Processing the Silver Wolf's corpse took less than an hour.
After putting everything away, Xu Zihuang quickly returned to the laboratory.
Ju Zi and Ke Ke were leaning over the experiment table, engraving their core formations. When they entered their experimental state, the two of them seemed to become completely different people—their focus was extraordinary. They didn't even notice Xu Zihuang's arrival.
Although the learning atmosphere at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy was relatively relaxed, every student who passed the assessment to become a sixth-year student was, without exception, an elite.
Among them, many had even entered Mingde Hall.
For them, immersing themselves completely in experiments like this was merely a basic skill.
Naturally, Xu Zihuang wouldn't disturb them. He quietly walked to his own experiment table and began working on his bow-shaped soul tool.
Making the main body required stamping, high-temperature shaping, and a series of other operations that would inevitably produce noise. To avoid affecting Ju Zi and Ke Ke, he decided to first engrave the core formation.
The three of them were busy with their own tasks, and the only sound in the spacious laboratory was the faint scratching of engraving knives across rare metals.
Unknowingly, time flew by quickly. The sky outside gradually darkened.
At the same time, in the infirmary of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
The room was filled with all kinds of large-scale soul tools, comparable in size to soul power testing devices.
Wang Shaojie, who had been lying on the bed unconscious for most of the day, finally woke up. The moment he regained control of his body, a heart-piercing pain instantly surged from every part of his body, making him suck in a sharp breath.
"Hiss—"
"Don't move, Shaojie. Six of your ribs are broken, and other parts of your body have injuries of varying degrees. The teachers in the infirmary have treated you, but they still recommend you rest for at least half a month. During this period, it's best not to use your martial soul or soul power."
Zi Mu, sitting beside Wang Shaojie's bed, reminded him.
Wang Shaojie's dark face had taken on a slightly pale tint, his eyes filled with vicious resentment.
He gnashed his teeth and said, "Zi Mu, where's that kid?"
Zi Mu hesitated for a moment, involuntarily recalling Yu Tianhuang's soul ring configuration that far exceeded common sense, and a complicated expression appeared on his face.
"He should still be in the laboratory right now."
Wang Shaojie struggled to sit up, completely ignoring Zi Mu's expression.
Having received the best treatment from Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy, although he couldn't recover fully in a short time, he could at least walk. After all, Xu Zihuang hadn't intended to kill him.
Seeing Wang Shaojie's actions, Zi Mu's expression changed slightly.
"Shaojie, Teacher Xuan said to let this matter end here."
"Let it end here?" Wang Shaojie coldly snorted, walked past Zi Mu, and left without looking back.
Zi Mu watched the direction Wang Shaojie left in, a thoughtful look on his face. He knew that with Wang Shaojie's vengeful personality, he definitely wouldn't let this go. It was very likely he would call the royal enforcement team.
Yet for some reason, he had a bad premonition in his heart.
This genius youth from Shrek Academy, Yu Tianhuang, had shocked him far more than he had imagined.
Could such a genius really be so easily dealt with?
"I hope I'm just overthinking it," Zi Mu sighed lightly and walked toward the sixth-year second teaching building.
At this moment, the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy was shrouded in night. The soft lights in the laboratory, however, automatically turned on, keeping the room bright.
On the metal table in front of Xu Zihuang was a square core formation assembly. The lines were mainly horizontal and vertical, every single scratch seemingly crafted by divine hands. It was hard to imagine that these lines had been carved with an engraving knife.
In addition, there were some small metal parts.
After a whole day, he had basically completed most of the work. Next, he only needed to make the main body of the bow-shaped soul tool and then assemble everything.
Casually storing these items into his storage soul tool, Xu Zihuang turned to look at Ju Zi and Ke Ke.
Ke Ke had already finished her experiment and was adjusting her Thunderstorm Cannon. This Thunderstorm Cannon was even larger than the ones Xu Zihuang had seen in Shrek Academy's soul tool department. The huge barrel formed a stark contrast with Ke Ke's petite figure.
Meanwhile, Ju Zi's core formation engraving seemed to be nearing completion.
Ju Zi's talent in soul tools was indeed impressive. With his Golden Eyes martial soul, even from more than ten meters away, Xu Zihuang could clearly see the core formation Ju Zi was engraving.
The combined core formations were no less complex than a level-six core formation.
"Phew, finally done." Ju Zi let out a long breath and lazily stretched.
Ke Ke's gaze was immediately drawn over. Looking at the core formation assembly in Ju Zi's hands, she sincerely praised, "Sister Ju Zi, with your level, I feel like you have a very high chance of passing Mingde Hall's assessment."
Ju Zi smiled, but a barely detectable trace of loneliness flashed deep in her eyes.
She had never thought of applying to Mingde Hall. By the end of this semester, she would be leaving Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy.
At that moment, the sound of steady footsteps approached from afar, making the two subconsciously look up.
Xu Zihuang smiled at them and said, "Senior Sister Ju Zi, Senior Sister Ke Ke. Thanks to your help today, I was able to buy that Millennium Silver Wolf. Let me treat you both to dinner tonight. Before coming back to the lab, I had the cafeteria chefs charcoal-roast the two front legs of that Silver Wolf."
"Charcoal-roasted millennium Silver Wolf legs?!" Upon hearing Xu Zihuang's words, Ke Ke's eyes instantly lit up.
Silver Wolf meat was a top-quality ingredient, and the front leg meat was especially tender. This kind of premium dish wasn't something you could eat anytime.
"That doesn't feel right…" Ke Ke swallowed hard. Though she hesitated verbally, her body was very honest.
Xu Zihuang smiled gently.
"There's nothing wrong with it. Didn't Teacher Xuan say that if I have questions in the future, I should ask Senior Sister Ke Ke and Senior Sister Ju Zi for help? I'll definitely be troubling you both a lot from now on, so treating you to a meal is the least I can do."
Ke Ke giggled, "Since you put it that way, then Sister Ju Zi and I won't hold back!"
Ju Zi rolled her eyes at Ke Ke.
"You're always teasing me for being a foodie, but you're not much better. You just hide it better usually."
"So, Sister Ju Zi, are you coming or not?" Ke Ke blinked at Ju Zi, a teasing glint in her eyes.
Ju Zi's pretty face flushed.
"I'm going."
Suddenly, accompanied by a buzzing sound, the laboratory door opened.
Zi Mu, standing outside the laboratory door, saw Xu Zihuang, Ju Zi, and Ke Ke laughing and chatting together. The smile on his face instantly stiffened.
Yu Tianhuang had severely injured Wang Shaojie just this morning, yet in the evening, Ju Zi and Ke Ke were already getting along so well with him. As Wang Shaojie's classmate, this was a bit hard to accept.
Moreover, Yu Tianhuang's appearance gave him a strong sense of crisis.
Whether it was cultivation talent, strength, appearance, or temperament, there wasn't a single aspect in which he could compare to Yu Tianhuang.
But most importantly, he noticed that Ju Zi didn't seem to reject this Yu Tianhuang, whom she had met for the first time.
As an emotionally intelligent veteran simp, he wouldn't misread this.
Given Ju Zi's personality, this was extremely rare. After all, even though he and Ju Zi had been classmates for several years, Ju Zi had never fully accepted him.
"Ju Zi, Ke Ke, are you two about to leave?" Zi Mu tried his best to make his expression look natural.
Xu Zihuang, walking at the front, said indifferently, "I'm treating Senior Sister Ke Ke and Senior Sister Ju Zi to dinner."
Earlier, Zi Mu had immediately defended Wang Shaojie, putting himself in Zi Mu's shoes; that was understandable.
But from Xu Zihuang's perspective, Zi Mu was clearly biased and judged people by personal feelings. Although that was human nature, it was unrealistic to expect Xu Zihuang to treat Zi Mu the same way he treated Ju Zi and Ke Ke.
After speaking, Xu Zihuang left first.
There was simply no need. Zi Mu didn't even qualify for him to put on a false front.
Ju Zi glanced at Zi Mu and followed behind Xu Zihuang. She had clearly rejected Zi Mu several times before, yet Zi Mu persisted relentlessly, making the atmosphere between them slightly awkward.
"See you tomorrow, Zi Mu." Ke Ke cheerfully smoothed things over and quickly followed.
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