"I'll report your Twin Martial Souls to the Martial Soul Department. That way, you'll get more cultivation resources!"
"Here, take your dorm key!"
Huo Tian swiveled his chair around, picked up a brand-new key, and handed it to Xiao Xiao, who stood quietly to one side, nodding.
Xiao Xiao carefully took the key from Huo Tian's palm and was just about to turn and leave.
"Oh, right, the new girls' dorm is over by the Soul Tool Department."
"Mm, and your roommate might be a bit of a tsundere. Don't get into a fight with her."
"Okay, understood, Teacher."
Xiao Xiao nodded in reply, then hurried out of the teaching building toward the dorm.
If Huo Tian wasn't mistaken, Xiao Xiao's roommate should be Wang Dong'er. Wang Dong'er was a die-hard tsundere to begin with, and Huo Tian was terribly afraid the two would get into a fight.
"Let's go, Little Yutong! Your master will take you back to the inner court. There are still three days until school starts."
"Bai Qi, I'll take you to have a look at the Soul Tool Department while we're at it, and get you fitted with an arm!"
Huo Tian stood and walked straight toward Huo Yutong. She rose in a daze and immediately took hold of the long sleeve of his red robe.
Bai Qi sprang out of his chair. After being disabled for so many years, he could finally have a whole body again.
Huo Tian shut the office door tightly, and the three set off north along the path. After walking for a while, they reached Shrek Square.
East of Shrek Square lay the Soul Tool Department. Its grounds occupied only a third of the outer court, while the Martial Soul Department occupied two-thirds, enough to illustrate how the Soul Tool Department had been suppressed by the Martial Soul Department for years.
The western side of the outer court, along with Shrek Square, belonged to the Martial Soul Department. At that moment, the square was boiling with voices, with countless outer court students walking about.
"Master, let's go take a look over there!"
Huo Yutong suddenly tugged at the hem of Huo Tian's robe. He raised a hand and pointed toward Shrek's display area, whose main purpose was to publish daily reports of events at Shrek Academy.
Huo Tian released his Soul Power to investigate. He hadn't expected the outer court's first-year students to have been assigned to classes so quickly. Shrek Academy's efficiency was anything but ordinary.
Holding Huo Yutong's hand, Huo Tian approached the display area, with Bai Qi following close behind. The three passed through the crowd and finally reached the display board.
Huo Yutong looked up at the posted class lists. There were nine classes in total, and her gaze settled on Class One of the first year.
At the top of the list, Huo Yutong, Bai Qi, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao were the first four names. When Huo Yutong saw that the homeroom teacher's name was Huo Tian-
Huo Yutong froze completely. She hadn't expected her homeroom teacher to be Huo Tian. What a coincidence that was.
After reading the list, Huo Yutong squeezed out of the crowd and trotted up to Huo Tian.
"Junior Brother, you're in Class One of the first year too!"
Huo Yutong turned to look at Bai Qi, who was standing on tiptoe. Hearing her words, he stopped trying so hard.
"Let's go! I'll take you on a tour of the Soul Tool Department!"
The three left the crowd and followed the signs until they finally entered the Soul Tool Department's grounds. Along the way, Huo Yutong noticed more and more Soul Tools in use.
The Soul Tool Department was mainly divided into three major sections: the experimental zone, the core development zone, and the materials collection zone. Other smaller sections were incorporated into those three.
With both hands behind his back, Huo Tian continued deeper into the Soul Tool Department. The three passed through a security gate. A card appeared out of thin air in Huo Tian's hand, and after the gate scanned it, it immediately began to rise slowly.
Sharp clanging rang out from beneath the pulleys of the security gate's chains. The gate slowly rose, and the three stepped into the core development zone's lobby.
A soul-powered display screen hung above the lobby. Quite a few students were researching Soul Tools or studying theoretical knowledge there.
Huo Tian approached the front desk, where the receptionist politely inquired about his business. He lightly pressed his card onto the desktop.
"Please get Teacher Fan Yu!"
The receptionist answered softly, then immediately contacted Teacher Fan Yu. At that moment, Fan Yu was in Laboratory One of the core development zone, and he hurried over as soon as he received the message.
Not far away, a soul-powered elevator chimed, and a middle-aged man in a Soul Tool teacher's uniform stepped out.
The middle-aged man had dark circles around his eyes and hair as messy as a chicken's nest. Rubbing his eyes, he came over to Huo Tian with a languid expression.
"Xiaotian, you're back from traveling the continent!"
Smiling, Fan Yu strode up to Huo Tian, who greeted him courteously as well.
"Teacher Fan Yu! Have you finished developing the Gravity Simulation Soul Tool?"
Huo Tian looked at Fan Yu expectantly. Fan Yu nodded, stretching and yawning.
"The first and second units I developed early on didn't work very well, so I developed a new one two months ago!"
"Come on! I'll take you upstairs to have a look."
Fan Yu lightly patted Huo Tian's shoulder. The three immediately followed him, and the four waited outside the soul-powered elevator.
"Xiaotian, who are those two behind you?"
"Where did you kidnap such an adorable little girl from?"
Fan Yu leaned his head out, looking Huo Yutong and Bai Qi over. He looked at Huo Yutong, who stayed pressed close to Huo Tian.
"These two are my disciples!"
"Heroes really do emerge from the young. Taking disciples at such a young age-there's no one else like you in all of Shrek Academy."
Fan Tian replied with a smile. Of everyone in the Martial Soul Department, Huo Tian was the one who particularly liked wandering around the Soul Tool Department, so his relationship with Qian Duoduo couldn't have been better.
The four rode the soul-powered elevator slowly upward, finally stopping on the fourth floor, then followed the corridor northward into the interior.
Huo Yutong kept looking around curiously. She discovered that the experimental zone here was enormous and had so many rooms.
Fan Yu took out his card and pressed it against the access gate. The gate to Laboratory One opened, and the four immediately stepped inside.
Laboratory One was very spacious, with all kinds of Soul Tools placed throughout it. Displayed in the center were several Class Nine tracking Soul Cannons.
"This is the Gravity Simulation Device you wanted! I've also added a red warning indicator inside."
"The red warning indicator is mainly used to detect how well a student is bearing the gravity!"
Fan Yu lightly tapped the Gravity Simulation Device's hard casing. Stroking his chin with one hand, Huo Tian strode over. He studied it for a while, and when his hand passed over the Soul Tool, it vanished into thin air.
"Thanks, Teacher Fan Yu! There's one more thing. Could you make a Class Eight soul-powered arm for this disciple of mine?"
Hearing Huo Tian's words, Bai Qi immediately walked up to Fan Yu.
"If possible, also develop a custom-made set of Class Eight Soul Tool Armor for him. Make it heavier; it's mainly for his training."
Huo Tian rubbed his hands together and looked at Fan Yu once more.
"Sure!"
Fan Yu looked at the one-armed boy before him. He could sense a quality in Bai Qi that others didn't possess, but even Fan Yu couldn't figure out what that quality was.