Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 317 Maple Leaf City

Led by Elder Ma, the leader of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team, exchange students including Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen stood in a row. Today, they changed back into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy uniforms, signifying their imminent return to their alma mater.

Yan Shaozhe personally presented the exchange students with their Shrek Academy inner court graduation certificates, shook hands with each of them, and then personally led the exchange students from Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to the exchange location agreed upon with Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Meng Hongchen stood in the exchange student group, looking at Ji Lin with reluctance. Ji Lin smiled and waved to her. Meng Hongchen also looked at Ji Lin, her eyes filled with a faint fighting spirit, and shouted at Ji Lin: "Next time in the competition, I won't lose to you so easily, at least not."

He didn't say what he was going to say next, but Meng Hongchen said it for him. Meng Hongchen looked at Xiao Hongchen with disdain and said, "At least you should last a few more seconds, right?"

Xiao Hongchen, enraged, retorted, "Enough talk! What do you mean by 'a few seconds'? Do you think I'm that pathetic? It should be at least three minutes!"

Meng Hongchen feigned sudden realization, "Oh! Three minutes!"

The bickering between the two dispelled the sadness of parting.

Watching Meng Hongchen and her group leave the academy, Ji Lin turned to look at the golden tree in the center of Seagod Island. Now that Meng Hongchen had left, he should also prepare to leave Shrek Academy. After Wang Qiu'er and the others completed their last inspection mission, he should prepare for his graduation exam. A month ago, Ji Lin had already completed thirty inspection missions and met the graduation requirements. He was just waiting for Wang Qiu'er and the others, and at the same time, he wanted to send Meng Hongchen away first.

Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and others in the Sun Moon Empire, led by Fan Yu, changed back into the red school uniforms of Shrek Academy's inner court disciples.

Jing Hongchen also held a farewell ceremony for them and delivered a passionate speech at the ceremony.

Even Xu Tianran, the crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire, personally came to see off the Shrek Academy disciples.

Finally, Jing Hongchen personally escorted them to Maple Leaf City, the agreed-upon exchange location between the two academies.

The original plan was to send them to Shrek City, but perhaps because of Elder Mu's passing, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy changed the location to Maple Leaf City. Jing Hongchen was also worried that Shrek Academy had ulterior motives. In Shrek City, they couldn't escape even if they wanted to. If Elder Mu were still alive, it wouldn't matter where they were. But without Elder Mu, Jing Hongchen was also afraid that something might happen to Shrek Academy, so he simply changed the exchange location. Of course, it was still within the territory of the Heavenly Soul Empire, so that Shrek Academy could rest assured.

Shrek Academy is located in the southeast of the Heavenly Soul Empire, while Maple Leaf City is in the southwest. Continuing west from the western border, you enter the territory of the Sun Moon Empire. The distance you fly along this route is equivalent to twice the distance from Shrek City to Star Luo City, the capital of the Star Luo Empire.

Besides Yan Shaozhe, the two deans of the Soul Guidance Department, Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo, also went along, after all, they were there to bring back their core disciples.

Because of the long journey, they did not arrive at their destination until the afternoon.

Maple Leaf City is a large border city. Although the Star Luo Empire is the primary target of the Sun Moon Empire, the western border of the Heavenly Soul Empire is also entirely adjacent to the Sun Moon Empire.

Maple Leaf City was an important supply city for the Western Frontier Army of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and also a vital trading city on the border. Although it was not as prosperous as Shrek City, its scale was no less impressive.

Upon entering the city, Yan Shaozhe first led Meng Hongchen and the others to a hotel to stay in, waiting for the arrival of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and the inner court disciples of Shrek Academy's Soul Guidance Department.

Not long after, Jing Hongchen arrived in Maple Leaf City with Fan Yu and the others.

Yan Shaozhe immediately led Meng Hongchen and the others to greet them.

"Master Hongchen, we meet again." Yan Shaozhe walked forward with a smile. Although he was speaking to Jing Hongchen, his gaze was fixed on the inner disciples of the Soul Guidance Department behind him.

In the two and a half years, Huo Yuhao and the others have changed a lot, not only in their physique but also in their temperament. Clearly, they have experienced a lot during these two years at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo also looked at Fan Yu and the others with eager eyes, waiting for them to bring back the advanced knowledge of soul tools.

"Dean Yan, hello. You're still as charming as ever." Jing Hongchen smiled slightly, stepped forward, and shook hands with Yan Shaozhe. The two old foxes both had smiling faces; if one didn't know better, they would definitely think they were very close friends.

Jing Hongchen was no exception; he immediately turned his attention to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

The two men hadn't changed much in appearance, only that they were more mature than they had been two years ago. What surprised him the most was Meng Hongchen's transformation. Although they had been exchanging information, and he knew that Meng Hongchen's martial soul had evolved into the Ultimate Ice and that he had broken through to the Soul Saint realm before Xiao Hongchen, he still couldn't contain his joy when he actually met Meng Hongchen in person. Just from Meng Hongchen's gains alone, he had already gained a lot from this exchange. Moreover, the others had also clearly undergone transformations and had obviously gained a great deal.

The only thing that displeased him was that Meng Hongchen had given up for nothing and hadn't even been able to bring the person back. However, what pleased him was that Ji Lin didn't intend to take advantage of him and helped Meng Hongchen's martial soul evolve, making up for the defects of the Crimson-Eyed Ice Toad. Just for this reason alone, he had decided that this was his grandson-in-law.

Yan Shaozhe smiled and said, "Master Hongchen, I have successfully returned your grandson and granddaughter to you intact. They have made great progress in the past two years and are very diligent and eager to learn. I am very satisfied. I hope there will be more exchanges and learning opportunities like this in the future."

Jing Hongchen chuckled and said, "Let's go back and discuss it to see if we can make this exchange a regular occurrence. If so, I believe it will be more beneficial to the development of both our academies."

"Then I'll await good news." Yan Shaozhe released Jing Hongchen's hand, and the two smiled and bowed to each other, while also making hand gestures to their respective groups.

Fan Yu led Huo Yuhao and the others quickly to the back of the three deans. Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen followed suit, arriving behind Jing Hongchen under the guidance of Elder Ma.

After two and a half years of exchange and learning, only they themselves know how much they have learned and gained. And at this moment, the exchange and learning has finally come to an end.

"Farewell!" Jing Hongchen didn't want to stay any longer. He wanted to understand Meng Hongchen's current situation as soon as possible. With the martial soul of extreme ice, Meng Hongchen's future would be even more dazzling than his, and she would also lead their Hongchen family to a higher level.

After greeting Deans Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo, he led his students to release their flying soul tools and took off directly into the sky, not caring about attracting attention.

(End of this chapter)