Chapter 168: Mingde Hall and the Fire Li Tribe

Getting off the flying car, Xie Xie and the others began to carefully examine the statues on the plaza.

Having heard quite a few legends about the Silver Moon Douluo, their attention was quickly drawn to the statues of Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

Wang Jin Xi frowned, "Who are these two?"

"I know!" Xie Xie said excitedly, "It's said that from twenty thousand years ago to ten thousand years ago, the champion of the Continental Soul Master Tournament was always Shrek, until ten thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Empire broke Shrek Academy's glory twice in a row and became the champion."

Although there were rumors that Shrek Academy's first defeat was because of a legendary Evil Soul Master, the second defeat couldn't be excused like that, right?

"The participating team members of those two tournaments received praise from the entire Sun Moon Empire, and later the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy even designed statues for them. The statues on the plaza should be them. However, they are all the students' appearances from when they were young. The ones serving as representatives are the first-generation Golden Toad Douluo Xiao Hongchen and Ice Toad Douluo Meng Hongchen."

"... Is this deliberately provoking Shrek Academy?"

Wang Jin Xi clicked his tongue, then laughed, "If Shrek Academy students came here and saw the statues, what would they feel?"

Zhang Yangzi shrugged, "Probably not very pleasant, but this has nothing to do with us..."

Halfway through speaking, a figure appeared in Zhang Yangzi's mind; he secretly sighed and did not continue speaking.

It couldn't be said to be unrelated either; his friend intended to join Shrek Academy, and who knew what kind of scene it would be when the two met again?

Probably a case of things remaining the same but people changing...

The plaza surged with crowds; Soul Masters and tourists of all kinds shuttled among them, footsteps and chatter weaving into a lively clamor. Slanting sunlight fell on the statue group, gilding the surfaces of metal and stone with a layer of flowing gold trim, causing many passersby to stop and look up.

Huo Yuhao likewise looked at the statues, feeling moved in his heart.

His relationship with these two wasn't deep; after all, when they truly got to know each other they were already people in their several decades, so deep friendship was impossible. Even if it weren't for the common language of Soul Tools, they wouldn't have had any friendship.

But in that era, aside from the people from the Spirit Pagoda and the Soul Beast side, the ones he was relatively familiar with were just the few from Mingde Hall.

'Though strictly speaking, the time I unilaterally knew them was even earlier; I still remember that guy Xiao Hongchen laughing loudly at the Soul Master Tournament, saying he was invincible among his peers under heaven with such heroism.'

Although whether he really was invincible among his peers under heaven is still up for debate...

In front of the academy building, there was a female teacher. Seeing Huo Yuhao's group, her eyes lit up, and she walked up quickly to greet them.

"Are you the students recommended by the Spirit Pagoda?" The female teacher's gaze swept over the several people, lingering for an instant especially on Huo Yuhao. "My name is Lin Qinghan. Welcome to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Please follow me to the teaching building to register."

The rumors from the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters side, she had also heard recently. After all, making a move in the Spirit Pagoda plaza in broad daylight, many people going to the Spirit Pagoda to handle affairs saw Huo Yuhao and Ji Wufeng's battle.

It was said the two fought until the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light, even alarming the Spirit Pagoda Tower Master.

Just a Soul King, yet already a powerhouse not inferior to a Titled Douluo? Truly hard to imagine. She initially had some doubts about the authenticity, but the person who told her this information was her good friend — Zhao Yao; there shouldn't be any question... the feeling became even more suspicious.

Thinking of her good friend's personality, Lin Qinghan was a bit speechless.

"What about the assessment?" Xie Xie was still a bit bewildered.

"No assessment."

Lin Qinghan returned to her senses and said casually, "The Spirit Pagoda and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have cooperated for so many years; this bit of preferential treatment for you is nothing. With your talent and age, enrollment is no problem either. Those troublesome procedures can be omitted."

Speaking here, she paused, looking at the three — Huo Yuhao, "Mingde Hall and the academy are very close, but that place is a restricted area, so some procedures are indeed needed. I'll have to trouble the three of you to wait a moment; later a researcher will lead you to Mingde Hall. For now, you can go to my office and wait a bit. I have my treasured Soul Guide Books there; if you can't wait, you can take a look."

"Okay." Huo Yuhao nodded and followed her steps.

Xu Xiaoyan and the others also followed, secretly moved in their hearts.

Is this what it feels like to go through the back door?

Unexpectedly not bad.

Entering the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xie Xie's first impression was that it was full of technological sense, not letting him down.

The entire hall soared nearly thirty meters high; countless holographic projection screens floated in midair, displaying various data and 3D models in real time. A dozen or so oddly shaped Spirit Soul Elevators shuttled up and down along transparent tubes, and occasionally one could even see students gliding past overhead on hoverboards.

"See you later then."

"Okay, Big Brother."

Huo Yuhao's three and Xie Xie's group parted ways at the teaching building, walking into Lin Qinghan's office.

The automatic door slid shut silently, isolating the clamor of the outside world.

"Don't stay so tense all the time." Gu Yue Na only now looked at Lan Fuzi, who had been silent along the way, a bit speechless. "We won't eat you."

"..." Lan Fuzi showed a smile uglier than crying. "I understand. Please give me some more time; I'll be able to calm down very soon."

Gu Yue Na: "..."

Who would believe you saying that?

While they were chatting, Huo Yuhao looked at the bookshelf in the office, took down a Soul Guide Book from the corner, and began flipping through it.

But upon opening it, Huo Yuhao's face instantly darkened. He flipped back to the table of contents and saw this book's true name and some titles.

"Picked Up a Young Ling Bing, Raised Him and He Became Dependent on Me"