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Chapter 135 Gangzi! Only I can be a parasite on the Spirit Hall! [Bonus chapter for 450 monthly votes]

"The only time I can spare every day, and that I can guarantee I'll have, is in the evening."

"Hmm," Chen Hong pondered for a moment, looking at the Shrek Six Monsters who had all opened their eyes and were waiting for him to continue, and said with a straight face, "From 10 pm to 12 am, during this time period, I can assist one person in cultivating their spirit ring."

"If you're willing, then you can schedule your own shifts. There are six of you, so you can work from Monday to Saturday. Don't schedule anyone for Sunday, as I'll be off on Sunday."

For some reason, Chen Hong's words sounded a bit strange after he said them.

Shrek and his friends: "."

After saying this, Chen Hong ignored the various expressions on the faces of the Shrek group and headed straight for his research building with his Soul Ring Intent Study books, leaving the group looking at each other in silence.

After all the other Shrek executives had left, Ma Hongjun finally asked hesitantly, looking somewhat embarrassed, "Could it be that Brother Chen is going to do *that* to us?"

"If you can't speak properly, shut your stinking mouth!" Ning Rongrong snapped angrily.

Dai Mubai rolled his eyes at Ma Hongjun and said speechlessly, "Fatty, why are you thinking about all sorts of things? Can't you be normal for once? You should be glad that Teacher Chen Hong didn't hear you, otherwise, with Teacher Chen Hong's two opposing mental skills, he would definitely have tormented you to death."

Oscar added, "Didn't Brother Chen say it's voluntary? Those who want Brother Chen's help with their spirit ring cultivation can line up, and those who don't want to go won't be forced. Besides, Fatty, why is your brain always so slick? Brother Chen should really give you a permanent Sage buff so you won't act like a fool."

Ma Hongjun cried, "Didn't we agree to be the Shrek Three Musketeers? Boss Dai, Little Ao, how could you suddenly betray the organization!"

"Alright, alright, stop fooling around." In the end, Dai Mubai stepped in to take charge: "If no one wants to withdraw, then let's make a schedule. Professor Chen Hong said he doesn't have time during the day, and he really doesn't. I heard from some students at the Soul Guidance Device Academy that Professor Chen Hong is basically in the research lab every day. The last time he was able to go out to hunt souls with us was purely because we were lucky enough to encounter Professor Chen Hong during his most leisurely time."

Under Dai Mubai's organization, the Shrek Six Monsters quickly completed their schedule, with no one dropping out. Chen Hong's theory had already gained the approval of Dean Flander and Master Yu Xiaogang, leaving Dai Mubai and the others with no room for rebuttal. Furthermore, they were the ones with the deepest understanding of Chen Hong's Soul Ring Theory, having truly witnessed the various miracles he displayed in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Therefore, Chen Hong's theories have practical results, which is one of the important reasons why Dai Mubai and others trust Chen Hong so much.

There was a slight commotion regarding the Shrek Six Monsters' schedule. Everyone wanted to be the first to try something new—no, the first to go see Chen Hong and experience the amazing world of spirit rings.

However, none of these things concerned Chen Hong anymore. After leaving the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy, he returned to the Soul Tool Academy, found Ning Quan who was meditating and cultivating, handed him the "Soul Ring Intent Study" and a letter, and earnestly said to Ning Quan: "Uncle, please be sure to deliver this letter and this book to Saintess Hu Liena of Martial Soul City."

"Oh? Is it that important?" Ning Quan snapped out of his meditation, picked up the books and letters Chen Hong had given him, glanced at them, and discovered that the letter was addressed to Hu Liena. This sparked a bit of gossip in Ning Quan's mind.

"You're quite familiar with this Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, Hu Liena?" Ning Quan looked at Chen Hong with a strange light in his eyes. For some reason, he felt that he had seen this script in the files of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.

"Huh?" Chen Hong was slightly taken aback by Ning Quan's question, tilting his head to look at Ning Quan with some curiosity, and said in a strange tone, "Uncle, you never used to ask so many questions, did you?"

In the past, when Chen Hong asked Ning Quan to run errands for him, Ning Quan would always leave without a word, without any hesitation. But today, he was unusually concerned about the person he was supposed to run the errand for.

"The letters or things you used to deliver were mostly addressed to the Technology Chamber of Commerce, and almost all of them were addressed to men. The only woman was your mother. Now you're suddenly delivering a letter to a girl, and she's even the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall. As her uncle, I'm naturally curious!"

"Besides, I heard from your mother that you've never written any letters to that little girl from the Ye family before, and now you're suddenly writing letters to other girls. If you don't explain this clearly, your uncle might have a hard time getting this letter out." Ning Quan teased Chen Hong, whose face was gradually darkening.

"Let's not talk about those irrelevant things. Hu Liena from the Spirit Hall was one of our earliest angel investors. The previous soul tools were just small-scale projects and didn't help her at all." Even though the Technology Chamber of Commerce has grown to a very large scale, Chen Hong deliberately avoided developing soul tool weapons, so the current soul tool products of the Technology Chamber of Commerce are all soul-powered transportation tools and soul power production tools.

These things greatly enhance ordinary people and low-level Soul Masters, significantly improving their lives and livelihoods. However, for someone as basic as Hu Liena, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, these are merely minor, insignificant, and unable to provide her with any substantial assistance.

But things are different now. "Soul Ring Intent Studies" is Chen Hong's theoretical achievement based on the Soul Master system. The more powerful the Soul Master, the greater the help it brings.

The Science and Technology Chamber of Commerce has been able to develop peacefully to this point largely thanks to the Six Emperors' Token that Hu Liena brought from the Spirit Hall. Although Chen Hong didn't know if Hu Liena had contributed to this, he was determined to repay her kindness, having already achieved some success.

Of course, Chen Hong admitted that he also had a deeper calculation: he needed to continue using Hu Liena's identity to build momentum for himself. The advent of Soul Ring Theory was a credential for Chen Hong to formally contact the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall.

It has to be said that, given the example of Yu Xiaogang, Chen Hong felt that he could try to follow Yu Xiaogang's path and leave Yu Xiaogang with nowhere to go.

The world already has one parasite living off the Spirit Hall's benefits; it doesn't need another one like Chen Hong.

However, since they are both woodworms, they may eventually clash.

Chen Hong: Gangzi! Only I can be a parasite on the Spirit Hall!

(End of this chapter)