Leaving the secret chamber, Xiao Zi returned to his single dorm room in the Inner Court and washed up in the bathroom.
Since moving to Sea God Island, he had left behind the days of fighting four hundred people for the toilets in the Outer Court dorms and eating standing up in the cafeteria.
The Inner Court's surroundings were much like those of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, if not better. Food, clothing, lodging, and transport were all first-rate. Anyone who did not know better would have thought the Inner and Outer Courts were two different schools!
After tidying up in his dorm, Xiao Zi went downstairs at the girls' dormitory to find Tang Wutong, making his daily inquiries about her well-being to keep his caring-boyfriend persona intact.
"Le Zi!"
Accompanied by a flurry of hurried footsteps, Tang Wutong came gliding over in a long blue dress. From a distance, she resembled a fairy from the moon palace, radiating an ethereal grace from within.
As she walked, she explained, "I was just about to come find you, but you got here first. What have you been doing these past few days? You had me so worried~"
Hearing this, Xiao Zi sneered inwardly, but maintained his tender expression. He answered her while also offering an explanation to the Sea God imprint watching him in secret.
"I was just condensing a soul core. You know only Titled Douluos qualify to do that. As a Soul Saint, I had to be extremely careful. What if I failed? You'd never see me again."
His words covered both bases, soothing Tang Wutong while giving the Sea God imprint a suitable explanation.
As everyone knew, a person could condense at most three soul cores. In the original story, when Huo Yuhao was creating one