Yan Shaozhe turned his gaze toward Zhang Lexuan and said, "Lexuan, do you want to go see him?"
The "he" he referred to was, naturally, Bei Bei.
Zhang Lexuan shook her head. "If I go over now, it will only cause him greater harm. Perhaps, this is just fate."
She had already known that Bei Bei loved Tang Ya. Therefore, from the very beginning, she had prepared herself to live a life of celibacy. Now that Bei Bei had been castrated, perhaps this was the perfect opportunity for her to repay Elder Mu's kindness.
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In the morning, the sun shone brightly over Star Luo Plaza.
After eating breakfast, standing by the window in the hallway and looking out into the distance, one could clearly see the sea of people gathered on Star Luo Plaza. The bustling noise could be heard just by opening the window.
The tournament had already reached the quarter-finals. With four matches every day, they would be split across two days. The opponent the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy was about to face was none other than the Dou Ling Squad—the very team crushed by Shrek in the original timeline.
Because Mu Jin's drawing of the lots had caused a butterfly effect, the Dou Ling Squad had avoided Shrek and successfully entered the top eight.
At some point, Kong Deming appeared beside Feng Piaoling and asked, "That girl arrived in Star Luo City yesterday. She is currently staying next door. When do you plan to invite her out?"
Feng Piaoling smiled and said, "Elder Kong is indeed well-informed. Once the match is over, I will naturally invite her out. But before that, I want to confirm one thing."
"Rest assured, if the people of Shrek Academy take action against you or the members of your Soul Hall afterward, this old man will naturally lend a hand," Kong Deming promised confidently.
"No, that is not what I want to confirm. I am referring to the three conditions Elder Kong promised me previously. Now, I want Elder Kong to fulfill the first one," Feng Piaoling said.
"Speak," Kong Deming said, his expression unchanging.
"I want the production method for the Life Soul Tool," Feng Piaoling said calmly.
The moment these words were spoken, Kong Deming instantly blew his top. No longer able to maintain his calm demeanor, he said coldly, "It seems that kid Xuan Ziwen has told you something. But setting aside the fact that this old man has only proposed this theory and has not yet completed practical application, do you know that the last person who coveted my Life Soul Tool production method is already dead? And they died an extremely miserable death."
Feng Piaoling smiled. "Of course I know. However, since this is a trade, it relies on mutual consent. If Elder Kong does not agree, we can cancel the transaction right now, and Elder Kong can just go to Shrek to demand the person yourself!"
"With Elder Kong's strength as a peak Class 9 Soul Engineer, I believe that even the Rank 98 Taotie Douluo would not be a match for Xuan Zi. However, if things go that way, the secret of Elder Kong's Life Soul Tool might not remain safe. To eliminate the threat, that old fellow Xuan Zi might even team up with the Star Luo Imperial Family to forcibly keep you here in the Star Luo Empire."
After listening to Feng Piaoling's words, Kong Deming actually laughed. "What a cunning brat. It seems you saw through the fact that this old man wouldn't fight for you from the very beginning. But aren't you afraid that in my anger, I might just strike you down? You said it yourself earlier—the Crown Prince would never demand answers from me, the Head of the Sun Moon Imperial Consecration Hall, on your behalf."
"Of course I know that, which is why I specifically invited Hall Master Hongchen," Feng Piaoling smiled.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jing Hongchen pushed open the door and walked in with an awkward look on his face. "Uh, Elder Kong, please continue chatting. Just pretend I don't exist."
"It seems the two of you have already teamed up. Truly quite the method. I underestimated you, and Xu Tianran underestimated you as well."
As for Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming naturally didn't take him seriously. But the same rule applied—he couldn't make a move, at least not within Star Luo City.
Thus, after a moment of silence, he took out a metal scroll, thrust it in front of Feng Piaoling, and said coldly, "This contains this old man's research data regarding the Life Soul Tool. You can only look at it for fifteen minutes. How much you can remember depends on your own capability. If you agree, our transaction continues. If not, this old man will find another way. I refuse to believe that girl can stay inside Shrek for the rest of her life without ever coming out."
He wasn't worried at all about the leakage of the Life Soul Tool's production method. Even for a Class 9 Soul Engineer, it would be extremely difficult to comprehend the theories and the massive, precisely complex core array diagrams written inside.
Let alone a mere Class 5 Soul Engineer.
"Deal." Feng Piaoling took the scroll and immediately had Electrolux use his spiritual power to replicate it.
By the time the fifteen minutes were up, Electrolux had long finished replicating it, transferring all the information into Feng Piaoling's mind.
Although he truly couldn't understand it right now, that didn't stop Feng Piaoling from recording it completely.
Kong Deming snatched the scroll back at the very first opportunity.
"This old man will await your news." With a cold snort, he turned into a streak of silver light and vanished.
Once Kong Deming left, Jing Hongchen let out a long sigh of relief. "To be honest, although Elder Kong is a Rank 94 Titled Douluo just like me, the pressure he gives me is no less than that of a Rank 98, or even a Rank 99 Limit Douluo. Consider my help this time as a repayment for saving my granddaughter."
"Meng Hongchen is a member of my Soul Hall. Naturally, I wouldn't just stand by and watch her body explode from absorbing the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone," Feng Piaoling smiled.
"At least you have a bit of a conscience, kid. I won't interfere with that girl joining your sect anymore. Now, hand it over," Jing Hongchen said, extending his right hand.
"Hand what over?" Feng Piaoling asked, feigning ignorance.
"The Recording Pearl, of course! Given how sly you are, don't tell this old man that you didn't set up a Recording Pearl to record Elder Kong's Life Soul Tool production method," Jing Hongchen said.
Feng Piaoling was momentarily speechless. "Hall Master Hongchen, it's not that I look down on you, but if even you could think of a Recording Pearl, do you think Elder Kong, as the number one Soul Engineer of the Sun Moon Empire, wouldn't think of it?"
"True. But this old man still needs to verify it." As he spoke, Jing Hongchen took out a spectacle-shaped soul tool and began scanning. After looking around, he found that there really wasn't a Recording Pearl set up.
"That really is a pity. You shouldn't have agreed to him so easily," Jing Hongchen said despondently.
"Why not? Has no one told Hall Master Hongchen that I possess a photographic memory?" Feng Piaoling said.
Jing Hongchen's eyes lit up. "Then quickly draw out the manufacturing blueprint of the Life Soul Tool for this old man to see!"
One had to know that he had been coveting this item for a very long time.
With a Life Soul Tool, even if he couldn't rival a Limit Douluo like Elder Kong, he would still have great confidence in dealing with a Rank 98 Hyper Douluo.
"I will certainly give it to you, but Hall Master Hongchen, you can't expect to get something for nothing, right?" Feng Piaoling said.
"Are you planning to rip me off? Don't forget, this old man just went against Elder Kong to protect you," Jing Hongchen said, his expression turning somewhat unpleasant.
"But you also said it yourself—I saved your granddaughter, so we are already even," Feng Piaoling replied.
"Then what do you want?" Jing Hongchen asked.
"It's nothing much. I'm just quite interested in the hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo that Hall Master Hongchen previously bid for at the Starlight Auction. I wonder if Hall Master Hongchen would be willing to part with it?"
Feng Piaoling finally revealed his true objective.
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