Bei Bei

The one who opened the door was Huo Yuhao, who was currently carrying the pack Huo Yun'er had prepared for him.

Mental-type spirit beasts were inherently rare; finding one that was compatible with Huo Yuhao would certainly take a considerable amount of time.

Although there was a slim possibility of running into the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm directly, that was a low-probability event after all, so preparing for a long battle was a necessity.

The person knocking on the door was a man draped in purple robes, his chest emblazoned with a peculiar emblem:

A circular design combining a sun and a moon, with three pairs of wings surrounding the outer rim.

He recognized this emblem; it had appeared on his student ID card as well as at the Crafting Bureau. Unsurprisingly, this was the symbol representing Martial Soul Hall.

The three pairs of wings were easy enough to understand—in his past life's memories, the emblem of Martial Soul Hall was the Six-Winged Angel martial soul—but as for the circular pattern in the center, to be honest, his first reaction was the Sun Moon Empire.

However, over the past two days, he had frequently chatted with Li Ye at the administrative office and had learned quite a bit of intelligence regarding this era.

This era did not contain the Sun Moon Empire; there was only the Sun Moon Continent far across the ocean. Martial Soul Hall had nothing to do with the Sun Moon Continent either; it was a spirit master organization that belonged entirely to the Douluo Continent.

Looking at it this way, the pattern in the center most likely represented that legendary Pope, Chen Mo.

"You must be Huo Yuhao. I am Wang Hong, a purple-robed Spirit Envoy of Martial Soul Hall." As he spoke, Wang Hong had already taken the initiative to take the pack from Huo Yuhao.

"According to the orders of Director, you will be traveling with us to the Star Dou Forest to hunt for your first spirit ring. During this time, we will do our best to protect your safety."

While speaking, Wang Hong led Huo Yuhao toward a carriage.

Before boarding, Huo Yuhao noticed there was an even more ornate carriage ahead.

The person sitting on it was presumably that big shot whom both Tang Shan and Tang You had mentioned—an "old acquaintance" who, like Zhang Peng and Tang Ya, had stepped onto a different path: Bei Bei.

To be honest, he was actually quite curious about what the current Bei Bei was like. Aside from their identities, Zhang Peng and Tang Ya hadn't changed much in terms of appearance, though Zhang Peng's cultivation was a bit lower than it had been originally.

Lost in thought, Huo Yuhao boarded the carriage, yet the next moment, he saw a smiling face staring straight at him.

The man wore a gentle, amiable smile and had short, deep blue hair.

Except for a pair of golden eyes, everything else was exactly the same as the Bei Bei in Huo Yuhao's memories.

"Hi, little brother Huo Yuhao, I hope I didn't startle you."

Bei Bei waved his hand, though it was a bit of a pity that he didn't see any interesting reaction on the other's face.

Although he could detect some surprise, there wasn't a hint of confusion or panic.

"Aren't you surprised?" Bei Bei asked curiously. In his scenario, Huo Yuhao should have been confused first, then panicked as he realized something. After all, when he used the same approach back at Martial Soul Hall, that was always the end result.

"A little, but your identity isn't hard to guess. You're the big shot that Uncle Director and Sister Tang Ya have been talking about, right?" Huo Yuhao shook his head. This person was indeed Bei Bei, but his personality was very different from the one in his memories.

From this first contact, this Bei Bei seemed to enjoy playing pranks?

"Fair enough. It seems you are a bit smarter than everyone else at the academy." Bei Bei chuckled a few times, then leaned in toward Huo Yuhao.

His identity wasn't actually public at the Spirit Soul Academy, as that would invite a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Huo Yuhao claimed to have guessed his identity, but he likely only guessed the level of "this person in front of me has a high status in Martial Soul Hall."

"They say you're the new genius found by the Crafting Bureau... a Body martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power; you are indeed a very rare and promising seedling."

"Martial Soul Hall doesn't lack geniuses, but your kind... is truly rare, aside from the Body Sect."

"And you are much calmer now than you were when you met Uncle Tang You two days ago. Is this what the teacher called... 'the children of the poor take charge early'?"

"Oh, don't mind me, just a common saying from a textbook. I mean no offense regarding your background."

Bei Bei reached out a hand toward Huo Yuhao: "My name is Bei Bei. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Huo Yuhao took Bei Bei's hand and then asked:

"Then... can I call you Big Brother Bei Bei from now on?"

Bei Bei nodded: "Of course. If you truly want to be friends, I would be very happy."

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's previously tense expression relaxed, and he smiled at Bei Bei:

"Then I'll be in your care for the time being, Big Brother Bei Bei."

"Haha, no problem at all. Then I'll call you little brother Yuhao." Bei Bei no longer sat opposite Huo Yuhao, instead moving to sit on the soft seat on the same side.

"It seems that besides a third spirit ring, I might gain a new friend this time. This is truly an unexpected joy," Bei Bei said heartily, though the information revealed in his words made Huo Yuhao's eyes widen involuntarily.

"A... a third spirit ring?!"

Huo Yuhao quickly calculated in his head. In his past life, when he first met Bei Bei, the other was about fourteen years old. Now, by any count, he was only ten...

Yet he already possessed thirty levels of spirit power?

Seeing Huo Yuhao's surprised expression, Bei Bei nodded repeatedly; this was the reaction he wanted to see.

"How about it? Your Big Brother Bei Bei is impressive, right?" he said proudly, and Huo Yuhao gave him plenty of face by nodding vigorously.

"Actually, I won't hide it from you. My martial soul is quite special. The innate spirit power I awakened... was this much." Bei Bei extended his index finger on one hand and opened his palm on the other.

"Fifteen levels of innate spirit power..." Huo Yuhao quickly understood the meaning of the gesture. But how was that possible? He remembered that Bei Bei's martial soul was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, mixed with the bloodline belonging to the Golden Sacred Dragon.

But even so, the Bei Bei in his memories only had Innate Full Soul Power.

Fifteen levels of innate spirit power... Huo Yuhao could only think of one possibility:

The Bei Bei sitting next to him right now had awakened a martial soul that wasn't just mixed with the bloodline of a divine beast, but was, like his great-great-grandfather's, a genuine Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul!

"Heh, quite a surprise, isn't it? To be honest, I was just as shocked when I first awakened. After all, for ten thousand years, I have been the only existence in this world with an Innate Soul Power exceeding level ten, with talent second only to the prodigies of that era ten thousand years ago."

Bei Bei looked out the window, as if lost in memory:

"In our history textbooks, the Martial Soul Hall of that era was teeming with talent."

"Back then, the inherited martial soul of the Martial Soul Hall was the Six-Winged Angel, a god-tier martial soul that guaranteed an Innate Soul Power of level twenty. I assume you've heard of it, little brother Yuhao?"

Huo Yuhao nodded. In his past life, while chatting with his ancestors in the God Realm, he had indeed learned about this martial soul. However, by his era, it had gone completely extinct, leaving behind only a few incomplete branches.

Still... hearing Bei Bei bring this up now, he had a nagging feeling that he was about to hear something even more jaw-dropping regarding history.

"Ten thousand years ago, during the era when the gods ascended, the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall was not Qian Renxue, who inherited the Six-Winged Angel martial soul, but her husband—the only legend in the history of the Douluo Continent."

Bei Bei turned his head to look at Huo Yuhao and said slowly:

"Pope Chen Mo. Legend has it that his Innate Soul Power..."

"Was level thirty."