Chapter 129: All the Geniuses of Illustrious Virtue Hall Are Trash!
Ji Juechen?
With Huo Yuhao's mental power, he naturally overheard many people's discussions, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth. This was getting interesting.
Not only did Du Busi find it uninteresting, but Huo Yuhao also felt very bored today. The reason was simple: most of the Soul Engineers in the teaching department were at most Level Five, making it difficult for them to pose a real challenge.
If it continued like this, it wouldn't stimulate his Martial Soul at all.
Except for Na Na just now, many people held back their attacks, and the battles were not truly life-or-death.
This caused him to always be gentle in his attacks; he couldn't really seriously injure them—that wouldn't be right.
He hoped that the restrictions could be lifted later. Even if he lost, he wanted to fight to his heart's content at least once.
Afternoon.
The aftershocks of this morning's challenge match had already begun to spread throughout the Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Coupled with the previous publicity, almost everyone knew about Huo Yuhao, the number one genius of Sun Moon, publicly challenging the young generation of powerhouses in the academy.
Now, recommendations from those senior teachers were no longer needed because some true geniuses, and even the younger generation of Illustrious Virtue Hall, had developed an interest in such matters.
It was predictable that starting tomorrow, the battles would become extremely interesting.
Worship Hall.
Following the established procedure, Huo Yuhao had already begun his medicinal bath, aided by the Body Secret Art and with the help of his two teachers. At the same time, he absorbed spiritual energy from various precious medicinal materials and Soul Beast essence blood.
Although today's battles didn't greatly stimulate his Martial Soul, they still had an effect. The not-so-high-intensity combat allowed Huo Yuhao to utilize these rare resources to a great extent.
The reason he didn't rely solely on self-recovery was here: not only was his daytime consumption replenished, but his soul power and physique also began to increase slowly with the help of the Body Secret Art, and the cultivation progress of this Art was also advancing.
By the time he finished his cultivation in the medicinal bath, an hour had already passed.
However, this was not the end. After the medicinal bath and adjusting to his current state, he began to study Soul Guidance Device knowledge under the arrangement of his teachers.
This process would continue for another two hours. Of course, with the spiritual puppets, Huo Yuhao no longer needed to study painstakingly by himself.
As long as he let the three puppet clones study and then recall them, the knowledge would still be his own.
As for himself, he began to meditate, combining the advantages of the Body Meditation Method and the top meditation techniques from the Sun Moon Empire, trying to see if he could improve it.
Huo Yuhao being able to improve the Mysterious Heaven Skill was not difficult for him.
Later, he also needed to sense his Martial Soul in a simulated environment to gain the deepest understanding. It could be said that his time was very full, and only after nine o'clock in the evening did he have his own time.
When Huo Yuhao emerged from the simulated cultivation room specially built for him by his teachers, he saw his two teachers, Du Busi and Kong Deming, looking at him with smiles.
"What?"
As if Kong Deming thought the matter wasn't big enough, he handed a challenge letter to Huo Yuhao.
On it were written in large, sweeping characters—Huo Yuhao's Declaration of War on the Young Geniuses of Illustrious Virtue Hall!
Huo Yuhao couldn't understand it no matter how he read it. It took him a long time to discern a few big words from the lines of the challenge letter: the geniuses of Illustrious Virtue Hall are all trash!
"How about it? This old man is quite skilled. I guarantee those little guys from Illustrious Virtue Hall will be furious when they see it, and their hearts won't be convinced. Then the subsequent matters will be much simpler."
Much simpler?
It's much simpler for you, teachers! Isn't this making him offend those guys to death?
"Teachers, let's not play like this. Those guys will really go for the kill if they get mad!"
"We want them to be angry, and this challenge letter has already been sent to Illustrious Virtue Hall. It's too late to regret now. Tomorrow, pay more attention and don't lose the challenge due to carelessness."
Du Busi laughed, "Don't worry, little fellow, this old man will be watching in the dark, so nothing unexpected will happen. Just do your best then."
Huo Yuhao understood that this matter was ghostwritten by his two teachers, acting first and reporting later. They were clearly dissatisfied with today's battles and were preparing to pick some challenging opponents for him.
Needless to say, Dean Jing Hongchen must have agreed, so what could he refute? He just had to accept it.
"Alright then."
By the time he left the Worship Hall, it was very late, but two figures were waiting for him outside.
"Why are you here?"
It was Gu Yuena and Meng Hongchen. At this moment, the two stood a meter apart, arms crossed, neither looking at the other.
"This young lady is going to make something to eat for Yuhao. I've been studying cooking these past few days. Yuhao, you've been cultivating so hard—this is your reward."
"I want to eat grilled fish." This sentence was spoken by Gu Yuena.
Xiao Hongchen was not present; that boy had already secretly gone to share the spoils with Ma Rulong and a few others.
Huo Yuhao no longer lived in his previous room. As early as when he represented the Sun Moon Empire in the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament and won, the academy had arranged for his residence to be a private courtyard.
Including Xiao Hongchen and others, they now lived by the academy lake, in villas arranged for the core members of Illustrious Virtue Hall. It was very quiet—a small perk among the rewards.
At night, stars dotted the sky, and moonlight was kneaded into thousands of silver scales by the ripples on the lake.
Fennel seeds mixed with cumin danced on the hot iron, and the aroma of charred grease reached a delicate balance with the scent of a young girl from the air.
"I said, weren't you going to reward me? What's with me doing the grilling now?"
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Meng Hongchen's face. Her cooking was good, but compared to Huo Yuhao's, the gap was too wide.
She argued, "Gu Yuena wants to eat it. Hmm, that's how it is."
Gu Yuena ignored Meng Hongchen, trying to pin the blame on her. She was now very interested in Huo Yuhao's grilled fish.
"Huo Yuhao, are you still going to accept challenges tomorrow?"
"Why do you say that?"
"I don't think you need to do that. The help those guys can provide you is limited. This is a very boring game."
Gu Yuena couldn't understand why a powerhouse like Huo Yuhao would be willing to do such meaningless things with those weaklings.
Even if it was reincarnation and re-cultivation, with memories, starting anew only required steady progress in gaining strength. Did he still need any combat skills?
However, with her preconceived notions, she said no more after that. She felt that someone like Yuhao must have his own plans.
Moreover, the troublesome Meng Hongchen was still nearby, and she didn't want this secret—belonging only to her and Yuhao—to be known by another person.
"What are you two talking about, Gu Yuena? Are you also thinking of challenging Yuhao?"
Gu Yuena shook her head. There were indeed unique aspects among humans worth learning, but her current self didn't need those combat skills.
She only needed to temporarily trust Huo Yuhao, trust that he could help her recover, and then nothing else would be an issue.
As for whether she could advance further and grow into a God King-level combatant—that was something to consider later.
Just as they were talking, an unfamiliar guest suddenly intruded into Huo Yuhao's residence.
Gu Yuena's expression darkened, and she was about to act to deal with her, but Huo Yuhao stopped her.
"Come in. What's with all the sneaking around?"
Na Na, with an icy expression, walked into the courtyard. Seeing them grilling, especially Huo Yuhao, who seemed to have anticipated her arrival, she bit her silver teeth and said aggrievedly,
"What exactly did you do to me? Why were you able to control my body during the day? I want to know how you did it."
Huo Yuhao was expressionless. "Soul. I just took a part of your soul. Is that so strange?"
"Of course, if you hadn't released your Resentful Spirit Soul skill, then I might not have done this. But, who told you you're an evil Soul Master, right, angry Miss Na Na?"
Na Na's face changed. She threatened, "I don't know what you're talking about. Quickly return my soul to me, or I'll expose you to the academy and say you stole my soul."
This sentence almost made Huo Yuhao laugh. "Then please do. Perhaps you don't know, but the current Dean of the Imperial Soul Engineer Academy is Miss Meng's grandfather, who is right here before your eyes. As for me, there's even less to say."
"Who do you think the academy will believe— you, an evil Soul Master, or me?"
Meng Hongchen proudly lifted her fair neck, as if saying Yuhao was right. As for Yuhao saying this ghost Na Na was an evil Soul Master, she didn't care at all.
Na Na clearly hadn't expected Huo Yuhao to be so unyielding. She pursed her red lips, hesitated for a moment, and, looking at the two women beside him, secretly made up her mind.
Black high heels with red soles clicked on the ground as she walked step by step toward Huo Yuhao, making tapping sounds.
Her clothes began to fall off one by one, revealing her plumpness and skin. Meng Hongchen was completely caught off guard by this situation and immediately blushed crimson, quickly covering Huo Yuhao's eyes.
"What are you doing, you woman? This is too outrageous! Why are you taking off your clothes?"
Gu Yuena also couldn't maintain her composure. It was her first time seeing such a scene. Were humans all this open-minded?
But this seemed different from the knowledge she had learned.
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