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While the two were talking, a pitch-black Soul Guidance Car pulled up at the platform. Two bodyguards in black stood beside the door. When they looked in Tang Wulin's direction, their eyes lit up, as if they had found the person they were looking for.
When Tang Wulin approached, they seemed to have confirmed their target. One of the men strode toward him and respectfully said, "Young Master!"
That form of address was obviously not directed at Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin instinctively looked to his side and saw a boy approaching from behind him.
The boy looked about the same age as him. He wore a blue tracksuit and had short brown hair. By the time Tang Wulin turned his head, he had already passed by, so Tang Wulin only saw his profile.
His skin was fair, his nose high and straight, his eye sockets slightly sunken, and his lashes long and curled. His eyes seemed to be dark green.
Just then, a shove came from the crowded stream of people on Tang Wulin's other side. He staggered and nearly bumped into the boy. Gu Chen reached out and grabbed Tang Wulin's clothes, giving them a slight tug to steady him.
"Thanks, Chen Ge," Tang Wulin said.
"It's nothing. No need to thank me."
After saying that, Gu Chen turned his gaze toward the boy. Looking at the other's aloof temperament, he thought, This should be... Xie Xie, right?
The boy abruptly turned around and looked at him. Gu Chen's gaze was sharp, and he stared back at the boy without fear.
He was exceptionally handsome, but he clearly carried an air of cold arrogance. Tang Wulin distinctly felt that although the other boy's gaze fell on him, it only lingered for a glance before shifting to Chen Ge. He looked at him for only a moment as well, then continued toward the Soul Guidance Car.
Even if Tang Wulin had truly bumped into him just now, that expression suggested he would not have cared.
It was not that he did not care. He simply disdained caring.
Tang Wulin scratched his head and carefully searched his mind for words to describe the boy. "He looks so arrogant..."
Gu Chen nodded. "More or less. It's like how some soul masters look down on ordinary people, while Evil Soul Masters slaughter ordinary people like pigs."
Gu Chen also knew that Xie Xie was only cold on the surface. Deep down, he was quite warmhearted.
At the beginning, he was indeed somewhat arrogant, but he was still a very decent person.
He could be brought to his side or made into a friend.
Perhaps in the future, he could use the Heaven Mending Technique to fuse and evolve Xie Xie's two Martial Souls.
The Heaven Mending Technique was not merely capable of making up for Innate Soul Power and reversing time and space to restore injuries.
If that were all it could do, it would be far too pathetic.
And Gu Chen had yet to figure out the incomplete Qilin Precious Technique—Qilin Step.
There were three reasons for that. The first was that he did not know how powerful it was. If he used it and its might was too great, it could easily draw attention and expose him.
The second was that he was too weak right now. The Soul Power in his body could not support him taking that step in its entirety.
The third was that, no matter how he looked at it, this had nothing to do with a Martial Soul. A Qilin and eyes? Even if he claimed it was a Self-Created Soul Skill, probably no one would believe him.
"Let's go to Eastsea Academy."
Gu Chen lightly patted Tang Wulin on the shoulder and spoke. Without waiting for Tang Wulin's reply, he took the lead toward the place his Mental Power had detected.
With his current Mental Power, he could still cover a hundred meters or so. Finding Eastsea Academy was easy enough.
That saved them the trouble of asking around.
After passing through the crowd, the two saw the distinctive building.
A sign with a white background and blue lettering stood there, bearing four large words: Eastsea Academy.
Tables and chairs stood beneath the sign, with several young men and women around seventeen or eighteen years old seated behind them. They wore blue tracksuits.
When she saw Tang Wulin and Gu Chen approach, the Black-haired Girl smiled at them. "Little brothers, are you here to register?"
The Black-haired Girl had phoenix eyes, a well-proportioned figure, and sweet features. She gave off a very approachable feeling.
"Gu Chen." After stating his name, Gu Chen shifted his gaze away and drifted off into his own thoughts.
"Hello, Sister. My name is Tang Wulin, and I'm here to register," Tang Wulin said politely.
Liu Yuxin looked at the two little boys before her in surprise. They appeared to be around eleven or twelve years old.
However, new students needed an academy recommendation to enroll. In other words, both of them were only nine.
Gu Chen's purple hair and violet-gold eyes, coupled with his cold exterior, gave people the feeling that strangers should keep their distance. One almost instinctively wanted to step away from him.
Tang Wulin, on the other hand, was still young, but he was extremely beautiful.
Yes, Liu Yuxin would rather use beautiful to describe the boy before her. He had large eyes, long lashes that made even her a little jealous, and an expression carrying a trace of bewilderment and unease.
"Hello, I'm Liu Yuxin, a first-year student of Eastsea Academy's advanced division and the person in charge of receiving new students this time. I'm your senior, you know. Here, fill out these forms first, then show me your recommendation letter from your primary academy."
Liu Yuxin handed two forms to Tang Wulin and Gu Chen.
Tang Wulin secretly sized up the senior before him, feeling slightly relieved. Her fitted blue tracksuit complemented her medium-length hair tied into a neat ponytail. Her skin was fair, her neck slender, and her features lovely, with an elegant temperament.
As Liu Yuxin watched Tang Wulin fill out the forms, she could not help reading aloud, "Gu Chen, nine years old, graduated from Hongshan Primary Academy in Aolai City. Level 19 Body System soul master(?), Martial Soul: Double Pupils. Hm? Level 19! Double Pupils, I've never heard of that Martial Soul."
Liu Yuxin gave Gu Chen another look. She had not expected someone to reach level 19 as a soul master at nine years old. It was only a Support System(?) Martial Soul. After reading Gu Chen's information, she turned her gaze to the other form.
"Tang Wulin, nine years old, graduated from Hongshan Primary Academy in Aolai City. Level 11 plant-type soul master, Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass. Oh? Your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass?"
Tang Wulin nodded.
Liu Yuxin smiled brightly. "It really isn't easy for Blue Silver Grass to reach level 11 at your age."
Not hearing the usual disdainful remarks greatly increased Tang Wulin's favorable impression of this senior. Scratching his head, he asked, "Sister, do you know other soul masters with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls too?"
"Of course. Because of the ancestor of the Tang Sect and the Tang Sect Master from ten thousand years ago, every academy has people with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls. Some simply have more than others," Liu Yuxin explained.
But in truth, aside from Tang San, whose Martial Soul had never been Blue Silver Grass in the first place but the Blue Silver Emperor, the only one who had elevated that useless Martial Soul was Tang Ya, whose Dark Blue Silver Grass possessed devouring attributes.