But what happened next was even more heartbreaking and horrifying for Meng Hongchen. Just after she finished confiding in Xiao Hongchen and turned her gaze back to Wang Dong'er, she saw Huo Yuhao lean down and kiss Wang Dong'er's forehead.
"Everyone's here," Wang Dong'er whispered, blushing at the overly intimate gesture.
"So what?" Huo Yuhao chuckled, but obediently stopped.
Wang Dong'er shyly backed away, but in doing so, she caught Meng Hongchen's stunned expression. As if to explain something, she stepped forward, loosened her high ponytail, and let her long, flowing hair fall freely.
A glint of light shone on her face, softening her already somewhat feminine features, revealing a stunningly beautiful face to everyone.
Meng Hongchen's eyes widened, as did the exchange students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy behind her.
"You…" Meng Hongchen stammered.
Wang Dong'er said with a hint of apology, "The reason I never directly responded to your advances is because I'm a girl too."
A girl... Meng Hongchen's head was buzzing, and she kept muttering, "How could you be a girl? Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Meng." Seeing that her younger sister's brain was about to shut down, Xiao Hongchen hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her.
Wang Dong'er stopped dwelling on the issue and said directly, "You should know Yuhao, he's my boyfriend."
The words of comfort seemed to be unilaterally muted, and Meng Hongchen didn't hear Xiao Hongchen's words at all, completely lost in the pain of her broken unrequited love.
Perhaps this is when a girl grows up.
After speaking, Wang Dong'er returned to Jiang Nannan and the other girls, lowered her head and didn't speak, but her blushing face betrayed everything.
Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao gathered together and teased her happily, "Now our sisterhood is completely formed."
Wang Dong'er smiled sheepishly.
Actually, she hadn't reverted to wearing women's clothing because she was afraid of upsetting Meng Hongchen. Although they were rivals, Meng Hongchen was indeed a good person who could be a friend.
In the past two years, many disciples of Shrek Academy's inner court had become acquainted with her.
"Hey, you actually came back secretly! We didn't have a word of it." Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi walked up and each punched Huo Yuhao in the chest.
"By the way, I remember the exchange student training period is two and a half years, right? Why did you come back early?"
The two guys were a little confused.
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "I had something to do, so I came back early. Cai Tou and the others will stay for another six months."
"I see." Bei Bei finally understood and then said, "Perfect timing, we're having a practical sparring session later, let's go together."
"Not now, I have to go to the teaching building to take care of some things, I can only come to the training ground later." Huo Yuhao didn't refuse, but explained the reason.
Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi remembered Ye Guyi and quickly asked, "Is it because of that girl?"
"Yes." Huo Yuhao didn't say much. "You guys should hurry to the training ground now, lest Senior Sister and Sister Xiao Tao punish you for being late."
Hearing this, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi realized what was happening and hurriedly returned to the group. "Quick, let's go to the training ground first."
In the inner courtyard, everyone knew that Senior Sister hated people who were late.
"Go ahead." Huo Yuhao nodded to Wang Dong'er.
Wang Dong'er smiled in response and then left with everyone. Anyway, whatever she wanted to say, she could do it after the sparring session.
"Xiao Hongchen, you guys should hurry over too." Huo Yuhao turned to Xiao Hongchen, who was comforting Meng Hongchen, and said.
Xiao Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao with a complicated expression and said in a tone that was neither too close nor too distant, "Thank you for reminding me. Let's go."
At his command, the exchange students of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy immediately left.
Huo Yuhao withdrew his gaze from the departing group and strode towards the inner courtyard teaching building.
In fact, with Yan Shaozhe present, Ye Guyi's registration process went exceptionally smoothly.
After successful registration, one of the inner court teachers immediately went to collect her badge and uniform.
Looking at the green monster badge and the two sets of blood-red inner court uniforms, Ye Guyi felt a pang of emotion; she had never imagined she would one day wear Shrek Academy uniforms.
"Dean Yan, while registering, I saw a notice board. What are the tasks of the Inspection Team?" Ye Guyi asked, turning her head after putting away her clothes and badge.
"You didn't tell Guyi?" Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao in surprise.
Huo Yuhao, who was making tea on the sofa, was taken aback by the question. He looked at the two of them and said awkwardly, "I forgot."
"..." Yan Shaozhe rubbed his forehead, then said seriously, "Then let me tell you the specifics of the Inspection Team."
As their conversation began, the steam from the teapot dissipated, filling the air with the aroma of tea.
"You mean many of the Surveillance Team's missions target evil spirit masters?"
Ye Guyi immediately noticed the key point after Yan Shaozhe finished explaining.
"That's right." Yan Shaozhe smiled. "You have the Holy Angel Martial Soul. Although this kind of Martial Soul hasn't appeared in Shrek Academy's records for many years, I still know that you can use hunting evil spirit masters to achieve certain rewards and rapidly increase your cultivation."
"Perhaps joining Shrek Academy is really a good choice for you."
Ye Guyi nodded solemnly. "Dean Yan, are there any missions now? I've already accepted them all."
Yan Shaozhe laughed. "No need to rush. But speaking of which, Yuhao wrote to me before, saying that you planned to visit the Medical Immortal Douluo of the Star Luo Empire. Is that true?"
Ye Guyi immediately looked at Huo Yuhao, who raised his teacup to her.
Ye Guyi's eyes flickered slightly. "Yes, I heard that Senior Healing Immortal Douluo's martial soul is the Healing Angel, which has a connection with my Holy Angel martial soul. So I planned to pay him a visit."
"As long as you use the academy's name, a visit is not a problem. However, Senior Healing Immortal Douluo is currently in seclusion, attempting to break through to level 96. I'm afraid you won't be able to see him for a while," Yan Shaozhe said, tapping the table lightly.
"Seclusion?" Ye Guyi frowned.
"Sealing Immortal Douluo is the second elder of the Star Luo Empire's Hall of Worship, second only to Senior Ice Wind Douluo. But the latter is a level 98 Super Douluo, whose lifespan is much longer than that of a level 95 Super Douluo."
"Sealing Immortal Douluo's cultivation has been stuck at level 95 for over fifty years. If he doesn't break through, he risks perishing within ten years at most. That's why he had no choice but to go into seclusion." Ye Guyi
's worry was almost undisguised.
Yan Shaozhe saw through it but didn't press for details, only saying, "I'm afraid this seclusion will also be fruitless. The Healing Angel Martial Soul usually only reaches the Title Douluo level; breaking through to Super Douluo is extremely rare in historical records. This is because such a Martial Soul requires a large quantity of extremely high-quality life energy to break through to the Title Douluo level." "
Although the Star Luo Empire is a large country, even with painstaking searching, we might be able to gather enough quantity, but unfortunately, the quality of these resources is insufficient, which leads to trouble."
Ye Guyi fell silent.
However, Huo Yuhao, sitting on the sofa drinking tea, suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
High-quality life energy?
What a coincidence!
He had some.
Back then, to open the first star ring, he had consumed a lot of life energy from the Life Gold, but still had some left. Although it was only some, compared to the Life Gold, the amount used on humans was terrifying.
Perhaps he could use this opportunity to help the Healing Immortal Douluo break through his current cultivation level and establish a connection. "
If you want to ask the Immortal Healer Douluo for help, simply visiting her isn't enough.
" "Teacher, could you please keep an eye out for the Immortal Healer Douluo's emergence from seclusion? Perhaps I have a way to help her." Huo Yuhao stood up, handed Ye Guyi a cup of tea, and then spoke.
Ye Guyi subconsciously took it, but then froze, looking at Huo Yuhao with surprise.
Yan Shaozhe glanced at Huo Yuhao meaningfully. As a teacher, how could he not guess that his disciple probably had something on her mind? However, he still didn't press the matter, simply nodding and saying, "If the Immortal Healer Douluo emerges from seclusion, I will inform you."
After leaving the office, Huo Yuhao led Ye Guyi towards the martial arts arena.
"Are you planning to help the Immortal Healer Douluo break through her cultivation level?" Ye Guyi asked as they walked.
"Hmm." Huo Yuhao nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Perhaps we can meet with the Immortal Healer Douluo in the name of the academy, but we definitely can't get him to help willingly. So, we have to pay a price."
"Do you have a sufficiently strong source of life energy?" Ye Guyi continued to ask.
"Of course I do, otherwise I wouldn't have asked my teacher to keep an eye out for when the Immortal Healer Douluo will emerge from seclusion." Huo Yuhao replied with a smile, "Alright, let's not talk about that now. I'll take you to the training grounds so you can familiarize yourself with the environment beforehand."
The two walked, and soon arrived at the foot of a hill. Looking up the steps, they could see a huge protective barrier emitting a faint yellow light.
Students who could enter the inner academy were at least Soul Kings. Some of their Soul Skills had such a large range that they created a barrier to prevent damage from the surrounding vegetation caused by the spread of Soul Power.
Going up the steps, the two quickly arrived at the training grounds.
The training ground resembled an open-air stadium, with the combat area in the center and viewing platforms on either side. A narrow opening, just large enough for one person to enter, was visible on a protective barrier on one side.
As soon as the two entered, cheers erupted. Following the stairs to the viewing platforms, they saw that all seventy-three students from the inner courtyard, excluding Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi, were present.
Of course, the students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy were also there, their faces beaming with excitement, seemingly eager to join the fray.
On the combat platform, two male students were engaged in a fierce sparring match.
Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao, acting as the hosts, watched from either side.
Two years had passed, but Senior Sister hadn't changed much, still retaining her gentle demeanor.
"Yuhao, over here."
Huo Yuhao approached, attracting Bei Bei's attention.
"Let's go over there." Huo Yuhao immediately led Ye Guyi over.
"Aren't you going to introduce us?"
Tang Ya glanced at Ye Guyi, her slightly teasing gaze fixed on Huo Yuhao, as if saying, "If you don't explain yourself clearly, you'll be kneeling on a washboard. "
The other companions had varying expressions, but Wang Dong'er remained calm.
Didn't Huo Yuhao understand Tang Ya's little scheme? He smiled and explained, "This is Ye Guyi, her martial soul is the Holy Angel, a level 62 Soul Emperor. She's a student I recruited from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy."
"The Holy Angel martial soul?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was instantly surprised, even some of the other inner court students widened their eyes slightly.
Some male students who were initially captivated by Ye Guyi's looks were also astonished, their thoughts shifting.
Angel-type martial souls have always been powerful throughout the history of Douluo Continent, let alone the Holy Angel.
The academy was already predominantly female, and this only reinforced that impression.
"Hello," Ye Guyi introduced herself calmly.
"Impressive," Tang Ya couldn't help but praise, even giving Ye Guyi a thumbs up.
Ye Guyi, who had never experienced anything like this before, was momentarily taken aback, but seeing everyone's admiring gazes, her eyes softened. "Thank you for the compliment."
"Dean Yan must be overjoyed, getting a genius like you for nothing," Xu Sanshi joked, linking arms with Huo Yuhao.
"Of course! They even brought out their treasured teas for me to brew today," Huo Yuhao replied jokingly, echoing her sentiment.
Everyone laughed.
"These will all be partners from now on; you can get to know each other," Huo Yuhao said simply to Ye Guyi, then turned and walked towards Wang Dong'er.
No one chose to disturb Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and the others quickly started chatting with Ye Guyi.
With Tang Ya, a social butterfly, getting to know each other was a matter of minutes.
Gently grasping Wang Dong'er's soft hand, Huo Yuhao glanced down at her, and the two smiled at each other.
"I have something to tell you," Huo Yuhao said.
"Later, no rush," Wang Dong'er seemed to have guessed what Huo Yuhao was going to say and proactively stopped the conversation.
Huo Yuhao paused, then agreed.
What he wanted to say was simple: to clearly explain the current situation.
Now that they were back at the academy, it was certain that he and his women would meet, so what Huo Yuhao needed to do was to state everything, not hide anything.
"Beautiful."
"Sneak behind him."
"Watch out!"
Suddenly, a fierce shout rang out from the stands on the other side.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help but look over.
On the field, the male student on the left clearly possessed a superior wolf-type martial soul—Shadow Kill Wolf. He transformed his body into a wolf, creating five clones that attacked his opponent from different directions.
The male student surrounded in the middle wielded a purple-gold scepter, with five spirit rings floating around him.
Both were Soul Kings.
"Purple-Gold Shock." The fourth spirit ring on the male student wielding the scepter lit up. As the scepter struck the ground, a wave of purple-gold light flashed past, causing the ground to shake as if an earthquake had occurred, and a powerful shockwave spread outwards.
The five clones of the Wolf Killer couldn't dodge in time and were directly shattered, turning into countless points of spirit power. However, while the clones were destroyed, the main body remained intact. Using the scattered points of spirit power as cover, his fourth spirit ring flashed, and his body became like a wisp of mist, ignoring the shockwave attack and quickly closing the distance between himself and his opponent.
"Shadow Wolf Killer Slash." It was quite terrifying for a control-type spirit master to be closed in by an agility-type spirit master.
As the male student with the Shadow Wolf Killer spirit approached, his fifth spirit ring lit up. Under the dark luster, his entire body was enveloped in black mist. The black mist instantly condensed, like a crescent-shaped blade, and was fiercely swung out, causing the air to tremble and hiss.
The male student with the purple-gold scepter spirit grew serious, but he didn't choose to be afraid. He planted the scepter on the ground, and his fifth spirit ring quietly lit up. With the infusion of spirit power, the scepter suddenly emitted a distorted light wave.
The light wave was like ripples in water, causing the air to appear to meander and flow. The Shadow Wolf Slash, which was flying towards him, seemed to have encountered some kind of trap. Not only did its speed decrease drastically, but it was also fragmented. Its complete power was turned into countless tiny fragments, scattering outwards. Although the coverage area seemed larger, its power was actually directly halved.
"A natural counter." Upon seeing this move, many students' eyes lit up.
As the fifth spirit ring, being countered by the opponent's fifth spirit skill almost determined the outcome of the battle.
However, just when many people thought that the Shadow Wolf spirit master was bound to lose, he let out a low wolf howl, his body flashed with a purple light, and he disappeared from the spot.
"Where is he?" The lower-level students were still searching in surprise, while the higher-level students looked with admiration at the remnants of the Shadow Wolf Soul-Slaying Technique, which had been fragmented into countless tiny pieces by the scepter's light waves.
Just as the Purple-Gold Scepter Soul Master thought he had achieved a decisive victory, in an instant, a ghostly figure leaped out from one of the broken fragments of the Shadow Wolf Soul-Slaying Technique, its sharp wolf claws lashing out, aiming straight for the scepter-wielding Soul Master's throat.
"Whoosh." At this moment, Zhang Lexuan, the host, moved. A ray of soft moonlight flicked from her palm, landing precisely on the wolf claw.
The seemingly soft moonlight acted like an unbreakable wall, blocking the wolf claw's attack.
"The sparring is over, Lu Yisheng wins."
Zhang Lexuan stepped forward, her gentle voice ringing out.
"Brother, you're too kind." Lu Yisheng clasped his hands in a fist salute to the scepter-wielding male student.
"Haha, let's do it again next time." The man wasn't annoyed, laughing heartily.
"Senior Sister, I have a request, please allow me." Suddenly, a male voice rang out.
Zhang Lexuan looked in the direction of the voice and saw Xiao Hongchen speaking from the exchange student team of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy on the stands.
Upon seeing him, the expressions of the Shrek Academy students changed to varying degrees.
Although they were exchange students from rival academies, everyone acknowledged his strength.
"Go ahead," Zhang Lexuan said, maintaining her gentle smile.
Xiao Hongchen shifted his gaze to the other side of the stands, "I would like to have a one-on-one spar with Huo Yuhao."
"Yuhao?" Ma Xiaotao, also a host, widened her eyes instantly, quickly looking around before her beautiful eyes were filled with surprise.
"Me?" On the platform, Huo Yuhao was slightly taken aback when he was called upon.
He looked up and saw Xiao Hongchen with a determined gaze, and Meng Hongchen who seemed to regard him as an "enemy."
"Huo Yuhao?"
"Why did he come back early?"
Some of the older students recognized Huo Yuhao and immediately began to whisper among themselves.
These included students like Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Hua Yao.
They hadn't come with the previous team, so they hadn't seen Yan Shaozhe, Huo Yuhao, or Ye Guyi.
Zhang Lexuan was also somewhat surprised to see Huo Yuhao, but she still parted her red lips slightly and asked gently, "Yuhao, would you like to participate?"
With dozens of eyes on her, could Huo Yuhao refuse?
The answer was no.
He smiled, and with a swift movement, landed lightly on the competition stage. "I'm also a member of Shrek Academy, how could I not participate?"
Instantly, all the students who knew Huo Yuhao became expectant, curious about this person who had created so many memorable quotes.
Although the outer academy no longer displayed banners after so long, they had been added to the textbooks.
"I wonder how much Yuhao has improved in the past two years?"
Bei Bei said softly, arms crossed. Not only him, but everyone else shared the same sentiment.
"Very good." Zhang Lexuan nodded slightly. "The next sparring match will be between Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen."
Xiao Hongchen leaped from the stands and landed on the competition stage, looking at Huo Yuhao.
Their eyes met, and in an instant, the battle began.
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