Long Xiaoyao's clearly distinct attitude left Xiao Hongchen completely helpless. He did not dare to voice any complaints and could only stand straight beside Wang Lin, looking helplessly at the "Black Dragon Douluo" talking amiably with his sister.
However, he had actually never heard of the name Black Dragon Douluo. When did the Sun Moon Empire have a Titled Douluo with the title of Black Dragon?
Thinking this, Xiao Hongchen looked with doubt at Wang Lin, who was similarly left hanging to the side.
"My Master is a figure from a hundred years ago; he hasn't walked in the world for a long time."
Wang Lin used telekinesis to compress his voice into a line, explaining a sentence to Xiao Hongchen, but he did not explain Long Xiaoyao's specific identity.
If the old Black Dragon wanted to say it, there was no need to hide his title, so he called himself the Black Dragon Douluo.
Although the name Dragon Emperor Douluo had long disappeared from people's view, among the high-level officials of the Sun Moon Empire, only Jing Hongchen, Xu Tianran, Kong Deming, and that half-dead Sun Moon Emperor knew of Long Xiaoyao's existence.
In the eyes of the outside world, Wang Lin was Zhang Peng's adopted son.
"Stay here for lunch at noon. This old man will have someone arrange it."
Long Xiaoyao looked smilingly at Meng Hongchen. Although the little girl was somewhat reserved, she was very polite. In any case, the more he looked at her, the more satisfied he became.
"Okay, Senior, we will listen to your arrangement."
"Since it is our first meeting, this old man hasn't prepared any meeting gift, only this." As the old Black Dragon spoke, he took out a round, jade-like black pill and stuffed it into Meng Hongchen's hand.
"Keep it close to your body. It can help you withstand one attack at the Titled Douluo level."
Meng Hongchen subconsciously wanted to refuse, but she was far inferior to Long Xiaoyao in both speed and strength. Before she could react, the Dragon Pill was already in her hand.
The little girl immediately panicked somewhat and looked at Wang Lin beside her.
"Keep it, Little Meng. It is just a small token of my Master's regard; it doesn't have much value."
Saying this, in order to reassure Meng Hongchen, Wang Lin took out three Dragon Pills that were obviously a size smaller than the one in Meng Hongchen's hand.
Thus, Meng Hongchen had to accept it and could only thank Long Xiaoyao with a blushing face.
"Thank you, Senior."
At this moment, Xiao Hongchen looked at the Dragon Pills in Wang Lin's hand, and then at the Dragon Pill in his sister's hand.
Wait, how does something that can withstand a Titled Douluo level attack have no value? He wanted one too; why didn't anyone give him one!?
Fortunately, Long Xiaoyao did not forget Xiao Hongchen, a guest who had also visited. He took out a Dragon Pill that was a size smaller than the ones in Wang Lin's hand and handed it to Xiao Hongchen.
"Thank you, Senior!"
With the Dragon Pill in hand, Xiao Hongchen did not care about the size at all. He happily put it away close to his body.
They sat together in the courtyard and chatted for a while, but someone suddenly arrived from the Mingde Hall. Although there was no major issue, having the meal today was definitely out of the question.
Needless to say, it must be that Jing Hongchen knew the Hongchen siblings had followed Wang Lin home and arranged for someone to call them back.
Long Xiaoyao, who could guess the reason immediately, did not keep them any longer. He even asked Wang Lin to escort the Hongchen siblings back, and Wang Lin did not refuse.
Walking on the road back to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Xiao Hongchen played with the Dragon Pill in his hand and asked in confusion: "A Lin, who exactly is your Master? How come I've never heard of him? And he gives away such a treasure just like that?"
"The old man has been in seclusion for a long time. If not for me, he wouldn't have come out of the mountains." Speaking nonsense casually, Wang Lin pointed at the Dragon Pill in Xiao Hongchen's hand.
"This Dragon Pill was condensed by the old man himself. The power within it will drain away. Yours will last at most three years, while the one in Little Meng's hand will last a bit longer; it will take ten years to dissipate."
"Condensed himself?"
As Xiao Hongchen spoke, sensing the pure darkness aura coming from the Dragon Pill in his hand, he immediately asked in a low voice, "Senior Black Dragon, isn't he that?"
"No, there are quite a few in the family who aren't." Wang Lin naturally knew that that in Xiao Hongchen's mouth referred to Evil Soul Masters.
"Understood." Xiao Hongchen did not ask further on this topic. Meng Hongchen, however, suddenly asked at this moment: "A Lin, is there anything Senior likes?"
"Well... he likes to eat mung bean cakes. I'm not too sure about anything else..."
With that question, Wang Lin really didn't know what the old Black Dragon liked. This was indeed an oversight on his part.
"I got it!"
Meng Hongchen nodded, seeming to take it to heart.
The three returned all the way to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After the Hongchen siblings said goodbye to Wang Lin, they headed to the Mingde Hall to look for Jing Hongchen.
Wang Lin returned to his dormitory, preparing to refine the fresh bones he had just brought back this morning.
...
Not long after, in Jing Hongchen's office in the Mingde Hall.
Creak!
The wooden office door was pushed open first by Xiao Hongchen. Meng Hongchen followed behind Xiao Hongchen as they walked into Jing Hongchen's office together.
"You're here."
Sitting at the desk, Jing Hongchen spoke without looking up.
"We're here, Grandfather."
The brother and sister replied and consciously sat down on the sofa in Jing Hongchen's office.
"Did you gain anything from going back with Wang Lin today?"
Soon, Jing Hongchen raised his head, looked at his grandson and granddaughter, and asked in a deep voice.
"Senior Black Dragon gave us Dragon Pills. Why, Grandfather?"
Xiao Hongchen answered truthfully and took out the black Dragon Pill.
Hearing the words "Black Dragon," Jing Hongchen understood in his heart.
"Little Xiao, bring it here and let me see."
"Here."
Jing Hongchen took the Dragon Pill and sensed the dense aura of darkness within it. He played with it for a while before returning the Dragon Pill to Xiao Hongchen.
"Keep it safe; this is good stuff." Saying this, Jing Hongchen looked at the Dragon Pill in Meng Hongchen's hand, which was obviously two sizes larger than Xiao Hongchen's, and added.
"Little Meng should keep yours safe too."
Jing Hongchen felt helpless in his heart. The development of matters up to now had long exceeded his expectations.
He had thought that given his grandson and granddaughter's personalities, they wouldn't get too involved with Wang Lin. After all, the talent Wang Lin revealed when he enrolled was indeed lackluster.
But Jing Hongchen completely hadn't expected that in just over two years, Wang Lin would jump directly from a Soul Grandmaster to a Soul Emperor. Such talent could already be called terrifying.
Most importantly, in the academy's tests, Wang Lin's cultivation was entirely derived from his own practice, without a trace of an Evil Soul Master.
If Wang Lin's backing wasn't the Holy Spirit Cult, and with Meng Hongchen being interested, he would have inevitably agreed to the matter between Wang Lin and his granddaughter long ago.
Not to mention that Wang Lin had given Xiao Hongchen a metal-attribute Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear external soul bone, plus that immortal herb which even he had never seen before but was extremely suitable for Xiao Hongchen.
That immortal herb alone not only increased the concentration of Xiao Hongchen's divine beast bloodline but even had the effect of cleansing the essence and cutting the marrow.
The side effects caused by the secret medicines Xiao Hongchen had taken previously were all washed away cleanly by the cleansing. It was also from that time on that Jing Hongchen strictly ordered Xiao Hongchen to stop taking any secret medicines.
This was the reason he agreed to send Xiao Hongchen to Shrek Academy.
"Since you followed Wang Lin to his home, remember to call me along next time there is a chance."
No longer hesitating in his heart, Jing Hongchen spoke.