Tang Yuehua?

For half a month straight, Gu Ziyi sold talismans at the entrance to the Soul Beast Forest.

After opening up sales on the first day, Gu Ziyi never lacked buyers again.

Two teams stationed here year-round to help others hunt soul beasts became Gu Ziyi's biggest customers. Every time they led a team out, they bought his Purifying Heart Mantra talismans.

The burly man who had been the first to buy Gu Ziyi's talismans was the captain of one of those teams.

On Douluo Continent, the exchange rate was one Gold Soul Coin to ten Silver Soul Coins, and ten Silver Soul Coins to one thousand Copper Soul Coins.

Ten talismans a day earned him one Gold Soul Coin.

Thus, Gu Ziyi earned enough for the registration fee in just ten days.

This was far faster than collecting the subsidy for novice soul masters.

Even a Soul Grandmaster could only receive ten Gold Soul Coins per month.

Gu Ziyi also understood that this was only possible because his martial soul was rather special. Other support-system soul masters did not have it so easy.

Support-system soul masters, especially those capable of producing support items or food, found it easier to earn money than battle soul masters.

Ordinary battle soul masters could only obediently collect the novice subsidy.

However, once they reached level thirty and became Soul Elders, their soul master subsidy rose to a full hundred Gold Soul Coins, which was quite substantial.

After reaching level forty and becoming a Soul Ancestor, if they still wanted to receive soul coin subsidies, they had to formally register as Empire Soul Masters. Only then could they continue receiving greater soul coin subsidies, and they could also be granted a noble title by the empire. Though it was only the lowest rank of baron, it still meant stepping into the aristocracy.

But after registering as an Empire Soul Master, they were obligated to accept the empire's assignments.

Soul masters who did not wish to choose either of the Two Great Empires could instead register as soul masters of Spirit Hall.

This was also the choice of most soul masters at present, because Spirit Hall was somewhat freer than the Two Great Empires.

After earning enough for the registration fee, Gu Ziyi did not leave immediately and continued selling talismans.

It was not enough for money to merely be sufficient; he needed some savings too.

Thus, Gu Ziyi did not return to Heaven Treasure Academy until the official registration day for Soul Master Academies.

"Heaven Treasure Academy. This is the academy, then. Ordinary is fine!"

"Elder Sister, let's go register!"

"Alright!"

When Gu Ziyi arrived at the entrance of Heaven Treasure Academy, he happened to run into the two sisters, Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu.

The instant he saw Tang Yuehua and Bai Lu walking toward him, Gu Ziyi's eyes widened.

"Tang Yuehua and Bai Chenxiang?"

Gu Ziyi was genuinely dumbfounded. He had not expected to encounter two people who looked so much like Tang Yuehua and Bai Chenxiang here.

However, the two young women before him were even more youthful and beautiful, brimming with girlish charm, and about the same age as him.

"One of them might be Tang Yuehua, but the other is definitely not Bai Chenxiang!"

Gu Ziyi quickly came to his senses. Whether the one who looked like Tang Yuehua truly was Tang Yuehua still needed confirmation, but the other was definitely not Bai Chenxiang.

Because Bai Chenxiang was younger than even the Shrek Seven Devils, so she definitely had not been born yet!

Moreover, this girl who resembled Bai Chenxiang wore a single ponytail rather than twin ponytails.

Still, the resemblance was truly striking.

Then this woman who looked so much like Bai Chenxiang was very likely related to Bai Chenxiang by blood.

She might be Bai Chenxiang's mother, or perhaps Bai Chenxiang's aunt.

"Pfft!"

"Look, Cousin, there's another fool here. He must've gone stupid from staring at you!"

Seeing Gu Ziyi's expression, Bai Lu, who was walking toward him, immediately burst into laughter. Then she leaned close to Tang Yuehua's ear and whispered teasingly.

"I think he was looking at you instead..."

Tang Yuehua naturally refused to concede. After glancing at Gu Ziyi, she softly retorted to Bai Lu as well.

"It was definitely you. I'm not as pretty as you..."

"There aren't any fewer people in the sect who like you than there are who like me!"

"..."

The two women teased each other like that as they passed in front of Gu Ziyi and headed toward the registration area.

Only after they had passed him did Gu Ziyi come back to his senses.

He had no idea that he had embarrassed himself in front of them. Watching their retreating figures, he followed after them.

After suspecting that one of them might be Tang Yuehua, Gu Ziyi no longer stared brazenly at their backs and instead silently followed behind them.

Still, the appearance of the two women left Gu Ziyi extremely curious. Was she really Tang Yuehua?

"Tang Yuehua should be about this age too. That fits perfectly!"

"Tang Yuehua and Bai Chenxiang are related. Bai Chenxiang's grandfather is Tang Yuehua's uncle, and Tang Yuehua is Bai Chenxiang's cousin aunt."

"If the other woman really has blood ties to Bai Chenxiang, then it's perfectly normal for these two women to appear together!"

"One of them looking alike could be a coincidence, but two women looking so alike appearing together—that probably isn't a coincidence!"

Gu Ziyi silently pondered, almost certain that one of the girls was Tang Yuehua in her younger days.

Following behind the two women in silence, Gu Ziyi's thoughts inevitably became somewhat chaotic.

Although he did not know why Tang Yuehua had appeared here, she was clearly also here to enroll in the academy.

Then could he take this opportunity to get close to her? Forget winning Tang Yuehua over—just becoming friends would be fine.

Getting acquainted with a woman of Tang Yuehua's status would do him no harm.

"Name, age, martial soul, and Soul Power Level!"

Very soon, it was Tang Yuehua and the other girl's turn to register. The admissions teacher Gu Ziyi had seen last time directly asked them for their details.

"Cousin, I'll go first!"

Upon hearing the admissions teacher's words, Bai Lu stepped forward first.

"Bai Lu, twelve years old, martial soul Needletail Swift, Level 22 Battle Soul Master!"

As Bai Lu spoke, she took out the certificate she had registered with Spirit Hall.

"Twelve years old, Level 22?"

"Good, good, good! Welcome to Heaven Treasure Academy. I'll handle your enrollment procedures right away!"

The admissions teacher's face immediately lit up with delight upon hearing Bai Lu's words.

A student who had reached Level 22 at only twelve years old was simply too rare for Heaven Treasure Academy.

"There's no rush. My cousin and I came together. I'll only join your academy if my cousin joins too!"

Bai Lu was in no hurry. Instead, she pulled Tang Yuehua forward and spoke to the admissions teacher.

"Of course, no problem. I'll handle your cousin's enrollment procedures as well!"

The admissions teacher was slightly taken aback by Bai Lu's words. After glancing at Tang Yuehua, he agreed without another word.

Regardless of Tang Yuehua's talent, just her bearing alone made him feel it would not be a loss.

Besides, as long as they could recruit Bai Lu, what did it matter if they had to take along one useless person?

"Hello, Teacher. My name is Tang Yuehua. My martial soul is the Ruyi Ring, and I am a Level 9 Soul Scholar!"

Tang Yuehua then gave her own information.

When she mentioned her Soul Power Level, her voice became slightly quieter.

"So it really is Tang Yuehua!"

But no matter how quiet she was, Gu Ziyi, standing behind the two women, still heard her. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.