Jing Hongchen cupped his hands towards Kong Deming and said, "Lord Kong is a man of great virtue and understanding."
Kong Deming seemed to have aged several years again, sighed softly, and vanished in a flash of silver light. His heart ached at killing Xuan Ziwen.
Jing Hongchen ordered his men to clean up the corpses on the spot and collect and seal away all of Xuan Ziwen's research results before mobilizing his Flight Soul Tool to go to the Shrek Academy to pick up this batch of exchange disciples.
Shrek Academy.
Meng Hongchen, Jing Hongchen, Zhou Ping and others have never laughed since Qin Fang "died". They spend their days desperately cultivating and fighting like their lives depend on it.
Each time, they would end up covered in wounds, forcing Zhuang Lao to heal them.
In the past two years, this group of the Mingde Hall students has made the fastest progress in strength, even surpassing the record of the Shrek Academy.
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen have reached level 69, just one step away from becoming Soul Saint. You must know that becoming Soul Saint is a watershed moment.
Zhou Ping surged from level 20 to level 46. This was certainly due to the correct guidance from the Shrek Academy, which allowed his Nine-Headed Bird Martial Soul to fully unleash its power, but it was also inseparable from his own hard work. In the past two years, Zhou Ping had hardly slept, meditating frantically every night, absorbing the power of the nine elements.
Zhou Ping couldn't sleep. Every time he closed his eyes, he could see Qin Fang's tragic death, which he couldn't accept. The anger in his heart was about to burn him to ashes.
Ji Juechen's strength is about to break through to the Soul Douluo. No one knows how he cultivated, but the speed is unusually fast, and his strength is constantly increasing wildly.
Over the years, even the weaker Soul Douluo seem unable to withstand a single sword strike from him.
These students from the Mingde Hall have been advancing eight grades per year on average over the past two years—a truly astonishing rate.
Even Bei Bei felt a chill when she saw them. This group of people seemed to have lost their souls and were nothing but walking corpses. However, the murderous light in their eyes never disappeared.
The cultivation slots for the Golden Tree were selected by Meng Hongchen from those with the strongest talents, and none were wasted.
Meng Hongchen and the others stood at the entrance of the Shrek Academy, like a spear and a sword, sharp and fierce, staring at the Shrek Academy with intense hatred.
This time, they were weak and powerless in their rage; but if they come again, it will be the moment to destroy Shrek Academy.
The teachers and students from the Shrek Academy who came and went all felt uneasy under their cold gazes.
Upon arriving in Shrek City, Jing Hongchen made no polite remarks and led Meng Hongchen and the others away directly.
Taotie Douluo suppressed his desire to eliminate the threat and, like a wild beast, watched them leave.
Jing Hongchen didn't dare to stop for the entire journey until he reached the border of the Sun Moon, at which point he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, the murderous gaze of the Taotie Douluo had been following him like a shadow.
Jing Hongchen: Once I successfully forge a level 10 Soul Tool, hmph, Limit Douluo is nothing!
Meng Hongchen and the others returned to the Mingde Hall and did not relax, resuming their intensive training. Zhou Ping returned to the fourth-year Genius Class One, which also spurred a new round of cultivation. Ji Juechen was still practicing his sword in the same old spot, but Jing Ziyan, as always, was by his side, watching him with a smile on her lips.
Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao's return, and the placement of the enormous Mecha in the very center of the Soul Engineer Academy's laboratory in full view of everyone, caused a series of exclamations and ecstatic reactions.
This thing will definitely be of great help to the Shrek Academy's research on Soul Tool; there are no fewer than several hundred level nine patterns on it.
Throughout the Soul Engineer Academy, all Soul Engineer of Level 7 and above participated in this project, striving to unravel the secrets of this Mecha Soul Tool as quickly as possible.
"Hmm, something feels off about this pattern."
"Mingde Hall is an authority; there must be a problem with our calculations. Investigate."
"Yes, it's produced by the Mingde Hall, how could it be wrong? It must be our problem."
Ugh, ingrained thinking can be deadly! Little did he know, Jing Hongchen was already grinning from ear to ear. This Mecha had Positioning System, and although Shrek Academy removed it immediately, he still sensed it.
On this day, Wang Dong invited Huo Yuhao to his home! Although Huo Yuhao didn't know why he was going, he still agreed to the visit.
That night, Huo Yuhao meditated cross-legged on the Ice Marrow Jade Bed. Ice Empress quietly absorbed all the jade marrow power and painstakingly condensed a phantom figure in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
Ice Empress said weakly, "Huo Yuhao, it's been a long time."
With tears welling up in his eyes, Huo Yuhao said, "Senior Ice Empress, it's been a long time."
Ice Empress sensed Huo Yuhao's growth over this period, and it would be a lie to say she was dissatisfied, but she still told him some bad news with great concern, "Yuhao, Qin Fang may not be dead. I can still sense the aura of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, although it is very faint!"
These words were a complete shock to Huo Yuhao. "Ah, how could this be?"
It took Huo Yuhao a long time to recover from the news. But it was all for the best; Qin Fang's fate was ultimately his to reap.
After Huo Yuhao finished his visit, he received a brocade pouch from Da Ming before leaving.
The brocade pouch was forcibly broken open by Ice Empress, triggering a melodramatic test. Huo Yuhao saw the record inside the pouch: Wang Dong suffers from a terminal illness that cannot be cured by ordinary means. He needs to go to a forbidden land to pick the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to be completely cured.
In conclusion, to sum up.
Huo Yuhao finally arrived at the former Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with great difficulty, only to find a desolate pit filled with muddy water, devoid of any plants, and with no Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
However, Huo Yuhao still gained something, obtaining the Tang Sect's Poison Manual and introductions to various immortal products, their uses, and even the methods of alchemy, which Qin Fang didn't want.
Huo Yuhao: Hmm? Could it be that Big Uncle Wang Dong's test of me was fake, and his real intention was to guide me to obtain an opportunity? This Poison Manual might just improve my strength a bit more.
Huo Yuhao was unaware that the moment he obtained the Poison Manual, his entanglement with Tang San's spider web deepened, until he could no longer break free.
Upon returning to the Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao, with the help of his mentor, successively acquired his fourth and Fifth Soul Ring, bringing his Soul Power level to level fifty-five.
This level of cultivation already places him among the strongest of the younger generation.
In the blink of an eye, the once-every-five-years Youth Soul Master Competition has arrived once again.
The new All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition is touted as a return to its roots. This is because, long ago, this tournament, with its ten-thousand-year history, originally allowed sects to participate. It was only in the last thousand years that its scale was reduced, allowing only academies to participate.
This time, at the suggestion of the organizer, the Sun Moon Empire, and with the agreement of other countries, it was finally decided to reinstate the previous participation qualifications. The participation of sects was also added. The competition format was also changed. This significantly increased the scale of the entire competition.
It should be noted that on the mainland, the number of sects still exceeds the number of academies.
For academies, achieving good results in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament is a golden opportunity to make their names known and greatly benefits enrollment and the academy's development. And for sects, isn't the same true?
The development of any sect cannot be separated from talent. And the more highly skilled and talented individuals are, the more likely they are to join a powerful sect. After the format of the new competition was confirmed to be changed, nearly 60% of the sects on the continent chose to register.
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