Gu Yue's Imminent Arrival, Lin Ye's New Position

As a Soul Master Academy, Eastsea Academy did not require students to remain on campus aside from their daily coursework.

Students could pursue training in secondary professions outside the academy or even take on various part-time jobs. The overall atmosphere was quite good.

Tang Li contacted Tang Wulin through a soul guidance communicator and told her that he would wait for her at the school gates.

Tang Wulin was going to the Blacksmith Association, which was close to Lin Ye's new home, so they happened to be heading the same way.

After contacting Tang Wulin, Tang Li sat on a bench at the academy entrance and closed his eyes to rest. The education at Eastsea Academy Intermediate Division was not particularly useful to him.

What interested him was the Class Zero that would be established later. There, he could gain many opportunities to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform.

There, he could seize more Immortal Spirit Qi, rapidly improve the quality of his Soul Power, and use that power to break through the Miraculous Meridians recorded in the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Nourished by Immortal Spirit Qi, Tang Li's meridians could currently withstand far more than those of Soul Masters at the same level. Thus, both his cultivation speed and total Soul Power far surpassed those of his peers.

The imprint on Na'er's side had not transmitted any unusual information. Only her location had changed; she had left the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Li guessed that she had already gone to Shrek to take Yun Ming as her master.

As if sensing Tang Li's probing, the imprint on Na'er's side lit up briefly and conveyed a joyful emotion to him.

After sensing Na'er's aura, the silver pendant around Tang Li's neck suddenly released some sort of information to him. A glint of silver flashed through his eyes.

It was a lush, verdant forest. Several towering figures with overwhelming auras stood there, while a silver figure stood among them.

Tang Li could tell that this was the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. Those figures were most likely the surviving Ten Great Beast Kings.

The silver-haired figure in the middle was most likely Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King. Tang Li did not know why Na'er was showing him this scene, but then the image suddenly changed—

It was a soul guidance station. A slender young girl emerged from it alongside a purple-haired beauty. Relying on the Demon-Sealing Pot's special properties, Tang Li recognized at once that the purple-haired woman's true form was Zi Ji, the Hell Demon Dragon King.

The girl's brows, eyes, and facial features resembled Na'er's almost exactly, except her body had become that of a girl close to Tang Li's age. Her amethyst-like eyes remained breathtakingly beautiful.

Tang Li guessed that Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King, had come here for much the same reason as in the original story—an earth-shattering stroke of brilliance unique to that lunatic, the Silver Dragon King.

"A mental-power charging bank delivered right to my door. It'd be a waste not to use it! Na'er really knows how to look out for me."

Tang Li did not really care. As long as it was a beast, he had nothing to fear. On the contrary, it could provide him with spiritual assistance just like Na'er.

Just then, Tang Wulin came running over in a lively skip. "Little Li, let's go! Teacher Mang Tian told me to take the Level-3 Blacksmith test at the Blacksmith Association. I can't wait any longer."

"Let's go. School starts tomorrow, so it's better to get these things done early."

The two took a soul guidance bus through Eastsea City to the Blacksmith Association. After getting off, Lin Ye's two sons were already waiting there for Tang Li.

After saying goodbye to Tang Wulin, Tang Li followed them away.

Once they confirmed that Tang Wulin had disappeared from view, Lin Qinghai and Lin Qingyang immediately grabbed one of Tang Li's arms each, wicked grins on their faces.

"Remember what you promised us brothers before, kid? Hurry up and hand it over!"

"Yeah! Where are the Mecha components? They have to be Level-4 Soul Tools, or we'll tell your sister about you sneaking a peek at our collection."

The two of them also attended Eastsea Academy, though they were sixth-year students in the Intermediate Division, making them Tang Li's seniors. They had always lived at the academy, while Lin Ye worked in Aolai City, so he had not settled down here before. Only after Lin Ye received a promotion did he buy a home here.

These two were the unfilial sons Lin Ye always complained about. They had both inherited Lin Ye's Heavenly Star Stove Martial Soul, but they were too obsessed with Mechas and had neglected cultivation. Though they were five years older than Tang Li, their Soul Power was only a few levels higher than his.

Still, this level of cultivation was already considered fairly good in Eastsea Academy Intermediate Division. Both of them had a chance to enter the Advanced Division.

The collection they spoke of was naturally not anything respectable. In any case, it was definitely something Tang Wulin could not be allowed to know about.

"Big Lin, Second Lin, don't go too far. Are Level-4 Soul Tools really that easy to make? At the very least, you need to give me a blueprint so I know what I'm supposed to make."

Hearing Tang Li's complaint, Lin Qinghai and Lin Qingyang exchanged glances before remembering that they had indeed failed to give him any specific requirements.

The brothers hurriedly quickened their pace, practically carrying Tang Li as they ran home. Big Lin said, "Little Tang Li, don't worry. Once we brothers get into the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy next year, we'll definitely give you a blueprint."

Second Lin added, "Mecha design isn't our main field, but we can learn it! Just wait and see!"

Tang Li said nothing. After all, she was a Mecha Designer who had inherited Tang Ziran's full teachings.

However, Lin Ye had instructed her not to casually give them design blueprints. Otherwise, the brothers would probably lose all interest in cultivation, and getting into the Sun-Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would become nothing more than a pipe dream.

As a powerful Soul Di, Lin Ye ranked among the notable figures in all of Eastsea City. Aside from elders of major families and guards from various factions, Soul Dis were the highest level of experts ordinary people could encounter.

Naturally, such a person was not short of money. That was why his home was located in the land-starved center of Eastsea City, so close to the Blacksmith Association.

After entering the house, Lin Ye and his wife were already waiting for Tang Li at the dining table.

The whole family was excessively enthusiastic toward her, making even the outgoing Tang Li feel a little embarrassed.

Over the past few years, Tang Li had long since become familiar with this place. After eating with Lin Ye's family, she followed Lin Ye to the East China Sea Spirit Pagoda.

In Lin Ye's soul guidance car, Tang Li asked curiously:

"Uncle Lin, what position do you hold at the East China Sea Spirit Pagoda now?"

After all, with Lin Ye's Peak Soul Wang cultivation, it seemed strange for him to have stayed in a godforsaken place like Aolai City all this time.

Tang Li suspected that there was some hidden reason behind it.

"My position? I'm currently the deputy director of affairs for the Eastsea Spirit Ascension Platform. In a few days, I'll take you to the Spirit Ascension Platform to have some fun."

"Wow, promoted that quickly? Uncle Lin, don't tell me you had some kind of unspoken arrangement?"

Tang Li gave Lin Ye a strange look. It made his old face redden, and he subconsciously turned away, coughed a few times, and explained:

"Wasn't it all for you, kid? If I stayed at that lousy Spirit Pagoda in Aolai City, I wouldn't get more than a few chances in my entire life to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform."

"Hehe, thanks, Uncle Lin."

As they chatted, they arrived at the East China Sea Spirit Pagoda. Under Lin Ye's lead, Tang Li toured most of the Spirit Ascension Platform as his assistant.

Unlike last time, Tang Li could clearly sense that the Spirit Masters who had once gotten along fairly well with Lin Ye were now avoiding him like the plague.

Yet when Tang Li looked at him in confusion, Lin Ye merely smiled bitterly and shook his head, telling her that this was the adult world—and the real world.