Xuan Ziwen

After Qin Chuan and the other two completed their entrance physicals, they had just walked out of the teaching building when they bumped into Bibi Dong and Jing Hongchen, who were coming toward them.

"Lin Jiayi, have all three children completed their physicals?" Jing Hongchen asked.

"Hall Master, all three children's physical examination records have been compiled." Lin Jiayi had a briefcase tucked under his arm. As he spoke, he lifted it slightly.

"Mm." Jing Hongchen nodded, then turned to Bibi Dong. "You should talk to the children. The academy will open tomorrow."

After Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi left, Bibi Dong found a pavilion, and the four of them sat down.

"These are the keys to your dorm rooms. Jing Hongchen gave them to me just now. To make things easier for you, the three rooms are practically on the same floor, and their numbers are consecutive."

Qin Chuan, 3601; Qian Renxue, 3602; Ye Guyi, 3603.

After the three took their keys, Bibi Dong stood up and said, "I've said everything that needed to be said. Each of these three Storage Soul Tool Rings contains a thousand gold taels. That should be enough for your first year at the academy."

"Then... see you in a year." Qin Chuan put away the Storage Soul Tool Ring and said goodbye to Bibi Dong.

"Mm, see you in a year. Xiao Xue, Guyi, I'm off."

Bibi Dong waved and didn't let the three of them see her off. She headed straight for the academy gate.

The three watched until Bibi Dong disappeared from view.

As soon as Bibi Dong walked out of the academy gates, she gazed at the rows of towering buildings before her and stretched lazily.

Here, she wasn't His Holiness the Pope. She was simply a mother who had just dropped her children off at school.

"I've been Pope for so many years. It's about time I relaxed a little. I can't neglect myself."

Bibi Dong spotted Food Street and raced toward it at astonishing speed. Before launching her cleanup operation, she would first sample the delicacies of ten thousand years in the future, then turn her scythe on the high-ranking figures of the Douluo Continent.

Afterward, all she needed to leave behind were the three characters "Holy Spirit Cult."

The Evil Soul Masters already had a terrible reputation. In this era, they were even more despised, like rats crossing the street. A little more infamy wouldn't matter.

That was what her son had told her.

Qin Chuan had no idea yet that, over the coming year, the words "Holy Spirit Cult" would set off countless waves.

At that moment, he was inspecting the dormitory provided by the academy.

It had a bed, a desk, a bathroom, and a shower. The thirty-square-meter space was already quite large for one person.

The dorm rooms were also well soundproofed. Qin Chuan tried knocking on the wall, and a muffled thud came from the other side, where Qian Renxue was staying.

"The soundproofing is pretty good."

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy respected its students' privacy in this regard.

Today was the final day for enrollment. There would be a new student ceremony early tomorrow morning, followed by class assignments.

Jing Hongchen's office.

Lin Jiayi respectfully handed Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi's physical examination records to Jing Hongchen with both hands.

Jing Hongchen took them and read through them carefully. Then he nodded with satisfaction. "These three siblings are treasures bestowed upon my academy by heaven, especially this one called Qin Chuan. He has Innate Full Soul Power at level twenty, and his second Soul Ring is already a thousand years old. He even has an External Soul Bone. Truly remarkable."

"And this one called Ye Guyi became a Second-Class Soul Engineer at just ten years old. No one taught her; she taught herself. Her future achievements will be limitless."

"As for this girl called Qian Renxue, she has reached level forty-four Soul Power at fifteen. Even an academy like Shrek Academy rarely sees someone like her."

This year's new student recruitment had come to a complete end. So far, Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi were the most outstanding students.

"Should we put them in the same class?" Lin Jiayi asked.

"Since the three of them are biological siblings, put them in the same class. Assign Teacher Xuan Ziwen as their homeroom teacher and give all three special attention."

The next morning, the first rays of dawn illuminated Bright Capital.

Bibi Dong walked out of a bar. She had partied all night but still had plenty of energy, so she continued wandering around Bright Capital's other entertainment venues.

This world ten thousand years in the future was much more interesting than it had been ten thousand years ago.

Bars, karaoke clubs, all kinds of jewelry, and even clothing stores—Bright Capital, the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, was always at the forefront of fashion on the continent.

What Bibi Dong had seen in a single night was enough to open her eyes.

Her eyes gleaming, Bibi Dong headed toward the bustling commercial street.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

The new student ceremony ended with an impassioned speech from Jing Hongchen, after which came the class assignments.

The academy had six grades, from first to sixth, and a relatively relaxed learning environment. A Second-Class Soul Engineer like Ye Guyi could have gone straight into the third grade, but since she had taught herself, her foundational knowledge was still shaky. She would have to repeat a year before advancing to the third grade.

Unlike Shrek Academy, which held promotion exams every year and expelled those who failed, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had only one kind of examination: the Soul Engineer exam.

Anyone who hadn't become a Level 3 Soul Engineer by the age of eighteen had to leave the academy and make a living on their own. Those who met that goal could sit for the Mingde Hall exam if they became a Level 5 Soul Engineer before turning twenty-five.

Those who entered Mingde Hall could truly study the crafting of higher-level Soul Tools and might even get the chance to attend lectures by a Grade 9 Soul Engineer.

Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi were assigned to Class One, Grade One, with Xuan Ziwen as their homeroom teacher.

Class One, Grade One had forty students. Most were between ten and twelve years old, but Qian Renxue, at fifteen, was the only girl her age in the entire first grade.

Qian Renxue's ears turned red. She kicked Qin Chuan, who was sitting in front of her, and grumbled, "You little brat! If only you'd woken up a few years earlier."

Qin Chuan rolled his eyes at Qian Renxue and said helplessly, "I wish I'd woken up a few years earlier too. Who can blame Mom for having people mine such authentic Ten-Thousand-Year Ice from the Extreme North? I only woke up after a full ten thousand years. If you want to blame someone, blame her."

"Her? Who knows where she is wandering around now!"

A daughter knew her mother best. Bibi Dong, who was picking out jewelry, suddenly sneezed for no apparent reason. She paid it no mind and continued browsing.

Xuan Ziwen was young. He entered the classroom with his textbooks in hand, and the previously noisy room fell silent.

His gaze lingered on Qin Chuan for a moment before he wrote his name on the blackboard. Then he turned to face the students and said calmly, "My name is Xuan Ziwen. From now on, I'll be the homeroom teacher for Class One, Grade One. I hadn't planned on taking this position, but Hall Master Jing Hongchen told me one or two of you needed special attention, so I reluctantly agreed. My teaching will be strict. If you want to become excellent Soul Engineers, you'd better be prepared."

"Also, no talking among yourselves or daydreaming in my class. I'll give pop quizzes from time to time, and anyone who fails can stay after class."