Exchange Studies at Spirit Pagoda Academy

At Jin Qiurui's words, her mouth watered and her eyes lit up. "Yes, yes! Same old rules: you treat, I pay. Big sis will support you."

Xiao Xiao covered her mouth and laughed. "Having you around is truly the blessing of a lifetime."

Xiao Xiao only knew that the fabulously wealthy Jin Qiurui was curious about everything, completely unaware that Jin Qiurui's source of income was the nearby Spirit Pagoda.

Xu Sanshi raised an eyebrow at this and then said to Jiang Nannan beside him:

"Nannan, can you stop being mad at me? Let's go have cake together later too."

Jiang Nannan merely turned her head away and gave a cold snort. She neither agreed nor refused. Seeing this, the thick-skinned Xu Sanshi took it as her acceptance of his invitation.

Su Tong looped her arm through Ling Luocheng's and said, "Sister Luocheng, let's go join the fun too. I want to try something new as well."

Ling Luocheng said helplessly, "Then we'll go early and come back early. I don't want it to delay our cultivation."

Su Tong nodded. "Sister Luocheng is the best! I promise it won't take too long."

As usual, the six of them spent a highly rewarding day of classes and training under Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress's guidance. Afterward, they all made their way to a food street in Shrek City.

Berryberry Cake Shop.

The temperature-controlled cake display was carefully stocked with strawberry cakes of every shape and kind, blueberry cakes, strawberry-blueberry mixed cakes... all sorts of fruit-and-cream cakes.

Jin Qiurui's eyes immediately shone as she called over a clerk and told them to pack one of every kind of cake for her. Xiao Xiao clapped beside her, repeatedly praising the selection.

Jiang Nannan swallowed lightly, while Xu Sanshi conscientiously bought her a mixed-fruit cream cake and a mango pudding.

Su Tong swiftly bought Ling Luocheng a chocolate Black Forest cake, as well as a strawberry red velvet cake and a blueberry mousse cake for herself. The two hurried back to their dorm room at Spirit Pagoda Academy before long.

After finishing their cakes, the two tacitly began merging their Soul Power and cultivating in mutual support.

Xu Sanshi also bought Jiang Nannan a pearl coconut jelly milk tea. Eating cake and drinking the milk tea, Jiang Nannan walked all the way back to the academy dormitory.

After seeing Jiang Nannan back to her dorm, Xu Sanshi returned to his own room alone with a smile on his face.

Xiao Xiao and Jin Qiurui ate as they walked. Even after returning to Spirit Pagoda Academy, they still had many kinds of cake left untouched. So, they gave the cakes to Gu Yuena and the Snow Empress.

Gu Yuena naturally welcomed all comers. Together with the Snow Empress, she quickly polished off every last cake.

Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin's room.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin sat with their four palms pressed together, Soul Power circulating around them and blooming with radiant light.

"Brother Yuhao, we actually succeeded in merging!"

Tang Wulin opened his eyes and leaned against Huo Yuhao with a delighted expression.

Huo Yuhao smiled. "We've already become one. How could we possibly fail?"

Tang Wulin chuckled and suddenly pounced on Huo Yuhao like a starving tiger, knocking him onto the bed.

Huo Yuhao let Tang Wulin lie atop him. Gently stroking Tang Wulin's flowing hair, he smiled and said:

"We've cultivated long enough. Let's get some proper rest together first."

Tang Wulin nodded slightly, then obediently lay down. He quietly nestled in Huo Yuhao's arms, enjoying the peaceful moment, and gradually drifted off to sleep without realizing it.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye. Before they knew it, the inseparable pair had become twelve-year-old boys.

After six years of study, Ling Luocheng, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, Su Tong, and Jin Qiurui had successfully advanced from outer court disciples of Spirit Pagoda Academy to inner court disciples.

Their soul spirits had advanced from the initial hundred-year level to the thousand-year level. It was worth mentioning that Jin Qiurui's soul spirit was the Scarlet King in disguise.

After all, the Scarlet King had always been the personal guard assigned by Beast God Di Tian to protect the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Therefore, the Scarlet King remained at Jin Qiurui's side at all times.

The four great empires and the independently governed Shrek Academy all took this opportunity to extend olive branches to Spirit Pagoda Academy, inviting its inner court disciples to their own academies for exchange studies in order to foster friendly ties with the Spirit Pagoda.

In the end, Beast God Di Tian only agreed to exchange studies between Spirit Pagoda Academy and Shrek Academy, as well as the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.

Thus, the brother-sister pair Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen came to Spirit Pagoda Academy as representatives of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Likewise, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Tang Wutong, Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng came as representatives of Shrek Academy.

However, Di Tian did not send Xiao Xiao and the others to those two academies for exchange studies. Instead, he had Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin serve as exchange students representing Spirit Pagoda Academy, attending the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and Shrek Academy respectively.

Tang Wulin looked at Huo Yuhao pitifully. "Brother Yuhao, I don't want to go to Shrek Academy... I only want to go with you..."

Huo Yuhao leaned close to Tang Wulin's ear and laughed softly. "I knew you couldn't bear to leave me. Don't worry. How could I possibly let you go to Shrek Academy alone...?"

Huo Yuhao used his spiritual power to condense a duplicate completely identical to himself, then used the Simulation Soul Skill to transform the duplicate into Tang Wulin's appearance.

Tang Wulin pinched the spiritual duplicate in front of him and could not help but praise him sincerely. "Brother Yuhao, you're amazing."

The spiritual duplicate immediately rubbed his own face. "How could you pinch such an adorable face of your own?"

Tang Wulin stuck out his tongue and pinched it with even greater enthusiasm. "I'll pinch it if I want to."

Huo Yuhao could not help but laugh out loud.

He then used the Simulation Soul Skill to conceal Tang Wulin's figure and aura. Afterward, the two used flying Soul Tools to follow Jing Hongchen to the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy together.

After handing Huo Yuhao over to Xuan Ziwen, Jing Hongchen left without another thought.

Just as expected, Xuan Ziwen was once again drawn in by Huo Yuhao's talent and attainments in Soul Tools. Without another word, he stubbornly decided to join the Spirit Pagoda, immersing himself every day in studying the Soul Tools Huo Yuhao made.

As for Xuan Ziwen's student, Ju Zi, Huo Yuhao naturally paid her no attention and had no involvement with her whatsoever.

Huo Yuhao's reputation for talent in Soul Tools gradually spread throughout the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Seeing this, Jing Hongchen held an exchange competition between academy students and Huo Yuhao, just as in the original story.

Through this competition, Huo Yuhao once again drew Na Na, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan to follow him. He also planned to arrange for them to join the Spirit Pagoda.

Thus, during the day, Huo Yuhao dealt with Xuan Ziwen, Ji Juechen, and the other two under Tang Wulin's quiet companionship. At night, however, he and Tang Wulin would go sightseeing together in the city or countryside.

"Brother Yuhao treats me the best—!"

Tang Wulin gazed at the fireworks in the sky and could not help shouting aloud.

As the saying went, without comparison, there was no harm.

At Shrek Academy, the spiritual duplicate had to endure painful running drills every day. Not only that, he also had to fight soul beasts in the Beast Arena, spar with academy students, and learn from Teacher Fan Yu of the Soul Tool Department how to use self-made Soul Tools for target practice...

Still, the spiritual duplicate cleverly took the opportunity to give Dai Huabin a thorough beating during the sparring competition. It added a little fun to his painful exchange-student life at Shrek Academy.

As for Xiao Xiao, Jin Qiurui, and the others at Spirit Pagoda Academy, their exchange-student life with the students from Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy seemed to carry a unique flavor of its own.