Hearing his words, Jing Hongchen's face instantly darkened. "You little brat, don't you already have twin martial souls? Why must you rob my grandson of his?"
Feng Piaoling smiled and said, "It can hardly be called robbing, Hall Master Hongchen. It is merely a fair trade. After all, you know the value of a Life Soul Tool. Compared to a vague and uncertain twin martial soul, its worth is only higher, not lower. Leaving aside whether that soul beast embryo can truly help Xiao Hongchen awaken a second martial soul, even if he does obtain one, it only guarantees that he can break through to become a Super Douluo. Reaching the Limit Douluo rank would still be a bit out of reach. But with a Life Soul Tool, things are completely different."
"Furthermore, the manufacturing method of a Life Soul Tool can be passed down through generations. Hall Master Hongchen might want to think about it—when a day comes in the future where every Class 9 Soul Engineer of the Hongchen family possesses a personalized Life Soul Tool, to what heights will the Hongchen family rise?"
Hearing this, a gleam of interest flashed in Jing Hongchen's eyes. The corners of Feng Piaoling's mouth curved upward as he added, "In addition, Hall Master Hongchen should consider the Star Luo Empire's purpose in auctioning this hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo. Firstly, it is definitely to steal the soul tool technology of the Illustrious Virtue Hall. After all, the value of this soul beast embryo is immense. Without prior preparation, even someone with your resources, Hall Master, would struggle to produce enough funds on the spot."
"Secondly, people from the Body Sect approached my two younger sisters yesterday. To find out their purpose, I specifically used earth escape to sneak over last night and investigate. From their conversation, I learned that the Body Sect has already set its sights on that hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo."
"They are targeting the window of time where Xiao Hongchen cannot possibly meet the requirements to absorb the soul beast embryo. They plan to return and notify their Sect Master, Du Buxi, to seize it when the opportunity arises."
"When the Body Sect launches a massive sneak attack on the Illustrious Virtue Hall, I am afraid you might not be able to keep that soul beast embryo, Hall Master Hongchen."
Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes slightly. "Aren't you afraid that the Body Sect will target you instead?"
"That depends on whether Hall Master Hongchen leaks this secret," Feng Piaoling said with a smile.
"You certainly know how to calculate your gains, kid. Letting my Illustrious Virtue Hall bear all the risks while you pocket the benefits alone."
Jing Hongchen snorted coldly, then said, "This old man can give you that hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo, but on one condition. On the day you become a Class 9 Soul Engineer, you must custom-make a Life Soul Tool for each of my two grandchildren. Furthermore, if you ever ascend to become a Class 10 Soul Engineer, you must help me and my grandchildren upgrade our soul tools to Class 10."
"Hall Master Hongchen truly thinks highly of me. Very well, I agree, but I also have a condition," Feng Piaoling said.
"What condition?" Jing Hongchen froze for a moment.
"The method to deactivate the Class 9 soul tool, the God Sealing Altar," Feng Piaoling replied.
The corner of Jing Hongchen's mouth twitched, and he looked at Feng Piaoling once more as if looking at a monster. "They say a wise person is akin to a demon, and you truly are a master at calculating human hearts. I wonder what method Xu Tianran used to make you submit to him."
Feng Piaoling smiled without saying a word.
A moment later, Feng Piaoling called everyone from the Soul Hall into the room, but in the end, he was the only one who walked out.
Seeing Feng Piaoling alone, with even Mu Jin and Xuan Ziwen missing, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and the members of the main team could not help but look astonished.
"Why are you the only one? Where is everyone else?" Xiao Hongchen asked subconsciously.
"They are all cultivating in the room. It just so happens that I plan to take the field today, so we won't be needing them," Feng Piaoling said.
"Then I will go with you. Come to think of it, I haven't even been on the field yet," Meng Hongchen said, stepping forward to take Feng Piaoling's arm. She seemed very happy to have some time alone with him.
Feng Piaoling said, "There will be opportunities for you to play, but today, I want to take the field alone."
Take the field alone?
As soon as these words were spoken, almost everyone's expression turned serious. One had to know that among the top eight teams now, almost all of them had Soul Kings.
And today's opponent, the Dou Ling Academy, was by no means weak, boasting a total of five Soul Kings.
Even if Feng Piaoling was incredibly powerful, fighting five Soul Kings and two high-tier Soul Ancestors all by himself seemed far too conceited.
Elder Ma frowned and said, "Piaoling, are you certain about this?"
Feng Piaoling smiled faintly. "If Elder Ma is uneasy, then just arrange for six people to go onto the field with me."
Whether it was a coincidence or not, when they reached the stairwell, the people from Shrek Academy had also just finished their meeting and were walking out of the conference room.
The leader of the Shrek Academy team was no longer Zhou Yi, but Zhang Lexuan. She smiled and nodded to Feng Piaoling in greeting, and Feng Piaoling feigned a look of pleasant surprise.
However, the others were not nearly as harmonious.
Bei Bei in particular, who had been castrated, had developed an exceptionally paranoid personality. Looking at Feng Piaoling, who clearly harbored designs on his childhood betrothed, his eyes were filled with hostility.
The corner of Feng Piaoling's mouth curved slightly, and acting as if he hadn't noticed at all, he stepped forward eagerly and asked Zhang Lexuan, "Senior sister, why are you here?"
Bearing Yan Shaozhe's instructions firmly in mind, a gentle smile that felt like a spring breeze appeared on Zhang Lexuan's stunningly beautiful and sacred face. "Because of Zhou Yi's reckless pursuit of credit, the main and preparatory teams of Shrek Academy suffered heavy losses while wiping out evil soul masters in the Mingdou Mountain Range. Therefore, the academy arranged for me to come over and take over the position."
"I see. That really is a pity. I thought you came specifically for me, senior sister."
Feng Piaoling showed just the right amount of disappointment.
This submissive, infatuated behavior brought satisfied smiles to the faces of Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, who were hiding in the conference room and observing with their mental strength.
By this time, Feng Piaoling had already followed the members of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy quickly out of the hotel.
"Lexuan, you're doing great." Yan Shaozhe walked out of the conference room with a knowing smile alongside Xuan Zi, saying excitedly, "I didn't expect that kid to be so infatuated with you."
Xuan Zi encouraged her even further, saying, "Indeed, keep it up. Once the match is over later, strike while the iron is hot and bring that kid along with those youngsters from the Soul Hall back to the academy."
Zhang Lexuan smiled bitterly. "Dean, Elder Xuan... this doesn't seem right."
Saying this, she glanced at Bei Bei, let out a helpless sigh, and said, "You both know that it is impossible for me to be with him. Even if we persuade him to come to the academy, it will only cause him unnecessary grief."
"You don't need to worry about that. As long as we can bring him back to the academy, we old fellas have plenty of ways to make him serve the academy wholeheartedly."
Yan Shaozhe smiled confidently. When it came to taming individuals, their Shrek Academy ranked second, and no one dared to claim first.
Xuan Zi nodded in deep agreement, while not forgetting to soothe Bei Bei's emotions. "Bei Bei, surely you must understand the academy's current situation. This trip to the Mingdou Mountain Range caused considerable losses to the academy because of that fool Zhou Yi's arbitrary actions. Everything we are doing is for the sake of the academy. I hope you can understand."
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