God Sealing Platform

The morning in Mingdu was just beginning to brighten as the first rays of dawn painted the sky.

After finishing breakfast, Liuxing watched Luan Yu, who had been studying the soul tool in her hands since the meal started. Curious, he asked, "Aunt, what kind of soul tool is this?"

Luan Yu chuckled softly and placed the wooden cage-like soul tool, inlaid with hundreds of dazzling gemstones, on the table.

Smiling, she said, "This is a ninth-level soul tool called the God Sealing Altar. It's a sealing-type soul tool that I exchanged from my teacher."

Liuxing suddenly understood. He and Liuying had often heard Luan Yu and Luan Feng mention their teacher, knowing only that he was the strongest soul engineer in the Sun-Moon Empire, though they had never met him.

Liuxing also knew that Luan Yu had reached an agreement with the imperial family to share her research on long-distance communication soul tools.

With her teacher's help, she even convinced the imperial family not to restrict the circulation of long-distance communication soul tools.

It seemed likely that this ninth-level soul tool, the God Sealing Altar, was a reward from her teacher, after all, she had proposed a very intriguing concept and completed the initial research.

"The inspiration for the long-distance communication soul tool came from the two of you. So, I'm giving this ninth-level soul tool to both of you as a gift."

Luan Yu smiled as she pushed the beautifully crafted wooden cage toward Liuxing.

Liuxing's face darkened instantly, while Liuying covered her mouth and giggled.

She knew Luan Yu was teasing Liuxing again.

With Liuxing's current soul power, he wouldn't be able to use a ninth-level soul tool at all, it would only serve as a decorative piece.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. This soul tool is useless to you two for now. When your cultivation improves, I'll personally craft a ninth-level soul tool tailored for you."

Luan Yu stretched lazily, her mood light and cheerful.

"Aunt, what exactly does the God Sealing Altar do?" Liuying curiously examined the soul tool on the table.

Luan Yu smiled and explained, "The God Sealing Altar is a sealing-type soul tool, so its function is naturally to seal. It can imprison any living creature, but only if they have no ability to resist beforehand. Once sealed inside, even a Titled Douluo wouldn't be able to escape. It's generally used to imprison powerful soul beasts that have lost their fighting strength and is rarely used on human soul masters."

"But the God Sealing Altar isn't without flaws. It operates by absorbing the soul power of the sealed target to maintain the imprisonment, making it incredibly strong on the inside. However, its external defense is very weak. A certain level of external attack can shatter this ninth-level soul tool. That's why it's often referred to as 'soft on the outside, tough on the inside.'"

Hearing this, Liuying immediately lost interest.

She preferred offensive soul tools with immense destructive power and had little enthusiasm for functional soul tools.

Moreover, if you could already beat an opponent into submission, why would you need the God Sealing Altar?

To Liuying, this ninth-level soul tool was completely redundant.

Liuxing also lost interest. Not only was it useless to him, but the tool itself seemed impractical, it was a waste of its ninth-level classification.

Luan Yu shook her head in amusement and put away the God Sealing Altar.

If it were truly a powerful ninth-level soul tool, her teacher wouldn't have just casually handed it over.

She didn't intend to use this soul tool herself, but since it was still a ninth-level soul tool, the formations on it were quite intricate.

Studying them in her spare time could still help improve her soul engineering skills.

"You two are about to graduate from Mingdu's Primary Soul Engineering Academy, right? I've already arranged for your enrollment in the Intermediate Academy. I'll be heading out soon, probably for two to three months, maybe as long as half a year. If anything happens, go find your Aunt Feng."

Liuxing and Liuying weren't surprised by this news.

Luan Yu had always loved traveling around the world, and she had already stayed in the Sun-Moon Empire for a long time because of them.

Now that she was itching to leave, it was completely expected.

"Don't worry, Aunt. Mingdu is very safe."

With their background and their connection to Xu Tianzhen, no one would dare trouble them at this stage.

Given their status and network, as long as they didn't directly offend a ninth-level soul engineer, even if they ended up beating up a royal family member, it wouldn't cause too much trouble.

Luan Yu wasn't worried about their safety. She knew these two were anything but simple, especially Liuxing, who was quite cunning.

"I'm heading to the Extreme North again and will pass through Dragon City. Do you have any messages for Qiuqiu and your godmother?"

"Of course we do!"

Liuxing and Liuying immediately ran back to their rooms to write letters.

They had considered sending letters to the Earth Dragon Sect before, but with the vast distance between the Sun-Moon Empire and Dragon City, and the tense relations between the Sun-Moon Empire and the original Douluo Three Nations, the likelihood of their letters actually arriving was too low. Worse, there was a risk they'd be intercepted.

If people learned that the Earth Dragon Sect had connections to the Sun-Moon Empire, it wouldn't be good for the sect.

At present, Liuxing and Liuying's identities in the Sun-Moon Empire weren't minor.

If the Heavenly Soul Empire found out about this connection, the Earth Dragon Sect might not be outright suppressed, but suspicion and scrutiny would be inevitable.

To avoid causing trouble for Nan Shui Shui and the Earth Dragon Sect, they had never once contacted them.

But since Luan Yu was personally delivering the letters this time, there wouldn't be an issue.

No one could possibly snatch something from a ninth-level soul engineer.

Still, Liuxing wondered, how would Nan Shui Shui and the others react when they found out that he and Liuying had joined the Sun-Moon Empire?

Liuxing had no intention of hiding the truth, it wasn't something that could be kept secret anyway.

Transparency was better, as the Earth Dragon Sect had its own stance to consider.

He was prepared for the possibility that the sect might sever ties with them. It was an unfortunate reality.

Thankfully, the continent was still at peace. If this were wartime, things would be far more complicated.

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Ten days later, Dragon City, Earth Dragon Sect.

"What?! Liuxing and Liuying went to the Sun-Moon Empire? That's so far away!"

Nan Qiuqiu read Liuying's letter, then slumped onto the table in exasperation.

Nan Shui Shui let out a sigh. She had already met with Luan Yu, who didn't hide her identity this time after all, Liuxing and Liuying had already written everything in their letters.

However, Luan Yu didn't stay long in Dragon City. She simply handed over the letters and left.

Nan Shui Shui hadn't expected that the friend she had made wasn't just an eighth-level soul engineer, nor was she from the original Douluo Three Nations, she was from the Sun-Moon Empire, and a ninth-level soul engineer at that.

Ordinarily, forming ties with a ninth-level soul engineer would be a great boon for the Earth Dragon Sect.

But the problem was that she was from the Sun-Moon Empire.

If she had been from the Star Luo Empire or even the Dou Ling Empire, it wouldn't have been as troublesome.

But the Sun-Moon Empire… Even if she could accept it, the elders of the Earth Dragon Sect wouldn't, and the Heavenly Soul Empire certainly wouldn't allow them to associate too closely with someone from there.