Douluo Continent II: The Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens

Chapter 255 Dream: Is there really such a good thing?

For the next few days, Qian Duoduo was stuck in a cycle of idle time.

His trip to the Sun Moon Empire was indeed a bit rushed, and Jing Hongchen didn't try to fool him. Although Jing Hongchen was also keen to promote this exchange student program, the Mingde Hall wasn't entirely under his control.

Activities involving knowledge of soul tools, in particular, require serious attention.

Not only within Mingde Hall, but even the royal family, Jing Hongchen needs to report to them, and even Kong Deming, the "Father of Soul Tools," may be alerted.

So this kind of thing obviously can't be resolved in a day or two.

Despite Douluo Three Kingdoms' apparent disdain for soul tools, both Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy are actually trying to extract something from the Sun Moon Empire, as evidenced by the fact that soul tools are in high demand and short supply in Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Aside from the extremely obsessed, most Soul Masters actually look down on Soul Masters who have lost their combat power without their Soul Tools, not the Soul Tools themselves.

Therefore, the Sun Moon Empire maintains extremely strict control over knowledge of soul tools, high-level soul tools, and rare metals.

Jing Hongchen put in a lot of effort to make this exchange student program a reality.

Not only do they need to persuade the other high-ranking Soul Masters in Mingde Hall, but they also need to establish connections with the royal family.

Fortunately, the other two level-nine soul masters in Mingde Hall besides him were from his faction. After confirming that they would not leak information about high-level soul tools and top-secret soul tools to Shrek Academy, the royal family did not try to trip up Jing Hongchen.

There is no doubt that Jing Hongchen holds a very high position in the Sun Moon Empire.

But...

As a cunning old fox, Jing Hongchen wouldn't so easily facilitate this event. During this time of wrangling and bickering, he actually managed to dig out quite a few benefits from Qian Duoduo.

Even Qian Duoduo, who was known as a "tightwad" in Yan Shaozhe's words, could only reluctantly give up a lot of benefits to Jing Hongchen in the exchange student program.

In other words, after the exchange student program begins, Shrek Academy will not only have to ensure that the students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy receive an excellent education, but also need to provide them with a large amount of resources for cultivation.

Of course, in return, Jing Hongchen promised that as long as the exchange students from Shrek Academy could learn it, Mingde Hall would also provide them with some blueprints for high-level soul tools, as well as some cutting-edge soul tool theories.

Shrek Academy students are also able to purchase a portion of rare metals that the Sun Moon Empire prohibits from export each month at the standard market price of the Sun Moon Empire, which they use to make soul tools.

This is also the main reason why Qian Duoduo relented.

The Shrek Academy facilitated this exchange program precisely to extract knowledge of soul tools and rare metals from the Sun Moon Empire.

Having achieved his goal, Qian Duoduo took his leave.

The exchange student program was scheduled to take place a year and a half from now, three years before the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, lasting for three years and ending before the start of the next tournament.

Throughout the year, Shrek Academy and Mingde Hall will undoubtedly engage in further communication and refinement to ensure the smooth running of this student exchange program.

After personally seeing Qian Duoduo off, Jing Hongchen returned to Mingde Hall and found the siblings Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who were now close to becoming sixth-level Soul Masters.

When Jing Hongchen met them, Xiao Hongchen was intently carving a core magic array, attempting to create a level six soul tool, while Meng Hongchen assisted Xiao Hongchen on the other side, gaining experience in the process.

Jing Hongchen did not disturb them immediately.

The exchange student program is still more than a year away, so even if we need to discuss the plan with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, there's no rush.

The progress of my own grandchildren is the most important thing.

Without attracting the attention of the siblings, Jing Hongchen quietly watched Xiao Hongchen make the soul tool. The more he watched, the more satisfied the Mingde Hall Master looked.

It has only been a few months since the end of the last Soul Battle Tournament, and Xiao Hongchen has made rapid progress in these few months, reaching a level close to that of a sixth-level Soul Master.

The pressure Lin Yun exerted on him was immense. The terrifying ratio of spirit rings and the suffocating oppressive feeling, like dark clouds collapsing a city, made Xiao Hongchen feel incredibly stressed. Especially during the subsequent bidding for that immortal-grade herb at the Starlight Auction House, he lost out to the wealthy Ning Tian in terms of financial resources and failed to acquire the Glazed Jade Tea that could help him evolve his martial spirit. This drove him even more insane.

Since I can't beat you in terms of talent, then I'll surpass you in terms of hard work!

Hard work pays off. Under Xiao Hongchen's almost obsessive cultivation, he was getting closer and closer to the level of a sixth-level Soul Master.

In Jing Hongchen's view, the core array that Xiao Hongchen was carving was almost flawless. Although there were a few nodes in the soul power circulation path that were still slightly sluggish, it was already good enough to be called a qualified level six core array.

As the last stroke of the carving knife fell, the completed core magic circle emitted a shimmering glow, and wisps of soul power fluctuations rippled out from it.

"It's done!" Xiao Hongchen finally revealed a smile.

This was the first time he had smiled in months. Ever since the competition ended, he had been on edge, not daring to relax for even a moment.

Keep in mind... he's only fifteen years old.

A level 6 Soul Master at fifteen is already far beyond the standard in Douluo Continent. Converted to Soul Master level, that's a fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor. This talent would make even the original Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng feel inferior and have to offer them a cup of tea.

Unfortunately, Xiao Hongchen only has the talent of a protagonist, but not the fate of one.

Effort and talent are insignificant compared to someone who has a cheat code.

With Meng Hongchen's help, Xiao Hongchen successfully assembled the core magic array in front of him, and a futuristic-looking soul-guided ray cannon was placed in front of him.

Snap, snap, snap...

A crisp round of applause suddenly rang out, and Jing Hongchen's voice, tinged with amusement, reached the ears of the two siblings: "Congratulations, Xiao, you have successfully become a Level 6 Soul Master at the age of less than sixteen."

When Jing Hongchen became a Level 6 Soul Master, he was already over eighteen, almost nineteen years old. Xiao Hongchen had achieved this several years earlier, which is enough to prove his talent.

It's great that my grandson is better than me!

The future is expected!

"Grandpa!" *2

Jing Hongchen's words startled Xiao Hongchen, who was engrossed in his work. Upon seeing it was his grandfather, Xiao Hongchen proudly raised the soul-guided ray cannon in his hand: "Grandpa, look! I told you I could succeed!"

Miss Meng shook her head helplessly as she looked at her older brother's smug expression.

Oh, my silly and chuunibyou older brother!

"Yes, that's great!" Jing Hongchen naturally didn't hold back his praise for his grandson's success.

Ignoring her somewhat mentally unstable older brother, Meng Hongchen blinked and asked, "Grandpa, what brings you here to see my brother and me?"

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?" Jing Hongchen rubbed his granddaughter's head affectionately and gave a classic reply. After Meng Hongchen pouted helplessly, he continued, "But this time I really do have something to ask you."

"What's wrong, Grandpa?" Xiao Hongchen also snapped out of his joy at breaking through to the sixth level of Soul Master and leaned closer to Jing Hongchen to ask curiously.

"It's like this..." Jing Hongchen briefly explained the exchange student program to the two siblings.

"Therefore, Grandpa plans to have you two siblings become part of this exchange program!"

"Huh? We're going to Shrek Academy as exchange students?" Xiao Hongchen's eyes widened, his tone somewhat shocked.

Miss Meng pursed her lips, her eyes brightening slightly.

Is there such a good thing?

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