Time flew by, and the first exchange program between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy came to a successful close.
To celebrate this historic breakthrough, Jing Hongchen had specifically instructed Lin Jiayi to hold a farewell ceremony. Even Crown Prince Xu Tianran arrived at the venue in a wheelchair.
Led by Teacher Fan Yu, the exchange students, including Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao, stood in a line. Today, they had changed back into the red uniforms of Shrek's inner courtyard, signifying that they were about to return to their home academy.
Jing Hongchen personally presented the exchange students with graduation certificates from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After shaking hands with each of them, he spotted Ling Bai standing quietly beneath the stage and approached with a broad smile.
"Little Ling, this is your graduation certificate."
"Red Dust Hall Master, I don't think I count as an exchange student, do I?" Ling Bai said with a smile, declining it.
"That may be true, but over these past two years, everyone has witnessed the help you have provided to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, even if it was invisible." Jing Hongchen had clearly prepared his words in advance.
"You have been like a benchmark here, spurring the Sun Moon students to desperately study Soul Tools in hopes of defeating you one day. You deserve to become an honorary graduate."
He forcefully stuffed the graduation certificate into Ling Bai's hands, then lowered his voice and said seriously, "Little Ling, our academy is quite good, isn't it? Would you consider staying?
"To speak frankly, if you agree to join the Sun Moon Empire, I guarantee in the name of the Mingde Hall Master that your final two soul rings will both be at the hundred-thousand-year