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

He discovered there was simply nothing that matched.

"Write back and ask your Eldest Daddy and Second Daddy."

Huo Yuhao reminded her—

"After all, they're the sect masters. They must know many secrets you don't."

"For example, Brother Lan mentioned that your Clear Sky Sect has a divine skill of considerable value as well."

At the reminder, Wang Dong recalled something.

"The Great Sumeru Hammer can only be learned by those with a Clear Sky Hammer. Are you talking about Ring Detonation?"

"That's an unpassed secret of the Clear Sky Sect. Even among the main family, only the most exceptional geniuses are chosen to learn it."

"Yuhao, you..."

Wang Dong shook her head, indicating that there was little hope.

"I see." Huo Yuhao scratched his head. "Then I don't know."

At the same time, he asked Brother Lan in his heart. The information was wrong!

"Heh heh, just have her ask. Don't worry about the rest." Zhuge Lan answered vaguely.

How dare she question me?

Under normal circumstances, outsiders truly could not learn Ring Detonation.

But if one became the Clear Sky Sect's son-in-law, that was another matter.

Even if they could not obtain Ring Detonation, the Clear Sky Sect had stood in this world for tens of thousands of years. Surely, they could bring out something worthwhile.

If all else failed, they could trade favors—promise to do a few things for Huo Yuhao, and there would be corresponding Luck Value bonuses.

In any case, they could not possibly lose out.

Tai Chi Intent's Temptation! The Freshman Assessment Begins!

And so, the matter was settled.

Huo Yuhao let out a breath and placed the Torso Bone in Wang Dong's hand.

It gave Wang Dong quite a fright.

"What do you mean? You're just giving it to me?"

"I trust that you won't go back on your word." Huo Yuhao smiled sincerely. "Besides, we're destined to accompany each other for the rest of our lives. There's no need to draw such clear lines between us."

That inadvertent direct hit instantly made Wang Dong blush all the way to her ears.

Help!

Why was her heart beating so fast?!

Why was her head so dizzy?!

Even her breathing had become hurried!

"Oh ho!" Zhuge Lan said in surprise. "Little Yuhao made that sound just like a confession. What girl wouldn't be moved?"

"Such trust does strike directly at the heart," Electrolux agreed.

"Of course! Could the person I chose possibly be wrong?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said smugly.

After Wang Dong's heart raced wildly for a while,

under Huo Yuhao's insistence, she still accepted the Torso Bone.

But she did not intend to absorb it now. She even put off dual cultivation with Huo Yuhao for the time being, rose to her feet, and headed out of the dormitory.

"I'm not running away!" Wang Dong emphasized. "I'm going back to the Clear Sky Sect right now. I'll definitely return before the freshman assessment. By then, I'll absolutely bring you good news!"

Huo Yuhao frowned at that.

Wang Dong immediately became anxious. He had just said he trusted her—

"Going without dual cultivation for so long will put our progress behind." Huo Yuhao said regretfully. "Can't you just write a letter? Or should I accompany you there?"

Wang Dong stumbled over her words and swallowed what she had been about to say.

A-accompany her there?!

Don't make it sound so ambiguous!

"The Clear Sky Sect is very exclusionary, and traveling back and forth would waste time. You should stay at Shrek."

"If it were ordinary resources, I could mobilize them with a single letter."

"But something as significant as learning an inherited Soul Skill... if I don't return to the sect myself, the elders will have a hard time agreeing."

"Still, Eldest Daddy and Second Daddy dote on me. If I keep pestering them, they'll definitely agree."

Hearing that, Huo Yuhao had no choice but to agree.

—Brother Lan said the Great Sumeru Hammer was worth 250,000 Luck Value!

A genuine divine skill, capable of allowing mortals to briefly stand shoulder to shoulder with gods.

It was worth looking forward to.

"Then go quickly and come back soon. I'll wait for you at the academy," Huo Yuhao said reluctantly.

What he truly regretted was losing the dual cultivation bonus.

But to Wang Dong's ears, it carried another meaning entirely.

Now even her neck had turned red. She lowered her head and charged out of the dormitory, spreading her wings and vanishing into the night.

Even then, Huo Yuhao failed to notice anything strange.

"Wang Dong really is excited. Her face turned so red."

"Well, it's a compatible 240,000-year Torso Bone. I'd be flushed with excitement too."

Within the spiritual world, the two men and one silkworm either laughed or sighed.

Talk about not seeing what was right under his nose.

"That old brat Mu En definitely wanted to see this outcome too," Zhuge Lan speculated. "He sold me a favor, pushed the good thing between his two disciples along, and could also befriend the Clear Sky Sect. Killing three birds with one stone."

"He was also testing Little Yuhao's character," Electrolux added.

Zhuge Lan nodded in agreement. There was a reason old ginger was spicier.

"You humans have far too many twists and turns in your guts," Sky Dream Ice Silkworm muttered. "Unlike us Soul Beasts, who are straightforward. How simple is that?"

"Yes, yes, which is why you got captured and drained for ten thousand years," Zhuge Lan said sarcastically.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was enraged!

"Take this, Entanglement!"

With Wang Dong gone, they could not dual cultivate.

Instead, Huo Yuhao became even more diligent. Even while reading, he would eat several century-old Vajra Arhat Fruits to speed up the Yi Jin Jing's progress.

Whenever he had free time, he led Xiao Xiao and the other cult members in practicing Tai Chi Fist while sharing Spiritual Detection.

As for how much they could comprehend, that depended on each person's talent.

Yan Shaozhe attended every time, and the distant figures of Xuan Zi and others could also be seen.

Yet no one mentioned joining the Sacred Fire Cult.

It was not that they did not want to. Rather, everyone at the academy above Soul Douluo rank wanted in!

Who would join, and who would not?

Or would they all join?

Then who would Shrek belong to?

Xuan Zi was not yet the Sea God Pavilion Master, so he did not dare make such a major decision.

They could only wait for Mu En to return and take charge of the situation.

For now, they could only watch from afar and hope to comprehend some of its mysteries.

But all of Huo Yuhao's teachings took place within Spiritual Detection Sharing.

Even with direct instruction and personal demonstration, Xu Sanshi, Xiao Xiao, and the others progressed at a snail's pace.

How could merely watching possibly allow them to comprehend Tai Chi Intent?

Thus—

"I think it's just a technique for borrowing force to strike back. Is it really as profound as Shaozhe says?" Qian Duoduo questioned.

"That's because you're too stupid to grasp the essence!" Xuan Zi said after taking a swig of wine. "Shaozhe is about to break through."

Everyone was stunned!

Yan Shaozhe had been stuck at his bottleneck for nearly ten years, without the slightest sign of a breakthrough.

After practicing with Huo Yuhao for one week, he was about to break through?

Everyone's eyes instantly burned with eagerness!

Xuan Zi was similarly tempted, taking a huge bite out of his chicken leg.

But what concerned him even more was this—if the Yi Jin Jing could temper the body and alter one's talent, and Tai Chi Fist could even aid breakthroughs through Intent, what kind of terrifying existence was that exalted one?

Had he chosen Huo Yuhao because he truly valued him, or was Huo Yuhao merely a chess piece in some scheme?

Was the Sacred Fire Cult merely a passing interest, or was he laying out some grand plan?

Xuan Zi could not see through it.

I wonder whether Elder Mu has found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well yet.

The foundation for the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils' ascension to godhood was a single immortal herb. If I could obtain one too...

In the blink of an eye,

Huo Yuhao had been at the academy for three months, and the freshman assessment began.

Yet even as the first match was about to start, there was still no sign of either Wang Dong or Mu En.

"It's fine!" Xiao Xiao said with complete confidence. "With the class monitor here, the two of us can crush them too!"

Huo Yuhao smiled. That was not what worried him.

It was simply that the two most important people in his life had yet to return.

He could not help but worry about them.

Just then, the announcement sounded—

"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!"

The petite Xiao Xiao held her head high and walked onto the Soul Dueling Platform alongside the calm Huo Yuhao.

Wang Yan, the assessment teacher for Area Thirty-Three, swept his gaze across the back.

There were indeed only two of them.

"Student Huo Yuhao, is one of your teammates late? You may apply to postpone the match."

The Freshman Class Three team opposite them all wore dissatisfied expressions.

"Teacher! Didn't you say being late would count as defeat? Why are they allowed to postpone?"

Wang Yan glared at the three of them.

Why?

Two of them were Elder Mu's disciples, and one was Dean Yan's disciple.

Why do you think?

"Thank you for your kindness, Teacher, but there's no need," Huo Yuhao politely declined.

"That's right, Teacher. I alone am enough to deal with the three of them!" Xiao Xiao declared confidently.