Developing in the Soul Tool Academy?
Faced with this question, Huo Yuhao didn't want to study there.
The main reason, of course, was that he didn't want to waste time—and he had access to even better resources.
After thinking it over, Huo Yuhao said, "Teacher Zhou, here's the thing."
"I'm interested in Soul Tools too, but Sister Erlong is studying them as well, so I can learn from her."
Zhou Yi looked a little surprised.
She knew that the Erlong Huo Yuhao meant was Liu Erlong, but she hadn't expected Liu Erlong to know about Soul Tools.
After a moment, Zhou Yi said, "All right. If you want to study Soul Tools, just tell me anytime."
"Of course, if there's anything about Soul Tools you don't understand, you can come to me, too. I can also recommend someone."
Huo Yuhao nodded slightly.
He simply didn't want to waste any time.
At that point, Zhou Yi didn't hesitate. "All right. Now go running. I want to see how much your physical fitness has improved."
As she spoke, Zhou Yi reached into her Storage Soul Tool and took out a specially made iron suit weighing over two hundred jin.
Huo Yuhao saw it and his mouth twitched.
Zhou Yi continued, "Put it on and run. I've been too lenient with you these past few days. Let's see how you do first. If you can't manage it, you'll train with your classmates every day from now on."
Huo Yuhao immediately shook his head in refusal.
He still had things to do, so he said, "Teacher Zhou, how about we make another deal? Once I finish running, you leave me alone."
Zhou Yi pondered this for a moment, then suddenly pointed toward a lake not far away. "That's Sea God Lake, in Shrek Academy. It's beautiful, and the Inner Academy is on the lake."
"You don't need to do anything else. Run along the shore from this end of the Outer Academy to the other and complete ten laps by noon. If you can do that, you won't have to run for two months."
Huo Yuhao didn't hesitate. He put on the iron suit at once.
At the same time,
Huo Yuhao thought of something.
According to the usual course of events,
Ma Xiaotao would come out of Sea God Lake after her Evil Fire flared up.
And then a wonderful encounter would take place.
The writing seemed to use some very subtle euphemisms to describe how she gave herself away for the first time.
There was no denying it: Sanshao knew how to make things enticing.
Of course, Huo Yuhao didn't care about some chance encounter.
What he cared about was getting Ma Xiaotao to join the Endless Fire Territory when she came out.
Naturally, he first had to help her suppress her Evil Fire.
Huo Yuhao was quite confident about that.
The Ice Attribute Magic Core would be an excellent way to suppress it.
Besides, he liked Ma Xiaotao's forthright, easygoing personality.
Zhou Yi was a little taken aback. Huo Yuhao was far too diligent.
But she quickly recovered, shook her head, and put on the stern face of an old woman. Then she went straight into the classroom and began making arrangements...
Meanwhile, after the time it took an incense stick to burn,
Huo Yuhao arrived at the eastern edge of Sea God Lake, panting.
Sea God Lake was crescent-shaped, stretching from east to west, with the enormous Golden Ancient Tree at its innermost edge.
But Huo Yuhao didn't care about any of that. He took a deep breath and started running west along the outer shore of Sea God Lake.
At the same time,
Huo Yuhao was secretly looking forward to Ma Xiaotao's arrival.
As the child of destiny, he ought to attract the events connected to him.
Next,
Huo Yuhao looked at the locator in his system space.
It showed three dots inside Sea God Lake at Shrek Academy and seven or eight dots outside it.
Aside from that, only Jiang Nannan's portrait was currently displayed among the locator dots. The system couldn't show the others because their missions hadn't been triggered.
Of course, if Huo Yuhao happened to run into one of them, the system could trigger the mission early.
In any case, he still didn't know who the dots represented.
Huo Yuhao shook his head and continued waiting for Ma Xiaotao to arrive, while also studying the explosive edition of the original Sejue Tang Sect novel.
The scene of Ma Xiaotao first meeting Huo Yuhao and having her Evil Fire relieved
was described in even greater detail than he remembered. First, their fingers tightened together; then her legs tensed, and her fingers suddenly spread wide...
Next, her fingers dug into the ground. For some reason, her toes quickly straightened, then curled down as well...
Then, all at once, she relaxed...
The vivid details made Huo Yuhao's heart race. He couldn't help but marvel at them.
But just as Huo Yuhao was thinking this, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Hey, Huo Yuhao, what are you doing? You're so focused on running. By the way, why's your face red?"
Huo Yuhao turned around and saw that the speaker was Wang Dong.
Wang Dong had her Martial Soul activated, the wings on her back beating as she gazed at Huo Yuhao with curiosity.
Huo Yuhao jumped at Wang Dong's arrival and felt rather speechless.
As the child of destiny, he was supposed to attract Ma Xiaotao.
Why had Wang Dong shown up again?
Had that "Hydrogen God King" released his mighty divine power once more?
And Huo Yuhao's guess was right.
Just moments ago,
the majestic statue of Asura God and Sea God at Shrek Academy had suddenly emitted a vast, faint glow of divine light.
As if it had a will of its own, the light shot straight toward the classroom where Zhou Yi was...
At that same moment, in the Divine Realm,
the corners of Tang San's mouth curled up slightly as he silently marveled at his own ingenious methods...
At this time, on Douluo Planet,
Huo Yuhao looked at Wang Dong and asked, "Hey, Wang Dong, what are you doing here?"
Wang Dong gave a sudden cough, looking inexplicably guilty.
Not long ago, Zhou Yi had casually asked if anyone wanted to go keep an eye on Huo Yuhao while he ran his laps.
Zhou Yi actually knew that Huo Yuhao wouldn't slack off, but for some reason, her head suddenly felt a little fuzzy, and the question simply slipped out.
At the same time,
Wang Dong's head had suddenly gone fuzzy too. As if possessed, she'd raised her hand and volunteered to go check on him.
Zhou Yi had actually nodded at that, and so things had ended up this way.
But Wang Dong quickly gathered herself. She looked at Huo Yuhao and said bluntly,
"I'm not doing anything. Teacher Zhou told me to make sure you run all ten laps. Don't you dare skip any. I'm here to supervise you."
Wang Dong spoke with a serious look in her eyes.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath, thought it over, then asked tentatively,
"Do you have any particular preferences when it comes to love? For example, what kind of person do you like?"
Wang Dong suddenly panicked for no apparent reason. She looked at Huo Yuhao warily and instinctively covered her chest.
But then Wang Dong remembered that she was a "man" now, and awkwardly said,
"Why are you asking me that?"
Seeing this, Huo Yuhao suddenly grinned. "I'm just asking. My idea of love is simple: I like all beautiful women."
"My motto in life is: don't let women control you; if anyone's going to do the controlling, it should be women."
Wang Dong glared at Huo Yuhao, annoyed. Something about it bothered her—or rather, it irritated her.
But she quickly realized: what did it matter to her if Huo Yuhao wanted to find a few women?
Then Wang Dong gave a snort and said, "Fine, go ahead and find whoever you want. I don't care."
Huo Yuhao nodded at that.
Since she'd said so, he had to make sure Wang Dong disliked him. Otherwise, he might accidentally fall into Tang San's trap again.
Next,
Wang Dong changed the subject, leaving Huo Yuhao somewhat surprised...
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