greater heights.
Even if competition was less brutal than on the Douluo Continent, the Sun Moon Continent's requirements for Soul Engineers were extremely high.
Applicants did not need to reach level ten to enroll. Having enough Soul Power to engrave arrays was sufficient, and they could be no older than eighteen.
Time to drag Shrek's corpse out for another flogging: it required applicants to reach level fifteen by twelve. With that kind of talent, who would come to your diploma mill in a backwater where even birds wouldn't lay eggs?
Wouldn't Spirit Hall or either of the two imperial academies be a much sweeter choice?
In the Sun Moon Empire, meanwhile, the academy was divided into two main departments-
The Soul Tool Department and the Martial Soul Department.
Just as Lin Qian had expected,