There were two teaching buildings for the sixth year. Xuan Ziwen led Huo Yuhao straight into one, while Jiang Hai entered the other, went up to the second floor, and stopped outside a laboratory at the corner.
A plaque on the door read: Forty-First Laboratory.
He Caitou frowned. The Forty-First Laboratory? Getting into a laboratory as soon as I arrive is certainly a good thing, but isn't forty-one awfully far down the list? Did I perform too well yesterday, so the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy really found its worst soul engineer to fob me off with?
He Caitou was already a level 6 soul engineer. He specialized in fixed-load soul tools, which had allowed him to progress rapidly. If this was merely an unremarkable level 7 soul engineer, he might not have anything to teach him.
Just then, Jiang Hai slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, no! I forgot to ask Director Lin for the key!"
Hearing that, He Caitou was even more speechless. Is this teacher really not here to make a fool of me?
Seeing an old acquaintance had put Jiang Hai in a good mood, and a mischievous streak stirred within him. He patted He Caitou on the shoulder and said with heartfelt sincerity, "Your name is He Caitou, right? Honestly, you're my lucky star. I never had a dedicated laboratory in the teaching building before. Only after you came did the academy assign me one. Well, little brother He Caitou, how about making another trip to ask Director Lin... oh, that's Lin Jiayi, for the key?"
He Caitou felt as though he was being toyed with. He gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Teacher, that's your responsibility. If the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy treats us so dismissively, aren't you afraid your students