The Evil Emperor is too strong and must be sealed? With the current strength of the Soul Palace, I'm afraid it can already crush the Evil Emperor! Are you serious when you say the Evil Emperor is strong?

"Are you sure you can digest a soul beast that's 700,000 years old as your ninth soul ring?"

"It's not a big problem. My current physical fitness is enough to absorb a normal soul ring of 300,000 years. With the soul's absorption period doubled and some special methods, the evil emperor's soul ring and soul bone will be no problem."

Jing Hongchen nodded. "It's good that you know this. There is one more thing. Is it time to take your relationship with Meng a step further?"

"Ah?" Xiao Qiang was stunned by Jing Hongchen's words.

Jing Hongchen stared at Xiao Qiang fiercely. "Don't play dumb with me, kid. Since the last All-Continent High-Level Spirit Master Competition, you can't help but see Meng's feelings for you. Five years ago, you were eager to practice and had no time to think about other things, which was fine, but now there are no enemies on the continent that can threaten you. Some things should be made clear. Do you have feelings for Meng?"

Xiao Qiang scratched his head. "Of course there is, but I may not be a good match for Senior Meng."

Jing Hongchen was a little surprised. "What do you mean?"

Xiao Qiang was silent for a moment, then looked at Jing Hongchen and asked, "Teacher, what kind of person do you think I am?"

"You have a mature mindset and have been able to think like an adult since you were a child. Even many adults may not have the decisiveness you had when you were a child. When you didn't have the resources to cultivate, you were able to find someone who could give you resources. Although the circumstances were special, you were able to convince him to give you resources. This is not something that an ordinary child can do."

"You are a gifted monster, a monster that has never been seen before. You were able to reach the level of an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo at the age of eighteen, and your strength is not weaker than that of an average Level 98 Titled Douluo. Now at the age of twenty, although you have not yet merged your ninth soul ring to become a formal Titled Douluo, your strength is no worse than that of a person who is close to the Limit Douluo. One thing I can be sure of is that if you merge your ninth soul ring, your strength will be truly invincible. I am afraid that all the strong men in the entire continent combined may not be able to defeat you."

"Treat those who have helped you very well. Bai Qingshan, who normally would never reach the level of a five-ringed Soul King in his lifetime, is now preparing to become a Titled Douluo with your help. With five black and four red soul rings, his Super Douluo strength is a foregone conclusion."

"After the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy and Mingde Hall were bombed, it was thanks to the status of the Soul Palace Grand Elder that you gave me that allowed me to control the soul resources, and I was able to win the hearts of the people in a short period of time, quickly recruit a group of disciples, and maintain my previous position. In addition, the 100,000-year souls of Xiao and Meng were enough to help my Hongchen family get out of the predicament of decline."

"If I didn't have the resources you gave me, and with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy and Mingde Hall destroyed, I'm afraid it won't be long before I'm exiled to an unknown place far away from the power center of the Sun Moon Empire."

Xiao Qiang scratched his head in embarrassment. "Teacher, I will assume that what you said is true, but now that I have talked about the advantages, what about the disadvantages?"

"What do you mean by taking what I said as true? It is true. As for the shortcomings..." Jing Hongchen looked at Xiao Qiang and couldn't think of a solution for a moment.

"Teacher, due to some special reasons, I was much more mature than other children of the same age when I was a child. But apart from my talent, I am just an ordinary person after all."

"I'm not that good, nor that bad. It's just that due to some special reasons I have a very high talent, so I didn't just go with the flow and become an ordinary soul master who is neither good nor bad."

"My current strength has indeed improved, and my talent can be considered very high, but in many ways I am just an ordinary person after all, and my thinking is no different from that of other people. And an ordinary person has been constantly trying to become stronger for more than ten years. So, teacher, what do you think is the driving force behind me?"

Jing Hongchen was so frightened by Xiao Qiang's words that he broke out in a cold sweat. "You want to be the emperor!"

Xiao Qiang: "..." Why did I think of this for no reason? In a fantasy world, what kind of emperor is this?

"Well, that's not the case."

"To have enough strength to not be bullied by anyone, to taste the best food in the world, and to sleep with more beauties without having to use force. Of course, it would be even better to have an endless life to waste."

Jing Hongchen's eyelids twitched wildly. "Is that what you did?"

"What else? I can't just practice for the sake of practicing."

Jing Hongchen held his forehead. "Regarding the matter of the beauty, with your current strength, even if you want to force it, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"That's why I said I'm not that good, nor that bad. If I were really bad, no, I don't even need to be bad. As long as I lower my bottom line, many problems can actually be solved. But I'm not that bad, so I can't force it, at least for now."

"at present?"

"The me when I was a child is not the same person as when I grow up, and the me when I grow up is not the same person as when I am old. Who can predict the future? I can't guarantee 100% that I will be a beef eater in the future."

“What does this have to do with beef?”

"That's not important, but teacher, like I said, I do like Senior Meng, but I am not a good match for her. I like Senior Meng only because she is beautiful."

"If Senior Sister Meng has been standing by my side unwaveringly and developing with me since my soul power just awakened, and we are supporting each other, then out of my sense of responsibility as a good person, I should be with Senior Sister Meng for the rest of my life."

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"But Senior Sister Meng and I didn't know each other when we were six years old. I gritted my teeth and got through the most difficult journey before I was fourteen. I gritted my teeth and got through it for the sake of a better life and to be able to do whatever I want in the future."

"I like Senior Meng, but this love also works on Mu Qingxue. To put it nicely, it's love at first sight, but to put it bluntly, it's lust at first sight."

"I won't be controlled by the lower ones, so I won't do anything out of line with them. But if Senior Meng marries me, I won't change my mind because of her."

"Teacher, you don't want your granddaughter to see a bunch of other women around her husband, do you?"

Jing Hongchen was silent. He could see his granddaughter's feelings for Xiao Qiang, but he really had no way to restrict Xiao Qiang's self-will.

"This is my situation. You and Senior Sister Meng should think it over carefully. As an investor who has helped me, it is certainly a good thing, but when it comes to emotional issues, the calm and restrained mind that has always been there is not a good thing for Senior Sister Meng."

Xiao Qiang said goodbye to Jing Hongchen and left the room, leaving Jing Hongchen alone thinking.

After Xiao Qiang said goodbye and left Jing Hongchen's room, Mu Qingxue's voice suddenly came to Xiao Qiang's ears.

"You just said...you like me?"

(End of this chapter)