When the little girl took the slip of paper, her fingers were still trembling, her eyes filled with excitement. Clutching it tightly, she looked back at Tang Wulin, her lips moving as she spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz. "Th... thank you!"
Then, clutching the slip, she turned and ran off, her steps much lighter than before.
The line behind her shuffled forward one person at a time.
Tang Wulin sat atop the stone platform. Once he had confirmed everything was in order, the pen in his hand barely stopped, signing one document after another.
He processed them quickly. He only needed a glance at each child's materials before confirming them, signing, and handing them back. The whole process took no more than a few breaths.
After roughly half an hour, the line finally came to an end.
A blonde, blue-eyed girl stepped out from the very back of the line. She clutched a neatly folded notification sheet in her hands, taking tiny steps as though she had to carefully weigh each one in her heart before daring to set it down.
She walked up to Tang Wulin and stopped. Lowering her head slightly, she offered him the sheet with both hands, her voice soft and timid. "Th-this is my information..."
Tang Wulin took it, unfolded it, and gave it a quick look. The handwriting on the page was indeed Zhou Yi's. The format was much the same as the previous ones, and both the date and signature matched.
His gaze moved down one line, and when he saw the writing in the martial soul section, the fingers holding the paper paused slightly.
Martial Soul: Starwheel Staff.
He looked up, his gaze lingering on the girl's face for a moment.
She appeared to be around eleven