Rampant Acting Skills, Movie Emperor Huo Yuhao!

"Bullshit! You vanished for two months—Dean Qian nearly went crazy looking for you!"

Mu Jin shot Huo Yuhao a glare and spoke irritably.

After class that day, she had reported Huo Yuhao's leave of absence to Qian Duoduo.

Qian Duoduo had initially been somewhat surprised, because he had never entrusted Huo Yuhao with any "secret mission."

He had originally thought that Huo Yuhao had some unspeakable reason and had used him as an excuse to take leave and handle personal matters.

But who would have thought that once Huo Yuhao left, he would be gone for more than two months!

Qian Duoduo had searched all over Shrek City without finding a trace of Huo Yuhao.

He had even specifically asked Tang Ya, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and others who knew Huo Yuhao about the situation. Naturally, they knew even less.

This had Qian Duoduo worried sick.

He had finally found a genius in whom he had placed great hopes. His investment had only just begun, yet the boy had vanished!

Because of this, Qian Duoduo naturally had not treated Mu Jin kindly.

Every time she went to report to Qian Duoduo, she received a harsh scolding.

Now that she saw Huo Yuhao return safe and sound, Mu Jin finally let out a sigh of relief.

She did not even bother with class and hurriedly delivered the little fellow to Dean Qian.

Fortunately, Huo Yuhao had not lost an arm or a leg. Otherwise, she would not have known how to explain herself to Dean Qian.

And judging by Huo Yuhao's condition, it seemed that he had made quite a bit of progress during this time?

Huo Yuhao looked at her apologetically. Mu Jin really had been wronged in this matter.

"I'm truly sorry, Teacher Mu. I didn't expect this trip to take so much time. When I see my teacher shortly, I'll explain things on your behalf."

Hearing this, Mu Jin gave him a surprised look, then nodded in satisfaction.

Before long, Mu Jin brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department and knocked on Qian Duoduo's office door.

"Who is it?" Qian Duoduo's voice sounded somewhat irritable.

"Dean Qian, it's me. Huo Yuhao has returned."

"What? Yuhao is back?!"

The person inside was startled, and with a bang, the door flew open.

Seeing the youth before him, joy appeared in Qian Duoduo's bloodshot eyes.

He looked Huo Yuhao over from head to toe. Only after confirming that his disciple seemed unharmed and that his aura was far stronger than before did he take a deep breath and say to Mu Jin, "Teacher Mu, thank you for your trouble. Leave Yuhao to me. Go back and teach your class."

"Yes, Dean Qian."

Mu Jin answered and turned to leave.

After Mu Jin left, Qian Duoduo shut the door and glared furiously at Huo Yuhao. "You brat, where the hell have you been all this time?!"

Huo Yuhao raised his head, his face filled with guilt. "Teacher, I was wrong. I shouldn't have used you as an excuse to deceive Teacher Mu."

"Actually, I was afraid you would worry, so I made up a lie and left on my own. Because when I left, I didn't know whether I would be able to return."

That was right, Huo Yuhao had completely copied this excuse from the original novel's Huo Gua.

He certainly would not reveal anything about the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress to anyone.

As the saying went, a common man was innocent, but possessing a jade was a crime.

Before he had truly grown strong, the fewer people who knew about these things, the better.

"Hm?"

Hearing Huo Yuhao say this, Qian Duoduo was first taken aback, then his interest was piqued.

He asked doubtfully, "What problem could the Academy not help you solve? Why did you have to face it alone? Do you think that if you told me, I, your teacher, wouldn't help you?"

Huo Yuhao gently shook his head. "You couldn't help, because the problem was with my martial soul."

Qian Duoduo was startled, his gaze instantly locking onto Huo Yuhao's eyes.

"What happened to your martial soul?" Qian Duoduo's heart tightened.

He had taken a liking to Huo Yuhao precisely because of his martial soul. If something had gone wrong with it, that would be a huge problem.

A lingering fear appeared on Huo Yuhao's face as he began unleashing his Rampant Acting Skills. "Teacher, I actually noticed that something seemed to be wrong with my martial soul a few days before school started."

"From time to time, it made me feel mentally dazed. It even gave me the illusion that my eyes were about to burst apart."

"Later, I went to the library and looked through some materials. The records said that if a martial soul was innately deficient, then forcibly cultivating with low Innate Soul Power carried a small chance of the martial soul rupturing."

"And once a martial soul ruptures, it is a disaster for a soul master. At best, one loses all Soul Power and the martial soul disappears. At worst, it endangers one's life."

Qian Duoduo's expression changed drastically. If it truly was a shattered martial soul, there really was no solution. Even a Titled Douluo would be helpless.

A martial soul was the inner core of every soul master. If something went wrong internally, then no heavenly treasure or precious herb would be of any use. It was equivalent to receiving a death sentence.

But then, Qian Duoduo's slightly stiff body gradually relaxed.

Since Huo Yuhao had reappeared here and his eyes did not look abnormal, then he was clearly all right now.

"Go on." Qian Duoduo was even more curious about Huo Yuhao's subsequent experiences.

A shattered martial soul was practically a terminal illness that even Shrek could not resolve. How had he solved it?

Huo Yuhao began recounting his "experience." "On the day school started, this feeling suddenly became much more obvious."

"I began to be afraid. Afraid that if my martial soul truly shattered, wouldn't Teacher have been happy for nothing?"

"So, after thinking carefully, I decided to leave Shrek on my own without telling you or Teacher Mu."

"I thought that if my martial soul ultimately remained unharmed, I would definitely return to the Academy. But if I truly was unlucky... then, Teacher, just pretend you never had a disciple like me."

Huo Yuhao's tone was somewhat heavy.

Qian Duoduo sighed. "Sigh, you little fellow, what am I supposed to say about you?"

"How are you now? Has your martial soul returned to normal?"

Huo Yuhao nodded.

"When I left the Academy that day, I felt that there was no hope left for me, so I randomly chose a direction and wandered aimlessly."

"Later, the dazed feeling caused by my martial soul grew stronger and stronger. I could always feel a thread of chill constantly emanating from my Spirit Eye. In the darkness, it seemed as though some force was guiding me to keep heading north."

"In that mentally dazed state, I had no idea how long I walked. In the end, I reached a place blanketed in snow."

"It was so, so cold there. I only felt as though I was about to freeze stiff."

"And the sensation of my martial soul shattering grew stronger and stronger, as if it could break apart at any moment."

"Later, I don't know what happened, but I passed out amid that icy wilderness. Before I lost consciousness, when I was still lucid, I thought I might never wake up again."

At this point, Huo Yuhao shuddered all over, as though he were still in that frigid region.

Qian Duoduo listened with his eyes wide open.

Shrek Academy was located in the middle of the continent. Though there was still a trace of chill here, it was already late spring.

But based on Huo Yuhao's account—north, icy wilderness—no matter how Qian Duoduo thought about it, he could only think of one place.

The human forbidden zone—the North Pole Snowfield!

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