Gu Yuena Picked Up the Hammer Again

As soon as class ended, Wei Xiaofeng and his roommate approached Huo Yuhao. "Classmate Yuhao, I'd like to ask more about the previous topic—the key points of the Soul Spirit Symbiosis Meditation..."

Over this period, they had gradually become acquainted with Huo Yuhao and had received his guidance as well.

Some cultivation tricks regarding the new Meditation Technique had benefited them greatly.

They had no idea how he had become so knowledgeable at such a young age.

Watching Huo Yuhao leave the classroom after giving his advice, and Gu Yuena depart shortly afterward, Wei Xiaofeng looked at the people beside him and asked,

"Come to think of it, I've never seen Classmate Huo Yuhao around the dorms. Does he live somewhere else?"

"Huh? You only just noticed?" Xie Xie, who was passing by, rolled his eyes. "He and Classmate Gu Yuena were probably admitted to an Advanced Academy long ago. They're only at the Academy to go through the motions. You don't seriously think any Academy would turn away talents like them, do you?"

Wei Xiaofeng frowned. "Of course I know that. I'm just curious about the relationship between him and Classmate Gu Yuena."

After learning that Gu Yuena was not actually arrogant, some girls had worked up the courage to approach her. They had even managed to speak with her, though her personality was rather cold, so they could only be considered friends.

But Gu Yuena and Huo Yuhao seemed quite close. He often saw the two of them leaving the Academy together, which made him curious and sparked his urge to gossip.

Was it mutual appreciation between geniuses, or was there another reason?

"They should be living together, so naturally they're close."

At that moment, Wang Jinxi, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

Wei Xiaofeng and Xie Xie widened their eyes and stared at him in disbelief.

Who would have thought that this Brother, who usually barely spoke, would bring up such an explosive topic the moment he opened his mouth?

Wang Jinxi realized they had misunderstood and added, "You misunderstood. I mean their dorm rooms are in the same building. When I went jogging during morning training before, I saw a building near the campus greenbelt. They had gone inside."

"So that's what you meant."

Xie Xie nodded, then pondered. "Still, I think their backgrounds are far from simple. Do you remember when I asked whether Teacher Luo was from the Spirit Pagoda, and he tacitly admitted it?"

"You mean Classmate Yuhao and the others are all from the Spirit Pagoda, which is why they're close?"

Wei Xiaofeng frowned, looking somewhat surprised. "Seriously?"

"I believe that guess, anyway." Xie Xie rubbed his chin. "In Eastsea City, only people from there could outclass me by such a margin."

Wei Xiaofeng's eye twitched, and he curled his lip. "Tch. You're not even as good as me."

"If your Soul Spirit doesn't undergo Spirit Ascension and reach the Thousand Year Level, your cultivation speed will gradually slow down. You know that better than I do."

Xie Xie shrugged and smiled. "As for me, my advantage will only truly show once I reach level thirty."

His family's Legendary Soul Spirit was a thousand-year one. That would be the stage where he held the advantage!

Hearing that, Wei Xiaofeng opened his mouth but found himself unable to refute it.

No matter how compatible they were, Xiaoqing could only accompany him until Two Rings. Once he added a new Soul Spirit after Three Rings, his cultivation could no longer remain as fast as it was now.

Wang Jinxi watched Wei Xiaofeng for a moment, then unusually took the initiative to break the silence. "If they're from the Spirit Pagoda, then why did they enter Eastsea Academy? They could have gone to a better Intermediate Academy, or even Shrek Academy, to study, couldn't they?"

Xie Xie thought for a moment before saying, "The dorm arrangements are made by the Academy, so it wouldn't be strange for them to receive special treatment given their strength. But they seemed to have been like this from the very start of the semester. That means the Academy knew about them from the beginning... Maybe the Academy even deliberately recruited them."

"Could it be because of the Tianhai Alliance Tournament a year from now? Our Academy Dean is pretty capable, huh? He actually managed to bring people over from the Spirit Pagoda to help..."

As Xie Xie gradually began discussing things they did not understand, Wei Xiaofeng and Wang Jinxi exchanged looks.

What was this guy talking about?

At the Mecha Master Association, Huo Yuhao headed toward a reception room and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Hearing a somewhat familiar female voice from inside, Huo Yuhao's expression turned strange, but he still opened the door and walked in.

In the center of the room, a girl with a golden ponytail turned around and said, "Hello, you must be the Manufacturer assigned by the Mecha Master Association to cooperate with me. I'm Level 2 Blacksmith Mu Xi..."

She stopped halfway through. Looking at the somewhat familiar boy before her, Mu Xi was once again reminded of that embarrassing incident from three years ago...

She wanted to find a hole and crawl into it!

"Miss Mu Xi, there's no need to be so nervous."

Huo Yuhao looked at Mu Xi, who had lowered her head as though studying whether there were cracks in the floor, and said with an amused smile,

"We didn't have any conflict back then."

"...You sure have a good mindset."

Mu Xi took a light breath, raised her head to look at Huo Yuhao, and barely forced out a natural expression as she relentlessly cursed the tiny Tang Wulin in her heart.

It was all your fault, Tang Wulin!

After the Blacksmith Association and the Mecha Master Association officially entered into a partnership, they allocated some resources toward nurturing their younger generation. The Mecha Master Association supplied rare metals to blacksmiths, who forged them before handing them over to members of the Mecha Master Association for designing and manufacturing. This brought the younger members of both sides closer together and allowed them to improve jointly.

The reason for adopting this form of cooperation was naturally that the Mecha Master Association was wealthier than the Blacksmith Association. After all, one side merely supplied materials, while the other manufactured Soul Tool products.

Blacksmiths were certainly important, but aside from exceptional figures like Divine Craftsmen and Saint Craftsmen, providing raw materials did not earn much money. For low-level blacksmiths, this was an excellent opportunity.

With such favorable conditions, Mu Xi, formerly the number one—and now the number two—most outstanding genius of the East Sea Blacksmith Association, had also been arranged by Mu Chen to serve as a representative.

However, over the past few days, she had been busy challenging Tang Wulin to forging contests and had not had time to come. She never expected that when she finally came today, she would run directly into Huo Yuhao.

The events of three years ago remained vivid in her mind. She truly did not want to cooperate with him!

Ignoring Mu Xi's stiff expression, Huo Yuhao took out three pieces of rare metal.

"Let's not talk about that anymore. I need your help processing these metals. Perform Hundred Forgings purification on all of them. Can you do that?"

Mu Xi accepted them with a frown, examined them twice, and nodded. "Of course. No problem."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Huo Yuhao thanked her, then asked, "Come to think of it, didn't your Association recently produce a nine-year-old Level 2 Blacksmith? Didn't he come here?"

"No. He's been working hard to make money lately." Mu Xi narrowed her eyes at Huo Yuhao. "By the way, how do you know about our Association's affairs?"

"I'm from the Spirit Pagoda."

"..."

She had nearly forgotten. That Tang Wulin had a close connection with the Spirit Pagoda.

Mu Xi looked thoughtfully at Huo Yuhao. "You don't actually want to partner with me either, do you? You want to cooperate with Tang Wulin?"

Huo Yuhao smiled and shook his head. "Miss Mu Xi, you're overthinking it."

Since Tang San's Divine Sense had awakened and Tang Wulin was working hard to make money... it meant Tang Wulin was not far from breaking the First Floor seal.

After chatting with Mu Xi for a while longer, Huo Yuhao noticed her wandering gaze and spared her from further discomfort, taking the initiative to stand and leave the reception room.

Just as he was about to head to his manufacturing room to tinker with that piece of Spirit Metal, Huo Yuhao saw Gu Yuena holding a small hammer as she stood outside his manufacturing room.

"..."

Miss Gu Yuena, don't tell me you're planning to knock me out with that hammer?