The head coach was warming up

Two more months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Cheng traveled between two points: the women's boudoirs and the new Illustrious Virtue Hall, which was the Body Sect's Soul Guidance Laboratory, which was highly anticipated and led by Jing Hongchen.

Although only half a year has passed, it has been quite well organized, with the initial training of students and the subsequent training of researchers basically complete and without any gaps.

Of course, nowadays there are only a handful of researchers: Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen, and Lu Cheng, who is only nominally affiliated with the organization.

The Spiritual Operating System has made some progress and is quite close to success. After all, with the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal given by the protagonist, Xuan Ziwen has the confidence to experiment more freely.

Secondly, there are mechs.

For the Sun Moon Empire, this kind of thing can eliminate the influence of Martial Soul. Regardless of the quality of the Martial Soul, as long as the Soul Power is sufficient, it can exert a sufficiently powerful combat force. However, it is different for the elites of the Body Sect.

If we follow the Illustrious Virtue Hall model, it will only dissipate the advantages of the Body Sect's elites and flatten everyone's strengths.

Therefore, after hesitating for a long time, Lu Cheng gritted his teeth and decided to forge Battle Armor for all the Body Sect experts in batches after creating the Spiritual Operating System!

In fact, the strength of the Battle Armor ten thousand years later stems from the combination of reinforced metal and superior Soul Tool Technology.

The latter goes without saying; just trust Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen.

The former is the current unavoidable difficulty, and it is also a problem that has stumped the powerful figures of the Sun Moon Empire for thousands of years.

Metal reinforcement.

Ten thousand years later, this problem was solved by using forging techniques to imbue metal with spirituality, thereby increasing its damage.

Ten thousand years ago, when forging technology was insufficient, Lu Cheng was still confident that he could do it, and that was... by relying on metals that were strong enough on their own.

For example, the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.

These rare metals are buried all over the continent. Strictly speaking, they are metals that are born with "attributes," but their quantity is extremely small, and compared to the total number of Soul Master on the entire continent, they are like a drop in the ocean.

But... Lu Cheng wasn't that kind of person.

If it's only for the Body Sect, then this amount of metal isn't a shortage; in fact, it's more than enough.

As for the source of those rare metals...

He has already asked the current master of the Far North, the Ice Empress, to command all the Soul Beast of the Far North to begin digging and searching. That's right, these rare metals basically all come from the territory occupied by the Soul Beast.

The Far North, the Evil Demon Forest, and... the depths of the ocean.

At that time, we will also need to contact the Deep Sea Princess.

After this competition, he plans to go to the East Sea to chat with the mermaids, and of course, cut off the Evil Soul Master ' attempts to reach into the ocean.

Everything's ready, just waiting for you!

Zhang Lexuan pushed open the courtyard gate, her light blue dress making her look like a fairy, her figure light and graceful, and she smiled as she urged Lu Cheng on.

Since she's not participating this time, there's no need for her to wear that incredibly outdated team uniform.

"Good."

Lu Cheng nodded. The matter of the Battle Armor can wait. The most urgent task now is to go to the Sun Moon Empire to participate in the competition.

As for whether they will be plotted against, that's naturally impossible.

He was fully aware of the Sun Moon Empire's plans, as well as those of the God King Tang who stood further away. He knew that the escape route couldn't be the Qiankun Asking Love Valley. If all else failed, he could infiltrate Mingdu and stay there for a few months until the guard was relaxed, and then take the opportunity to escape.

There is Undead Plane, which can accommodate even a large number of people.

This is also the source of his confidence.

Upon arriving at the summit of a mountain, they found that a group of people had already gathered. Of the six upper and six lower elders, three from each group stayed behind to guard the sect, while the rest went to the Sun Moon Empire.

Among the third-generation disciples, Long Aotian took the lead, his face full of arrogance. He was the leader of the Body Sect this time, and his strength at the Soul Saint realm indeed gave him the courage to look down on everyone else.

"So... Xiao Cheng, are you the team leader, or are you going to participate?"

Du Busi said with a strange expression.

After all, in theory, Lu Cheng's strength should have been enough to sit at the same table as many deans and sect leaders long ago, but his strength is only at the age of eighteen, which is more than enough to qualify him for this competition.

Moreover, there were other participants in the competition at the same time as him.

For example, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan will also participate in this competition, but in different ways!

In the name of the Tang Sect, the Body Sect had a wealth of powerful experts and no shortage of young talents. Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Tang Ya had a very good relationship, so the two girls simply went to join the Tang Sect's team.

Lu Cheng didn't say anything, after all, it wasn't bad for the Shrek Academy to be in third place.

Long Aotian's lips twitched, his eyes gleaming strangely. If this big shot were to also participate, things would get interesting.

What do you mean the head coach is warming up?!

He was quite curious about the feelings of the opposing teams.

Especially Shrek Academy...

Having their first-place title snatched away for two consecutive years, the Shrek Academy veterans must be furious.

"I... never mind, just give me your name and put it in the reserve section," Lu Cheng said after a moment's thought.

Just to be on the safe side, let's add it.

After all, that shameless Tang San has already directly interfered in the mainland affairs. It wouldn't be surprising if a few more Soul Saint suddenly appeared, but he could easily suppress them anyway.

Long Aotian and Vina exchanged a glance, both secretly clicking their tongues in amazement.

"In that case, let's set off!" Du Busi smiled, said no more nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, a pillar of light rose up, enveloping everyone, and then flew towards the horizon as if riding the clouds.

This is also a type of Flying Soul Tool, but it belongs to a high-level category, similar to the one used by Jing Hongchen in the original work.

Several days later.

On an airship.

Ning Tian Tiansu held the binoculars and gazed down. Her eyes were sore from looking so long that she rubbed them helplessly.

It was already a bit late when they learned that Lu Cheng had set sail. They had returned from the Star Dou Great Forest a little late in order to capture the sixth Soul Ring for Wu Feng. By the time they contacted the Body Sect, they learned that they had already departed.

So they hurried as fast as they could and finally arrived outside the Mingdu today.

"Grandpa Zhu, are we almost there?"

Ning Tian was somewhat anxious, then glanced at the white-haired old man at the forefront of the airship. The old man was slender and graceful, leaning on a green bamboo cane, his face kind and gentle. "We're almost there, just ahead..."

"Miss, are you in such a hurry to meet him?" Wu Feng said, pursing his lips.

"It's all your fault!" Ning Tian snorted, pinching the soft flesh of Wu Feng's buttocks. "You made me late."

"I don't understand..." Wu Feng cried out, grimacing.

"That is a distinguished guest of the sect, Wu Feng. You must be polite to him and not act recklessly, lest you offend him," Elder Zhu said, his gaze towards Wu Feng slightly serious.

"I know, I'm just a maidservant who accompanied me in my dowry," Wu Feng pouted.

"Good to know." Elder Zhu nodded.

Wu Feng: "..."

I was even more heartbroken.

Glancing at the girl beside him, who was wearing delicate little leather shoes, a light blue skirt and shirt custom-made by the Tang Sect, applying light lipstick in front of the mirror, with long golden hair cascading over her shoulders and an exquisitely beautiful face, he inexplicably recalled what Lu Cheng had said that day.

What you have between you and her is not love, but friendship...

Is it just pure friendship?

Wu Feng, somewhat skeptical, leaned closer, pressing his face against Ning Tian's cheek and embracing his young mistress's slender waist. But for some reason, he felt nothing at all, not even a ripple of emotion.

Indeed... I don't seem to feel anything?!

Wu Feng scratched his head and was shooed aside by Ning Tian.

"Could it be that I'm not a lesbian, but... a heterosexual?"

"What are you muttering about? Come help me check my makeup, am I pretty?" Ning Tian pursed her red lips and glanced at Wu Feng.

"Beautiful." Wu Feng was somewhat absent-minded.

"What are you thinking about?" Ning Tian raised her eyebrows, slightly surprised.

The carefree Wu Feng was, in her eyes, a clumsy beauty.

Although she's a bit silly on ordinary days, her loyalty is unquestionable, and she always thinks she's a lesbian, which makes her laugh. What's wrong with her now? She's like a homeless puppy that no one wants.

"Ning Tian, it seems I'm about to betray you," Wu Feng said dejectedly.

Elder Zhu immediately unleashed a chilling aura.

"Cough cough cough, it's a betrayal of our love."

Elder Zhu: "..."

Somewhat awkwardly, I turned my head away. Is this some new way for young people to have fun?

It's much more flamboyant than when he was young.

"What love is there between us?" Ning Tian was almost laughing in exasperation. What was this silly girl even thinking...?

He exhaled a breath of stale air and glanced at Wu Feng with a hint of helplessness.

"Come to my room tonight, I'll let you experience what it's like between a man and a woman..."

Wu Feng's pretty face flushed crimson, and she stammered, "Miss, what... what are you saying?"

"I'm going all out. I'll show you what it means to taste the essence of a man, what it's all about..." Ning Tian snorted.

"You and Lu Cheng..." Wu Feng said blankly.

"..." Ning Tian's fair ears turned red. "No, how could that be? We... we haven't even officially done 'that' yet."

"Then how did you experience it, Miss?" Wu Feng's red lips parted slightly, her crimson eyes filled with disbelief.

"Shut up!" Ning Tian kicked her, her pretty face full of shame and indignation.

"If you dare to make any more wild guesses, I'll chop you up!"

"Yes, yes..." Wu Feng trembled.

But a sense of longing also grew in my heart.

"Miss, we've arrived..."

Just as the two were trying to calm themselves down, Elder Zhu's leisurely voice rang out. Ning Tian didn't even need to pick up his binoculars to see Mingdu. It was a truly colossal city, no less impressive than any other city on the continent, as seen from the sky.

It's like a giant dragon coiled on the earth.

What's even stranger is that there are no city walls.

However, Ning Tian quickly turned his attention outside of Mingdu.

She also saw Lu Cheng and his group sitting cross-legged on a vacant patch of grass outside the city, leisurely basking in the Sun. Lu Cheng, at the head of the group, was leaning against Zhang Lexuan's pink thighs, leisurely crossing his legs, and dozing off.

They were obviously waiting for them.

"Let's go, get ready to go down."

Ning Tian was a little excited and a little nervous. She clenched her fists, tidied her delicate makeup, and warned Wu Feng, "After we get off the airship, don't say anything carelessly, understand?"

"Oh..." Wu Feng shrank back.