School's Finally Starting, Yay!

"Nothing. As your roommate, it's perfectly reasonable for me to remind you, isn't it?"

Wang Dong: (_)

This roommate was no longer wanted.

It was her first time seeing someone with so little sense of personal distance.

Wang Dong silently quickened her pace and said irritably, "Got it. Why are you rushing me?"

Huo Yuhao shook his head with a click of his tongue. "School starts in a few days. With how greedy and lazy you are, don't get expelled by Shrek Academy. Where else would I find someone to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with then?"

"Huo Yuhao!"

Wang Dong instantly lost her composure. She snorted coldly. "You should worry about yourself first."

Is the Martial Soul Fusion Skill really that important to you?

You're completely full of yourself.

Huo Yuhao turned back, raising an eyebrow. "What do I have to worry about?"

Wang Dong smiled smugly and threw down a challenge. "I heard from Senior Brother that the New Student Assessment is in three months. When the time comes for the 3v3 Soul Master matches, just wait for me!"

"Oh?" Huo Yuhao asked in return. "Then I suppose you haven't heard Beibei mention something?"

"What is it?"

Wang Dong thought: Through Beibei's channels, she had thoroughly prepared for the start of school. What could there possibly be that she didn't know?

Information Queen Wang Dong had arrived!

Huo Yuhao explained, "It's about your Class One Class Teacher, Zhou Yi. She isn't an easy person to get along with."

At that, Wang Dong laughed.

"Senior Brother Beibei already told me. That monster teacher may be strict, but she's a good teacher. Among all the students who advanced from the classes she taught, not a single one had anything bad to say about her.

"Moreover, according to statistics gathered by interested parties, nearly a quarter of the students who studied under Teacher Zhou and advanced entered the Inner Court. That figure is among the very best in the entire academy.

"Teacher Zhou's strictness mainly lies in her excessively high demands on students and her harsh teaching methods. But for someone as outstanding and hardworking as me, her guidance can only be beneficial."

Hearing that, Huo Yuhao smiled as well.

"You don't understand. Zhou Yi can freely expel students who fail to complete the assessments. Once the total number of students drops, wouldn't the advancement rate rise? That's called survivor bias, understand?"

"Huh?" Wang Dong was quite surprised as well. "Shrek's teachers have that much authority? Really? You didn't hear some unreliable rumor somewhere, did you?"

Huo Yuhao smiled. "Naturally, I heard it from an Inner Court senior sister I'm familiar with. As for why she has such great authority, it probably has something to do with her husband. He's an important figure in the Soul Tool Department."

But Wang Dong's attention had landed on something else. "A senior sister you're familiar with... You don't mean Senior Sister Ma Xiaotao from yesterday, do you?"

"That's right, but that's not the point right now, okay? Have you considered transferring classes?"

"Transferring classes?"

"That's right." Huo Yuhao nodded. "The two of us have a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. That gives you a perfectly legitimate reason to transfer into the same class as me. Brother Hao will carry you to victory."

Wang Dong frowned and began to seriously analyze the matter.

"If Zhou Yi really is as you say, then why would the students who studied under her all praise her so highly?"

"I think that if someone at Shrek Academy could really abuse their authority and cover the sky with one hand, then it wouldn't deserve to be called the continent's number one academy. Besides, there's no guarantee your secondhand information is reliable. I'm not going."

Most importantly, she still wanted to have a proper 3v3 match against Huo Yuhao. If she accepted his invitation now, wouldn't it make her seem afraid of him?

It didn't matter that she had lost their one-on-one fight. She refused to believe she would have no chance in a Team Battle.

Whether it was the competitive spirit rising in her heart or some indescribable feeling, she did not want to agree so easily.

"Fine, I won't try to persuade you anymore. Good advice can't save a fool determined to die. You'll understand once you attend Zhou Yi's class."

Huo Yuhao felt helpless as he looked at the stubborn simpleton that was Wang Dong.

"Can't you hope for better things for me?"

"How about this? I'll tell you a few more useful things, so you don't get expelled later. Just don't casually contradict Zhou Yi. Follow her rules and orders properly. Endure it for three months, and wait until the classes are reassigned..."

Seeing Huo Yuhao give such earnest and detailed reminders, explaining things so seriously, Wang Dong, who had just made such bold claims, felt a little regretful.

She listened carefully as well, then stammered, "I-I know."

"If you regret it now, I can still help you transfer classes."

"No, I don't regret it!"

Huo Yuhao: ...

Of everything about you, your mouth is the toughest.

But even the toughest mouth, cough cough...

"Anyway, don't follow everyone else and keep indulging yourself. Follow my lead and make the most of your time cultivating."

This was Huo Yuhao's well-meaning reminder.

Wang Dong kept saying she would defeat him in the New Student Assessment, but she should not end up unable to even face him when the time came.

In the Original Work, since Class 1 had no Soul Elders, the strongest fighter was actually Wang Dong, who was currently only level 21.

If not for Huo Yuhao turning the tide, even making it into the round of thirty-two and facing Ning Tian's team from Class 9 would have been extremely difficult.

Since school had not officially started yet, most new students had yet to experience Shrek Academy's brutal elimination system. One after another, they either wandered around Shrek Academy or went to Shrek City to relax.

Their eyes shone with the clear stupidity of innocence. They believed that getting into Shrek meant they would soar to greatness. They had to cultivate diligently to get into Shrek Academy, and they still had to cultivate diligently after enrolling? Then what was the point of getting in?

Little did they know that even the upperclassmen were racing against time to cultivate diligently, terrified of being eliminated.

In the end, only a small minority of Soul Masters could truly set aside their restless thoughts and keep up diligent cultivation.

After returning to the dormitory and freshening up, the two sat cross-legged on their respective beds and entered cultivation.

By noon.

Huo Yuhao took Wang Dong with him to Shrek Academy's cafeteria.

Although Shrek's cafeteria had all sorts of shortcomings, it provided high-grade ingredients, all of them foods greatly beneficial to a Soul Master's body.

After eating, they continued cultivating.

Dormitory, cafeteria for meals, back to the dormitory, then continued cultivation.

Huo Yuhao led Wang Dong into a routine that revolved around two points and one line, and an extraordinary sense of fulfillment filled Wang Dong.

She had never found cultivation enjoyable before.

If not for Huo Yuhao urging her on, she might have given up long ago.

Time flew by, and five days passed like this.

The moon hung above the treetops.

Tomorrow would be Shrek Academy's official opening day.

Although Soul Masters could generally replace sleep with meditative cultivation, maintaining such high-intensity meditation had become difficult for Wang Dong given her current Spiritual Power and physical quality.

Every so often, she still needed to rest properly for an entire night and clear away the fatigue accumulated from days of cultivation.

Thus, under Wang Dong's repeated pleas, Huo Yuhao let her off today and allowed her to enjoy a good night's sleep.

Huo Yuhao had originally intended to rest for the night as well.

But plans could not keep up with change. Thanks to the subtle effects of the Fifth Rank Hope Gu, the final step of evolution that his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul had needed to wait until level 30 to complete, after absorbing the corresponding Spirit Ring—

At this moment, it broke through the bottleneck directly and naturally.

Tonight.

The Spirit Eyes Martial Soul had already undergone a quiet transformation!

"Hmm, should I give Spirit Eyes a new name to celebrate its evolution?"

For a moment, Huo Yuhao hesitated.