met free Chapter 117 Meng Hongchen: I was here first, woo woo woo
Chapter 117 Meng Hongchen: I was here first, woo woo woo
The court attendant with the cultivation of a Titled Douluo beside him was also somewhat shocked upon hearing the Emperor's reward.
Ten Spirit Pills, this grade of pills would be effective even for a Titled Douluo.
Spirit Pills are the highest-grade pills in the conventional sense, each one extremely valuable. Above Spirit Pills are only Immortal Pills, refined from rare and sought-after Immortal Herbs.
Ten Spirit Pills would probably require a Rank 9 Soul Engineer to sell everything they own to acquire.
Moreover, besides the Spirit Pills, there were also several top-grade rare metals. These rare metals would be enough to create three Rank 9 Soul Tools. The preciousness of Rank 9 Soul Tools goes without saying; even Rank 9 Soul Engineers may not possess many.
As for the awarded residence in the Imperial City, that was commonplace. Whenever a princess married, the Emperor would bestow a residence in the Imperial City upon the consort, as a customary practice.
It could be said that the Emperor's reward was equivalent to saving Wang Chen a great deal of time in collecting resources, allowing him to focus solely on cultivation.
The court attendant then asked, "Your Majesty, will the wedding of the princess and Wang Chen follow the usual practice,
with the wedding held on an auspicious day three months from now, or—"
When the Emperor marries off a princess, it doesn't mean the wedding will take place immediately after the bestowal of marriage. The process has always been quite complicated.
Unless there is an emergency, it usually requires three months of preparation time.
If there are special circumstances, it will be postponed or brought forward.
Xu Jing sat on the dragon throne, his fingers gently tapping the armrest. Although he had many sons, he only had one daughter, Xu Tianzhen, whom he always doted on.
If there hadn't been no suitable woman in the imperial clan, he might not have married his daughter to Wang Chen.
Now, thinking that his daughter was about to marry, he felt a little reluctant.
However, as the Emperor, considering it from a political point of view, he wanted his daughter and Wang Chen to marry as soon as possible, and then give birth to offspring with royal blood.
Xu Jing pondered for a moment, and said with a complex expression, "Princess Tianzhen's wedding will be held in accordance with court etiquette. It must be grand and carefully prepared. Three months may not be enough time to prepare thoroughly, so postpone it to five months.
Also, remember to build the residences of the princess and Wang Chen closer to the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The attendant respectfully nodded and then went to convey the Emperor's decree.
Evening, Wang Chen's home.
Wang Chen was currently sitting cross-legged in meditation, cultivating the Pulse-Opening Technique.
He had benefited greatly from studying with Kong Deming this month, learning various profound knowledge about Soul Tools and cutting-edge Soul Tool technology concepts.
These profound theoretical knowledge and cutting-edge technology concepts are very precious and impossible to learn in places such as Mingde Hall and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
Although Mingde Hall and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy have great reputations, the Soul Tool knowledge they teach is all below Rank 9 and can only be considered basic.
And any knowledge about Rank 9 Soul Tools in the Sun Moon Empire requires a considerable price to learn.
What Kong Deming taught Wang Chen was even more precious. This knowledge completely represented the highest level of Soul Tool technology in the Sun Moon Empire today.
The Soul Tool knowledge inherited from the Wang family was simply worlds apart compared to Kong Deming's.
At the same time, Kong Deming's powerful Soul Tool skills were all recorded by Wang Chen using the Black Book. One of these skills was the Natal Soul Tool Method.
The so-called Natal Soul Tool Method is to use one's own martial soul, with the help of the power of heaven and earth, to merge with the Soul Tool.
This fusion is completely different from the attachment of Wang Chen's Spirit Soul martial soul. The degree of this fusion is extremely deep. It can be said that one's own martial soul and Soul Tool are completely integrated into one.
Even if the Natal Soul Tool is damaged, one's own martial soul will also be severely damaged.
But precisely because of this, the improvement of this Natal Soul Tool Method for Soul Tools can be said to be extremely huge.
In the later stages of the original work, Kong Deming even relied on this method to directly upgrade the Rank 9 peak Soul Tool Silver Moon Divine Light Cover to Rank 10, and his strength was much stronger than the Limit Douluo.
Of course, Kong Deming today has not yet broken through to Rank 95 in his own cultivation, and has not yet realized the realm of the Unity of Heaven and Man. Therefore, this skill of the Natal Soul Tool Method has only completed most of it.
It was Wang Chen who recorded it and then used the Black Book's directional deduction and improvement function to completely complete the Natal Soul Tool Method.
The cultivation conditions of the Natal Soul Tool Method are extremely harsh, and the threshold is ridiculously high.
The realm of the Unity of Heaven and Man goes without saying; those who can comprehend the realm of the Unity of Heaven and Man are basically Super Douluo powerhouses.
There is also the need to use the power of heaven and earth to perfectly integrate one's own martial soul and Soul Tool, which has two prerequisites.
First, one must have complete mastery of one's own martial soul. Second, the martial soul and the Soul Tool must be perfectly matched, just like the Silver Moon Divine Light Cover and the Silver Moon martial soul. The two are perfectly matched, so they can be fused.
If one is a fire-attribute Soul Tool and the other is a water-attribute martial soul, these two naturally cannot be fused together.
If they are forcibly fused, there will inevitably be a violent rejection reaction. At best, the Soul Tool will be broken, and at worst, even the martial soul will be severely damaged. And the martial soul is closely related to the Soul Master. After the martial soul is severely damaged, the Soul Master will also be severely damaged.
Adding these conditions together, there is not a single Soul Engineer in the entire Sun Moon Empire today who meets the conditions.
Even Wang Chen is short of one condition, that is, there is no Soul Tool that is perfectly matched with the Spirit Soul martial soul.
Therefore, Wang Chen can only temporarily shelve the cultivation of the Natal Soul Tool Method.
These days, he has been busy conceiving how to create a Soul Tool that is perfectly matched with his own Spirit Soul martial soul.
The difficulty of creating a Soul Tool that is unique to oneself is very high. It is not as easy as following the Soul Tool blueprints of predecessors to create Soul Tools in a step-by-step manner.
It's like using formulas to solve problems and creating formulas to solve problems, which are completely different levels of difficulty.
Fortunately, Wang Chen has the Black Book. The latest function of the Black Book can increase his own comprehension by consuming mental power.
In addition, Wang Chen also has Kong Deming, a knowledgeable and powerful teacher who has had this experience, who can give Wang Chen many useful suggestions.
Now Wang Chen already has ideas on how to create a Soul Tool that is perfectly matched with the Spirit Soul martial soul.
It is estimated that it will not take too long for Wang Chen to design the blueprint, and then slowly experiment to create it.
In fact, what Wang Chen is most envious of now is a space Soul Tool like the Silver Moon Divine Light Cover.
There is a saying that time is supreme, but space is king. There is no need to say how powerful the power of space is. Those who understand will understand.
As long as you master the power of space, not to mention anything else, your life-saving methods will definitely be top-notch. Even if you encounter someone you can't beat, then if you want to run, the other side can only stare blankly.
However, what makes Wang Chen feel speechless is that, because of his own insufficient cultivation and mental power, he cannot sense the power of space at all, which makes Wang Chen unable to create space Soul Tools at all.
After all, you can't even sense the power of space, and you still want to create space Soul Tools? Keep dreaming.
Wang Chen learned from studying with Kong Deming that to sense the power of space, one needed to condense a Soul Core as a minimum requirement.
The Soul Core is equivalent to a spatial particle (in the original work, when the Soul Core is condensed, it absorbs the power of space). With this particle, there are infinite possibilities. On this basis, the stronger the mental power, the better to perceive the power of space.
And Kong Deming's mental power had reached the 'tangible and qualitative' realm, yes, one level stronger than the 'tangible but immaterial' realm of a Titled Douluo.
Therefore, the most important thing for Wang Chen now was to improve his cultivation. As long as his cultivation was sufficient, he could condense a Soul Core and possess a Natal Soul Tool with spatial attributes.
Wang Chen was confident that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao of the Holy Spirit Cult could not threaten his life.
Just as Wang Chen was cultivating, a slightly sharp voice rang out.
"Imperial Edict! Wang Chen, come forward to receive the decree!"
Upon hearing the arrival of the imperial edict, Wang Chen walked out of the villa and saw a white-faced, beardless eunuch in court robes, a confidant serving by the Emperor's side, reading the edict aloud.
"By the Emperor's Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: My imperial daughter, Princess Tianzhen, possesses gentle and beautiful qualities, and should be matched with a talented individual.
It is heard that Duke Wang Chen has a dragon-like appearance and phoenix-like talent, and is full of talent. I hereby bestow upon him a mansion in the imperial city, ten spirit pills, top-grade rare metal Heavenly Fiend Profound Iron, Heavenly Martial Yuan Stone... A wedding will be held on an auspicious day five months from now. Respect this! ! !"
After listening to the contents of the imperial edict, Wang Chen thought to himself, "As expected, the Emperor intends to make me a驸马 (imperial son-in-law), but this dowry is truly generous.
The royal family is indeed wealthy and generous. If it were an ordinary Rank 9 Soul Tool Master, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to come up with so much even if they emptied their family fortune."
"This subject, Wang Chen, receives the decree and expresses gratitude!" Wang Chen accepted the imperial edict.
After the eunuch handed the imperial edict to Wang Chen, he clapped his hands. Immediately, the little eunuchs behind him, each holding exquisite boxes, lined up neatly.
These boxes contained nothing other than the treasures bestowed by the Emperor.
"Son-in-law, please check these treasures carefully to avoid any mistakes. It would not be an exaggeration to say that these treasures are priceless," the eunuch said to Wang Chen with a smile on his effeminate face.
Wang Chen glanced at the exquisite boxes, chatted with the Emperor's confidant for a few words, and then the eunuchs who had completed their mission returned to the palace.
Wang Chen then stored all the treasures bestowed by the Emperor in his storage Soul Tool and returned to his room.
After returning to the room.
Wang Chen couldn't help but think of Meng Hongchen's face, and he immediately felt a little worried.
He hadn't seen Meng Hongchen these days, fearing that it would involve Meng Hongchen and bring danger to her.
However, now that the Emperor had bestowed a marriage, he was worried that Meng Hongchen would do something foolish after learning about it.
Wang Chen immediately wrote a comforting letter and put it into the Soul Tool password box.
Then, he instructed a member of the Wang family who was studying at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to hand his letter to Jing Hongchen's confidant, the teaching director Lin Jiayi.
The reason for not sending it personally, or dispatching the Wang family's strong guards to directly send the letter to the Hongchen family,
was naturally to avoid the attention of those with ulterior motives.
Wang Chen's recent limelight was too strong, and his every move would attract the attention of countless people. If it were ordinary people, Wang Chen would naturally be able to easily avoid their sight.
However, it would take some effort to avoid the sight of the Super Douluo powerhouse from the Holy Spirit Cult who was monitoring him.
Therefore, directly letting the Wang family members who went to school send it was the least noticeable. Even if someone wanted to open the box,
the Soul Tool password box, which had been specially modified by Wang Chen, could not be cracked by anyone in the entire Sun Moon Empire except Kong Deming.
If it was cracked by violent means, it would directly self-destruct, and Wang Chen would also notice it.
Time passed quickly, and the next day arrived.
The news of the Emperor's bestowal of marriage quickly spread throughout the entire Mingdu.
As the most dazzling genius of the Sun Moon Empire, and now a personal disciple of Kong Deming, Wang Chen was already the focus of countless people's attention.
The high-level Rank 9 Soul Tool Masters of the Sun Moon Empire were very clear that this was not a simple bestowal of marriage, but a political marriage. Princess Tianzhen was the link connecting Wang Chen and the royal family.
However, the public did not know, so the marriage between Wang Chen and the princess naturally became a topic of conversation for everyone after dinner.
A woman with delicate features said enviously, "Princess Tianzhen is really enviable. She was born noble, is the only daughter of His Majesty the Emperor, and is loved by all.
Now she is even marrying Kong Lao's personal disciple, Duke Wang Chen, who was ennobled at the age of fifteen and granted the title of Imperial Court Enshrinement. She is truly the happiest woman in the Sun Moon Empire."
The woman's best friend beside her also sighed, "There's no use in envying her. Who told her to be born so well? She was born at the finish line of life, while we ordinary women can only rely on our own hard work to find a satisfactory husband."
The delicate woman said with longing eyes, "If my future man can have one-tenth of Wang Chen's talent, I will be satisfied."
At the same time, in the Mingde Hall, in Meng Hongchen's independent room.
Meng Hongchen sat in her room, tears streaming down her face. Upon learning the news that the Emperor had bestowed a marriage and Wang Chen was about to marry Xu Tianzhen.
Meng Hongchen only felt that the sky had fallen, the earth had cracked, and the sun and moon had become dim.
"Why—why is this happening——. I was here first. Brother Wang Chen, don't you want me anymore? You said you would marry me, Wuwu."
She and Wang Chen grew up together, childhood sweethearts, innocent and carefree. She had always thought that she would be Wang Chen's future wife, but now, the Emperor's imperial edict had completely shattered her fantasy.
"Brother Wang Chen—how can you marry someone else——" Meng Hongchen's voice trembled, and tears blurred her vision.
Just then, the door was gently pushed open, and Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen walked in.
Jing Hongchen felt a pang of heartache when he saw his granddaughter crying so sadly.
Jing Hongchen walked to Meng Hongchen's side and sighed, "Good granddaughter, don't cry anymore."
Meng Hongchen raised her head, looked at Jing Hongchen with tearful eyes, and choked with sobs: "Grandpa, Brother Wang Chen is going to marry someone else—what should I do?"
Seeing his sister crying so sadly, Xiao Hongchen immediately roared, "Sister, don't cry for Wang Chen, that fickle scumbag. When I'm done with my cultivation, I have to beat his face into a pig's head!"
Meng Hongchen wailed, "Get away from me, you're not allowed to say bad things about Brother Wang Chen, Wuwuwu."
Xiao Hongchen: _(°□°)"
Seeing this, Jing Hongchen sighed, feeling helpless in his heart. He knew Meng Hongchen's feelings for Wang Chen, but the matter had come to this point, and he could do nothing. Who would dare to disobey the Emperor's decision?
What's more, Wang Chen's current status and position were no longer something that his Hongchen family could possess.
Just as Meng Hongchen was crying with pear blossoms in the rain, a knock on the door sounded.
Teaching Director Lin Jiayi said, "Hall Master, there's a letter!"