Setting Off! Jingyang Mountain Range!

"Hahahaha! It was finally our turn to test it."

Just as Huo Yuhao was engrossed in reading Soul Tool General Knowledge in the laboratory, an excited female voice rang out. Following the sound, he saw a petite girl entering the laboratory with Ju Zi, her face full of excitement.

Among Xuan Ziwen's students in the original story, there were two girls. This one was probably Ke Ke.

"So where is that Huo Yuhao?" The moment Ke Ke asked that, he instinctively had a bad feeling.

Seriously? Who had he offended this time?

"Hello, Senior Sister. I'm here."

Huo Yuhao still had some fusion Soul Power preserved through a special technique, but without cultivating together with Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er to replenish it, every bit he used was one bit less. To be safe, he had better not make a move directly.

"So it's you. Come with us." Ke Ke got straight to the point.

"Where are we going?" Huo Yuhao asked calmly.

"To help you hunt a Soul Ring. Oh, stop dawdling and let's go!" Ke Ke grabbed Huo Yuhao and left the experimental area with Ju Zi.

Ju Zi handed Huo Yuhao a crystal-like badge. "Here, Teacher Xuan asked me to give you this identification token. With it, you can freely enter and leave the laboratory."

"Thank you, Senior Sister Ju Zi. And... what should I call this Senior Sister?"

"My name is Ke Ke. Why would Teacher Xuan take in a little kid like you? Aren't you only a one-ring Soul Master?" Ke Ke looked Huo Yuhao over but could not see anything unusual about him.

"Maybe because I have a spiritual-type martial soul." Huo Yuhao scratched his head.

"A spiritual type? There really are martial souls with that kind of attribute?" Ke Ke said in surprise. "No wonder Teacher took you in. The academy has been looking for students with spiritual attributes."

Seeing that neither of them meant any harm, Huo Yuhao quietly breathed a sigh of relief. "I heard the Grand Soul Engineering Tournament is being held right now. Is it alright for you two Senior Sisters not to participate?"

"Heh heh heh, what does the Grand Soul Engineering Tournament matter? This time, we're testing a newly developed Soul Tool. Helping you obtain a Soul Ring is only incidental." Ke Ke looked extremely excited.

Ke Ke and Ju Zi took out their flying Soul Tools. Huo Yuhao had no intention of showing off, so he let the two take turns carrying him through the air. Ke Ke and Ju Zi's flying Soul Tools were on an entirely different level from the one Huo Yuhao had rented before. Not only did they look far more exquisite, they even had energy shields to block the fierce wind.

Although both Senior Sisters were very pretty, Huo Yuhao still hoped Ju Zi would carry him more often. After all, he was held in front of them while flying, and Senior Sister Ke Ke's front was practically as flat as a chopping board, making his back ache from being pressed against it...

Since there was nothing else to do on the journey, and the energy shield protected him from the wind, Huo Yuhao simply continued reading Soul Tool General Knowledge. Whenever he encountered something he did not understand, he directly asked the two Senior Sisters. After all, they were both fifth-rank Soul Engineers, more than capable of resolving most of his doubts.

Through chatting with them, Huo Yuhao learned that while they were out helping him hunt a Soul Ring, they would also test a newly developed Fixed Soul Tool. It was said to be tremendously powerful. No wonder Ke Ke, a heavy-firepower enthusiast, was so excited.

It took three hours to fly from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy to the Jingyang Mountain Range. After flying for a while, Ju Zi decided they should eat something before continuing. Then, right in front of Ke Ke, Ju Zi and Huo Yuhao both took out all sorts of cooking utensils at the same time.

"Little Yuhao, what are you doing?" Ke Ke was still somewhat stunned.

"Cooking." Huo Yuhao answered as though it were only natural. Of course, he knew Ju Zi would be preparing food here. He was doing this to get closer to her.

Naturally, it was not because Ju Zi was so beautiful. It was because he wanted to form an alliance with her. Both of them were enemies of the White Tiger Duke's Estate, and they could cooperate to some extent. However, Huo Yuhao had no intention of taking revenge in Ju Zi's way. That would implicate too many innocent people. He had his own methods.

Moreover, Ju Zi was Xu Tianran's trusted confidante, and Xu Tianran was Xu Tianyao's dear uncle as well as his mortal enemy. If Huo Yuhao could use Ju Zi to establish a connection with Xu Tianran and take down Xu Tianyao through him, that would be a fine outcome indeed. Huo Yuhao had not forgotten why he had fled Shrek.

Since Xu Tianyao was determined to be his enemy, there was nothing more to say. They could only fight to the death—hurting Qiu'er was no different from hurting him!

"You can cook too?" Ke Ke sounded doubtful. Huo Yuhao looked so young, yet he could cook?

"You can cook too?" Ju Zi was curious, but she did not yield. "This time, let me show you what I can do first! I'll let you taste my outdoor barbecue. It'll definitely be delicious, so good you might swallow your tongues."

"Sure, then I'll cook next time." Huo Yuhao nodded obediently. "By the way, I just read in the book that Soul Engineers have quite a few different classifications. What type of Soul Engineers are you two Senior Sisters?"

"I'm a high-burst, mid-range combat Soul Engineer. Heavy firepower is what makes it fun." Ke Ke spoke proudly.

"I'm a rear-line, close-to-mid-range support Soul Engineer, since I'm a food-type Soul Master." Ju Zi added, "What about you, Little Yuhao?"

"Me? I haven't decided yet." Huo Yuhao scratched his head as if embarrassed. "Shrek Academy did not have classifications like these before."

"Shrek Academy?!" Ju Zi and Ke Ke cried out in unison.

"Why did you come from Shrek to study at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy?" Ke Ke asked in confusion. "That's Shrek Academy!"

Shrek, Shrek—the city of Soul Masters that everyone in the world yearned for. Yet he was destined to become Shrek's enemy.

Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment before speaking slowly. "Because I have enemies there. I have enemies in both Shrek Academy and the Star Luo Empire. One of them is an imperial descendant who escaped from the Sun Moon Empire, so I had to come here."

The White Tiger Duke's Estate, Xu Tianyao who had harmed Qiu'er, Tang San who wanted to seize Dong'er's soul—they were all his enemies.

Ke Ke tactfully did not ask any further questions. Ju Zi, meanwhile, caught the key point in Huo Yuhao's words—an imperial descendant who had escaped from the Sun Moon Empire. She silently remembered it. Ju Zi was not as naïve as she appeared; as the Crown Prince's trusted confidante, loyalty alone was not enough.

"Then... what type of Soul Engineer do you want to become, Little Yuhao?" Ke Ke steered the conversation back, easing the atmosphere.

After revealing that information to Ju Zi, Huo Yuhao did not continue discussing it and picked up from Ke Ke's question.

"As for me, I suppose I'm currently close-combat oriented." Huo Yuhao answered after considering his words.

"Close combat? You're a spiritual-type Soul Master!" Ke Ke exclaimed.

"Spiritual attributes are actually more suited to becoming a research-type Soul Engineer like Teacher Xuan," Ju Zi added.

"Right, what is your soul skill? Spiritual-type soul skills should be quite special too, shouldn't they?" Ke Ke asked curiously. The academy had always been seeking spiritual-type Soul Masters, so she could not help being curious.

"Ke Ke." Ju Zi frowned slightly. Asking a Soul Master about their soul skills was a major taboo.

"Hehe, don't worry, Senior Sister. My first soul skill isn't a combat-type soul skill, so it's fine to tell you. My first soul skill is..."

"...Soul Lock."