Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 130 The Deal with Jing Hongchen

"So, that's why you told me you hoped to train the reserve team?" Qian Renxue stroked her chin.

"That's right." Jing Hongchen nodded. "Apart from my grandchildren, the other children are all twelve or thirteen years old. They haven't taken too many medications yet, so they are considered talents among the younger generation."

Then, he glanced at Meng Hongchen standing to the side: "As for the two little ones, Xiao and Meng, they are my descendants, so naturally I won't give them any medicine. Their current fifteen-year-old Soul King status was achieved through advancement using a secondary Immortal Grade."

Qian Renxue looked at Meng Hongchen suspiciously: "You really haven't taken any other medicine?"

Fifteen years old, Soul King! If it were a Soul Sect, that would be understandable, but a Soul King at fifteen years old, is this level of cultivation really something that a Lesser Immortal Grade cultivator could achieve?

If she remembered correctly, the celestial medicine that the little fox Shen Yuanyi consumed was found by Ye Xishui, and it was the most suitable one for her. This allowed Shen Yuanyi to reach level 47 at the age of fourteen and a half, while it would take her at least half a year to reach the Soul King level.

Meng Hongchen was terrified by Qian Renxue's gaze. She had a peculiar feeling; she used to only respect her brother, Xiao Hongchen, but ever since these three special recruits from who-knows-where joined the academy, she seemed to have an instinctive fear of these three girls!

Qian Renxue goes without saying; anyone who has seen her fight Xiao Hongchen would not underestimate her. Xue Di's disadvantage is due to the difference in their martial souls and the pressure she exerts. As for Shen Yuanyi, that little fox... it seems that during a certain training session, he was completely unable to straighten his back because of Shen Yuanyi's mental strength and movement techniques.

She looked at Jing Hongchen as if seeking help: "Grandpa, please tell the truth... maybe that will help us find the right solution..."

Jing Hongchen sighed: "Alright, actually, when Xiao and Meng awakened their martial souls, they both had innate level seven soul power cultivation. Because this data is considered excellent, even higher than their father's talent, I took them in."

"Later, when they were eleven years old, their soul power reached nearly level thirty. Because I had heard some legends from the eastern part of the continent and knew about the early cultivation stories of the first generation of the Seven Devils of Shrek Academy, I spent a lot of money to buy two lesser immortal herbs." Jing Hongchen confessed, "But after consuming the lesser immortal herbs, they did not achieve the expected results."

"Why is that?" Qian Renxue asked.

"I was also puzzled by this problem at first. Later, His Majesty the Supreme Lord of the State Religion pointed out that the attributes of the Immortal Grade were not a perfect match for the two children. Therefore, they only increased their soul power level, but their cultivation talent was not fully improved." Jing Hongchen shrugged.

It seems the Sun Moon Empire does indeed have some misunderstandings about Soul Master cultivation. Qian Renxue thought to herself.

"So, did you give them any other medications later?" Qian Renxue asked.

"Yes, but it's not the kind of medicine that would over-exploit its potential." Jing Hongchen nodded.

In other words, they still squeezed a little bit out of us.

This is indeed true. If Qian Renxue had not appeared in this era, then Xiao and Meng would have reached the Soul King level at the age of fifteen, but five years later, they only reached the Soul Emperor level.

"Alright." Qian Renxue nodded gently. "If that's the case, then it's certainly worth the training... but what benefits would I gain?"

Hearing that Qian Renxue had agreed to train, Jing Hongchen was overjoyed, but his face fell again when he heard the second half of her sentence.

"You little rascal! Why are you acting like a shrewd businessman!" Jing Hongchen said with a laugh and a scolding tone. "Even if you can train them to some extent, I won't treat you unfairly."

"You can't say that, Master." Qian Renxue shrugged. "I'm very busy too, you know? I don't have that much free time. They could go find those Soul Master cultivators, but they just can't endure the pain. So I can't guarantee they'll be trained, and in the end, I'll just waste my own time."

Unless you pay more.

"What kind of reward do you want?" Jing Hongchen asked helplessly. "I can give you half first, how about that?" Qian Renxue was overjoyed: "For the first half of the reward, I need your Mingde Hall's level nine soul masters, including yourself, to teach me some knowledge. I'll teach the reserve team members, and you'll teach me, that makes perfect sense, right?"

Jing Hongchen thought for a moment: "That's not a problem, but the level nine soul masters also have research to do, each session lasting an hour."

"Each session lasts two hours. After all, I won't necessarily stay in the academy playing around the whole time during the later training sessions; I'll also take them outside."

"One and a half!" Jing Hongchen gritted her teeth. "You little brat, don't take a ninth-level Soul Master for granted!"

"Deal!" Qian Renxue said with a smile, "If you have any difficulties, just say so. You're making me sound like a villain, being so aggressive."

Jing Hongchen wished he could slap Qian Renxue away, but he was helpless: "Fine, it's up to you."

"Wait a minute, Master, this is only half the reward," Qian Renxue reminded her.

"What else do you want?" Jing Hongchen felt like vomiting blood.

"The remaining half..." Qian Renxue said slowly, "If I lead them to win the championship... I want two high-quality soul bones and two high-level soul tools."

It seems to be a tradition passed down through generations that the final prize in every Soul Master Competition is three Soul Bones. However, the quality of these Soul Bones varies, with most being ordinary thousand-year to ten-thousand-year level, and very few being over thirty-thousand-year level.

Then something interesting happened: in this era, the Soul Master Competition was always hosted by the four great empires, and Shrek Academy never hosted it... yet they were always the ultimate champions.

How many soul bones does Shrek Academy actually possess?

The various empires also discovered this problem, so the final prize, the Soul Bone, wouldn't be anything too special.

"You want a soul bone and a soul tool?" Jing Hongchen was slightly taken aback. "That's no problem. If you don't like the prizes from the competition, Mingde Hall can provide them for you."

"However, I suggest you replace your soul bone with a soul tool, or even a level nine soul tool," Jing Hongchen said earnestly.

"No, I want the soul bone," Qian Renxue said after a moment's thought.

This soul bone was clearly not prepared for herself, but for the other two soul masters in her small team. She herself already had soul bones all over her body, so if she really had to choose, the only option was to attach an external soul bone.

"Alright, it's up to you," Jing Hongchen said. "Actually, in the Sun Moon Empire, a level nine soul tool is more valuable than a regular soul bone. If you insist on having a soul bone, then Mingde Hall will try its best to provide what you need."

Qian Renxue smiled casually. Perhaps, but she understood that soul bones were the real improvement for soul masters.

Jing Hongchen assumed Xiaoxue wanted to stockpile soul bones for him, which was why he offered to provide suitable ones. Moreover, if they truly won the championship, it would be a landmark achievement for the Sun Moon Empire, and a few soul bones and high-level soul tools would be no problem at all.

Why doesn't Xiaoxue know how to make a soul tool? He was a little puzzled by this question.

In fact, Qian Renxue deliberately did not provide the manufacturing method because she did not want her thinking to be limited by those who came before her. She wanted to study the secrets of those soul tools herself and try to optimize them.

(End of this chapter)