"Oh, right, sorry, I forgot about you, Little Meng. You can come to my laboratory too, and you can sit in on my lessons for as long as you like.
"But what you just said isn't right. We're all people from the same academy, members of Mingde Hall. Why divide things into yours and mine? We can discuss it together."
After hearing Meng Hongchen blurt out such suggestive words in her desperation, Xuan Ziwen turned to face the Hall Master's granddaughter properly and said with a cheeky grin.
Meng Hongchen grew anxious, and her little face flushed red.
"But Teacher Xuan, I was the one who first sought out Junior Tian Xi to discuss these things. Isn't it a little too disrespectful for you to just take him away?"
Am I asking to sit in? I want to participate together! You're kicking me out completely!
Xu Tianxi, whose arm had been grabbed so hard that it hurt, nodded repeatedly and spoke up.
"Teacher Xuan Ziwen, I'm only a first-year student right now. I still have to make up lessons and take the certification exam with Senior Meng. I know you're the instructor for the sixth-year seniors, and I don't think I have the ability to discuss much with you."
The corners of Meng Hongchen's lips curved up slightly. Her junior really was a decent person.
Xuan Ziwen shook his head with a smile and waved one finger.
"No, no, no. Tian Xi, you're being far too modest. Soul Engineer certificates are secondary. Those Soul Tools can be made at any time. Novel ideas are the most precious talent.
"Just based on the two ideas you've proposed, I can already say with certainty that you're a Soul Tool genius with limitless potential. You need to be cultivated without being restricted by