An Extraordinary Background
A few days later, at Lingyun Library. ♡💗 🏆💎
"You're Yu Xiaogang?"
The indifferent voice brought Yu Xiaogang, who was engrossed in his book, back to reality.
Looking up, Yu Xiaogang saw three figures of varying heights standing a few meters in front of him. The one on the left was Liu Hao, whom he had met a few days ago.
Yu Xiaogang remembered that the other party's Martial Soul was a "brain" that had no other abilities besides having an exceptionally good memory. He was an orphan, and it was said that his village was massacred by Fallen Soul Master, leaving only him hiding in a cellar. Later, while begging, he was encountered by people from the Green Wood Merchant Association and was moved to the sparsely populated Lingyun City along with many other civilians. Finally, he was discovered by Ling Yi and recruited into the Martial Soul Research Institute.
"I am Yu Xiaogang."
Yu Xiaogang closed the book in his hand, his expression calm, but his gaze fell on Liu Hao: "Is there something you need?"
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's indifferent expression, apart from Liu Hao, the other two remained unmoved, while the other frowned slightly.
Under Yu Xiaogang's gaze, Liu Hao shrugged, pointed to the two people beside him, and said to Yu Xiaogang, "You've been in the research institute for several days now, and you haven't interacted with anyone except me. Brother Yi asked me to show you around and introduce you to everyone..."
As he spoke, ignoring Yu Xiaogang's attitude, he pointed to the tall man in the middle of the three and continued:
"This is Shang Wenqing, Martial Soul is ' Mirror Box,' and he is in charge of research on Storage Soul Tool and space-type Martial Soul..."
Following Liu Hao's introduction, Yu Xiaogang nodded to Shang Wenqing with a calm expression, as a greeting. 🍧💋 ➅➈s 🐠🐯
Shang Wenqing smiled nonchalantly and nodded, saying, "Hello~".
Liu Hao pointed to the displeased-looking young man on the far right and continued, "This is Eryue Xuan, Martial Soul is ' Golden Pocket Watch.' He's in charge of cultivating some of the plant seedlings at the research institute..."
Yu Xiaogang noticed that Eryue Xuan had a problem with him. His mind raced, and almost instantly, he said to Eryue Xuan, "Hello~ I am Yu Xiaogang."
If I heard correctly, the question "Are you Yu Xiaogang?" seemed to have been asked by Eryue Xuan.
Seeing Yu Xiaogang's sudden display of... goodwill? Eryue Xuan narrowed her eyes, but couldn't continue to keep a straight face, so she nodded somewhat stiffly in response. "Mm."
Seeing the awkward interaction between the three, Liu Hao quickly spoke up, addressing Shang Wenqing and Eryue Xuan:
"Yu Xiaogang was brought into the research institute by Brother Yi a few days ago. Because he's new, he hasn't decided on his next research direction yet, so he's been spending a lot of time reading in the library..."
At this point, Liu Hao, who wasn't very good at socializing, pursed his lips, choked, and didn't know what to say next.
Fortunately, Shang Wenqing had some experience in this area, and quickly chuckled, pulling Liu Hao and Eryue Xuan to sit down at the table opposite Yu Xiaogang, saying:
"Reading is good, but you can't do research without a lot of knowledge. The books in this library were collected by Brother Yi with great difficulty. Outside, many people want to see them but can't."
After saying that, he took out a thick book from his storage badge, placed it on the table, and opened it. "Perfect timing, A Hao, there are a few parts here that I don't understand. Could you take a look and see if you can find any related materials in the library for me to refer to..."
To avoid disturbing the other people in the library, Shang Wenqing took out a large-mouthed bat statue from his storage badge and placed it on the table. 69ꜱʜᴜx.ᴄᴏᴍ
The "Sound-Eating Bat Statue" is one of the first batch of Soul Tool successfully mass-produced by the Martial Soul Research Institute. It can absorb and bind sound within a certain range.
Glancing at the "Sound-Eating Bat Statue" that was already in effect, Eryue Xuan suddenly spat and muttered, "What the hell is this?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Yu Xiaogang, who was not far away, out of the corner of his eye.
"Alright~" Shang Wenqing said calmly, his right hand resting on the book. "At least they greeted you first~"
"So what?" Eryue Xuan curled her lip. "This guy looks like the kind who bullies the weak and fears the strong. I despise people like that."
"And another thing, Old Shang, you're too nice. The way this kid treated you just now, if it were me, I would have spat at him. But you, you're just trying to be nice to him, and he doesn't appreciate it at all—"
"A Hao, what do you think?"
Upon suddenly hearing Eryue Xuan bring up the topic to him, Liu Hao tilted his head, not intending to indulge the other party, and said directly, "The 'business' of Wenqing is the business of discussion. Everything is about discussion and negotiation. Do you think everyone is like you, 11 Xian, with a notoriously bad temper in the research institute—"
"Damn it!" Eryue Xuan's face darkened. "Why bring up that name again? It was just a slip of the pen back then, is it really necessary to remember it all this time?"
Clearly, he cared more about the nickname "11 Xian" than being told he had a bad temper.
"Hehe~" Liu Hao grinned, "A typo? A typo can make ' Eryue Xuan' instead of ' 11 Yuexuan '?"
"I'm not talking to a little brat like you~" Eryue Xuan's face darkened even more, and she turned to look at Shang Wenqing beside her:
"Wenqing, what do you think of this Yu Xiaogang? I have a feeling he's different from all of us."
"It's hard to say."
Shang Wenqing turned a page of his book, his gaze casually sweeping across the pages. He said indifferently, "In the research institute, our backgrounds are all pretty much the same. The best Weiyi is that kid, but even that's just a declining Soul Master family. My family are commoner merchants, your family are fishermen, and as for that kid A Hao, don't even mention him~"
I just noticed Yu Xiaogang; the bracelet on his wrist is Storage Soul Tool. Even many powerful Soul Master don't all have one. If I hadn't made some contributions to the last research experiment and received a storage medal as a reward from Brother Yi, my family would have had to save for years without spending a penny to buy one.
"And that's only the size of one cubic meter of internal space."
At the same time, on the fourth floor of the Martial Soul Research Institute, in room 404.
This is a room that covers more than 200 square meters. The walls, ceiling and floor are all covered with a layer of metal plates with textures engraved on them.
In a corner of the room, Ling Yi crouched down, holding a carving knife, and wielded it with lightning speed, carving out new patterns one after another.
Looking around, the textures on all sides of the room resembled the integrated circuits in Ling Yi's previous life. A large number of basic and repetitive textures formed the underlying array base, creating complex Soul Guidance Array diagrams.
When the last corner was finished, Ling Yi put away his carving knife, stood up, went to the center of the room, and looked around. His powerful eyesight did not miss any inch of the area. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he nodded in satisfaction.
Turning his head, Ling Yi called out loudly towards the door, "Come in!"
The next second, the door opened, and a figure even thinner than Liu Hao walked in.
"Weiyi," Ling Yi said to the newcomer, "I will activate the ' Nine Shao Sound-Stabilizing Soul Guidance Array ' in this room in a moment. Now I'll ask you one more time: are you sure you want to verify it yourself?"
The boy, who was considered the Weiyi, nodded vigorously, his gaze unwavering, and said, "I'm sure!"
"Alright~" Ling Yi shook his head, took out a mottled yellow crystal from his Storage Soul Tool, handed it to the other party, and said, "If you can't hold on any longer, crush this. It should last until I close the ' Nine Shao Sound-Stabilizing Soul Guidance Array '."
"Remember, although your name is ' The Weiyi,' you are not the Weiyi heir of the Wu Family. There's no need to carry everything on your shoulders. The ' Taiyi Bell ' still has your cousin Wu Xian to inherit it—"
To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~