It was already dusk when everyone returned to Mingdu on the Jing Hongchen plane, but this did not affect the group's enthusiasm at all.
Jing Hongchen waved his hand and announced that in order to celebrate the new students' upcoming enrollment, Lin Jiayi would be allowed to bring a group of students to play in Mingdu Night Market for a night, and all expenses would be paid by the dean!
A group of students, including the Hongchen brothers and sisters, cheered and rejoiced. Even those students who had never met Xu Tianxi had a better impression of him.
Xu Tianxi himself was personally accompanied by the very enthusiastic Dean Hongchen, who kindly asked him various questions.
"Xiao Xu, I have been friends with your uncle for a long time, but I don't know much about your situation. Can you tell me about it? For example, what happened to you in Xuanming Sect, and how did you run away from home?"
Xu Tianxi looked at the various buildings in Mingdu with curiosity, and his expression looked nervous as the buildings switched to night form as night approached.
"I learned of my mother's death before I awakened my martial spirit. Since then, I have never participated in any social activities within the Xuanming Sect. I have spent all my time on cultivation. As a result, I have a bad relationship with most people in the Xuanming Sect. The head mistress Xue Lingxun reached an exchange of interests with Yan Shaozhe to wear down my will to cultivate."
"I couldn't stand it, so I left Xuanming Sect under the protection of an elder from Xuanming Sect and an old servant my mother brought with her. Later, I went to the Far North to hunt for my second soul ring, and then went to Hanhai City to seek refuge with my master uncle, and then I settled down..."
"Oh? So these two are your great benefactors. I wonder where they are now? Are they also in Hanhai City?"
Xu Tianxi lowered his head when he heard this, and said softly, "Not here," in an extremely low voice: "When we were traveling by sea to Hanhai City, we encountered a battle between the evil soul master and Tongtian Baxia. We participated in the battle, and then some accidents happened..."
"The elder from Xuanming Sect was unable to accompany me to Hanhai City. I never saw him again after I got off the boat. I miss him very much now..."
As he spoke, Xu Tianxi's eyes turned red again and tears were about to fall.
"Hey, hey, hey, kid, you..."
Jing Hongchen didn't expect Xu Tianxi to say "bad news" right away, and quickly gave a look to the Hongchen brothers and sisters who were listening to the story quietly in the back.
Xiao Hongchen looked confused and sad, and Meng Hongchen quickly took out a stack of tissues and handed them to him.
Jing Hongchen said to himself, "My granddaughter is so clever," and hurriedly wiped Xu Tianxi's eyes while comforting him.
Xu Tianxi wiped away his tears, lowered his head and continued, "Not long ago, my mother's old servant and I came to the Sun Moon Empire. When we passed by the Mingdou Forest, we encountered the notorious Hateful Demon Soul Killer Group and a violent conflict broke out...
During the battle, I desperately killed the hateful messenger, and my soul power was exhausted. After I recovered, I crossed the Mingdou Mountains alone; they told me that I would have to walk the road alone from now on..."
"Ah, this…"
Jing Hongchen was conceited and well-informed, but he had never seen Xu Tianxi's "miserable" life experience. Could it be that this child had a conflict with an evil soul master? How could he meet an evil soul master while traveling?
With his Titled Douluo's cultivation, he was very sure that Xu Tianxi was not lying, and the sadness and hatred in his mental power were definitely not fake.
But isn't this too tragic?
How did his master uncle arrange it?
Why couldn't he personally escort him? Wait, could it be that the guy wanted to tell this hall master that this child has no relatives in Xuanming Sect except him, so I can invest boldly without worrying about his sincerity?
"By the way, kid, what about your father? He never cared about you?"
"He was in seclusion for two days when my martial spirit awakened. I haven't seen him since then."
Jing Hongchen was speechless. Well, Xu Tianxi was really no different from an orphan.
He had been feeling the fluctuations of Xu Tianxi's soul power and had not found any physiological abnormalities. He was proud of his ability to judge people and could tell whether a child was lying or not.
"Then you don't have any other relatives in Xuanming Sect? Like brothers and sisters?"
Meng Hongchen, who had been following behind and listening for a long time, couldn't help but come forward, with a look of sympathy on his little face.
Xu Tianxi shook his head, shrugged and sighed:
g my peers in the Xuanming Sect, there is only one half-brother who has a good relationship with me, but he is a student at Shrek Academy and is away from home all year round."
"Ah? Isn't that even less reliable than a smile?" Meng Hongchen blurted out.
"Ahem, Meng, what are you talking about? How am I unreliable..."
Xiao Hongchen, with a dark face, walked up and asked curiously, "Your brother is in Shrek Academy? Is he good?"
Xu Tianxi carefully recalled the boastful words in Xu Sanshi's letter and said slowly:
"He has awakened the Xuanming Sect's orthodox martial spirit, the Xuanming Turtle. I have communicated with him occasionally. He claims that he has cultivated himself to become the number one defensive spirit master in Shrek's outer courtyard."
"The number one defensive spirit master in Shrek's outer courtyard? Doesn't that mean he could very well participate in the spirit fighting competition that Xiao and his group had? Xiao Xu, are you kidding me, my brother?"
Jing Hongchen's eyes moved and he soon found the key point.
How could two top geniuses appear in the Xuanming Sect at the same time, and enroll in the two strongest academies in the world? With such a prosperous fortune, would there be some special thoughts?
"I don't know about that, but you should be able to find it out, Dean." Xu Tianxi responded calmly.
That's right, the information is too obvious and cannot withstand investigation.
Jing Hongchen secretly compared the information and felt relieved.
That's right, dispersing the family's talented young men and investing in two areas at the same time, this is the habit of those guys.
The two brothers each stood on one side, so that whoever won could leave a legacy.
However, judging from Xu Tianxi's own situation, he is indeed a lonely man. This is enough. If he is careful, there should be no problem.
"well..."
Jing Hongchen sighed, shook his head, and said to Xu Tianxi in a gentle voice:
"Child, although you have no home now, there are endless opportunities in the Sun-Moon Empire. As long as you work hard, you will have no problem getting married, starting a family, and having a wife and children. As your dean, I will be your guide."
"Looking at your current state, I guess you are not interested in playing anymore. I will take you back to the academy to arrange accommodation."
After saying that, Jing Hongchen waved to his grandchildren and took Xu Tianxi to fly to the Sun and Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.
At the same place, the Hongchen brothers and sisters looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Meng, why do I feel that Grandpa values Xu Tianxi more than us? Our status will not be threatened, right?"
Xiao Hongchen's eyes flashed, and he jumped to Meng Hongchen's ear and whispered, staring at the receding backs of Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianxi as if facing a great enemy.
Meng Hongchen rolled his eyes helplessly and reminded him unhappily, "The night before yesterday, it was you who told Director Lin that Grandpa wanted to accept a disciple in his dream. Director Lin asked Grandpa, and Grandpa didn't deny it, so that's almost the same as accepting it."
Xiao Hongchen rubbed his scalp angrily, lowered his head and muttered softly: "Isn't this just because I couldn't think of a more appropriate lie at the time? Besides, Grandpa is so busy, he doesn't have much time to teach students, right? He doesn't have much time to ask the two of us."
"Then you just have to pray that a master in the academy will find Xiao Xu by chance and accept him as his personal disciple. But I don't think anyone would dare to snatch him from Grandpa."
Meng Hongchen didn't want to discuss this kind of issue with his brother anymore, so he turned around and waved his hand, motioning Xiao Hongchen to go shopping together. The latter immediately looked bitter and followed resignedly.
Going shopping with a girl is such a torture, especially when she is your own sister, the kind you can't avoid!