Inside Kong Mingan's room, located at the headquarters of the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce, Ju Zi stood quietly to the side, having just finished reporting on the recent cooperation between the Chamber of Commerce and the Heaven Soul Empire to promote the "soul points" system and the pilot program for artificial spirit rings. Her gaze rested softly upon Kong Mingan.
Kong Mingan was currently leaning against the edge of a large desk, his eyes lowered, quietly reviewing the report she had just handed him.
Since the opportunity was rare, Ju Zi unconsciously watched him more closely, but soon, Ju Zi, who was familiar with the young man, noticed a subtle abnormality.
The usual gentle temperament in her President's eyes remained, yet... she sensed a slight change.
There was an indescribable sense of stability that seemed to have settled upon him after experiencing certain events, and... a married man's aura?
Ju Zi's eyes narrowed slightly, keenly capturing this extremely subtle shift.
An inexplicable intuition told her that something must have happened during this period!
Several possible candidates flashed through her mind.
Miss Meng and that Princess Your Highness?
Those two were unlikely; the President seemed very concerned about age issues. Although those two would visit again in a few days, they were still at least one or two years away from adulthood, so it probably wasn't them.
Miss Xue? Highly possible, but she hadn't shown up recently. If something truly happened, she wouldn't just stay for a day or two and leave. Moreover, Miss Bing was also present; surely not both of them at once?
As for the final suspect, Miss Bing... this was also highly improbable. Leaving aside her personality, she certainly didn't have the time for such activities right now.
Ju Zi glanced toward the corner of the room.
There, a massive ice cocoon, taller than a person, stood, emitting an aura of extreme cold that significantly lowered the room's temperature.
If one looked closely, one could vaguely make out a small, humanoid silhouette within the giant ice cocoon.
Ju Zi dismissed the last possibility.
So, who was it? Ju Zi fell into contemplation.
Beside her, Kong Mingan had finished reading the report.
He closed the report and slowly began, "For now, the plan shall be executed according to this.
"The Heaven Soul Empire will prioritize the physical sale rollout of artificial spirit rings and improved Soul Skill Modules. Other regions will first promote the 'soul points' system and complete the preliminary construction of the spirit power acquisition network."
Ju Zi, who had been lost in thought, snapped back to attention and nodded respectfully:
"Understood, President."
Kong Mingan nodded and asked, "How is the progress regarding contact with Shrek Academy?"
"Contact is good," Ju Zi replied. "Since Shrek Academy publicly announced internally that Zhang Lexuan would become the next Sea God Pavilion Master and immediately began taking over Shrek's authority, Shrek's attitude of rejection toward the Chamber of Commerce has noticeably weakened.
"Half a month ago, we reached our first cooperation agreement with them regarding the expansion of the new student dormitories and the modification of soul tool facilities."
She paused slightly, her eyes flickering imperceptibly, having caught a key term in her own words.
Zhang Lexuan?
If she remembered correctly, the President had previously collected information about her, and nominally, she was also the President's clan sister, right?
Ju Zi slightly narrowed her eyes.
Kong Mingan did not notice the change in Ju Zi's gaze; he merely nodded and said:
"That is good. If there are any subsequent issues, you can negotiate directly with Zhang Lexuan. She counts as an inside contact; the Chamber of Commerce can provide her with some support.
"At the same time, if the Chamber of Commerce has needs, you can have her arrange for Shrek to provide the Chamber of Commerce with certain assistance."
"Yes." Ju Zi lowered her head, the corner of her mouth curving into an imperceptible smile, though her tone remained steady, "I understand. I will certainly have a good 'talk' with her."
Kong Mingan glanced strangely at Ju Zi beside him.
Why did he feel Ju Zi's tone was a bit off...? A moment later, Ju Zi bowed and exited the room.
Kong Mingan then walked over to the giant ice cocoon, sat down cross-legged, and continued to silently act as Protector for the Ice Emperor, who was undergoing transformation.
Of course, he didn't just wait idly. He calculated the date, then split off a wisp of his mind to check on Tang San's situation through the Destruction God Trial on his person.
In the image, Tang San was sprawled in a street corner like a dead dog, filthy and wretched.
Kong Mingan raised an eyebrow slightly, and then incidentally probed the god test status within him.
"The progress is decent; he has already reached the Fourth Test."
Kong Mingan was slightly surprised, but quickly shook his head.
He was unsure whether this Tang San knew the truth about the so-called god test reward, but in any case, he had generally figured it out.
God Realm Tang San was using the dual connection — the Divine Thought of God Realm Tang San present on Lower Realm Tang San and the Sea Gods Divine Test — to slowly strip away the divine force from the asura god position that easily affects the mind, thereby transferring it onto this Lower Realm Tang San.
Of course, the amount of Asura Goddivine force currently injected into Lower Realm Tang San was so sparse it could almost be ignored, but he figured this was only the Early Stage of the modification.
The further into the Late Stage they progressed, the more Asura Goddivine forceGod Realm Tang San would inject into this Lower Realm Tang San, until he was completely transformed into a container tool specifically used to bear the Asura Goddivine force.
Unsurprisingly, God Realm Tang San likely had other restrictive measures against Lower Realm Tang San, such as using the god test as a leash.
It could only be said that he truly lived up to being Tang San.
Naturally, this was also good news for him.
After all, a Lower Realm Tang San carrying the Sea GodDivine Thought, the Sea Gods Divine Test, and Asura Goddivine force was, no matter how you looked at him, a rare, high-quality material.
Setting aside the idea of using Lower Realm Tang San to control the Sea God and Asura God God Positions and weaken Tang San's strength,
merely the Asura Goddivine force sample itself was priceless, and could perfectly serve as a sample for the subsequent spirit power transformation direction of the "star ring: Ascending Divine Steps."
After thinking for a moment, Kong Mingan spoke softly:
"It's a pity I cannot interfere with the Sea Gods Divine Test; the scope for manipulation is too small. If I could obtain a sample of the Sea Goddivine force or Tang San's Divine Thought, perhaps I could target God Realm Tang San."
He seemed to be muttering to himself, yet also speaking to some presence. In any case, he had now made his request, and he would see if there would be any results later.
Closing his eyes, Kong Mingan began continuing the coding for the subsequent secondary modification of the "lingshu protocol."
However, he hadn't been coding for long when a faint yet clear crisp sound suddenly came from the giant ice cocoon beside him.
Kong Mingan immediately put down his work, looked up, and saw a crack suddenly appear on the ice cocoon and rapidly spread.
Dense and pure ice-attributed Energy and a powerful newborn aura permeated out from the cracks. At a certain moment, the ice cocoon shattered, and a small figure broke free from the chrysalis.
Kong Mingan subconsciously reached out to catch her, but the small figure actively leaped into his arms instead.
With the cold jade in his embrace, Kong Mingan lowered his eyes, meeting a pair of golden eyes that seemed even brighter than before.
The Ice Emperor stared at him intently, her eyes flickering slightly as she parted her lips:
"Hey, I'm human now."
(End of Chapter)
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