As the Body Tempering Method began to spread through the Sun Moon Empire's army, it showed amazing results. Because of this, Kong Mingan's reputation among the high-ranking officials became very great.
In the past, people only knew him as the heir of the Kong Family. Now, his fame came from the respect of the Imperial Family, the nobles, and the military. Everyone wanted what he had to offer because his inventions were very valuable.
The army was changing because of the Body Tempering Method, but that wasn't all. He also created the Ring Tempering Method. This was only known by a few Level 9 Soul Engineers in the Hall of Worship.
Because of this method, the strongest protector of the Sun Moon Empire reached Level 98 in just a few years. This narrowed the power gap between the Sun Moon Empire and the top fighters of the three Douluo Empires by a lot.
Kong Mingan did not know about his growing fame. He spent his time in seclusion to learn about his Soul Skill Modules. By the end of the first semester at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, he had mastered all of them. He even successfully added the Soul Skill Module for the Undead Demigod Plane into his spirit ring.
"Phew... I'm finally done," he said as he sat on his futon. His hair was a mess since he hadn't cut it in months, but his eyes were very bright. He thought about the skills he had mastered, like Teleportation, Spatial Barrier, Spatial Severance, and Spatial Domain. He realized that one ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast could have 26 different skills.
Usually, a Spirit Master only gets one skill from a spirit ring. He felt that the old Spirit Master system was a big waste of resources. He wondered why no one had tried to fix this system in ten thousand years. He thought maybe the noble Spirit Master class was keeping it this way to stay in power.
Kong Mingan shook his head and focused on the new module he had just finished. He sent his spirit power into the module. The air in front of him started to ripple, and a gray door opened. It was the door to the Undead Demigod Plane. This was a small world separate from the Douluo Plane. It was very big and could hold living things. He could open this door anywhere he wanted.
He sent his mental force through the door to see what was inside. He felt many quiet and cold auras. There were many skeletons sleeping there. He saw basic skeletons, Undead Knights, and even large Bone Dragons that looked like mountains. They were all waiting. If Kong Mingan used the power given to him by Old Yi, they would all wake up and follow his orders.
Looking at this huge undead army, he understood how Old Yi could take over a whole world. Old Yi had told him that this was only a small part of his army's true strength.
"This is another great trump card for me," Kong Mingan said to himself. He felt much safer now. He pulled his mind back from the undead world and stood up from the futon. He didn't want to use the main door to leave the lab. He used his new spatial powers instead. Silver light wrapped around him, and in a second, he was back in his own room.
He took a warm shower to wash away his tiredness. After that, he put on a clean white outfit and looked in the mirror. He thought about what to do next. He wanted to check on Miss Meng to see her progress and talk about their business. He also needed to visit Shrek City later. He walked out into the hallway. Usually, it was very quiet because no one was allowed near his laboratory.
However, as he turned a corner, he saw someone. It was a young girl about his age. She was wearing a purple dress and white stockings. She had short, curly purple hair and looked very pretty. She was hiding and staring at his laboratory door.
Kong Mingan saw a Sun Moon Royal emblem on her dress. He wondered who she was because ordinary people weren't allowed here. He put on a mask to hide his face and walked up behind her quietly.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" he asked.
The girl jumped in surprise and looked back at him. She didn't recognize him, so she calmed down.
"You scared me! I thought you were someone else," she said. She then smiled and said, "Hello, I'm Xu Tianzhen. You seem like you live here. Do you know this family well?".
Kong Mingan was confused. "What do you want?" he asked.
"I'm here to find my fiancé!" she answered.
Kong Mingan felt even more surprised. He used a little bit of his mental force to guide her to talk more. "Fiancé?" he asked softly.
"Yes! My father and Grandpa Kong arranged it," she explained. "I haven't even met the guy yet. I heard he just stays in his lab all day. He seems like a strange person, though he looks handsome in photos". She sounded a bit annoyed. "But even if he is handsome, he shouldn't just hide all the time. I've been waiting here for two months, and he just won't come out".