MTLNOVEL Chapter 77: Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy
At this moment, Liuying had only one thought in her mind: Why Gu Yue?
Wait, no, since when did Gu Yue play these kinds of games with you?
But before she could get angry, seeing the faint smile in Liuxing's eyes, Liuying instantly understood, Liuxing was teasing her.
After a brief moment of surprise, Liuying's delicate and pretty face immediately flushed with a mix of embarrassment and annoyance.
"Hmph, Liuxing is an idiot. I'm not playing with you anymore."
She pouted unhappily, placing her hands on her hips and pretending to turn away.
However, her legs, clad in white stockings, didn't move an inch, betraying her true feelings.
Though she appeared to be angry, her demeanor exuded a charming, almost childish cuteness.
Her flushed face was turned to the side, but her blue-pink eyes kept glancing back at Liuxing, as if silently pleading, "Come and comfort me!"
Of course, Liuxing took the opportunity Liuying gave him.
He quickly pulled her to sit beside him and handed her a steaming cup of milk tea, asking, "So, have you gotten the admission letter yet?"
Liuying held the warm cup of milk tea, took a happy sip, and replied in a soft, sweet voice, "I've already got it. I can register in a couple of days."
While gently smoothing out the stray strands of her silver hair, Liuxing chatted with her about various amusing topics.
Soon, Liuying forgot her earlier displeasure and forgave Liuxing for teasing her with Gu Yuena.
At eleven years old, Liuxing and Liuying had already graduated early from the intermediate soul engineer academy and were admitted to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as thirty-seven-level Soul Elders.
Alongside them, Gu Yuena, Xu Tianzhen, Xue Nu, Ye Gushang, and Nana had also been admitted to the academy.
Of course, after a year and a half, everyone had grown stronger.
Gu Yuena and Xue Nu had both reached the thirty-fourth level of soul power and obtained their third soul rings.
Like Liuxing and Liuying, they had been stuck at the thirty-level bottleneck for nearly half a year.
Xu Tianzhen and Ye Gushang had also broken through to the thirty-second level, becoming three-ringed Soul Elders.
Only Nana had just barely reached the twenty-sixth level, but that was enough for her to be admitted to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was located in the western district of Mingdu.
The entire academy's area was comparable to that of a medium-sized city.
Only Mingdu, the largest and most expensive city on the continent, could accommodate such a massive institution.
Having already passed the entrance exams, Liuxing and the others easily entered the academy with their admission letters.
Upon entering, Liuxing couldn't help but marvel at how different the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was compared to the primary and intermediate soul engineer academies.
Inside the gates, various civilian soul tools could be seen everywhere.
Students passing by were also equipped with all kinds of soul tools, all of which they had developed themselves.
Liuxing even saw a female student gliding past them on four-wheeled skates.
He also noticed large screens placed throughout the academy, displaying footage of teachers crafting soul tools.
These soul tools were modified versions of communication soul tools.
With the new emperor of the Sun Moon Empire taking the throne, many soul tool projects that had been halted by the previous emperor were restarted.
With the empire's resources now open, the enthusiasm of soul engineers was fully ignited.
In recent years, the Sun Moon Empire's soul tool technology had advanced rapidly, especially in military soul tools.
The imperial family had invested heavily, achieving significant breakthroughs in detection soul tools, long-range attack soul tools, close-combat soul tools, and even humanoid soul tools.
Liuxing and Liuying had even contributed to the development of humanoid soul tools.
Their teachers, Luan Yu and Luan Feng, were disciples of Kong Deming, the head of the Sun Moon Empire's Royal Worship Hall and the strongest nine-star soul engineer in the empire.
Kong Deming, who had been researching humanoid soul tools, had sought permission from Luan Yu and Luan Feng to involve Liuxing and Liuying in his research after learning of their talents.
As the teacher of Luan Yu and Luan Feng and the empire's top nine-star soul engineer, Liuxing wasn't worried that this "honorary grandfather" would harm them.
So, he agreed to assist in the research.
Under Kong Deming's guidance, Liuxing and Liuying gained access to many rare soul tools as compensation for their contributions.
Kong Deming also planned to form a humanoid soul tool legion once the research was successful.
Based on Liuxing and Liuying's contributions, he named the future legion the "Molten Fire Knights" and told them that if they achieved the strength of Title Douluos by then, they would become the legion's commander and deputy commander.
Liuxing wasn't particularly interested in the title of commander, but the thought of leading a mecha legion to dominate the skies did pique his interest.
Liuying, on the other hand, was reminded of her past battles alongside her comrades and felt a sense of anticipation for the future Molten Fire Knights.
As they arrived at a spacious plaza, they saw Meng Hongchen, now thirteen and beginning to mature, standing there gracefully.
Spotting Liuxing and the others, her face lit up with joy, and she quickly ran over.
"Liuxing, you're finally here! I've been waiting for you guys for so long."
Though she complained, the happiness on her face was unmistakable.
"Sister Meng, it's been a while."
Seeing Meng Hongchen, Liuxing and the others also smiled warmly. It had indeed been a long time since they last met.
Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen had entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy two years earlier.
After advancing to the advanced academy, they no longer had as much free time as before.
The siblings had to balance their soul tool studies with their soul power cultivation.
Unlike Liuxing and the others, they were dual-cultivators of both soul tools and soul power.
After entering the academy, they hardly had any time to come out and play with Liuxing and the others.
Their meetings had become rare, and most of their communication was through soul communication tools.
From their chats, Liuxing learned that the siblings had broken through to the Soul Ancestor level not long after entering the academy and had joined the Illustrious Virtue Hall as four-star soul engineers.
The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was divided into six grades, corresponding to zero to five-star soul engineers.
Students could advance to the next grade by passing the soul engineer exams.
Upon reaching the sixth grade, students could apply for graduation or take the Illustrious Virtue Hall entrance exam.
Outstanding students could even take the Illustrious Virtue Hall exam early and join the hall.