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Within the Zhou Mansion in Luo City, a figure sat cross-legged under a large tree with his eyes tightly shut. Spiritual Seals slowly squirmed above his head as a majestic Mental Energy swiftly entered his body.

Over the past few days, Xia Hun Wu had stayed here and trained in Spiritual Seals. At the same time, the 22nd Spiritual Seal had been condensed within Xia Hun Wu's body.

"It's already the 22nd step. It seems that I won't be able to advance to a 9th level Human Stage Spiritual Array Master within a short period of time." Xia Hengwu muttered as he felt the Mental Energy in his body surge.

"Forget it, I think that a Human Stage Eight Spiritual Array Master is enough to handle the welcome ceremony to enter the Eastern Heavens Academy!" In a few days, it would be the day when Old Feng and Old Lei came to welcome them to the Eastern Heavens Academy. Moreover, with regards to the new student welcome ceremony that Old Feng and Old Lei had mentioned, it would likely not be that simple.

During these few days, Xia Hun Wu did not stop his training in the Spirit Emblem because he had defeated Luo Lie. After killing Luo Lie, he had completely offended the Azure Dragon Gang, and with Qi Shan's personality, he would not let this matter rest easily. The reason why the Golden Armor Auction House took care of the Zhou Family was because they valued his attainments as a Spiritual Array Master.

After he left, the only way for the Golden Armor Auction House to take care of the Zhou family was to let them see his talent. Only in this way would the Golden Armor Auction House fight to the death with the Green Dragon Gang for him.

If he was able to step into the realm of a Human Grade Nine Spiritual Array Master before entering the Eastern Heavens Academy, he might be able to attempt fighting with Qi Shan. However, the opening of the academy was just around the corner.

Xia Hun Wu massaged his tender head. He could only put this matter aside and wait for the right moment to converse with Li Yan.

"Soul Martial Young Master, Master Cheng has sent a message for you to go to the Golden Armor Auction House."

A maid suddenly appeared within the small yard and respectfully greeted Xia Hun Wu while he was feeling a headache.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xia Hengwu was also stunned. That Master Cheng is from the Spirit Emblem Tower, what can I do for him? However, Xia Hengwu was also extremely grateful towards the latter's actions to stop Qi Shan. He immediately nodded his head.

Soon after, he walked out of the courtyard.

When he appeared, he was already in the inner courtyard of the Golden Armor Auction House.

"To think that the Golden Armor Auction House has such a place. This is truly a rich and imposing place!"

Xia Hun Wu stood outside of an ancient building as he looked at this castle-like residence with a stunned expression. Although he knew that the Golden Armor Auction House was extremely wealthy, he did not expect them to have such an imposing fortress.

"Is that young master Hun Wu?"

While Xia Hengwu was still in shock, a voice rang out from within the ancient fortress.

"Yes, please inform Master Cheng that Xia Hun Wu requests an audience."

He looked towards the source of the sound and saw that the door had suddenly opened. Two guards looked at him with vigilance in their eyes.

When they heard Xia Hun Wu announce his name, the two guards looked at him in surprise. Evidently, they had heard of the name that had recently spread widely throughout Luo City. After which, one of them nodded his head and completely opened the door before appearing and respectfully saying: "Master Cheng, I have already received instructions from you a long time ago. Please follow me."

When he entered the ancient fortress, he realized that the castle he saw outside was actually only the tip of the iceberg. The interior of the ancient fortress was extremely vast, just like a small town.

Moreover, there were many people living in this ancient castle. What shocked Xia Hun Wu even more was that each and every one of these people possessed a strong soul power.

"Seems like this Golden Armor Auction House is not as simple as it appears to be."

While Xia Hun Wu was pondering, the guard leading the way stopped in a large courtyard. He slightly raised his left hand and gestured for them to enter.

"Soul Martial Young Master, this is Master Cheng's residence."

Only then did he walk into the courtyard. Inside the courtyard, it was a scene of peace and greenery. An old man wearing a white robe was sitting under a large tree, seemingly deep in thought.

The moment he walked into the courtyard, Xia Hun Wu felt that there were many minute threads of Mental Energy that were like a spider web that covered the entire courtyard. He knew that the owner of this Mental Energy was Master Cheng, thus, even though his eyes were closed, his every action was still clearly imprinted into the latter's mind.

"Master Cheng!"

Towards Master Cheng who came from the palace, Xia Hengwu was quite respectful. He immediately cupped his hands together and greeted him.

"Haha, little friend, it has only been a few days since we last met and your Spiritual Seal has actually increased. Such talent really makes this old man ashamed!"

Master Cheng slowly opened his eyes and smiled faintly. The old man's originally cloudy eyes were now suffused with a bright light, as if he wanted to see through Xia Hun Wu.

Seeing the old man open his eyes, Xia Hun Wu also stood not far away, and when the old man dusted off the dust on his body and slowly walked over, Xia Hun Wu felt as if he was being locked down by a fierce beast, this Master Cheng's strength, was actually this terrifying?

"Master Cheng, may I know what the matter is that you have called me here for?"

"Little friend, you're quite smart. I do have a request for you since I called you over." Master Cheng smiled. Soon after, he slightly raised his left hand and made a inviting gesture. The two of them sat on a stone table at the entrance of the courtyard.

When Xia Hengwu sat down, Master Cheng continued, "Your current strength should be at the Human Stage Eight as a Spiritual Array Master, right?"

"En!" Xia Hun Wu hesitated for a moment before he nodded his head. This kind of thing was naturally impossible to hide from this old man.

"And you are actually able to use a Spiritual Seal to directly attack Luo Lie. If my guess is correct, you are different from us Spiritual Array Masters. You should be a Battle Spirit Master, right?"

The moment Master Cheng's words came out, Xia Hengwu's expression changed. Although it was different from a Spiritual Array Master's fighting style, the difference between the two was only a sliver. However, the former still noticed it.

"No wonder he has such a strong attainments in formations and spirit inscriptions." Master Cheng smiled and continued.

"With just this ability, Master Cheng should have seen a joke." Xia Hun Wu said with a smile.

"That's a joke. However, the early stage Spirit Masters are the same as the Spirit Array Masters, they can only rely on Spiritual Energy and Spiritual Arrays. The effects of Spiritual Seals in your hands are not ideal." Master Cheng said with a smile.

"I am willing to listen to Grandmaster's advice." Xia Hun Wu said with a serious expression.

"In that case, the Battle Spirit Master Faction is much stronger than my Spiritual Array Master Faction." Master Cheng replied with a faint smile, but his eyes were burning with passion when he looked at Xia Hewitt.