The next day, Tang Yuehua, who had received a summons, arrived at the imperial palace...
However, before meeting Xue Ye, he encountered another person!
It was none other than Xue Qinghe, who had been waiting for a long time!
Seeing the former appear, Tang Yuehua's brow furrowed slightly, "Crown Prince, why are you here?"
His question was not about why the other was in the imperial palace!
Rather, how could he so coincidentally meet him here!
Xue Qinghe smiled slightly, "Chief Tang, this is the imperial palace, of course, I'm here. I just didn't expect to run into you, what a coincidence!"
Even though he said so, Tang Yuehua did not easily believe it, "Is that so? But why do I feel this is not a coincidence, but rather the Crown Prince is here waiting for me intentionally!"
Seeing this, Xue Qinghe did not continue to argue but boldly admitted, "As expected, I cannot hide from Chief Tang. I am indeed waiting for you!"
"Then, I wonder…"
With the Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's status, it's not strange for him to know about me entering the imperial palace at this time!
But why did he wait here on purpose?
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On the other side, somewhere close to the edge!
A searching army suddenly stopped...
One of the members wiped the sweat off his forehead and gasped, "Captain, could we be mistaken? If the Holy Spirit Cult were in this area, they wouldn't let us search so freely!"
Another member agreed, "Yes, captain, I think we should search in another direction. There's not a single shadow in this desolate place!"
"Rather than searching aimlessly here, we might as well capture an evil Soul Master and forcefully extract the location of the Holy Spirit Cult out of them!"
"Exactly, I agree with this method too, clearly a higher success rate!"
Indeed, the one referred to as captain was one of the eighteen War Gods of the War God Hall!
This War God exuded powerful soul power fluctuations, his stern face radiated immense authority...
However, the words he uttered next were completely different from his appearance!
"What nonsense! Catching a living evil Soul Master is easier said than done, not to mention we cannot be sure if the location extracted from them would be true or false!"
"If we go searching one by one, it's definitely a waste of time."
By the time we actually find them, I'm afraid all major powers would have been wiped out by that Twelfth-Grade Soul Guidance Shell!
The closest member sighed, "But captain, we can't just search foolishly like this, we'll be exhausted before we even find the Holy Spirit Cult!"
Hearing this, the War God fell silent...
Indeed, maintaining such a high-intensity search, even if everyone were soul masters, takes a great toll on the body!
Just as they were at a loss, someone suddenly spoke up, "Wait captain, there seems to be a stench of decaying corpses ahead!"
That immediately caught the attention of all the army members, who started heading in the direction of the stench...
Minutes later, they were met with the sight of dozens of soul masters' corpses!
Each corpse was extremely shriveled; especially the discolored eyes, widened in what seemed to be immense suffering in their last moments!
The army members at the scene were all struck with a chill, gritting their teeth, "They've all lost their life auras, and their bodies are extremely shriveled, probably drained of blood!"
"These... these corpses were caused by evil Soul Masters, the Holy Spirit Cult must be around, we were not mistaken!"
"Yes, I've seen evil Soul Masters slaughter soul masters before, this is what it looks like!"
"Damn it, once we find the Holy Spirit Cult's lair, they must pay the price!"
This War God crouched down, using his soul power to probe one of the corpses, his face immediately turned grim...
"It truly was done by an evil Soul Master... which also proves, the Holy Spirit Cult is indeed nearby."
However, knowing that all the major powers are searching for them, yet they still dare to act so recklessly, isn't that somewhat bizarre?
Thinking about this, he shook his head, "Enough, no use thinking so much, better report to the Hall Master and the other War Gods first!"
With that said, he dialed Vice Hall Master Guan Yue's communication device...
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After listening to the explanation, Wu Siduo's expression finally eased a bit, silently thinking, "So that's it..."
Unexpectedly, Tang Wulin's talent in forging has already become known among young Forging Masters from other continents!
Otherwise, why would they inquire about this matter specifically?
Then, Wu Siduo focused her gaze back on Lin Yuhan, calmly saying, "Among the students who came this time, there is indeed one named Tang Wulin. Whether it is the student you mentioned, I'm not sure."
The latter exclaimed excitedly, "It can't be wrong, it must be him!"
She had investigated beforehand, Shrek Academy has only one student named Tang Wulin, and he is an Outer Court student!
Wu Dousi didn't continue, "Hmm, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving then!"
Lin Yuhan came to her senses and quickly said, "Wait... thank you, consider this as a meeting gift from me!"
Having taken up the other's time, it felt improper not to offer something...
Then, she took out a specialty from the Xingluo Continent from her soul tool...
But Wu Siduo just glanced at it plainly, "No need!"
Saying so, she left directly...
Lin Yuhan, seeing this, was left in a daze...
After a few seconds, she muttered, quite perplexed, "Could it be I cheapskated on the gift?"
As expected of a Shrek Academy student, having high standards is normal!
But it didn't matter, her only wish was to compete against Tang Wulin!
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Thus, the Shrek Academy students spent the night at the bustling Sea City Grand Hotel!
The next day! The sky had just started to light up, and the members of the various exchange groups at the Sea City Grand Hotel were awakened by a broadcast...
"Hello everyone, I'm the Federation Secretary-General, Pan Wen, responsible for this exchange trip to the Xingluo Continent!"
"Outside the Sea City Grand Hotel, all the buses responsible for transport have arrived. Please quickly count your group members and board the buses in order!"
Due to Shrek Academy's special status, they took the second luxury bus!
As for the first bus, it was for the Xingluo Continent exchange group members!
Once all the exchange groups boarded, the buses started simultaneously, heading west at a swift pace...
After about ten minutes, the buses neared the harbor, and through the windows, they could vaguely see the two massive Giant Wheel ships in the distance...
Each Giant Wheel ship stood at least a hundred meters high, with decks spanning five levels, besides which, numerous black holes encircled, loaded with powerful soul cannonballs!
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