Xuan Ziwen's Arrival

Teacher Tang watched the data displayed on the instrument. As he recorded it, he announced Huo Yuhao's current results in a booming voice. "Physical strength, Level 10. Physical resilience, Level 11. Soul power fluctuations, Level 11. Height, 1.63 meters. Weight, 35 kilograms. No soul bone enhancements. Overall assessment: Soul Master-level physical strength, Soul Master-level physical power. To be tested."

These results were actually quite ordinary, so Teacher Tang did not show the slightest surprise.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao felt somewhat depressed. This body is far too skinny right now. It only weighs thirty-five kilograms. But on second thought, it made sense. In the original story, Huo Gua was only eleven years old at this point.

Moreover, Huo Gua had not lived an easy life in the Duke's Mansion. Even if Huo Yun'er had taught Huo Gua to catch and grill fish so they could fend for themselves, the Duchess would probably have sent people to interfere.

"Looks like I'll have to eat more good food at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and replenish my nutrition. Being too skinny isn't good either.

"For a Soul Master, physical fitness is extremely important. Now that I've joined the Sun Moon Empire, I'm basically cut off from the Mysterious Heaven Skill. I can only improve my physical fitness by popping some pills."

"Of course, perhaps because of that great person's influence, the Mysterious Heaven Skill was simply the number one cultivation technique in the Douluo World. Whenever you don't know what to do, just use the Mysterious Heaven Skill!

"After all, this technique could be used from the first installment all the way to the fifth. Even after Tang San became a God King and spent many years in the God Realm, he still couldn't create a technique more badass than the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Our Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Skill is just too amazing!"

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao felt speechless. He even wondered whether Tang San had been hit with an intelligence-reducing buff by that great person, which was why he had made no progress at all in researching the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

At that moment, Teacher Tang's voice rang out. "Huo Yuhao, we'll proceed with the strength test."

"Alright, Teacher Tang." Huo Yuhao did not hold much hope for his own strength.

After all, in the original story, Huo Gua's early improvements in physical power had mainly relied on the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Ice Empress. He had neither of those cheats now, so his performance in terms of strength naturally would not be very impressive.

"The strength test measures your maximum force. Of course, you're still not allowed to use Soul Tools during the test. However, you may use soul power to enhance your strength."

Teacher Tang led Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Strength Tester. The so-called Soul Tool Strength Tester was actually quite large, with a leather target at its center. As long as one struck the leather target with enough force, it could measure the user's strength.

Huo Yuhao mobilized the soul power within his body and threw a powerful punch at the leather target. With a bang, the leather at the center of the strength tester swayed several times.

"Strength, Level 11." Teacher Tang announced the number, then consoled him. "Huo Yuhao, don't be discouraged. You're a spiritual-attribute Soul Master, and you have a Body Martial Soul. You're destined to be excellent material for becoming a Soul Engineer.

"Although your qualities in all areas are fairly mediocre, for a Soul Engineer, Soul Power Level will always be the most important thing.

"Your Innate Soul Power is only Level 1, so your cultivation is destined to be slow. But in the future, you can raise your Soul Power Level by taking pills."

"Thank you for the reminder, Teacher Tang!" Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

Truthfully, taking pills was not really the proper path in the Douluo World. Pills could allow Soul Masters to advance by leaps and bounds in the early and middle stages, but once they reached a certain level, their effects would greatly diminish. Moreover, taking too many pills would affect a Soul Master's potential.

Perhaps that was one of the reasons the Sun Moon Empire had never produced a Limit Douluo over the years.

Thus, although Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen had appeared in the original story as Soul Kings and were hailed as unparalleled geniuses, the brother and sister were both Soul Engineers and had, more or less, taken the pill-taking route.

"Huo Yuhao, from today onward, you are officially a student of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy." Teacher Tang picked up a tray from the table and handed it to Huo Yuhao. "Inside are your school uniform, the student regulations, an academy map, and the key to your residence. After a while, I'll take you to your dormitory."

"After a while?" Huo Yuhao was somewhat confused.

"Yes, because you need to wait for Teacher Xuan. He heard that you're a spiritual-attribute Soul Master with a Body Martial Soul and is rather interested in you, so he wanted to come take a look." Teacher Tang smiled.

Hearing that, Huo Yuhao could not help twitching the corner of his mouth. Could Xuan Ziwen, that man obsessed with researching Soul Tools, be treating me like a lab rat?

If nothing unexpected happened, he should have been the only spiritual-attribute Soul Master with a Body Martial Soul at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

After all, regardless of what country they came from, most possessors of Body Martial Souls either ran off to the Body Sect or were snatched away by the Body Sect.

Someone like him, who had come to enroll in the Sun Moon Empire and become a student of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, was indeed exceptionally rare. It was perfectly normal for Xuan Ziwen to take notice of this.

A moment later, a young man with a stern, cold face entered the classroom.

Teacher Tang immediately stepped forward and called out politely, "Teacher Xuan!"

"Mm." Xuan Ziwen nodded, his expression rather calm. He was one of Mingde Hall's Hall Master's students and a Rank 8 Soul Engineer, so his status within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was actually quite high.

He looked at Huo Yuhao and asked, "You're that spiritual-attribute Soul Master with a Body Martial Soul? What's your name?"

"Teacher Xuan, my name is Huo Yuhao." Huo Yuhao behaved quite politely.

"Huo Yuhao, can you show me your martial soul?" Xuan Ziwen asked impatiently. His eyes were even somewhat feverish, as though he would dissect Huo Yuhao for research the very next moment.

"Alright, Teacher Xuan." With a thought, Huo Yuhao immediately revealed his martial soul. Golden light emerged in his eyes, and a white soul ring rose beneath his feet.

"Hmm? A ten-year soul ring?" Seeing this, Xuan Ziwen was immediately somewhat disappointed. He scrutinized Huo Yuhao for a while before saying, "Your martial soul is your eyes?"

"Yes, I call it the Spiritual Eye!" Huo Yuhao nodded vigorously.

"That is indeed a rare martial soul. What level was your Innate Soul Power?" Xuan Ziwen sighed and asked.

"My Innate Soul Power was Level 1!"

"Level 1?" Xuan Ziwen froze for a moment, then a helpless expression appeared on his face.

He had heard that the academy had received a spiritual-attribute Soul Master with a Body Martial Soul today and had wanted to accept the other party as his disciple. After all, such a person was well suited to becoming a Soul Engineer and might even help him develop more powerful Soul Tools in the future.

For Xuan Ziwen, his dream since childhood had been to develop powerful Soul Tools.

Yet Huo Yuhao's performance in every aspect so far had clearly been far from satisfactory. He simply could not meet Xuan Ziwen's standards for accepting a disciple.

"Can you demonstrate your soul skill?" Though he held no expectations, he still had to go through the standard process.

Hearing this, Huo Yuhao was secretly delighted. At last, I can show off my strengths. Since he had come to the Sun Moon Empire, he naturally hoped to accumulate resources by studying Soul Tools.

Therefore, showing Xuan Ziwen his advantages in soul skills would actually be greatly beneficial to Huo Yuhao's future development.

Huo Yuhao nodded. "Alright, Teacher Xuan. However, my soul skill is rather special, so please don't resist it."

"Mm." Xuan Ziwen nodded absentmindedly, not taking Huo Yuhao's soul skill to heart. After all, what good soul skill could a ten-year soul ring provide?