"Wang Dong! Huo Yuhao! Slow down!"
Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao ran alongside the main group, leaving the students behind them unable to keep up.
"You..."
"You..."
Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong looked at each other.
"Hmph!"
"Hmph!"
Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao still could not stand each other. Although they had been running together, they still found it difficult to get along.
The reason Huo Yuhao could not get along especially well with Wang Dong was because, when Wang Dong had first arrived at their dormitory—or rather, when he had entered their shared dormitory and immediately acted like he was setting rules and claiming the position of boss—it had made Huo Yuhao deeply uncomfortable. It reminded him of his time at the Duke Mansion.
Wang Dong was somewhat dissatisfied with Huo Yuhao, but he still acknowledged him.
Though the two still appeared to be at odds, they had gradually begun to recognize each other.
At that moment, Zhou Yi watched the running students, paying particular attention to Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao.
"You wouldn't be able to beat me if you relied on Soul Power."
"I'm not inferior to you!"
Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao continued running. Just as Huo Yuhao was about to collapse from exhaustion,
"Not good!" Wang Dong unleashed his martial soul, the Light Goddess Butterfly!
"The Light Goddess Butterfly? That's impossible, isn't it? The Light Goddess Butterfly... This martial soul is said to be extremely rare, a martial soul of extraordinary scarcity that has reached the level of a god. And it is said that this martial soul only appears in girls. But Wang Dong is clearly male, so why would he be a girl? Wang Dong is indeed very beautiful, but...
Wait. If Wang Dong was a girl disguised as a boy, that would make much more sense. But why? Why would the academy's Elders agree to let a girl disguise herself as a boy and live in the boys' dormitory?!
Could Wang Dong come from some incredibly powerful faction?"
Zhou Yi had already begun to speculate. In her view, Wang Dong was very likely from a super faction. The Light Goddess Butterfly was said to appear only in girls, though there was no mention of any other condition. Still, anyone who possessed this martial soul should come from an exceptionally powerful faction.
There was another key point: Wang Dong was clearly supposed to be a girl, yet he had disguised himself as a boy and entered the boys' dormitory. Shrek's teachers had agreed to it and had not even exposed him. There could only be one possibility—Wang Dong came from a faction so powerful that even Shrek, the continent's number one power and number one academy, had to show it some respect.
That was the most likely explanation.
"Forget it. This isn't something I can interfere with. If my guess is right, Wang Dong is a girl, but it still isn't my place to meddle. She may be in my class, but there are matters I truly cannot control. After all, she may have a powerful background. I can't control those formidable students either, can I?"
Zhou Yi had no choice. After all, she could only bully commoner students. If Wang Dong's identity and background were truly powerful, it was best not to provoke her. There were some students with powerful backers whom she genuinely could not afford to offend. In the past, she could have relied on Shrek, but some existences would even dare to destroy Shrek itself. Zhou Yi could not afford to provoke them.
"Oh my god, that boy's martial soul is so beautiful! I've never seen such a beautiful martial soul before. Such a beautiful martial soul appearing on such a handsome boy really makes me feel like... he resembles a delicate, beautiful girl..."
The students in the class began discussing it. Wang Dong's appearance when unleashing his martial soul was indeed beautiful, and Wang Dong himself was very good-looking, giving people an especially gentle impression.
"These are all materials for refining medicine. Refine a pill for me first, so I can see how you make medicine."
As the Hall Master of Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen understood the importance of pills. The Sun Moon Empire's pill development was already quite advanced. After all, their Soul Masters themselves were not especially powerful; their strongest Soul Master at present was only Kong Deming, who was Rank 94.
He was said to be the existence closest to becoming a Level 10 Soul Master.
The Sun Moon Empire had once possessed Level 10 Soul Masters. Kong Deming was the Level 9 Soul Master closest to that level, but in his early years, he had also relied on vast quantities of pills to raise his cultivation.
The Sun Moon Empire's people seemed to have somewhat unusual physiques. After reaching Rank 90 and becoming a Title Douluo, their advancement speed was much slower than that of Title Douluo from the Douluo Continent.
This resulted in the Sun Moon Empire basically having no Rank 95 Title Douluo.
Regarding this view, some scholars from the Douluo Continent speculated that it might be due to the Sun Moon Empire's constitution, combined with their practice of using pills to raise cultivation in order to produce more geniuses. This caused many Sun Moon Empire geniuses, after cultivating to the Title Douluo rank, to advance even more slowly than people from Douluo Three Kingdoms.
There was another possibility: perhaps because of long-term medication, many people lived as though immersed in medicine. Many babies were affected by their mothers from the moment they were born... Those who understood, understood.
However, this view had not gained the approval of most people, and the Sun Moon Empire did not acknowledge it either. Yet in order to increase their combat strength, they truly were expanding their knowledge of pills.
Now that he had learned Zhong Kui could refine pills, Jing Hongchen wanted to see just how good Zhong Kui's pills were.
Very soon, Zhong Kui took out a second-grade Alchemy Cauldron from the Bone Flame Ring. This Alchemy Cauldron was the kind of low-grade cauldron used by Alchemists in the world of Battle Through the Heavens.
"Hall Master Hongchen, have you heard of Beast Fire?"
At this time, Zhong Kui did not intend to use Heavenly Flames. After all, they were creations of heaven and earth. Revealing his trump card too early would not be good. Sometimes, enduring quietly and hiding one's trump cards was the best choice.
"Beast Fire? I have never heard of it."
"Simply put, it is flame from within beasts. Flames are also divided into grades. Powerful Beast Fire can assist with alchemy and can also be used in battle. Let me demonstrate."
Zhong Kui then revealed the Peach Blossom Flame. It was a fifth-grade Beast Fire, already considered top-tier Beast Fire on the Douluo Continent.
Moreover, the Peach Blossom Flame was extremely gentle and would not harm others.
"This flame feels incredibly powerful, yet also very gentle..." The Hall Master of Virtue Hall was shocked when he saw it.
"Beast Fire comes from fire-attributed beasts. I obtained this from a fire-attributed beast. This kind of flame can help us refine pills much more conveniently. I'll begin demonstrating now."
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