Tang Sect's Admission Exemption, Returning to Earth Dragon Gate

"Yuhao? Is that you?"

Beibei said between breaths.

Defeating a Thousand Year Level Soul Beast had taken quite a toll on him, while Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could at most restrain it for a moment or two.

When he saw the Ten-Year Soul Ring around Huo Yuhao's waist, realization dawned on him.

"Was that you helping me just now?"

"Yes."

Huo Yuhao did not hide it.

A strange look flashed through Beibei's eyes, but he quickly concealed it. "Thank you. Without your help, I don't know how we would have dealt with that Mandala Snake."

"It was nothing. You don't have to be so polite."

Huo Yuhao scratched his head as he spoke.

Tang Ya, standing nearby, looked utterly confused. After all, Spirit Detection had not included her within its range just now.

"To repay your help, how about I invite you to join our Tang Sect?" Beibei said with a gentle, refined smile.

"Join the Tang Sect?"

Huo Yuhao hesitated.

He had indeed heard of the Tang Sect. After all, it had once been a force that produced a Deity Ten Thousand Years Ago.

But the Tang Sect of today...

Even a youth like him, who had only just entered the Soul Master World, knew that the Tang Sect had long been suppressed into a shadow of its former self. On the continent, people only occasionally remembered it when Sea God Tang San was mentioned.

As for Hidden Weapons?

Come on, the times had changed. Soul Tools utterly crushed Hidden Weapons in terms of cost-effectiveness.

"Yes, yes! If you join the Tang Sect, we have one admission-exempt spot at Shrek Academy every year. Beibei and I are already Shrek students, so that spot will definitely go to you."

"And there are also cultivation methods and Hidden Weapons. They're all first-rate on the continent."

Tang Ya hurriedly said ingratiatingly.

She did not know about the potential of Huo Yuhao's soul skill.

She merely thought that since the Tang Sect was rebuilding from the ground up anyway, recruiting Huo Yuhao as a cook would not be bad.

Huo Yuhao's interest was piqued by her words.

Shrek Academy was the Number One Academy Under Heaven.

If he wanted revenge, he had to obtain the finest educational resources. After all, he had already fallen too far behind before this.

"Heh, isn't this repaying kindness with enmity? The Tang Sect exists in name only, yet you still want to drag others into the mess?"

Zi Yao said blandly, then turned to Huo Yuhao.

"Joining a faction is not so simple. It is different from joining an academy. Joining a clan faction means it is easy to get in but hard to leave. If the Tang Sect truly had any foundation left, it would not have fallen to its current state."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao, who had been eager to make a move just moments ago, came to his senses.

Indeed, tying up his whole life for an admission spot was far too poor a bargain. His gaze toward Beibei and Tang Ya filled with wariness.

"You!"

Tang Ya's pretty face flushed red.

As the Tang Sect's sect master, she naturally did not want to hear anyone speak ill of the Tang Sect. Yet she could not find the words to refute him.

Because it was the truth.

After ten thousand years of progress and inheritance, the watered-down version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill left behind by Tang San was no longer considered a top-tier cultivation method on the continent, to say nothing of Hidden Weapons.

As for the sect master...

The Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline within each generation of sect masters had gradually diminished, and their cultivation had grown lower and lower. By Tang Ya's generation, it was nearly indistinguishable from ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

Beibei also sighed.

Through Spirit Detection, he had guessed that although Huo Yuhao had only absorbed a Ten-Year Soul Ring, he might have undergone a rare mutation.

On top of that, Huo Yuhao possessed the exceedingly rare Body Spirit Martial Soul. His future potential would undoubtedly be immense.

Beibei had originally wanted to take advantage of the situation and pick up a bargain, but with Zi Yao present, he had been exposed on the spot.

"How about this? Shrek will be starting soon this year, and the Tang Sect probably will not recruit any new students either. We'll give this little brother the Tang Sect's annual admission-exempt spot as an apology."

He changed the subject and spoke gently.

That admission-exempt spot was useless to the Tang Sect anyway. It would be better to repay the favor while also forming a connection with him.

Tang Ya took an envelope from her pocket, stamped with the Tang Sect's seal, and handed it to Huo Yuhao.

"Yuhao, although you haven't joined the Tang Sect, Beibei and I are both disciples of Shrek Outer Court. If you run into any trouble, you can come find us."

"Of course, it would be even better if you brought Roasted Fish."

Tang Ya added playfully.

As she passed Zi Yao, she even pulled a face at him.

"Hmph, just you wait! Our Tang Sect will definitely rise again and become the Number One Power Under Heaven. By then, it'll be too late even if you want to curry favor with us!"

What was she dreaming about in broad daylight?

Zi Yao sneered.

With the Tang Sect in its current state, what right did it have to rise again without the care of a Child of Destiny?

Those Incomplete Cultivation Methods?

Tang Ya used a dagger to finish off the Mandala Snake, then sat cross-legged to absorb its Soul Ring.

Zi Yao and Huo Yuhao left together.

On the road, Huo Yuhao held the thin envelope tightly, his heart filled with excitement and exhilaration.

The Number One Academy Under Heaven.

As long as I work hard, I'll surely soar to great heights through this opportunity and avenge Mother!

Zi Yao understood what he was thinking.

Shrek Academy's Marketing Policy was simply too effective. Combined with its own strength, it had long become the Holy Land that all young Soul Masters on the continent yearned for.

Huo Yuhao was no exception.

"Brother Zi, aren't you going to Shrek Academy?"

Huo Yuhao pressed.

With Zi Yao's talent, he should have been able to enter Shrek with ease.

"No."

Zi Yao shook his head and explained to Huo Yuhao, "Shrek's real education is in the Inner Court. The so-called Outer Court Teaching Level is not among the best on the continent. At most, it can only be considered first-rate."

Shrek's Outer Court was meant to recruit the Nobles of the various Empires.

The Inner Court, on the other hand, was where Core Talent and the backbone of the academy were truly cultivated. It was also Shrek's core.

"But once you join the Inner Court, you are effectively a member of the academy. It is very difficult to leave."

"So I advise you to develop in the Outer Court first. Even if one day you no longer want to remain at Shrek, you will still have better Future Prospects."

"In the Heaven Dou Empire, there is a sect called the Body Sect that is quite friendly toward Body Martial Souls. If you want to attach yourself to some faction and grow stronger in the future, you might as well go there and Try Your Luck."

"Understood."

Huo Yuhao nodded repeatedly, silently committing everything Zi Yao had said to memory without the slightest doubt.

He had only just entered the Soul Master World and did not yet understand much about anything.

If Zi Yao had not reminded him, he might really have joined the Tang Sect.

The two soon parted ways in a Small Town outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Goodbye, Brother Yao."

Huo Yuhao felt somewhat reluctant to part.

After all, Zi Yao was the first friend he had met since entering the Soul Master World. The continent was so vast that he did not know when they would meet again.

"Mm. Don't worry. Our next meeting won't be too far off."

Zi Yao said blandly.

After Huo Yuhao left, Ice Empress brought Zi Yao back to Earth Dragon Gate at tremendous speed.

There was still no movement from Earth Dragon Gate's Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave. It seemed Snow Empress had yet to successfully condense her Second Soul Core.

"Xiao Yao, just call for me whenever you need to go Soul Hunting next time. I've crossed the Four Hundred Thousand Years Great Pass, and before I cross the Five Hundred Thousand Year Pass, it's quite convenient for me to Exit Seclusion."

Ice Empress reminded him.