The next day, at Lin Mo’s room door.
Just as dawn broke, Lin Mo heard a knock at the door.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he walked to the door, opened it, and saw the village chief, followed by a smiling Zhang Kai.
“Xiao Mo, go wash up first! When you’re done, I have some incredibly good news to tell you!” The village chief looked at Lin Mo, beaming, the wrinkles on his face seeming to smooth out from his excitement.
Seeing this, Lin Mo vaguely guessed their purpose; his upcoming enrollment was likely to change.
While Lin Mo was washing up, the village chief and Zhang Kai found a place to sit in the room.
The beaming smile on the village chief’s face showed how happy he was about the news he was about to share with Lin Mo.
Before long, Lin Mo finished washing up, found a suitable spot in the room, pulled over a chair, and sat down.
He looked expectant, waiting for them to tell him what was next.
Zhang Kai was the first to speak, and his opening words were startling: “Xiao Mo, have you heard of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?”
“Mm.” Lin Mo nodded, raising an eyebrow, indicating that he knew of the academy.
“Originally, with your talent, you could have received the best cultivation at our academy. Even if it couldn’t compare to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, it wouldn’t be too far behind. What’s more, I also had a small selfish desire: if I could keep you at the academy, then in the future, you might be able to win a supreme honor for the academy.”
Towards the end, Zhang Kai’s tone revealed a hint of bitterness.
Dongyang Advanced Soul Guidance Academy, although it could be called the best academy in the Dongyang City area.
However, if this scope were expanded, let alone across the entire continent, even just within the Sun Moon Empire, Dongyang Advanced Soul Guidance Academy wouldn’t rank.
From the results of the Pan-continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament, it was clear that Dongyang Advanced Soul Guidance Academy was in a very awkward position.
In the Pan-continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament, Dongyang Advanced Soul Guidance Academy’s best result was reaching the top thirty-two.
And that was only once; at other times, they struggled to even get past the elimination rounds.
They could only serve as stepping stones for those top academies.
It was quite sad.
This was why Zhang Kai had previously taken the initiative to help Lin Mo obtain a spirit ring; he wanted to personally witness whether Lin Mo’s talent was genuine.
But the final result greatly shocked him!
It far exceeded his expectations.
If Lin Mo were just an ordinary innate full spirit power, then no matter what, he would have kept Lin Mo at Dongyang Advanced Soul Guidance Academy.
Lin Mo held great hope of elevating Dongyang Advanced Soul Guidance Academy to a higher level in the future.
If he were just an ordinary genius, Zhang Kai had full confidence that, with the academy’s resources, Lin Mo’s cultivation here wouldn’t lag too far behind other places.
However, Lin Mo’s talent far surpassed his expectations; here, he would merely be a pearl hidden in dust.
A complete Body Martial Soul!
It represented extremely powerful talent, a talent destined to become a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse in the future.
He lacked the confidence to cultivate Lin Mo into a success without hindering his talent.
He was also conflicted: should he keep Lin Mo in his own academy, allowing Lin Mo to leave a significant mark in the academy’s history?
Or should he send Lin Mo to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, allowing him to receive the best cultivation there, so as not to waste his talent?
However, when he chose to investigate Lin Mo’s identity, he realized that he had already made his decision.
He also didn’t want to see such a talented child have his promising future jeopardized by his own selfish desires.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Kai once again convinced himself, “Since you know about Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then things are much simpler. I’m sure I don’t need to explain; you already know the status of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy within our empire.”
Lin Mo remained silent, nodding to show he understood.
Zhang Kai continued, “If you are willing, I can send you to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to cultivate. There, you will not only receive the most top-tier teaching staff but also the best allocation of resources. You don’t need to worry about me deceiving you, or whether you need to pay any price. Your talent supports you in receiving these things. Of course, none of this is without a price!”
At this point, Zhang Kai paused, giving Lin Mo some time to digest the information.
After a while, when Lin Mo looked up, Zhang Kai slowly explained, “As a price, when you become a powerhouse in the future, you must choose to serve the empire. And I have a small request: in the future, if possible, I hope you can give Dongyang City a helping hand!”
“Mm.” After some thought, Lin Mo agreed to Zhang Kai’s request.
“I promise you, if I can grow into the kind of powerhouse you mentioned in the future, I will lend a hand to Dongyang City. No matter what, this is also my hometown.”
Agreeing to Zhang Kai’s conditions was not merely a superficial courtesy; Lin Mo genuinely wanted to help Dongyang City in the future, once he became powerful. This story is hosted at novelping dot com.
Of course, the admission qualification to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was also an indispensable condition.
With his devouring talent, his path of cultivation was destined to involve killing.
If he didn’t want to rely on killing humans to advance, then he only had to kill Spirit Beasts.
Let Sea Soul Beasts offer their sacrifice to boost his cultivation.
Lin Mo wouldn’t feel too much guilt about targeting Sea Soul Beasts.
And Dongyang City was the bridgehead Lin Mo chose for himself.
If conditions allowed, turning it into his future base of operations was not out of the question.
“Then let’s pack up and go, but this time your village chief can’t come with us. Once we reach Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, I might be able to introduce you to a powerful teacher.” At this point, Zhang Kai looked at Lin Mo, smiling mysteriously.
“You might not know, but I also graduated from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After graduating, I joined Mingde Hall, and only then did I come here to be the dean.”
As he said this, Zhang Kai’s tone was full of pride.
Hearing Zhang Kai’s introduction, Lin Mo finally understood why Zhang Kai was so insistent on sending him to Mingde Hall.
Having come from there himself, he naturally understood its ability to cultivate geniuses.
He didn’t want to see his talent languish in this small Dongyang City, which was why he urged him to go to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Among his reasons, there was certainly the intention of cultivating him into a pillar of the Sun Moon Empire.
In Zhang Kai’s view, an exceptionally talented orphan, cultivated by the state, and then given some patriotic fertilizer.
In the future, Lin Mo was destined to become one of the pillars of the Sun Moon Empire, and of the most direct lineage, impossible to betray.
Lin Mo didn’t mind siding with the Sun Moon Empire, given that he would receive their cultivation.
After all, without a certain God King Tang causing trouble, the Sun Moon Empire would be the one to unify the continent.
What’s more, the God Realm was currently enveloped in spatial turbulence, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, God King Tang couldn’t interfere with matters on Douluo Star.
Under these circumstances, siding with the powerful party was the best choice.