A Brand New Life at the Soul Tool Academy

A Brand New Life at the Soul Engineer Academy

Walking through the gates of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but exclaim, "Just in terms of construction... it doesn't seem any worse than Shrek!"

After entering, the first building that caught the eye was the section for the freshman physical assessment. This was the first thing they had to do after completing their registration, and it was scheduled for this afternoon.

This test wouldn't result in students being expelled if they failed, but it would influence their class placement.

After all, since they had stated during recruitment that a level ten soul power was sufficient for admission, it would be highly inappropriate to make people drop out shortly after arriving for various reasons.

This testing hall was just a small building near the main south gate, while directly opposite the gate lay the spacious student activity plaza. The edge of the plaza was surrounded by a lawn, and in the center stood a single metal sculpture. Atop the towering stone mountain peak, the sun and moon shone in unison. Huo Yuhao swept his spiritual detection over it and was surprised to discover a massive array at the base of the sculpture.

Behind the plaza was the main teaching building. The sun was rising from that direction, making the large characters "Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy" shine brilliantly. As Huo Yuhao and his group passed by the main teaching building, they saw several students hurriedly rushing into the building while carrying metal cases.

"Level five soul engineer."

Huo Yuhao had excellent eyesight and spotted the badge pinned to one person's chest at a glance. This was his first time seeing what a level five soul engineer badge looked like. When he visited the Soul Tool Department at Shrek, the highest he had seen was level three.

"The dormitory building is up ahead," Qiu'er reminded him. Huo Yuhao had been so engrossed in his observations that he hadn't even realized they had reached the dormitory building.

The official student dormitories at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy were single rooms. Because of this, the overall presence of the dormitory building looked no less impressive than the teaching building. The male and female dormitories were in separate buildings, painted blue and orange respectively, which was very eye-catching.

In Wang Dong's admission file, the gender column was filled in as female, which was something both Huo Yuhao and Qiu'er had strongly suggested. She had originally wanted to fill in male, believing that the concerns Huo and Qiu had wouldn't exist in a single room, but their attitude had been firm.

"Qiu'er, Wang Dong, look out for each other in the girls' dormitory," Huo Yuhao said, feeling uneasy. "If there are any problems, tell me, and we'll solve them together."

"You're the one I'm more worried about," Qiu'er immediately replied. "You don't know anyone here; remember to tell us if you run into trouble."

"Alright."

After exchanging some trivial matters, Huo Yuhao gripped his dormitory key tightly and headed upstairs. His dormitory number was on the second floor. Most of the residents on the second floor were second-year students, but since he was a transfer student in the first year and there were no empty rooms left on the first floor, he was placed there.

The advancement system at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy was simple: once you became a level one soul engineer, you could enter the second year of study, and so on. Therefore, the first year had the largest number of students, while the number of second-year students was already more than half that.

Walking down the dormitory hallway, there were discarded metal parts everywhere, blueprints that someone didn't know who had lost, and even someone's soul tool that had accidentally fallen into water and was now sitting on a balcony to dry.

When Huo Yuhao inserted the key into the lock and turned it, he realized that the delicate, small silver key was already covered in his sweat. Just what he had seen this morning was enough to make him incredibly excited.

The atmosphere for soul tools here was something the Soul Tool Department at Shrek simply couldn't compare to!

At Shrek, the Soul Tool Department received no respect from top to bottom. Above, the Martial Soul Department's teaching team led the suppression of the Soul Tool Department's development, and below, the Martial Soul Department students looked down on the Soul Tool Department students, claiming that they were all a bunch of people who couldn't improve their martial souls and were just coasting in the Soul Tool Department to avoid being expelled from Shrek.

Therefore, arriving at such an academy with a rich soul tool atmosphere, it was hard for Huo Yuhao not to feel excited.

The soul tool ray gun he had seen in a shop, which cost Gold Soul Coins to buy, was something Huo Yuhao had later saved up for by living frugally and bought quietly. In the dead of night, while Wang Dong was fast asleep, he had quietly taken it apart to look at its structure, learning the basic functions of a core array for the first time.

Later, when he tried to assemble it back together, he found that he didn't know how to install many of the parts. This didn't make him feel discouraged; instead, it completely ignited his interest in soul tools.

He opened the door with a creak. The room was already tidy, with a set of bedding on the hard bed; these miscellaneous fees had already been included in the tuition.

On the bookshelf were several books: Introduction to Soul Tools, Study of Core Array Engraving, Introduction to Core Array Functions, and Taxonomy of Rare Metals. It seemed these were books the academy gifted to every freshman.

Huo Yuhao pulled out Introduction to Soul Tools, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to read with great interest.

He read until noon. Because his spiritual power cultivation was far beyond that of an ordinary person, he remembered almost everything he had read.

At this moment, a "knock-knock" sound suddenly rang out at the door, and he quickly put down the book to open it.

Standing at the door was the silver-haired senior who had asked to see his soul skills during his registration that morning. Huo Yuhao still had an impression of him because he remembered the other party calling himself some "Academy's Number One Genius," and given that the other party was assessing freshmen at such a young age, Huo Yuhao still held a shred of admiration for him.

"Senior?" Huo Yuhao greeted him politely.

"Huo Yuhao, right?" The other party leaned against the door frame, looking every bit like an unscrupulous young master. "Don't call me senior; it's awkward. My name is Xiao Hongchen, just call me brother."

Why do all the guys I meet like to call themselves brother? Huo Yuhao muttered to himself, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sneezed.

"Brother Xiao." But he still called him that, as it was indeed smoother than senior.

"Mm. I'm here on behalf of Mingde Hall to look after the freshmen who enrolled this year." As he spoke, Xiao Hongchen brought a box from behind him into Huo Yuhao's dormitory.

"You can open it and take a look now," he said, his tone sounding quite proud.

Huo Yuhao didn't stand on ceremony. He pulled open the box's latch and lifted the lid with both hands.

It was an entire box of rare metals. Huo Yuhao had just finished reading Introduction to Soul Tools and still remembered the names of some of the metals introduced. He picked up a black, unremarkable stone-like metal block and said:

"Ink Steel, a metal used for engraving level one to three core arrays, originally produced in some mines in the Sun Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire..."

"You know your stuff." Xiao Hongchen seemed surprised for a moment, then nodded. "Not bad, it seems you have some foundation in soul tools."

"You flatter me; I just finished reading the books the school gave out and learned a little," Huo Yuhao smiled modestly.

"Most people wouldn't necessarily remember it after reading it. Just accept my praise; do you think I, Xiao Hongchen, praise people casually?"

After saying this, Xiao Hongchen turned around and raised a hand. "Anyway, these things are enough for you to practice with, and your progress will soon catch up to the other first-year students who received resources distributed in class. If you want to thank someone, thank Mingde Hall."

"If you have any problems, come to the first class of the fifth year or find me at Mingde Hall. Just report my name."

After saying this, Xiao Hongchen quickly left the dormitory building. It seemed he didn't live here.

Huo Yuhao thought that Qiu'er was worrying too much. He wasn't someone who didn't know anyone; wasn't there someone who seemed reliable enough to turn to?

Hmm... only seemed reliable, probably.