New Transfer Student

"I don't know either. I only heard it from them. Later, I saw that transfer student who had just come out of the Academic Affairs Office. He was actually even more handsome than me."

Wang Dong sounded rather gritted-teeth. Her looks had always been something she took pride in. Although she sometimes appeared impatient with the young girls crowding around her, she was secretly delighted inside.

But now, all the girls in the class were chattering about that boy, leaving Wang Dong utterly depressed.

"What about his strength? It can't be better than yours too, right? You're a genius, after all."

Huo Yuhao laughed gleefully at her misfortune.

"I don't know about his strength, but it probably isn't bad. Otherwise, Shrek Academy wouldn't have broken its rules to let him join."

Seeing Huo Yuhao still mocking her, Wang Dong became even more dejected.

"You're still laughing? Hurry up and cultivate."

With Tang San's help, even without a second martial soul, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong still developed the Hao Dong Power from the original story.

The next day, Huo Yuhao finally met that transfer student. Just as Wang Dong had said, he was far more handsome than her.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Lu Wu. My martial soul is Bai Ze. I am twelve years old, and my Soul Power is rank forty-one. Please take care of me."

The boy beside the podium wore a gentle smile. A beam of sunlight streamed directly through the window and shone upon him, making him seem like a divine being.

"That guy looks like a god descended to the mortal world!"

Tian Meng exclaimed in Huo Yuhao's mind. This was the first time he had ever seen someone with such a temperament.

"Lu Wu, where would you like to sit?"

Zhou Yi asked Lu Wu in a gentle tone. Heaven knew how excited she had been upon learning that Lu Wu was joining her class. A twelve-year-old at rank forty-one—and not one of those watered-down Soul Ancestors from the Sun Moon Empire. As for why an exception had been made for him to enroll now, she did not care. All she knew was that her class would remain number one for this entire year.

"I'll sit there."

Lu Wu pointed at the empty seat behind Huo Yuhao. Right now, he only wanted to get settled as soon as possible. Zhou Yi's fierce old-woman face smiling at him was truly difficult for him to accept.

"By the way, do you want to be class monitor? The class monitor must be the strongest person in the class."

Zhou Yi continued asking. She only wanted to bind this child to the class as quickly as possible. Besides, she was not going against what she had said before. It had been the same previously; it was only that every challenger had been stopped by Wang Dong.

Huo Yuhao stared at Zhou Yi in astonishment. He did not particularly care about the position of class monitor, but for her to ask the other party whether he wanted to be class monitor right in front of him made Huo Yuhao feel as though he had never truly known this homeroom teacher.

"Teacher Zhou, how can you do this?"

Wang Dong could not stand Zhou Yi's attitude. She immediately slapped the desk and rose to her feet, glaring angrily at Zhou Yi.

Seeing Wang Dong stand up for him, Huo Yuhao had no choice but to rise as well with a helpless look. He could not let Wang Dong shoulder all the responsibility alone.

"How am I acting? Didn't I say before that the class monitor would first be the strongest student in the class? It was only because of Huo Yuhao's performance later that he temporarily took on the role. Or are you still going to fight in his place in class monitor battles against other classes?"

Zhou Yi slammed the desk, and the sound echoed through the classroom. Fan Yu behind her had not been exposed to exchanges at that level, so she had no idea that no one in Shrek Academy dared bully the two before her.

Wang Dong stammered, unsure how to respond. It was inherently unreasonable for her to fight in place of the class monitor. Although it had been Zhou Yi's order, the interpretation rested with Zhou Yi, and Wang Dong did not know what to say for the moment.

"It seems you haven't asked whether I agree, either."

Lu Wu sounded somewhat helpless. How had simply enrolling in school caused so much trouble?

"For now, I don't want to be class monitor. I'm not very familiar with the students in the class yet. Let's discuss this again after some time."

Lu Wu pressed his palms together, wearing a pleading expression.

"So handsome~"

"Exactly, and he's so kind too~"

The students below whispered among themselves. On the platform, Zhou Yi's face scrunched up, but in the end, she still forced out a smile.

"Go take your seat first. We'll continue with the lesson."

Seeing that Lu Wu was not the sort of petty person who fawned over Zhou Yi, Wang Dong finally settled down and began listening to the lesson in a good mood.

Amid this awkward atmosphere, the class quickly ended. The moment class was over, Zhou Yi hurried out of the classroom. The other party was the Young Sect Master of Haotian Sect. It was fine to say a few words when she had reason on her side, but she could not continue pressing the matter.

"You're pretty good."

Wang Dong came over as soon as class ended.

The girls in the class watched eagerly as the two most handsome boys in the class met, wondering what sparks would fly between the two great beauties.

"May I ask if you need something?"

Lu Wu still wore that sunny, gentle smile.

"Nothing much. I just wanted to be friends with you."

Wang Dong was momentarily entranced as well. When she came back to her senses, she had forgotten what she wanted to say and could only stammer that she wanted to be friends.

"Is that so? Then from now on, we're friends."

Lu Wu extended his hand to shake Wang Dong's, and Wang Dong instinctively offered hers.

Standing nearby, Huo Yuhao only felt as though his head had suddenly grown a little heavy. Then an aged voice sounded by his ear.

"Yuhao, there is something strange about that boy."

Electrolux had awakened once again.

"What is it, Elder Yi? I didn't notice any problem."

Huo Yuhao was rather confused. He thought the other party seemed quite friendly, and making a friend of him would not be a bad thing.

"I cannot see through this boy. That is the greatest problem."

"Even with that master of yours from before, I could vaguely sense that he seemed to bear a seal that had sealed away part of his strength."

"But the space around the boy before us is like an abyss, swallowing every gaze completely. This old man cannot discern the slightest bit of his true nature."

Electrolux's voice was grave. Why did so many strange people keep appearing around Yuhao?

"I see. Then let's be friends first. Being friends is better than being enemies, no matter what his intentions truly are."

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly and stepped forward as well.

Electrolux was pleased with Huo Yuhao's response. Huo Yuhao was no longer as extreme as he had been in the beginning, and he had learned to think for himself. Perhaps Electrolux could pass down what he had learned after all; he simply did not know whether Huo Yuhao would be able to accept it.

"Huo Yuhao? This name feels somewhat familiar."

Lu Wu tilted his head slightly, looking troubled as though he could not remember, once more drawing waves of shrieks from the girls in the class.

"Did you know Yuhao before?"

Wang Dong looked curious. Huo Yuhao had never told her about his past, and when she asked, he would not say. Perhaps she could learn something from someone else.

Huo Yuhao looked calmly at Lu Wu on the surface, but he was already extremely nervous inside. Could the other party have once entered the Duke's Mansion? I remember where I heard that name.

Lu Wu suddenly struck his palm, as though he had come to a sudden realization.

Lu Wu felt the power surging within his body, as though he could shatter the earth with a single step.

"But why are there no inherited memories? Could it be because I replaced the original consciousness?"

Lu Wu was speechless. He knew nothing now. What if someone outside had been guarding the place and discovered that he was not the original owner?

"So vexing, so vexing. Where exactly have I come to?"

Surely Blue Star had not hidden a separate space like in those novels and begun a spiritual energy revival?

"Someone wants to harm me!"

Lu Wu suddenly had a premonition, repeatedly warning him to leave this place quickly.

"Is this my innate ability? Warding off calamity and avoiding disaster?"

Lu Wu did not hesitate. When he knew nothing, he only needed to follow his heart.