Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen

After entering his dorm, Lin Mo looked around. Rather than a single dorm room, it was more like a large suite. Although it had no living room, it had a bathroom, a kitchen, and even a small laboratory dedicated to making Soul Tools.

"They really are loaded."

After taking a look around, Lin Mo sat down in a chair.

"So this is where I'll be living from now on?"

"Compared to my dorm in my previous life, this really is... sigh..."

He remembered how pleased he had once been simply because his school offered four-person dorms with loft beds above desks.

He stood up again, stretched, and went into the bathroom for a quick shower. Then he sat on the bed and began cultivating.

Faint, luminous white light overlapped with golden light in layer upon layer. To fully absorb the power of the moonlight, he had even rearranged his furniture, moving his bed against the wall.

As the light entered his body, he could clearly feel that his cultivation speed was now many times faster than before.

Sigh, I can finally cultivate normally.

He could not help sighing inwardly.

After all, he had previously prioritized converting the power of the sun and moon he absorbed into his Innate Soul Power, which had done very little to increase his Soul Power Level. But now that his Innate Soul Power had reached Level 10, he no longer needed to divert large amounts of energy to replenish it first. Instead, he could channel that energy into his dantian normally.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, Electrolux carefully observed Lin Mo's movements as he cultivated, as well as how the power of the sun and moon entered his body, completed a full circuit, and was then converted at his dantian before finally becoming Soul Power that flowed into his body.

His gaze fixed on the Soul Power, and he fell into thought.

Early morning.

Emerging from his cultivation state, Lin Mo slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

Feeling his strength steadily increasing put him in a better mood.

After getting out of bed and quickly washing up, he changed into the uniform issued by the school and left his room.

"Judging by my current Innate Soul Power, I should be able to break through to level 20 in a little over two months."

"Ah, the road to immortal cultivation-pfft, I mean cultivation-is long and fraught with obstacles."

Although he only had one ring and stood just 165 centimeters tall, his features had largely matured. His delicate face had a touch of handsomeness, and in this unusual world filled with all sorts of hair colors, his black hair and black eyes instead seemed rather distinctive, carrying a hint of home.

The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's uniform was white, creating a perfect contrast between the two colors.

(The manga version is being used here. While we're on the subject, 90% of the characters here will use their manga designs as the first choice.)

(No other reason-the manga versions simply look better.)

"Brother Xiao Mo, good morning!"

A familiar voice came from Lin Mo's right.

Huo Yuyao closed her door and greeted him with a bright smile.

"Little Yao, good morning. How are you feeling?"

Lin Mo looked at Huo Yuyao. Like him, she had changed into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's uniform. The only difference was that she wore a knee-length skirt.

Her long azure hair fluttered gently in the cool breeze. After a month of nourishing meals, her once-unhealthy complexion had gradually taken on the soft, dewy glow a girl her age should have, and her eyes now held a sparkle rarely seen in them before.

Just as Huo Yuyao reached Lin Mo's side, Xiao Xiao opened her door at the end of the corridor and stepped out.

"Good morning, Xiao Xiao."

Huo Yuyao greeted her first. Xiao Xiao yawned, then walked toward them.

"Good morning, you two."

"Since we're all awake, let's go. We don't want to be late on our first day."

"Okay."

"Yes!"

The three walked toward the teaching buildings together. Along the way, they encountered plenty of students their own age, as well as students equipped with Flying Soul Tools flying at low altitude.

Before long, the three arrived at the foot of a teaching building.

"Ah, just see me off here."

Xiao Xiao looked at the two of them with an expression of heartrending grief.

"Come on, Xiao Xiao. It's only class."

Huo Yuyao walked over and gently patted her back, then returned quite naturally to Lin Mo's side.

"I know, I know. Then let's meet here at noon and go to the cafeteria together."

"Mm-hmm."

After saying goodbye to Xiao Xiao, the two continued onward. The Soul Tool Department was a little farther away than the practical control department.

Not far from them, two striking figures approached from the distance.

Lin Mo glanced over casually, feeling a little surprised.

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen?

The newcomers were none other than the exceptionally gifted brother and sister from the Sun Moon Empire in the original story.

"Wow, Brother Xiao Mo, that senior boy and girl have such pretty hair."

Huo Yuyao leaned lightly against Lin Mo and spoke in a quiet voice.

"Yeah, I wish I had hair like that too."

The two talked as they walked, neither noticing that the pair was drawing closer to them.

"Hello, Lin Mo, Huo Yuyao."

By the time they noticed, Meng Hongchen had already greeted them.

Meng Hongchen approached them, her snow-white hair tied into a side ponytail with a blue bow. She wore a uniform very similar to theirs. Perhaps it was because of her Martial Soul, but her skin was as fair as snow, and her eyes were the same azure blue as Huo Yuyao's.

But Meng Hongchen, who already possessed three Soul Rings, was different in both looks and figure. Compared with Huo Yuyao's petite cuteness, "beautiful" suited her better.

Looking at Meng Hongchen's graceful, blossoming features and figure, Lin Mo could not help thinking,

...I'm having a little trouble imagining that this is actually a twelve-year-old girl.

Facing this girl who stood a centimeter or two taller than him, Lin Mo felt inexplicably awkward.

"Hello. May I ask who you are?"

Although he already knew their identities, he could not openly reveal that. He could only pretend this was their first meeting.

Well, it really is our first meeting.

Huo Yuyao glanced at the girl, who stood a full head taller than her, then at the confident-eyed, white-haired boy behind her. Instinctively, she shrank back behind Lin Mo.

"Sorry, let me introduce myself. My name is Meng Hongchen. Meng means 'dream,' as in a sweet dream. As for my surname, you should have heard it yesterday."

The girl maintained a polite smile throughout, but her eyes kept discreetly sizing up the two of them.

"You're the academy director's granddaughter?"

Damn, I have to say, I deserve full marks for my acting.

Lin Mo could not help feeling a little proud of himself.

"Yes. As for the boy behind me, his name is-"

"Meng, I'll introduce myself."