Mimicry Training Ground

Huo Yuhao suddenly realized, and at the same time, he understood why Dai Huabin had beaten him so angrily yesterday. It turned out he had been thrashed by Feng Piaoling and had come back to vent his frustration on him.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao, who was already dissatisfied with Feng Piaoling for forcing him to absorb a ten-year Wind Baboon first soul ring and for humiliating him in front of Tang Ya and Bei Bei, grew even more resentful.

Feng Piaoling, you made me absorb a ten-year Wind Baboon soul ring first, then insulted me, and now you've even caused me to be beaten by Dai Huabin. Sooner or later, I will return all of this to you.

Bei Bei, standing to the side, saw Huo Yuhao's expression and vaguely guessed what was going on, but he didn't say much. He changed the subject:

"Since you don't want to say who beat you, we won't force you. You have already started practicing our Tang Sect's supreme arts; I believe that one day, you will be able to defeat the person who bullied you. Xiao Ya and I came to find you this time not only to check on your condition but also for another matter."

"Please speak, Senior Brother Bei. As long as it concerns our Tang Sect, I will definitely not shirk my duty."

Thinking of how Feng Piaoling had called him an ungrateful wretch earlier, Huo Yuhao worried that Bei Bei and Tang Ya might view him the same way, so he agreed without a second thought.

Bei Bei smiled slightly, "It's nothing difficult. On the contrary, this matter is beneficial to you. If it succeeds, it might even significantly increase your cultivation speed."

"Significantly increase my cultivation speed?" Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up immediately. His current cultivation speed was his greatest source of distress.

Even after practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill, it remained terribly slow.

According to Tian Meng's estimation:

Before obtaining a second martial soul, while at the Soul Grand Master stage, it would be good if he could increase his soul power by two levels per year.

An average of one level every six months.

At Shrek Academy, this was considered upper-middle tier.

But for him, it was still too slow.

He wanted to defeat Dai Huabin, defeat Feng Piaoling, defeat everyone who had bullied him and his mother, and finally make Dai Hao kneel before his mother's grave to repent and beg for her forgiveness.

The road ahead was still long and arduous.

Bei Bei nodded and smiled, keeping him in suspense, "That's right, but before that, you should go eat and fill your stomach. I'll tell you more later."

"Alright, Senior Brother Bei, I'll go eat right now."

Huo Yuhao immediately perked up, dropping his pitiful act. He hurried toward the cheapest window in the cafeteria, spent two Gold Soul Coins on a portion of greens and rice, and began to wolf it down.

Watching Huo Yuhao's rapid change in demeanor, Tang Ya inexplicably thought of Feng Piaoling's earlier words: that Huo Yuhao was an ungrateful wretch who loved to play the victim.

She tilted her head toward Bei Bei and asked, "Bei Bei, you aren't planning on giving him the Mysterious Water Pill you swindled from Xu Sanshi, are you?"

Bei Bei nodded, "Indeed. If Xu Sanshi wants to defeat Feng Piaoling this time, he absolutely cannot do without the assistance of Yuhao's Spirit Detection Sharing. I am merely giving Huo Yuhao the reward that should have been his."

"Besides, Huo Yuhao is a member of the Tang Sect now. If he fails the freshman assessment due to a lack of strength, it will affect the reputation of our Tang Sect. It is a necessary measure."

Seeing that Bei Bei had already made up his mind, Tang Ya couldn't say anything more, even if she felt a bit unhappy.

She had no choice but to let it be.

Moreover, he was right; if Huo Yuhao were to drop out because he couldn't pass the freshman assessment, it would indeed damage the Tang Sect's reputation.

In front of a building with a simple yet imposing design, people came and went. For some nobles, entering was as easy as eating or drinking, while commoners could only sigh in envy.

Even getting close felt like a distant dream.

Feng Piaoling stopped in his tracks and turned his head, "This should be the Mimicry Training Ground of Shrek Academy."

"Yes, the Mimicry Training Ground was built by Shrek Academy at a great cost. Like the Soul Fighting Arena, it is one of the academy's primary sources of income."

Jiang Nannan toyed with a token for the Mimicry Training Ground; Feng Piaoling had just renewed her access for a year.

It had cost over three hundred Gold Soul Coins in total.

In the past, this was something she wouldn't have even dared to imagine.

It perfectly fit the saying: money might not be everything, but you certainly can't do anything without it.

Jiang Nannan didn't like money, but that was only because she didn't like spending money given by the likes of Xu Sanshi.

Once the person giving her money was the one she held in her heart, it was a completely different story.

Her favorability rating skyrocketed.

Feng Piaoling had merely treated Jiang Nannan to a hearty breakfast and renewed her access to the Mimicry Training Ground for a year.

It had left her dizzy and disoriented, unable to tell north from south.

And so, at this moment, the love in Jiang Nannan's eyes as she looked at Feng Piaoling was almost impossible to hide—it was practically overflowing.

"Let's go inside."

Feng Piaoling said no more and walked toward the ancient building.

"Welcome. Are you two juniors here to use the Mimicry Training Ground? Please show your tokens." Two beautiful female soul masters sat in the lobby.

These female soul masters were usually students of Shrek Academy who, unable to enter the inner courtyard, had chosen to drop out and remain at the academy to take on non-dangerous jobs.

Feng Piaoling nodded, "That's right."

After ten thousand years of development, the Mimicry Training Ground was no longer like it had been in the past, where food-type soul masters went to kitchens to train and plant-type soul masters went to forests.

Instead, they were now equipped with Soul Tools.

Through the simulation provided by these Soul Tools, they could, to a certain extent, increase a soul master's cultivation speed.

After taking out the token received upon paying the fee outside, one of the beautiful female soul masters led them to two adjacent enclosed rooms.

The beautiful female soul master said, "The left is Mimicry Training Ground No. 35, and the right is Mimicry Training Ground No. 36. Before you come out, no one has the authority to enter without your permission."

"Understood." Feng Piaoling took out a Gold Soul Coin and tossed it to her.

"Thank you, and I wish you both success in your cultivation." A smile appeared on the beautiful female soul master's face; she was merely a Soul Elder, and in this era without soul master subsidies, a single Gold Soul Coin was quite a significant amount for her.

Once she had left, Feng Piaoling said, "I already have a cultivation schedule for the next few days. As for having you assist me with my training, let's wait until school officially starts. Also, this time, I will be cultivating until very late before coming out. If you get hungry in the meantime, just go to the cafeteria to eat; there is no need to wait for me."

"Understood." Jiang Nannan secretly made a mental note to carry dry rations with her, as that was the only way she could avoid wasting the Mimicry Training Ground that Feng Piaoling had rented for her.

At the same time, it would also allow her more time to stay by his side.

Parting ways with Jiang Nannan, Feng Piaoling entered Mimicry Training Ground No. 36.

"This Mimicry Training Ground is quite good; it is not a whit inferior to the one at the Crown Prince's Mansion."