Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy

Time fast-forwarded once more, arriving eleven days later.

Huo Yuhao, who had been leisurely researching Soul Tools, suddenly heard a dull bang from the laboratory doors.

When he opened the door, a girl engulfed in flames threw herself straight into his arms. Her body, filled with Evil Fire, was scorching hot, burning away most of her clothes and exposing large swaths of fair skin.

Without hesitation, Huo Yuhao carried the fiery-red girl into the laboratory, ignoring a certain ice-blue girl secretly peeking from outside.

A moment later, Ma Xiaotao sat on the workbench in the laboratory, wearing Huo Yuhao's lab coat, which wrapped around her body now mostly devoid of clothing.

She lowered her head, glancing at the figure who had resumed researching Soul Tools from the corner of her eye, unsure how to face him for a moment.

Over this period, because of the unpleasantness between her and Huo Yuhao when he first sealed her Evil Fire, she had inexplicably become enraged. She spent an entire day fighting in the Soul Fighting Arena, only returning to her dormitory after her Soul Power was completely exhausted and she collapsed.

After that, she alternated between cultivation, battle, cultivation, and battle.

Without the influence of Evil Fire, she no longer had to cautiously devote part of her mind to preventing herself from letting her thoughts run wild during cultivation. She only needed to focus all her energy entirely on cultivating.

Perhaps because she had suppressed herself for too long, despite having only recently broken through to Rank 46, after cultivating like this for just a few days, she had advanced to Rank 47. Her progress could only be described as astonishing.

But perhaps it was precisely because she had failed to restrain herself that her seal shattered ahead of schedule. At that time, she had been fighting with all her strength in the Soul Fighting Arena.

The instant the seal broke, the suppressed Evil Fire swallowed her whole. After a moment of thought, the remnants of her rationality found the only solution: go find Huo Yuhao.

And so, the scene from earlier happened.

Recalling how, under the erosion of Evil Fire, she had completely lost her reason and unconsciously clung to Huo Yuhao, biting and nibbling at him, Ma Xiaotao felt another surge of shame and indignation.

But she could not simply get angry at Huo Yuhao. After all, the problem lay with herself. He had helped her, he had done her a favor—how could she repay kindness with hostility?

Feeling the coolness around her lower abdomen, Ma Xiaotao's cheeks grew slightly hot.

This time, even the clothes around her lower abdomen... and the even worse place below it, had been burned completely clean.

Her thighs rubbed together slightly without her realizing it. The only blessing in this misfortune was that her Martial Soul attribute was fire. Even when her consciousness had been hazy, she could evaporate all traces away. Otherwise, she would have wanted to die!

Ma Xiaotao pulled the oversized lab coat tighter around herself. Forcing herself to endure the weakness in her legs, she looked at Huo Yuhao's back as he lowered his head over whatever he was researching. After a long silence, she spoke.

"Th-thank you..."

Huo Yuhao paused, then nodded lightly. "No need. It's a normal transaction."

After a pause, Huo Yuhao turned to look at Ma Xiaotao and continued, "From now on, come here once a week, so your Evil Fire doesn't go out of control like it did this time.

"I won't always be in the laboratory. If it happens again, I might not be able to save you. So restrain yourself a little, okay?"

His tone was calm, and Ma Xiaotao nodded instinctively. But she quickly seemed to realize something, her cheeks flushing as she hurriedly lowered her head. "I-I understand. I'll be going first!"

With that, without waiting for Huo Yuhao's reaction, she wrapped herself in the coat and fled the laboratory as though flying.

Huo Yuhao sighed softly and continued his research.

It was genuinely amusing that the young Sister Xiaotao still had emotions like shyness. Unfortunately, he was not in the mood to appreciate it for now.

His Spiritual Detection spread slightly. Huo Yuhao saw Ma Xiaotao directly activate Martial Soul Possession and leave at high speed. He also saw an Ice Blue Figure with a particularly guilty air sneakily watching Ma Xiaotao leave, before secretly shifting her gaze toward his laboratory.

Senior Ling Luochen?

Huo Yuhao looked at Ling Luochen, memories from his previous life surfacing in his mind.

Hmm... he had encountered another familiar person.

A nostalgic smile appeared on Huo Yuhao's lips. He rested for a while, then tidied the laboratory and turned to step through the Light Gate.

Sister Xiaotao's sudden visit had disrupted his plans somewhat, but it was not a major problem. It remained within his control.

A moment later, in an empty alley not far from the admissions office of Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy in Mingdu, Huo Yuhao removed his disguise, carried a small bag on his back, and stepped out of the Light Gate.

Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy began classes three days earlier than Shrek, and the five days before school started were reserved for admissions.

As soon as he entered the alley, Huo Yuhao saw the long line at the admissions office in the distance.

Well, Sister Xiaotao's sudden appearance had still caused some impact. For example, he had originally planned to arrive an hour early to line up so he could register faster. But now... he would have to queue up properly.

Huo Yuhao sighed softly and joined the line.

"Name?"

"Huo Yuhao."

"Age?"

"Eight. Mm, I'll be nine in a few months."

"Rank... Wait, how old are you?"

"Eight! Is there a problem, big sister?"

Huo Yuhao blinked, looking innocently at the older girl in the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy uniform at the admissions office.

After the dual transformation by the Power of Emotion and the "Ultimate Ice" Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao's appearance had reached an almost breathtaking level.

The senior student had only come to earn some credits, but the instant she saw Huo Yuhao, she was struck by how stunning he was. This boy was even better-looking than the dean's two children!

But upon hearing Huo Yuhao's age, she blinked and asked hesitantly, "Little brother, you know this is the admissions office for Sun Moon Royal Soul Guide Academy, right?"

"I know."

Huo Yuhao nodded and said seriously, "Isn't the admission requirement to be under twelve years old and a One-Ring Soul Master? I meet the requirements already."

As he spoke, Huo Yuhao summoned his Martial Soul, and a yellow soul ring immediately appeared beside him.

The senior student froze, clearly sensing the Soul Power fluctuations radiating from the boy before her, around Rank 16.

Eight years old, Rank 16.

Was this really an eight-year-old?!

He counted as a genius! But... wasn't he far too young?

Although the admission requirements stated that anyone under twelve who had reached Rank 10 could apply, the unspoken assumption was generally that applicants would be eleven, or nearly twelve.

Yet this boy had come at eight... Was this exploiting a loophole?

The senior student hesitated and wanted to refuse him, but when she saw Huo Yuhao's "innocent and pure" face, the words of refusal immediately lodged in her throat.

How could such a handsome boy be exploiting a loophole? It was all the fault of those people in the admissions office! They definitely had not written the specific requirements clearly enough, which was why little brother Huo Yuhao had misunderstood!

Mm... it was all their fault!

But she could not simply approve him herself, either.

At that moment, the senior student's gaze shifted slightly, revealing the clear-eyed innocence of a college student.

Should she find an instructor?

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