Lin Xiaoyu

"Students who earned Grade A or Grade B Meals can simply show their student IDs in the cafeteria. As for the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform passes, the academy will send them to your homeroom teachers shortly. In a few days, your homeroom teachers will lead you all to the Spirit Pagoda."

After finishing his final remarks, Yu Zhen dismissed everyone.

"Wulin, we don't have special training today. What are you going to do later?"

After the dismissal, Xie Xie walked over to Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin thought for a moment. "I'll probably go cultivate or forge!"

"Ahh..." Xie Xie let out a long sigh. "Do you have to work so hard? You're already this strong, and you still want to cultivate? Teacher Wu has finally given us a day off. Don't you want to go out and have some fun?"

"Tch! You think everyone's as fond of playing around as you, young master? You've got the script for Twin Martial Souls, but you're putting in the absolute worst performance."

Xie Xie turned his head and saw Gu Yue walking on Tang Wulin's other side. "When did you come along?"

"None of your business!" Gu Yue shot Xie Xie a look.

Actually, Xie Xie couldn't quite understand why Gu Yue always took Tang Wulin's side. Did she really like Tang Wulin? Forget it. How could that be? They hadn't known each other for long, and they were only nine-year-old kids.

"All right, I'm going to the Blacksmith Association. If you're interested in forging, you can come along too." Standing between the two, Tang Wulin found it hard to take either side, so he could only change the subject.

"I'll come take a look!" Gu Yue said at once, without the slightest hesitation.

"I'm coming too!" Xie Xie quickly added. "After all, you're going to be my personal blacksmith in the future. I'd better check how good your forging is."

"Sure, sure! Let's go together," Tang Wulin said with a smile.

Before long, the three of them reached the academy gate.

"Beep, beep, beep!"

Just then, Tang Wulin's Soul Guidance Communicator suddenly rang.

Gu Yue and Xie Xie stopped in their tracks and looked at Tang Wulin in unison.

Tang Wulin raised his wrist. When he saw the number calling, he looked pleasantly surprised.

"It's... Lin Xiaoyu!"

Earlier, at the Tang Sect branch in Eastsea City, Tang Wulin had spoken via projection with Elder Lin and Lin Xiaoyu from the Tang Sect's Medicine Hall. The number was the one Elder Lin had asked him to save.

Elder Lin had said that after a while, Lin Xiaoyu would bring Tang Wulin the four spirit medicines he needed, along with the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: Herb Chapter. Now, Lin Xiaoyu had most likely arrived in Eastsea City.

The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: Herb Chapter was something Yao Lao needed, and the four spirit medicines were crucial to Tang Wulin breaking through the second seal. It could be said that whether Tang Wulin lived or died depended on those four spirit medicines.

"Hello, Sister Lin."

Tang Wulin answered the call and greeted her politely.

A sweet young woman's voice came through the Soul Guidance Communicator. "Little Wulin, I've come to bring you your things!"

A smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face again. "Where are you, Sister Lin? I'll come find you!"

"You don't need to come find me. I'm already at the entrance to your academy."

"?"

Tang Wulin looked up toward the academy gate.

Sure enough, a girl in a blue pleated skirt stood there, waving her arm at him.

Xie Xie followed Tang Wulin's gaze and spotted Lin Xiaoyu. An inquisitive look crossed his face. "Wulin, who's that girl?"

Tang Wulin waved back at Lin Xiaoyu. "I guess you could say she's a friend."

"Really? You know a pretty girl like that?" Xie Xie looked unconvinced, then turned to Gu Yue. "Gu Yue, do you believe him?"

Gu Yue shot Xie Xie a look. "Why do you talk so much?"

"All right, all right, let's go over together. I'll introduce you," Tang Wulin said.

Soon, the three of them walked out of the school gate and over to Lin Xiaoyu.

"Wulin, you look even better in person than you did in the projection!" Lin Xiaoyu stepped forward, patted Tang Wulin's hair, and smiled.

Tang Wulin smiled and took a step back, looking a little awkward. He hurriedly said, "Let me introduce you."

"They're my classmates, Gu Yue and Xie Xie."

"Gu Yue, Xie Xie, this is my friend, Lin Xiaoyu."

"Hello! I'm Lin Xiaoyu, and I'm from the Tang Sect." Lin Xiaoyu greeted them with a smile.

"Hello! I'm Xie Xie." Xie Xie returned the greeting.

"Thank you? What are you thanking me for?" Lin Xiaoyu asked in confusion.

"Xie Xie. I told you, people who don't know him always misunderstand his name," Tang Wulin said with a smile. "Sister Lin, he wasn't saying 'thank you.' His name is Xie Xie."

"Right. Xie is the Xie in 'thank you,' and Xie is the Xie in 'encounter.'" Xie Xie quickly added.

"Oh? What a unique name!" Lin Xiaoyu looked surprised. She had never heard such an unusual name before.

"Hello. I'm Gu Yue." Gu Yue greeted her coolly.

"What a pretty little girl!" Lin Xiaoyu said with a smile as she looked at Gu Yue.

"Wulin, I'd only just arrived at your academy when I heard you'd won the lower-grade Class Promotion Tournament and beaten a class with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Impressive!" Lin Xiaoyu gave Tang Wulin a thumbs-up.

"Just lucky, that's all," Tang Wulin replied with a smile.

"Then you probably know why I came to Eastsea City to find you this time, right?" Lin Xiaoyu asked.

Tang Wulin's face lit up slightly, and he nodded. "Of course."

Then Tang Wulin turned to Gu Yue and Xie Xie. "Sister Lin came to see me about something important. I'm going to talk with her alone for a bit."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiaoyu took him by the arm and led him a short distance away.

"Gu Yue, don't tell me you're jealous?" Xie Xie said, waggling his eyebrows at Gu Yue.

"Get lost!"

Gu Yue sat down beside a flower bed and closed her eyes.

"Wulin, this contains the four spirit medicines you need and the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: Herb Chapter that Grandpa sent you."

Lin Xiaoyu took a Storage Soul Tool from her robe and held it out to Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin looked a little excited as he reached out with both hands to accept the Storage Soul Tool. "Sister Lin, thank you. And please thank Elder Lin for me too."

"You don't need to thank me. It's rare for Grandpa to be so kind to anyone. You can tell he really likes you. Have you truly not considered joining the Tang Sect's Medicine Hall?" Lin Xiaoyu asked.

"Sister Lin, could you give me a little more time to think about it? I've heard of the Tang Sect since I was little, and I respect it, but this is still a major decision."

Tang Wulin still had one lingering doubt: his parents.

The letter Tang Ziran had left behind said that a major power had taken them away. The Tang Sect was also a major power on the Douluo Continent. Could there be even the slightest chance that the Tang Sect had taken his parents?

Even if the possibility was small, Tang Wulin needed to find out before deciding whether to join the Tang Sect.

Lin Xiaoyu looked a little disappointed at Tang Wulin's answer. "It's all right. Joining a sect really is a major decision, so it's only right to think it over. But you mustn't show the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record: Herb Chapter Grandpa gave you to just anyone. If the Tang Sect's Law Enforcement Hall finds out, Grandpa won't be the only one who gets dragged into trouble. They might come after you too."

"So Elder Lin took such a big risk?"

Tang Wulin nodded firmly. "I understand. I won't let anyone else see it."