The matter was settled just like that.
Huo Yuhao finally breathed a sigh of relief, placing the torso bone in Wang Dong's hands.
That startled Wang Dong.
"What do you mean? You're just giving it to me like this?"
"I believe you won't go back on your word." Huo Yuhao's smile was sincere. "Besides, we're destined to spend our lives together, there's no need to keep things so divided."
That one unintentional confession made Wang Dong's face turn scarlet all the way to his ears.
Save me! Why is my heart beating so fast?!
Why does my head feel dizzy?!
And why is my breathing so quick?!
"Oh-ho!" Zhoug Lan exclaimed, "This little Yuhao, those words sound like a confession. What girl could resist that?"
"Such trust really does strike straight at the heart," Electrolux agreed.
"Of course! Would my chosen person ever be wrong?" Tianmeng Iceworm said proudly.
…
After her little deer heart finished stamping about, Wang Dong finally accepted the torso bone under Huo Yuhao's insistence.
But she wasn't planning on absorbing it yet—nor even continuing dual cultivation for now. She stood up and headed for the dormitory door.
"I'm not running away!" she emphasized.
"I'm just returning to the Clear Sky Sect for a while. I'll definitely be back before the freshman assessment, and when I return I'll bring good news!"
Huo Yuhao frowned at that.
Wang Dong panicked at once.
She had just finished saying she trusted him, and now he looked unhappy—what if he misunderstood?!
"So long without dual cultivation, our progress will fall behind," Huo Yuhao sighed. "Couldn't you just write a letter? Or… I could accompany you in person?"
Her lips tripped, and the words almost escaped—accompany me… to my sect?
Don't make it sound so ambiguous!
"The Clear Sky Sect is extremely closed-off. Traveling back and forth would just waste time. You should stay here at Shrek. If it were ordinary resources, a letter would do, but for a matter as major as inheritance soul skills, the elders won't approve unless I personally ask. Still, my first and second uncles dote on me. If I push a little, they'll surely agree."
Hearing this, Yuhao had to concede.
—Brother Lan had said this Great Sumeru Hammer was worth 250,000 fortune points!
A true divine skill that could let a mortal briefly stand shoulder to shoulder with gods.
Definitely worth anticipating.
"Then hurry and return. I'll be waiting for you at the Academy," Huo Yuhao said with reluctance.
His intent was about missing their dual cultivation bonus.
But in Wang Dong's ears, it carried a very different weight.
Now even her neck turned red.
Burying her head, she darted out the dorm like a charging lancer, wings flaring as she disappeared into the night.
Huo Yuhao didn't even realize what had just happened.
"Wang Dong sure was excited, her face turned bright red."
"Well, a 240.000 years torso bone that perfectly matches—it's no surprise. I'd get flushed too," Zhuge Lan said with a smile.
In Yuhao's mental sea, Electrolux and the Iceworm either laughed or sighed.
Truly blind under the lamp, huh?
"Mu En probably wanted to see exactly this result," Zhuge Lan speculated. "He sold me a favor, furthered the bond between his two disciples, and fostered ties with the Clear Sky Sect. Three birds with one stone."
"And a chance to test Yuhao's heart as well," Electrolux added.
"Exactly. The old are always the shrewd ones," Zhuge Lan nodded.
"You humans always twist things into convoluted knots," the Iceworm muttered. "We soul beasts are simple and direct."
"Sure, sure. Which is why you got caught and squeezed for ten thousand years," Zhuge Lan retorted dryly.
The Iceworm fumed. "Eat my binding attack!"
…
With Wang Dong gone and no dual cultivation possible, Huo Yuhao threw himself into training even harder. He even popped a few hundred-year Vajra Arhat Fruits while studying the Muscle Transformation Manual, speeding up his progress.
In spare moments, he led Xiao Xiao and the others in practicing Taichi Boxing under his Spiritual Detection Sharing.
As for how much they could grasp—that depended on their own comprehension.
Yan Shaozhe never missed a session, and even Xuanzi and the others secretly watched from afar.
But none mentioned joining the Holy Flame Sect.
Not that they didn't want to—but if even Titled Douluo-level experts in the Academy wanted in, who would you allow and who would you turn away?
Wouldn't Shrek itself risk becoming the sect?
Xuanzi wasn't yet Sea God Pavilion Master, so he couldn't make that decision.
Only Mu En could settle such weighty matters.
For now, they could only watch from a distance, hoping to glean a sliver of insight.
Yet even with Huo Yuhao's personal guidance through sharing, Xiao Xiao and Xu Sanshi's progress was painfully slow.
Just watching wasn't enough to comprehend the essence.
"So far, all I see is a borrowing-force technique. Is it really as profound as Shaozhe claims?" Qian Duoduo questioned.
"That's because you're too stupid to catch the essence!" Xuanzi downed a gulp of wine. "Shaozhe—he's about to break through."
Everyone was stunned!
Shaozhe had been stuck at his bottleneck for nearly a decade, with no sign of progress.
Now, after just one week practicing with Huo Yuhao, he was about to break through?!
Everyone's eyes burned with desire.
Xuanzi too was tempted, gnawing off half a chicken leg in one bite.
But what troubled him more was—the Muscle Transformation Manual can change aptitude, Taichi can assist breakthroughs… just what kind of terrifying existence is that honored one?
Did he choose Huo Yuhao because of Yuhao himself, or was the boy merely a chess piece in some greater plan?
Was the Holy Flame Sect merely a fleeting whim, or was it plotting a vast game?
He couldn't see through it.
I wonder if Elder Mu has found the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well yet… The foundation of the first-generation Shrek Seven Devils' godhood was a single immortal herb.
If I could obtain one too…
…
Time flew. Huo Yuhao had already been enrolled for three months, and now the freshman assessment began.
But even as the first battle was about to start, Wang Dong and Mu En were still nowhere to be seen.
"No worries!" Xiao Xiao declared confidently. "With Class Monitor here, the two of us can smash through them!"
Huo Yuhao just smiled. He wasn't worried about the match. He only worried about the two most important people in his life, who had yet to return.
At that moment, the broadcast resounded—
"First round, first match! Freshman Class One: Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao. Freshman Class Three: Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, Zhao Haochen!"
"Class Monitor, let's go!"
Chin raised proudly, Xiao Xiao marched with Huo Yuhao onto the Duel Spirit Stage.
Teacher Wang Yan, the proctor for Class 33, glanced over the group.
Indeed, only the two of them had shown up.
"Huo Yuhao, is your last teammate just late? If so, you may apply to postpone."
The Class Three students all scowled.
"Teacher! Didn't the rules say tardiness equals defeat? Why should they get special treatment?"
Wang Yan shot them a glare.
Why?
Because those two are Mu En's disciples, and Xiao Xiao's also Dean Yan's disciple.
That's why!
"Thank you for your kindness, teacher, but it's not necessary," Huo Yuhao declined politely.
"Yeah, teacher, I alone am more than enough to deal with them!" Xiao Xiao piped up with confidence.
That earned glares from all three of their opponents.
"Fine then! Let's see how you handle three against one!"
"They said it themselves, teacher. Let's start already!"
"Don't cry when you get beaten!" Xiao Xiao stuck her tongue out at them, then turned to Huo Yuhao.
"Class Monitor, I'll handle this. You don't even need to lift a finger!"
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