Chapter 217: Orange

On the other side, Huo Yutong and the others quickly arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

After undergoing a series of tests, Huo Yutong was assigned to someone named Xuan Ziwen.

After a series of talks with Jing Hong Chen that were so depressing they made one want to vomit blood, Xuan Ziwen brought her to the laboratory and began lecturing her.

Midway through the lesson, the laboratory door suddenly opened, and a pretty young girl walked in, acting as if she hadn't seen Huo Yutong, lazily greeting Xuan Ziwen and saying:

"Xuan Teacher, you came so early today, that's quite rare."

Having said that, she promptly flung herself onto the lab table and fell asleep.

Facing Huo Yutong's strange gaze, Xuan Ziwen coughed embarrassedly.

"Cough cough, this senior's name is Juzi. Huo Yutong, don't judge her by her casual demeanor; she actually has considerable talent in crafting soul tools."

Hmm.

Huo Yutong gave Juzi a curious glance, then withdrew her gaze and urged:

"Teacher, please continue."

She came to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with a mission, so she had no spare time for other things.

"Good, good, good, sigh, if only my other students had your enthusiasm for learning."

Xuan Ziwen sighed with slight relief and continued his lecture.

Time flew by; in the blink of an eye, the morning had passed. Xuan Ziwen stretched and said, 'Alright, it's not early anymore; let's stop here for today. You should ponder it further on your own. I can only teach you the concepts; what you can create depends on you.'

"Yes."

Huo Yutong nodded respectfully.

Just this morning alone filled her with respect for Teacher Xuan Ziwen; regardless of his eccentric personality, at least his passion for soul tools is genuine.

Xuan Ziwen sneaked over to Juzi's side and suddenly shouted, 'Mealtime!'

To Huo Yutong's surprise, the girl who had been sound asleep sprang up instantly.

"Ah! Mealtime! I have to hurry, or all the good food will be sold out!"

Saying that, she turned into a whirlwind and rushed out of the lab, leaving Xuan Ziwen laughing hysterically where he stood.

Just two minutes later, the girl named Juzi rushed back in, angrily shouting, 'Xuan Teacher, you tricked me again! Where's the mealtime? There's clearly still half an hour left!'

Saying that, she continuously hurled orange-colored light from her hands at Xuan Ziwen.

Xuan Ziwen laughed heartily, catching those orange lights, but as the girl's movements grew faster, he began to struggle to keep up, quickly laughing as he said to Huo Yutong:

"Huo Yutong, what are you staring at? Hurry up and help!"

Upon hearing that, Huo Yutong sprang forward, her hands turning into two phantoms, effortlessly catching every orange projectile thrown at her.

Her eyesight was extraordinarily keen; when Juzi threw the first orange light, she saw its true form was a plump orange, indicating that this Juzi senior is a food-system soul tool master.

Juzi froze for a moment.

"Who are you?"

Xuan Ziwen patted Huo Yutong's shoulder and said, 'She's your new junior, Juzi. As her senior, you should look after her more; if she asks you questions, be patient in answering.'

Juzi let out a light snort.

"I don't have that much time; I still need to continue researching my stuff. Alright, I'm off—I really need to find something to eat, I'm starving, I haven't even had breakfast this morning."

Saying that, she turned and walked out of the laboratory.

Xuan Ziwen shrugged helplessly at Huo Yutong.

"Did you see that? This is your Juzi senior—eating is the biggest thing in heaven and earth. If you want to get on good terms with her, I suggest bringing her something tasty."

"Understood."

Huo Yutong obediently nodded, though a flicker of longing passed through her eyes. Speaking of foodies, she also knows one, but she can't see him for the time being.

Having been apart from Tang Wulin for less than a day, she already began to find it unbearable.

Xuan Ziwen didn't notice the abnormality in Huo Yutong's expression; he was very pleased with her obedient attitude, inwardly praising her excellence as he turned and left the laboratory.

Huo Yutong, meanwhile, sat down where she was and began to meditate, not only cultivating her soul power but also memorizing the core formation of the soul tools in the room.

Under the scrutiny of her mental detection, the vast majority of soul tools held no secrets before her; Jing Hong Chen never imagined in his dreams that he had not only invited a wolf into the room, but even a wolf king.

Outside the window, the sky changed rapidly; when Huo Yutong opened her eyes again, Juzi had already returned, sitting at her seat carving the core formation.

Huo Yutong did not disturb her, silently walking to her back and observing her actions.

Just one glance was enough to hold Huo Yutong's gaze; Juzi's technique for carving the core formation was marvelous—solid fundamentals combined with wild imagination, clearly a student taught by Xuan Ziwen.

This Juzi senior is indeed formidable; although in soul tool master rank Huo Yutong is actually one level above her, in terms of mastery of soul tool theory, Huo Yutong feels inferior to her.

The two remained in that pose—one sitting, one standing—for a long time; finally, Juzi completed her action, placed the carved core formation aside, and stretched widely.

Just then, Huo Yutong suddenly asked, 'Why don't you use auxiliary tools?'

"Yah—!"

Juzi jumped in fright, quickly tossing dozens of oranges at Huo Yutong.

Huo Yutong felt somewhat helpless; the Ice Emperor's Shield enveloped her, blocking the incoming oranges.

Just then, a strong sense of danger suddenly arose in her heart.

Huo Yutong unhesitatingly trusted this sense of danger; as a spiritual-system soul master, she already had some ability to sense danger, and after possessing the Eye of Fate, this ability became extraordinarily strong.

The blizzard of the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain erupted; although it subsided in an instant, it still managed to freeze all the oranges, including Juzi herself.

Huo Yutong picked up a few of the oranges that had given her the sense of danger, examined them briefly, and her expression involuntarily changed.

These turned out to be fourth-rank soul tools; although their exact power is unknown, if they were silently attached to the body and detonated, the result would certainly not be pleasant.

She approached Juzi, placed her hand on her, and helped her break free of the ice.

Although Juzi is also a fifth-rank soul tool master, before Huo Yutong's Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain she is practically defenseless; without Huo Yutong's help to thaw, she would need at least twenty minutes to break free.

Juzi, emerging from the ice, shivered violently and shouted angrily, 'What are you doing?!'

Huo Yutong said helplessly:

If it weren't for you, senior sister, overreacting, I wouldn't have ended up like this.

She can't just let Juzi grab a bomb and blow her up.

Juzi's body trembled violently as she pointed at Huo Yutong, speaking word by word:

Just you wait!

She then stormed out of the lab in a rage.

Huo Yutong felt somewhat helpless; it seemed she had offended this senior Juzi, even though she had wanted to get along amicably.

All we can hope is that she gets over her anger soon.

Huo Yutong sat down before the experimental bench and examined the core magic array Juzi had left behind.

At that moment she hadn't realized that, in just three days, a conflict would erupt between her and Juzi.

By the way, Juzi is quite unique; while this world has homosexuality and heterosexuality, she is different—she is 'food-sexual': as long as the food is made like her father's, she can develop a strong liking for it.

So she, like Miss Meng, is a clown‑style defeated dog, and in some ways even worse than Miss Meng—at the very least, if Huo Yutong didn't step in, Miss Meng still had a glimmer of hope, but between Juzi and Huo Yutong there is not even a glimmer.

(End of chapter)