Didn't Care

Half a day earlier.

Not long after separating from Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong was met by Senior Brother Beibei. With his VIP status, she successfully entered the Treasure Appraisal Meeting.

Of course, that was also based on the fact that her own talent was quite exceptional.

In the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's evaluation, Wang Dong had won over the attendant girls present with her exquisite appearance alone.

Then, when her age and Soul Power Level were registered, they were even more astonished. Their burning gazes and respectful, gentle tones made Wang Dong feel a little lightheaded.

Although, limited by her current status as a newly enrolled Shrek freshman, she could only receive a Yellow Grade rating.

According to Senior Brother, however, once she obtained the status of an Outer Court Core Disciple, her rating could be raised directly to Purple Grade, the highest rank possible for someone her age.

That restored a bit of Wang Dong's confidence.

What was that? Turns out my talent is actually pretty strong.

Sure enough, she could not be blamed for her previous defeat. It was mainly because a certain roommate was too monstrous, and she had not even used her full strength at the time. The loss was not her fault.

If Huo Yuhao had known about Wang Dong's forced self-consolation—

He would only have shaken his head. Wake up, will you? Look at how high your starting point is, how many resources you've consumed. Are you seriously proud of getting a mere Yellow Grade privilege?

The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and Wang Dong thinks she can do it again.

Look at your Senior Brother Beibei. With his talent and background, was he arrogant? For him to achieve what he had today, his own hard work had undoubtedly been indispensable.

Beibei was one of the Outer Court Core Disciples. He had broken through to level thirty at the age of thirteen, and now, more than two years later, he stood only one step away from becoming a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.

With that cultivation speed, he fully deserved to be called an Outer Court genius! Beibei's VIP privilege was Purple Grade, granting him a ten percent discount on any item purchased in the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

The most expensive item at this Treasure Appraisal Meeting was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, priced at 3.5 million Gold Soul Coins.

Wang Dong's response was: she had indeed broadened her horizons, though not by much.

Although Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones of this caliber were fairly rare outside as well, she had still seen several before.

Coupled with the fact that its attributes did not suit anyone particularly well, they merely took a look at it.

What interested Wang Dong more was the ambiguous relationship between Senior Brother Beibei and Sect Master Tang Ya.

The two had an exceptionally good relationship.

It was not merely that of master and disciple within the sect; it had long surpassed the relationship between ordinary classmates or good friends.

As long as one observed carefully, it was easy to sense something more. Their everyday interactions carried quite the feeling of a couple.

Moreover, this time, Beibei had used bringing Wang Dong out to broaden her horizons as an excuse to invite Xu Sanshi, the other of the Outer Court Twin Stars, to attend the Treasure Appraisal Meeting.

His true purpose was to buy suitable treasures for Tang Ya to aid her cultivation.

Xu Sanshi looked about the same age as Beibei. He was tall and powerfully built, with thick brows, tiger-like eyes, a straight nose, and square lips—a truly dignified-looking young man.

Listening to Beibei and Xu Sanshi chat, Wang Dong got her fill of gossip.

Shocking! The tangled love and hate between the Outer Court Twin Stars and two women.

Shocking! The Outer Court Twin Stars actually chose to repeat a year in pursuit of women.

Xu Sanshi sized Wang Dong up for a while before he could not help sighing. "Beibei, I didn't expect your Tang Sect to really recruit such promising talent. This junior brother doesn't look weak at all."

Beibei chuckled. "The Tang Sect is flourishing more and more these days. Since I promised Xiaoya that I'd help her revive the sect, I'll definitely keep my word. How about it? Want to join our Tang Sect?"

Xu Sanshi grinned. "If you can pull Nannan in, then I'll definitely join. But Beibei, you've given me an idea. This year, I'm going to repeat a year like you did. That way, Nannan and I can be in the same class. The one nearest the water gets the moon first."

Beibei rolled his eyes. "Should I call you devoted, or shamelessly persistent? It's been so long, yet you and Jiang Nannan haven't made even the slightest progress. It'd be embarrassing if word got out—what a disgrace to us Twin Stars."

Having his sore spot struck, Xu Sanshi's face reddened as he argued, "First love is like that! You've never experienced a soul-stirring first love, so you wouldn't understand!"

"Besides, Beibei, you should worry about your own Xiaoya first. With her current cultivation, if she keeps dividing her attention toward the Tang Sect instead of focusing on cultivating, graduating from the Outer Court will be difficult."

Beibei sighed. "You know how difficult Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls are to cultivate. She's already doing her best. After all, Xiaoya doesn't possess a Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul like the Tang Sect's ancestor did..."

After that, the two continued trading jokes and exposing each other's shortcomings.

For some reason, after hearing about the Tang Sect ancestor's Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, Wang Dong felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Could there be records of something like that in my own sect?

She could not quite remember.

Still, given the connection between her Clear Sky Sect and the Tang Sect, there should be such records.

Wang Dong decided that when she went home for the holiday, she would carefully search through the sect's archives. Perhaps she could help Senior Brother Beibei and Senior Sister Xiaoya.

The moon had risen high above the treetops.

Wang Dong sat on Huo Yuhao's bed, looking somewhat forlorn.

It was already this late. Why had Huo Yuhao still not returned?

It was not like she cared about that idiot.

Still, they had clearly agreed earlier that they would return to the dorm that evening to cultivate together and explore their Martial Soul Fusion Skill together.

He hadn't forgotten, had he?

Damn it, he got a senior sister and forgot his brother.

Who would've thought Huo Yuhao was that kind of person?

Damn Ma Xiaotao.

Wang Dong: I was here first!

Ma Xiaotao: Wrong. You're the challenger.

Although Wang Dong was confident that, once she removed her disguise, her looks would surpass Ma Xiaotao's, when it came to her figure...

Unconsciously comparing their sizes, Wang Dong felt a trace of bitterness in her heart.

Senior Sister Ma Xiaotao was truly well-endowed and broad-chested. Compared to her, Wang Dong was practically humiliating herself.

But it wasn't a big problem. At her age, there was definitely still room for improvement.

Once she grew up, everything would get better!

She had to admit that getting beaten up had been somewhat effective.

Although this was only the first day Wang Dong had met Huo Yuhao.

Her impression of Huo Yuhao was fairly good. She had completely acknowledged him as her roommate, and coupled with the Martial Soul resonance between them—

Without realizing it, Huo Yuhao had already taken up no small place in her heart.

And during their cultivation experiment that afternoon, Wang Dong could sense that Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul had a high degree of compatibility with both of her Martial Souls.

In other words, she and Huo Yuhao might possess a Dual Martial Soul Fusion Skill unlike any that had ever existed!

The advantage is mine!!

There was just one thing Wang Dong found strange: the aura of Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul did not feel like the Ice Attribute he had used when fighting her at noon.

Could it be that he also possessed Twin Martial Souls?

If that was true, then his talent truly stood above all others of his age.

She had thought that having the Clear Sky Hammer as her Second Martial Soul already made her invincible, yet Huo Yuhao had been hiding his true prowess even more deeply.

With that thought, Wang Dong immediately began cultivating.

For the first time in a long while, she felt a sense of urgency.

No matter what, she couldn't let her Soul Power Level fall too far behind Yuhao's.

The activation of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill also placed great importance on the difference in Soul Power Level between the two people. If the gap was too large, its effect would suffer.

However, even after she finished cultivating—

Wang Dong still failed to remember one thing.

She was still on Huo Yuhao's bed...