"That's right, I am Zhao Ming." Ming Zhao sat down in front of Jing Hongchen with an open and generous manner, meeting his gaze calmly.
Ming Zhao was completely unconcerned by Jing Hongchen's scrutinizing gaze. With his weak Level 94 Soul Engineer cultivation, there was no way he could see through him. In fact, if Ming Zhao wanted to, he could appear behind Jing Hongchen without him even noticing.
In terms of destructive power, Soul Engineer are indeed formidable, capable of unleashing ferocious attacks that most Soul Master cannot achieve with their Soul Tool.
However, when it comes to leaps and sublimations in the level of life, Soul Engineer are far behind, falling far behind Soul Master in the control of the power of heaven and earth and the comprehension of elemental laws.
The parallel analogy is similar to the difference between the regular cultivators of the Big Dipper Emperor Burial Star in the novel Covering the Sky and the technological cultivators of the Eternal Star Region.
Even Soul Engineer are inferior to them. The technological cultivators of the Eternal Star Region can use technology to analyze the potential of a cultivator's body and can also use the power of technology to create evolution fluids that even ordinary cultivators crave.
The current version of the Soul Engineer has focused all its tech tree on tools, and its combat power relies entirely on external forces like Soul Tool. No wonder the old guys at Shrek have always looked down on Soul Engineer.
Jing Hongchen's confidence in facing Xuan Zi proves that he is no weakling.
However, killing this powerful Soul Engineer from the Ming Zhao Sun Moon Empire would be no more difficult than killing those lowly first or second-ring freshmen at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy; it would be a piece of cake.
Similarly, given such a huge disparity, no matter how Jing Hongchen looked at Ming Zhao, he could only see that Ming Zhao's level 67 Soul Power was a facade created by a ghost, and he could never see that Ming Zhao had reached the essence of Limit Douluo.
Jing Hongchen looked Ming Zhao up and down, but apart from noticing that Ming Zhao's Soul Power cultivation was very high and his life force was very young, he couldn't see anything else. He could only feel that Ming Zhao in front of him was a Soul Emperor with extraordinary talent.
"Not bad. At only around twenty years old, you've already reached level sixty-seven. Your talent is outstanding even at the Shrek Academy." Jing Hongchen nodded, the scrutiny in his eyes gradually fading, replaced by more approval.
"But I'm still puzzled. With your talent, you could easily find a powerful force in the Douluo Three Kingdoms to join and receive their careful training. Why then did you tell Meng that you're a lone wolf?"
Ming Zhao was naturally prepared for this.
"I wonder if Dean Hongchen has ever heard of the Tang Sect?" Ming Zhao asked in return.
" Tang Sect?" Jing Hongchen raised an eyebrow, pondered for a moment, and then settled on a sect.
" The Tang Sect you're talking about, could it be the Hidden Weapon used... what's it called... hidden weapons during the war between the Sun Moon Continent and the Douluo Continent? I remember that during that war, one side of the Douluo Three Kingdoms armed themselves with a large number of Hidden Weapon, and the sect that provided these Hidden Weapon was called the Tang Sect."
The Hongchen Family has a long history in the Sun Moon Empire. Jing Hongchen is the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and also serves as the head of the Illustrious Virtue Hall. He is an authoritative figure in the Soul Engineer and education fields, so it is impossible for him not to know the history of his own empire.
Among ordinary people of the Sun Moon Empire, you might not find even one in a hundred who knows the Tang Sect. Coincidentally, Jing Hongchen, who knows the history of that time, is one of them.
"Yes, it is the Tang Sect." Ming Zhao nodded, then extended his left hand and gently grasped it, and a black and red spear immediately appeared in his left hand.
" Twin Martial Souls?!" Jing Hongchen suddenly stood up, his eyes fixed on the spear in Ming Zhao's hand.
Although no Soul Ring appeared beside Ming Zhao, Jing Hongchen could recognize at a glance that this was definitely Martial Soul, not an ordinary weapon or Soul Tool.
Furthermore, Meng Hongchen said that Ming Zhao's Martial Soul is clearly a sword, so does that mean he has Twin Martial Souls?
"This spear is called the Soul Breaking Spear." Ming Zhao started spouting nonsense. His spear was merely the Mountain Breaking Spear, which had been fused with the aura of the Soul Chasing Sword, and it originated from an inner disciple of Shrek Academy.
But Jing Hongchen had never seen a real Soul Breaking Spear, so his fabricated story wouldn't be seen through.
"Your memory of the Tang Sect is correct. This sect is indeed the one that supplied weapons to the Douluo Three Kingdoms. The weapons they provided were indeed called Hidden Weapon. However, the Tang Sect has more than just Hidden Weapon. Under its command are the Strength Clan Strength Hall, skilled in blacksmithing; the Defense Clan Defense Hall, skilled in construction; the Speed Clan Agility Hall, skilled in intelligence gathering; and finally Breaking Clan Medicine Hall, skilled in alchemy Breaking Clan's Martial Soul is this Soul Breaking Spear."
"So, you're a descendant of the Tang Sect?" Jing Hongchen's eyes narrowed.
"That's all in the past." Ming Zhao put away the beggar's version of the Soul Breaking Spear, not letting Jing Hongchen look at it any longer. " The Tang Sect has long since declined. The sect leader has always been a good-for-nothing whose Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass. After the breakthrough of Soul Tool in Hidden Weapon, they have become complacent and immersed in the glory of the past, gradually declining."
"In this process, the four branches represented by the four major clans have either disappeared or been destroyed. The once- Breaking Clan is now reduced to just me. The Tang Sect has fallen so low that its foundation was seized by a Soul Emperor sect, leaving only a lone sect leader, who is even a young girl. So it's not wrong for me to say that I am a lone wolf."
"I see." Jing Hongchen nodded thoughtfully.
That's not surprising.
From Ming Zhao's words, Jing Hongchen could sense his dissatisfaction with the Tang Sect, his dissatisfaction with the Tang Sect's lack of ambition, its clinging to outdated Hidden Weapon and its unwillingness to accept more advanced Soul Guidance Technology.
The Breaking Clan was indirectly wiped out by the Tang Sect, and now only he remains.
Such a past does indeed fit the background of a lone traveler, and the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone he gave to Meng Hongchen also have a traceable origin, most likely being the legacy of the Breaking Clan.
The Tang Sect was once the number one sect on the continent, Breaking Clan, as the most profitable Medicine Hall of the Tang Sect besides Hidden Weapon, is not surprising to have two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone passed down.
Even the fact that this kid always travels alone and has an extremely cold personality is largely due to these two Soul Bone.
He must have been hunted down countless times by those ancient forces of the Douluo Three Kingdoms, right?
No wonder they chose the Sun Moon Empire and the Meng Hongchen.
The deep-thinking Jing Hongchen quickly believed that she had figured out the 'truth' of everything, and the last trace of wariness in her eyes towards Ming Zhao quietly disappeared.
"Now that you've come to the Sun Moon Empire, make this your home from now on," Jing Hongchen said with a smile.
"Since you know my identity, you should also know my relationship with Meng. As long as you treat Meng well, I can guarantee that you will have no worries in the Sun Moon Empire, and you won't have to be as restrained as you were in the Douluo Three Kingdoms. Their influence doesn't reach the Sun Moon Empire!"
Ming Zhao smiled slightly and nodded in agreement.
Finally... finally, I fell for it!