As she looked at the sleeping children before her, Ye Guyi's expression shifted between light and shadow.
The cold, sinister aura emanating from them instinctively made her uncomfortable, yet reason kept warning her that they were not evil soul masters steeped in wickedness. They had not yet been tainted by evil; they were merely ordinary children.
The idea Huo Yuhao proposed was like a glimmer of light illuminating a new path for her, finally easing the conflict in her heart.
Just then, Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered something. He turned and asked in confusion, "How did you end up here? Weren't you still at Shrek before?"
Ye Guyi's eyes dimmed at once. Lowering her head, she said quietly, "I... left Shrek. Then I sensed the aura of evil soul masters along the way and happened to discover their plot, so I followed the trail here."
She did not explain exactly why she had left, instead asking, "How do you plan to settle these children next?"
"I've already notified the people from the Dou Ling Empire. They'll send someone over soon. First, we'll return these children to their parents. Then, before the group martial soul awakening, we'll find a reason to persuade their parents to send them to me."
Huo Yuhao thought for a moment, then added, "We can tell them a newly established soul master academy needs students. For families like theirs, with modest means but talented children, tuition, miscellaneous fees, and living expenses can all be waived. There'll even be scholarships."
Most of the children the Holy Spirit Cult had abducted from around this border city came from ordinary families. If a child's martial soul mutated and they became a soul master, it meant rising into a different social class. He believed no family would refuse.
Besides, they would not