Ten days later,
Huo Yuhao finally returned after being absent for a full half month.
The Soul Guidance Department,
Having changed into a plain black robe, he went straight to Teacher Fan Yu's private laboratory without stopping,
In front of the low-key yet enormous building,
The heavy iron-colored metal doors opened automatically, and the ventilation fans hummed into action,
Never stopping,
What met his eyes was a vast testing ground,
A large, open area lay in the middle,
Hundreds of lights overhead shone with a cold white glow, together with the Soul Guidance lights on the floor, illuminating every corner of the testing ground,
Many partitioned areas surrounded it, marked with large black characters from Area Zero to Area Twelve,
A faint metallic smell lingered in the air.
Huo Yuhao walked in,
Turned this way and that, and came to a room,
The door wasn't fully closed; it was ajar, revealing the simple decorations on the walls,
Fire Jade Agate, a specialty of the Sun Moon Empire, and the ivory-white tusks of a Polar Mammoth had been carved together,
Half of a pattern resembling a Soul Guidance array could be seen from outside the door,
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath,
He knew the people inside were waiting for him.
He pushed the door open,
And saw Fan Yu sitting there with a cold expression, and Zhou Yi with her back to him,
Without a word, he immediately dropped to his knees,
Without the slightest hesitation,
His forehead struck the Soul Guidance floor hard, making a dull thud:
"I'm sorry, Teacher Fan Yu, Teacher Zhou. I was wrong!"
His voice was louder than usual.
Zhou Yi turned around and looked at him silently, just like Fan Yu,
Neither of them said anything,
Their expressions softened slightly. They had been ready