hotmtlnovel Chapter 29 What could possibly happen at the academy?
Chapter 29 What could possibly happen at the academy?
The day after the new student assessment, all the new students who passed the assessment gathered together to be assigned to classes.
Du Weilun, the Dean of Instruction of the Martial Soul Department of the Outer Academy, stood on the stage and announced the final results and rewards of the freshmen assessment in a loud voice.
The class assignment list was then announced, and Huo Yutong's team of three were unsurprisingly assigned to the strongest class, Class 1 of the first year, with Zhou Yi and Wang Yan serving as their joint homeroom teachers.
"Meeting adjourned! Huo Yutong, the three of you, come with me." Du Weilun waved his hand.
The three followed Director Du to his office with anticipation, and when the "secret reward" was taken out, Xiao Xiao and Ma Qingshuang couldn't help but exclaim in surprise—it was a soul bone that shone with light and exuded a powerful aura!
Huo Yutong also feigned surprise, but she was far less shocked than her companion.
In the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, mountains of soul bones left behind by soul beasts that died of natural causes are piled up, and ten-thousand-year-old soul bones (which the Crimson King even used to grind his teeth) are not uncommon.
Biji and Ziji were worried that she wouldn't have enough money in the human world, so they specially gave her several pieces. However, they didn't bring the ten-thousand-year soul bone out because they thought it was too shocking.
After a brief discussion, the soul bone was allocated to Xiao Xiao.
At the same time, Huo Yutong also accepted the secret soul bone that Zhou Yi had won in a bet.
It was at this moment that the three learned that the "old lady" Zhou Yi, who was known for her strictness, was actually a beautiful woman in her thirties, married to Fan Yu, a teacher in the Soul Guidance Department. Her previous disguise was purely to establish her authority.
This left the three girls looking at each other in astonishment, and even Tianmeng in Huo Yutong's spiritual sea was surprised, as she hadn't noticed it either.
On the same day, Huo Yutong officially became a core disciple of the Soul Guidance Department and became Fan Yu's apprentice.
Xiao Xiao also chose to study the Soul Guidance Department as a secondary discipline, and followed Fan Yu to learn together.
The kind-hearted He Caitou didn't know how to welcome the two junior school girls, so he gave them a few bags of snacks. He Caitou already regarded them as his younger sisters.
The third day, in the classroom of Class 1, freshmen.
Teacher Wang Yan announced the election of class monitor.
Huo Yutong, who possesses twin martial souls, is kind and gentle, and is the champion of the freshman assessment, was elected with a high number of votes without any suspense.
Wu Feng, who was initially resentful of her defeat in the finals, was completely convinced after witnessing the terror of the ultimate ice. Her fire dragon martial soul was completely suppressed in front of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion.
(In this story, Wu Feng is a straight woman and has a friendship with Ning Tianchun.)
In a corner of the classroom, Dai Huabin and Wang Dong's eyes were simultaneously focused on Huo Yutong, their expressions complex.
Ning Tian was also quietly watching her.
Since his defeat to Huo Yutong, Ning Tian has paid special attention to her, not only watching all of her subsequent matches without missing a single one, but also secretly investigating her background.
After learning that she had two Soul Saint sisters teaching at the academy, Ning Tian became even more convinced that Huo Yutong must be the daughter of some reclusive powerful family.
As for Xiao Xiao, she comes from the Xiao family of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and has had many dealings with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Moreover, the Xiao family patriarch and the sect-protecting Douluo of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School are both national-protecting Douluos of the Heavenly Soul Empire.
As soon as the bell rang, Ning Tian walked up to Huo Yutong and extended his hand, saying, "Hello, Huo Yutong, I'm Ning Tian, and I'd like to be your friend."
"Hello, Ning Tian." Huo Yutong shook her hand in a friendly manner.
With Ning Tian taking the lead, other classmates also came forward to greet them, with girls like Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo surrounding Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao.
"Thank you everyone," Huo Yutong replied politely before explaining, "but Xiao Xiao and I are also studying Soul Guidance, so we have to go to class soon."
"Wow, that's amazing!" Lan Susu exclaimed.
"We've never been to the Soul Guidance Department before. Can we go with you to take a look?" Lan Luoluo suggested curiously.
Huo Yutong thought this was a good opportunity for her classmates to learn about the Soul Guidance Department, so she readily agreed.
Watching Huo Yutong being fawned over like a star and the crowd leaving, Wang Dong sat alone in his seat, filled with resentment, muttering to himself:
"Tch, it's just a soul tool, what's so great about it?"
Dai Huabin got up and left with a gloomy face the moment get out of class ended, and Zhu Lu immediately followed him silently.
On the Soul Guidance Department side, Fan Yu was taken aback when he saw Huo Yutong bring so many classmates. He then realized that this was an excellent opportunity for publicity.
He gave an exceptionally enthusiastic explanation today, and even had He Caitou demonstrate the power of various soul tools on the spot.
Sure enough, Ning Tian and the others immediately showed great interest and decided to take the Soul Guidance Device course (although Wu Feng was completely confused).
When Qian Duoduo heard about this later, he couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh.
Every time Qian Duoduo saw Yan Shaozhe afterward, she would mention this matter, not for any other reason than to share her happiness with Yan Shaozhe.
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Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao finished their day's classes and were chatting and laughing as they walked from the Soul Guidance Department towards the dormitory area.
However, this tranquility was broken at the intersection by a middle-aged man in a red inner-court teacher's uniform, looking hurried.
"Excuse me, are you Huo Yutong?"
Huo Yutong stopped in her tracks. "Yes, it is. Teacher, is there anything I can help you with?"
Knowing that time was of the essence, the inner court teacher got straight to the point:
"To be honest, this matter concerns the life of one of my students. Her martial spirit is the Evil Fire Phoenix, and only the ultimate ice can quench the evil fire within her body."
During the freshman assessment, we all witnessed the power of your Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul... I hope you can go see her and help her.
It turns out that Ma Xiaotao has been suffering from a surge of evil energy lately, and Huo Yutong, who possesses the ultimate ice power, has become her only hope.
Fearing that speaking frankly would scare away the new student or cause obstruction from the college's higher-ups and delay the opportunity, the teacher intended to bring Huo Yutong to the scene first under the pretext of "specially invited to visit the inner courtyard".
As Xiao Xiao watched the two figures disappear into the distance, she felt that something was amiss, but then she thought, what could possibly happen within the academy?
Just then, Ning Tian and Wu Feng came from another path. Seeing Xiao Xiao standing alone in a daze, Ning Tian went up to ask her what was wrong.
As a member of the same family as the original Seven Devils, she knew a great deal about the families of the other six Devils' descendants, and was well aware of the fatal flaw of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul of the Ma family's direct line.
She instantly realized that the so-called "visit" was probably just a pretext, and its real purpose was probably to borrow Huo Yutong's ultimate ice power!
"This is bad! Something terrible is about to happen!" Ning Tian made a quick decision.
"We must find Teacher Fanyu immediately!" She grabbed Xiao Xiao and ran quickly towards the Soul Guidance Department with Wu Feng.
Fan Yu was startled upon hearing Ning Tian's speculation and description. He dared not delay and immediately took the three women to find Qian Duoduo.
Upon hearing the news, Qian Duoduo exclaimed, "Nonsense!" unleashing his Title Douluo-level cultivation, and immediately sped off towards the inner courtyard at top speed.