Douluo Jueshi: Who made him a soul mentor?

Jing Hongchen was very clear about Wang Chen's private interactions with his granddaughter, Meng Hongchen.

Because this was something he tacitly approved of. Without his approval, Meng Hongchen wouldn't even be able to meet Wang Chen, let alone have private interactions with him.

However, although Jing Hongchen tacitly approved of this matter, he really couldn't bring himself to like Wang Chen, this wild boy from outside.

Jing Hongchen thought to himself, "Three years have passed, and Wang Chen's cultivation is probably only at the Soul Elder level. To pass the Mingde Hall's assessment, he needs to have at least a fifth-level Soul Engineer's ability.

I want to see if he can pass the Mingde Hall's assessment."

Although Jing Hongchen didn't think Wang Chen could pass the Mingde Hall's assessment, he still planned to take some time later to see Wang Chen's performance in the assessment.

After all, no matter how much he disliked Wang Chen, he was still his prospective grandson-in-law.

As for when to remove the word 'prospective,' it would depend on when Wang Chen could satisfy him.

At the same time, at the exit of the advanced passage of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Lin Jiayi looked at Wang Chen and couldn't help but be shocked by Wang Chen's appearance. He thought to himself, "What a handsome young man, no wonder he can fascinate the little ancestor Meng Hongchen."

Moreover, this wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was Wang Chen's aura. Wang Chen exuded an aura unique to the strong and those in high positions, giving people a sense of oppression.

As the Director of Education of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Lin Jiayi had seen countless people in his life and had seen countless geniuses and strong individuals.

However, no one had ever given him such a feeling like Wang Chen.

He wouldn't feel strange if this kind of aura appeared on some strong individuals, great nobles, or high-ranking officials.

But it was extremely strange for it to appear on Wang Chen, a young man.

Lin Jiayi was actually somewhat unable to see through Wang Chen. In an instant, the slight contempt he originally had for Wang Chen because Meng Hongchen had asked him to open the back door for Wang Chen vanished.

What replaced it was importance attached to Wang Chen. Lin Jiayi had been the Director of Education for so many years and had some ability to judge people. He knew very well that people who could possess this kind of aura were definitely not ordinary people.

They were either strong individuals with extremely strong strength, or those in high positions, or both.

Lin Jiayi carefully sized up Wang Chen, secretly marveling. If it weren't for the fact that rashly using mental power to probe strangers was extremely impolite, he would have couldn't help but use his mental power to investigate.

Lin Jiayi thought to himself, "I don't know how this young man named Wang Chen cultivated this kind of aura. How strange, how strange."

However, if Lin Jiayi knew that Wang Chen was the patriarch of the Wang family and had even defeated Wang Yan, who was famous in the Soul Douluo circle, he would probably understand that it was only natural for Wang Chen to possess this kind of aura. It would be strange if he didn't.

Wang Chen looked at the short, fat middle-aged man walking towards him, a kind smile on his lips.

Yesterday, Meng Hongchen had told him that she would ask Lin Jiayi, the Director of Education of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, to take him to the Mingde Hall to participate in the assessment.

Lin Jiayi came to Wang Chen's side and said to Wang Chen, "You must be Wang Chen. Miss Meng Hongchen told me about you. I'll take you to the Mingde Hall for the assessment now."

Wang Chen was also extremely polite and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Director of Education."

Mingde Hall is located in the core area of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. On the surface, it is an inconspicuous ordinary building covering only a few hundred square meters, but it has hidden depths.

The underground of this building is the true main body of Mingde Hall.

Under the guidance of Lin Jiayi, Wang Chen underwent several checks, including Soul Tool identity recognition and investigation by Soul Engineer guards.

Then, Wang Chen truly entered Mingde Hall through the underground elevator.

As the elevator door opened, what came into Wang Chen's view was a world of metal.

Wang Chen looked around and found that this was a metal hall. The entire hall was so large that one couldn't even see the boundary at a glance.

A large number of Soul Tool production tables were neatly arranged in the hall. Behind many of the Soul Tool production tables, there were Soul Engineers making Soul Tools.

These Soul Engineers were the elites of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and they could even be said to be the elites of the entire Sun Moon Empire.

Being able to enter Mingde Hall meant that they had all passed the Mingde Hall's assessment and had at least a fifth-level Soul Engineer's ability.

These Soul Engineers in the hall were only the bottom members of Mingde Hall. The truly powerful Soul Engineers all had their own exclusive laboratories.

While Wang Chen was looking at Mingde Hall, Lin Jiayi, who was beside him, said to him, "Welcome to Mingde Hall. I believe you will soon be a member here."

Then, Lin Jiayi led Wang Chen towards the Mingde Hall assessment hall, while explaining some of the precautions of Mingde Hall to Wang Chen.

As an important place of the Sun Moon Empire, Mingde Hall has four ninth-level Soul Engineers who are responsible for many important research projects.

Therefore, the rules are strict, and there are also various monitoring facilities. Every move must be careful.

Wang Chen nodded at this, but he didn't care, because he only planned to hang a number after passing the Mingde Hall's assessment, and then he wouldn't come to Mingde Hall.

Therefore, no matter how strict these rules of Mingde Hall were, they were useless to him. Anyway, he wouldn't be mixing here.

After the assessment, he would return to the Wang family to continue being his patriarch.

Soon, Wang Chen arrived at the Mingde Hall assessment hall.

The entire assessment hall was empty, except for Wang Chen and a few examiners with seventh-level Soul Engineer badges on their chests.

The reason for this was that it wasn't the assessment time for Mingde Hall. So there were no other students to participate in the assessment.

The few seventh-level Soul Engineer examiners looked at Wang Chen expressionlessly, obviously not having a good impression of Wang Chen, who had come through the back door.

Wang Chen stood in the center of the assessment hall, his face as usual. A few seventh-level Soul Engineers were nothing to him.

After Lin Jiayi brought Wang Chen here, he directly sat down on the examiner's seat. As an eighth-level Soul Engineer, he would serve as the supervisor of this assessment to ensure the fairness of the assessment.

A seventh-level Soul Engineer sitting in the examiner's seat glanced at Wang Chen's young face, his eyes revealing a hint of disbelief, obviously not believing that Wang Chen, this young boy, could pass the Mingde Hall's assessment.

The seventh-level Soul Engineer said, "Anyone who can enter Mingde Hall is an elite among Soul Engineers. It's not that easy to join Mingde Hall."

"The first test is to use ten pieces of rare metal to create the specified five fifth-level core arrays within two hours!"

After hearing the assessment question, Lin Jiayi thought to himself, "Failing to engrave the core array is a common thing, but a 50% success rate... many fifth-level Soul Engineers can't do it."

"If Wang Chen doesn't pass, that little devil Meng Hongchen will probably start making a fuss again."

Soon, a long table for soul device crafting was placed in front of Wang Chen.

On the long table were ten pieces of rare metal, and a blueprint, which recorded the five level-five core arrays that Wang Chen needed to engrave.

"High temperature, freezing, acceleration, sharpness, vibration, all very common level-five core arrays, truly without any difficulty."

Wang Chen glanced at them, memorizing the core arrays he needed to engrave.

Then, he took out a sharp silver carving knife from his storage soul device and began engraving the core arrays.

Under the effect of a Soul Douluo-level mental power, Wang Chen's speed of engraving core arrays was extremely fast, as if he wasn't worried about making any mistakes at all.

Accompanied by bursts of afterimages, and the metallic sound of rare metals colliding with the carving knife.

In just five minutes, a level-five core array was completed.

Seeing the appearance of the level-five core array, several level-seven soul device master examiners' expressions changed drastically, their eyes almost popping out.

Immediately, they exclaimed in disbelief, "Such a fast engraving speed!"

"Such a steady hand, there wasn't a single mistake in the entire engraving process, and it was carved out in one go, smooth, it's just too smooth!"

"How is this possible! Five minutes, he actually engraved a level-five core array in just five minutes."

This was really too fast, even if they, as level-seven soul device masters, did it themselves, it would only be like this.

For a moment, they even suspected whether this was an old friend disguising himself as a young man to tease them?

In less than half an hour, five engraved level-five core arrays were placed on Wang Chen's soul device crafting table.

Wang Chen said to the several level-seven soul device masters, "I have finished engraving the level-five core arrays, please check them."

Upon seeing this, the several level-seven soul device masters immediately stepped down from their seats and came to Wang Chen's front, injecting soul power into the core arrays one by one.

Through testing, they found that the soul power flowed smoothly in the core arrays, without the slightest obstruction, and their soul power was converted into energy of different properties through the core array.

Obviously, these core arrays were extremely perfectly made, all of them being masterpieces.

Wang Chen smiled and said, "Esteemed examiners, now that you have finished checking, can we continue with the assessment?"

The several level-seven soul device master examiners looked at each other. As level-seven soul device masters, they could be said to be teacher-level figures in the field of soul devices.

In Mingde Hall, they were all experts qualified to lead teams to conduct soul device research.

How could they not see Wang Chen's strength in soul devices?

Even if he didn't reach the level of a level-seven soul device master, he was definitely a top-tier existence among level-six soul device masters, entering Mingde Hall would definitely be a breeze.

With this kind of strength, this kind of age, this kind of talent, was there still a need for this assessment to continue?

Lin Jiayi, who was acting as the proctor, said, "The assessment continues."

Lin Jiayi looked at Wang Chen's young face, and thought to himself, "What a terrifying talent, to have this kind of soul device level before the age of fifteen, and even surpass Young Master Xiao Hongchen, it's really too amazing."

Immediately afterwards, Lin Jiayi suddenly understood, no wonder Hall Master Jing Hongchen told him before not to use back doors, and to follow the rules, it turned out that there was no need to use them at all.

The several level-seven soul device masters nodded upon hearing Lin Jiayi's words and continued the assessment.

The remaining assessments were even simpler, which were to create a level-five soul device, and then use the level-five soul device to spar with a level-five soul device master in Mingde Hall and last for a quarter of an hour.

But what was Wang Chen's strength? Even Wang Yan, who was at the peak of Soul Douluo, was not his opponent, let alone a small level-five soul device master in Mingde Hall?

The level-five soul device master was like a small ant in his hands, easily crushed to death.

Wang Chen casually slapped twice, without using any skills, just relying on his Soul Sage-level physique and the level-five soul device created in the assessment, he knocked the Mingde Hall's level-five soul device master to the ground, unconscious.

The several level-seven soul device masters and Lin Jiayi immediately announced, "Wang Chen, you have passed the assessment, congratulations on becoming a member of Mingde Hall."

Then, the several level-seven soul device masters and Lin Jiayi came to Wang Chen's side and started chatting with him.

The several level-seven soul device masters were not stupid, they had previously been expressionless because they thought Wang Chen was someone who used a back door and didn't have much ability, so naturally they didn't have a good attitude towards him.

But now that they had seen Wang Chen's ability, they immediately understood that Wang Chen's future achievements would definitely be far above them, and being able to use a back door meant that Wang Chen had a background.

Such a young man with talent, strength, and background would naturally attract many people to curry favor with him. Just as Lin Jiayi and the several level-seven soul device masters were chatting with Wang Chen.

Near the hall, Jing Hongchen stood with his hands behind his back, a look of surprise in his eyes.

He originally thought that Wang Chen would not pass the Mingde Hall's assessment, but Wang Chen's performance exceeded his expectations.

Especially when engraving core arrays, creating soul devices, and fighting, he was relaxed and carefree, without the slightest pressure.

Obviously, his true strength was far more than this. This was not something that could be described by a simple "good", it was simply a peerless genius!

Even his grandson Xiao Hongchen, although he could barely create level-five soul devices now, was far from being able to do as well and as fast as Wang Chen.

Lin Jiayi and the several level-seven teachers were not strong enough to see Wang Chen's foundation.

But Jing Hongchen, as a level-nine soul device master, had sharp eyes, even though Wang Chen's soul skills, combat skills, and secret techniques were all not used.

At most, he only used the level-five soul device created in the assessment and his physical strength, but Jing Hongchen still noticed some clues.

Jing Hongchen thought to himself, "Wang Chen's physique is at least at the Soul Emperor level or above, to have such a powerful physique, his soul power and mental power are probably not weak either.

I didn't expect that in just three years, this kid has improved so terrifyingly, now his strength is probably already comparable to a Soul Emperor.

Meng'er's vision is really good, to have this kind of strength before the age of fifteen, my grandson-in-law Wang Chen, given time,

will definitely become a level-nine soul device master!"

Jing Hongchen immediately prepared to meet his grandson-in-law Wang Chen later and examine him properly.