Chapter 221 Sihao Sword (two in one)

"Cough, cough, cough"

Before they reached the door, Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin could vaguely hear the violent coughing coming from the bedroom. Feeling the weakness in the sound, they looked at each other subconsciously, and both of them showed solemnity.

It has only been a few years since the throne of the Sun and Moon Empire changed hands. The emperor who was full of vigor and vitality has become seriously ill now. No one knows whether this is God's will or man's will.

The attendant who led the way in front of them seemed to be accustomed to this scene. His expression did not change at all. He soon led them to stop at the door of the bedroom.

"Your Majesty is waiting inside. You two can go in."

"Yes."

The two pushed the door open directly, and the medicinal fragrance filled in the dim room suddenly seemed to have found a breakthrough, and rushed outward.

In addition, the oncoming smell was mixed with incense or something else, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin stepped into the room one after another. What caught their eyes was a white screen with a frosted texture. Through it, they could vaguely see the weak figure leaning against the bedside.

But to their surprise, there seemed to be more than one figure behind the screen. There was another person sitting by the bed at the moment, and no one knew who it was.

Without time to think about it, the two bowed across the screen and spoke in unison.

"Your Majesty, your humble servants."

"No need to be polite, ahem, it's inconvenient to be separated by the screen. If you have anything to say, come to me and talk?"

The two naturally had no objection. Reporting the Holy Spirit Church was not a good thing. If they conspired loudly across the screen, it would be troublesome if the servants outside heard it accidentally.

Going around the screen, the two successfully saw the thin figure by the bed that had attracted their attention before.

Xu Tianran, the prince of the Sun and Moon royal family.

At this moment, the prince, who was known for his ruthlessness, was sitting in a wheelchair, smiling at the two people who were a little stunned.

"Tianran has met the head of Hongchen Hall and Ye Gongfeng."

The Sun and Moon Emperor, who was leaning against the bed, also showed a gratified smile and explained softly.

"Tianran happened to be free today, so he brought some supplements to visit me. It was really thoughtful."

"Your humble servant has met the prince."

Although they were a little surprised, Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin responded quickly: "I didn't know that Your Highness was here just now. I'm a little negligent. Please forgive me."

"No problem."

Xu Tianran waved his hand, and kept a decent smile on his face from beginning to end.

"I don't know what you two are looking for your father for. Do you need Tianran to avoid it?"

Hearing this, Jing Hongchen first glanced at the wheelchair under Xu Tianran's buttocks without leaving a trace, and said solemnly.

"If Your Highness wants to sit in, it's fine. I came here today mainly for the Holy Spirit Church..."

Time passed by minute by minute, and soon, Jing Hongchen told everything he had learned from Xuan Ziwen, and the old emperor's face became more and more gloomy during this process.

"This Holy Spirit Church! How dare they secretly attack the students of Sun Moon Academy. Ahem"

As if because he was too excited, the old emperor's pale face showed an unhealthy flush, and the whole person coughed violently. Xu Tianran, who was standing next to him, subconsciously wanted to reach out, but was stopped by him.

After a long while, the old emperor's cough gradually stopped, and he squeezed out the words that he hadn't finished in time from his teeth with some difficulty.

"These evil soul masters are indeed a group of guys who don't know their position. Master Hongchen, don't worry, I will let the Holy Spirit Church Master apologize for this matter in person, and will never let such a situation happen again."

Jing Hongchen relaxed his body and nodded respectfully.

"Your Majesty is wise."

At this moment, Xu Tianran, who had not spoken since just now and seemed to be thinking about something, finally raised his head and pretended to mention something unintentionally.

"Master Hongchen, I wonder which teacher's student in the academy encountered this incident? As my father said, the Holy Spirit Church does need to be warned, but it is also very important to comfort the talented students who were frightened by this incident."

"So I wonder if I can represent the royal family to compensate the students who were victimized this time. They are all the future pillars of my Sun Moon Empire. We can't neglect their feelings and make them feel disappointed!"

Hearing this, the old emperor's eyes flashed with admiration, and he nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Tianran is thoughtful and should indeed make some compensation."

Even Jing Hongchen didn't expect Xu Tianran to think of this. While secretly shocked by the skills of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, his face sank slightly.

How could he not guess Xu Tianran's purpose?

Once this guy personally comforted those students, he would send a signal to the outside world.

The signal that Mingdetang has been close to the prince recently.

Although it will not change the situation of the war, with the influence of Mingdetang in the Sun Moon Empire, even if it is just this one signal, it is enough to make Xu Tianran's support rate and prestige get a considerable improvement.

The most important thing is that in the eyes of others, this is a sign that Jing Hongchen will stand on behalf of Mingdetang.

But the problem is that he doesn't want to stand on the side so early!

Although Xu Tianran was very optimistic before, he was a cripple after all, and with his status, he didn't need to make a choice in a hurry.

But now that the old emperor has expressed his approval, he simply cannot refuse.

Looking at Xu Tianran's smile that looked like a breath of fresh air, Jing Hongchen took a deep breath and spoke in a deep voice.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind-hearted, so I would like to thank His Highness first on behalf of those students."

Damn, this Xu Tianran is really sharp.

Back then, the old emperor said that the prince with the right of inheritance should not have too much contact with Mingdetang. Unexpectedly, this guy still found the opportunity.

The Emperor of the Sun and Moon sent Prince Xu Tianran to Mingde Hall to express his condolences to the students. One can imagine how much this news would change the current situation.

With this thought in his mind, Jing Hongchen continued to add.

"As for which teacher those students belong to, because the students formed their own groups, many of the eight people came from other teacher groups. However, the one who came to me was Teacher Xuanzi Wenxuan from Mingde Hall. One of the students was also the only missing person in this incident.”

"Teacher Xuan?"

Hearing this familiar name, Xu Tianran was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.

"All of Mr. Xuan's students went to the Jingyang Mountains? The one who successfully stopped three evil soul masters on his own was also his student?"

"right."

Not noticing that the smile on Xu Tianran's face had faded a lot, Jing Hongchen took the initiative to explain.

"I also noticed that student through this incident and discovered that he has extremely high talents. I have already recruited him into Mingde Hall and prepared for key training."

".I understand. Thank you, Master, for informing me."

Jing Hongchen shook his head.

"That's why I came here this time. Since Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have made a decision, the two ministers happen to have some matters to deal with, so they will leave first."

Xu Tianran took advantage of him, and Jing Hongchen didn't want to stay any longer.

He felt like he was just walking on the street, and then Xu Tianran secretly took advantage of her. The key was that this incident was spread out, which damaged his reputation and made it difficult for him to marry in the future. .

I'm really at a loss now...

Just when Jing Hongchen was secretly irritated, the smile on Xu Tianran's face had recovered.

"In that case, goodbye, Master."

Without saying anything else, Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin bowed to the old emperor on the bed and walked towards the palace without any hesitation.

……night.

In the Prince's Palace.

As soon as he returned to his own territory, the faint smile on Xu Tianran's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by a coldness that made people dare not look at him.

"Someone is coming."

As a cold voice sounded from the silent room, and there seemed to be wind blowing around, a figure shrouded in black robes quietly appeared behind Xu Tianran, kneeling on one knee.

"Your Highness."

"Send someone to investigate the situation of Xuan Ziwen's students, focusing on Orange and the new student Ling Bing."

"yes."

Another breeze blew by, and the black-robed figure disappeared again in the blink of an eye, as if he had never appeared before.

Slowly coming to the desk, Xu Tianran casually opened a book on the desk, but his eyes did not fall on the book at all. For a long time, he raised his head and looked out the window, and an almost murmuring voice sounded from the empty study room.

"I hope I'm overthinking..."

...Three days later.

In the underground elevator of Mingde Hall, listening to the roar in his ears, Ke Ke, who had just arrived, looked around like a curious baby.

Even though there was nothing in this huge and airtight space, the girl's face was still full of excitement that could not be concealed. In contrast, although the others were equally curious, they were obviously more calm and restrained.

Lin Jiayi, who was standing at the front, also turned around at this time and took in everyone's reactions. After seeing Huo Yuhao's calmness that didn't seem fake, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

In his impression, almost everyone who steps into Mingde Hall for the first time will be shocked by this magnificent building buried deep underground. No matter how calm his mind is, this is the first time for him like Huo Yuhao. See.

However, he didn't think much about it and just regarded it as a sign of genius that was different from ordinary people.

In fact, he could have arranged for several people to enter Mingde Hall as early as the day Jing Hongchen ordered. The reason why it was delayed until now was entirely because it took some time to investigate the backgrounds of several people.

Especially for Lingbing, who had high hopes from the hall master. Because of Xiao Lixuan's case, they checked the backgrounds of those highly talented students very carefully. Fortunately, Huo Yuhao's information was true, and there were basically no loopholes after a thorough investigation. It was only today that I finally made the decision.

"Everyone, we are about to arrive at our soul guide manufacturing base in Mingdetang. Taking advantage of this time, I will distribute ID cards to you."

As Lin Jiayi was talking, he took out several prepared identity cards from the storage space.

"The number on the ID card corresponds to your experimental table. In the future, whether you use the elevator or the experimental table, you will need this ID card. Please keep it properly. If it is lost, you will have to bear a certain amount of compensation."

"As for what the experimental table is, Teacher Xuan will explain it to you when you see the real thing. At the same time, because you are all Teacher Xuan's students, the experimental tables are also close together. On weekdays, you need to form a team to complete the tasks assigned by the instructor. This is also the most common teaching model in our Mingde Hall.”

Because she could choose a mentor again after entering Mingde Hall, Nana, who also entered Mingde Hall because of Huo Yuhao, chose Xuan Ziwen as her mentor during this process.

Although she was a control-type soul mentor who could only use but not make, soul guides were originally made for soul masters. For example, Keke and Orange, their martial souls were not suitable for fighting. Sometimes the team needed such a control-type soul mentor to make suggestions for improvement after using them.

"Thank you, Director."

Smiling, Keke took the card from Lin Jiayi's hand and flipped it left and right. From time to time, she had to compare it with Orange and Huo Yuhao beside her. Looking at the series of numbers on it, her eyes were full of excitement.

"You're welcome."

Lin Jiayi waved his hand, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his lips: "Little girl, work hard. The hall master is very impressed with you. He specifically told me and Teacher Xuan before that we should pay special attention to you."

"Uh..."

Keke's expression froze, and the whole person visibly withered.

"Didn't we agree that we can understand..."

She stammered, but she didn't dare to say that the hall master was narrow-minded.

Everyone present couldn't help laughing. After the joke, Lin Jiayi turned his head and looked at Huo Yuhao again.

"Ling Bing, compared to others, you have more tasks to do. Not only do you have to cooperate with other team members to complete the corresponding tasks within the specified time, but you also need to go to the hall master's exclusive laboratory for individual teaching two days a week. Similarly, there will be tasks waiting for you there."

Since he decided to train Huo Yuhao with all his strength, Jing Hongchen would naturally not do nothing for the past three days. He went directly to Xuan Ziwen and learned about Huo Yuhao's soul guide level in detail.

And according to Xuan Ziwen's report, if this kid was allowed to study level 5 and level 6 soul guides with others, it would be a pure waste of talent, and at best it could only be used as extracurricular entertainment in his spare time.

Xuan Ziwen was naturally happy to be free. He was originally a researcher. Although he had a lot of knowledge, he actually preferred to study what he liked rather than teach students.

Under this premise, students like Huo Yuhao, who rarely asked questions and could even help him teach others on weekdays, undoubtedly became popular in his eyes.

So much so that since Huo Yuhao joined, he often laughed at himself that he did not recruit a student, but an assistant teacher.

"I see, thank you, Director."

"Well, today is the time for the hall master to teach alone. Today is the first time, I will take you there. You will need to go there by yourself at fixed times in the future."

"Okay."

At this time, the elevator where everyone was also arrived at the destination. As the iron door slowly slid to both sides, the huge underground space came into everyone's eyes.

It was like suddenly entering a world made entirely of metal. The metal walls more than ten meters high continued to extend forward from both sides of the field of vision. Countless long tables were neatly arranged, just like the walls, extending all the way to the darkness without lights on, which was difficult to see with the naked eye.

"Wow"

Hearing Keke's exclamation, Juzi couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, looking at the scene in front of him in a daze.

"This is the foundation of our Mingde Hall."

Lin Jiayi smiled slightly and took the lead to step out, as if he finally saw the expression he wanted to see from others.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the experimental table."

Along the way, Lin Jiayi, like Xuan Ziwen in his previous life, talked endlessly about the composition of this underground base, satisfying everyone's curiosity. After about a minute, Juzi stopped looking around like Keke, but turned his head to look at Huo Yuhao who was looking straight ahead.

"I've benefited from someone's help again. I didn't expect that I would be able to enter here one day."

Huo Yuhao smiled: "With your current level, you can directly enter Mingde Hall even through formal channels."

"Isn't that also your credit? Isn't this a disguised way of praising yourself for teaching well?"

Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched, but before he could speak, a familiar complaint came into his ears.

"Ah - when can I see Huo Yuhao again?"

The abrupt name made Huo Yuhao pause for a moment. Not only him, but also Ju Zi beside him obviously heard that sentence. The two looked up and saw two figures not far ahead.

Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.

Meng Hongchen was holding a carving knife with a look of despair, casually scratching on the fine iron in front of her, while at the table next to her, Xiao Hongchen was practicing carving techniques with a serious face, but from the tightly pursed lips and the faint blue veins on the neck, it was obvious that she was on the verge of exploding.

Seeing that her brother had no intention of paying attention to her, Meng Hongchen curled her lips, and then let out another long sigh.

"Alas"

Xiao Hongchen finally couldn't hold it anymore, and slapped the carving knife on the table with a snap, saying a little angrily.

"Meng Hongchen! Don't you have anything else to do besides talking about Huo Yuhao!?"

"Yes!"

Meng Hongchen nodded calmly and asked innocently: "Didn't I complete all the assignments this time?"

"You"

Xiao Hongchen was obviously choked, but he didn't know what to refute.

To outsiders, the talents of the siblings are almost the same, but in fact, those who really understand know that in terms of talent, Meng Hongchen, as the younger sister, is the most powerful one.

The reason why he was able to cultivate to level 50 before the age of 15 was mainly due to the talent of the three-legged golden toad martial spirit, which absorbs part of the energy in rare metals to assist in cultivation.

But he is a three-legged golden toad martial spirit, and his sister is not! She cannot absorb the energy in rare metals to assist in cultivation, and she is one year younger than him, but she can catch up with him in cultivation.

Not only in the field of soul masters, but also in the field of soul guides, his sister has unimaginable talents. Even though his martial spirit is praised as the most suitable for soul guides, he can never open up the gap with Meng Hongchen, who has the Zhuqing Ice Toad martial spirit.

It is conceivable how terrifying Meng Hongchen's talent is.

Of course, even if he is depressed, it is definitely not okay if he does not show his dignity as a brother at this time, so Xiao Hongchen continued to question.

"Then can't you find something else to do!?"

"Yes, I'm doing it right now!"

"Bullshit!!! I just heard you talking about Huo Yuhao all the time!"

"Hmph, I was looking for inspiration!"

"???"

Looking at the girl's righteous look, Xiao Hongchen was about to explode, but he didn't expect Meng Hongchen to pick up the drawings on his desk as if he had already anticipated what he was going to say, and showed them proudly.

"Look! I have worked hard to design the soul guide for the past year!"

"Why are you designing a soul guide again?"

Just like that, Xiao Hongchen couldn't help but frown. Although he didn't believe it in his heart, he still patiently looked at the drawings.

"Double swords? Why design double swords again? Can't you just upgrade the two swords you already have? And what does this have to do with you talking about Huo Yuhao? Why can't I understand your core formation?"

"You don't understand this, right?"

Meng Hongchen raised his eyebrows with some pride.

"These two swords can further enhance my Zhuqing Ice Toad poison, and can add a state similar to full body paralysis after hitting the enemy. Even if the Ultimate Ice is immune to my poison, it cannot be immune to this paralysis effect. No one can solve it except me as the creator!"

"It seems to be somewhat effective."

As if recognizing the effect of this thing, Xiao Hongchen looked up at Meng Hongchen and asked suspiciously: "So you are going to use this thing against Huo Yuhao? You are willing to do it?"

"Hehe, brother, think about it. In the next Soul Master Competition, I will first give Huo Yuhao this and paralyze him directly. After that, Shrek will definitely let me treat him. I will say that this thing takes a long time to treat, and let them send Huo Yuhao to my room. When the door is closed, I will let me do whatever I want?"

As he spoke, Meng Hongchen seemed to have foreseen that scene, and the whole person became excited.

"Although it has not been made yet, I have already thought of its name. Because I designed it when I was missing Huo Yuhao, I plan to name it Sihao."

Swish

Before she finished speaking, she saw her drawings being torn into pieces by Xiao Hongchen expressionlessly.

"Go away. From now on, you are no longer my sister. I can't afford to lose this person."

However, Meng Hongchen was not as angry as expected. Instead, he took out another identical one from the storage space with a smile.

"It's okay. I still have one. How about you tear up this one too, brother, and calm down?"

"..."

Xiao Hongchen felt that he was about to explode. Just as he was about to open his mouth to scold, a light cough suddenly interrupted the two of them.

"Ahem!"

Looking sideways, he saw that Lin Jiayi had brought a group of people to their side at some point, and explained to the people behind him with a somewhat embarrassed look.

"We are here. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be making soul guides on these experimental tables for a long time to come."