Huo Tian immediately closed the system panel. Slumping in his chair, he pinched the bridge of his nose with one hand, wondering whether getting involved with Wang Dong would earn him a curse from Buddha Tang.
Late in the original story, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong had already been a couple, yet Tang San had put a lock on Tang Wutong. It guarded against no one but Huo Yuhao.
This damned system had not offered any rewards, either. Huo Tian truly did not dare take Wang Dong as his disciple, even though her providence could be called the greatest on the entire Douluo Continent.
The system panel did not pop up again. Huo Tian decided to take things one step at a time. Watching him stare into space, Wang Dong looked utterly puzzled.
"Since you've figured out that I'm a girl, change the name on there to Wang Dong'er!"
Wang Dong stood with her hands on her hips and her body tilted to one side, looking helpless. She had never expected her identity to be exposed on her very first day at the academy.
"How could a girl like you dare barge into the boys' dormitory alone? Don't let it happen again!"
Huo Tian looked sternly at Wang Dong and tossed her a dormitory key. Seeing him like this, Wang Dong's cheeks instantly reddened.
"Go collect your first-year uniform. The new girls' dormitory is over by the Soul Tool Department!"
"Oh!"
Wang Dong rolled her eyes and answered speechlessly, then reached out to pick up the key on the table and hurried away.
Huo Tian turned to look at the iron cabinet behind him. There were far more new keys here than before. A year ago, he had discussed building a new girls' dormitory for the outer court's new students with Yan Shaozhe. The new girls' dormitory was now over by the Soul Tool Department.
The old mixed dormitory had been converted into a boys' dormitory, the restrooms had been expanded, and more tables and chairs had been added to the outer court cafeteria.
Huo Tian truly did not dare imagine how several thousand people had once fought over so few toilets. Just thinking about it was enough to drive him to a breakdown. The new students would no longer have to suffer through that.
"Master! Was that boy just now a girl?"
Huo Yutong quietly approached the teacher's desk, looking at Huo Tian in confusion. She had never expected such a handsome boy to actually be a girl. Who knew how many girls would be heartbroken?
"Yes. Her martial soul is the most beautiful one on the entire continent, the Light Goddess Butterfly. That martial soul only appears in women!"
Huo Tian laced his hands behind his head and crossed his legs, resting them in front of him on the conference table. There were still two hours left before new student registration ended.
Huo Yutong nodded silently, then sat in a nearby chair and began circulating her soul power to cultivate. Bai Qi was sprawled on the other side, fast asleep.
Huo Tian began to grow bored, too. Huo Yutong and Bai Qi were both in Freshman Class One, and he was their new homeroom teacher, though it had not been announced yet.
The homeroom teacher for this year's outer court Freshman Class One had originally been that strict old hag Zhou Yi, with Wang Yan as the assistant homeroom teacher. This had been the result of Yan Shaozhe's arrangements a year ago.
Zhou Yi had initially been unhappy about Huo Tian being parachuted in as the homeroom teacher for this year's outer court Freshman Class One. Under pressure from the higher-ups, however, she could only compromise reluctantly. She had been assigned to serve as a third-year homeroom teacher.
Huo Tian looked at the clock on the wall. New student registration was about to end. Just as he was about to stand up, a shout came from outside the door.
"Wait... wait! There's still someone here!"
"Sorry, I'm late!"
An urgent voice reached the room from outside, and a little girl wearing a long green dress, with waist-length green hair, leaned against the doorway.
Xiao Xiao was drenched in sweat, leaning against the doorway and panting heavily. Huo Tian looked at the little girl, then settled back into his chair.
"Hey! Are you all right?"
Hearing the urgent voice, Huo Yutong immediately stopped cultivating. With a smile, she walked over to Xiao Xiao and supported her.
"Thank you!"
Looking at the delicate-featured girl before her, Xiao Xiao hurriedly thanked her. The two immediately sat down on the wooden chairs nearby. Woken by the commotion, Bai Qi looked around in every direction.
"Have some water!"
Huo Yutong took a cup of water and handed it to Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao quickly accepted it, downed it in one gulp, then hurriedly thanked her.
"Teacher, I'm sorry. I was almost late."
After resting for a while, Xiao Xiao immediately strode over to Huo Tian and apologized softly, rubbing the back of her head.
Had Xiao Xiao not misremembered Shrek Academy's enrollment date, she would not have rushed here in such a hurry.
"It's fine. Fill out this form!"
Huo Tian swiftly pulled a registration form out of the drawer and handed it to Xiao Xiao. Bending over, she began filling in her information.
[Ding!] [The system has detected that this individual meets the host's disciple recruitment requirements. Host, please take Xiao Xiao as your disciple!] [System rewards: 2,000,000 system points, Third-Tier Martial Soul Evolution Pill, random Class 10 Soul Tool]
Huo Tian had just lifted his teacup and taken a sip when this damned system popped up again. He sprayed the tea straight out of his mouth on the spot...
Huo Tian had not expected such lavish rewards for taking Xiao Xiao as his disciple, but he did not do so immediately. Taking her as his disciple for no reason would seem strange no matter how one looked at it.
Seeing Huo Tian staring at the tea in his hand, Huo Yutong scratched her cheek in confusion. Every time, she noticed that he would stare into space anytime and anywhere.
"Teacher! Here's my registration form."
Xiao Xiao cautiously handed her student registration form to Huo Tian. He quickly took it and gave it a brief look.
"Eleven years old! Level 22 soul power, martial soul: Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron!"
"Do you have twin martial souls?"
Huo Tian's expression swiftly turned serious as he looked at Xiao Xiao standing nearby. She trembled, never having expected someone else to know her secret.
"Yes."
Xiao Xiao nodded silently. She had not wanted to reveal her twin martial souls so soon, yet they had been exposed just like that today.
"You don't need to be nervous! I detected your twin martial souls using my soul power."
Huo Tian's stern expression faded, and he smiled at her instead. After all, no one on the Douluo Continent who possessed twin martial souls had poor talent.
But in the original story, to win the new student tournament, Xiao Xiao had taken it upon herself to add a hundred-year soul ring to her second martial soul. This had also cut off her future path to becoming a Limit Douluo.
Huo Tian had always firmly believed that, aside from Huo Yutong and Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao's talent could be called the third strongest. Unfortunately, she might only reach Super Douluo in the future.
"There's no need for you to hide your twin martial souls. Doing that will only diminish your own advantage."
"You should know that Shrek Academy gives special treatment to geniuses. You possess twin martial souls."
"That means you can receive far more cultivation resources than other students!"
"You should have innate full soul power, right? Yet after five years of cultivation, you're only at level 22..."
Huo Tian pointed at the student registration form. He had never understood how Xiao Xiao had cultivated, but when he thought of her adding a soul ring to her second martial soul in the original story, he sighed softly.