Xie Xie

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As the two chatted, a pitch-black Soul Guidance Car pulled up at the platform. Two bodyguards dressed in black stood beside its door. When they looked in Tang Wulin's direction, their eyes lit up, as though 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 naturally not directed at Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin subconsciously looked beside him and saw a boy approaching from behind him.

The boy appeared to be around his age. He wore a blue tracksuit and had short brown hair. By the time Tang Wulin turned his head, the boy had already passed him, so he could only see his profile.

He had fair skin, a high nose bridge, slightly sunken eye sockets, and long, curled eyelashes. His eyes seemed to be dark green.

Just then, a force came from the crowded stream of people on Tang Wulin's other side. He staggered, nearly bumping into the boy. Gu Chen reached out and grabbed Tang Wulin's clothes, giving them a light tug to steady him.

"Thanks, Chen Ge," Tang Wulin said.

"No problem. No need to thank me."

After speaking, Gu Chen turned his gaze toward the boy. Seeing the other's aloof temperament, he thought to himself, This should be... Xie Xie, right?

The boy suddenly turned around and looked at him. Gu Chen's gaze was sharp, and he stared fearlessly at the boy.

He was exceedingly handsome, but he clearly carried an air of cold arrogance. Tang Wulin could distinctly sense that although the other boy's gaze landed on him, he merely glanced at him before focusing on Chen Ge. Even then, he only looked for a moment before continuing toward the Soul Guidance Car.

Even if Tang Wulin had truly bumped into him just now, he probably 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. "Yeah, more or less. Like how some soul masters look down on ordinary people, or how Evil Soul Masters slaughter ordinary people like pigs."

Gu Chen also knew that Xie Xie was only cold and aloof on the surface. Deep down, he was quite warmhearted.

At the beginning, he truly was somewhat arrogant, but he was still a very decent person.

He could be brought under his wing or made into a friend.

Perhaps in the future, Gu Chen 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 heal injuries.

If that were all it could do, it would be far too pathetic.

And Gu Chen had not even figured out the incomplete Qilin Precious Technique—Qilin Step.

There were three reasons. First, he did not know how powerful it was. If he used it and its might was too great, it could easily attract attention and expose him.

Second, he was too weak right now. The Soul Power in his body was completely insufficient to support him in fully taking that step.

Third, no matter how he looked at it, this thing could not possibly be related to 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's shoulder. After speaking, he did not wait for Tang Wulin's response and took the lead toward the place his Mental Power had detected.

With his current Mental Power, covering a hundred meters was still possible. Finding Eastsea Academy was easy enough.

That saved them the trouble of asking for directions.

After passing through the crowd, the two saw the landmark building.

A sign with a white background and blue lettering stood there, bearing four large characters: Eastsea Academy.

Beneath the sign were tables and chairs. Several young men and women who appeared to be seventeen or eighteen, dressed in blue tracksuits, sat behind them.

When she saw Tang Wulin and Gu Chen approach, a Black-haired Girl smiled at them. "Little brothers, are you here to register?"

The Black-haired Girl had a pair of phoenix eyes, a well-proportioned figure, and sweet features. She seemed very approachable.

"Gu Chen." After giving his name, Gu Chen turned his gaze aside 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 with some surprise. They appeared to be around eleven or twelve years old.

However, new student registration required an academy recommendation, which meant that both of them were actually only nine years old.

Gu Chen's purple hair, violet-gold eyes, and cold exterior gave people the impression that strangers should keep their distance. One almost instinctively wanted to step away from him.

Tang Wulin, meanwhile, was still young, but he was exceptionally pretty.

Yes, Liu Yuxin would rather use pretty to describe the boy before her. He had large eyes, long eyelashes that made even her somewhat jealous, and an expression carrying a slight hint of bewilderment and unease.

"Hello, I'm Liu Yuxin, a first-year student of Eastsea Academy's Advanced Division and the person responsible for receiving new students this time. I'm your senior. Come, fill out a form first, then show me your recommendation letter from your primary academy."

Liu Yuxin handed two forms to Tang Wulin and Gu Chen.

Tang Wulin relaxed slightly and secretly sized up the senior before him. Her fitted blue tracksuit, medium-length hair tied into a simple ponytail, fair skin, slender neck, beautiful features, and elegant temperament made for a pleasing sight.

As Liu Yuxin watched Tang Wulin fill out the form, 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. Hmm? Level 19! I've never heard of a Martial Soul called Double Pupils."

Liu Yuxin gave Gu Chen another look. She had not expected someone to reach level 19 as a soul master at the age of nine, though he was only from the Support System (?). After reading Gu Chen's information, she turned to the other form.

"Tang Wulin, nine years old, graduated from Hongshan Primary Academy in Aolai City. Level 11 Plant System soul master, Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass. Huh, your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass?"

Tang Wulin nodded.

Liu Yuxin smiled brightly. "It's truly not easy for Blue Silver Grass to cultivate to level 11 at your age."

Not hearing the usual scorn immediately increased Tang Wulin's favorable impression of this senior. Scratching his head, he asked, "Sister, do you know any other soul masters with Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls?"

"Of course. Because of the Tang Sect's ancestor 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 reality, aside from Tang San, whose Martial Soul had never been Blue Silver Grass to begin with but the Blue Silver Emperor, the only one who had elevated that worthless Martial Soul was Tang Ya, whose Dark Blue Silver Grass possessed devouring properties.