Chapter 6: Reunion After Six Years

The young girl wore a pink dress, had two accessories resembling rabbit ears on her head, and wore her hair in two small braids; her bottom wiggled from time to time, and overall she looked very cute.

The young man had black hair, looked somewhat ordinary, wore blue clothes, and overall also looked very ordinary.

"Tang San, Xiao Wu."

Ma Hongjun was immediately certain.

Because on the table in front of them sat some golden metal.

This was the Sheet Metal he wanted to obtain! In six years, Ma Hongjun had changed tremendously. When Flender cast his gaze upon him, for some reason he always felt a sense of familiarity, yet he couldn't quite recall it; perhaps it was because he was getting old, or perhaps he had seen a face similar to this one somewhere before.

"Wow, what a good-looking young man!"

The moment Xiao Wu turned her head and saw Ma Hongjun, her eyes also sparkled with a bright luster.

Although this was only an internal thought.

It was quickly caught by Tang San, who immediately felt uncomfortable inside, even jealous; his impression of this person, Ma Hongjun, worsened instantly, and he even blamed Xiao Wu a little for looking at a stranger with such a gaze right in front of him.

Although this person was indeed a hundred million points better-looking than him and a hundred million points taller... damn it, he couldn't keep making excuses. Tang San, who was sizing up Ma Hongjun, discovered that he seemed to have no way to compare with the other party at all.

"Hmph, this world is not one that looks at appearances, but one that looks at strength! So what if he is tall and good-looking? As long as he isn't a powerful Spirit Master, he will always be trampled under my feet!" Tang San found this excuse for himself internally to soothe the unpleasant emotions in his heart.

But on the surface, he remained calm.

If Ma Hongjun had known about the other party's internal monologue, he would definitely have added: You really are a hypocritical little scoundrel.

"Just looking around, if you take a fancy to something, pay and take it away," Flender said, not getting up but sitting quietly in his armchair.

Then he looked at Tang San and said, "One hundred Gold Soul Coins, one-time settlement, no credit accepted. If you don't have the money, then leave; don't be an eyesore here."

"One hundred Gold Soul Coins, why don't you just go rob someone!?"

"You are a profiteer, a black-hearted shop! I want to report you!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Wu came back to her senses and pointed at Flender, cursing.

"One hundred Gold Soul Coins, I really can't afford that."

Tang San stroked his waist, revealing a very troubled expression.

"Hmm?!"

Flender suddenly widened his eyes, his gaze falling on the belt around Tang San's waist, and he immediately asked, "Kid, why do you have this belt?"

He remembered correctly; this belonged to his old friend Yu Xiaogang.

Could it be that the kid in front of him had some connection to him? "Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, it was given to me by my teacher," Tang San said, stunned, looking at the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges.

He didn't know why the other party would suddenly focus on this.

"Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, good name."

"Is your teacher named Yu Xiaogang?"

Flender asked.

"I want this piece of metal stone."

Just as Tang San was about to nod, Ma Hongjun spoke up.

He directly threw a bag of Gold Soul Coins to Flender.

The three of them were stunned. Regarding this act of butting in, Tang San expressed great dissatisfaction and frowned at Ma Hongjun: "I wanted this first!"

"You don't have the money, but I do. There is exactly one hundred Gold Soul Coins in here, no more, no less," Ma Hongjun said disdainfully.

Flender, who loved money like his own life, weighed the bag in his hand; the weight was indeed sufficient.

"Good, this metal is yours!"

He was overjoyed inside, never expecting that a metal stone he had picked up on the side of the road would actually find a sucker willing to pay one hundred Gold Soul Coins to buy it!

Ma Hongjun took the Sheet Metal, put it into his Soul Guidance Device, and turned to leave.

"Boss, my teacher is indeed Yu Xiaogang!" Seeing this, Tang San could only gamble on this result and said to Flender.

"It really is him," Flender was stunned, looked at the money in his hand, and felt reluctant.

"Kid, I'm not selling it to you anymore. I'll return these one hundred Gold Soul Coins to you; give the Sheet Metal back to me," he said.

He intended to give Yu Xiaogang some face, as the guy in front of him was actually the disciple of his brother who had been missing for many years.

Anyway, he hadn't spent money to buy that stone in the first place.

He would just treat it as a gift for Tang San.

"Boss, you don't have a shred of business ethics."

"How could I possibly return something that has already reached my hands? This piece of Sheet Metal is also very useful to me; I won't return it to you."

Ma Hongjun said indifferently.

"Kid, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. This is a world where strength is respected; I don't want to sell it to you anymore! Return that metal stone to me immediately!"

"If you talk any more nonsense, I won't even give you the one hundred Gold Soul Coins!"

Flender frowned. He, a dignified Spirit Saint, was actually being refuted by a little brat? Do I have no face? "He actually knows about Sheet Metal; it seems his background is not simple," Tang San thought to himself, frowning.

On Flender's body, seven Spirit Rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black—appeared, and a terrifying Spirit Saint aura was released, instantly making Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhuqing feel a pressure as if a massive mountain were crushing down on them.

"A seven-ring Spirit Saint!"

The three were shocked.

Xiao Wu was also afraid, not knowing if the other party had discovered her identity.

She hurriedly hid behind Tang San.

"Senior, why don't we just let it go," Tang San said.

"Shut up and stand to the side to watch," Flender said indifferently.

"Are you going to bully the small with your size?" Ma Hongjun did not show any awkward expression from the other party's pressure; instead, he looked relaxed and disdainful: "A Spirit Saint can only bully us, but it's a pity for you, I am not a soft persimmon!"

"If you want to fight, then fight. Don't think that just because you are a Spirit Saint, I am afraid of you!"

The next second, a Phoenix cried out, and a noble, beautiful, and powerful Phoenix appeared on his body, with five fiery-red Spirit Rings rising from beneath Ma Hongjun's feet.

"A red Spirit Ring!?"

"A Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring!?"

The crowd was startled.

"No! This is not a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring!" After his initial shock, Flender calmed down and thought it over, feeling it was impossible.

"He is actually a five-ring Soul King!?"

Tang San and Xiao Wu were shocked.

This guy didn't look much older than them!

"Your martial soul is a Phoenix?!"

"What is your name?!"

Flender suddenly remembered something and asked directly.

"My name is Ma Hongjun, and you were the one who awakened my martial soul, how could you have forgotten? You even said my martial soul was trash, but now six years have passed, and I have already become a level fifty Soul King!"

Ma Hongjun said indifferently.

"You really are him!"

"I knew a Phoenix couldn't possibly be a trash martial soul!"

"But at the time, the test clearly showed you had no soul power!"

After his shock, Flender was overjoyed.

A twelve-year-old Soul King!

Unprecedented! "I won't tell you," Ma Hongjun said indifferently.

"..." The crowd was speechless.

These words caught Flender off guard.

"Kid, are you here to enroll in Shrek Academy?" Flender asked with some anticipation.

"That godforsaken place doesn't even have resources, I'm not going there." Ma Hongjun planned to establish a Phoenix Academy directly and become the Principal himself.

Anyway, he had Pills, weapons, money, and resources in his hands; he could build an academy that wouldn't lose to Lanba Academy at any time.

Being told this, Flender was suddenly embarrassed and unable to refute.

Because this was indeed the truth.

With the other party's strength, joining Shrek Academy really didn't seem to have much use.

"Fine, take this metal stone; consider it compensation for the testing error six years ago."

Flender threw the Gold Soul Coins back to Ma Hongjun.

Seeing this, Tang San immediately became anxious.

But after calming down, he thought, he had no money... so forget it. (End of this chapter)