"My name is Gu Yuena. I'm fourteen this year, my Martial Soul is the Elemental Envoy, and I'm currently at rank forty-one," the silver-haired girl said with a smile to the young man before her.
"What kind of Martial Soul is the Elemental Envoy?"
"Con-controls seven elements." Gu Yuena looked at her own large purple eyes and said with a smile.
Xu Jingyao happened to be coming out through the doorway, a smile on his face and a folding fan in his hand. When he saw the silver-haired, purple-eyed girl, his steps abruptly halted. Somehow, she looked a little like someone he had seen described in a book.
"Brother Ma, what's going on here?" Xu Jingyao asked casually.
The young man instantly turned toward Xu Jingyao, his eyes narrowing slightly. Then he was about to collapse, but Xu Jingyao stopped him. "At school, we're just fellow students. There's no 'Your Highness the Carefree King' here. So, Brother Ma, what exactly is going on?"
"Your Highness, this young lady is called Gu Yuena. She missed the best time for spirit failure, but she's already at rank forty now and wants to apply to our academy," Ma Rulong said respectfully.
"Gu Yuena, right? All right, that's enough. I'll handle the paperwork for you. If all your paperwork goes through me, you can bypass the academy's system. But may I ask what brings you here, Miss Gu?" Xu Jingyao lightly opened his fan a little, his gaze carrying a measure of scrutiny. Finally, he waved his fan first, signaling his attendants to leave.
"To study, of course. Besides, I think Shrek Academy in the world's greatest city is nothing special. How could it compare to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy?" Gu Yuena said in all seriousness.
At those words, Ma Rulong instantly looked at Gu Yuena with great excitement. His eyes all but had "You know what's good for you!" written in them.
Looking at the idiot beside him, Xu Jingyao gently rubbed his forehead. "All right, let's take your word for it. In that case, I assume you'd have no objection to staying in a guest room at my Carefree King's Residence during the holidays?"
"Of course not." Gu Yuena sensed that stirring in the person before her, that presence he sensed. A flicker of excitement flashed in her eyes, but it quickly vanished. Copying Ma Rulong's manner just now, she appeared extremely respectful.
Xu Jingyao smiled faintly without saying anything else. He took a sheet of paper and a pen from his Storage Soul Tool, wrote quite a bit, then handed it to an attendant. "Handle the arrangements for this young lady."
"With your Martial Soul and talent, I think you should have a chance to make a push for the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament. Interested?" Xu Jingyao then turned to look at Gu Yuena.
Gu Yuena naturally nodded.
Once everything was arranged, Xu Jingyao left in his Imperial Carriage.
A hundred years quickly passed, and the participants had naturally been selected as well.
The main team members were no different from those in the original work. The only change was among the reserves, with the addition of Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin.
As for why he was so at ease about the two being together, it was because the two simply lacked the prerequisites...
Xu Jingyao was utterly baffled...
Xu Tianran had told him that he had personally confirmed it... What did he mean, Tang Wulin was a girl! Her name was actually Tang Wuling?!
So all this time, he had never written his name down or paid any attention to the matter, and had always assumed...
Tsk! This world was truly mad!
But then, what was the point of Tang San wanting to kill him?
Was he an idiot? Then there was probably only one possibility: Tang San really could not be absolved of involvement in his parents' deaths!