"Yuhao, are you going to visit the Soul Guidance Department now? Can I come take a look with you?"
Physical training had just ended when Ning Tian saw Huo Yuhao preparing to leave alone. She quickly stepped forward and asked directly.
After the earlier match, she had also learned the details from Wu Feng.
Wu Feng had repeatedly emphasized only one thing—her Red Dragon martial soul had felt unprecedented terror before Huo Yuhao.
With a powerful and mysterious martial soul, and as the disciple of Grandmaster Spirit Ice, Huo Yuhao was filled with an indescribable allure in Ning Tian's eyes.
"Young Mistress, I'm coming too."
Wu Feng followed closely behind Ning Tian, her crimson eyes watching Huo Yuhao warily.
That morning's match had been an unforgettable humiliation for Wu Feng. She had gone limp in his arms without the slightest ability to resist.
What angered her even more was that Huo Yuhao had not simply thrown her to the ground, but had instead held her steadily.
Huo Yuhao was obviously up to no good. He was so good-looking and so strong—he was probably the kind of scumbag who was best at deceiving girls.
She certainly could not let her young mistress be alone with someone so dangerous.
It had been bad enough that someone had stolen a march on her when she did not know what was going on. Now that Wu Feng was here, as her young mistress's personal guard, she had to defend her young mistress's purity at all times.
At that moment, a smaller figure timidly edged over to Huo Yuhao's side.
"Vice Class Monitor, can I go with you too?"
Xiao Xiao lowered her head, her small hands nervously clutching the hem of her clothes. It seemed she had gathered immense courage before finally overcoming her shyness, as well as the faint sense of inferiority she felt before Ning Tian.
Her voice was still very soft. If Huo Yuhao had not had such sharp hearing, he might not even have heard her.
Seeing yet another girl voluntarily approach Huo Yuhao, the contempt in Wu Feng's red eyes deepened.
She curled her lips and gave a soft snort through her nose.
Sure enough, she had guessed right. This Huo Yuhao was the type to attract girls everywhere he went.
However, Huo Yuhao's gaze did not linger on the girls for long. Instead, it inconspicuously fell upon Wang Dong'er, who was surrounded by a chattering group of female students not far away.
What exactly had Tang San of the God Realm done to make Wang Dong'er transfer from Class One to Class Nine?
He still had no way to silently remove Tang San's divine consciousness from Wang Dong'er's Spiritual Sea, and Wang Dong'er was even going to move into the same dormitory as him.
It seemed he would need to find somewhere else to spend the night first.
"Since everyone is interested, let's go take a look at the Soul Guidance Department together."
Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze from Wang Dong'er and spoke gently.
Yet Ning Tian did not miss that subtle movement.
Ning Tian looked at Huo Yuhao suspiciously as an inexplicable thought surfaced in her mind. Could it be that Huo Yuhao liked boys?
Under the curious and probing gazes of the surrounding students, the group of four headed northwest, leaving the Outer Court's Martial Soul Department and entering the Outer Court's Soul Guidance Department.
After passing through a tree-lined path and walking for nearly a quarter of an hour within the Outer Court's Soul Guidance Department, the four finally stopped before a massive gray building.
The Freshman Teaching Building they had seen before was already quite imposing.
But compared with the rectangular gray building before them, it was still far inferior.
The total area of this building was likely comparable to the entire cluster of dormitories belonging to the Martial Soul Department.
Its outer walls were a heavy, steady gray. The main structure did not seem to be made entirely of brick and stone, and many places gleamed with a cold metallic luster.
Low, continuous rumbles came from within the building, even causing the ground beneath their feet to tremble faintly.
A sign nearby bore the name of the place: Soul Tool Testing Area.
Once they pushed open the door and entered, they saw that the Soul Tool Testing Area was entirely constructed from metal. The metal here was dark brown, its surface covered in strange patterns.
Beyond the entrance was a long horizontal corridor. Its layout looked somewhat similar to the dormitory area, except that doors stood only along one side, each separated by roughly thirty meters, and each was a heavy metal door.
The doors were clearly marked with labels such as "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 focused on Huo Yuhao. She had even personally handed him a Testing Area token that represented entry permission.
The reason the rest of them could come along and have the chance to be personally received by the dean of the Soul Guidance Department was ultimately because of Huo Yuhao.
Xian Lin'er was the dean of the Soul Guidance Department, and her status was highly esteemed. Ordinarily, she remained in the Inner Court's Soul Tool area and rarely appeared in the Outer Court.
For students from other classes who were interested in Soul Tools, receiving an ordinary Rank Six Soul Engineer when they came to visit was already considered quite good.
Huo Yuhao flipped his wrist, and a hexagonal silver token appeared in his palm. The number "Thirteen" was engraved upon it.
The group walked north along the corridor until they reached its end, stopping before a heavy metal door marked "Testing Area Thirteen."
Huo Yuhao pressed the token against the Testing Area door. A gap matching the token's shape immediately split open in the door, completely swallowing the token.
A brief, faint pulse of Soul Power came from within the door. Moments later, the token was gently ejected from the gap and fell back into Huo Yuhao's hand.
Immediately afterward, amid a creaking sound, the main door to Testing Area Thirteen slid open sideways, revealing the space beyond.
The three girls were startled by the sudden noise, and their bodies instinctively tensed.
Huo Yuhao remained calm as ever and stepped inside first. Only then did the three girls steady themselves and hurriedly follow him.
Testing Area Thirteen was also a world of its own. Thick metal plates divided the place into separate sections, like metal boxes of various sizes.
After Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection, he quickly grasped the internal layout of the area.
He then led the three of them to the largest section of the Testing Area.
This was an extremely spacious open area, roughly two thousand square meters in size and more than ten meters high.
At the edge of the space stood a massive metal workbench. In a high-backed chair behind it sat Xian Lin'er, dressed in a dark blue-black military uniform, looking heroic and imposing.
She was currently lowering her head, focused on handling the documents in her hands.
Hearing the sound, she looked up and saw Huo Yuhao and the others enter, and a gentle smile immediately appeared on her face.
She set down the documents in her hands and waved to them, signaling for them to sit in the empty chairs before the workbench.
"Greetings, Dean Xian."
Huo Yuhao and the others respectfully bowed to Xian Lin'er before obediently taking their seats.
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