The blinding sunlight pierced through layers of clouds and shone upon the open ground in front of the Sixth-Year Dormitory Building of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
It was shortly after dawn. On the open ground, where there were usually few people, ten students wearing bright yellow uniforms stood in a row.
Although they were wearing the uniforms of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, one could tell at a glance that they were not students of this academy.
This was because the Soul Engineer badges pinned to their chests were not the exclusive badges of the Mingde Hall, but the general Soul Engineer badges used on the continent.
Every student of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy took pride in passing the Mingde Hall's Soul Engineer assessment. Before leaving the campus, they would never wear the general continental Soul Engineer badge on their chests.
Therefore, these ten people were obviously new students. And indeed, they were the exchange students from Shrek Academy.
In the team, Huo Yuhao, who had grown much taller, stood beside He Caitou. Standing in front of them were nine teachers of varying ages.
Lin Jiayi, standing at the front, looked very unhappy at the moment. His eyes occasionally swept toward a room with tightly closed curtains on the east side of the third floor of the dormitory building.
Although Lin Jiayi's movements were relatively subtle, they did not escape Huo Yuhao's eyes. He felt somewhat puzzled.
What is Director Lin looking at?
"Students from Shrek Academy, from today on, you are students of my Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. For your upcoming two-year study career, the academy has made special arrangements for you."
"The academy has arranged ten sixth-year teachers for you. However, the research of one of the teachers has reached a critical moment. Therefore, the student who is left over after the draw will join that teacher's laboratory.
Your teachers will personally explain the specific arrangements to you."
Lin Jiayi didn't waste any more words. He took a tray from a staff member, which contained some folded slips of paper.
The nine teachers filed out, and each took one from the tray.
"Ye Xiaosheng..." "Here..."
"XXX..." "Here..."
...
"He Caitou..." "Here..."
As the nine team members stepped out one by one, the teachers who selected them led them directly away from the dormitory building, heading toward the teaching building.
Only Huo Yuhao was left standing in place. He looked at Lin Jiayi in astonishment, suspecting in his heart: Could it be that I am being treated differently just because I am only a Class 3 Soul Engineer?
Noticing Huo Yuhao's look, Lin Jiayi couldn't help but feel a headache. The information had been sent over in advance, yet no one seemed to care.
He picked up the remaining slip of paper from the tray and called out the name.
"Huo Yuhao!"
"Here!"
Although he felt indignant in his heart, Huo Yuhao still answered obediently.
"Follow me. I will take you there."
Lin Jiayi handed the tray to the staff member and signaled for Huo Yuhao to follow.
"Uh, Director Lin, aren't we going to the teaching building? Why are we returning to the dormitory?"
Huo Yuhao stood still, watching Lin Jiayi walk into the dormitory building without moving his feet.
"I am not the one taking you. One of Xuan Ziwen's students will take you. That student should have been present, but I estimate he overslept. I am going to call him now."
Lin Jiayi said through gritted teeth.
Hearing this explanation, Huo Yuhao no longer had any doubts. However, Xuan Ziwen is my teacher? I wonder what kind of person he is?
Climbing up the stairs all the way to the third floor of the dormitory building, Lin Jiayi knocked directly on Wang Lin's door.
Bang bang bang!
Inside the room, Wang Lin, who was awakened from his cultivation by the knocking, opened his eyes. Invisible spiritual power penetrated the dormitory door and instantly swept over the rotund body standing at the door.
Realizing only then that he had forgotten something, Wang Lin scrambled out of bed. Invisible telekinesis twisted the door latch and pulled open the door.
"Haha, Director Lin, has the exchange student allocation ceremony started?"
"Hmph!"
Hearing this, veins popped out on Lin Jiayi's forehead. He shouted loudly: "It's already over! I've brought the person to you. Hurry up and take him to the laboratory."
After saying that, Lin Jiayi turned and left. As his obese body moved away, Huo Yuhao saw the person in the dormitory clearly and his eyes widened instantly.
"Brother Lin, why are you here?"
Although Wang Lin had changed a lot compared to more than two years ago, Huo Yuhao still recognized him at a glance and exclaimed in surprise.
"Yuhao!"
Wang Lin made a similarly surprised expression. "I didn't expect that you would be the one assigned to the Third Laboratory. We are truly fated."
Neither Wang Lin nor Huo Yuhao lowered their voices. Lin Jiayi, who had walked to the stairwell, heard their conversation clearly.
"These two know each other?"
Lin Jiayi was puzzled but didn't stop. Both are from the Star Luo Empire, so it's normal for them to know each other.
"Come in first. Wait for me to wash up, and I'll take you to the laboratory."
Wang Lin said as he walked into the bathroom to wash up. Huo Yuhao didn't waste words; he walked into Wang Lin's dormitory and looked around.
"Is that a Mingde Hall Class 6 Soul Engineer badge?"
Huo Yuhao noticed the Class 6 Soul Engineer badge on Wang Lin's desk and his eyes widened again. Could it be that Brother Lin is already a Soul Emperor?
This cultivation improvement is too fast!
Before he could think much more, Wang Lin had finished washing up, put on his uniform, picked up the badge on the desk, and pinned it to his chest.
"Let's go, Yuhao. I'll take you to the laboratory."
"Okay."
Following behind Wang Lin, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but ask: "Brother Lin, weren't you going to the Body Sect? Why did you come to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and even become a Class 6 Soul Engineer?"
"It's a long story. But regarding the Class 6 Soul Engineer part, I can tell you a bit. You should have heard of the Sun Moon Empire's secret medicines."
Wang Lin casually bullshitted to Huo Yuhao.
Sure enough, after hearing the words "secret medicines," Huo Yuhao frowned slightly but didn't say much more about it. He knew that the Sun Moon Empire's secret medicines were completely about sacrificing potential in exchange for cultivation. Wang Lin should be clear about this.
He hadn't expected that this Brother Lin, who had been quite helpful to him in the beginning, would make the decision to take secret medicines.
Regarding this, Huo Yuhao could only say that everyone has their own aspirations. He just hadn't expected that the existence he once looked up to and who had protected him would now have fallen to this state.
With Wang Lin's current spiritual power realm, even though Huo Yuhao was standing behind him, he could still sense the changes in Huo Yuhao's expression.
He could roughly guess Huo Yuhao's psychological activity just now, but Wang Lin didn't care.
After all, the speed of his cultivation growth was indeed hard to explain. It was better if Huo Yuhao filled in the blanks himself, saving him the brainpower to think of excuses.
"Brother Lin, it's better to take less of those secret medicines." After thinking for a moment, Huo Yuhao still kindly reminded him, considering it a repayment for Wang Lin's protection back then.
Without Wang Lin, he wouldn't have reached the Star Dou Great Forest so easily back then.
"Mm-hmm..." Wang Lin didn't answer, just nodding to gloss it over. His reaction made Huo Yuhao even more certain of his thoughts.
Wang Lin has indeed gone down the wrong path.