Wang Dong moved into the boys' dormitory.
After thinking it over again and again, Mu En still chose not to intervene. As long as nothing serious happened, he didn't think it mattered.
After that, some time passed.
When the term began, he received another message from someone in the Clear Sky Sect. It said that someone would be rooming with Wang Dong and hinted that the person was Huo Yuhao.
Mu En was rather surprised, but still chose to watch quietly.
Of course, in the meantime,
Mu En also used his own methods to learn a few things that didn't quite add up.
For instance, he learned from Beibei that they had run into Huo Yuhao along the way.
Tang Ya also very much wanted Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect.
After learning about this, Mu En began to suspect something. The Star Dou Forest was vast, spanning three empires. The odds of two strangers meeting there and becoming friends were pitifully small, yet it had really happened. There had to be some hidden scheme at play, and it might even involve that person above them.
Then Mu En released his vast spiritual power once more, wanting to see what Huo Yuhao was doing.
However, when he "saw" Huo Yuhao leave his room, head straight to the bathroom, relieve himself, and then go back to sleep,
Mu En furrowed his brow slightly. He had a feeling that Huo Yuhao seemed to know he was being observed.
Mu En shook his head, then closed his eyes and resumed his quiet rest.
At the same time, elsewhere,
Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth. "Hey, System, is that person from Shrek Academy still keeping an eye on me?"
He spoke with a hint of helplessness.
He had just been about to make some pills when the System warned him that a spiritual force was about to probe his actions.
Huo Yuhao didn't want anyone spying on his private business.
[System: "Ding. No."]
Huo Yuhao thought it over, then closed his eyes and rested.
Just like that, time slipped by, and two hours passed before he knew it.
Two hours later, Huo Yuhao woke again. After learning from the System that no one was watching, he finally relaxed and got to work making pills.
Time passed minute by minute. With only an hour left until dawn, Huo Yuhao finally finished what he was working on, producing three large iron basins full of pills.
Exhausted, he lay back down and went back to sleep.
Morning arrived quietly, and Huo Yuhao opened his eyes.
Of course, his sleep hadn't been very restful after what had happened the night before, but it wasn't a big deal.
After getting up, he told Bai Feng to carefully pack up the hand-made pills. "We'll take them out to sell tonight."
After that, he found Liu Erlong and reminded her about building the house.
Once he'd finished giving his instructions, Huo Yuhao headed for Shrek Academy.
This time, Mu Jin's previous task had been completed without a hitch.
Now that Huo Yuhao had more time on his hands, his top priority at Shrek Academy was finding promising candidates to recruit into the Endless Fire Territory.
Besides, the Academy was close to a place where talent gathered, so missions could randomly trigger from time to time.
As for attending class, he wasn't interested.
As time passed, Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy before he knew it.
After returning to the Academy, Huo Yuhao naturally went back to his classroom.
Inside the classroom,
Huo Yuhao had barely stepped inside and hadn't even had the chance to greet Xiao Wu and the others when
Zhou Yi noticed at a glance that Huo Yuhao's Soul Power had reached Level 21. She was deeply shocked.
As far as she knew, Huo Yuhao had only been Level 17 when he left two days ago.
It was simply unbelievable.
What Zhou Yi didn't know was that Huo Yuhao had earlier triggered a random System mission: refuse all of Wang Dong's demands and gain two levels of Soul Power. But he hadn't claimed the reward right away.
After completing Mu Jin's mission, he gained another two levels of Soul Power, making four levels in total.
Zhou Yi didn't hesitate. She took Huo Yuhao out of the classroom and into the hallway, where she began questioning him.
"Huo Yuhao, how are you feeling? You gained four levels in two days. What's going on?"
As she spoke, Zhou Yi carefully examined Huo Yuhao's body, afraid he might have used some special method that had damaged his talent or meridians.
Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate for long before replying, "Teacher, I've been selling pills, and I still have some better ones I haven't brought out yet. One type is called Qi Gathering Powder. By my own ranking, it's a fourth-grade pill. The ones I sold yesterday were all first-grade pills. Qi Gathering Powder can help me gain three levels of Soul Power with no side effects."
"The other level came from the Mystic Water Pill I won after betting with Xu Sanshi. I took that first, since the Mystic Water Pill is only useful before Level 20."
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao took out a packet of powder.
When Zhou Yi saw it, she knew it was Qi Gathering Powder.
In the Battle Through the Heavens World, Qi Gathering Powder allowed a cultivator with Ninth Stage Dou Qi to break through to Dou Zhe with a hundred percent success rate.
Now that it was being used on Soul Power, it could indeed raise it by three levels.
Huo Yuhao had exchanged points for this Qi Gathering Powder yesterday. The fourth-grade pill had cost him a staggering 80,000 points, nearly draining his entire balance.
Of course, Huo Yuhao wasn't going to buy something this good for nothing. It would be excellent for either Xiao Wu or Jiang Nannan.
For now, though, the main purpose of the Qi Gathering Powder was to help him bluff his way through.
Zhou Yi opened the packet of Qi Gathering Powder and felt the abundant medicinal energy inside. She couldn't help but gasp.
She looked at Huo Yuhao and asked, "How much of your pill do you have left?"
Huo Yuhao replied, "Only one packet. It takes some extremely rare medicinal ingredients to make, so it's hard to produce."
That was the truth. After all, he was out of points.
Zhou Yi considered this for a moment, then said,
"I've made a preliminary examination of the Qi Gathering Powder, and it appears to have no side effects. Of course, this is only a preliminary assessment."
"This Qi Gathering Powder should be able to help a three-ring Soul Elder break through by one level."
"If you sold this packet of Qi Gathering Powder to a major power or sect, it would fetch at least 200,000 Gold Soul Coins."
Huo Yuhao nodded at that.
Then he tentatively asked Zhou Yi whether she wanted some too.
Zhou Yi smiled and shook her head.
However, she said that if Huo Yuhao wanted to sell the pills, she could help him find a buyer—at the very least, the Academy.
The Academy had deep pockets. It wouldn't be a problem to get thirty or fifty thousand for it.
They could discuss it later and make the pill one of the rewards for the Soul Fighting competition three months from now. That would work quite well.
Zhou Yi then advised Huo Yuhao that after the three-month competition, he should try to take first place if he could. He would win both money and pills that way.
Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Zhou Yi to come up with an idea like that.
Zhou Yi smiled and patted Huo Yuhao on the shoulder, saying that the Academy might as well make money while it could, as long as it helped the students improve.
Huo Yuhao nodded again.
For the first time, he had a different impression of Zhou Yi.
Her stern, rigid expression remained, but she wasn't quite as bound by convention as he'd thought.
That was good. Huo Yuhao liked it.
Just then, Zhou Yi changed the subject and continued,
"Huo Yuhao, are you interested in Soul Tools?"
Huo Yuhao immediately understood what Zhou Yi was getting at. She wanted to guide him toward developing in the direction of Soul Tools.
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