After absorbing the soul, Cao Dezhi didn't linger and hurried out to find the other three to reunite. He couldn't remember the last time he had felt such a strong emotional fluctuation; his mind was filled with doubt: Was his teacher's soul ring really as he said? Why was the Spirit Pagoda so quiet and silent after this happened? Could his teacher be connected to the Spirit Pagoda? No, when he said he went upstairs to look at the scenery, his eyes clearly looked like he wanted to kill someone.
As he walked quickly, the pristine white hall of spirit transmission came into view. Cao Dezhi simply rushed into the hall, taking three steps at a time. His familiar companions greeted him somewhat awkwardly, while Zang Xin silently gestured for him to be quiet.
"Are there other people?" Cao Dezhi paused for a moment, then noticed the white-haired boy he had seen before, the teacher's younger brother, walking out from the side. Perhaps because of their family ties, the boy also had a pair of icy blue eyes, and was surrounded by the same chilling aura as Teacher Huo. He looked no more than four or five years older than the four of them, yet he gave off a reassuring and reliable feeling.
"Is everyone all settled? Your teacher has some things to attend to, so she asked me to take you home." Unlike the teacher's enigmatic smile, his snow-white face was completely expressionless; he simply smiled at them.
"That's really kind of you. Also, may I ask how I should address you?" Leng Yaozhu breathed a sigh of relief and then asked.
"Call me Xiao Bing?" The boy rested his chin on his hand, pondered for a moment, then looked at the four children who were not even as tall as him. "Isn't that a bit inappropriate for your age?"
The four nodded frantically.
"Then call me whatever you want, you can call me Abing." Xiao Bai had obviously given up thinking. He should have asked Yuhao to come up with a pseudonym for him before they came out.
"Okay, Senior Bing, then we'll trouble you to take us back." Zang Xin scratched his head and bowed to Bajiao.
Since his awakening, Xiao Bai had heard countless legends and titles about Huo Yuhao. However, Yuhao himself stated that he preferred to be seen as a genius soul master rather than the widely circulated titles like "Founder of the Spirit Pagoda" or "Eye of Asura"—understandable, given that Bingdi had told him it was his astonishing talent in soul guidance that earned him the school's attention for the first time. And perhaps because his soul essence was connected to his spiritual sea, the seven soul spirits found learning modern knowledge surprisingly easy and effortless.
Xue Di and Li Ya studied theoretical knowledge for three days and then passed the exams to become level eight mecha manufacturers and designers, respectively. Their main responsibility was to collect intelligence around the continent.
After Yuhao met with the Tang Sect's higher-ups, Bingdi and Xue Di took up positions in the Fighting Soul Hall and Soul Guidance Hall respectively. Incidentally, Xiao Bai could imagine how fun Bingdi would be in battle, but he couldn't accept the fact that Xiedi had become a programmer.
Aside from them, Xue Di rejected Yu Hao's evil plan to have Xiao Bai learn soul guidance, citing the prohibition against child abuse. Xiao Bai, due to his lack of combat skills and his innate affinity as a plant-type soul beast, had already been tricked by Yu Hao into becoming his teaching assistant, claiming he didn't have time to work on soul guidance devices. Tian Meng, due to the unique nature of a mental-type soul beast, could impersonate Yu Hao in emergencies to cover his tracks, so he remained in the Sea of Spirituality, waiting.
With Yuhao, this top-tier external GPU, my new life, which I was initially worried about not being able to integrate into, turned out to be incredibly smooth, like I had a cheat code, and I got everything right away.
"It's good to be busy... much better than staying at home at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye." Bajiao thought to himself smugly as he sped up the Soul Guide Luxury Car to 250 km/h, ignoring the four students in the back seat who were still in shock and had been frightened a second time, clutching their life-saving seat belts.
It's called a "lifeline" for a reason. (Note: Do not imitate this; please fasten your seatbelt when getting in the car.)
After a heart-pounding drive, "We're here!" Xiao Bai turned around, his face still bearing the same innocent expression he had before getting on the bus, completely oblivious to the four people in the back seat who were practically dead. "Go back and prepare well for your exams, good luck."
"Thank you...senior."
The moment the four of them got off the bus, the same thought occurred to them: "Don't judge a book by its cover."