Attracting Bees and Butterflies

"Huo Yuhao, are you heading to the Soul Guidance Department now? May I accompany you to take a look?"

Physical training had just concluded. Seeing Huo Yuhao preparing to leave alone, Ning Tian stepped forward quickly and asked directly.

After the previous sparring match, she had learned the details from Wu Feng.

The one point Wu Feng emphasized repeatedly was that her Red Dragon martial soul had felt unprecedented terror in front of Huo Yuhao.

Possessing a powerful and mysterious martial soul, and being a disciple of that Spirit Ice Grandmaster, Huo Yuhao appeared filled with an indescribable allure in Ning Tian's eyes at this moment.

"Young Mistress, I am coming too."

Wu Feng followed closely behind Ning Tian, her crimson eyes watching Huo Yuhao with vigilance.

For Wu Feng, the sparring match that morning was a humiliating experience etched into her memory; she had actually gone limp in his arms without any power to resist.

What annoyed her even more was that this Huo Yuhao hadn't taken the opportunity to drop her to the ground, but instead held her steadily.

Clearly, Huo Yuhao had ill intentions. Being so handsome and powerful, he was likely the type of scumbag who was best at deceiving girls.

She dared not let her Young Mistress be alone with such a dangerous person.

It was one thing to be caught off guard earlier, but now that she, Wu Feng, was here, she had to defend her Young Mistress's purity at all times as her personal guard.

Just then, a smaller figure timidly shuffled to Huo Yuhao's side.

"Vice Class Monitor, can I go with you too?"

Xiao Xiao kept her head down, her small hands nervously clutching the hem of her shirt. She seemed to have summoned great courage to finally overcome her inner shyness and the faint sense of inferiority she felt when facing Ning Tian.

Although her voice was still very soft, had Huo Yuhao's ears not been sharp, he might not have heard her at all.

Seeing yet another girl take the initiative to approach Huo Yuhao, the disdain in Wu Feng's red pupils deepened.

She curled her lips and let out a soft huff through her nose.

As she suspected, this Huo Yuhao was someone who attracted bees and butterflies everywhere he went.

Huo Yuhao's gaze, however, did not linger on the young ladies. Instead, it fell unobtrusively on Wang Dong'er, who was surrounded by a group of chattering female students not far away.

He wondered to himself what Tang San of the God Realm had done to make Wang Dong'er transfer from Class One to Class Nine.

He currently had no way to silently eliminate the divine consciousness of Tang San within Wang Dong'er's spiritual sea, and yet Wang Dong'er was going to move into his dormitory.

It seemed he would need to find somewhere else to spend the night.

"Since everyone is interested, let's go to the Soul Guidance Department together."

Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze from Wang Dong'er and said gently.

However, this slight movement did not escape Ning Tian's eyes.

Ning Tian looked at Huo Yuhao with suspicion, an inexplicable guess surfacing in her mind: could it be that this Huo Yuhao likes boys?

Under the curious or probing gazes of the surrounding students, the group of four walked northwest, exiting the Outer Court Martial Soul Department and entering the Outer Court Soul Guidance Department.

After passing through a tree-lined path and walking for nearly a quarter of an hour within the grounds of the Outer Court Soul Guidance Department, the four stopped in front of a massive gray building.

The Freshman Teaching Building they had seen earlier was already considered quite magnificent.

But compared to this rectangular gray building before them, it paled in comparison.

The total area of this structure was likely comparable to the entire dormitory complex of the Martial Soul Department.

The exterior walls were a heavy, steady gray, and the main body did not seem to be built entirely of brick and stone; in many places, it shimmered with a cold metallic luster.

Low, continuous rumbling sounds emanated from within the building, causing the ground beneath the four to vibrate slightly.

A sign nearby indicated the name of the location: Soul Tool Testing Area.

Pushing the door open, one could see that the interior of this Soul Tool Testing Area was entirely metallic. The metal forming the structure was a dark brown, with strange textures on the surface.

Inside the entrance was a long horizontal corridor. The layout looked somewhat similar to the dormitory area, but the difference was that it was only on one side, with a heavy metal door every thirty meters or so.

The doors were clearly marked with labels like "Testing Area One" and "Testing Area Two."

"Yuhao, which testing area did Dean Xian tell you about?" Ning Tian turned her head and asked softly.

After all, in the classroom that morning, Xian Lin'er's attention had been almost entirely on Huo Yuhao, and she had even handed him a token representing access to the testing area on the spot.

The fact that they could follow him and have the opportunity to be received by the Dean of the Soul Guidance Department was, in the end, thanks to Huo Yuhao.

Xian Lin'er was the Dean of the Soul Guidance Department, a person of high status who usually stayed in the Inner Court and rarely appeared in the Outer Court.

For students from other classes interested in soul tools, being received by an ordinary Level 6 soul master would already be considered quite good.

Huo Yuhao flipped his wrist, and a hexagonal silver token appeared in his palm, engraved with the number "thirteen."

The group walked north along the corridor until they reached the end, stopping in front of a heavy metal door labeled "Testing Area Thirteen."

Huo Yuhao pressed the token against the door of the testing area. A notch exactly matching the shape of the token split open on the door, fully accommodating it.

A brief, faint fluctuation of soul power emanated from inside the door. A moment later, the token was gently ejected from the notch and fell back into Huo Yuhao's hand.

Immediately following, accompanied by a grinding sound, the main door of Testing Area Thirteen slid open horizontally, revealing the space behind it.

The three girls were startled by the sudden noise, their bodies tensing instinctively.

Huo Yuhao's expression remained unchanged as he took the lead and stepped inside, prompting the three girls to steady themselves before quickly following suit.

The interior of Testing Area 13 was a world of its own, with thick metal plates partitioning the space into various sections, much like a collection of metal boxes of differing sizes.

As Huo Yuhao activated his Spiritual Detection, he rapidly grasped the internal structure of the area.

He then led the three of them, quickly arriving at the largest part of this testing zone.

This was an exceptionally vast open space, covering an area of approximately two thousand square meters with a ceiling height exceeding ten meters.

At the edge of the field sat a massive metal workbench, and behind it, seated in a high-backed chair, was the imposing Xian Lin'er, dressed in her dark cyan military uniform.

At this moment, she was looking down, focused on processing the documents in her hands.

Hearing the commotion, she looked up to see Huo Yuhao and the others walking in, and a gentle smile immediately appeared on her face.

She set aside the documents and beckoned to them, signaling for them to take the empty chairs in front of the workbench.

"Greetings, Dean Xian."

Huo Yuhao and the others bowed respectfully to Xian Lin'er before obediently taking their seats.