While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

Gojo Satoru leaned back, put his hands behind his head, slumped in his seat, stared at the ceiling, and spoke with a lazy, expectant tone.

"Looks like the next three years or so as classmates won't be boring."

They didn't even ask about the execution by burning incense in detail?!

There are still people who don't want to be executed by burning at the stake?!

Gojo, I rejoice at your ungratefulness!

The car continued forward, and the scenery outside the window gradually changed from the ancient buildings of the Zen temple to winding mountain roads and dense forests.

After slumping for a while, Gojo Satoru suddenly remembered something, leaned out of the driver's seat, and shouted.

"Oh, right, Master!"

Yamada's hand on the steering wheel trembled.

Master, mentor?!

"We'll stop briefly at the exit; I have a companion waiting there."

"Okay, okay!" Yamada's voice was a little unsteady.

Tenyan glanced at Gojou Satoru, then asked, "Companions?"

"Um."

Gojo Satoru slumped back into his seat and casually replied, "The one who went on the mission with me is called Natsuyu Jie."

Tianyan nodded. These two smiling tigers always act together at this time, so there's no reason why one would appear while the other doesn't.

The car turned the last bend along the mountain road, and ahead was a wide open plain. A young man wearing a black college jacket on his upper body and baggy trousers with tapered legs stood by the roadside.

He was tall and slender, with his black, shoulder-length hair tied in a bun. He had a handsome face and a dignified posture. He stood there with his hands in his pockets, his expression calm and gentle, exuding a calm and composed aura that was completely different from Gojo Satoru's.

Hearing the car, he looked up and calmly gazed over.

Tianyan met his gaze through the car window.

"Another handsome guy who can rival me in looks."

[Side Quest Triggered: The Mystery of the Phantom (Part 1)]

You stumbled upon a black-robed figure lurking at the family's gate, chuckling eerily. Sensing something amiss, you decided to investigate.

[Quest Reward: Healing Medicine Recipe x1]

Tianyan looked at the line of text on the system panel, then glanced at the upright and gentle-looking young man outside the car window, who seemed perfectly normal.

His eye twitched slightly.

"Hehehe?" A figure in black robes? System, your hints are way too obvious! Isn't this a perfect template for the Soul Palace?!

"......ha."

Tianyan let out a cryptic sigh in his heart.

Did not expect ah did not expect.

In the system's eyes, Xia Youjie was actually an elder of the Soul Hall?

But thinking about it carefully... it doesn't seem entirely unreasonable.

The man who shouted "righteousness" in the original work and then went to extremes, the man who established a religion, gathered curse masters, and planned the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".

To say that he is an elder of the Soul Hall in the world of sorcery seems... quite plausible.

Tian Yan silently twitched the corner of his mouth, pushed open the car door, and got out.

Xia Youjie stood by the roadside and saw someone get out of the car. He nodded slightly, his posture polite and proper.

Tianyan walked up to him, stopped, bowed slightly, and smiled warmly and politely, displaying standard social etiquette of the three major families.

"Xia You-kun, I am Zen-in-Ten-Yan. It's a pleasure to meet you. Please take care of me."

His tone was neither humble nor arrogant; he neither made an effort to be overly friendly because the other person was Gojo Satoru's companion, nor did he put on an air of superiority because he came from a Zen family.

He was a young nobleman from a prominent family, introducing himself.

Xia Youjie was slightly taken aback, then bowed in return, his movements natural.

"Tianyan-jun, I am Xia Youjie. It's a pleasure to meet you. Please take care of me."

His voice was gentle, his smile sincere, and his whole demeanor exuded a comfortable aura.

Tianyan sighed inwardly.

At this time, Xia Youjie was still a normal person.

Polite, gentle, and respectful, she stands in stark contrast to Gojo Satoru's "I am the only one who matters" personality.

"Jay! You come up here too!"

Gojo Satoru's voice came from inside the car, urging without any attempt to hide it: "Don't stand outside, get in the car and let's go!"

A crack appeared in Xia Youjie's gentle expression.

He turned his head to look at the white-haired man waving at him through the car window, then looked behind him.

That's the direction of the Zen temple; you can faintly hear the sound of an alarm whistling in the wind.

"Enlightenment".

Xia Youjie's voice was calm, but his tone carried a helpless reproach: "I told you not to go, but you insisted on going."

He raised his finger and pointed in the distance.

"Now look what's happened, it's caused a riot. I can hear the alarms going off at the Zen temple from here."

Gojo Satoru leaned out of the car window, listened in the direction Xia Youjie was pointing, and then shrugged indifferently.

That wasn't an alarm.

He said.

Xia Youjie raised an eyebrow: "What's that?"

"It's the Zen temple family's way of welcoming me."

Gojo Satoru said matter-of-factly, then turned to look at Tenen, a hint of a smile in his azure eyes.

"That's what Tianyan said, you can ask him if you don't believe me!"

Xia Youjie's gaze also fell on Tianyan.

Two pairs of eyes turned to him at the same time.

Tianyan stood beside the car, stared at by the two men, but the smile on his face remained unchanged.

He sighed inwardly.

Who is Gojo Satoru?

With six eyes and no bottom line, he is the strongest in the modern era in the future, a Dou Zong powerhouse appointed by the system. How terrifying!

As for Xia Youjie, a man identified by the system as an "Elder of the Soul Hall," he was looking at him with an expression that said, "I know you're lying, but I still want to hear how you're making it up."

What can he do?

Tianyan nodded, his expression impeccably sincere.

Yes, that's right.

He even added, "The Zen-in family has always been hospitable. It is only natural that the entire clan would turn out to welcome Young Master Gojo."

"Get in the car, Xia You-jun."

Tianyan stepped aside and gestured for you to proceed: "I heard you're going on a mission, so I can give you a ride."

A certain eagerness gleamed in Gojo Satoru's azure eyes as he suddenly spoke up: "By the way, Tenen."

"Um?"

"Why don't you take this task too?"

Tianyan was slightly taken aback.

Xia Youjie frowned and looked at Wu Tiaowu: "Wu, Tianyan-jun hasn't officially enrolled yet."

"I know."

"Teacher Ye'e will be unhappy."

Who cares?

Gojo Satoru said nonchalantly, "Isn't it a good thing to have one more person?"

He turned to look at Tianyan, a bright smile spreading across his face.

"So, Tianyan, are you coming or not?"

Tianyan did not answer immediately.

He quickly calculated in his mind.

To go or not to go?

If you go, you can see for yourself how powerful Gojo Satoru and Natsume Suke really are, and see just how big the gap is between yourself and the top geniuses in the world of sorcery.

If you don't go...

He didn't seem to have any reason not to go, and it would be a good opportunity to do some research.