"Alright." Ma Xiaotao said happily, "I broke through today, so I'm in a good mood! We're going to the Treasure Appraisal Meeting tonight. Pick whatever catches your eye! Charge it to Teacher's gold card!"
Uh.
Without that last sentence, she would have sounded pretty lavish.
"Sure, let's go take a look." Wang Dong replied. "My dad gave me quite a few Gold Soul Coins before I left home this time, so I can really splurge!"
"Then thank you, Sister Xiao Tao." Huo Yuhao accepted.
"Thank you, Senior Disciple Sister!" Xiao Xiao said obediently.
"Not bad. Keep it up. I'll come watch you win the championship this afternoon," Ma Xiaotao declared confidently.
None of Wang Dong's group of three objected.
It was only the championship—easy as taking something from a bag.
"We're done eating and are about to cultivate. Sister Xiao Tao, want to join us?" Huo Yuhao asked. "There are new members at noon, so I'll be teaching Tai Chi Fist."
Ma Xiaotao frowned upon hearing that.
"Forget it, forget it. What's so fun about using softness to overcome hardness? Isn't it much more satisfying to just charge straight through?"
"I'm going back to raid Teacher's Little Treasury. The freshman assessment gathers this afternoon."
Ma Xiaotao left in a whirlwind.
Huo Yuhao silently mourned for his senior brother for a few seconds.
When they arrived in front of the dormitory.
Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er had already been waiting for quite some time.
Jiang Nannan was also there, with Xu Sanshi eagerly fawning over her beside her.
That made Huo Yuhao frown slightly.
Jiang Nannan had clearly rejected him. Was Xu Sanshi unable to understand, or simply unwilling to?
"Little Yuhao, you're here." Xu Sanshi said happily, "Nannan said she gained some insight into