Douluo's Peerless: Became Huo Yuhao's Golden Finger!

Cost: 50,000 Luck Value!

Create?

So expensive?

Zhuge Lan changed the conditions.

Condition: the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record's movement technique, "Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track"!

Cost: 8,000 Luck Value!

Create?

Looks like the price was right.

Expensive was fine as long as it was useful.

He glanced at the balance: 46,521 Luck Value!

Of that, 20,000 was his personal stash. The rest had been earned recently, half of it from Huo Yuhao.

Still far from enough.

There was no urgent need for it now, so he could wait until he had saved up more.

The night passed without incident.

Huo Yuhao cultivated until daylight. A thick black shell surfaced over his body, and the stench was so overpowering that even downwind, some of it drifted toward the dormitory building.

"Bleurgh—"

"Who shit their pants?"

"Did the sewers explode?"

"Find them! Find that bastard for me!"

The huge commotion jolted Huo Yuhao awake. Having just emerged from cultivation, he instinctively drew a breath.

"Bleurgh—"

Holy shit!

Was the smell really that strong?

Then, hearing the furious roars, he immediately felt guilty.

He looked up toward the recliner. Both the person and the chair were gone.

There was no need to ask why.

Huo Yuhao hurried to the bathhouse.

Then he laughed.

Three Mysterious Water Pills had given him the equivalent of two months' progress in the Yi Jin Jing, bringing the first stage to around 5%.

His Soul Power had also risen from newly reaching Rank 13 all the way to mid-Rank 15!

His cultivation speed had increased from five times to nine times!

Nearly doubled!

Moreover, he could sense that the pills' effect of increasing Soul Power had weakened to almost nothing, but under the Yi Jin Jing, their ability to purge bodily impurities remained just as effective.

—These Mysterious Water Pills could accelerate Yi Jin Jing cultivation!

"More precisely, it isn't the Mysterious Water Pill itself, but one of its ingredients: the Arhat Vajra Fruit," Zhuge Lan corrected. "You don't need to handle this personally. Just mention it to Ma Xiaotao, and she'll naturally send the resources over."

"Huh? Have Sister Xiao Tao buy cultivation resources for me?" Huo Yuhao hesitated slightly.

"You didn't think that joining our Holy Fire Meow Meow Sect would let her learn the Yi Jin Jing for free, did you?" Zhuge Lan said speechlessly. "Our ability to obtain Luck Value is our own capability. What has Ma Xiaotao contributed? Shouldn't she repay you, her benefactor?"

Huo Yuhao scratched his head.

That seemed right?

"Enough. Take a look at your data."

Host: Huo Yuhao;

Level: Rank 15;

Martial Soul 1: Spirit Eyes;

Martial Soul 2: Blank;

Luck Value: 23,241;

Five-dimensional attributes—

Mental Power: 57;

Immunity: 21;

Cellular Vitality: 29;

Muscle Strength: 27;

Nerve Reaction Speed: 31;

Note: Normal Rank 15 attributes are 50 points!

Huo Yuhao's eyes widened!

Only four days had passed, yet his attributes had increased so quickly?

It was absurd!

"You think that's fast? You've consumed quite a lot of resources."

Zhuge Lan lectured him—

"Jade Spring Tea, Mysterious Water Pills, and the Yi Jin Jing are all rare opportunities for ordinary Soul Masters."

"Cultivation is about fighting!"

"Fight for resources, fight for luck, fight for the world!"

"So there's no need to feel embarrassed. Compared to the benefits the Yi Jin Jing will bring Ma Xiaotao, this little bit is nothing."

"Besides, Vajra Arhat Fruit can accelerate Yi Jin Jing cultivation. That information alone is worth Ma Xiaotao paying a hefty price."

Huo Yuhao silently committed it all to memory.

No one had ever taught him these principles.

If Brother Lan had not pointed them out, he would have suffered plenty before figuring them out himself.

After scrubbing himself thoroughly, he finally washed away the stench that had nearly seeped into his flesh.

Huo Yuhao returned to the dormitory. As he raised his hand to push the door, it opened by itself, and his hand landed on Wang Dong's chest instead.

Wang Dong's gaze instantly turned dangerous!

However, Huo Yuhao withdrew his hand even faster. He gave Wang Dong a friendly smile and stepped aside to let her leave first.

Wang Dong looked annoyed, but she also knew Huo Yuhao had not done it on purpose.

And he did not know she was a girl.

But she was still angry!

She snapped, "Classes start today. Why are you still standing around here like an idiot?"

This was their first conversation since their fight that day.

"Yeah, I know." Huo Yuhao nodded. "There's still half an hour. I'm going to cultivate a little more."

Wang Dong's expression shifted slightly.

Over the past few days, she had witnessed Huo Yuhao's diligence.

Especially since, as the victor, he had still been willing to follow the rules she had proposed before.

That made Wang Dong regard him a little more highly.

But only a little.

"You'll suffer if you're late!"

She walked past Huo Yuhao and hurried away.

Huo Yuhao sniffed the air. It smelled rather nice.

He did not think much of it.

Returning to his long-unseen little bed, he sat cross-legged and began circulating the Yi Jin Jing.

In just half an hour, he would not expel too many impurities. There would not be any smell.

As for why he did not go outside?

The enraged students, upperclassmen, and upperclasswomen were still searching for the source of the stench.

He was afraid they would lie in wait for him.

Zhou Yi's Show of Authority, an Unusual Beginning!

"It is nearly time for class. All Spirit Hall Academy students, please proceed to your classrooms."

"Latecomers will not be allowed inside!"

"Three, two, one!"

The doors of the white Teaching Building slowly closed. Huo Yuhao, now dressed in a white school uniform, entered just in time.

Class One was the first room on the left side of the first floor. Most seats in the tiered classroom were occupied.

Only the first seat in the front row remained empty, its illuminated nameplate reading "Huo Yuhao."

He walked toward it, casually sweeping his gaze around.

There were one hundred people including himself. His roommate Wang Dong sat in the middle, surrounded by female classmates in three rings.

What a coincidence?

Huo Yuhao had every reason to suspect he had been squeezed into the front row.

He did not feel much about it. He was even somewhat relieved—women only affected the speed of cultivation.

He sat down.

Huo Yuhao immediately began circulating the Yi Jin Jing, cultivating every second he could spare.

The classroom was bustling with chatter as everyone whispered among themselves.

That made him stand out sharply.

Bang!

The loud sound of the door being thrown open made Huo Yuhao slowly finish his cultivation. An elderly woman entered, her gray-white hair piled atop her head. Though her face was wrinkled, her eyes were exceptionally dark and bright.

There was none of the cloudiness common in the elderly.

Either she was immensely powerful, or—

"Stop guessing. That woman is disguised. Her real body is a rather beautiful young matron," Zhuge Lan revealed. "She was afraid she wouldn't be able to keep the class in line, so she made herself uglier."

Huo Yuhao nodded in understanding.

With the teacher's arrival, the classroom temporarily fell silent.

The elderly woman walked to the podium, her calm gaze sweeping from left to right.

Most people did not dare meet her eyes, but Huo Yuhao was certainly not among them. He even studied her with considerable curiosity.

When their eyes met—

The elderly woman had the illusion that her disguise had been seen through.

She looked at Huo Yuhao for several seconds longer.