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Several months had passed since the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.
As Shrek Academy officially announced to the public that Huo Yuhao and the others had joined the academy, the tide of online public opinion indeed began to shift.
The voices of condemnation, the doubts, and the mockery seemed to vanish overnight.
Meanwhile, East Sea Academy's Class Zero had truly stolen the spotlight this time.
For a time, countless people were bending over backward trying to join Class Zero.
There were those pulling strings, those giving gifts, those going through the back door, and those who showed up directly at the doorstep... all sorts of people in an endless stream.
But in the end, they were all rejected by Wu Changkong.
Among those rejected, there were indeed children with decent talent, but their motives were impure.
Wu Changkong had already decided that Class Zero would no longer recruit new students.
And so, as time passed, Class Zero gradually faded from the public's view.
But there was one name that always sat at the top of the Young Genius List, never wavering.
Over the past few months, the names on that list had changed time and again, one after another, but the top spot was always firmly held by Huo Yuhao.
His title was also finally officially determined.
Furthermore, it was personally set by the Spirit Pagoda's Pagoda Master, Qiangu Dongfeng.
Spirit Transmitting!
These two words carried no small amount of weight.
Now, on the Young Genius List, his name was strikingly listed as "Spirit Transmitting Huo Yuhao".
In the eyes of most people, this was the Spirit Pagoda showing its support for him.
After all, it was no longer a secret that Huo Yuhao came from the Spirit Pagoda and was the Personal Disciple of the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yaozhu.
And the word "Spirit Transmitting" naturally referred to the Spirit Transmitting of the Spirit Pagoda.
Many people were speculating whether this was a signal to the outside world that Huo Yuhao would be a candidate for the next Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda.
For a time, there were many different opinions and constant speculation.
But there were also those who knew the internal situation and simply smiled without saying a word.
Those who truly understood the internal factional struggles of the Spirit Pagoda knew very well that this was simply impossible.
Although the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yaozhu, was also a core figure in the Spirit Pagoda, she was not on the same side as Qiangu Dongfeng.
Huo Yuhao didn't care much about these things; he continued to cultivation and improve step by step, feeling his strength grow every day.
It was late at night.
In the library of the Donghai Spirit Pagoda, soul tool lights illuminated every inch of space as bright as day.
In the vast library, Huo Yuhao was the only person present at this moment.
He sat in a corner, a thick ancient book spread out before him.
The collection of the Donghai Library was still quite a bit worse than that of the headquarters in Shrek City.
Many rare books, unique copies, and extinct editions could not be found here at all.
For example, this "Shrek Titled Encyclopedia" before him was something he had specially requested from the headquarters.
Every Titled Douluo was qualified to leave their name in the history books.
And those Titled Douluos from Shrek Academy would be recorded in even greater detail.
This book contained the life stories of almost every Titled Douluo since the founding of Shrek Academy.
Huo Yuhao flipped through the pages, his gaze scanning line by line, until finally... he found it.
"Ma Xiaotao, Title: Evil Phoenix, Rank 98 Super Douluo, Vice Dean of the Shrek Academy Spirit Department..."
The record wasn't long, just a few hundred words summarizing her life.
But as Huo Yuhao read, his brow gradually furrowed.
There seemed to be a problem with this record.
Her experiences in her youth and her deeds after becoming a Titled Douluo were written clearly enough.
But a certain period in the middle seemed to have been deliberately erased, leaving only a few ambiguous words that were vague and unclear.
Huo Yuhao stared at those words, lost in thought.
However, there was one thing he could already be sure of: Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire was indeed resolved in the end.
Because the record clearly stated that after she became a Titled Douluo, there were no more records of her Evil Fire spiraling out of control.
As for how that Evil Fire was resolved, the book did not say.
Another thing that could be confirmed was that this Ma Xiaotao was indeed the sister he had acknowledged.
Because there was a sentence in the record: "Became sworn siblings with the founder of the Spirit Pagoda, Huo Yuhao, sharing a deep bond."
Huo Yuhao closed the book and rubbed his brow.He always felt that there was something strange in these historical records.
He couldn't say exactly what was wrong, but there was a faint, lingering sense of incongruity.
He thought of his good friend Du Qingyuan again.
His favorite thing to do was to huddle in a corner and read all sorts of strange novels.
Therefore, that fellow also had some knowledge of unofficial histories.
Unofficial histories could indeed be quite "wild."
But sometimes, the truths deliberately avoided by official history, the facts intentionally covered up by the authorities, and the secrets buried by time are hidden precisely within these "unofficial histories."
Perhaps... he should have a chat with Du Qingyuan....The morning sunlight streamed through the window into the Class Zero classroom, plating the desks and chairs with a faint layer of gold.
A new day had begun.
Wu Changkong entered the room on time, just as usual.
But when his cold gaze swept across the classroom, his brow suddenly furrowed.
There were only five people in total in Class Zero, but now, only four were seated in the classroom.
"Where is Tang Wulin?"
Wu Changkong's voice was as cold as ever, but it held a hint of subtle gravity that wasn't usually there.
The four of them looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion.
Xie Xie scratched his head and was the first to speak: "Teacher, Wulin is always the first to arrive, but today... he wasn't here when we arrived."
He paused, a hint of worry creeping into his tone: "Nothing happened to him, right?"
Wu Changkong was silent for a moment before turning to leave: "I'll go to the dormitory to check."
Xie Xie stood up abruptly. "I'm coming too!"
Wu Changkong did not refuse, his footsteps never stopping.
Xie Xie quickly followed, and the other three looked at each other before also standing up and following behind.
Since Class Zero had defeated Shrek Academy in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, East Sea Academy had treated Class Zero like a precious treasure.
From top to bottom, from the principal to the logistics staff, whatever request Class Zero had, it was granted.
Now, all five students of Class Zero lived in single-occupancy dormitories.
The group walked through the teaching building, across the playground, and along the path lined with plane trees to reach the dormitory area.
Tang Wulin's dormitory was on the third floor of the innermost building. Just as the group stepped onto the stairs, Huo Yuhao's footsteps suddenly halted.
He hadn't activated Mental Detection in this dormitory area.
But even so, with his current mental force, his perception already far exceeded that of an ordinary Spirit Master, and even surpassed Wu Changkong's.
His expression was the first to change.
"What's wrong?"
Wu Changkong noticed his abnormality and turned back to ask.
Huo Yuhao looked up and said in a low voice, "Wulin is in the dormitory."
He paused, his voice becoming even more solemn:
"However, something is wrong with his state!"
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