Xian Lin'er's words plunged the entire room into silence.
Huo Yuhao was only eleven years old that year. If Xian Lin'er really gave him special permission to enter the Inner Court, he would become the youngest Inner Court student in Shrek Academy's history, perhaps with no one ever surpassing that record.
Hearing Xian Lin'er's words, Ma Xiaotao grew anxious.
"Aunt Xian, why are both you and Uncle Qian trying to snatch Yuhao away?"
As she spoke, she wrapped her arms around Huo Yuhao's arm, trying to shield him behind her.
"Exactly! Lin'er, isn't it a little excessive to poach my student the moment you walk in?"
Just then, a gentle male voice came from outside the door of Qian Duoduo's Laboratory.
Hearing the voice, Ma Xiaotao hurried to the entrance and opened the door. Standing outside was Yan Shaozhe, dean of the Martial Soul Department. While Huo Yuhao was still making his Soul Tool, she had used the token Yan Shaozhe had given her to send her teacher a message.
After receiving his disciple's message in the distant Inner Court, Yan Shaozhe had immediately spread his wings and flown toward the Soul Tool Department without a moment's delay.
A trace of disgust appeared in Xian Lin'er's eyes when she saw who had arrived.
"Yan Shaozhe, this is the Soul Tool Department's territory. What are you doing here?"
Yan Shaozhe did not answer Xian Lin'er right away. Instead, he took a yellowed booklet with a somewhat weathered spine out of his Storage Soul Tool and handed it to Huo Yuhao.
"Yuhao, take this first. It's the cultivation method for ultimate martial souls that you wanted."
"Thank you, Dean Yan."
Watching Yan Shaozhe ignore her, Xian Lin'er's eyes flashed with anger.
But when Yan Shaozhe mentioned ultimate martial souls, her heart sank.