Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao, the villain from a parallel world

But he couldn't possibly say that.

Who would believe that an eleven-year-old child was once a god-king in another world and was a student of the teacher in front of him?

Looking at Huo Yuhao's calm and composed expression, and recalling the smooth and skillful technique he had used to inscribe the formation, Xuan Ziwen began to have some faith in him.

This approach, this composure, is certainly not something an ordinary freshman could fake.

He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

The appearance of an energy storage array is certainly amazing, but it is far from enough to mean that a completely new soul tool system can be born from it.

Having conducted research for so many years, he knows all too well how many insurmountable gaps exist between breakthroughs in the laboratory and mature technologies that can be truly widely adopted.

"Do you have a way to get the energy out?" Xuan Ziwen didn't beat around the bush, his eyes fixed on Huo Yuhao, and his speech was a few beats faster than usual.

"Or, can you replicate the same formation on other metals?"

These two questions are the key to the key. This array is inscribed on the ghostly silver, and this metal itself has the natural property of retaining soul power.

If this formation can only work on the Ghostly Silver and cannot retain soul power outside of it, then its value is greatly reduced.

Furthermore, storing soul power is one thing, but being able to reliably activate and release it when needed is another.

An energy storage array that can only store energy but not retrieve it is no different from a decoration.

Huo Yuhao met Xuan Ziwen's fixed gaze without the slightest panic.

Xuan Ziwen had asked him these two questions in his previous life, and his answers had never changed.

Huo Yuhao saw Xuan Ziwen's anxious look, but he didn't intend to reveal all his cards here.

He smiled slightly and asked unhurriedly, "Teacher, so did I pass the assessment?"

Xuan Ziwen was taken aback. He then realized that the series of questions he had just asked were not part of the special entrance examination at all.

The boy in front of me is here to take the entrance exam. According to the exam rules, as long as the array he designs matches the properties of the selected metal and can operate normally, he will pass.

Huo Yuhao not only succeeded, but also far exceeded his expectations.

"Of course it passed," Xuan Ziwen said quickly.

Chapter 34 Successfully Enrolled (Please continue reading!)

These are truly the honest truths.

Even if Huo Yuhao hadn't carved this energy-accumulating array that amazed him.

The completely new formation design, which was entirely derived from the existing system, was more than enough to meet the requirements of the assessment.

The original intention of establishing the special admission channel was to recruit geniuses who have real talent in soul tools, rather than craftsmen who can only copy the blueprints of their predecessors.

"That's good." Huo Yuhao nodded slightly.

"Teacher, I can't answer those questions you just asked in a short time." He paused, then continued, "How about I go and complete the enrollment procedures first, and then come back to talk to you in detail later?"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Ziwen's face flashed with undisguised disappointment.

His mind was now filled with the circuits and nodes of the energy storage array, and he wished he could immediately pin Huo Yuhao down in a chair and ask him every single design idea.

But what they said wasn't entirely unreasonable.

The enrollment procedures definitely need to be completed first. We can't expect a freshman to spend most of the day discussing technical issues before even having a dormitory assigned to him.

But then he had another idea, and his eyes lit up again.

"I'll take you to handle the enrollment procedures." Xuan Ziwen put down the luminous silver in his hand, and his speech returned to its usual fast pace.

But the coldness in his tone had long been replaced by an barely suppressed eagerness, "Also, I have a question for you, would you like to become my disciple?"

Before Huo Yuhao could even respond, he quickly added, "I am a researcher at Mingde Hall, an eighth-level Soul Master, and my name is Xuan Ziwen."

He stated his identity and rank with a solemn tone.

Mingde Hall is the highest hall of research on soul tools in the entire Sun Moon Empire, and level eight soul tool masters are extremely rare even on the entire continent.

Countless people beg to become his disciples, but he doesn't even give them a second glance.

But now, facing this boy he had only known for less than fifteen minutes, he surprisingly took the initiative to speak.

"Of course I'm willing." Huo Yuhao replied without the slightest hesitation.

In their past lives, they were master and disciple. In this life, although he has a different body, that bond between master and disciple is already etched deep in his soul.

Xuan Ziwen was one of the few people he truly respected on this continent, and he had no reason to refuse him.

This straightforward answer surprised Xuan Ziwen for a moment.

He had already mentally prepared himself for the boy to make excuses or even refuse.

After all, most geniuses are proud and arrogant, let alone a monstrous genius who can design an energy storage array out of thin air.

He had even prepared several sets of arguments in his mind to persuade the other party.

It wasn't until he realized that Huo Yuhao had said "willing" instead of "unwilling" that he realized Huo Yuhao had said "willing" instead of "unwilling".

A rare smile appeared on that face that was usually so cold it could freeze.

“Okay.” He nodded emphatically, and without saying another word, he grabbed Huo Yuhao’s arm and walked out. “Come on, let’s get the enrollment procedures done first, we can talk about other things later.”

Under Xuan Ziwen's guidance, Huo Yuhao completed the enrollment procedures for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy with almost no obstacles.

With an eighth-level soul master from Mingde Hall personally vouching for him, his identity verification process went smoothly.

The teachers in charge of registration even glanced at the boy, who had made Xuan Ziwen personally run errands for him, several times.

"This is your dormitory key, with your dormitory number engraved on it." Xuan Ziwen handed a bunch of silver keys to Huo Yuhao.

Then he pointed to the neatly stacked clothes next to him, "These are your school uniforms and the college badge."

Huo Yuhao reached out and took the things with both hands: "Thank you, teacher."

Everything went much more smoothly than expected. Recalling his previous life when he came to take the assessment alone, it wasn't so easy to get everything done.

With Xuan Ziwen leading the way, everything was completed in just a quarter of an hour. Even he couldn't help but sigh inwardly that this start was much smoother than the last one.

Xuan Ziwen glanced at Huo Yuhao carrying a bunch of things in his arms and frowned: "You don't have a storage soul tool?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head; he indeed did not.

At first, he was dirt poor, but after killing a few people from the Holy Spirit Cult and the human traffickers in Maple Leaf City, he managed to save up a sum of money.

But one thing after another happened, and he didn't even have time to buy a storage soul tool.

In addition, he didn't have anything he needed to carry with him, so he put the matter aside.

“How about this,” Xuan Ziwen thought for a moment and said, “you come with me to the lab first.”

"it is good."

Huo Yuhao followed behind Xuan Ziwen, crossing the central square of the academy and walking along a tree-lined path with silver maple leaves on both sides towards the depths of the academy.

After walking for a short while, Xuan Ziwen suddenly slowed his pace, turned his head, and asked with barely suppressed anticipation, "So, can you answer the question I asked earlier now?"

He had clearly been keeping this to himself the whole way.

Huo Yuhao naturally knew what he was talking about, and immediately brought out the explanation he had prepared in advance: "The current energy storage array can only exert its strongest effect on the Ghostly Silver, which means that not a single bit of soul power will be leaked."

"If you engrave it on other metals, the effect will be less impressive."

"Although soul power can be retained, it will slowly dissipate over time, and can only be preserved for about a day. The later it is released, the weaker it becomes."

Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in Xuan Ziwen's eyes, but he didn't say anything more.

It is already an unprecedented feat for an eleven-year-old child to be able to design an energy storage array suitable for the Ghost Silver out of thin air. What more could he ask for?

Do you really expect them to solve the all-metal adapter and excitation circuit problem overnight?

“However,” Huo Yuhao added, “I do have some ideas about how to activate the soul power stored in the Ghostly Silver.”

Xuan Ziwen's previously downcast eyes lit up again instantly.

He nodded emphatically, not asking any further questions, but his steps became noticeably lighter.

Having this direction is enough for him.

Huo Yuhao took in his reaction without feeling the slightest bit moved.

In fact, most of what he just said was not true.

No matter what kind of metal it is, he can inscribe a perfectly functioning energy storage array, and the excitation circuit is something he is already very familiar with.

But he couldn't possibly reveal all of this at once.

Just as Xuan Ziwen himself thought, an eleven-year-old child shouldn't know too much.

Therefore, Huo Yuhao's strategy was clear: to present what he had already mastered step by step in a reasonable and logical manner.

Chapter 35 Oranges, the Basics (Please continue reading!)

Before long, the two arrived in front of a silver-gray teaching building.

Xuan Ziwen led him up to the fifth floor and stopped in front of a laboratory.

The sign above the door reads in simple silver letters: Third Laboratory.

Xuan Ziwen took out a name tag from his pocket, waved it in front of the identification device next to the door, and the heavy metal door slid open silently to both sides.

He carefully put the name tag away and turned back to Huo Yuhao, saying, "I'll give you one of these name tags later too."

"Starting tomorrow, come to the lab at eight o'clock every morning. I will teach you how to make soul tools."

After saying that, he stepped into the laboratory.

Huo Yuhao followed him inside.

The laboratory was very large, with all sorts of soul tool parts and metal materials neatly arranged on shelves against the wall.

A faint smell of metal and lubricating oil filled the air.

The most eye-catching feature is the huge experimental table in the very center of the laboratory, which covers an area of ​​more than 30 square meters.

The matte silver-white metal tabletop was spotless, gleaming softly under the overhead light.

To the left of that lab table sat a young girl.