"Zhong, look, my brother and Yan are back."
"Looking at their anxious expressions, something must have happened. Let's go down too."
Hu Liena, who had been leaning on Wang Zhong's shoulder, enjoying the warm moment, suddenly saw the figures of Xie Yue and Yan running back. She stood up and said with a sigh.
She wanted to stay like this a little longer!
"Oh, okay."
"Zhong, you go down first, I'll change my clothes."
Just as Wang Zhong stood up and reached the doorway, Hu Liena's voice sounded from another room.
"Alright." He replied, Wang Zhong put on the shoes he had taken off before entering and closed the door. By the time he reached downstairs and was about to open the main door, Xie Yue and Yan happened to open the door and come in.
Their eyes met, and Xie Yue and Yan were a little surprised. Normally, Wang Zhong would be outside exercising at this time. They hadn't expected him to be at home.
It was this scene that made both of them pause for a moment, their gazes at Wang Zhong somewhat dazed.
"Wang Zhong, why are you still at home today? Have you given up on physical training!"
Xie Yue stroked his chin, looking at Wang Zhong curiously, and asked his question.
Facing Xie Yue's question, Wang Zhong shrugged and casually said, "How is that possible? It's fine to exercise a little later. I came back mainly to ask you if you want to go back to the orphanage. After all, we've been out for quite some time."
"Ah, Nana has the same idea."
Xie Yue clapped his hands, expressing that Wang Zhong's idea was a coincidence! Everyone's thoughts were surprisingly consistent and had come together.
They were even planning to give Wang Zhong a pleasant surprise.
"But we might not be able to go out now," Yan said helplessly from the side.
"Can't go out? Why is that?"
Hu Liena was wearing a simple home dress, her lustrous golden hair tied into a ponytail, falling behind her. At this moment, she had an indescribable heroism. She had just walked down the stairs and heard Yan's words, so she asked.
Hu Liena, who was different from her usual self, stunned Yan, and Xie Yue exclaimed in surprise.
"Nana, you're not cutting your hair anymore!"
In the past, Hu Liena's dazzling golden hair would be cut whenever it reached her shoulders. Xie Yue had expressed his regret more than once. In his opinion, his sister's golden hair, like silk, was a gift from heaven.
At least so far, Xie Yue had not seen any girl comparable to Hu Liena.
If this golden hair were on another girl, she would treasure it immensely. Only his sister would not care about it and would cut it whenever she pleased.
"I'm not cutting it anymore. I suddenly feel that having long hair is quite nice."
"What do you guys think!"
Hu Liena asked with a light smile. Although she asked "you guys," her gaze was constantly on Wang Zhong's reaction.
"Beautiful!" Wang Zhong grinned, gave a thumbs up on the spot, and offered his praise.
"I agree with Nana keeping her long hair!" Xie Yue agreed wholeheartedly. He had long wanted to persuade Hu Liena to keep her hair long, but she had never listened. Now that his sister had the thought of keeping it, how could he object.
"I agree with them," Yan said, scratching his head. In his opinion, Hu Liena was the most beautiful regardless of whether she had long hair or not.
"Hehe."
Hu Liena's eyes narrowed happily, and she was very pleased with the affirmation from the three.
"By the way, Yan, what did you mean by 'can't go out' just now!" Hu Liena asked again with a light smile, turning back to Yan.
"Just now, Nana, didn't you ask us to go out and buy some things? But as soon as we reached the entrance, we were stopped by a group of guards."
"They said that the Pope has a new regulation, and the Spirit Hall Academy will henceforth be a fully enclosed academy for soul masters."
"Students can only leave the school once at the end of each year!"
Before Yan could reply, Xie Yue took over and explained the whole story in one breath.
At this time, Yan could only nod helplessly. "Yes, it's just as Xie Yue said."
"How could this happen! Did something happen at the school! Why would they make such a decisive decision and change it so quickly!" Wang Zhong was also surprised by this fact.
The academy's reaction was too hasty, as if they were desperately trying to avoid something.
"Do you remember Sun Qing?" Xie Yue looked at Wang Zhong and asked.
Wang Zhong nodded and replied, "I remember. Wasn't he the guy who wanted to challenge me in the cafeteria back then to probe our strength? What happened to him?"
"I heard that he encountered an evil soul master on his way home and was unfortunately killed!" Xie Yue said with a slight change in his tone, helplessly.
"Could it be that the evil soul masters are making a comeback!" Hu Liena pursed her lips, her tone low.
In recent days, the actions of the evil soul masters had become increasingly obvious, from the town where Hu Liena was located to Yan's hometown, and now they were openly attacking students of the Spirit Hall Academy. All these anomalies indicated an oppressive atmosphere of impending doom.
"It's unlikely."
"According to the guards, Sun Qing was attacked when he passed by a village called Majia Village."
"Moreover, the attacker was a Soul Elder of about our age, but with three spirit rings."
"The opponent also seemed to have become an evil soul master unknowingly, because his spirit mutated, requiring blood to suppress the burning sensation of his spirit's flames."
"He was afraid of being discovered by the villagers, so he didn't dare to attack them and thus targeted Sun Qing, who was passing by," Yan added at this time.
"According to your explanation, you still shouldn't have closed the school."
"It's just a soul master who became an evil soul master due to spirit mutation. There's no need to make such a fuss." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Wang Zhong raised his question.
"It's not that simple, Wang Zhong."
Xie Yue wagged a finger, looking at Wang Zhong as if he were too naive.
"At Majia Village, the Spirit Hall had personnel to awaken spirits, but in the past few years, no one has qualified to become a soul master."
"But now, suddenly there's a Soul Elder of our age. Doesn't that seem wrong!"
"Unless there are evil soul masters deliberately teaching evil arts and enticing people, there is no other explanation for that guy's transformation."
"In other words, there is a group of evil soul masters lurking on the continent, active among commoners or soul masters!"
"They are guiding people to develop into evil soul masters," Wang Zhong said with a solemn expression.
"Yes, that's the meaning. That's why the academy suddenly closed its doors, fearing that more of us would have accidents," Xie Yue nodded affirmatively, stating his guess.