Zhou Yi

"Why do I have to learn from him?"

Wang Dong'er looked at Ji Siyuan with great dissatisfaction.

Tang Ya was also helpless: "Bei Bei and I are upperclassmen after all, and we have other things to attend to. There's no way we can be by your side to teach you every day. But Siyuan is different; he's in the same class as both of you."

Ji Siyuan shrugged: "Didn't you just experience it for yourself?"

With the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track combined with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, he had handled Wang Dong'er with ease.

"Hmph." She reluctantly extended her hand: "I'll leave it to you from now on."

Tang San nodded with satisfaction: "You have successfully taken the first step. You must work hard. A child like this shouldn't be given away to others."

They had intended to shake hands and part ways.

Huo Yuhao suddenly stood in front of him: "Wang Dong'er, you should head back first. Siyuan and I still have things to do."

This scene felt incredibly awkward, not at all how the situation should have unfolded.

"What? I was counting on him to teach me other abilities."

"There will be plenty of time for that later."

A strange feeling lingered in his heart, and Ji Siyuan knew he had to step up at this moment: "You really shouldn't rush the techniques. Aside from the Mysterious Heaven Skill I just told you about, only the Purple Demon Eye requires time to accumulate. Let me teach you that one first."

The three of them walked and learned as they went.

Without the purple morning mist, Wang Dong'er couldn't feel the gap in their progress for the time being.

When they reached the parting point, they let Wang Dong'er leave first.

They still had to go buy seasonings.

Huo Yuhao fell silent before suddenly speaking: "When we sell barbecue, she won't want to learn Tang Sect techniques from you too, will she?"

"That definitely won't happen," Ji Siyuan answered firmly.

"That's good."

After walking a few steps, Ji Siyuan saw that there was no one else nearby. He said in a deep voice: "Huo Yuhao, were you trying to use Spiritual Detection Sharing to help me cheat just now?"

His movements had been too fast; Huo Yuhao hadn't had the time.

But the moment it ended, he had sensed his soul skill.

"I'm sorry, I should have trusted you more."

"This isn't a question of whether you trust me or not." He looked at Huo Yuhao sternly: "Let me ask you, was this a battle involving Life? Was this a battle that we absolutely had to win? Is a small victory worth you cheating to win?"

The three consecutive questions hit Huo Yuhao hard.

The child almost couldn't stand it, his feet stumbling slightly.

Ji Siyuan grabbed Huo Yuhao: "This is your ability, and I acknowledge that. But that doesn't mean it's right for you to use your soul skill to help me. That wouldn't be one-on-one anymore; it would be two-on-one. That is inherently unfair, and it violates our agreement. Don't let small matters affect your character; in the future, it will affect your potential."

"I'm sorry." Huo Yuhao lowered his head, wanting to cry. Since leaving his mother, this was the first time he had been lectured like this.

Ji Siyuan looked at him, feeling a pang of heartache for some reason: "Let this be the last time. Only activate it when a battle truly requires it—when it's a matter of life and death or other important circumstances."

Integrity is not worth less than Life.

Tang San nodded repeatedly; even he hadn't noticed this lesson: "Siyuan has grown up. He is no longer that child who only knew how to climb trees and jump down."

"Damn it, Uncle Tang. How long ago was that? Why do you still remember?"

"Haha."

After purchasing the necessary items, they really didn't have much money left, and they desperately needed to start earning.

Walking to the dormitory building, Huo Yuhao greeted Mu En as per his routine.

Then Ji Siyuan let him go up alone.

Ji Siyuan: "Senior, can we really not change teachers? Our homeroom teacher's reputation isn't very good."

Mu En: "Other teachers have gone, but Teacher Zhou will still be your homeroom teacher. If there are issues with her teaching, she will be suspended."

"Alright then, I'm going up."

"Wait. Child, may I see your martial soul?"

That day, Ji Siyuan's flames were too scorching; even the Ultimate could not compare to his fire.

"A demonstration isn't necessary. My martial soul is the Geocentric Red Lotus. It is an absolutely scorching flame. It is a fusion of two types of ultimate fire!"

"Good."

Returning to the dormitory, they began to cultivate diligently.

One was for revenge, and the other was to become a god as soon as possible to welcome back his loved ones.

For several days, this was all they did.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed in meditation.

Huo Yuhao was tireless, but he saw that Ji Siyuan was even more tireless than him.

While Ji Siyuan meditated, nine lotus seeds revolved around him. The faint flames were filled with such intimidation that he dared not get close.

"Brother Sky Dream, Siyuan's flames are so scorching. Do you know what kind of fire this is?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm replied, "I don't know, but the lotus seeds circling him are of an incredibly high level. Higher than even me; the only thing on you that could compare is likely that gray airflow."

"Ah?" Huo Yuhao felt a bit inferior at this moment; he didn't know how to compare himself to Ji Siyuan.

He had awakened at six years old, and his soul power had only reached level eleven by now.

Yet Ji Siyuan had just awakened his Martial Soul, and his soul power was already at level fifteen.

"Will I be left far behind by Siyuan?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was very indifferent, "Don't forget, you have Twin Martial Souls. Once you reach level 20, everything will get better."

Wait until level 20, wait until level 20. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had set this task for him.

He had to reach it.

On the morning of the first day of new student classes, he was woken up by Ji Siyuan.

"Time for breakfast."

It was a daily, unwavering mealtime. Ji Siyuan cared about breakfast even more than he did.

And usually, at this time, Wang Dong'er would appear in the cafeteria to discuss their cultivation progress.

The three of them headed to class together, ready to attend the lecture.

The classroom was chaotic, with everyone chatting with each other.

Their seating arrangement was also quite strange, with two boys and one girl sitting in a row.

"Hey, what kind of person do you think the teacher is?" Wang Dong'er asked Ji Siyuan, who was sitting next to her.

Ji Siyuan thought of Zhou Yi's reputation, "I don't know, let's just hope it's not someone strange."

Before long, two people walked through the classroom door.

An old woman accompanied by a middle-aged man.

The two walked up to the podium, and the classroom quieted down accordingly.

"My name is Zhou Yi, and I am your homeroom teacher. I don't know how many of you will stay with me, but let me tell you this: in my class, trash cannot pass the assessment. I am here to cultivate true monsters."

This statement was pure nonsense, especially with the class division operations that would follow later. There wouldn't be many people staying with her anyway.

The middle-aged man spoke, "I am Wang Yan, the assistant homeroom teacher."

Compared to Zhou Yi, this one was much more reasonable.

The two had different self-introductions, and the students' reactions were equally varied.

A large group of people glared at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi didn't care, "Everyone who has been in a fight since enrollment began, stand up!"

Huo Yuhao had guessed that Zhou Yi wouldn't play by the rules, but he hadn't been in any fights. Only Ji Siyuan and Wang Dong'er had fought once.

Wang Dong'er asked Ji Siyuan, "You're not standing?"

"Ah? Does what we did even count as a fight? Did it even last five seconds?" Ji Siyuan was also curious about how this "fighting" was defined.

"Hmph, if you aren't standing, then I won't either. Besides, I was fighting you anyway."