Huo Yuhao: I Refuse to Take the Final Exam

Shrek Academy, first-year classroom.

More than a hundred students sat scattered around, most of them keeping their eyes fixed on the podium in front of them.

On the podium, teacher Shen Yi was explaining the various matters related to the final exam.

Sitting in the back row by the window, Huo Yuhao rested his chin on one hand, but his gaze didn't fall on Shen Yi at all.

His gaze pierced through the thin windowpane, as if penetrating time and space itself, his thoughts drifting back to that world ten thousand years ago.

Halfway through his holiday, he was transported ten thousand years into the future without warning once again.

Xu Jiujiu, Xu Jiujiu didn't keep him waiting long; she reappeared at the Starlight Auction House that very night.

Her elder brother, Xu Jiawei, the current emperor of the Star Luo Empire, agreed to all the conditions proposed by Huo Yuhao.

From that moment on, based on their previous cooperation on Soul Tool, the two sides formally reached an alliance on the establishment of the Spirit Pagoda.

After that, Huo Yuhao lingered in Star Luo City for quite some time.

The site selection criteria for the Spirit Pagoda, the construction period, the list of resources provided by the royal family and the timeline for phased delivery, the specific scope and quota allocation for priority Fusion Soul Spirit, the nomination method and term rotation rules for the two Councilor seats...

Every single item needs to be put in writing, becoming a contract in black and white.

More than ten days later, Huo Yuhao finally set off to leave Star Luo City.

This time, however, Gongyang Mo was left there.

After that, he would have to communicate with the Star Luo Imperial Family regarding the construction of the first Spirit Pagoda.

With the support of the Star Luo Imperial Family, at least for now, everything seems to be moving in a positive direction, which is a good start.

A faint smile unconsciously curved Huo Yuhao's lips, and he felt unusually relaxed and at ease.

He exhaled a breath of stale air, gathering his chaotic thoughts one by one.

Then, he blinked, refocused his gaze, and looked at the podium in front of him.

The final exams will be held over a total of fifteen days.

"Within fifteen days, you must depart from the academy and travel to Ming Capital."

"You will need to pass through at least ten cities along the way."

"In each city you pass through, you must defeat an opponent whose cultivation level is at least five levels higher than your own."

"Moreover, no external assistance can be used throughout the entire process."

He paused slightly, glanced at the students below the stage with their varied expressions, and added in a calm tone, "As for how to find opponents, how to defeat them, and how to get to Ming Capital, those are your own business. The academy only cares about the results, not the process."

As soon as he finished speaking, the area below the podium erupted in chaos.

The trainees whispered among themselves, some looking worried, others eager to try.

The cacophony of voices rose and fell, turning the entire classroom into a boiling pot of porridge.

Huo Yuhao sat there, one hand resting on the table, his brows furrowing little by little as Shen Yi spoke.

He had naturally already heard about the content of the Shrek Academy's final exams.

Years ago in Wanxing City, he personally "taught a lesson" to a group of Shrek students who were on their final exams.

Surprisingly, many years later, the final exam rules for Shrek Academy students haven't changed at all.

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, braced himself on the table with both hands, and stood up.

The chair leg scraped against the floor with a soft thud, not loud in the noisy classroom, but the sudden movement caused the surrounding sounds to pause abruptly.

"Teacher."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was exceptionally clear. The students, who had been engrossed in their own discussions, all turned around and turned their gazes toward the figure standing in the back row.

Huo Yuhao Shen Yi on the podium. "I'm not taking this final exam."

The tone was so certain that it didn't sound like a discussion at all, but rather like stating a decision that had already been made.

The classroom was deathly silent; even breathing seemed to have been collectively paused at that moment.

If it were any other student, everyone would probably have been in an uproar, thinking this person was crazy.

But the person who said those words was Huo Yuhao.

While everyone was astonished, a subtle thought simultaneously arose in their minds.

If it were him, it would seem perfectly reasonable.

It wasn't because he had any special privileges, but because the name Huo Yuhao itself seemed to represent "being different from others".

Shen Yi stood on the podium, his gaze passing through the layers of students and landing on the boy in the back row, his expression gradually becoming serious.

My head hurts, it really hurts.

As a teacher, she had to admit that she really didn't have any good solutions for students like Huo Yuhao.

The rules and regulations used to restrain ordinary trainees were like paper fences when applied to him; they looked impressive but crumbled at the slightest touch.

Dismissal?

What a joke, this poses no threat to Huo Yuhao whatsoever.

Although the college leadership issued a strict order forbidding the dissemination of information about what happened not long ago, there were simply too many teachers and students who witnessed everything that day. The news leaked out like water through the cracks in your fingers, and no matter how hard you tried to stop it, you couldn't.

Huo Yuhao is not only a rising genius from the Spirit Pagoda, but also has the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua and the sect leader of the Body Sect standing behind him.

Moreover, many teachers and students witnessed the imposing figure that suddenly descended upon the Shrek Academy at the end of that day.

That sense of oppression, that imposing aura that made people afraid to even breathe loudly, still sends shivers down my spine when I think about it now.

No one knows who that being is, but everyone knows that it came for Huo Yuhao.

Shen Yi stood on the podium, his fingers unconsciously tapping the edge of the lectern. Countless thoughts raced through his mind, but he couldn't find a suitable solution.

However, just as Shen Yi was caught in a dilemma, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out again.

"Teacher, I think there are many unreasonable aspects to the final exam content."

"We're all just first-year students, and given the requirements of the final exam, it's almost impossible for us to find someone we know to spar with."

"So, in order to complete the exam, we can only wander around like headless flies, searching for unfamiliar Soul Master one after another."

"Leaving aside the fact that such sparring could result in injury or death, the more important point is that it's Shrek Academy's final exams. What right do they have to harass other Soul Master?"

"Why should the academy drag those completely unaware Soul Master into our exam 'content' just because of a single statement?"

"Why should they be disturbed, challenged, or even dragged into a battle that shouldn't have happened?"

As soon as he finished speaking, you could hear a pin drop in the classroom.

Many trainees stared blankly, their mouths agape, their eyes filled with a sense of bewilderment; they had never even considered these things before.

But now that Huo Yuhao has said this, they belatedly realized it.

Yeah, why should they?

Why should a complete stranger, Soul Master, be expected to put aside their own affairs and fight a student just because of the Shrek Academy's exam requirements?

Winning brings no benefit, losing is even more shameful, and if both sides get heated and blood is drawn, it's an even more undeserved disaster.

This is hardly an exam.

This is clearly treating all the Soul Master on the entire continent as their own academy's backyard.

The person who was most shocked was standing on the podium.

Shen Yi's pupils contracted sharply.

Her lips parted slightly, but no sound came out.

It was as if a window that had been tightly closed for years had been suddenly flung open in her mind, and blinding light rushed in, forcing her to confront what had once been hidden in the shadows.

She had never really thought about the issues Huo Yuhao mentioned before.

It wasn't that she couldn't understand or couldn't figure it out, but rather that everyone around her accepted it so naturally that she took it for granted from the day she entered Shrek.

But now that Huo Yuhao has pointed it out to her face, she suddenly realized how deep the arrogance was behind this "taken-for-granted" attitude.

Shen Yi lowered his eyelashes and remained silent for a long while.

The students who had just been enthusiastically discussing the final exams now lowered their heads one by one, their expressions thoughtful.