Huo Yuhao, You Useless Trash!

However, Huo Yuhao, who had been burying his head in drinking, stood up and said in a deep voice, "You don't need to argue anymore. The responsibility this time lies with me as the captain. If I had cultivated harder and not held the team back, I would definitely have been able to defeat them."

"But there are no 'ifs'. Losing is losing. Even Dai Huabin only managed to hold on for a dozen rounds before being defeated."

As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Dong immediately became angry.

Clearly, Old Woman Zhou was being too unreasonable, wanting the horse to run without giving it grass.

Other students in Class Nine of the new students had advanced five or six levels in three months without any hidden dangers. In contrast, they had worked themselves to death, yet their soul power hadn't improved much, and they were ruthlessly defeated.

Thinking that three months of hard training had not yielded the desired results, Wang Dong was furious.

All the mistakes were Old Woman Zhou's fault.

Now, the old woman had packed up and left to teach the senior students, leaving behind a mess.

She didn't need this championship, but Yu Hao needed it too much.

Xiao Xiao, standing beside them, didn't speak, but didn't refute Wang Dong's point.

Three months of hard training, only to get such a result. Anyone would be incredibly disappointed.

At this moment, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was also comforting Huo Yuhao in his Spiritual Sea.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shouted, "What's a mere championship in the New Student Assessment? When you have a break this semester, I'll take you to regain your confidence, and you'll definitely shock them."

Huo Yuhao knew that Brother Tian Meng was comforting him, and his heart warmed.

Brother Tian Meng was truly good.

Just then, Yu Daoyun, who happened to be passing by, walked over. His sharp gaze swept over them, and Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong shivered.

Xiao Xiao immediately called out, "Greetings, Senior."

"Greetings, Senior," Wang Dong said.

Yu Daoyun nodded and then asked, "Are you here complaining because of your failure in the New Student Assessment?"

Xiao Xiao immediately fell silent.

Wang Dong hesitated for a moment, then finally revealed the truth, "Yes, we are here because of our failure in the New Student Assessment. Yu Hao had a bit to drink, so we came along with him."

"The new student class you lead is truly formidable; we were no match for them. If you had trained us back then, we wouldn't have disgraced you either. Moreover, Xiao Xiao and I have a top-tier martial soul and twin martial souls, respectively."

This was true, and Yu Daoyun agreed.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao's talent was indeed among the very best. Xiao Xiao even had twin martial souls. With proper training, there would essentially be no accidents.

But there were no "ifs."

Yu Daoyun did not want to lead the Child of Destiny to victory, because he was also a Child of Destiny.

It was normal for Children of Destiny to dislike each other.

Thinking this, Yu Daoyun casually said, "There are no 'ifs.' Everything is subject to change; nothing is destined. Your talent isn't bad, you just met Zhou Yi. Her teaching style is just like that."

"Yes, that old woman is too much," Wang Dong said, as if he had found a kindred spirit, and began to vent.

Yu Daoyun merely smiled slightly, then his gaze fell on the drunken Huo Yuhao, and his brow furrowed.

To be honest, he really disliked Huo Yuhao.

This guy had a bit of a sense of justice and kindness in the early stages, but after meeting Wang Dong, he completely turned into an ungrateful wretch. In the later stages, he directly became the dog of a God King, forgetting his original intentions, and kneeling to call Dai Hao "Dad."

An inexplicable anger surged within Yu Daoyun. He grabbed Huo Yuhao by the collar and said, "Are you scared by such a small setback? Have you forgotten your goal for entering the academy? You're wallowing in despair, you trash, you're the most useless person I've ever seen."

Huo Yuhao was ashamed to the point of wanting to disappear.

He naturally hadn't forgotten his original intention, which was to cultivate diligently to avenge his mother, destroy the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and make that man kneel before his mother and admit his mistake.

But he hadn't expected the blow to come so quickly.

He responded, "Senior, I... I'm really tired."

Slap--!

Yu Daoyun raised his hand and slapped Huo Yuhao. The sound was incredibly crisp.

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong were stunned.

Yu Hao... got slapped?

Then they heard Yu Daoyun say, "As a man, you must always remember the original intention of your cultivation. If a small setback can defeat you, then you are not worthy of being a man at all. You will be a coward your entire life."

"What I want to tell you now is that a man must have the courage to overcome everything, to overcome all difficulties, and to always remember his original intention."

"What is your original intention? Have you forgotten? You trash, the trash of all trash."

My original intention is to avenge my mother, I want revenge... Huo Yuhao's eyes grew firmer, and he clenched his fists.

Slap, slap, slap--!

Yu Daoyun slapped Huo Yuhao a few more times, then threw him aside and said, "Get lost, you trash. Don't let me look down on you, because you're the most useless person I've ever seen."

Huo Yuhao touched his stinging, hot face and stared blankly for a long time.

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong rushed forward, afraid that Huo Yuhao might do something rash.

Huo Yuhao shook his head and said, "I'm fine. I'm a bit clearer now. I need to cultivate diligently, I need to cultivate..."

Yu Daoyun looked at the few people, put his hands behind his back, and didn't say another word. He turned and left the lakeside, flying towards the Inner Court.

He'd had his fun, and couldn't openly bully people anymore.

What if he beat Huo Yuhao to death?

The opponent Yu Daoyun truly desired was never a Child of Destiny trained into a loyal dog, but rather that God of Emotions, Huo Yuhao.

He would prove who the true Child of Destiny was.

After returning to the Inner Court, Yu Daoyun threw himself back into cultivation, shutting out the world.

His achievements in the Outer Court were naturally noticed by Mu En and the elders.

After deliberation, the elders decided to change Zhou Yi's teaching methods, adopting Yu Daoyun's approach to teach the new students, in order to improve their admission rates.

Time passed quietly, and a month later.

Shrek went on holiday, and all the new students welcomed their own break. The academy was almost empty.

Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng embarked on their journey to find the Ice Empress.

In his quiet room, Yu Daoyun emerged from meditation, a smile on his face.

His soul power had increased by another level, reaching fifty-six.

This cultivation speed wasn't particularly fast, nor was it slow. It basically overcame the drawback of extremely slow cultivation for extreme Martial Souls.

Calculating the time, Huo Yuhao should have already gone to the Extreme North.

He also needed to find something to do.

Why not find himself a backer and tell the Snow Empress the whereabouts of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow?

According to the spirit of the Soul Beast contract, he would be treated as an honored guest, right? If Mu En died in the future, he'd have an extra trump card.

Soon, Yu Daoyun made up his mind.

He would head to the Extreme North to find a second backer, paving the way for his future.

With this thought, Yu Daoyun found Yan Shaozhe and, under the guise of executing a Supervision Group mission, left the academy and headed towards the Extreme North.