The Future "Enemy"

"What did you say?" Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wasn't angry, just confused. He didn't want to believe that Bing Di had chosen a different host.

The little Sasori jumped onto Mu Xuanheng's shoulder: "He's right. Now I am his soul beast, and he is my master."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's emotions were on the verge of collapse: "Why?" Huo Yuhao was also somewhat dissatisfied; he had walked through wind, snow, and cold for so long, and he was just a step away from success. Now someone had popped up claiming to be Bing Di's master?

Bing Di: "Tian Meng, I told you back then, if you had found me sooner and used that silkworm shell to trap me, I really would have had no choice but to pick your host. Unfortunately, you didn't arrive as early as he did."

"Impossible! I clearly had you caught. If it weren't for Xue Di coming, you definitely wouldn't have escaped." At this moment, Tian Meng became frantic; he would rather believe he had bad luck than admit that no one cared about him.

"The moment you chose to take your host and leave, you lost every possibility." Bing Di remained cold. She couldn't possibly have a pleasant expression for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained anxiously: "That's because Xue Di was coming." Having said that, he froze in place.

Mu Xuanheng: "There are thousands of ways in this world, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm; you overlooked too many things."

"Impossible, that was absolutely the aura of Xue Di herself. I am the strongest Ice Silkworm, how could I not distinguish whether it was a simulation?"

"When did I say it was a simulation?"

"So you really just eat and sleep? When you encounter something, you only guess based on what you already know?" Xue Di appeared from Mu Xuanheng's Spiritual Sea.

As soon as Xue Di emerged, she took the little Sasori that Bing Di had transformed into onto herself: "Long time no see, Tian Meng."

The moment Xue Di appeared, Tian Meng hid behind Huo Yuhao: "It really is Xue Di."

"Tian Meng Ge." This was the first time Huo Yuhao had seen Sky Dream Ice Silkworm like this, "Who is Xue Di?"

Tian Meng said tremblingly: "She is the head of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North that I told you about, a top-tier soul beast with 700,000 years of cultivation, the true ruler of the Extreme North." The string of titles made Huo Yuhao tremble slightly as well.

Mu En pushed his wheelchair forward and reached out to soothe Huo Yuhao: "Don't worry, Xue Di is the contract soul beast of your senior brother Mu Xuanheng. She won't strike without reason."

Huo Yuhao felt relieved, but also noticed the issue: "Contract?"

"A little trick of my own, no need to worry about it." Mu Xuanheng was too lazy to explain, but Mu En gave a brief explanation.

Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm were both impressed: "How amazing."

"In other words, you went to find Bing Di years ago?" Tian Meng couldn't smile anymore; he had acted far too late.

"It's just that I refused. If it weren't for you, you good-for-nothing, I wouldn't have chosen to sign a contract." Bing Di snorted, but her tail was pressed down by Xue Di, forbidding her from saying more.

Xue Di glanced at Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: "I appeared just to tell you, stop plotting against Xuanheng, or I will freeze you into ice shards, inch by inch."

With such a beautiful face delivering a threat, no one doubted she was joking.

"Don't worry, how could I attack Yuhao's senior brother? I actually wish they lived together so I could find Bing Bing to talk to every day." Halfway through, he realized something was wrong: "Yuhao still needs to cultivate with Wang Dong. He can't live with Mu Xuanheng. Ah, I'm so conflicted."

He was just shouting into the void: "Forget it, Yuhao's growth is more important." He looked at Bing Di with reluctance: "Even if I really were in the same dormitory as Bing Bing, she couldn't possibly fall in love with me. After all, she has Xue Di now."

Bing Di also returned to Mu Xuanheng's Spiritual Sea.

With the conversation between the soul beasts over, what remained were the issues between the humans.

Huo Yuhao: "Senior brother, Elder, is there anything else?"

Mu Xuanheng chuckled: "I didn't have anything in mind, it was just the old man asking me to bring you here. If I'm not mistaken, the old man wants to take on a disciple again."

Huo Yuhao looked at Mu En; resistance, anticipation, confusion, and hope all gathered together, indescribable and unclear.

Mu En: "I am old, and I don't have many years left to live. I brought you here today, first, for what just happened; I hope you don't misunderstand. Xuanheng didn't steal your opportunity; Bing Di had her own ideas."

Huo Yuhao nodded; the chat had just explained the process. There was no need for Bing Di to choose him. Although he felt a bit dejected, it was understandable.

"The second thing is what Xuanheng just mentioned about taking a disciple. I hope you can both become true brothers in martial arts and Soul Tools. It's just that I am old and cannot teach you much. I can only give you the title, and I hope Bei Bei and Xuanheng can teach you on my behalf."

Mu Xuanheng was watching the show from the sidelines, only to find himself on stage? Could he endure this? "Old man, don't do this; I don't know anything. For things like teaching on behalf of a master, you should find Bei Bei; he knows Reign Over the World and its derivative soul skills."

Huo Yuhao refused the apprenticeship because he had already taken Tang Ya as his teacher.

Mu Xuanheng, hearing this from the side, didn't even turn his head as he walked away.

"Don't mind him; one doesn't have to have only one teacher." Mu En looked at Huo Yuhao kindly.

Under Mu En's gaze, Huo Yuhao threw himself into Mu En's arms and wept.

After all, he was still just a child. He had accepted Tang Ya as his teacher, but Tang Ya still needed him to take care of her, and the only reliable one was Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

At this moment, Mu En was playing the role of a father.

"How come only you came back?" Gu Yuena lay on the lounge chair Mu Xuanheng had made, elements flowing in her hands as she carved metal.

Mu Xuanheng sat down beside her: "Nothing much, there might be one more enemy in the future. Or perhaps it will be very troublesome to handle everything."

"Are there few enemies in your future? The peerless genius Mu Xuanheng." A rare, teasing tone.

The more something is said in jest, the more likely it is to be the truth.

Mu Xuanheng: "An old man once said that one should have many friends and few enemies. As for me, I don't really like being enemies with so many people. It's just that I have a fundamental disagreement with someone."

Gu Yuena's expression dimmed; she felt the same way. Seeing life and death, fighting until the very end.

"Are enemies always enemies?" She said this unconsciously.

Mu Xuanheng: "There are no eternal enemies, and no eternal friends."

"What about us?"

"We don't have much to do with that statement." Mu Xuanheng had no idea how to answer.

The intentional seduction of a stunning girl is never easy to resist. His own resolve was not as firm as he had imagined.

Gu Yuena's voice rang out in the silent room: "Mu Xuanheng, may I ask who you like?"

At this moment, the entire second year, and even the whole Outer Court, was spreading rumors about the two of them being inseparable. He did not know what she wanted to hear, nor did he know how he should answer.

"If I said it was you, would you believe me?"

The piece of metal he was carving clattered to the floor.

If a question is difficult to answer, then don't answer it.

Gu Yuena picked up the piece of metal: "I've finished the design, do you want to see the blueprints?"

It was as if nothing had happened at all.

The blueprints for Battle Armor still required a true genius, which was exactly what she was—someone capable of producing designs based on nothing more than a concept.

He was admiring the blueprints.

Gu Yuena was watching him;

"My younger sister saw you coming out of the Extreme North."